referring now to the drawings one or more preferred embodiments of the present invention are next described the following description of one or more preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention its implementations or uses turning now to fig1 an embodiment of a dispensing vessel 10 in accordance with one or more aspects of the present invention is shown the dispensing vessel 10 includes a core 12 and a cover 14 the core 12 is preferably composed of a sponge like material that is capable of absorbing and at least temporarily retaining a moistening substance the cover 14 substantially surrounds the core 12 and includes at least one opening 16 that extends through to the core 12 of the dispensing vessel 10 as will be explained in greater detail below when the dispensing vessel 10 is in use in a clothes drying environment moisture is permitted to pass from the core 12 to the clothes drying environment via the at least one opening 16 as shown in fig1 the cover 14 of the dispensing vessel 10 may have a generally spherical shape thereby providing the dispensing vessel 10 itself with a generally spherical shape although.