Organizing Drawers
I save the blue plastic cartons that fresh mushrooms come in to store small items. I wash them and they work great. Week after week, they are always the same size, so I have plenty of them accumulated.
Fold Clothes Together for Traveling
Agree....put the selection together, the correct underwear AND put it all in a large 1 or 2 gallon regular ziplock storage bag. Keeps the clothing from falling apart, keeps it dry, accessible. Why not add 1/2 of a dryer sheet to keep everything fresh!!! Great...
Clip Hanger for Difficult Clothing
I put some of the hangers in suitcase when traveling. Hotels never seem to have enough of the hangers in the closets. I can just leave my slacks or skirts connected to the hangers, pack and hang them up quickly on arrival. Re-packing is easy, back into the...
Power Outage Preparation
My window Christmas lights are battery operated. I keep fresh batteries in them at all times because they are wonderful for power outages. Dont forget those outside garden lights, powered by sunshine. Keep a few in a pot on your front porch to keep them charged...
Store Toys in Popcorn Tins
I have many of the popcorn tins filled with seasonal decorations like Valentines Day, Easter, 4th of July, seashells & beach motif, Fall flowers, tabletop items and, of course, Christmas. I label the sides of the cans as to contents. Store them in my attic...
New Year, New Calendar
I used to record birthdays & anniversaries on an annual calendar, but then discovered that is just too much annual work for me. Instead, in word processing on the computer, I made a file: Birthdays & Anniversaries. I entered all of the January information, February...
Buying Bound Carpet Samples?
Obtain carpet samples from a carpet store and put them in the floor board of your car. Easy to remove and shake out the debris vs. having to remove a whole floor mat. Wonderful in the winter time for snow-ice-slush. Discard at the end of the winter season.
Labeling Pantry Staples
Cut out the box label of the product and tape it onto the plastic container. Also cut out any labels from the product and put it into the plastic container. Put a date on the label so that you know when you transferred items from the original box to the plastic...
Save Cosmetics Containers For Jewelry
Very small baby food jars are good for the purpose too. Clean the jar well, and spray paint the top. Then decorate with some tiny seashells, beads or buttons. Use these decorated jars also for a giving a pair of earrings to someone as a gift (put some tissue...
Making Tomatoes Last Longer?
I store my tomatoes, stem side down, on a cooling rack (on my kitchen cabinet) so that air can get under the tomatoes.
Packing Jewelry for Travel
My eye doctor has a basket of used, hard side, eye glass cases sitting in the waiting room. One of those is just great for putting jewelry in it when traveling. Works great for manicure-pedicure tools. Also great for a sewing kit and folding scissors. Pencils...
Booklights in Home Emergency Kits
Those outdoor solar lights that you stick in the flower beds or around the driveway are also excellent for inside. Keep them in a flower pot on your porch to activate them, and then when the power goes out during a storm, bring them inside and use them around...
Use for Old Eyeglasses Case
Eyeglass case (hard side) is perfect for some jewelry when traveling. Works for a sewing kit too. At home, store all wrist watches in an eye glass case. Perfect for a medical kit for travel.
Eliminating Urine Odor in Bathroom Trash from Disposable Underwear?
The dollar stores sell small green bags for discards like disposable diapers, baby wipes, etc. (adults and infants). For a dollar, you get a lot of these little green bags....they are perfect for throw away items. Just store them by the trash can. Check your...
Maintaining a Paper Shredder?
Put a post it note or post it tape on the top of the shredder: Do not shred labels!!!
Recycling Glass Jars?
The really small baby food jars can be sterilized and tops spray painted. Then glue some small sea shells to the top, or some pretty buttons. Add some cut up pretty paper to the glass jar. A gift, such as a pair of earrings can be added to the jar as a thoughtful...
Recycle Election Signs as Outdoor Christmas Decorations
Remove the plastic sign covering the frame and then use the frame to hold up flowers in the flower beds from falling over...example peonies.
Preparing For A Winter Power Outage
Before a storm, bring inside those garden walkway lights that you stick into the ground. Put them in a pot by the door to charge them up with solar light. You can use those around the inside of the house for light. Also, battery operated Christmas lights on...
New Year's Resolutions
If you usually stay home New Years Eve for a quiet evening, this is a fun thing to do: my husband and I take a sheet of paper and he writes on his sheet of paper what he hopes to accomplish in the New Year (ex: visit all out-of-state relatives, lose 2 pounds...
Stocking Stuffer Ideas
One year my husband decided to develop the theme of brushes as stocking stuffer items for my Christmas stocking by the fireplace. He included a hair brush, bottle brush, nail brush, toilet bowl brush, toothbrushes, makeup brushes, vegetable cleaning brush, etc...
Travel Preparation Tips?
Indeed, those gallon and 2 gallon size plastic bags are great to pack clothing. TSA people have said to me that they do not like touching womens personal items and the clear bags are a perfect option. I pack t-shirts, slacks, shorts, sleepwear, underwear, swim...
A Map for Shopping
I map my grocery store aisles and my military commissary aisles for my purchases. Also, in Sept. and Oct. I try to use up items in my upright freezer in the garage. It is an incentive to defrost the freezer at that time. By the middle of November, I have completed...
Keep Your Car Upholstery Free From Sun Damage
Very helpful to drape an old bath towel over the steering wheel of the vehicle. Prevents sun damage and keeps steering wheel cool especially on a hot summer day
Save Warranty Information For Home Improvement Products
I, too, keep my warranty information in file folders in a file cabinet. For numerous small kitchen appliances, I put all of the warranty information and instruction booklets in one folder marked small kitchen appliances. Saves on making so many folders. For...
Reusing Wine Corks?
I had in excess of 500 wine corks. Some restaurants will save them for you. My neighbor crafts a beautiful wine cork wreath (and she says her design requires at least 500 corks). She nails the corks onto a board frame work, & also decorates with artificial...
Craft Ideas Using Baby Food Jars?
The science teacher at our church grammar school was thrilled to have donated baby food jars. The teacher showed the students how to fill the jars with potting soil and how to grow seeds.
Craft Ideas Using Baby Food Jars?
I have spray painted the tops of baby food jars various colors (silver/gold/red/green for Christmas); pink/blue/yellow for birthdays). I keep a supply on hand in various colors. I also glue little items on top of the lid such as tiny silk flowers, buttons, seashells...
