Comments on: Frugal Organization: 10 Containers to Reuse or Recycle for Craft Supplies

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Things to write home about 1/25/09 | Feels Like Home — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:51:55 +0000

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By: Shelley Anderson

Shelley Anderson — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:44:27 +0000

I love those clamshell salad containers. They come in different sizes, stack well and are see-through.

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[...] Frugal Organization: 10 Containers to Reuse or Recycle for Craft Supplies [...]

By: Thea

Thea — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:55:08 +0000

Hi Mandi! I found you by way of Angie Warren from TCM…she listed a FB post on becoming a fan. I am now a fan too! I loved your home management system notebook video.

My recycle items are usually the butter, sour cream, cool whip containers, etc…as well. However, I have found the following very useful too: Mini- M&M plastic tubes …holds one t—-n, very neatly without opening in your purse..hate that!LOL! I also have some of the Mentos plastic gum containers for holding buttons, paper clips, pennies, etc…
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By: Vikki

Vikki — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:09:35 +0000

Don’t forget detergent boxes, that make fantastic paper, pattern or magazine holders. They are sturdy and smell good to boot.

Plastic drink bottles are the perfect holder for yarn balls. Simply cut the top off one and the bottom of another. Put you yarn in the one with the bottom, run the yarn up through the neck of the one with the top and then slid it over the bottom. May crimp a bit but it keeps it tangle free and all you need do is wrap around the threaded neck a few times to keep the end ready to go.
I was a preschool teacher for 20+ years I never threw anything away without thinking about it first.

Oh by the way, something I used for my classes and found very convenient for myself when crafting, keep an old plastic bowl near by, I used old trick or treat buckets at work, but have a plastic ice cream bucket at home. It’s so convenient to throw trash in and even if it’s messy trash it doesn’t hurt anything and you don’t have to stop what you doing to take it to the outside trash. If you like you can recycle those plastic grocery bags (if your still using them) to line it with if you know it’s going to be mess.

Sour cream or sm. yogurt cups make perfect water troths when painting. Plastic coffee containers are perfect storage containers too, not clear but nice fitting lid.

By: Christy @ Family at Work

Christy @ Family at Work — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:21 +0000

great ideas – I use and reuse ziplocks in every size from snack size for tiny things to the enormous one for the loom stuff for my kids potholder loom. My little grocery store offers their (2-3gallon) buckets from deli or bakery items (think big bucket of potato salad) for free every now and then (I bet they’d keep them for you if you asked). They have tops, sometimes handles, and are bigger, easy to write on/off with sharpie. Did you know that a magic eraser will take that sharpie right off when you are ready to change it up? Also love the parm. cheese idea – I already keep them in my sandbox for the littles to pour and scoop.
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By: Jackie@Lilolu

Jackie@Lilolu — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:06:29 +0000

I like the parm cheese jar idea. Very useful.

By: Lori M

Lori M — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:27:30 +0000

Great ideas, I use the baby wipe containers for small baby items too, such as the bugger-picker-upper, nail clips, extra passies, passy clips, nose drops, baby gas-x, works like a charm. And now they have the containers that are ’screen printed’ so they are decorative to boot!

By: Gwen

Gwen — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:20:01 +0000

I am looking for the small file containers. I need for a Boy Scout project please help.

By: 7 Ways to Reuse Old Food Containers | Food for My Family

7 Ways to Reuse Old Food Containers | Food for My Family — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:56:44 +0000

[...] the school year. Photo by One Good Bumblebee 4. Craft containers. There are so many ways you can reuse packaging to organize crafts, and I think Mandi covered nearly every single one already at Organizing Your Way. From mayonnaise [...]