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[Perkup]

Yes, I do it often and always feel good about having done it.

[shannara]

I buy and use the Better Homes and Gardens wax melts from Walmart (lemongrass and mint is my favorite). They come in a small plastic 6 pack of cubes. I almost threw away the package when it was empty and then realized I could cut off the lid and use it for storage. I have a shallow drawer table top chest on my bureau and I could fit 6 of the boxes in those drawers which now hold my smaller earrings. Keeps them all separated and organized.

[Mindy D]

Dex, I use plastic garbage containers as my plant pots or higher end bath set garbage containers for the more decorative places-living room. I don't poke holes, I just use them as decorative sleeves. I use leftover cooking microwaved dinner plastics to hold odd size kitchen utensils in my kitchen drawers. I make lots of stuff, not to make do, but because a creative impulse will strike me. I'm always making something.

[Danky]

I am even less creative than Chrystal says she is......if a bleach bottle was used to store bleach, my mind doesn't get past the fact that it is intended for beach ! However, and I know this is not the same thing, my dryer broke months ago and in January I discovered mold in my dishwasher . I have been washing dishes by hand and hanging clothes outside or on a wooden indoor drying rack. That is the extent of my "imaginative" thinking !

[lolakimono]

I posted this already on LTT's retirement resolutions thread, but I'll repost it here for those who don't read Among Friends.

This is my package of fish dice for school. I repurposed my CAT scan prep drink container (after a trip through the dishwasher) and covered with two kinds of wrapping paper.

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[lolakimono]

These are my toiletries bags that are about 10+ years old. The strap has come off of two of the zipper pulls, so I took ribbon and crocheted a chain to use to pull the zippers. I still adore the bags and they are in good shape, but they just had that minor annoyance.

[lolakimono]

This is my custom scarf rack, made with my favorite fish napkin rings that I found (new) at a thrift store. In my previous house, I had more room to host so I used them more often. Now, instead of being put away for "someday" I repurposed them into scarf hooks. I drilled holes in them, nailed them into a board (it was about $3 at Lowe's) and used scrap fabric from my quilting and leftover ribbon to make the ties.

[dex]

You guys are amazing and very inspiring..thanks for your ideas

[nevergivesup]

You ladies make me smile with your ingenuity. My elderly mother who grew up during the Depression used to have a saying. Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without! I think she wore the same winter coat for fifteen years but she got a new hat and scarf every year and nobody realized about the old coat. She was such a pretty little lady! I miss her.

[justathought]

This is a simple-the plastic cover for my bread knife broke-Read somewhere to use a paper towel tube-it works. So now I have more of my knifes with covers.

The little plastic scoops that are in laundry soap-I use one on the sink for my sos pad.

I, also, have made curtains from sheets, lots of material for the money.