I use Crystal Light containers for leftover condiment packets, such as taco sauce, cocktail sauce, ketchup, etc. I have a separate container for each type of condiment, & I label the lid with a marker. These can all be organized & stored in a box or basket.

I use prigles container for my knitting needles & I love it keep all my knitting needles neat.

I watched a few of your videos last night and enjoyed them a lot. Just subscribed after seeing the re-purposing one. I also clean the candle containers and use them as little flower holders for the bathroom, end tables or even the porch (you can put sand on them and a cactus flower). The tall containers are great also if you spray paint them or cover with paper and use as pencil holder. They are quite decorative. In fact, when I recently prepared a homework caddy (Alejandra and ABFL) for my granddaughter, that's what I used to hold her color pencils and it fit perfectly. I always say that anyone can decorate a house with lots of $$$, the hard thing is to do it in a budget, where you really have to be creative and clever like you. But what a great feeling you get when you make the most of a good container and not just toss it. You have vision!!! Kuddos for you on helping encouraging on being wise with spending.

I use parmesan containers or anything with a shaker half lid to store beads. Its a great way to shake some out without pouring them everywhere.

My favorite organizing 'secret' ---Everybody has a kitchen drawer that seem to catch all the stuff you use, might use, parts saved, etc. I clean out and save the plastic peanut butter jars that are just the right size to stand up in my kitchen drawer. They are clear plastic, so anything I put in them is clearly visible. I do home repairs my self so I have a jar each for plumbing washers, screws, nails, picture hanging wire & hooks, wire nuts, etc. You can store whatever clutters up your drawers and make it so much easier to find what you are looking for!

I buy a huge bag of baking soda from Costco (12lbs) I store some in a container with a shaker (parmesan containers) and sprinkle on my carpets before I vacuum. The baking soda deodorizes the carpet and it is stored under my sink. Baking soda also works well for removing stuck on food from casserole dishes and degreases.

@bevmabry4504

9 жыл бұрын

Debbie Gorman baking soda is a great scrubber for cups with stains (teas) or even bathroom cleaner. my mom uses a small amount in the washer for clothes. I've used it with peroxide instead of toothpaste for years. Two great cleaners: baking soda and vinegar!

@TheMusachioedBrony

9 жыл бұрын

My daughter and I both love to drink tea, but it stains my porcelain sink. I used to use soft scrub with bleach to scrub it out, but we are both asthmatic and I felt so sick after leaning into the sink and breathing the fumes. Now I sprinkle baking soda and the fresh lime juice ( 20 for $1 at many Mexican grocery stores!). It is awesome to see the baking soda bubble up, and my sink gets incredibly clean-even more so than with all those horrible chemicals I used to use!

@murielcaiado5638

7 жыл бұрын

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7 жыл бұрын

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I use the big plastic UTZ brand containers that have the cheese balls and pork rind snacks in them in my kids room. We put their little toys in them cars, trains and anything with little pieces. My MIL saves the containers of cheese balls for me and my mom brings the others from her work for me.

Okay, I thought I was the only crazy person that use Pringle cans to hold pasta. I use them for all types of pasta.... from spaghetti, rotini, lasagna, elbow noodles..... My pantry is filled with recycled Pringle cans! I store them on their side with the label on the clear lid. It makes for easy seeing and meal planning!

@suzannepoulin6513

5 жыл бұрын

Christmas we decorate them to use Pringles as cookies holders for gift giving. They also hold think spaghetti.

I reuse larger glass jars for storing things like rice/barley/beans. I even take the wrapper off of the original rice bag (or whichever food) and adhere it to the jar so I always have the cooking instructions :)

I love your channel. thank you. i like to use small pimento jars for storage in a drawer. you put lets say paper clips in them close the lid and turn the jar upside down in the drawer. that way you can easily see whats inside them. the lid closes tight so nothing falls and their free. plus i love pimento cheese sandwiches.

You have a charming personality! You come up with such good ideas and I really appreciate them, especially when they don't cost much money. Thank you so much and I hope you are feeling great. Little Carson is so lucky to have you and Charlie as his parents.

I used an old quaker oats container as a headband holder for my girls. I mod podged scrapbook paper on the outside and hot glued a big decorative flower on the lid. The head bands fit perfectly around the outside without slipping down. It's as if the container was made to fit them and we use the inside of the container to store soft sided headbands - like the ones you use when you wash your face.

Just discovered your channel DoitonaDime and watching some older vids. Love how you think and seem so relatable; organizing is to make your life easier. You are nailing it! I use taller candle jars as flower vases, gives a rustic charm to fresh floral arrangements

Oh I love this too! I love how eco friendly this is, and they are such good tips! I kind of want to get pringles now, I love pringles, and now I have a cool thing to do with the container. I also love scented candles so I might start getting them from bed bath and beyond. 1. I use old spaghetti sauce jars to store baking soda, sugar, beans, rice etc that I get from bulk. 2.I keep berry containers, and I bring them to the farmers markets. Usually they will empty berries from their own plastic container into a plastic bag. I just get them to fill the berry containers that I brought. This saves them a plastic bag, and I don't have to throw out the containers. 3. I save my olive oil and vinaigrette bottles, wash them, bring them back to the store, and get them refilled with olive oil and vinaigrette from bulk. They give me a dollar discount for each bottle I bring in. I refilled my 2 bottles 3 times, and I saved $6.4. I also saved one of my large yogurt container to store my abeego wrap in. 5.When people give me cookie/chocolate tins for Christmas, I keep them and store nuts in them that I buy from bulk. 6.Old plastic peanut butter jars are good for filling stuff at the store in bulk instead of using a plastic bag. 7.I save my dish-soap dispenser, and use it to fill with dish-soap that I get at the store from bulk. I get a small discount, for bringing my own container. 8. I also washed out my hand soap bulk refill containers, and use them to fill with extra dish-soap so I don't have to go to the store as often.9 The same store also has hand soap in bulk, so I washed out and saved my other hand soap bulk container, and I refill that one with hand soap to refill my dispensers when I get home. I also get a small discount for this.10. My hand soap dispensers are made of plastic and they are meant to be for single use. I wash them out, and refill them with bulk hand soap rather than buy new dispensers. It's a lot cheaper this way. 11. I washed out my hairspray bottle and now I keep water in it. I use it to spray water on my clothes when I get a stain so I can rub it our with a stain bar. 12. I wash out my essential oil bottles and refill them with essential oil from bulk. I get a discount at the store for bringing my own bottle. 13. I"m going to start making my own laundry soap so I will be washing out and saving my current dispenser so I can refill it with homemade soap. It is way cheaper to make your own soap.

@KatieGray1

9 жыл бұрын

Violet Tippet what store do you go to that gives you these discounts for bringing your own container and has bulk soap?

@violettippet5246

9 жыл бұрын

Katie Gray It's a local store in my city, I wish I could say it was a chain so everyone could do it but it's not. The stores are called Earth's General Store and Carbon. My olive oil and vinaigrette discount of $1 each for each bottle I reuse is from Evoolution, which I believe is a chain store. However, if you do find a place that carried handsoap etc in bulk, and you bring your own container, it is cheaper to do this most of the time than buying the individual ones, whether you get the container discount or not, this is because bulk is usually cheaper.

@bevmabry4504

9 жыл бұрын

Violet Tippet When I was a kid we used to be able to bring our own containers for a few products - but not anymore. too bad. It would be so good for single people to get smaller amounts we like at discounted prices.

@violettippet5246

9 жыл бұрын

Bev Mabry Well I bring my own lightweight cloth bags to the grocery store and fill it with bulk items. There is no discount, but you can take how much you want. There must be a bulk area in your local grocery store no?

@bevmabry4504

9 жыл бұрын

Violet Tippet we have a few bulk items at health stores - dried beans, rice, nuts, things like that, all different prices so they supply plastic bags. I'm doing my own non-GMO popcorn now - can microwave it in small brown paper bag with a bit of oil and salt. :)

My mom has kept birthday candles in a cleaned out Crisco (or maybe icing) container since I was little. Thinking about it brings back happy memories. Thanks!

I just have to say that now I'm going to be cleaning all my candle jars from now on! Oh my Gosh, never would have thought to do that. I've always liked how candle jars look. Now I'm going to start using them for organizing! YEA!!! Free containers. I love that!

glue the Crystal light containers together and use them to hold desk supplies like pencils, pens , scissors , rulers , any tall item, or as makeup brush holders ,

@sg0193

7 жыл бұрын

Kathy Gordon b l PA of course and he is a great friend

@bonnytiley3998

7 жыл бұрын

Kathy Gordon love this idea!

@christinagonzalez4303

7 жыл бұрын

Love your videos especially about organizing on a budget shopping on a budget and diy projects including meal planing

@ladywytch129

6 жыл бұрын

Lol... My gold makeup brush holders totally resemble plastic frozen oj concentrate containers!

@niniroxursox

6 жыл бұрын

I love this idea!!

I love free but I never thought about doing this. I have wasted so much money on storage "systems" that don't work and I had all these free things in my pantry! OMG! Thanks to you and your viewers I am now armed with amazing ideas!

I love that chip containers in the boots idea. I've seen it with pool noodles, but that's even cheaper. xo.

I absolutely LOVE the containers from Costco that hold chocolate covered raisins, nuts, etc. . . They have a nice large opening on top and a screw on lid that gives a tight seal. I use them as extra canisters, to hold cookies once packages are opened, to store bean, lentils and even pasta, etc. . . They really are wonderful and since I am already buying the product, it is nice to have free organizers. The best part is they are all the same size, making it easy to space plan!

I use baby wipes containers for hair accessories and women stuff. you can also use itfor kids markers or travel box. I use spagetti and baby jars for chocolate chips, nuts, bobby pins, sugar for the office, cat treats etc. Great ideas. Saves money and kees the world a little bit greener.

I use Mini M&M's containers to keep quarters in for the car. They're the perfect size for that! Plus they come in really cute colors.

@ladywytch129

6 жыл бұрын

Elisabeth Sargent I had a few for going to the laundromat. They were perfect!

Adams peanut butter jars are pretty and glass so I spray painted the lids silver and made a stencil out of paper to add a Mickey mouse silhouette on top. The used the waltograph front to label it for nuts, seeds, etc (because I usually buy them in bulk or in those terrible bags). It looks uniform now and matches my Disney kitchen but could work really for anything! We also used leftover containers for yard work, plumbing issues, feeding animals, organizing Legos, and you name it! Thanks for the inspiration!

I use the plastic containers that my prescriptions come in to store all the various pens, pencils, colored pencils, highlighters, etc. that (as an artist) I have so much of. I stand them up in a pretty basket and it all looks so pretty on my worktable. I have also cut pockets out of old jeans and tacked them up on the wall to store miscellaneous objects. Clothespins clip my chip and cereal bags, while also clipping some of my clothes to the hangers in the closet.

@bevmabry4504

9 жыл бұрын

Helen Zapata I use office clips for chip bags, and on hangers to be able to hang a 2nd hanger off the original one, sometimes to close frozen things that are half empty. I love those metal clips!

I keep all of the big plastic zipper bags that the bedding comes in. Excellent for under the bed storage.

@SparklingSilverCurls

7 жыл бұрын

My family does too, but we use them to store Christmas decorations. Those large, structured comforter bags are perfect for wreaths!

Don't know if you have ever had to deal with moving, but if you have, I would love to see a video with tips on how to get organized after a move. It just seems so overwhelming having all this stuff, especially downsizing to an apartment.

@carmenramos7851

5 жыл бұрын

Destiny Williams she has one video about moving before and after it helps a lot I did everything she did it helps me when I move out ...

I buy allot of pickles/gherkins as am ADDICTED to them and I always keep the jars and use them for storing stuff around my home.In my office I have one for all my pens, and another for rubber bands. In my kitchen on my shelves I have sweets, spices(from packets) in my bedroom I put cotton wool in the jars that stay on my dressing table, and I have another for hair pins etc. etc.. I have made scented candles for my bathroom with them, and they are great for putting your jewellery in, for example rings and broches.SO versatile and they are good quality. :-)

so ive been really sick and i find myself going thru your videos. your personality and voice is very cheery and i appreciate it plus organizing vids are relaxing lol. thank you and keep up the great work and ideas. blessings to you and your family.

At Dollar Tree, there are little boxes "3-in1 Cotton Set", they have cotton swabs, pads, etc. In my house, when they get used up, I save the boxes for hair supplies :) I have 3 girls, so we use lots of hair ties, bobby pins and clips. The boxes have 4 compartments and they're perfect for organizing.

I used a powdered drink container to store some long cotton swabs I have. I also made a Crystal Light container into a coin bank for loose change I find around the house. I re-use most of my glass jars for dry-ingredient storage. I also re-use glass jars to put things in when I am gifting small items or food items for the holidays or for birthdays. I rarely throw away glass items, as most of them can be repurposed into food storage. Plastic items aren't always best for storing food (BPA and other plasticizers), but I try to re-use them for non-food storage.

@squirrel_of_mistri8565

8 жыл бұрын

Mickey Ruiz You're welcome. Repurposing/upcycling can be a fun and inexpensive hobby...and less stuff winds up in landfills or oceans. If you Google something like "repurposing cardboard" or "upcycling plastic bottles," you will find a wealth of useful and crafty ideas that cost next to nothing!

I really enjoyed this video. It reminded me of my mom and how she used to re purpose empty spice bottles(the long ones from McCormick spices) and use them to store her beading needles. She was a dressmaker and had tons of sewing needles and beading needles for when she made wedding dresses, etc. Anyway, thanks for the great ideas!

Kathryn, the one item that I recycle for organizing is prescription bottles. I remove the lable, wash & dry them. Then I use them for lots of things. In my bathroom; individual eye drops, floss picks, floss threaders, you name it. In my office supply; paper clips, sticky note flags, push pins, etc. Sewing supplies; rubber bands, safety pins, straight pins, measuring tape. I also use them by size, for example the rounder ones I use for the floss pinks, for my individual eye drops which are taller & quite thin j use a skinnier & taller bottle. For my purse, I put gum in one & mints in another. In my home, my husband & I are on a. number of meds, so I always have a good supply if I need one. If that's not the case for you, then perhaps an older parent, aunt, uncle or friend would be happy to let you take them off their hands. That is of course after you've told them how you're going to use them & then they can get a little more organized.

id just like say thankyou so so sooo much. I work full-time and sometimes 12 hrs a day. I was so tied and sick of coming home and my house would be like a tornado hit it. This would make me even more tied. Nothing like an organised home to come home to. Ok so id come home and first thing id do grab a diet drink up to my balcony go brain dead and play on line games. What a waste of valuable time. One day i got so fed up and knew i had to do something or id go insane. And it hit me everything is on youtube!!! So i typed in home organization and wahla! Im transformed For 5 days after work Id be on here watching everything I can find and of course Doitonadime is my favourite just love the way you explain things and my addiction to online games has ceased yay!!! Thankyou again!!! Just love them and i am sure Id rewatch them to get more insentive.

I'm new to your videos dear...but my best organizing tip.. Is that I use my front door as a lovely message center ( it's metal as most outer doors are) so I've decorated it with lots of things, Mostly from the Dollar tree ! I have a magnetic calendar, note pad, dry erase board & markers and even some of those pretty motivational stickers that also come from Dollar Tree, if I have appointments or coupons I want to use they are right there for me to see before I leave the house, I'm very happy to share this great tip! this is also a great tip for the inside of a teen or child's room door because you can get large pieces of magnet boards from so many places now... this keeps everything right at hand.... and out of drawers! most times it's out of sight (out of mind) it's sometimes very hard to stay organized !!! thanks for the tips !!! XOXO Alma

Thanks - this was so helpful!! I re-use coffee creamer bottles with the pour spout for sugar, milk, etc. The label just peels off and leaves a clear bottle. They make it so easy when you're measuring things for cooking!

omg, I love love love your channel--I am a highly disorganized person, and often struggle with my tiny kitchen and y kids dumping trash habits (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree)--so these tips and tricks ARE AWESOME--THANK U SO MUCH!!

Great ideas! Not sure if it's been mentioned already, but I use the crystal light containers to store block cheese.

Thank you Kathryn, I can always depend on you to come up with really great ideas for every part of my house. Love your videos. You inspire me to get organized. Keep up the fantastic work!

I never save the metal lids that come with some glass jars, because they rust inside the rim. If you do use them, be sure to place double folded plastic wrap between the jar and the lid. I also save miscellaneous plastic jar lids and sometimes I can match them up. I did read an article about reusing plastic containers and bags. It stated that the type of plastic they're made out of is completely safe, except that if you wash it with hot water and soap the plastic will quickly break down. So it's best to rinse out with cold water and little if any soap. I also save the large plastic containers that lettuce comes in. Most the time I don't need the lid, so I cut off the rim and use it for a one-time disposable cutting board.

This is such a great idea, free containers and less waste in the recycling! It really makes me cringe when you think of all the containers I have bought and the great stuff that I have thrown away, never again, many thanks. Love all the videos, well done!

I much prefer free organizers or repurposing things from home/shopping at home. Makes me feel much more accomplished and satisfied! Thx for sharing!

I'm so excited I tried this! Went through my house and was surprised at all the different storage solutions I found! FABULOUS idea!!!

My husband and I drink instant coffee, and I always save the glass containers they come in. Last year when we baptized our two girls I used all the ones I had saved up as center pieces (about 12 of them), just tied a ribbon with an angel key chain around them, added some water with a floating candle, and centerpieces were done!

A lady on a youtube video actually had a container (I think possibly her garage) where she actually kept some of those cast off containers(cleaned first, of course) which gave her a stash to look thru when she needed something like that. I agree....these "free" little organizers are so fun to use

I love your ideas. You have inspired me to think twice before throwing things away that could be reused as perfectly good containers. I recently purged in my pantry and I am using the cardboard trays that come with those 12 pack tea bottles: one to hold my oils spreads and another one for canned goods. Also that big square tin can that came with those chocolate flutes, I am using to hold little 100 calorie snack packs.

I use glass jars for collecting sea shells, paint, coins, ribbon, craft stuff and catching grease. I use the decorative duct tape to cover the unsightly lids or spray paint. I use empty tissue boxes to hold doggie poo or grocery bags. I used the zebra print duct tape to cover the box to match my decor. Great tips!

your enthusiasm is so contagious!

We use family size lemonade containers, cover them in duck tape and use them for all sorts of things: Headband holder outside, squnchy holder (inside with lid), etc.... Also we cut a long slit down the side of one and feed our trash bags on a roll so they are coming out. We also use the rectangle plastic icecream tubs to contain craft items like beads, pompoms, bows, ribbons and on and on....

Can you use the Pringles can for spaghetti noodles?

OMG! Koolaid containers for storage... WOW! I didn't think the plastic liners would come off so easily. The Pringles canisters are fabulous for storage, too... thanks for all the great storage hints.

I love your ideas. I have implemented a few of them in my home. Regarding old containers. I use my Adam's peanut butter jars to store all of my grains and nuts, etc. Someday, I will paint the lids.

Such great ideas Kathryn!! Love the cupcake liner one. You can also use the Crystal Lite containers to keep your corn on the cob holders in. I used to poke myself all the time fishing around for them in a drawer, this really helps! Just love all your videos. Hope you have a great weekend.

This is really fantastic....brilliant!!!! Glad I skipped buying a few containers today at Walmart.....now I will go for these types....yay!!!

I love saving the squeezable honey bear bottles to mix craft paints for the grandkids. You have such great ideas! Thanks for sharing!

I just found your channel and I've been binging on it big time! Thank you so much for all your videos they're great!

Great way to use your containers, the sprinkle's container I used it for storing new straws. they fit in great. Thanks for sharing the lazana noodles.

I second M Wyman. Baking soda is great...I just cleaned mine with vinegar and dish soap and I didn't have a problem with smell.

I save containers too. Like cottage cheese and salsa. I take them to big family dinners because everyone usually wants to take a little something home with them. I take containers for everyone. :)

In the process of reorganizing my kitchen, so this video was perfect timing. Great ideas, thanks for sharing!

great ideas for repurposing old containers! thanks for sharing. love your channel

It never occurred to me to do this. What an inventive thing! Im so gonna look at my food containers with a different frame of mind!

Great Idea's Kathryn! Good luck and congratulations to you and Charlie on baby Carson!!

You are the first person ever besides me that uses clothes pins for chip bags! GENIOUS cupcake container

I have a bin full of different organizers, boxes (quality ones like watch boxes or metal tins), zipper bags etc for when i'm in an organizing mood. I rotate my things regularly when organizing. If something i'm using in another room that would work better for a different room, i'll move it if i can find something else to replace it with. So its nice to keep a bin of extras to look thru before going out and buying something else. Things go in and out regularly; and everything i may need is in one place not all over. Labels are key when the organizer / container is not clear. I only use the labels reusable labels from the container store. they are the best. Dishwasher safe and last forever!

Absolutely awesome ideas!! We use binder clips for chip clips, they are strong!! I love em!! I'm also a short jar cleaner outer, then organize some stuff kind of woman!! I also tint them and give them out as gifts to friends and family! That's fun with the kids!! I've just came across your channel and I'm stuck watching all your wonderful ideas!! Thank you so much for all your videos and ideas! So, do you have an idea on how to store the jars and/or candles that need there next job!? I have several sized jars that I'm using for crafts and organizing, right now they are in a box! Tucked away! Thanks again!!

We do this always here in India... We also keep the plastic containers as well... This is prevelent from generations.. n we love it... I do the same thing what u have shown in your video until I get my desired container..later these free ones I use it for another purpose...yeyyy....

Great, great tips on using already purchased containers... Love it!

Great tips! Thanks for sharing them with us! I also re-use my jelly container to store flour. They work great.

Good ideas .. Even I like reusing items and saving money, especially glass containers.i reuse to store spices .. I just decorate them a bit if they appear old.. One great thing is comforters and bedsheets sets come in plastic zipped covers .. I always reuse them for storing clothes or for traveling.. They really work great .. Pringles boxes for kids sketch pens and so on..you are organizing and yet they are free

Thank you :) Hope you are having a great weekend!

You always leave comments that make my day :) Thank you.

I love you're organizing and cleaning ideas. I subscribed to you're thread. So many good ideas. Thanks!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Lasagna noodle storage idea! I actually have an empty Pringles can as well as Lasagna noodles left over from last week! Perfect timing!

you are so smart and thanks for sharing your video is saving my life i watch it daily so keep them coming .

Great tips! If you use ready-made icing like Pillsbury, those containers are good for storage too. That's what my mom's kept birthday candles in for years. ☺

I love to reuse jars as well. But another of my fav things to reuse is hangers you get when you purchase pants/skirts. I cut off each "clip" file Sharpe edges down with a nail file and there you have it, TWO free snack bag clips.

We use the empty coffee-mate creamer tubs for paint, seals it quite well. Other uses for them are, nuts and bolts, legos/matchbox cars/barbiedoll items etc.

I use an old quart sized yogurt container to store my curved safety pins that I use for basting quilts. The most efficient way to store them is open, so I need a container with a lid. The fact that the top of the container is large means easy access to the pens when I get ready to baste. Just now, I have a quilt basted that needed over 750 pens. They will all go in this yogurt container, one at a time and open, as I take them out while I am quilting. I have a years old metal vegetable can that I use to melt bee's wax, I set it in a pan of simmering water and melt my old, cracked bee's wax blocks. These blocks are used to condition hand sewing thread. Draw the thread through the bee's wax before threading the needle to prevent knotting. If you are feeling like a seamstress in a Paris fashion house, iron the thread before threading the needle, after you have pulled it throug the bee's wax. Anywayyyy, since bee's wax is rather expensive, I remelt and remold. I have an old strainer dedicated to this process. Sometimes there will be lumps of old thread lint in the bottom of the strainer. I strain the melted bee's wax into a very old heart shaped candle mold. I have no idea how old the can, strainer, and mold are. I've been using them for years. They live in the bottom shelf of my sewing machine cabinet. Thanks for all your helpful information!

I love reusing containers!! So cost effective and environmentally friendly! :) Peanut containers are great also. I use them to store my noodles so I can take them out of their boxes :)

I like to use All laundry packs containers to store nail polishes, hair curlers, and other loose, bulky things.

I tap out all of the loose "chips" and then I take a barely damp cloth and run it along the inside. I haven't had a problem with everything coming out really easily. If you want, you could even sprinkle a bit of baking soda inside, shake it up, and then tap it out. Good luck :)

Yes, it can totally get out of control. We have a box in the garage where I keep them, and when it gets full, I don't add anything to it (although it's tempting). Sort of a 1 in, 1 out rule ;)

I use glass jars to store extra condiment packets from fast-food restaurants, such as duck sauce, soy sauce, ketchup, mustard, mayo, relish.....etc. They come in great when packing lunches for school or work......plus they are free.

LOL! I use the Crystal Light containers too in my craft and I put my Sharpies and pencils in them. I also used your idea to go to the dollar tree to organize our junk drawer in our kitchen. Thanks for the ideas. I am starting to organize everything now.

thank you ! you are too that is why I look forward to see your new ideas...take care Laura

Thanks for the tips, love them. I use the Crystal Light containers to store my makeup brushes.

I have used the small Pringles snack containers for pencil holders on my desk, I covered it with some left over self-adhesive shelf liner. I even had one of the other secretaries ask about where I got one of them, so I gave it to her. After about 10 years? they are still in use...

Great ideas! I use the crystal lite containers to store cough drops in in my freezer over the summer. I detest in the fall and winter trying to open a cough drop wrapper and having to peel it off.. It can be sticky and yucky. The containers are slim and short enough that they don't take up much room in the freezer.

Omg, thanks for this. I have a ton of candles and cupcake liners with no home. I NEVER thought of this. Wow

You can use yogurt or cottage cheeze and sour cream containers. I use them for buttons

You are super resourceful, Laura!

For sure!!! That's a great one. Those always jab me.

I can't wait until I have baby food jars to re-use. Those things are the bomb!

I love the drink tube containers. they are perfect for crackers. Also I poked a few holes in the lid of one and put a bit of flour, salt, and pepper in it. I use this to dust meats when I'm cooking. I seriously can't throw away a glass jar. Its my grandmothers fault. She canned. Anyway I picked up some little animals at Dollar General at Easter time and spring. I used similar sized jars. I spray painted the lid and glued the animals on top and filled them with candy for friends. But I have two with roosters on my counter top. One has sweetener and one has creamer. They are so nice. They match my kitchen well. I also have one with a bunny by my kitchen plants. It holds those little feeder spikes for houseplants.

Coffee cans are great for small toys storage and ricotta cheese containers. I also use pill bottles to store tiny craft items.

Great ideas! I am so doing this. I have asked my coworkers to bring in the drink containers! Thanks for sharing.

I love your ideas! It's recycling, cost-efficient and I don't have to go out and buy something extra (and spend more money!)

I re-use old coffee canisters, the Folgers red plastic ones (or the blue brand ones) for storing my extra sugar & flour in. I like to keep those stocked in the pantry but hate keeping them in the bags they come in for fear of bugs & humidity. I find that they stay so much fresher in the containers :)

i love all of your organization videos!

I also cut them and staple the rim to look nice and store anything you like example vanilla and baking bags and use them like drawer dividers or in boxes to divide greeting cards.I received recently a heart chocolate box the plastic inside(gold in color) is very nice to organize earrings in your jewelry box or drawer . I hope that you like my ideas. thank you.