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A monthly planner for organizing bills.

Monthly Planner For Organizing Bills

Every year, I buy a monthly planner at the dollar store. When my bills arrive, either in the mail or online, I put them in the appropriate month in my planner.

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Recipe and Diet Organizer

I have a hard time recalling the things for a diet and recipies I am to be working on. So one day, I collected all the recipe pages and diet sheets that I needed; some were on the computer so I printed out the important ones.

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Corks to Store Knifes

Place a cork on the point of knives to keep out of harms way. Great for kitchen drawers or when packing for picnics, BBQs or cookouts and Parties.

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Oxy Clean Box used for coffee filters

Recycled Coffee Filter Box

I have been dealing with my coffee filters in plastic bags since my cute tin rusted out about ten years ago. I had resigned myself to a life of tacky plastic bags on my counter.

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Alternative Uses for Photo Albums

Photo albums are often on sale where I live and I think they could have a lot of purposes other than photos. I have already thought of recipes. Any other ideas for photo albums?

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Making Magazine Holders

This is a guide about making magazine holders. Make your own inexpensive holder for keeping your magazines organized and handy.

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Organizing nails in recycled plastic containers.

Storing Nails in Recycled Plastic Containers

I found a great new use for the sturdy plastic containers that our dog treats come in from Costco. I use them to store large nails and screws that I buy in quantity for various projects.

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Organize Your Closet

I sorted my childrens closets (what a task). I had four boxes for sorting things: toss, donate, keep, and a box for things that belong somewhere else in the house. I pulled everything out of the closets and then sorted everything into boxes.

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Craft Scissors and Paper

Organizing Craft Projects

This is a guide about organizing craft projects. Many crafters may be working on multiple projects at the same time or they can only work on their projects when time allows.

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Dish drainer in cupboard.

Store Dishes in the Cupboard in a Drainer

Put a dish drainer in the cupboard to store your plates. This keeps them organized and males it easier to get one.

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Organizing Manuscripts

Organizing Manuscripts

This is a guide about organizing manuscripts. If you are a writer or poet, whether a professional or as an avocation, keeping your manuscripts organized is important.

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Shred Junk Mail Immediately

To keep the clutter down of junk mail coming in the house, we keep a shredder handy and go through the mail as soon as it comes in. Magazines, newspapers, ads, etc. go into a bag to be recycled.

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Storing Toilet Tissue

What can I use to store extra rolls of toilet tissue in the bathroom, near the stool. I can't use too large of a "footprint". The area is small. Thank you.

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Recipes tucked inside cabinet door.

Keeping Favorite Recipes Handy

I keep my favorite, often-used recipes inside the cabinet doors above my kitchen counter. No more fumbling with pages in a cookbook with cookie dough on my fingers or books taking up space on my counter. Keeping recipes inside the cabinet door puts the recipe at eye level.

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Stop Super Glue from Drying Out

After opening a bottle or tube of "Super Glue", put it in the refrigerator. It will never dry out! I've had a bottle in the door of my frig for 10 years or more and it's still like new. One of the maintenance men in the factory where I worked told me this.

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Nifty Storage Idea for Scarves and Belts

Nifty Storage Idea for Scarves and Belts

You will need an ordinary clothes hanger plus some shower curtain rings. Lots of space-saving room to hang your scarves and belts.

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Organizing Fishing Supplies

Organizing Fishing Supplies

This guide is about organizing fishing supplies. Keeping your fishing tackle ready for your next outing, saves time and hassle when it's time to go fish.

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Making Room for Baby Clothes in Your Closet

My friend is expecting her first baby in September, she lives with her parents in a very small 2 bedroom house. She's trying to look for ideas on how to organize her closet (which is super small) so she can fit his clothes along with her's in there. Does anyone have any tips or ideas that are cheap?

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Organizing Craft Paper

To keep my 8.5 x 11 cardstock organized by color I use a vertical cardboard magazine holder that I have covered with decorative paper to look pretty in my craft room. The trick is to be sure the holder is full, otherwise the paper will slump and not be straight, especially the thinner papers.

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Organizing Camping Equipment

We have always had a "housekeeping box" for the basic set-up and break-down stuff: toilet paper, paper towels, table cover, first aid kit, rope, hammer or mallet, wasp trap, trash bags, flashlight, aluminum foil, potholders, tissues, etc.

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Shelves for Dishes 1

Add Levels to Kitchen Shelves

I felt that my dish storage space was not being used effectively, so I purchased some inexpensive wire racks at Ross. They turned out to be about half the height of my current dish shelves, and therefore doubled the space.

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Repurposing a Dresser

We are moving into a smaller house which requires creative interior design and also making use of every space for storage. We have a wonderful old piece of furniture and no place to put it, so we decided to use it as the TV stand, but it would require some modification.

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