Thursday 26 January 2012

25 Things to Make Your Life Easier

I found this just now, and some of the stuff is pretty cool! So I thought I'd re-post so that you guys had a chance to check it out too. I found it here at The Daily Buzz

Clever ideas: hull strawberries with a straw
Via: amy-newnostalgia.blogspot.com
Hull strawberries easily using a straw.

Clever ideas: use a walnut to heal furniture scratches
Via: apartmenttherapy.com
Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture will disguise dings and scrapes.

Clever ideas: WD40 for cleaning crayon off TV screens
Via: unplggd.com
Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV, computer screen or wall with WD40.

Clever ideas: keep a cut apple from going brown
Via: athomewithrealfood.blogspot.com
Stop cut apples browning in your child’s lunch box by securing with a rubber band.

Clever ideas: store bedlinen sets inside their pillowcases
Via: marthastewart.com
Overhaul your linen cupboard – store bedlinen sets inside one of their own pillowcases and there will be no more hunting through piles for a match.
Clever ideas: bowl as iPhone sound amplifier
Via: realsimple.com
Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone / iPod in a bowl – the concave shape amplifies the music.

Cleaver ideas: wet wipe dispenser as plastic bag storage
Via: savvyhousekeeping.com
Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.

Clever ideas: baby powder to remove sand from feet
Via: iheartnaptime.net
Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder gets sand off your skin easily – who knew?!

Clever ideas: velcro strip on wall to hold soft toys
Via: realsimple.com
Attach a velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.

Clever ideas: gift wrap storage on cupboard ceiling
Via: flickr.com
Look up! Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls against the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the floor.

Clever idea: stocking over vacuum to pick up lost items
Via: instructables.com
Gotcha! Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a stocking over the vacuum hose.

Clever idea: box lid cupcake holder
Via: realsimple.com
Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting crosses into a box lid.

Clever idea: how to fold a fitted sheet
Via: stephmodo.com
For those who can’t stand the scrunching and bunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.

Clever idea: magnetic bobbypin storage
Via: sprwmn.blogspot.com
Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use magnetic strips to store bobby pins (and tweezers and clippers) behind a vanity door.

Clever idea: use shower caps to hold shoes when packing
Via: realsimple.com
A tip for holiday packing. Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty soles rubbing on your clothes. And you can find them in just about every hotel!
Clever idea: muffin pan craft storage
Via: familyfun.go.com
A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets hold the plastic cups down to make them tip-resistant.
Clever idea: bread tags as cable labels
Via: unplggd.com
Bread tags make the perfect-sized cord labels.

Clever idea: cook cupcakes in ice cream cones
Via: kiboomu.com
Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones – so much more fun and easier for kids to eat.
Clever idea: microwave your own popcorn in a plain paper bag
Via: squawkfox.com
Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper bag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet stuff.
Clever idea: use a tension rod to hang spray bottles
Via: jengrantmorris.blogspot.com
Brilliant space-saver: install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles. Genius!

Clever idea: how to make heart-shaped eggs
Via: 9gag.com
Win friends at breakfast with this heart-shaped egg tutorial. Aww shucks!
Clever idea: use upside-down muffic pan to make cookie bowls
Via: wilton.com
Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough over the top and voila – you have cookie bowls for fruit or ice-cream. Click here for recipe.
Clever idea: freeze aloe vera lotion for soothing burns
Via: realsimple.com
Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing sunburn relief.

Clever idea: gutter veggie garden
Via: lifehacker.com.au
Gutter garden: Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.

Clever idea: egg cartons for Christmas ornament storage
Via: re-nest.com
Use egg cartons to separate and store your Christmas decorations.

Why not re-post it aswell, share these tips around!
Much love,
Elle xx

2 comments:

  1. I think that my favourite has got to be the boiled egg hearts - not that I like boiled eggs!

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  2. I think my favourite has got to be "Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones"
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