There are so many things around our homes that we can use in our craft work. Tonight, I noticed that the common toothpick holder (the kind that has a hole to dispense one toothpick at a time) would be great as a glitter-shaker. I often poke yarn pieces into the hole of an empty kleenex box. These can eventually be used for stuffing.
Remember how the ads went for those plastic containers when they first came out about ten years ago? They said we’d never have to worry again about a family member forgetting to bring home a dish it they took one for lunch (work or school) because they only cost about 50 cents. That was then, and this is now, and they cost a little bit more than that. But they last longer than I ever expected. Eventually, I buy new ones because the microwave beats these up after a year or so. I use the old ones for craft supplies and to also stash small finished projects.
Ice cream buckets are great (for generic ice cream or sherbets) for balls of yarn or larger supplies. Snap-shut eyeglass cases hold my crochet hooks. Canvas tote bags hold work-in-progress. I have even used Styrofoam or cardboard egg cartons for beads and things. The deli containers for potato salad and macaroni salad are great see-through containrs, too.
I use food scales and postal scales to weight my balls of leftover yarn and threads, to see if I have enough to work a project.
Thank you, Dear Lord, for all the ways I can use what you send my way.
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