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You might hear yourself say those words, at least once.

A matchbox makes a cute, little sewing kit. Toilet paper rolls have more uses than one, you know? Actually, the possibilities are endless. Lemon juice removes food stains from plastic and light colored wood. Juice, let it sit for 20 minutes, rinse.

Always trying to find that darn tweezer? Magnet. Clothes slipping off the hangers? Wrap the ends with rubber bands. Are you a messy painter? Do not like sticky tape? Aluminium foil. Doh.

Unless you have fancy (or foncy) camera, you can use a plastic soap dish to protect your camera. (Fine, store anything else in it – they come in all sorts of pretty colors. Cardboard coasters as gift tags. Yesss. A binder clip serves as a key chain/money holder AND you can clamp to your waistband for a purse-free morning walk. What? Yes, too clever.

Contact-lens container = pills purse. Which reminds me, time for an eye test. You? No idea what to do with all the handbags you never use? Shower-hooks. Miracle. Wrap a paint brush (or roller) with a plastic bag and secure it with a rubber band. This will keep it moist for up to 2 days in between painting sessions.

Ew, funny looking ketchup. Do not worry, you can use an old ketchup bottle as a pancake batter dispenser. Squirt. Old, yes very ooold cassette tape holders double up as containers for earphones. Plus, if it is clear, you can see what is in it. Two thumbs up. Another ew – corn hair. Brush, brush with a toothbrush. Enjoy.

Thanks to Real Simple‘s ‘All-Time Favorite New Uses for Old Things’. There are 50 ‘good ideas’, so head over there if you would like to see the rest.

P.S. I do not trust the ‘flat iron tip’, using it to iron your shirt. Uh yeah, not too sure about that one.