Pinterest Project: Plastic Bags To-Go

I know, I know. "Another pinterest project, Kelly?!" Overachiever... I get it.


So I'm a big fan of saving the earth and making the world a cleaner, better place for all the babies in my life.  I love to reuse things and one of the easiest things to reuse is a plastic bag, like the ones you get from walmart or target [or everywhere].

I mean you can use them to line a small trash can in the home [we do this in two rooms currently] OR as a trash bag in the car [my personal favorite] OR a quick lunch sack [we each do this every day] OR packing material for fragile items to be mailed [I've done this at least twice] OR using a bag to hold wet clothes such as a swimsuit [I will be using this a lot at camp this summer].


So when I saw this idea on the Pin Place, I knew it was one I would actually do.

Here's the idea:

It's pretty simple.  And it actually reuses TWO things - the plastic bags and the plastic container... Yay for you and saving the world!! :)

Here's a link to the original source: Embellished Grocery Bag Container at TaterTots and Jello

I'm not going to retype everything or show you my steps because I just did what it said.

Well, except...

I didn't decorate it.   So mine looks like this. 

Yep, there's one of those rolling around in the back of my car somewhere.  I put mine in the car because that's where I tend to not have a plastic bag handy. 

Oh, and if you actually check out that link, you will see that in step 6, she took the lid off.  I didn't notice this little detail and tried to push the dozen or so bags into the container....didn't work.  

Don't try it.

And here's the only downfall to this trick: it doesn't really fit anywhere in my car, like in a cup holder or in the door pocket.  So it's literally just rolling around in the floor boards of the backseat.  And sometimes its hard to find.

So there you have it.  A quick and easy pinterest project that uses things you already have, a few minutes of your time [seriously, it took like 10 minutes], and you save the world.  Yay you!!

What pinterest project are you going to do?

Pinterest Project - Backwards Hangers

Ok, so we all love Pinterest right? Me too.  EXCEPT, I tend to pin lots of things and never do them.

Until now.

I found this tip there and I put it into practice 6 months ago.  You heard me.  

On January 1, 2012 I turned all of hangers backwards, like this (the actual pic from pinterest) 

As I wore each item, I washed it and then rehung it the regular way. Then June 1, 2012 came and I pulled everything that was still backwards.

Here's what it looked like before. Note: I only pulled tops. 

And now the hard part, not making up excuses to keep the items.

So here are my criteria for clothes I keep:
(1) Do I look good in it?
(2) Am I comfortable in it, meaning, does it fit?
(3) Have I worn it in the past 6 months?
A "yes" to at least 2 means it can stay for a little while longer
If not, its gonna make room for something that does meet :)

Here are the 9 items that had backwards hangers. (It was laundry day and the sheets were drying, excuse our bare bed).  [I did put one item back because its part of my go-to Halloween costume.  Sorry, forgot to take a pic of it.]

So let's see if any of these pass the test and will go back in the closet for another 6 months...

(1) Do I look good in all of these: Peach is definitely my color.  The others are kind of 'eh' now.

(2) Am I comfortable in it: No, it seems they have "shrunk" recently, lol.

(3) Have I worn it in the past 6 months: Obviously not.

So, away you go!

Look at all those extra hangers! Yay!

And to prove (to myself) that I meant it, I took them to Goodwill the very same day. :)

Sadly, I forgot to take an after pic.  Honestly, only 9 tops didn't make a dramatic change, but I can see how this will be useful throughout life.  Also, I'm going to start doing it with the rest of my closet, not just tops.

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What Pinterest projects have you done recently? Or which project do you want to do?