I've found that many household products work great for my craft projects so I thought I'd show you a few of my favorites....Plastic containers- I keep some Mod Podge in a clean sour cream/cottage cheese container to use on my projects. It makes it easy to use a sponge brush to dip it in & brush it on and when I'm done, I just put the lid on until next time. I also use these when I custom mix craft paint. I can put the lid on and save it for touch up later and throw it out when I'm finished! So many uses for these containers that I used to throw out!
Freezer Paper - I bought a huge roll to make these shirts last 4th of July. Since then, I've found that the freezer works great as a workspace cover. I put it down whenever I am painting or Mod Podge-ing. My wood pieces don't stick to the freezer paper like they do to cardboard or newspaper. I'm kicking myself because I saw rolls on clearance at Target last summer and wish I would have stocked up. Wax paper works for this too!
Plastic lids - I use these as paint trays for my craft paint! I had hundreds of these filling my drawers so I started using them for painting. It's worked great - I can dispose of them when I'm finished so easy clean up!
Q-tips/cotton swabs - this might be a "duh" moment, but a few weeks ago, I realized how handy it is to have cotton swabs in my craft room. I use them to swab excess glue & paint on projects and to touch up things! Many, many uses for these babies!
There you have it, a few uncommon uses for common items! 
Thanks for the tips. I especially like the Modge Podge container. I would have never thought about that but have many problems either getting inside of the jar or dumping out way too much when doing a project. I also want to see what you ended up doing with the W in the picture!!
ReplyDeletegreat tips! I usually use a paper plate for my paint but this would be more green and useful. thanks for sharing!
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