Reusing KFC Plastic Cup (for the mashed potatoes)

Boyfriend driving me insane over the weekend.  He is good with fixing stuff but not so good with organizing.  After he fixes stuff, I am left with the mess.  Actually, he cleans after but he doesn't have a proper place for his things.  When he needs like say this size of screw, he couldn't find it and asks me to help look.  That in turn drives me crazy.  We have a small apartment so space is very limited.  I have to be creative with the containers.  The small things like screws, hooks, tacks and even rubber bands is what he's always looking for.  I dug into my storage and found these little cups.

Yeah, I love take outs, especially when I was working.  Mashed potatoes and coleslaw is my favorite but enough about that because I'm having this evil thought of eating at KFC!

The good thing is they are transparent and can be stacked on top of each other, it'd be easier to see the content.  Can't wait to show him this when he gets home later.

Old Puzzle Mats Turned as Trash Bins

  

Going over the contents of the demolished apartment, I chanced upon a few puzzle mats that my niece and nephew used to enjoy playing with.  There used to be 40 or so pieces when they were 3 and 2 years old.  As always, I felt bad throwing them away: First because they are in good shape and second because they are made of rubber therefor non biodegradable.  I couldn't use them as mats because there were only a few left.  I played with them for a while until I decided to connect them into triangles.

Easy eh?

Then I just place a plastic bag inside.  I have loads of plastic bags hidden in storage that I have no idea what to use for.  I guess you can make a square but my plastic bags can only fit in a triangle.  I made 4 triangles for paper, plastic, cans and dust.  I like sweeping the floor. 

Spruce Up an Old Table

We used to rent tables and chairs in the 90s.  It was my mom's business.  The business did  great for a decade and when it went down, we hid all the chairs and tables in a room.  They look old and dirty now.  I decided to just play with it.

See that round monoblock table, it's 2 decades old now. Trust me, I've cleaned it and it still looks like that.

These are what we're going to use:
     used wrapping paper (or any paper you want)
     scissors or cutter or exacto knife
     homemade mod podge (mix 50% water and 50% glue)
     pencil
     foam brush

At the back of the paper, I traced the triangle shape on the table with a pencil. You can use an exacto knife to get a triangle shape quicker but I'm not really good using it. So if you're like me, trace using a pencil. Cut out 6 triangles from your paper.

I made sure the table's clean before I applied my homemade mod podge.  I find that using 100% glue dries quicker than the water+glue solution.  I couldn't find any store selling a foam brush so I used a replacement.  See the white foam in the picture?  That's the foam placed inside shoes to protect them from wrinkling.  After applying water+glue solution, place the paper and allow it to dry.

Done with 3 triangles, looking good now. I didn't want to buy new paper so I used the ones I have. This is the wrapping used from one of the gifts I got last christmas. Yeah, I'm that kind of person! 3 more triangles to go.

And then we're done.

I decided not to stick paper on all the surface. I like how it looks and so did my niece and nephew.