Saturday, September 21, 2013

Uses for Zip-close Plastic Bags - Snack-size

Plastic zip-close bags have seemingly endless uses for the Road Warrioress.  They’re reusable, recyclable, disposable.  Space-consumption and weight are next to nothing.  Here are some of my favorite uses for the little snack-size bags.

1.    Instant mini-cosmetic bag!  Stop digging through your handbag for your lipstick.  These are just right to keep a set of make-up wands and tubes: mascara wand, brow wand or pencil, eyeliner, eye shadow, lip stick and gloss or Chap-Stik, small vial of cologne/perfume.  You can even get your gear into an evening bag this way.

2.   Mini-manicure set.  Most manicure cases are a bit bulkier than need be.  Emory board, nail clippers, orange stick, cuticle trimmer, nail polish remover pad, even a small bottle of nail polish tuck together neatly in these shallow snack bags.  I include tweezers with the manicure set to make it a “tool bag.”

3.   Office “diddlies:” paperclips, paper clamps, strip of staples (or mini-stapler and box of staples), a handful of pens and markers.  Keep those assorted odd bits organized.

4.   Jewelry: use a piece of plastic straw (see our earlier post!) to keep chains, necklaces, bracelets from tangling.  Then place them in a snack-size bag.  If you only have/need a few pieces, this is far less bulk or weight than a jewelry bag or roll.

5.   Have a fragile piece of jewelry, such as a strand of pearls?  Placing it in a little baggie helps protect it from scratches.  Even if you also use a jewelry roll, bag it, then place it in the jewelry roll.

6.   Phone charger.  Protect it, and especially keep that fragile cord from tangling.

7.   Ear buds.  Again, keep your cords from tangling.  Prevent loss of those tiny earpieces.

8.   Slip in business cards as you receive them at meetings, conferences, events.  Label bag by event, or transfer them to your business card storage system after the meeting.

9.   Batteries!  Take batteries out of the awkward bubble pack and zip them into bags.  A snack-bag will hold a large (16-24) bubble-card full of AA or AAA batteries.  Great for spare small specialty batteries (watches, hearing aids, etc), too.

More to come!

May your road rise to meet you!
Ann

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