Organized Sewing Kit Story

Once upon time we had a sewing kit which looked like this...

Essential car care caddy

Since we love our beautiful - small family size - car , we like always to take care of it whenever we have time for that. We used to take it to the car wash stations whenever we feel it a little dusty or needs to be cleaned and washed. Buutttttt after having a little funny toddler setting in the car with all of these snacks and crackers we had to care about it a little bit more than before.

We like to wipe the dashboard , vacuum the floor and clean some stains on the seats from a time to time. And because my husband does a lot of driving in the morning and in the evening everyday, and because we go out sometimes in the holidays , a car care products and essentials caddy became a must.

Organizing medicine

Our beautiful bathroom has a very small medicine cabinet, so I keep all our medicines and vitamins in a home care area we established couple of months ago. It is really a fantastic feel having all medication in one place. Easy find, easy grab and easy put away.

In addition to my toddler medication, we keep our vitamins, first aid, medicines and some medical tools. I decided to keep our toddler medication in his closet as a trick to avoid jam-packed stuff in one area.

In order to organize our medicines, the first step should be purging all expired stuff or medicines that will not be used again like surgery or pregnancy medications. Then I started to categorize them according to the reasons. When I have a pain in muscles I am not sure if I have a bill, spray or gel as a pain killer for it. So categorizing medicines according to type is not working for me.

For this easy cute medication system, I chose easy system for less used stuff, easier one for more used stuff and the easiest for the most used. I purchased these boxes in an inexpensive price. I put the digestive and flu medicines on top because we use them more. Other medicines and extra vitamins in the bottom.

I love drawers for easier access, so they are convenient for more used medicines. Pain killer and first aid need to have easy home and because we use the muscles and bones medicines the most, I chose to put them in drawer as well.

Everyday vitamins and medicines are kept on the very top section in the drawer box for the easiest reach. Courses medicines - like antibiotic in case of flu-  are kept there in order not to miss them.

Tools that we use during medication are also kept in one of the drawers. Syringes,  fever patches and thermometers are all in there.

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My first aids set in my purse

I like to carry first aids set in my purse to use it when I need it. This is really helpful when something accidentally happen. If you have kids, this will be very important and you can't ignore it at all because children like to run everywhere and play and sometimes they got infection from other children. This is necessary for adults as well because sometimes you may get injured while you are trying to open something sharp or burn when you touch something hot.


Again I made a small bag out of old jeans that I had.

I cut out a rectangular shape piece of jeans and fold it into half horizontally. then I connected the short edges to the zipper and sewed the long edges. Let's have a look inside

Cotton pieces, germs killer or Alcohol, betadine, first aid pads, burns ointment, antibiotic ointment, digital and analog thermometers, aspirin, cold tablets, pain killer, antiemetic and ear infection dropper (if you are going to the beach or something).

I filled the Alcohol and betadine in washed and dried eye droppers containers with syringe. This will make them easy to wet a piece of cotton with.

Again, control the mess concept is applied here because I don't want 0.00000009% of possibility to have a leaked betadine over my stuff. So I cut pieces of plastic bags and cover the top before I close the caps.

In this eye contact container I put burns ointment and antibiotic ointment. I liked this idea I came up with because it suites what I need.

I hope this post was helpful and I would like to see your applies and your comments, feedback and responses. Thank you for reading and see you next post.

How to make cell phone holder

This is the most lovely project I ever made. It is easy, inexpensive and done in noooooo time and the result is amazing :D. I always looking for my cell phone around the house. Do you? Yes I know. We all do. We waste sometimes looking for our cell phone until we give up and ask someone to call us to find it. I made this lovely gorgeous DIY cell phone holder today and it looks beautiful.

 It is made out of resources that you already have in your house. Let's start

  You will need:

1 - One single sock
2 - scissor
3 - Good amount of fiber, you can use half amount or less of an old small pillows.
4 - elastic thread
5 - Old CD
6 - A needle and
7 - Hot glue gun

1 - Roll the toes of the sock (the closed end) to get this flower look, secure it with elastic thread and cut with scissor.

2 - Turn the sock inside out and insert the CD inside it.

3 - From the hole of CD pull the sock from the other side.

4 - stuff with fiber over the Cd and around the sock tail.

5  - Turn the sock and insert the CD again through the sock tail making the fiber to be inside them . You should face the right side of the sock now after you flipped it in the first step.

This is from the back to show what  I mean. Just cut the tortuous remains of the sock - if exist -  to make the holder stands properly on a flat surface.

6 - With your fingers or with a needle adjust the fiber to be tidy trying to make a sweet shape as shown in the next picture and add the flower with the glue gun.

7 - Put your cell phone.  You are done :D.

This was also free inexpensive DIY that you can make in no time and you will have much fun. Just a quick note that it will not work very well with REALLY BIG cell phones like Galaxy Notes. You probably gonna need to work with a box lid rather than the CD. I hope this was helpful for you. I am waiting for your feedback, comments, questions and responses with pictures. Your responses will be the talking center next time of-course.

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Reuse it : Sticky notes holder to store drink coasters

Another quick post I wanted to share. I was thinking about the square shape of the drink coasters that we all have cluttered everywhere in the house. We get them everyday as commercials when we go to any store we get them for free in special occasions like new year, Christmas and so. It looks like sticky notes squares, so I thought about the sticky note holders to store them different wheres in the house.

Again, it's in no time, free and inexpensive. Let me know your feedback, comments, questions and responses. Your responses will be the next talking center of-course

Reuse it : Clothes clips to close small bags

Just a quick idea I would like to share with you. Some of small bags that hold seasoning are hard to close for future usage. I got this idea while I was in my dressing room. This lovely pin was holding my husband new shirt and I thought why didn't I reuse it for something useful ? check this out.

I am sure your already have something similar holding your new socks together. Go and reuse it!! This can work with ANY small bag like small snacks bags, gum bags or dry soup bags . I hope this tip was really helpful. I am waiting for your replies, comments, questions, feedback and responses. Your responses will be the next talking center of-course.

How to make time manager out of foam board

When I got my first baby, everything was turn upside down, I had no time to do anything, all my time was spent in failed trials to calm my baby down, stop him crying and try to figure out what he wanted. Everything was messed up. Laundry stacked over. Dishes were dancing in the sink. Everything was messed. Like a new mom I was frustrated and disappointed. It seemed that I failed in everything. I couldn't take care of my baby neither my home.

To step up again  I spent most of my time trying to fix everything, and again it seems that I turned the coin up. I took care about home but most of the time my baby is setting on the bouncer in-front of  the TV  with nothing to learn and no one to play with. Of-course I was doing the basic duties for him, but I had no time to have fun with him, read for him, or teach him something. I had no time to spend with my husband, no also time to spend for myself !! I was spending all the time fixing the stacks and piles. I spend much effort cleaning a room while laundry was screaming fixing messed crafts while the dishes are in the sink. Again, I failed. I couldn't care of neither home nor my baby .

Luckily I was in a vacation of my job, or I would be in a miserable situation. You can also imagine my social relationships state. I was always missing that I need enough water or to communicate with people. I missed a lot of things.

There was something wrong . I couldn't figure out that it was the balance, I have to balance the scales.

What I want you to do now is to grab a paper and write down EVERY SINGLE THING you want to keep doing it during your day. For example I wanted to keep my social relationship good, so I wanted to be sure to pick one of my friends or relatives name everyday to call or keep in contact. When I did, I rarely miss something of this. Everything is going well.

I know I talked too much but I just needed to tell you how I was without time manager. I made a time manager out of foam board I got from my TV unboxing. I will show you how to do this super inexpensive time manager out of a foam board you may throw it away.

You will need

1 - foam board
2 - fabric
3 - scissor
4 - stapler
5 - pins and nails
6 - transparent contact paper

I cut the fabric to the size of the board I have leaving one or two extra inches in the edges.

Iron it and this is optional, and pin it from the behind of the board using pins and the stapler.

I printed out my calender, everyday duties, to-do list, shopping list, goals and ideas. Then I covered them with the transparent contact paper which is perfect for writing and erasing markers without buying a magnetic white board. If you want these printable please let me know by leaving a comment below.

I needed a container to put markers and sticky notes so I got a cardboard box, covered it with fabrics and attach it to the board back with the nails

Another nails for hanging it on the door

And I had fun.

I hope this was helpful for you. I am waiting for your comments feedback and responses. Your responses will be the talking center next time of-course

Free decorative item around your home

Its true I go with the concept of throwing away anything you don't need, but if it really looks reusable, why don't we keep it? especially when it returns to be useful. This decorative plate I got from the supermarket and it was holding some dates.

It looks clean and tidy like you can not throw it away without asking yourself what can I use it for ? 

Actually you can use it for too many things. But I was thinking to use it as a beautiful decoration piece. When I was in a tour in Ikea, I saw these little gorgeous decoration torka balls.

They are simple and uni-colored. I loved them but I didn't buy them. I was in a harry and this little beautiful plate came into my way while I was organizing. I was in my craft room organizing my coroche rolls.  Coroche often comes with this shape.

I turned them into nice balls shaped like this.

It looked much similar to the balls I saw in Ikea. I just secured the end of the thread by passing it through the ball. I don't know if you can see it. I did my best to catch it with the camera.

I came up with some colors and made the same thing. I picked the colors matches my living room colors.

And with my beautiful plate I made this nice look.

 And for this nice bowl, I bought it from home store and it was inexpensive. It cost few cents.

 Aren't they look simple, tidy and beautiful decoration pieces? Please let me know your feedback, responses and comments. Your responses will be the next talking center of-course. I am waiting for your pictures and ideas about home organizing and DIYs.