{"id":8,"date":"2012-01-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/?p=8"},"modified":"2026-07-31T20:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T20:16:32","slug":"ideas-life-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/ideas-life-easier\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideas to Make Life Easier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I may not have to write too much about Ideas to Make Life Easier<\/b>.\u00a0 It came to me in an e-mail so will just copy and paste as much as I can.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!\u2026\u2026.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Ideas to Make Life Easier<\/h2>\n

Why didn\u2019t I think of that?!\u00a0You\u2019ll<\/strong>
\n be uttering those words more than once at these<\/strong>
\n ingenious little tips, tricks and ideas that solve<\/strong>
\n everyday problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hull strawberries easily using a straw.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ideas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rubbing a walnut over scratches in your furniture
\nwill disguise dings and scrapes. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Remove crayon masterpieces from your TV or
\ncomputer screen with WD40.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Stop cut apples browning in your child\u2019s lunch box
\nby securing with a rubber band.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overhaul your linen cupboard, store bed linen sets
\ninside one of their own pillowcases and there will
\nbe no more hunting through piles for a match.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Pump up the volume by placing your iPhone & iPod
\nin a bowl. The concave shape amplifies the music.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Re-use a wet-wipes container to store plastic bags.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Add this item to your beach bag. Baby powder
\ngets sand off your skin easily, who knew?!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Attach a Velcro strip to the wall to store soft toys.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Use wire to make a space to store gift wrap rolls
\nagainst the ceiling, rather than cluttering up the
\nfloor.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Find tiny lost items like earrings by putting a
\nstocking over the vacuum hose.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Make an instant cupcake carrier by cutting
\ncrosses into a box lid.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

WOW \u2013 We\u2019re half way thru all of our ideas to make life easier<\/i>.\u00a0 What do you think so far? Are they just very basic?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s continue\u2026..<\/p>\n

The Second Half of Ideas to Make Life Easier<\/h3>\n

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For those who can\u2019t stand the scrunching and
\nbunching: how to perfectly fold a fitted sheet.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Forever losing your bathroom essentials? Use
\nmagnetic strips to store bobby pins, tweezers
\nand clippers, behind a vanity door.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Store shoes inside shower caps to stop dirty
\nsoles rubbing on your clothes. And you can
\nfind them in just about every hotel.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A muffin pan becomes a craft caddy. Magnets
\nhold the plastic cups down to make them
\ntip-resistant.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bread tags make the perfect cord labels.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bake cupcakes directly in ice-cream cones, so
\nmuch more fun and easier for kids to eat.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Microwave your own popcorn in a plain brown paper
\nbag. Much healthier and cheaper than the packet
\nstuff.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Install a tension rod to hang your spray bottles.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Turn your muffin pan upside down, bake cookie-dough
\nover the top and voila, you have cookie bowls for fruit
\nor ice-cream.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Freeze Aloe Vera in ice-cube trays for soothing
\nsunburn relief.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Create a window-box veggie patch using guttering.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>Use egg cartons to separate and store your
\nChristmas decorations.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it for this blog\u202624 really simple Ideas to Make Life Easier<\/u>.<\/p>\n

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I may not have to write too much about Ideas to Make Life Easier.\u00a0 It came to me in an e-mail so will just copy and paste as much as I can. Enjoy!\u2026\u2026. \u00a0Ideas to Make Life Easier Why didn\u2019t I think of that?!\u00a0You\u2019ll be uttering those words more than once at these ingenious little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,7,23,8,2,22,3],"tags":[24,11,12],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attraction-marketing","category-aweber","category-blue-man-group","category-cell-phone-contracts","category-craigslist","category-featured","category-organization-ideas","category-the-empower-network","tag-ideas-to-make-life-easier","tag-the-empower-network","tag-the-empower-network-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/maryjane\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}