Upcycle That Can!

Mom never threw anything away, maybe because she survived through the depression, maybe simply because she was frugal and didn't waste anything at all.  Because of this, Mom had a use for almost everything, even things most would consider to be trash and throw away in the garbage.

One of the great upcycles Mom did was to use cans - coffee cans, Almond Roca cans, mixed nut or peanut cans, etc. - for temporary or permanent trash receptacles.  Having a little can handy, close to your work space, made it easier to rid one's hands of little annoyances like used q-tips, cotton balls, things that one wouldn't put into a garbage disposal but some how ended up in the kitchen sink, threads clipped from a garment being sewn...you get the idea.  The little things you find yourself holding and don't feel like getting up and walking across the room to the larger trash can.
The one we used in the kitchen would get full and then we'd just put the lid on it that came with the can originally and throw the can away, full of icky, stinky garbage stuff but sealed in the can with the lid on so it wouldn't make the entire house stink.  The little cans we used in the bathroom or sewing room usually didn't get so icky so we'd just empty them into the large trash can when they got full.  Usually these little, more permanent cans were decorated nicely with contact paper...

From this.....

(Who wants to touch THAT???)

(Even worse, who wants to touch THIS???  EEEUUWWW!!)

 To this:

In the bathroom

In the sewing room...

In the kitchen

 ...Now that all of that mess is cleaned up, I just need to find someone to do my dishes!  lol
Have a blessed day!
Thanks Mom, Glad you thought of that!