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01-17-2012, 12:50 PM | #1 | |||
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Remember when Woman's Day/Family Circle magazines used to give $25 to readers who sent in tips or bright ideas that got published? Probably all the good ideas are on message boards now!
I ended up with a plethora of coffee mugs (and don't even like coffee). I've weeded them out, but some of them have special meaning or were gifts...well, you know. I do the traditional thing of using them for pencil holders. One has a couple of harmonicas. One has my reading glasses (in a case). And I keep one on the table for my cordless phone. I like it nearby but I don't want to spill food on it. Plus I (usually) know where to find it! What uses have you found for coffee mugs, besides coffee? How about any other such "tips"?
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01-17-2012, 01:09 PM | #2 | |||
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I have one on my dresser that DS24 gave me when he was in first grade. It says "I Love My Mommy". I keep spare change in it and when it gets full I take the change to the grocery store to supplement my grocery bill.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Blessings2You (01-17-2012) |
01-17-2012, 01:47 PM | #3 | ||
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I don't seem to collect coffee mugs, maybe because I like the giant size ones that aren't as common place with the cute sayings.
Since yours have special meanings I like that you want to use them. What about using one as a tooth brush holder?
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01-17-2012, 02:19 PM | #4 | |||
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I have my toothbrush in a Snoopy mug that says "I think I'm allergic to morning..."
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"Thanks for this!" says: | TwoKidsTwoCats (01-17-2012) |
01-17-2012, 02:33 PM | #5 | |||
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You can plant a plant in them.
Use them as a small flower vase. You can break them and make a mosaic out of them. A nice mosaic trivet would be cool. I use them to put potpourri in them. |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Blessings2You (01-17-2012) |
01-17-2012, 02:42 PM | #6 | |||
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Mine are boring pen and pencil holders. Really what I use is the huge mug that both my girls thought they just had to have when they graduated from high school. It looks like a huge pub mug, has the name of their high school, and all the names of the classmates. After school they didn't want them. I am enough of a penny pincher that I didn't want to throw them away, you can't really give them away since it has my girls name on them. So I knew I had to think of a way to use them.
Using them as small flower holders sounds wonderful. That would be such an expensive gift.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Blessings2You (01-17-2012) |
01-17-2012, 03:12 PM | #7 | |||
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I also use my old coffee mug collection for storring many many things. I have one that sit's on the coffee table that says, "It's my 29th Birthday and Ill cry if I want to" DH gave it to me on my 40th Birthday.
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Blessings2You (01-17-2012) |
01-17-2012, 04:13 PM | #8 | ||
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When we had no power for a week last April, I put tea-light candles in several coffee mugs. In the evenings we used them to light up the dining room, bathroom and kitchen.
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