I have a basket in my bathroom, filled with empty toilet paper tubes.

I have a friend who comes over once a month to clean my house as I can’t do any of the heavy cleaning. She asked me today, why I was saving them?

Well, I figured everyone used them! So I showed her. I use them to hold cords from various small items – to keep the cords from getting tangled up with other ones!

This one is the cord from my cell phone. I use one for every type of cord you can imagine. I even use an empty paper towel tube for the cord for my sewing machine, as I have to store the machine when I’m not using it – I have no room to keep it on a table.

Upon seeing what I was doing with the tubes, my friend said an empty paper towel tube would be perfect for those mini Christmas lights that are always getting in a mess.

BTW – here’s a neat link for crafty ideas to use your empty paper tubes.

What do you use yours for??