Olive Knolls MOPS: Smarty Pants

Are you a Pinterest lover too??? Well one of my my boards is called "Smarty Pants". I have gathered some great ideas from some smart cookies out there. Here's a few that I thought would be fun to share.

These ideas came from Real Simple

Cupcake Liners that catch those popsicle drips!

Zippered Bed Linen Bag as Art Supply Carrier

Cupcake Liner as Ice Cream Bowl

Serve ice cream at parties without the drips. Freeze individual scoops in liners the night before.

Dish Rack as Art Supply Organizer

Organize coloring books in the main basket and corral crayons, pencils, and markers in the silverware holder.

Dishrack used to organize coloring books

Egg Carton as Paint Palette

Create a custom paint palette for an afternoon art session.

Makeup Case as Art Supply Storage

Now that your travel toiletries have taken up residence in a plastic bag, stash markers and colored pencils where the makeup brushes used to, and tuck stickers and stamps into the case's smaller compartments.

Storybook Pages as Placemats

Add some character(s) to a table setting by sandwiching favorite storybook pages between lamination sheets (available at office-supply stores). Catchy text and colorful pictures (think Dr. Seuss and nursery rhymes) are especially attention-grabbing.

How to Fix your broken powder makeup

If you happen to break you powder makeup, you can easily fix it with alcohol (rubbing alcohol) and patience! This works for any kind of powder based makeup, such as bronzers, blot powders, eyeshadows, whatever! All you need is a few drops of alcohol into your broken powder compact. Usually it would be said to use 75%+ based alcohol, but this is because the more alcohol concentrate, the faster it dries. Any percentage of alcohol will do though, because I like to leave it out to dry overnight. Don't worry about the alcohol staying in the powder and causing your skin to dry out, it will completely evaporate. Alcohol dries very quickly that is why it is recommended for use on new wounds on your body, because it evaporates very fast and leaves little residue. The odor will also go away.

So how does it work?

Here are the steps!

Add a few small drops into your broken powder makeup compact or casing.

After you add the alcohol to the broken powder you will notice it seep into the powder causing it to become soft.

Smudge the soft soaking powder around, making it into a paste-like substance and re-form it by smoothing it out with your finger. You will know exactly what to do!

You can then smooth the surface out with the bottom of a spoon if you choose to, but remember that it does not have to be perfect to work perfectly.

Let it dry overnight for best results.

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This is genius! Attaches the phone cord to the night stand!

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Use a soapbox so your camera or ipod won't get damaged in your purse - or turn itself on! - why didn't I think of this??

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Homemade frozen yogurt Popsicles...Genius!

Cut a slit in the top of the yogurt container and insert a plastic spoon. Freeze over night, and then peel back cover. Warm the cup with your hands or some warm water, and pull out your Popsicle.

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Smart Pancake Solution

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Dryer sheet used as a scum buster in the bathroom

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Nail Polish as Key Coder

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some ideas are so smart!

Long after the last coats have dried on your new paint job, you can still have easy access to the color names and numbers for touch-ups. Save the wooden stirrers you used to mix the paint, let them dry, and then write the names and numbers of the colors on the ends of the sticks.