Next time you’re packing up your suitcase for a much-needed vacation or business trip, consider using old buttons to organize your earrings… just push the wires through the holes and secure them at the back.

In fact, if you don’t own a fancy-schmancy jewelry organizer for your earrings at home, you can use this idea to keep pairs together in your jewelry box (or wherever else you store your earrings).

Quickly locate just the right button next time you lose one (heaven forbid)…

• When you buy a new item of clothing, use a fine-point permanent marker to label the outside of the spare-button pouch.
• Then, store all the extra buttons with your sewing supplies (i.e., needles and thread).
• Better yet, use a zip-top baggie to contain all those tiny, labeled spare-button pouches.
• Or, my personal favorite… Grab a needle and thread to blind-stitch the extra button directly onto the inside of your new garment.

You’ll never waste precious time looking for a replacement button again!

Discovered this great tip at ParentHacks.com :

To keep our umbrella stroller from tipping over from the weight of the diaper bag on the back, we bought a pair of ankle weights and put them on just above the front wheels. This keeps the stroller from tipping over especially when the child gets out.