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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta
Ga
USA
158 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 4:17:05 PM
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Hi ladies,
I have been reading thru suggestions you ladies have given for one thing or another and you have such good ideas I thought you might have some for me. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to do with empty medicine bottles. I get several scripts filled every month and I have all these bottles leftover. I used to give them to a church and they used them for medicine they dispenced overseas, but they have no use for them anymore. I hate to just throw them away and they refuse to recycle them or use them over at the pharmacy. If anyone needs some or has an idea how to use them ,please let me know.
Thanx, Lainey Lou 
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Edited by - Lainey Lou on Mar 29 2012 10:33:34 PM |
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henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl
295 Posts
Kim
Gadsden
Alabama
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 4:47:33 PM
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I have used them to save seeds in.
Farmgirl Sister #2667 |
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
1547 Posts |
Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 5:52:03 PM
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Seeds, needles, tiny buttons, hooks/eyes, little nails, beads. Pretty much anything tiny.
I use mine for vitamins and herbs. I take a handful of things daily so I clean out the old bottles and fill them up at the beginning of the week so I don't have to do it each morning.
I put chia seeds in them for bag lunches to sprinkle on yogurt .
Also use one to cut the middle out of homemade donuts.
Do what you love, love what you do. |
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
1406 Posts
Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
1406 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2012 : 03:48:40 AM
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Our vet will take our empty medicine bottles and re use them in his practice.
....it's what's inside a women, when she's up against the land.
Farmgirl #680!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/lessielouise22 |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Feb 06 2012 : 10:21:04 AM
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We store seeds in them, and I keep wheat pennies in them.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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DeborahLee
True Blue Farmgirl
85 Posts
Deborah
Starkville
Mississippi
USA
85 Posts |
Posted - Feb 06 2012 : 11:05:12 AM
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I've found the lids (after washing) are great to use for craft glue, glitter, or paint when I'm working on a project.
Deborah
Professor, librarian, writer and farmgirl! |
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Kirksmom71
True Blue Farmgirl
873 Posts
Mel
Dallas
Texas
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2012 : 10:31:13 AM
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I use them for beads and glue one of the designated beads on top so I know which is which! :)
My best to all,
Mel
Sassy City Girl with Farmgirl Fantasies! |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 5:11:24 PM
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| Angie, I love your idea of using old med bottles to make up daily "batch" bottles. Like you, I take a bunch of Rx and vitamins. -- some of them too big for store-bought pill boxes. I'm going to start squirreling my empties :) |
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pennyhenny
True Blue Farmgirl
304 Posts
Missy
Dayton
OH
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2012 : 4:05:36 PM
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I use them to hold change and keep a couple in my glove box as it always seems when I need a few quarters my change purse is empty. Also I find they hold sewing bobbins perfectly.
hugs,
-missy-
Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.
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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta
Ga
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - Mar 17 2012 : 4:12:45 PM
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Ladies, thanks so much for all the great ideas, and just in case ... I have oodles and gobs of these and am to the point I have to start getting rid of them and it really bothers me to have to throw them away, so if any one wants some let me know!
Thanks again,
Lainey Lou #3848
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance.
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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl
254 Posts
Rosemary
Huntingdon
PA
USA
254 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 4:47:06 PM
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Clean them, remove the labels and put as many as you can in a zippered plastic bag and donate them to a thrift store. Someone will have a use for them.
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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta
Ga
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - Mar 29 2012 : 10:32:35 PM
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Great idea, I will do that!
Thanx,
Lainey Lou
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance.
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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl
2569 Posts
Connie - Farmgirl #673
Hoosick Falls
NY
USA
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
978 Posts
Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
978 Posts |
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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl
158 Posts
Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta
Ga
USA
158 Posts |
Posted - May 02 2012 : 05:26:10 AM
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Thanks Lora,
I'll try and check that out. Lord knows I have oodles and gobbs of these things! 
Lainey Lou #3848
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance.
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felixfelicis
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
Rachel
Denver
CO
USA
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Posted - May 23 2012 : 01:16:45 AM
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My roommate has lots of these bottles and she lent me some a few weeks ago as travel sized shampoo and conditioner containers. They are hard to close again with wet hands but the upside to that is that they are very sealed and don't leak in the suitcase unlike many bottles made for the purpose.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
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Jeanna
True Blue Farmgirl
267 Posts
Jeanna
Franklin
NC
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - May 23 2012 : 06:31:14 AM
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This is not a hint for medicine bottles but I realized yesterday that my husband's snuff comes in plastic now instead of cardboard and so I am going to start collecting them for seed saving and if I can get them clean enough for putting homemade salves in.
Jeanna
Farmgirl Sister #41
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau |
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thebyrdhaus
True Blue Farmgirl
520 Posts
Patty
Columbus
Oh
USA
520 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2012 : 1:57:04 PM
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I love the plastic snuff cans for my homemade salves. They clean easy. I also use them for small sewing kits and the lids don't come off too easily.
Patty #1840
http://ladygonegreen.blogspot.com/
A rind is a terrible thing to waste. Compost.
When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.”
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