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Lainey Lou
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Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta Ga
USA

Posted - Feb 05 2012 :  4:17:05 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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

henlady35904
True Blue Farmgirl

295 Posts

Kim
Gadsden Alabama
USA

Posted - Feb 05 2012 :  4:47:33 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have used them to save seeds in.

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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl

1531 Posts

Angie
Buckley WA
USA

Posted - Feb 05 2012 :  5:52:03 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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.

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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl

1406 Posts

Carol
PECULIAR MO
USA

Posted - Feb 06 2012 :  03:48:40 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Our vet will take our empty medicine bottles and re use them in his practice.

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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl

8602 Posts


Louisiana
USA

Posted - Feb 06 2012 :  10:21:04 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
We store seeds in them, and I keep wheat pennies in them.
Marly

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DeborahLee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Deborah
Starkville Mississippi
USA

Posted - Feb 06 2012 :  11:05:12 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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


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Kirksmom71
True Blue Farmgirl

507 Posts

Mel
Addison Texas
USA

Posted - Mar 03 2012 :  10:31:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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

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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl

1431 Posts

Mara
Fauquier County Virginia
USA

Posted - Mar 11 2012 :  5:11:24 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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

Posted - Mar 17 2012 :  4:05:36 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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

Posted - Mar 17 2012 :  4:12:45 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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

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AmethystRose
True Blue Farmgirl

236 Posts

Rosemary
Huntingdon PA
USA

Posted - Mar 29 2012 :  4:47:06 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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.

Seriously
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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl

158 Posts

Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta Ga
USA

Posted - Mar 29 2012 :  10:32:35 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great idea, I will do that!

Thanx,

Lainey Lou

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naturemaiden
True Blue Farmgirl

1714 Posts

Connie - Farmgirl #673
Cutchogue NY
USA

Posted - Apr 27 2012 :  01:47:02 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i love the ideas!
connie

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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl

718 Posts

Lora
Alexandria IN
USA

Posted - May 01 2012 :  11:30:03 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lainey Lou, Over on Garden Gate, I think Ninibini was looking for some for seed storage. Might send her an email to see if she still needs some.

Lora

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Lainey Lou
True Blue Farmgirl

158 Posts

Lainey Lou (Elaine)
Marietta Ga
USA

Posted - May 02 2012 :  05:26:10 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks Lora,

I'll try and check that out. Lord knows I have oodles and gobbs of these things!

Lainey Lou #3848


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felixfelicis
Farmgirl in Training

26 Posts

Rachel
Denver CO
USA

Posted - May 23 2012 :  01:16:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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.

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