As an avid tip collector, I’d like to share some of my favorites.

Forget all the messy plastic bags that always regenerate under your sink. An empty tissue box keeps them neatly organized and ready for use.

Use a shower cap or recycle a plastic bag to wrap your shoes when traveling and preventing them from dirtying clothing packed in your suitcase.

Berries often spoil after a few days. You can extend their shelf life by washing them in a solution of one part vinegar and 10 parts water before storing. Works like a charm!!!

For parties, Kiddushim, Shabbat meals, Sedorim or Yom Tom, when you don’t want people to mix up their wine glasses use plastic self stick window decals as drink markers. Or slip different plastic charms unto safety pins, and hook the safety pins around the stem of each wine glass. Everyone will be able to quickly identify which glass is theirs.

Use a hard plastic soap case to keep playing cards intact. This is great for a car trip for the kids or really, any time. You can also use a soap case to protect a small camera you may want to store in your purse or carry-on bag.

If you don’t have a spare eyeglass case handy, use an old mitten to prevent scratching of spare reading or sun glasses.

Have a few pills you need to carry? Use an old contact-lens case as a pill box. You can also melt down some old lipsticks and put the mixture in an old contact lens cases to harden and voila, you have a new lipstick color and a new case to tote it in!!!

Hate all the wire and cord spaghetti coming out of your computer? Try threading them through a toilet paper or paper towel tube. This will hold them in a neat way.

Have a cabinet door that constantly slams? Slice a thin piece off a wine bottle cork and glue it onto the corner of the cabinet. No more noisy closures.

Need a great way to hang your many purses? Take a shower curtain ring and slip it onto your closet rod. Attach your purse to the other end for easy hanging. No room on the rod for more stuff? For a purse hanging system, take blanket binding or wide bias tape available from craft stores, sew shower curtain rings to the tape, with the open side facing out—every four inches or so—and fasten it to the back of your closet door with brads or staples. Hang the purses by their handles from each hook, and you have a space saving  purse display and storage that is easy to manage.

Gail Hochman is a resident of Bergen County who has been married for 35 years and has many grandchildren. If you have tips to share, she’d love to hear from you. Email her at Heimishhousehold_gmail.com

By Gail Hochman