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One of the by-products of organizing is that I come up against my resistance to throwing anything out. Even, for example, three pairs of pantyhose that have long since passed their prime.

Rather than banish them to the dustbin, I decided to figure out what I could turn them into. A warning: if you Google “what to do with used pantyhose,” instead of “uses for pantyhose,” you will end up in a dark and scary part of the internet.

After eventually tearing myself away from that particular cyberhood, I did come across several lists on different sites that offered variations on the theme “put it over your vacuum cleaner to suck up a tiny valuable you might have lost.”

I’m not familiar with the aforementioned “vacuum cleaner,” device, so that particular tip is of no use to me. I did have fun spending the better part of a day playing around with pantyhose and seeing what I could come up with on my own.

I ended up with about ten different projects or ideas, and have decided to post them here on the off chance that there is someone else with my inability-to-part-with-anything disorder.

Today: Sachets.

You will need:

• scissors
• pleasantly scented tea bags (unused)
• pantyhose
• ribbon

1. Snip the feet off of a pair of pantyhose.

2. Place a teabag inside each foot.

3. Tie each sachet closed with a bit of ribbon.

4. Voilá! You’ve got some lovely sachets for your drawers.