Hi everyone.
It's Alejandra.
And a few months ago, I did a video on how to find cheap organizing products.
I went to Dollar Tree, I went to IKEA, and I went to T.J.
Maxx.
So, all the stuff here is things from those three places.
So the first thing I found was these office organizing products so I found file folders
just like this.
So if you go to regular office supplies store, I don't remember how much they are there but
at Dollar Tree, they're ten for a dollar.
And I took them out of the package to check the quality because if you buy something that's
less expensive, sometimes the quality isn't as great or whatever.
So I was just looking at them and they're the same thing as you would buy at an office
supplies store.
So an amazing deal for $0.10 each.
The next thing I found was sheet protectors.
In all the binder videos, I always show you guys that I use sheet protectors because they
just make pages easy to turn and you can kind of laminate something inside of a binder.
So at Dollar Tree, they're 16 for a dollar so that's a little bit more than $.05 each.
And then the next thing I found that I was really excited about because it's named brand
are these folders.
They are these like plastic folders.
Now, I've seen these at the real office supplies store and they are $9 for a pack of six.
So when I saw them at Dollar Tree, six for a dollar, I immediately had to buy them because
I just knew it was an amazing deal.
So they're made by Pendaflex and they are not just like traditional plastic folders.
It comes in red, yellow, and blue, six to a pack.
Now, they're called PileSmart View Folders because they're made for people who pile papers.
They have a clear - they're not clear but you can see through them.
So if you're looking for folders, file folders, regular folders, sheet protectors, Dollar
Tree is a place to go because they're all a dollar.
OK.
So next thing I found are real Post-it notes at Dollar Tree.
So sometimes when you go to Dollar Store, they always have post-it notes but they don't
always have Post-it brand.
So I love Post-it brand because they're just like super sticky and when you stick them
to the wall or you just stick them to your agenda book or whatever, they don't fall off
because they're so sticky.
So two for a dollar and they're actually like the thicker pads.
Some of them are thin so these are thick.
OK.
So the next thing I found is this non-slip shelf liner.
OK.
So this is a shelf liner that you put like at the bottom of your cabinets inside your
kitchen or you could put this at the bottom of your cabinets like your lower cabinets
in the kitchen or you could put this inside your medicine cabinet to line the shelves
there.
So in our old house, we had a medicine cabinet with angled shelves, it wasn't like a really
steep angle but it was just slight angle and every time you would open the door like your
tweezers or your scissors would fall down.
So if you put a grip liner on those shelves and then put small things, they're probably
less likely to roll out because of the grip liner.
So yeah, a dollar and you get kind of a lot here.
In my past videos, I've shown a lot of adhesive liner like in cabinets, closets, drawers just
to kind of add like to give it a popup color on the bottom of a drawer or on the back of
a shelf or something.
Well, Dollar Tree had real contact paper like made by Contact, the brand that in my opinion
it's the best brand because it's really sticky, it's removable and they have pretty patterns
and pretty designs and stuff.
So this is just a green and white floral print, again from Dollar Tree.
You don't get that much in a roll.
You can kind of see how much you get here so it's not that much but it's enough to cover
maybe a few drawers or a few cabinets and stuff.
And it was a dollar.
And then I found more shelf liner, adhesive shelf liner from T.J.
Maxx.
This was two rolls for $5.99, the Macbeth Collection.
They sell tons of really pretty pattern and color shelf liner.
It's adhesive also and it comes off pretty easily and stuff without damaging surfaces.
And you can kind of see how much you get inside of here.
Compared to the Dollar Store version, you get more in this version.
So this might be your better bang for your buck.
And I think the color is prettier.
So T.J.
Maxx, $5.99.
OK.
What else?
OK.
So zip ties.
You can use zip ties for all kinds of things.
You can use it for hanging a label from a basket.
You can use it for corralling wires, cords, using it on the garage for just like gathering
other types of things I can't think of right now of what you would use it for in the garage.
But yeah, so this is from the Dollar Store and it comes in multiple colors.
They're a dollar and you get a hundred in here and you get three different sizes.
Actually yeah, you get three different sizes.
So you get a tall one, a medium one, and a short one so great for all types of labeling
and organizing and stuff.
OK.
So the next thing I found at Dollar Tree was a garment bag for clothes inside of your closet.
This is, I'm guessing this is just a plastic.
I'm not really sure.
Maybe it's - I guess it's like a plastic.
But it has a nice zipper and it has a window in it so you can actually see what's inside
of here without having to take the garment outside of the bag.
So garment bags are not only for dresses, for suits, for jackets.
You can actually use them for other things like I use this to protect my Christmas skirt
because I'm only using the Christmas skirt once a year so putting it in here is going
to protect it from dirt and stuff.
You can also use garment bags when you're packing to go on vacation or just travelling
so you don't have to put again, a suit, a jacket, you could put regular clothes in there.
Wrap it around so nothing is going to get dirt on it or dust on it from like shoes or
anything else is dirty inside of your suitcase.
Or you could also put like pillows in here or comforter or a nice blanket.
Put it on top of your closet, underneath your bed if you store things underneath your bed
or yeah, anywhere else in the house.
So it's not just for garments.
I was looking for organizing products that were not only inexpensive but actually, they
were good quality and they had multiple uses and stuff.
So I found this bag organizer.
It's a bag organizer that you mount to the wall.
It has adhesive, sticky tape on the back of it that you just remove the backing and then
you stick it to the wall or it has holes that you just - you would put anchor into the wall
and then put a screw.
Now, it's made to hold bags.
So you would just put grocery store bags like just stick them in through the holes like
this and then just pull them out when you're ready to reuse them.
But I already have a bag organizer so I was trying to think what else can I use this for?
So what I'm doing is I'm putting all of my cleaning rugs that I use for just cleaning
around the house, counters, bathrooms, and stuff.
I'm putting them all in here and then I'm hanging this inside of my laundry closet.
I haven't done it yet but I'm planning to do it soon.
And I think this was $1.99.
It might have even been $0.99.
I need to check.
I saw this idea on Pinterest.
Someone just mounted it to the wall and then they just put rolls of wrapping paper inside
just like that.
And you can also do it with shelf liner.
If you have a lot of rolls of shelf liner like I do, you could put them inside and actually,
it's like the perfect height compared to a roll of shelf liner.
Over here, these two are from the Dollar Store also, Dollar Tree.
They are food storage containers.
Now, they are plastic.
So I know a lot of people are going towards like BPA-free containers or glass containers
for food storage containers.
These, they're plastic so if you don't want to use plastic in your kitchen for leftovers,
you could store them in your garage or in your craft room or in your office for corralling
like arts supplies or office supplies.
You can use them inside of like the garage for storing screws and nails, and so forth,
other small hardware.
So they come in two different sizes.
There's the deep size and then there's the wide size just like this or the shallow size.
They're made by Rubbermaid and I didn't open them but I know they have a good top that
like clasps.
I'm like really into containers that have a nice lid that just like clicks in place
because I feel like it's not going to fall off and stuff.
And these containers do that.
So yeah, so that was a good deal.
OK.
So the last thing I found when I went on my shopping spree, I was really excited about
because the thing I'm about to show you is something that I use everywhere inside my
house for shoes, accessories, office supplies, craft supplies, what else do I put in here,
makeup, toiletries, hair accessories, like anything that's small in my house has been
inside at one of these organizers.
So you probably know what they are or what I'm going to say but they are door pockets
and they're from IKEA.
They're brand new to IKEA.
I've never seen them there before and it said they were new.
They come in black, they come in white, and they're only $4.99.
So a lot of door pockets, they're at least like 10 bucks and they go all the way up to
35 bucks depending upon what quality one and the color and the design and stuff.
But this was $4.99.
It's good material.
I kind of tested it out.
I put something heavy inside to see how well it will hold up.
But it doesn't seem like it's cheaply made.
It doesn't seem like the pockets are just going to rip off or whatever.
So I was pleased about that.
It comes with three hooks.
So as you know with door pockets, you don't have to mount anything to the door.
All you do is you use an over-door hook just like this and then they hang over the hook.
So no damage to the door, no like heavy installation needed, none of that.
So yeah, so door pockets for $4.99 at IKEA.
So that is everything that I wanted to share with you guys.
So it just goes to show that if you shop around, you look for organizing products, you can
find incredible deals.
So I hope this video was helpful.
If you want more organizing tips or to watch more organizing videos, you can visit my website
at Alejandra.TV.
That is everything I have for you guys.
I will see you soon.
Bye!
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