Many have asked, many have wondered, many have suggested, and many have already shared their ideas of what to do with those great mesh bags your darling Matilda Jane frocks arrive in. The list is long and imaginative. We can’t wait to hear how you put your mesh bags to use. Me? I use mine to sort jewelry, organize Legos (man, it’d be a great place to store travel Legos in the car), and fill many with markers.
So what do you suggest?
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I have to admit that all of our mash bags have been stored in a box. I didn’t want to toss them but I couldn’t think of anything to do with them. I am so excited to now have so many great uses for these bags!!! SO glad I held on to ALL of them :)!!!!
My son uses two to carry around his little green army men between battles.
I keep the rest in one of the toy bins in the living room, and then stuff them full of all the little random toys and whatnot littered everywhere when someone is coming by with short notice (oh, say, um, pizza delivery folks and um, the real folks). A few nicely ordered pretty green bags look much better than one giant pile of Little People, heads of Star Wars lego figures, whatever the heck that is from a long ago goody bag, DH’s socks, and the 1001 other things.
I know I’m late to the party, but I just saw this and wanted to share my uses as well! Our MJ bags are used for multiple purposes; first they are great for keeping socks from becoming ‘eaten’ by the washing machine monster – just add a couple pieces of Velcro & they are perfect to throw in with any load! As a bonus, my kids can match their own socks (such a horrible time-consuming task) since they are always with their match! Second, no matter how much I explain & showing things to my husband, he ALWAYS says, “I don’t know what matches for her,” when he has the task of dressing our daughter. So, I decided for times when I know he’ll have the task of getting her ready, I pre-prepare her outfits and place the combinations in her MJ bags. This helps eliminate frustration for both of them!!!!!! Thank you for the wonderful bags! ~ Tish
Not sure if you’re still taking suggestions…
We’re constantly searching for matching socks in our clean laundry (seriously… how do they disappear?!), so I’ve been putting each of my kid’s dirty socks in the bags and then throwing the bag in the washer. When the laundry’s done I always have matches, and there’s no more hunting for the pair. 🙂
These bags have had so many uses in our household, from my daughter stuffing dinosaurs in them, and I use them for extra buttons, travel bags for jewelry and her hair do thingy’s, oh and I’ve used them as gift bags as well!
I was so thrilled just the other day when I realized my mesh bags were the perfect size to hold my 4 year olds tap and ballet shoes. The size is so perfect and ofcourse we both feel pretty stylish!!
I was so thrilled just the other day when I realized my mesh bags were the perfect size to hold my 4 year olds tap and ballet shoes. The size is perfect and ofcourse we both think we are pretty stylish!!
I use our mesh bags as laundry bags for my girls dance tights & my newest arrival’s socks…so the washer doesn’t eat them. :0p
I use them as wash bags for my girls dance tights & my newest arrival’s socks…so the washer or dryer doesn’t eat them. :0p
I hope you are still reading the comments. Another one late to the party!
I still wanted to share my uses for the mesh bags since I think they are useful…
I like to put socks in them (especially the small baby and toddler sizes) so I can be assured that what goes in will make it back out!
Also, since the bags are a great environmentally friendly packaging idea, what better way to use them than with another environmentally friendly thing? I use mine to hold cloth diapers, wet or dry. They can also be thrown straight into the wash this way just like the socks!
We are expecting our second child early next year and we have our first daughter’s milestone things saved in an MJ mesh bag and plan to do the same for our next baby…things like first lock of hair, favorite paci, the outfit she came home from the hospital in, hers and mommy’s hospital id bracelet, and her first coloring page…..and the list goes on.
We use our Matilda Jane Mesh bags to organize our Barbies and Princesses and all their clothes and accessories….we put each Barbie and her accessories in an individual mesh MJ bag and all of those are kept in a large basket under my daughters bed. This makes it easy if we need to grab a toy to go, and it is great for organization of all these little pieces that come with barbies.
I wanted to share our “uses” for the bags, even though I am late. As a mom to b/g twins, my little guy doesn’t always get to share in the MJ love. So, he always gets our bags. He usually finds an abundance of ways to use them…many times he wears one on each hand as his “gwuvs” aka gloves. While cute, it isn’t my favorite use…I love his treasure bags and his “piwute shiewlds” aka pirate shields. He loves “Jake and the Neverland Pirates.” He has a pirate ship that I have been putting sand in for fun, instead of water. He digs for his buried treasure(gold tokens a friend gave us) and puts them in his bags. He also puts longer sticks in both sides of them, turns them upside down and I have to stick them in our rock hard Ohio ground to make his pirate shields to keep Jake safe of course 😉 Pretty creative for a little over 3 year old =)
Oh, I’m always fashionably late to the party….just in case you’re still reading…here ya go…My three year old son uses our mesh bags for his “pippies” (aka Pacifiers!). He really should be DONE with his pippies-but hey-he IS the baby and I just cannot bare to MAKE him be done. So, he has say 15 pippies, and every night after bath time, he grabs his “tilda bag” and goes hunting for all of them. Once collected, he is ready to settle down to sleep. One pippy in his mouth, one in his right hand and his “tilda bag” in his left hand. Oh, is this ever a sweet memory for momma….xo
Perfect for holding crayons. I mean honestly how long does a crayon box last….seconds in my house. I find them on the floor, under my fridge, behind bureaus. The mesh bags are perfect for scooping these little buggers up and keeping them nice and tidy.
I put my duaghter’s Matilda Jane socks, tights and other delicates in our mesh bag when doing the wash. Keeps them together and protects the fabric from potential snags. No missing socks here!
There is always a lonely sock that comes out of the wash or dryer without a mate. I use our mesh bag in the laundry room to provide a home to these socks until the match magically reappears!
I use our mesh bags as over the door organizer/storage racks. They work wonderfully and the organizer looks awesome 🙂
my daughter started preschool this year {sniff, sniff}…i loved that i was able to use one of the pretty mesh bags we have from MJC as a spare clothing bag…you know…in case of any accidents!! works perfect in her little backpack!
Actually used ours today at the farmers market, works great for fresh peaches 🙂 And fashionable too 🙂
I like to use the bags to transport those precious mj outfits when we travel! 🙂
Perfect for keeping your sun glasses scratch free
You could make those mesh beaded necklaces and add the button to accessorize it!
My little Lil brought me her shoes in one of the mesh bags she was playing with so really this was her idea. I took a bunch and sewed them to a strip of canvas and we hung it in her closet to keep her shoes up and organized. (or as organized as a 3 year old can be) They are perfect because they are ventalated and the perfect size for her little shoes!
I am going to use them as party favor bags at my daughter’s birthday party. Darling.
I have been using the buttons as centers for hair accessories! And the mesh bags are getting new heart buttons, a sprinkle of heart confetti, spray glitter. They will debut as bags for the kiddos valentine’s parties at school! They will be much cuter and functional than bulky boxes!
I just asked my daughter what she would like to do with more of the bags and she said, “I’d put my sweet little lambie (stuffed animal) in it, so she doesn’t get dirty.” Haha!
My son said he wants to use it for trick or treating.
[email protected]-I use mine to separate doll clothes/accessories; to separate craft projects; and to give to my mom to keep her crochet/knit projects separated! Awesome organizational tools!
Buttons, buttons, and more buttons…. 🙂
Here is how I have used my bags:
– made it into a barbie wedding dress
– make hair bows out of them
– hubby uses them as handkerchiefs
I plan on using them to separate memories from year to year: all the Christmas Cards we get Christmas Cards, all the birthday birthday invites each year, and different memories that will hopefully makeit into a scrap book one day 🙂 All can be kept in a storage box for easy access. 🙂
Okay so after my 2 yr old came home wearing a jp top with her skirt from a weekend stay with her aunt I realized that there is NO way I could let that happen again! Apparently she had slept in the cute outfit I had sent and went to the parade in the half pj outfit! Yikes! So, from now on I sort FULL outfits into MJ mesh bags and her Pj’s and pullup into it’s own meshbag. I am so glad that the mesh bags come in all sizes for my OCD!! Thanks MJ!
Okay, after my 2 yr old came home wearing a pj top with her skirt from a weekend stay with her aunt, I realized that there is no way I could let that happen again!! Apparently she had slept in the cute outfit I had planned and worn the 1/2 pj outfit to the parade. So, from now on, I sort FULL outfits into a mesh bag, and her pj’s & pullup into their own mesh bag. I am so glad that they come in all sizes to make it all work with my OCD! Thanks MJ!
The mesh bags are perfect for keeping “treasure” safe. My little one uses them to hold her most beloved items….the new rock she found on the playground, a stray piece of costume jewelry she found in a drawer or a little note she wrote. All her treasures get kept in the same place, a MJ mesh bag.
I use mine when packing for a family trip. I have a 3 and 1 year old and we try to consolidate to as few bags as possible. I sort everyone’s little socks, night clothes, toiletries, shoes, clothes, etc in individual little bags. They pack so neat in the “community family suitcase” and no one’s things gets mixed up with anyone else’s. They also transfer to hotel drawers neatly with no extra folding or re-sorting. Packaging daily outfits in the little bags with bows, socks, accessories makes traveling easier too!
we use to wash delicates in the washer and to corral little peoples socks when washing!
I use them to wash delicates in!!
We use to separate our mj headbands, pin and clips. We also use them to color coordinate her bows. Then you can place them in the dishwasher to wash the bows.
My daughter decorated one of the muslin bags (received with a platinum order awhile back) with hearts etc. and used it to deliver valentine’s to her classmates last year. She loves to use the new mesh bags (decorated with butterflies and flowers) to gather fresh herbs and flowers. Super handy because everything can be rinsed off right in the bags:) Re-use,re-purpose,re-MJM ( Matila Jane Mesh)!!!
My son likes to put his video games and sports cards (football and baseball) in them!
I use them to organize school supplies. I am a math teacher and have to hand out things daily. I put a calc, pencil, big eraser, highlighter, and paper. Then kids can grab kit of stuff if they come unprepared. Thank you MJC!
my daughter loves keeping her ballet and tap shoes in them! i think she likes to be able to see them!!
They work well for keeping knitting projects together. I work on 2 or 3 at a time so it keeps them separate but I can keep them in my knitting bag together, which of course is MJ :0)
I have 5 kids (6, 5, 3 and 10 week old twins). We use the bags “magic bags” to hold small prizes. When they complete their chores, be kind to eachother, or anything that deserves positive reinforcement… they get to get a piece from the magic bag. Needless to say they love those bags :O) XOXO
Oh my goodness, we use them for all sorts of things.
For the Baby: I sewed the top together with a small opening and put frozen bananas, grapes, cooked veggies, etc… when I need to get something done, and he is teething the frozen mesh combo works. He chews and sucks on it until there’s nothing left. It’s a bit of a mess, but well worth it….:)
My 4 year old likes to separate EVERYTHING. She puts her “friends according to disney story all together”. Only Cinderalla friends can be together, Ariel…etc
My 5 year old labeled all her puzzle pieces and put them in the bags and back into the puzzle box to keep track of all the pieces
Lastly, we travel quite a bit and I fill a “secret Mesh bag” with goodies for the kiddos to open while in the air.
I put some of my produce in them. It is so much better than keeping it in those plastic bags.
We found that the mesh bags are great for storing water toys like goggles, diving toys, little boats and other small toys we take along to the lake or pool. Keeps everything handy in one place and things dry nicely in the mesh bags!
We LOVE our little mesh bags and use them for so, so many things. We used some at Bellie’s 3rd bday party to make up giftbags for her little friends and cousins, I have filled them with goodies for neighbors when one had surgery and another had a baby boy. We use them to make up little snack bags for the girls for walks to the park or market or for zoo outings, we have one by the front door for mail that needs filing and another hanging from the fridge with coupons for this week’s shopping. We take some to the farmers market inside a bigger tote to separate smaller fruits, veggies and herbs, I have a couple in the girls dressers holding their hair goodies and headbands, and on and on and on – we heart mesh!! With 2 girls and a mommy who all love MJC, you gets lots of opportunity to get creative with mesh – but none of it goes to waste!!
For the moms who can’t make hair accessories: We use them to:
1)separate and sort hair bows and headbands by color in her drawer
2)sand bags for picnics so the blanket or sheet doesn’t fly away (we return the sand back to the sandbox when we are done!)
3)travel bags
4)snacks in the car (they can fit 2 cliff bars and a snack pack of goldfish)
5)Nice Sunglasses case for my purse—keeps them from getting scratched!
THANK YOU!!
Farrar Lindner
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I use mine in my preschool room to sort out supplies for art projects!
I just received our very first order of Matilda Jane today. Since we are taking a trip very soon, I plan on using the mesh bags to put a car “survival pack” together for each of the girls to keep them occupied for the long car ride. I will fill each one with snacks and little toys and we will hang them in front of them so they can reach in and get what they need.
Jennifer Schroeder
We made fairy-catching nets with our bags for our fairy themed party. Everyone knows that Matilda Jane Clothing is the best way to attract fairies! 🙂
For every mesh bag that brings us something pretty and special, we find something from our closets that we can fill it with to gift a needy child or adult in this small town not too far from us. We fill each bag with something gently used but still special, put it in the bag and attach a ribbon bow & gift tag to the button loop to make the presentation special! We use the tag to indicate the size and nature of the garment. As a trunk keeper, I get lots of these mesh bags and love using them as a tool to teach my kiddies to give when you receive. We feel great when we do it and it helps us cut down on accumulating excess clothing. it’s such a tangible way to teach the lesson!
I have actually used a few of the buttons from the mesh bags to attach the apron to one of our knot dresses. It helps keep the apron in place on a very active not-yet-two-year-old while still maintaining tha Matilda Jane look.
Are you still taking comments? We use them when we go to the park or on a walk. We collect all kinds of things–rocks, leaves, flowers, even trash and put them each in a separate bag. The flowers are hung to dry. The rocks go in our rock jar. The leaves go in the back yard and the trash in the garbage, of course!!!!
I used the mesh bags as lingerie bags- not for washing but for packing. We are traveling most weekends in the fall and packing little socks, hairbows and panties in them keeps everyones sorted into their own bags and makes it easy to find when getting dressed!
My children love the mesh bags. My sons use them for rubberbands for their battles, small toys, and school supplies.
My girls use them for their special letters & cards from friends, stickers so they are always handy, small pieces for toys, ds games
and most of all they fill with a letter or note & goodies or home made little crafts they made with a ribbon & pass along to their friends or just someone to help put a small on their faces.
wow no way I can read through 700 comments but here is what we use them for: 🙂 To keep socks together in the wash…those pesky suckers get “eaten” without their handy dandy mesh bag… to store my girls’ bows, clips, headbands in…to package matching socks, tights, jewelry and stack nicely in dresser drawer so daddy doesn’t have to worry about finding all the matching accessories for each outfit (because daddy’s aren’t always good at that) 🙂
when visiting nana & papa, i put together full outfits (clothing, socks, undies, pjs) into separate mesh bags…
it’s easy for when we’re not there to help – nana or papa just pull out a mesh bag from her suitcase and voila, she’s outfitted instantly with no worries or confusion…
makes life easy for ALL of us…
thanks!
catherine s.
We use a couple to organize the diaper bag. A bag for binkys, and a bag for diapers and wipes. We use another bag for DVD’s in the car. …and now after reading all these uses I need to buy some more clothes so I can get some more bags! LOVE
We use ours for lots of different things. My daughter uses them to store toys, especially squinkies, they are great for the little stuff she has all over the place. We also use them to store puzzle pieces in the play room. I use the bigger ones from my mom purchases as lingerie bags on laundry day and also to keep that stuff sorted when we travel. Thanks for an fun contest, its interesting to see how everyone uses them 🙂
Not sure if you are still taking comments or not, but I just saw this. We have been SOOOO busy with homeschooling, which is new for us this year, that I’ve hardly been on the computer for anything OTHER than school. We are loving it! Speaking of homeschool…our mesh bags make great bags for storing various school supplies such as your normal pens/pencils/crayons/scissors and such, but also for other things like our shapes for our math class, our science supplies like goggles, magnifying glass, and just all kinds of stuff. I also love using them for storing and organizing craft and sewing supplies. Let’s see, some other great things for them: carrying jewelry on a trip, washing delicates, keeping socks together in the wash, organizing items in your awesome MJ hobo bag so you aren’t digging around trying to find it…just grab the bag inside the bag :), use for potporri, organizing small toy items in the playroom, organizing hairbows or jewelry for the kids, store all the kiddos’ stickers in them. Oh, the possibilities are limitied only by one’s imagination for the use of these cute little bags.
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We just got back from vacation and I used the bags to pack my girls individual outfits in. It was so easy to have a whole outfit there to just hand my husband to dress them instead of digging through the suitcase to find everything – or even worse leaving it up to him to dress them 🙂 I have a big collection of these bags and it really came in handy!
*****The best use I can think of (which also helps me out time-wise!) is HANGING THE BAG (open) BY THE LOOP onto my daughter’s hanger with her outfit for the day. ALL of her accessories, hair stuff, jewelry, even shoes go in the bag for the day!!! Then she can find what she needs for the day quickly and I have more time to get myself ready! If you have 7 bags, you can plan her whole week! Yayyy!!!*****
We’re going to use them as gift bags for my daughter’s birthday party! They’ll be stuffed with an outfit for the little gals’ dolls.
I commented on your mjc fb right after we rec’d our first HOC shipment that we use them for produce and bulk atthe grocery. Since then, they’ve been used as a sieve to strain blueberry skins for making jelly and deconstructed to make a household scrubber for cleaning. And we still have all (30) of our Y&M bags yet to use!
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I use the mesh bags for traveling. I put undies, toiletries, makeup, etc in them. I also bring them on the plane and put my daughter’s dvd’s, toys, and books in it. I also made lots of hair accessories out of it too. I’m always using it for something and its always put to such great use!
***** BAG SUGGESTION!!!!!!!!!
My use:
making lemonade – squeeze the lemons in the pouch to keep the seeds inside!!!!
Kiddos use:
we keep our alphabet bath toys in it – it drains nice & easy 😉
Thanks! Erin Sumners
I use the mesh bags for keeping all the tags and buttons from our MJC collection and for all odd buttons we have.
gi joes, buttons, seashells, rocks, cowboys and indians, crayons, markers, lipsticks, love notes, coupons
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lastly
MIGHTY ACORNS!!
We took a bunch of the MJC bags to the beach for 4th of July! Our 2 girls collected shells from the beach to bring home. On a rainy day we pull out a bag and use the shells to make picture frames, jewelry, etc…!!!
I love to use my MJC mesh bags to pack all of my 2 year old little princess’s dress up jewelry and accessories when we travel :). All of her “TILDA Janes” look great with her Disney Princess shoes and jewels :)! So precious!!!!
OH! I GOT IT! my daughter was not very eager to learn her abc’s, so i hung her alphabet bath toys in the mj bag over the soap holder! she wants to play with them (and learn them) so much more because theyre in a fun bag!! mj rocks!! xoxo
My son always get excited when his sister gets her new MJ stuff because he knows there’s a treat in each shipment for him. He loves to fill the bags with his favorite toys to take on road trips, puts snacks in them to take to the pool and my favorite, he puts his bar of soap in there in the bath so it doesn’t slip out of his little hands as easliy. It’s a win-win for both my kids!
OK, kinda strange unless you’re from “these here parts.” My friend says that when you go mushroom hunting, you have to use a mesh type bag so that the spores fall out and mushrooms can grow there the next year. Sooo, we used them this Spring to put mushrooms in when we were out looking for them. Bags? Good. A lot of mushrooms? Not so much. Gosh I hope that doesn’t offend anyone!!! 🙂
If this posts twice, sorry. It says it didn’t go through. Great for allowance sorting – one for save, one for spend, and one for donate. ALso great to keep collections (ie. coins, rocks, ribbons).
Great for treasure collections, especially rock collections. Also a good place to keep and separate allowance (save/spend/donate). So great 🙂
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My sone uses them for his matchbox cars adn puts one in each bag. He says that is where they go for nighty night!
My son uses them and puts a different matchbox car in them. It is where they sleep when it is time for nighty night!
We use them for the beach. Put the shovels or water toys in them. Use them in the laundry for bras and my baby’s small socks. we have put toys in them to take to grandma’s house. we have used them for bath toys to dry out, hanging in the tub.
I’m so sorry not sure why it sends a second post that way 🙁
Well I really put them to work! At this moment your bags organized my little business. I design and decorate cakes. So let me tell you where your bags takes place . All tools you can imagine!! Rolling pins , cutters, chocolate molds , cupcake liners, books, colors , sprinklers, cake toppers, plastic topers for cupcakes, different gumpaste tools and small mates!!! And the list can keep going!!!! MJ runs my business 🙂 if I’m not this organized I can do my job. Thanks for those great bags. Not to mention I have two girls who love MJ so I do have plenty for all my tools.
Dont think my husband would use them,but they would be good to organize nuts, bolts, screws and nails. 😉
Hi MJC!
Ok, this is totally cute! We use the bags as SLEEPING BAGS for various sizes of our stuffed animal cuties (they can even snuggle together in the bigger bags). That way, they have a nice warm place to sleep too! This, friends, is terribly important to the 3-4 year old crowd!
Sorry about that…I did the first comment on my phone and it said it didn’t go through so I quickly tried to post again on my computer with what I had typed. Grrr technology sometimes! :o)
My 7 year old daughter asked me yesterday if I had any more Matilda Jane bags…which I don’t only one…well her and her friends wanted to use them to play hopscotch inside our house. What a fun idea! My 3 year old son with speech issues quickly grabbed it and informed her “no fa faf’s bed!” translated “no that’s spongebob’s bed!” In the end they used it to store puzzle pieces until their imaginations strike again. I better buy something so that they both have one. I do intend to use it when my daughter goes to school on the days she has a Brownie Girl Scout meeting after school. This way everything will stay together that she needs for her meeting…her vest and books and she can place everything back inside along with any patches/badges or papers she receives. How nice will that be!!
My 7 year old daughter asked me today if I had any more Matilda Jane bags…which I don’t only the one…well her and her friends wanted to use them to play hopscotch inside. What a fun idea! My 3 year old with speech issues grabbed it and said…no hasotch…fa fas bed (no hopscotch it’s spongebob’s bed). In the end they used it to store puzzle pieces until their imagination strikes gain. I better buy something so they both have one.
Fill with dried lavender and hang in the closet.
Fill with dried lavender and hang in the closet!
My husband dresses and takes our daughter to day school. To make it easy for him, I put her mj leggings, tights or socks along w/ a tee and her hair pretty in the bag and hang it from the button loop on the hangar w/ her mj dress so there is a complete fool proof outfit waiting for her!
I have also been hanging a bag in my car as a small trash sack for all those diet coke straw wrappers and mc d receipts 🙂
I love MJ!!!! and have purchased it for many years for my 8 1/2 year old daughter Kendal. I wish in the future you would make some of the adult pieces and simplier kids pieces in larger tween sizes. Kendal is starting to like the more simple sophisticated pieces you have and she loved the adult purple charlie dress. Two of my neighbors have 13 year olds and have asked me about some of the adult things I wear for their girls. There is a real gap in the marketplace for girls 8 – 13. My Kendal is tall so she needs the 10/12 MJ sizes alrady and wants nothing to do with stuff like A&F, as she is still little. I’ve already been sad thinking she may not be able to get the spring 2012 line. Also, the adult clothes would be great in an extra small. I wear a 4 and often the small is too big and then I have to have it altered. We’d love more hair bows, socks, jewlery, purses. An entire accessory line would be FAB!! We love MJ!! You are all great.
Never search for lost socks in the wash again. Simply wash & dry in your MJC Mesh bags. Try it, it really works!!!
Never search for lost socks in the wash again! Simply wash and dry them in the MJC MEsh bags. Try it, it really works!!
We use our mesh bags for snacks and sandwiches for lunches. We have also used them for craft bags for all 3 of my kids. We went to 2 birthday parties this past weekend and I didn’t have any gift bags so we used the mesh bags with tissue paper for gift bags 🙂
We use ours for a ton of fun things hair pretties, craft supplies, dd puts her little tinker bell in one with her clothes and her mini lalaloopsy dolls to.
I meant thawed spinach! I guess it would work of both, though! Janelle Howe
We use them for so many things in our house. I now store them in the big Y&M box I received my goodies in. My daughter can grab them anytime she wants. I have 1 hanging in her closet with the onsie socks I seem to collect….hoping I will find that other pair. She has another with her rock collection. I keep some in the car when we go to a garage sale….my daughter can pick something out and use it carry a new item in. When we travel they make great “lingerie” holders. So many wonderful uses, what can we not find a use for them. I can not believe I can almost fill up that big box… That is a whole lot of shopping!
We love our MJC, even our pool had to get a little taste of style. Used one of our MJC mesh bags to make a new bag for Swish(the pool vacuum).
Hi my 6 yr old Katie and 4 yr old Lizzie store their American Girl Dolls clothes, wishing someday we could have matching MJ outfits for their American Girl dolls! WE LOVE MJ!!!!!!!!!
We have used the early bags for a hair bow, and then put a few together to make a small bag…we thought about piecing them together for a duvet cover…BUT THEN WE WERE INSPIRED!! We have decided with the new blue bags with the Y&M collection that we are going to make a beach cover up and with that we will be using some of our “back up buttons” final product is not complete since all of Y&M hasn’t shipped out as of yet, but my daughter Addy is VERY excited!!
Okay, and one last thing, they are great for shoe bags for your suitcase. That way your dirty shoes don’t touch all the pretty clothes you have packed for your trip!
Okay, I’ll try this again. I have several purposes for my Matilda Jane bags. First, is they are great for washing delicates in like Norahs Matilda Jane with lace or buttons. Also, they are great for storing Norahs doll outfits, so she know who’s clothes are where. Lastly, they are great for sending snacks to school in–it cuts down on plastic bags which is ALWAYS good. Thanks again Matilda Jane!
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I think these bags are perfect for several things–the first being they are great for washing delicates in–like my Norahs lovely matilda Jane tees and items that have lace or buttons. Also, I love using them for putting Norahs doll outfits together so she knows who’s outfit is where! Lastly, I will send snacks in them for school to cut down on the plastic bags. I love these bags! Thanks once again to Matilda Jane!
I LOVE the mesh bags!! I use them for a bunch of different things but I think the most creative would be when I go to the grocery store. I use them to put my produce in instead of those little sacks that you just throw away anyway or that seem to multiply in the food crisper drawer. That way my grapefruit can feel a little fancy in the check out line riding home in a Matilda Jane bag!
A hair net!
We use the mesh bag to collect shells (easy to wash off the sand and dry in minutes). We also use it to keep dried flowers for that amazing aroma. Love these bags (please make them in different colors).
Well, I love them so much that I kind of hoard them and keep them special. I have used the buttons off of a few of them to sew on tanks and also for hair accessories. I also use them to store special keepsakes, like my baby’s special newborn clothes and my letters from my grandma.
We have loved all are pretty clothes and we have loved the mesh bags. They came in handy this summer for dance. When we went to nationals we put are shoes, hair accessories, etc. in them. It was nice that we can see what was inside for each costume. And after dance we took are bags to the beach and collected sea shells and had bags for all the cousins. Thanks for all the cute stuff we love it all!
Bridget Hansen 🙂
Honestly I don’t have any of these cute little bags. I would love to have some though. I must have MJ stuff before the bags. I think the ideas and uses are awesome. I was thinking they would be good for baby socks. But then as I was reading one post and it caught my eye. She is brilliant. Using them for the matching hair clips and headbands for clothing in the closet. I am always searching for the hair stuff that matches a special outfit. Havign it right with the outfit would save me so mch time in the morning before school. I could 10 more minutes of sleep. (Every mom needs !0 more minutes)
Loving you new line!!!
I love the mesh bags…it’s like a goodie with our purchases. We have used our bags in many different ways:
1.Love to put my jewerly in them
2.Definitely awesome to put my little girl’s hair accessories in
3.They are perfect to store our crayons and pencils in for at home or especially when you are out and about
4.Sounds crazy but I use some to keep my receipts in
5.We have drawn and cut out flowers (and used buttons for the middle) and glued onto headbands (which my daughter LOVES)
6.But one of my favorite ways we have used them is…we attached ribbon to each side and my daughter uses one as a purse to play with and we have hung a few on her wall to store some of her little happies in…just a few….thanks!!!
My husband is in the Army we use them to store his socks. He is always losing pairs, so early mornings when he has PT, he reaches in his drawer and pulls out a mesh bag guaranteed to have a pair of matching socks 🙂 It’s my little reminder to him that MJ is so much more than just money out of his pocket–see how he should be grateful for his keen sense of sock fashion & how you’re giving back by keeping our military organized?!??! : A win-win 🙂
We used our mesh bags this past weekend to collect concretions (cool round rocks) in Lake Superior. I also intend to use the bags to do crafts with preschool students, I was thinking maybe bird feeders. I will also be using them to organize my school supplies at my school to help with my goal of organization. I use them for hair bows, socks and my daughter puts her toys in them. I stopped counting my mesh bags at 30 so we will be doing MANY MANY things with these bags.
I use the Mesh bags for a variety of things but the most useful…. I put my bras and spanks in them before throwing them in the washing machine and they work as a great protector for my undergarments… The elastic holds up better which helps hold in my extra junk and keep everything in place
Teachers can use them as money pouches. Just poke holes in the bag with a hole punch and stick it in a 3-ring binder. Students can keep their lunch and snack money in their little mj bag/money pouch.
When we travel with the little kids I give them each a bag filled with tissue-wrapped small gifts such a travel game, book, small stuffed animal, etc. to be opened every so often. It gives them something to look forward to and makes the trip easier on the adults.
Use in the washer and dryer to keep small things from getting lost or tangled
Use as drawer liners and satchets for lavendar
The mesh bag are great to use in the laundry to keep small things from getting lost or tangled. Also great the satchets to put lavendar in your drawers and closets.
I assemble Lenny & Eva Jewelry so I use the MJ bags to sort the sentiments and brads while I work. I also put Q-Tips in them to keep in my little girls bath bag. She uses the bags to chew on the button…they are really sewn on well! 🙂
my daughter loves to sort and organize all things hers….jewelry, hair ties, markers, photographs, doll clothes. the bags are great to suit her organization 🙂
I’m due with another little girl in 5 weeks. This past weekend as I was washing her newborn outfits and getting her room ready I decided I could use the mesh bags from her big sis’ MJ stash as a way to keep all those little socks contained in the washer. You know, those tiny little ones that get lost so easily. It worked like a charm!!
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I’m a veterinarian and i used one at work this week! I needed a breathable garment for a little dog that was attacked while out on a walk. I needed something to cover the incisions so the dog wouldn’t lick anything but allow good passage of air to the skin so i cut open one end for the head and we used bandage material to secure the other end! It was perfect!
We love our MJ “baggies” as DD calls them!!! At home they are used to store our hair styling supplies for our days at the “salon”, and I use them in my special education classroom as a learning tool for many concepts (sorting, letter recognition, manipulative keeper, etc.) We love them!!!!!!
We use our mesh bags for carring change into the facility to see my hubby, my Hailie’s makeup, crayons, markers..Oh gosh yes those tiny little barbie doll shoes, and clothes great bags for stuff like that….=)
—I PUT GOOD SMELLING DRYING SHEETS IN THE BAG AND THEN I PUT THE BAG IN THE DRAWER WITH CLOTHES (ESPECIALLY LINGERIE). THAT KEEPS MY CLOTHES ALWAYS SMELLING FRESH!—
My daughter uses one for her grips for gymnastics
I use them to bundle matching bras and panty sets
My son uses them for cannon balls (wadded up with hair bands of course) to attack Batman and Robin/Penguin and Joker or to knock out Mr and Mrs Potato Head
I used them in the wash for headbands/bows
I have used them to package goodies that have been mailed to friends over seas
I have used them to wash the very sweet dirty face of my 4yo son- in a pinch with an mesh bag and a bottle of water- even Cheetos love MJ!~
My daughter also uses them for her stuffies as sleeping bags and outfit storage
My husband suggested I use one to dust- I declined
And covered one in my favorite lotion (at that moment) and stashed it in my car and one in my desk at work – always makes me happy to smell it
ADULT LINE suggestion- I feel like lots of things from adult line are not slimming or are designed for bigger girls…I love the colors and design but feel like most of the clothes make me look huge and not very figure flattering(especially the pants). So i hope you will take that suggestion into consideration, thank you
Perfect as produce bags to use at the grocery or market (sorry if this is posted multiple times, I keep getting an error message!)
I have used mine for washing undergarments and the best is using for produce when I go to the Grocery store. I use the recycled bags to bring with me for my food and use the mesh for loose produce. Works great also for seperating bathroom supplies when traveling. :))
Perfect to use as produce bags at the grocery!
I’m a pre-school teacher and I use the bags to hold crayons, markers, and other school supplies. My students also make crafts from the bags…a good way for them to learn about the concept of ‘recycling’. I have also used the bags to create a pretty party favor bags for my friend’s baby shower…not to mention a pretty flower bow and MJ button attached to it. How cute! The uses of these bags are endless!
We’re using ours for our dance class shoes. My oldest is doing a tap, jazz, musical theater combo class (doesn’t that sound like fun!) & she needs to bring 3 pairs of shoes to class. Those bags are perfect, and perfectly adorable!
I think the best use for them is to sew them together side by side to make an over the door organizer to store hairbows, ribbon, and jewelry in. So cute in the patchwork quilt vintage style!!
I think the best use for them is to sew them together side by side to make an over the door hanger to store hairbows, ribbon, jewelry, and etc. in. So cute with a patchwork style to store all the goodies in.
I think the best use is to sew them all together side by side to make an over the door organizer to put hairbows, jewelry, etc, in. It makes a cute quilt also!!! Love them!
I re-use 2 of them on a weekly basis as “laundry bags” they work perfectly! – Just toss a piece of MJ clothing into one of the bags, close with the button, throw it into the washing machine and your good to go! Keeps your precious MJ items from nasty wash wear 🙂
I also used 1 of the larger ones to make a tutu style fairy skirt for my 20month old for our city’s annual “Fairytale Festival” the mesh/tulle fabric the bags are made of is soooo soft it blended perfectly with the layers of store bought tulle and chiffon I also used. Plus it was much nicer feeling against her skin!
Besides washing delicates, they’re great for collecting and drying tub toys!
I have a plan to use the buttons to make cute shirts with ribbon and the buttons…
Also to make cute little sling purses out of the bags for my daughter to store all her trinkets in…
Of course I already love the lego idea… and the marker idea(perfect for church)…
They also work great for my church calling. I work with 9 and 10 yr. old girls. We have an activity once every two weeks. When we do projects I put all the items they need for their project in the bags so none of it gets lost. Ex. making cards. All the pre-cut pieces go into their own bag with their name on it! And then I use an extra one for the supplies everyone uses, like stamp pads, adhesive, glitter, buttons, ect. It works great! And the girls like having their own little Matilda Jane bag!…
My 4 yr. old loves to pack everything and anything around. She pretends to go on vacation and pack them with socks, toys, ect…
The mesh bags are perfect for collecting seashells at the beach…which, like MJ clothing, each seashell is unique!
25 Glue sticks for the teacher.
25 Thank you notes for your best friend, for being your best friend
25 notes to your child telling them how much you love them
I use them to wash my unmentionables in. I also gave some to a friend to wash her daughters dance clothing in so it doesn’t snag.
Puzzles and pieces
I just sent 27 bags to a fellow crafter on mj addicts, but I kept my towel bag for myself. im not sure what its special purpose will be, but I know it will be great.
I apologize for multiple Lucky posts, but it kept giving me am error message and I keot trying – evidently I was succrssful mire than once! I was at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis with mediocre service! So sorry!
I lOVE these little mesh bags and have been stocking up on them to re-purpose for an adorable little tulle skirt I’m making… The Matilda Jane print on the bag makes for an adorable pattern/font throughout the skirt and the buttons will actually be reused as buttons! Ive used these bags so much and I’m starting to acquire quite the collection!! Thanks Matilda Jane!! Amber
I just made my first MJ purchase this month. I love the mesh bags for when my girls travel with my husband while I work. He cannot for the life of him match a top, bottoms, socks, shoes, and a hairbow. So I put the entire contents of one outfit (underwear, socks, hairbow, ponytail holder, accessories, top, bottoms, underwear, etc) with the name of the child it goes with. All he has to do is open the bag, read the name of the chld, and dress her! He loves it and so do I. I no longer get pictures to my phone of mismatched outfits 🙂 Now everyone is dressed in the correct coordinates.
My daughter has a button addiction, so when she visits gramma she puts all her favorites in the bags… sorted by colour. I love seeing her favorites.
She also uses them for sea glass, shells, and favorite rocks when we go to the beach.
One idea would be to twist them around as if you are twisting a t-shirt to tie dye. It makes sort of a rose look. You can attach a button to the center for the center of the flower. Attach to a hair barrette clip and waa laa, you have a unique hair piece to coordinate with your favorite MJ outfit.
Another option is to make a nifty toy bag for all of those Lalaloopsy dolls that we seem to have so many of with so many little pieces.
Finally, if nothing else, you can make a lingerie bag for washing those small delicate pieces!
I cut the buttons off & save for later use. Then twist the bags & sew them together to make a bath puff. They are so much softer than the ones you can buy. Love the bags, hope you always use them:)
THOSE BAGS come in handy for…snacks on the go…hairclips..pens and pencils in the van…but the cutest of all ….my sons little mans and cars for on the go play.:) SOO THE BEST FOR ME WOULD BE THE GREAT ON THE GO PLAY
I am a speech-language pathologist and work with an Early Childhood classroom and handle several IEPs and therapy materials. I use my bags to keep materials sorted by each child so I can grab my bags to work on appropriate goals.
They are great conversation starters, too!
Daphne
I am a speech-language pathologist and work in an Early Childhood classroom with several IEPs to handle. I use my bags to keep my materials sorted by child’s name, so I can just grab the bag and use the items on hand to work on my therapy goals…
They are a great conversation piece!
Daphne
We love to use these mesh bags to collect nature. We take them on hikes and to the beach. Then, we are ready for colleting sticks, leaves, shells, beach rocks, ect. The sky’s the limits on this one. When we get home, we take our nature pieces out of the mesh bags and use nature to create many new things. Some ideas include fairy houses, tic-tac-toe boards, picture frames, ect. They make great mementos of our time spent in nature.
The key is that you have a fun easy bag to collect your peices of nature.
Fabric scraps from crafting projects….
Organize your medicine for traveling…
Diapers/wipes for diaper bag or purse.
Flash cards/card games…..
Marla Hodel
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I sell medical capital equipment for research. Cancer Centers and Children’s Hospitals (St. Jude Chilrens’s Hospital, etc.) are premier accounts. I always take goodie bags to do my own version of “Spread the Love” and your MJC mesh bags add a lot of pizazz to this project! I fill my goodie bags with little books, games, puzzles, pencils/pads, quarters for vending machines (lovingly taken from my husband’s change box!) – anything to bring a smile to a sick child’s (and/or a worried parent’s) face. At St. Jude’s, I always include cafeteria vouchers for food. I’ve been doing this since 1983 and it still brings me joy every single time!
I need a couple of more bags, but I plan on taking 25 bags and iron tranferring #1-25 the bags and making them an advent calendar for my children to open each day leading up to Christmas! They are a great size for those slightly larger “stuffers” that don’t fit into some of the tiny advent bags! Can’t wait!
We currently have one full of Play-Doh containers and another with cards and artwork for the year
We currently have one full of Play-Doh containers and another full of cards and artwork for the year.
My son takes every bag I get. He uses them for storage for his toy cars, his coin collections, even his bugs-lol. I would use them for jewelry bags, toiletries in a guest bath-they would be so inviting holding small soaps/shampoos and tied with a bow and a pretty flower.
we use them for everything! From sorting socks and bows when we travel, to laundrybags for delicates. to turning them into beautiful hair pretties. It took me an hour to get up the courage to cut the first one, but it was worth it; ADORABLE!
Ok, I dont know if many of these girls would do the same thing but my dear hubby made the girls fishing nets!!! they are great they are at our lake house and everyone ask if we ordered them form MJ. My wonderful husband is such a good MJ sport, we have no boys just 3 lil girls and he loves them to look cute, but also loves them to hang with him at the lake!!
I use mine for a cell phone case. It makes it very easy to retrieve my phone out of my huge purse!! lol
I sell medical capital equipment for research. Universities and Cancer Centers are among my customers – MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Research Center, any Children’s Hospital, etc. I always take treat bags filled with little books, stickers, games, puzzles, and quarters (“borrowed” from my husband’s change box!) – anything to bring a smile to a child or their parent(s) face! At St. Jude, I buy cafeteria vouchers that are always most appreciated. Your MJC Mesh Bags are perfect for this project. P.S. I’ve been doing since 1983 and it’s my version of spreading the love!
Oh my gosh so many things that we use these bags for… My favorite is flashcards! I’m a stay at home mom and use to be a first grade teacher and a reading specialist. I use the bags for math, sight words, letter recognition. Each bag is full of cards to help my little girls get ready for Kindergarten. It’s fun and so easy to take places without those boxes they come in that always break!
We love the bags! We put socks and panties and hair pretties in them when we traveled to the beach this summer. Then, since they are mesh, they were perfect for shell collecting; the water and sand drained right through and they were lighter and easier to carry than sand pails. Amelia uses one for her BFF letters that she receives and another for her letters and cards from relatives. I used one to send some of Amelia’s outgrown MJC to a friend. She loved it! What we both love about them is that you can see what is in them without having to open them. Thank you for being practical and giving us reusable bags(although I keep the tissue for gifts and crafts)
I sell medical research equipment in the Central Territory. Cancer Research Centers and Children’s Hospitals are among my best customer sites (MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Wash U Children’s, Vanderbilt Children’s, etc). When I call on these accounts, I take treat bags filled with little books, games, stickers – anything to bring a smile to the face of a child or their parent(s). I always rob my husband’s change box for quarters to include. At St. Jude’s, I buy cafeteria food vouchers because the kid’s and parents are always hanging out in that area. Your MJC Mesh bags are perfect for this project!
My daughter loves MJC! everywhere we go we have to take multiple medications because she has a chronic illness and she likes to keep them in her bag it makes a little more fun for her so thank you
I am a momma of two sweet babies under 2! We go thru tons of diapers and outfits in this house. My MJ mesh bags are put to good use in our diaper bag. We keep them in the diaper bag to hold diapers/wipes…and then a couple extras to put “dirty” clothes in. My 4 month old has multiple outfit changes each day due to spit up and “accidents” so his “dirty” outfits go right in the mesh bags when we are out and about and then we wash them and re-use! SOOO ECO Friendly!!! 🙂 I also love to use them in the washer to hold little socks and such to keep them from getting lost while washing!! We use them for lots of things but those are my two favorite Matilda Jane mesh bag uses!! 🙂 My daughter loves when I make her hair pretties using the bags…but I know lots of other mommas use them for that too!! :)Thanks for making such cuts things :o) Matilda Jane is amazing!!
So funny you should ask:) We are on vacation right now and we are using them in our pool bag.
One bag for lots of sunscreen!
One bag for snacks.
And one bag for clean clothes for my daughter (3) and one for my son(4)
So handy for sorting a dark hole pool bag!:)
Well I gave them to my daughter to let her have FREE reign of. She is 4 and so far they have been used as her “play” makeup bag…because mommy has a makeup bag, a purse…a little ribbon for the starp and instant sholder bag, and I have seen her using them as play dish towels and my favorite has been as place mats when she cooked her daddy and I dinner one night and set up our date on our livingroom floor :)….very creative I might add for a 4 year old….
Mainly I use them for laundry. Perfect to put a delicate in and not have it eaten alive by our killer washing machine.
I am constantly looking for new ways to store and organize my Christmas ornaments and decorations. I am planning to use the bags to keep fragile ornaments and decorations organized with labels on the outside.
I know this might sound crazy, but they work great to strain fresh spinach. I hate staining my dish towels to squeeze out all the water to get dry, clean spinach…and these bags work great for doing that! Throw them in the dishwasher and they are good as new! Thanks for all of the other great ideas. Can’t wait to try them out. Janelle Howe
We use ours for organizing My Little Ponies, MobiGo games, and most recently washing bows.
Clutter!! I have them all, I just can’t throw them away! Why you ask? I really don’t know why, I think it is the darn cute button! I am not crafty! I own a clue gun and a sewing machine. I did try to be crafty once, but I spent so much money, made huge messes and injured myself on more than a few occasions so my sweet husband begged me to stop! All the mesh bags are on the floor of my sweet gals closet! I stuffed them in a corner, but they wiggle out now and then and I have to kick them back with my foot. I cuss them often, but there they sit!
Clutter! I can’t throw them away…why you ask? I have no clue! I am not crafty in the least, I tried to be once and my husband begged me to stop! So any who…they are all sitting on the floor of my precious daughters closet. I did try to stick them in the corner, but they seep out into the middle all the time and I kick them with my foot on a weekly basis to try and get them back in the corner!! Lol!
We have used ours for lots of things but the best use of them so far was for our church’s prom dress ministry! We needed something for the girls to use while trying on dresses so that they did not get makeup on the dresses. The mesh bags were perfect!! This year we plan to use more bags as goody bags for the girls- stocking thme up with makeup, hairspray,gum,etc for their prom. We had over twenty girls get dresses for prom that could not otherwise afford to go. It was a totally amazing day and I can’t wait for our mj bags to make their debut to even more girls this spring! Thanks for the useful packaging!!!
Posted my ideas last night under MOM2TWINS. Sorry — I didn’t read all the instructions ! oops !
The mesh bags are great for super delicate undergarments. They are also very useful in organizing and storing those same undergarments!
With two boys we spend a lot of time at the baseball fields for practices and games. I like to pack my mesh bags with different goodies: stickers, temporary tatoos, crayons and snacks for my 3 year old daughter to play with. I switch it up every so often with new little suprises. It keeps her occupied while Mommy and Daddy watch the 2 hour games. 🙂 I also pack one in my purse filled with all the necessities sunscreen, band aids, lip balm, etc. It was a lot of fun reading the other comments too!
Michelle Seaton
I use them to bundle my own sewing projects from start to finish! First I put in the folded fabric and sewing pattern. Once I cut out the items, I put the fabric pieces back in along with sewing instructions, thread, and any trims. Next I sort these bundles according to priority. I like to pretend I’m working for Matilda Jane in my little basement sewing room!!!
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** Use as a camp pillow you stuff it with clothes and Voila!
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** Works awesome for stiking bandaids and polysporin
The list goes on and on. These bags are great 🙂
We use our mesh bags for when the ‘Happy Day Elf’ comes to visit. I hung a mesh bag in each of our three girls closets and every once in a while they will be surprised with a visit from the elf. If they have had a bad day he may leave them a little toy, or nail polish, or other fun little treasure. If they need advise, a little note will be left in their bag. And if they’ve done something kind or helpful they will often find a little treat. This has been so fun and the randomness of it keeps them on their toes!
I use mine to wash my….ahem…. intimates…. in the washing machine. Keeps them safe and sound while rolling around in there. :0)
I use them for my husband! He travels a lot for work and is color blind, so I use them to sort his brown from black socks! I just write the color on the bag and stuff it with the correct color socks! I roll his ties up and put them in to keep them protected in his suitcase, I also use the bags to keep his toiletries in. I keep a few of the bags ready to go with everything he needs for a few days away. He knows to just grab a bag and it is always full of what he needs! Maybe I am trying to subliminally make him love MJC so he doesnt mind the credit card bill so much! Something good always comes out of MJC bags for HIM too!
I use the mesh bags to organize my sewing & crafts projects. It keeps everything I need for each project all together…then, when I find a few minutes to work on a project, I just grab a bag and create something fun. And, I can see the items without opening the bag. They are a fun alternative to the zipper bags that I previously used. Not to mention, they are better for the environment.
Coupons!!! I have three girls who love Mj so I had to become a couponer to afford it. Now I buy groceries with my coupons and use the leftover cash to buy MJ. I must say these are by far the best “leftovers” I have ever had.
Coupons!!! Realized Im addicted to MJ and had to start taking up couponing. Sooooo, had to cut back somewhere. So now I use my coupons to pay for my groceries and buy MJ with the leftover cash. I must say I’ve never had such wonderful “leftovers” before.
They are perfect for sorting my daughters shoes, tights, special things and we put them in the shoe hangers on the back of her closet door. It keeps them free from dust and she loves “hiding” all her special things. We have also used them for crayon bags to carry in my car or purse. Thank you for such a great blog to get other ideas!
DUH!!?? i use my mj bags to protect and easily find my favorite mj clothing when im on VACATION! they fit so nicely in the side compartment of my luggage 🙂 …so convenient! xoxo
A kid’s puzzle…..(25pc., 50pc, 100 pc.) Cut out the picture from the box and put the pieces and the picture in. It’s much easier to travel with it then. 🙂 Use it at a restaurant or church or doctor’s office…..
Or use it for your monthly receipts to track your expenses. 🙂
Marla Hodel
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Hi I just received our Y&M this week! Love it soooo much. My older daughter just twirled and twirled in her Mimi!!!!
I plan to use the mesh bags this way: I will use scalloped scissors to cut cirlces out of them and then use these circles to decorate the lids of my homemade preserves. This season I am making, hot pickled green beans, pickled jalapenos, roasted red pepper and tomato sauce, zucchini relish and summer salsa! Wont my jars be pretty all dressed up with the mesh bag circles and a ribbon bow?
Thanks Matilda Jane!
I like to store little things like socks, tights, shirt cuffs, gloves, etc when putting things in the tote to store for the next season!! MJC mesh bags are great for so many things!!
I like to use them to keep laundry separated in suitcases. Also to store little socks and tights while storing things away each season and so many things in general!! These are great little bags!!
We sort our hair pretties by color. The MJC mesh bags are great because she can open and close the bag herself (unlike the plastic zipper bages we WERE using). She can still see through it to pick out the one she wants! We have a bag for each color inthe rainbow.
Daughter turned 6 in May and I used the bags as goodie bags for her guests. All of her bags had “6” (sizing) on the bags so it was perfect! By giving them away, I hoped they(and their moms) in return find more creative ways to recycle them.
storing legos & misc small toys & storing travel items on road trips for toddlers
I am so glad you asked this question! My girls and I have been using the MJ mesh bags for so many art projects during the summer!
First thing we did was cut some of the buttons off and we glued them onto “MJ crowns.” Second, we used the mesh to make 3-D animal sculptures using Fabric stiffener/draping liquid and paint. And our third project was making homemade butterfly nets, using the mesh bags and wire.
I do also use them for household chores, like hanging bath toys to dry, holding a pair of gloves together in a drawer, making a bouquet garni, I even use them in place of plastic bags to hold band-aids and antiseptic wipes in the diaper bag!
Thank You MJ, we love your mesh bags!
Christina Albrigo
My daughter puts her snack in them to take to daycare with her!
My daughter puts her snacks in them to take with her to daycare!!
Belle uses her mesh bags for collecting all sorts of fun things on our walks outside, then we bring all our goodies in and make fun arts and crafts, love making things from nature, doesn’t have to be store bought to be beautiful! We also use the bags for trips to put snacks or an extra change of clothes in the diaper bag as we all know how cluttered they can get, when I am swapping Matilda Jane lovelies with my friends I also like to wrap our Matilda Jane in them to their new home 🙂 thanks for a great bags with lots of uses! MEgan
Plant your herbs or flowers in them. Cut a small hole in the bag and expose your plant roots. Then put them in the ground. The bag will act as a weed barrier.
Although this isn’t a creative idea, my favorite thing to use them for a diaper bag organzier. I put snacks in one, crayons in another, and so on. When my girls want something they can see the items inside and easily find what they are looking for.
We have two and I use one to wash my delicates in (it sounds odd but really works amazingly! My daughter uses hers as a “sleeping bag” for her teddy or other stuffed animals each night! It’s cute!
Yikes! I forgot to mention an important step in my MJC bag birdfeeder! I had used a pair of small manicure scissors and snipped the link between two holes in the mesh every here and there. Between the weight of the seeds in the bag and the extra room in the holes I made, it works perfectly! The mesh is quite strong and the snipped holes do not “run”.
Sorry about that!
We LOVE the mesh bags in our home! Let’s see, my daughter uses them for her hair clips and bows. I use them for markers and crayons to bring to church. That way, I can leave it in the car and just grab it when needed (also great for entertainment in restaurants) and recently on a trip to Hawaii, we used them to collect seashells and other (treasures) as defined by a 4 and 6 year old which included not only shells, but rocks too! We love ours! I even have one in my craft room that is filled with odds and ends scraps of ribbon and small fabric pieces that I used to decorate gift bags for birthdays!
We use the mesh bags to organize our diaper bag. One bag holds a change of clothes, one holds cloth diaper inserts, and one holds snacks. Before organizing with them I add some ‘spunk’ to the mesh bags – ric-rac, ruffles or ribbons. It makes them even more fun and a great accessory to the diaper bag. Plus, my diaper bag has never been so clean!
I have used the mesh bags to wash baby socks in so they don’t get lost in the laundry! 🙂
I have used the mesh bags as a baby sock holder to wash socks in so they don’t get lost. 🙂
I’ve used my mesh bags to store and display craft materials for my children. I place all the little foam pieces, feathers, ribbons, stickers, rhinestones, markers, paints, etc. in separate bags and hang them with clothespins on a clothesline across the room low enough for the kids to be able to reach themselves.
Also, they are great for drying flowers for craft projects!
A Kid’s puzzle(25 piece, 50 piece or even a 100 piece….)….. Cut out the picture from the box it come in put that in along with the pieces to the puzzle. I hate those bulky boxes! And they are easy to take along on a trip and put together at a restaurant or to church…. Or use them for each months receipts for tracking expenses for the month.
Marla Hodel
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I am not creative..lol..I just let my daughter play with them..she puts barbie dolls, clothes and accessories in them and also her jewelry and hello kitty makeup. :)My boys also use them for their matchbox cars to carry back and forth to grandmas house. 🙂
We use our mesh bags to sort tights and socks by size and we use the buttons for making matching hair accessories!
i use mine to hold dd stuff when we are out an about in the diaper bag.
one bag for a change of clothes
one bag for her spare hairbows
one bag holds diapers and wipes
etc etc
We use these bags to put small toys (cars, trucks, trains) in and they are easier to keep track of especially when traveling or even going out to dinner (helps keep my purse a little cleaner).
I also like to put bath toys in so they are in one place & can easily dry out….great for the beach the sand falls right out!
I wash delicates & bras in these.
They are also great to pack with….put socks, undies, bras in separate bags… helps make room to pack more MJ clothes!
We use the mesh bags to organize our diaper bag. One bag holds a change of clothes, one holds cloth diaper inserts, and one holds snacks. Before organizing with them though, I add some ‘spunk’ to the mesh bags – ric rac, ruffles or ribbons. It makes them even more fun and a great accessory to the diaper bag. Plus, my diaper bag has never been so clean!
I use my Matilda Mesh bags to gift out my favorite receipes printed on a pretty 5×7 card. 🙂
We use these bags to put small toys (cars, trucks, trains) in and they are easier to keep track of especially when traveling or even going out to dinner (& helps keep my purse a little cleaner).
I also like to put bath toys in so they are in one place & can easily dry out…. great for the beach, the sand falls right out! 🙂
I wash delicates & bras in these.
They are also great to pack with….put socks, undies, & bras in separate bags… helps make room to pack more MJ clothes! 🙂
I used them as goodie bags at my daughter’s 6th birthday party. It was a pinkalicious party, and we filled each bag with a pinkalicious sparkle t shirt, crown and pink art supplies(pink glitter glue, pink markers, pink clay, etc..). I tied each bag with a big pink bow. They were a big hit, and it looked so much more beautiful than putting the goodies in a basic gift bag. Plus, all the moms asked me what matilda jane was when they saw them, so I helped advertise also :).
We use the mesh bags to keep the diaper bag organized. One mesh bag holds a change of clothes, one holds cloth diaper inserts, one holds toys and one holds snacks. Our diaper bag has never been so clean!
Sorting hair bows and hair accessories.That’s what we use our mesh bags for! Also barbie clothing and accessories. American girl doll clothing and accessories. Sorting toy horses and ponies is good, too!
Sorting hair bows and hair accessories. That’s what we use our mesh bags for! Also, barbie clothing and accessories. American girl doll clothing and accessories. Sorting toy horses and ponies is good, too!
My girls use one bag each for their tiny polly pocket pieces. I save bags and fill them to send through pride packages to women stationed in Iraq an Afghanastan filled with feminine things (girly underwear,razors,nail polish,etc). I think these bags make things a little prettier and maybe make a gal serving our country smile so far away from home.
When we went to Disney I put our girls bows in one, socks in another, and took a few extra for our many souvenirs we purchased and had to pack to take home with us. They were the girls carry ons for the plane ride home 🙂
I plan to use them for my Halloween treat bags!! I’m going to fill them full of Halloween goodies & give them to Trick or Treaters. Some great advertisement for MJC!! Also my little Ella Kate loves to pick up rocks & bring them to me. So I put them in the bags, when I have enough i’m going to make a stepping stone with them. We have lots of those lovely little bags:)
Wow – I have read most of my uses as I scrolled through the 543 comments. So, nothing creative or unique to post unfortunately. I do like all the ideas – hate to waste anything.
Maybe you guys can use them to sort the comments for the prizes? 🙂
My girls use a bag each for their tiny polly pocket parts. I am currently saving a set of bags to send to women through pride packages in the military stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan filled with feminine things. (girly underwear,razors,nail polish,etc. that they dont get issued ; ) The bags make these things even a little prettier and maybe cheer up a gal far away from home.
We love our mesh bags over here.
My daughter (age 3) loves her bags for two reasons.
1) they are fav purse, she can often be seen walking through Target with her “purse” in tow filled with all the things she said she “needed” for our outing.
2) I love them for snack bags in the car. We put a ziploc bag inside them and fill the bag with her snack or soon her breakfast on the way to preschool. They are the perfect size you can put your ziploc filled with cereal and then put her cup in bag as well. It is all ready to go, she can easily get her snack out and her drink and it is all in a very cute bag to go! No ugly brown bags for us. 🙂 Thanks for the chance.
Wear it as a hat. My daughter immediately put it on her head and wore it as a hat. Dress up, baby!
I use them to keep greeting cards on hand in my backpack and to keep dark chocolate squares…Never know who might need a sweet and/or a word of encouragement.
We love our mesh bags over here.
My daughter (age 3) loves her bags for two reasons.
1) they are fav purse, she can often be seen walking through Target with her “purse” in tow filled with all the things she said she “needed” for our outing.
2) I love them for snack bags in the car. We put a ziploc bag inside them and fill the bag with her snack or soon her breakfast on the way to preschool. They are the perfect size you can put your ziploc filled with cereal and then put her cup in bag as well. It is all ready to go, she can easily get her snack out and her drink and it is all in a very cute bag to go! No ugly brown bags for us. 🙂 Thanks for the chance.
Megan Prasal
543 Comments! Wow! Well you know what I do with my mesh bags…we’ve made MJ skirts, Hairbows and Pins and, my personal favorite…Bamboletta dresses! And don’t forget the buttons…Anna Scott just loves all those buttons!! XOXO
Shoes, shoes, and more shoes! We have a small cottage with very limited closet space. We store our shoes in canvas totes in the bottom of each of our closets. Each MJ bag is perfect for storing one pair of shoes, and they all tuck neatly and keep clean in the MJ bags. And SO much easier to find the matching shoe than before when they were all just thrown in a pile!
We put our daughters DIsney pin trading collection in it!
I almost forgot, they are perfect for washing my dedicates in or my daughters socks. amazing 🙂
All 3 of my girls are “artists” so we use the bags to carry markers,crayons,pencils,art supplies when we go out. I hate using plastic bags!
I’m afraid I have a 5 yr old hoarder, but a happy one at that. She loves the bags to save her most special “collections”. Yes plural. One mesh bag for her clothing tag collection (Matilda Jane being her most coveted). One mesh bag for her nature magazines, and last my favorite, for her homeade flag collection (strips of paper, decorated in multi colors and taped to sticks found outside). To keep her hoarding at bay I may have to use the next ones for some of the great ideas posted here!
We love using them as hand puppets, My daughter is 2 and gets a thrill out all the different objects, people and things you can turn that little bag into! It gives us a chance to bond while she gets to explore. I also hang them by my front door and put envelopes in them for outgoing mail. Stylish and cute yet effective and efficient.
I use them to make “cookies in a bag.” I put all the dry ingredients needed together into a baggie and tuck it into the mesh bag with a notecard of the rest of the recipe with wet ingredients needed (egg, milk, etc.) This way I have quick cookies ready to make and they’re easy to store in our kitchen drawers. My kids can hold the bag and choose a cookie type without me worrying about dropping them like the ones in the jars.
Hair accessories are great sorted in these little bags. We have so many bows, bands and barrettes. The accessories can be sorted by accessory type, color, etc.
We use them for many things- but our main use is to keep them in my little girl’s room to collect hair pretties throughout the year. I’m a huge bargain shopper outside of buying my 2 year old MJC.. We find clearanced and/or sale items at local stores throughout the year and we then put those in the mesh bags. Once the bags are full we put them in our Operation Christmas Child boxes we donate each year! Last year was our first year with MJC, so we have only done it once but have about 40 bags saved up for this year’s donation already. They are so much prettier than sending a ziploc bag!
We have a local Mothers group here that runs a Power of the Purse program every spring. They collect samples of shampoos, soaps, etc and new and gently used purses to provide to women who were displaced due to domestic violence. I collect items from my business trips all year, and provide the freebies they give. The MJ mesh bags will be perfect presenation for shower goodies, since I cannot let go of my purses very easy!
I use the mesh bags for many things!! First and foremost, I collect them throughout the year and fill them with little hair pretties I come across at a good price (I’m a huge bargain shopper outside of my MJC addiction!), then at Christmas-time when they are all full I put them in with the boxes we send to Operation Christmas Child! It’s a great way for us to keep our hair pretties to donate to less fortunate little girls all together!!
I am ALWAYS loosing socks in the dryer! So, I put the kids socks in the mesh bags and dry them so they dont end up stuck in other clothes or sheets! Has seriously reduced my stress level of trying to figure out where all of my family’s socks end up!
Not that #546 will even be toward the top…But anyway, I LOVE the repurposed hair things made out of them! In our house they carry legos and baby bottles though!!!
We use them for doll accessories. We’re swimming in all things doll.
Well I do not have one yet,but I should be getting one soon:), I just had my first trunk show. I only have little boys so far;), but I could see using them for several things. Here is a list of my ideas:
1. Activity bags for car trips or even when at a restaurant or church.
2. They would be perfect for gift wrapping.
3. Could be used it to keep my lingerie in to wash or to just keep organized in my drawer.
4. Great for packing individual outfits or for keeping an extra set of clothing for school.
5. Use as a produce bag.
6. Organize socks.
7. Use in various craft projects. Such as scrap booking or set as a background in a memory box.
8. Could be used to store bath toys in.
There is an endless amount of wonderful ideas on how to use the mesh bags, I hope I am lucky enough to be picked as one of the 25.
I use them store jewlery, toys etc in. But probably the most creative thing i done, is make potpurri sashes out of them! Matilda Jane that smells good too!
Snack bags, toy bags, and on the go bags. These things are versatile, and you can wash them to boot! We love them, and have them everywhere. Just buttoning and unbuttoning the bags can entertain my little one on a short car ride. Plus they make great puppets on the fly with a little marker magic. Thanks!
Hi, I cant get them away from my daughter, she stashes them all over the house filled with her treasures. She collects shiny things like a raccoon! hee hee!
I’ve had hair pretties made out of them
Break the Cycle! I have been using my bags to help me with a cause that I am passionate about. A cause that I spend countless, fruitless hours on. A cause that has become more important in my life since I now have a two year old daughter who fits into MJ clothing. For years I have been trying to figure out an age old conunundrum – how does one lose so many socks through a simple washing machine & dryer cycle? Now I no longer have to search & sort all day long, because I send my toddler’s socks through the wash in the adorable MJ mesh bags. And with the first purchase of her adorable lace-trimmed MJ socks, as an added bonus I now can protect her delicates in the wash too! The bags have helped me break the cycle!
1. As a net to catch mermaid, fish and sea creatures… my 3 year old’s bath toy 🙂
2. lingerie wash bag
3. carries crayons and small coloring book for errands and restuarant visits
4. organizing small toys
5. storying pictures for scrapbooking projects
6. organizing receipts in purse
You know those eye spy books where you look for hidden item on the page? I use the mesh bags for a game with the same idea.
-Throw a buch of different items in the bag so the bag is completely full.
-Then fill other bags with the same exact items.
-Sew the bags shut
The bags can then be used as a game. Who can find ‘X’ item first….I find it works well with marbles. Who can find the marble with the red stripe first?…who can find 3 green marbles first?…
The mesh bags are much better than plastic baggies because the items inside the bags are much more easily manipulated. 🙂
More ideas…
Travel first aid kit.
Sewing kit.
Oh the uses!
I teach Kindergarten and a germ-a-phob! They are great for storing leggos or play plastic food in. When they need a wash (preferably twice a year), throw them in the dishwasher or the washing machine and clean off those germs. **Don’t use heat dry or hot water.
They are also great for small sand toys. You can throw them in the bag, and before you leave the beach wash them off in water. All of the sand will be gone and because it is mesh it will get dry fast!
I have cut slits in the bag and strung a cute ribbon through them to use as little thank you for coming treat bags at my next Matilda Jane trunk show. I also use them to organize my daughter’s baby sock drawer.
they are perfect for ballet shoes/dance shoes!
Sewing them together and attaching a strap. It goes on the back of my drivers seat(front of my daughters seat). Each bag is filled with something….crayons, markers, post-its,snacks, ect. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the bags! Thank you for going above and beyond in your packaging!!!!
Great for storing reuseable plastic grocery sacks (that we use to pick up puppy poopie when out on our puppy walks).
We have used our mesh bags for so many great things. They’ve had many functional uses-holding our crayons for long car rides, hold Barbie and princess shoes and accessories, laundry bag for delicates, holding bows and hair pretties in the travel bag-really the storage opportunities are endless! They can even be made into cute hairbows with the button as the centerpiece. The best uses, however, are the ones that my almost 3 year old daughter comes up with for them when she plays-they are her little stuffed animals’ sleeping bags, her “princess” gloves, her purse, and her shopping bags at her “grocery store” (her play kitchen). They are whatever her little imagination comes up with that day!
we use ours as a sandwich and snack baggie for my dds lunch box…she loves her MJ and will eat WHATEVER i put inside her “fancy bags”. She dubbed them fancy bags after her first day of school when she came home all excited saying how her lunch was so pretty and all her friends wanted fancy bags too. i asked her what in the world a fancy bag was, and she proceeded to look at me with a look way too grown up for a 6 year old and say “um, mom. my Matilda Jane, you know, the special ones they made for us kids!!” so that is how we re-purposed our “fancy bags”!!
We use them for our many hair accessories….each bag has a specific color. Having two girls who will never turn down a new bow or headband, we have lots of mesh bags!!!
Hope all that makes sense!
They are great for organizing for travel, kids toys and more! I was also thinking of adding straps and making a little purse for my daughter and adding some little sewn patches on too- I think it would be awesome!
To gather seashells by the seashore
If you can bring yourself to cut the cute little bag, you can stretch the fabric in an empty picture frame, glue it, and leave the glass and the back of the frame off. Now you have a cute Matilda Jane earring holder (you just poke the earrings right through the mesh). Then you attach a ribbon to it and hang it up. While you are feeling crafty, with the other piece of mesh from the back of the bag you can do the same thing with the frame and make your own silk screen. Just draw on a picture then mod podge the negative space.
Since my son always feels left out when our MJC arrives, he gets the mesh bags to use for his treasures. Once he even packed his own outfit into one and came to my room saying, “Look Mom, I’m wearing Matilda Jane today too!” (Yes, that’s a shameless plug for some new boy’s stuff!)
This summer we used ours to collect sea shells at the beach. And now we are working on making a wind chime out of the shells the bags and the buttons so we will have a momento to remember our summer. With our newest bags I have been putting bread and dry food in to let my baby girl feed the ducks on the pond behind our house…they are perfect for her to hold!
I use the bigger ones to hold extra toilet paper for the girls bathrooms. The smaller ones are great for organizing eye shadows, blush, brushes, eye and lip pencils.
We have MANY uses for our very few mj mesh bags! My dd uses them for her Mrs. Potatoe Head parts, I sometimes use them when i am picking my herbs easy to wash them in as well! Also great for washing pacifiers in the dishwasher! They dont fall down into the bottom!
I have NOT tried this yet!! At our last crawfish boil (we are from Louisiana) after being annoyed & tired of trying scoop smaller items that are used for flavoring out of the boiling pot, I thought it would be a great idea to try this next season… I could place my garlic cloves, pearl onions, sliced bell peppers, jalopenos & mushrooms into the mesh bags so once the boil is done I could just grab the mesh bags out of the boiling pot and dump it all out into a serving dish!
I also have a master plan I would LOVE to create!!! I plan to speak to Grammy to create my design, I would love to get some cute decorative canvas material and have each bag dyed and separately sewn on to create a shoes storage for my daughter she has a slight shoes fetish like myself and even though her feet are small its tough storing and sorting through all of them! I think it would be darling and a great cheap idea!
I could go on & on with ideas that some people make think are crazy but I think I have shared enough =)
Jennifer Gregory
Opelousas, La
I use the bigger ones to hold extra rolls of toilet paper for the girls bathrooms. The smaller ones are great for organizing eyeshadows, blush, brushes, etc.
The mesh bags are perfect for many uses:) Recently, we have used them as…
TRAVEL I SPY BAGS:
-filled with all these little goodies; jacks, bouncy balls, rings, stickers, stars, necklaces, pencils, GI Joe figures, Polly Pocket, Barbie shoes, Animal figures, etc. We make it more difficult by adding in lima beans that they have to sift through to find the desired object!
DAYS OF THE WEEK OUTFITS:
-we’ve stretched a thin rope across a section of her room with little card markers indicating Monday, Tuesday, etc. and attached the mesh bags using clothes pins. We pick out outfits for her to wear during the weeek and put them in each bag. Every morning she goes to the bag and pulls out her outfit! It’s great and she loves it 🙂
I use the buttons on hair pretties!
This summer we used ours to collect sea shells at the beach. And now we are working on making a wind chime out of the shells, the bags and the buttons so we can have a momento to remember our summer. With our newest bags, I have been putting stale bread and dry food in to let my baby girl feed the ducks on the pond behind our house…they are perfect for her to hold!
I am a potter and mix my own clay. My wife showed me these bags and I thought of a great way to put them to good use. I add 5 lbs of wet clay to each bag tie the top with twine and hang it outside my shop. The mesh allows the moisture to evaporate from the clay so that it can be used more quickly for my pottery making.
I use mine for the cords to all my chargers & headphones. I can’t stand to have those cords loose in my purse. Now it’s easy to grab what I need for my iPhone, iPad, & iPod Touch! Perfect & cute!
My little girls used our mesh bags to collect seashells by the seashore this summer! My girls loved the mesh bags because they were easy to carry and the sand fell through the tiny holes without loosing any shells.
However, I use my mesh bags to organize my sewing projects. These bags help me keep my projects separated by size and pattern. I’m so thankful for our cute Matilda Jane mesh bags!
I would you them to refill with something special to donate to a childrens home. Make it a tradition. I would fill it with a little stuff animal and then pass them out to the kids who have nothing.
We use our bags for Barbie clothes, shoes, accessories. Also for hair barettes, clips and bows sorted for each one. Took them to the beach and used them on the beach for sunscreen, money for Italian Ice,toys etc…
Me? I sort socks in mine. Because Ihardl fold socks! Each person in our house has a MJ mesh bag (or two!) filled with socks! I also have little hair clippies in a bag.
I LOVE my little mesh bags. I have added little “matilda jane-like” fabric straps to the bag. I have made them into little minature backpacks for my little princesses and others. They are able to tote around their treasures, while toting a little Matilda Jane with them each day. GREAT way to keep things organized in my car. Everything is in a little Matilda Jane backpack 🙂
We have started a home economy system for behavior at our house. Our children get points or lose points for doing different behaviors such as brushing their teeth and sharing or not sharing. They can use these points to buy different things. We have used our mesh bags to create our points store. We have a cork board with the bags hanging and inside are cool pencils, candy, hair bows etc. Our children “spend” their points when they buy from the mesh bags. The bags work great because they are durable and you can see through them. We’ve been using the economy system in our house for about a month and my children have learned so much about how to be a better and much more responsible person at home and I hope it carries with them in world. Thank you for your help!
Sachets for drawers and closets.
This is a great question! I use mine to wash my Tom’s (shoes) in the washing machine and also put my delicates such as bras inside to wash in the machine as well. The bags help wash my Tom’s and bras like a dream.
I have used them for the following:
Ballet Shoe Bag (so soft and don’t scratch them)
Lavender sachets (want to make some Lavender ornament balls for Christmas with them too)…just cut, fill with lavender, tie up in a ball and tie bow with ribbon.
Pisachio Snack Carrier (haha, our favorite snack)
Bath Tub Toy Bag
i use them to “spread the love” – i love passing on bella’s mjc to the sweet little girls at church and so we place each outgrown treasure in the mjc bags so that it’s a little present for the little girls. i love to watch them open the bags and find a “new” dress or skirt. Last week sweet Abby beamed from ear to ear as she proudly wore her “new” matilda jane skirt from bella. I am blessed to be able to dress bella in mjc so it feels wonderful to be able to share with those that can not.
Currently ours are being used to sort puzzle pieces but my favorite use was sending them to a friend who made them into gorgeous hair clips with the button in the middle of a mesh “flower” so cute and matches everything!
Every year my church has a Jumpstart program before school in order to help needy children. They set up different centers and one is where they can get their hair cut. I thought it would be neat to save up my bags to put hair accessories in for the little girls who come through. I’m sure they would love to get some hair goodies to have.
We use the mesh bags for tons of things!
– Collecting shells and other “treasures” at the beach…the sand just falls right out!
– Organizing all our extra USB cables for the many electronic devices we have.
– Barbie shoes!
– My girls love to do puzzles (the bigger the better), and they go through and sort out the pieces by color first. Each bag holds a different color of puzzle pieces.
– Holding toothpicks, straws, chip clips, corn on the cob holders and all the other tiny things that roll around kitchen drawers.
– They’re great for keeping tap shoes away from tights inside dance bags.
– Storing crayons, map pencils and other craft supplies my girls like to bring in the car.
If I had mesh Matilda Jane bags, I would give them to my sister. She has M.S, and her only form of transpertation is her recumbent bike. She rides it into town daily. Her favorite stop is a fruit stand down the road. Mesh bags would be perfect for hauling her peaches home on the 3 mile ride.
My daughter also uses them for American Girl doll clothes. They really are perfect for that. My real name is Jennifer.
MEMORIES! I would use the mesh bags to capture memories. I would take my photos and organize then according to occasion and store them in the labeled mesh bags. That way you can go back and choose the mesh bag and re-experience that occasion all over again.
By: Dawn B
MEMORIES! I would use the mesh bags to capture memories! I would take my photos and organize then according to occasion and store them in the labeled mesh bags. That way you can go back and choose the mesh bag and re-experience that occasion all over again. 🙂
I use mine to wash my girls’ dance tights in them so they don’t get snagged. Works like a charm!
I also use them to store my painted number and alphabet river rocks. Val had this idea for kids on her blog to find rocks and then paint numbers and the letters of the alphabet on them. They are super cute. I put the numbers 1-10 in a bag and then the vowels in another and split the rest up as needed. Then when you are ready to do some games with them they are ready to go.
MEMORIES! Nothing is better than good memories. I would organize my pictures by occasion and store them in the mesh bags. That way you can label them and go back and pick up the mesh bag with that occasion and look at all the great memories that you have captured:-)
We’ve used them to store Barbie accessories & craft supplies. Also, my 4-year old daughter uses them as mini laundry bags when she “helps” me do laundry. Once I caught her dusting her dresser with one, but that was quickly ended once she was discovered. 🙂
This is what I do I color code the bags with buttons the color of therainbow….you know you are supposed have your plate look like the rainbow(thanks mom). Then when I go to the grocery store or farmers market I attempt to buy fruits and veggies in the variety of colors. This ensures that my family eats a good variety of items to keep us healthy and it’s fun for the kids.
Wow! So many awesome ideas! I don’t have a bag yet, but love the creative ways to use them. I love the homemade butterfly net and minnow catcher–what fun the girls and I could have with those!! And a plus, on a mommy note, I could always be a little more organized. 🙂
We took a few of our bags to the beach on our recent family vacation. We used the bags to collect seashells. When we were ready to head inside we could rinse the bag off and didn’t track any sand into our condo!
I use them as a cute diaper and wipes holder! They’re also great for coloring books and crayons to take out to dinner to keep the kiddos entertained. My daughter likes to put her babydoll clothes in them. She says “Mom look what the “Tilda Jane mailman brought my baby”.
I fill each one with a toothbrush, toothpaste, non-perishable drink (like gatorade) and a non-perishable food item and keep them in my car. When I come to upon a homeless person with a sign, I give them this instead of money. I hope it helps them in some small way.
My daughter uses them to store small barbie & doll parts and to just put random stuff in them. They look really cute hanging from a small rope using clothes pins. I used the bigger ones to sort out the kids outfits when they had a sleepover. They loved it b/c they could easily find their pj’s and outfit for the next day. And then they had a place for their dirty clothes.
Several thoughts/ideas: use for travel make-up case, for my daughters little dolls. The best use in my opinion: reusable snack bags!
I am taking a quilting class and using clothes that my DD has grown out of, and the mesh bags to make a “MJ quilt” It’s gonna be awesome! With the little buttons as details 🙂
Ok..I posted twice from my phone last night and I don’t see either post so I’m giving this another go.
I use them to wash my delicates in. Perfect size!
I use them in my camera bag to store extra lens covers and filters.
I use them in my BIG MJ shopping bag that I keep in my SUV, to store jewelry, hair accessories, bobby pins and all the necessities for a photo shoot. PERFECT! I can see what is in each bag.
I ALWAYS keep extras in my car “Just in case”!
I have even used them to wrap “delicate/breakable” props in while enroute to a shoot.
Everyone complained about these little bags but I have learned to make good use of them at our house. 🙂
Thanks MJ!!!
Fishing! They are great on the edge of a pond trying to catch minnows! My kids love to fish. (of course any that happen to be caught get released right back.)I have used other MJC bags for washing clothes as well and holding buttons.
Almost forgot: POLLY POCKET STORAGE!
I have also used them for holding toiletries in my pool bag all summer.
Love the bags! ♥♥♥♥♥
My mother is a Kindergarten teacher…I gave her all our mesh bags…she is using them in some great ways this school year…as bags for kids extra clothing in their cubbies, she using them to collect things when they go on nature walks, she’s using them for containing small items in her centers, or for craft pieces for when they do holiday fun things…she is so creative so as the year goes on I will post a pic of what else she does with them….thanks so much 🙂
These amazing little bags are too pretty not to use… I use them as travel bags for my delicate undergarments. They make great shoe bags too. I use them with scented soaps in my drawers and towel cabinets. I used them as decorative packaging for my teachers gifts at the end of school. I am also using them to store smaller art supplies and of course, the countless number of hair accessories we own, including the many MJC headbands and flowers we own. They also make adorable “snack” packs. The smaller ones are great for a drink and a few snacks on the go. Keeps everything together and looks great too.
I use the mesh bags for storing my fresh herbs in the fridge. I also marked a set of them M-F & it helps my hubby dress her in the morning, since he is responsible to get her to the sitter.
I work with kids in foster care and every summer before the start of the school year, we get donations of backpacks and school supplies from local churches, girl scouts etc. to give to our foster youth when they return to school, so they have new backpacks and school supplies. This year, I took all of my mesh MJ bags and brought them into work, and we put together markers, crayons, pencils, pens, rulers, erasers etc. and used the mesh bags to nicely hold all of these things. They worked out perfectly and looked cute to boot! Too bad we couldn’t have put an MJ outfit in every bag!
I use my bags to store crafting supplies. buttons,elastic, ribbon, thread, etc. it keeps everything nicely organized plus when i go to craft night at a friends house, i can transport my supplies easily and keeps it organized while i’m there. love me some mesh matilda jane bags!
Bean Sprouting Bags! They are perfect!
I use the mesh bags to store my fresh herbs in my fridge & also I marked a set Mon-Fri & put her cloths in there so my hubby knows what to put her in since he is responsible for dressing her in the AM & getting her to sitter.
I love the mesh bags!
My DD uses one of hers to put her pjs in when she has a sleep over with grandma (her fave thing), another to put her toiletries and another for her little stuffed penguin then they all go in her MJ suitcase.
My younger DD will not spend the night with grandma, but she has a bag for each use listed above and puts them in her MJ suitcase to go to grandma’s.
I use the buttons to add embellishments to socks, tanks, and hair accessories! I’ve used the bags as lingerie bags to wash delicates, in the car as a little trash bin, and they are great to contain plastic bags you want to keep for future use but don’t want all over your pantry!
We always put Kendals toys in one to travel in the car! It is always a great idea to keep them contained!
Produce bags!
We love our mesh bags!
1. We filled one up with potpourri and hung it up in the coat closet.
2. We added straps to another and my 5yo carries her “special things” in it.
3. We filled the last one up with a few nice essential toiletries for my niece who just left for college 🙂
There are SO MANY WAYS!! I fill them with: 1. books to take in the car 2. socks for each of kids to go in the laundry (so I don’t have to match or sort) 3. treasures on a hike 4. sewing “kits” i put together for my girls 5. special baby outfits I want to save for the future 6. polly pockets 7. army men 8. shells at the beach 9. travel first aid kit 10. accessories (belts) 11. snacks to take to the park 12. vitamins in my purse/bag (so they don’t get lost) 13. sunscreen 14. kids sunglasses (so many to keep tract of!) 15. mittens, hats, gloves when I store them for the summer 16. receipts (hung on the corkboard in my kitchen) 17. batteries- keep a’s together, d’s together etc… 18. photos that I want to keep separate for specific scrapbooks 19. phonics lesson for my littlest one that she can manipulate on her own 20. math counters 21. suckers that I want to keep hidden 22. hair bands 23. brush/comb/hair bands in suitcase 24. extra kids essentials under the bathroom sink (that I don’t want them getting into) 25. card games
My favorite use is using them to hold our delicate MJC tanks/tops while in the washer, it protects them great.
My daughter’s favorite use is using them to hold her Bambo’s MJC clothing. 🙂
We love mesh bags (especially MJC ones):
1. We filled one with potpourri and hung it up in the coat closet (where sometimes stinky shoes linger)tee hee
2. On another we added straps and my 5yo carries her “special things” with her.
3. The third we used to pack a few essential toiletries for my niece who has gone to college.
We love these bags! I have filled one with all the supplies my 6 year old twins need for thank you notes…the notes, pencils, stickers, address labels and envelopes. No excuses when they need to write a thank you! My youngest carries around her current treasures…right now it is a play cell phone, a doll skate board and a mini mickey. If we misplace that bag I am in serious trouble since those are her most prized items. I use my bag to keep my ipod and accessories safe and untangled in my purse (charger cord, headphones..etc. All that was getting wrapped around everything else until I got this awesome bag..and it keeps the screen from getting scratched by my keys!)
Hmm, think it ate my comment from last night!
We’ve sewed a string on them to use them to hold bath toys. Perfect for hanging off the spout and airing them out!
Slapped a label on them and used them to hold little puzzles whose boxes got crushed.
Used them to hold spare outfits at the bottom of the kids school backpacks. That way they can jump in all the puddles they want!
Used them in the beach bag to hold sunscreen and keep it organized.
And finally, they make awesome doll pillowcases!
We love our MJ bags to organize & hold toys, diapers/wipes, crayons/coloring books, store doll clothes, pack in suitcases for separate outfits/undies, hold extra buttons for other MJ, but my favorite is a purse for my daughters 🙂 SO cute!
Favorite use: to put our delicate MJC tanks/tops in to wash in the washer…protects them great!
Hmm, I think it ate my comment from last night!
We’ve used them for so many things:
Sewed a string on it and use it to hold bath toys after the bath. They air out perfectly hanging off the spout!
I labelled them and used them to sort little puzzles whose boxes got crushed.
Used them to keep a spare change of clothes at the bottom of the kids backpacks – that way they can jump in puddles all they want!
Used them in the beach bag to hold sunscreen etc. and keep it organized.
And finally, they make awesome doll pillowcases!
Well – First, I shared a few with my niece because she has baby babies… so she tucks their teeny tiny socks inside of the baggies for washing… doesn’t loose a single bootie anymore! : ) YAY!
And for all the others (and there are lots) I sorted my daughters’ bows… by colors and then put them all in a drawer… so easy to find a matching bow for any outfit now! We have a bag full of pink, green, blue, white…. etc etc etc. PERFECT!
I use mine for drying lavender in (no more lost flower buds) and for the endless supply of markers, crayons, and colored pencils. They are the best for grabbing a quick bag of art supplies to have in the car or diaper bag!
🙂 🙂 Thought of one more!! We used the mesh bags in our garden this spring to protect our small plants from insects. Worked great and no chemicals!! 🙂 🙂
Makes a cute EpiPen holder! I hooked mine to the side of my daughter’s diaper bag and then her EpiPens are always easily accessible! Also love that they are mesh so someone else could see what was in the bag in case she needed it!
Neat contest! We use our bags for sorting doll clothing, travel bags for undies and shoes and a select few have been turned into doll sleeping bags. We just added a nice pillow for the sleeping bags and the dolls seem very happy! 🙂
My twin girls are turning 4 this weekend and we are having a Pretty in Pink Princess Party for them. I am using the Matilda Jane garment bags as the take home gift bag for all the little princesses filled with princess wands, bubbles, tiaras, jewlery and more. I glued on some sparkly pink rhinestones to “PINK” it up a bit. Now more little girls can enjoy a bit of Matilda Jane and will encourage their mom’s to reuse the bag as well…recycling at it’s finest!
We use ours to carry my daughters tap and ballet shoes to dance class. Perfect size!
Instead of paying $20 or more on a baby website for a Powder Pouch Sand Removal Bag, the last time we went to the beach, I filled up 4 of the smaller MJ Bags with baby powder and tied a knot in them at the top and now my kids just rub the bag on their arms, legs, etc when we get back to the car from the beach to remove the sand! “It’s MAGIC” they all scream! It’s great seeing their excitement and having fun cleaning off the sand as well! The mesh bags are perfect for this! Thanks!
I make made to match purses out of them! I make my daughter a headband and shoe clips and she has to have a matching purse! So I add a strap and pin a flower …she throws her Barbie phone and her lip lip in (pretend lip stick) and we are off! : )
Amy Barron
They are great for organizing my purse or suitcase. The best part is that you can still see what is inside. I love these bags!
My daughter uses them as a purse- fills them with her “treasures”~ binkeys, keys, lego guys, toy phone, you name it~ if only they had a strap! She is thrilled with the blue for You and Me, much more fun than cream in her opinion! They also make really cute sleeping bags for stuffed animals.
I’m a mom on a budget – so, I don’t have many mesh bags, but I have put the three that I have to good use.
1. My first bag belongs in my daughters diaper bag and serves as a holder for her diapers, wipes, cream, and nuks.
2. My second bag is used to wash my delicate undergarments. I know this sounds weird, but this is truly an excellent use for those things……don’t believe me? Try it out with some of your favorite undies that you don’t want to snagged and stretched!!
3. My third bag is gone forever……..I had a student last year who didn’t have the money to purchase toiletries for gym class. So, I went to the local grocery store and purchased her some travel-sized shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, body spray, etc. and placed them inside the mesh bag. While the other girls use a plastic crate to carry their bath supplies to shower – my student travels to the shower in style with her MJ mesh bag. She hangs the bag in her gym locker and it dries out overnight!
I am using the bags to help organize my tot school activities. My daughter will be 2 and I just sent my Kindergartner to school today. While he is at school or to keep her occupied during afternoon homework I am making little learning bags for her. I have color bags made – sewed a square piece of felt in different colors on the bags and put a few objects of that color inside. I plan to make alphabet and number sorting bags as well.
Ooh, how fun!!
Use them to wash fresh veggies and fruit from the farmer’s market. You could also fill them with cedar chips to keep closets fresh. You could use them for camping to hold an outdoor explorer’s kit for the kids…binoculars, magnifying glass, small glass jar for little finds, band aids/first aid kit, bug spray. I wonder if they’d work for an advent calendar at Christmas time–hee! hee! You could string them onto garland and hang from the fireplace. : )
**my favorite idea**You could hang them with strips of fabric along a wall of a classroom and teachers could put classroom art supplies in them for station work, etc. OR the kids could keep their towels for rest time (kindergarteners) inside them rather than a plastic container.
The possibilities are endless!!! : )
So I work with foster children and prior to every school year
We get together school supplies and backpacks
For the kids so they have new stuff for school. We always
Are looking for something to put the pencils, erasers
Markers and crayons in. So this year I brought in all of my
MJ mesh bags and they were perfect!
Whitley Kate uses them to hold her LalaLoopsy dolls or other little pieces when she travels to her specialist. They are perfect to hold all of those little Polly Pocket shoes that get lost! They are also wonderful for her monstrous collection of Silly Bandz! 🙂
I use one when traveling to keep everything organized in the diaper bag..we often switch between a big Vera Bradley diaper bag and a backpack, depending on what is on the agenda for the day. I throw the necessities in a couple MJ mesh bags and when it’s time to switch bags, voila, everything is packed inside the mesh bag that needs transferred! No need for hubby to try to remember what the “necessities” are so he can help with the switching over! One less job for mom in the morning!!
My daughter watched her big brother organize his legos in bins, so she got her mesh bags and sorted her blocks by color and is now storing them in the bags. I was planning to use them for hair bows, but she was so adorable and I don’t think she’s giving them up!
We use ours as learning tools! Seriously, my kids have become soooo good about taking care of and organizing their treasures. The MJ bags are perfect for organizing all of the “Thousand one hundred million” (As my kindergartener would say LOL) miscellaneous toys, craft items, legos, markers, and other treasures of childhood that we used to have such a hard time keeping organized before! Now we have special (cute!) little bags that the children love using.
I use our bags to make hair bows and clips. The buttons go great with all MJ stuff and the mesh fabric is an adorable accent to any hair accessorie.
When we would pack to go somewhere, I used to use plastic gallon sized bags to help organize our outfits for travel. Now the MJ bags are just the right size. We match up and outfit, add a pair of undies and/or socks and place it in the much more beautifl MJ mesh bag. When one of my girls goes to get dressed they just need to grab one mesh bag and they have a whole outfit! This worked so well for vacation (its also great for packing to go home), that we have been doing it for back to school days as well. The bags are see through enough they know what they are choosing and it keeps us organized and saves time!
We are new to Matilda Jane, but we are so in love. My middle daughter says she loves to wear her MJ’s because she feels like she is wrapped in love. I would agree with her. There is alot of love that goes into each piece and it shows!
-Kelly
The mesh is so incredibly soft I thought it would be fun to cut one up and embellish some doll clothes for my daughters birthday…. It makes a cute little extra on what normally would be an ordinary doll outfit!!
When Abby outgrows her MJ, I always offer it first to one of my dear friends who doesn’t have enough extra money in her budget to purchase Matilda Jane for her girls. Whatever she picks from my stash, I launder with sweet smelling detergent and place the knot/ruffles/top in one of our little bags and she absolutely loves it. She said it feels like she ordered it straight from the Matilda Jane lady herself. There is nothing like opening a beautifully wrapped Matilda Jane package.
I am a speech and language therapist and use them daily with my speech therapy students! I mostly use them for sorting activities and categorization tasks. I have placed a velcro strip on each bag to attach a category picture. I then give my students a small object to place in the appropriate MJ mesh bag. A little bit of MJ goodness during my work day always makes me smile…..and hope I am not missing platinum ;). Thank you guys!!!!!!
Horse supplies for our rodeo trips! The large mesh bags are perfect for hoof picks, brushes, combs, fly spray, and corona (the ointment not the beer!) 😉 The medium is the perfect size for horse treats, and the smaller bag holds safety pins (to pin my daughter’s rodeo number on her back) bobby pins, large rubber bands (to hold her feet in the stirrups), lip gloss and whatever other small items she thinks is a must!
there isn’t just one use for the mesh bags, there are ENDLESS uses…they are definitely a great factor in our reduce, reuse and recycle mode of helping make our world a little better place to live in the future!
I attatch mine to long sticks for my kids to catch butterflies & samm minnows in the pond. Makes for great photos of them in there MJC
Barbie and dolly clothes, of course 🙂 AND their all too-important accessories! They especially help keep those teeny tiny shoes together! They are also great for sleepovers to haul special treasures back and forth (and they are less likely to lose them in between.
I only have 3…. I used one to put makeup in when I packed for my trip from Alaska to San Antonio. I also use another one for mini cookie cutters and the 3rd one is used to keep my daughters knitting needles and supplies in… She loves it! They are so useful 🙂
The kiddos use them to pick veggies in the garden! They really do help those little hands hold on to tomatoes!
I’m sure these have already been said, but this is really what I would use them for…. shoe bags, either for special shoes in the closet or for travel in a suitcase.
airline toiletry travel for the see-through quality.
I have thank you cards, care cards, ribbon and other small things that all relate to shipping items from my Etsy shop. It’s nice to have them corralled instead of all laying out on the shelf.
I have a mesh bag that I fill with extra money I come across. I call it my little Matilda Jane piggy bag! Hoping I can save enough money to make it to Art Fair next year. But shhhhh! don’t tell my husband, lol, it’s our little secret! 🙂
Oh and once we were out of coffee filters and were so DESPERATE for caffeine that we tried using two bags as a filter. Yeah, let’s just say that was followed up a quick trip to McDonald’s to get something that was actually drinkable. Had to share!
I decorate cakes and the mesh bags help me organize my cake supply closet!! I keep my gum paste in one, extra decorating tips in one, tappits in another, impression mats in another, the list goes on and on! It helps me keep all of the little cake decorating accessories organized, without those mesh bags I would never be able to find anything in my cake closet!! So, thanks! 😀
My daughter uses her ‘Matlida Jane’ bag as her ‘Long-Car-Ride-Activity-Loads-Of-Fun-and-Surprises-Bag’ …
I fill the bag with $1.00 novelty items ~ cards, stickers, small books, small lego sets, princesses, colored pencils, paper .. stuff like that.
When we go on a ‘trip’ in the car she finds her ‘Maltilda Bag’ on her car seat. Her ‘Matilda Bag’ is for the car ONLY and always brings squeals of excitment!!
I love the possibility of utilizing the bag again-and-again-again-and-again-again-and-again 🙂
I teach in special education at a high school in GA and many of my students don’t have school supplies. These bags are the perfect size to put an agenda or small composition notebook(since many forget to write down their assignements!), a pack of pencils and some markers or erasers to get them off to a good start! It all stays together (at least in the beginning…) so they can be sure to get it all into their backpack. The mesh bags easily stack in those tiny teacher desks too so one can always be at the ready!
We have multiple uses but a couple are my oldest daughter likes to pretend the ups man is delivering mj to her dolls so they are used as gift bag/boxes and i have also found a way to use it as a bag for fresh fruit when we go to the pool and them i have them seperating all of our different hair pretties inside the mj suitcase. and one more…i have them on a rope on the wall and if the kids are good they get to pick a prize from one of the bags.
The mesh bags are great as reusable snack bags. They could also be used in the refridgerator for produce storage!
Wash delicates in, markers, my girls craft items, american girl doll clothes and accessories, car trip bags, photographs (until they get in albums)
My children are attached to their blankets. My 8 yr old son’s has many strings hanging off of it so he demands that i place it in one of my mj mesh bags while it is in the wash. This gives him the added security that it will come out perfect. 8yrs old and still loving the blanket…I will do anything to make sure I keep it safe!
I just had another idea! I am going to use them as goodie bags for my daughters birthday!
We have used ours to make a church activity bag..crayons, small coloring book and a fruit snack 🙂
Our daughter started Kindergarten last week. We discovered quickly that organization is key to a happy morning! We used the bags this week to set out our “Days of the Week” outfits. One labeled for each day and all outfits were chosen Sunday night. No arguments each morning over what to wear and sock and hairbows are already inside the bag. Thank you for making each morning in our home run a little smoother!
I use the bags when I do laundry and put delicates in the bags to keep them together. I also sent quite a few in to my daughter’s preschool class and the teacher uses them to keep craft supplies together. My daughter also loves to use them to keep doll clothing and small toys in. She always packs one to bring to church on sundays because it’s her “quiet bag” as she calls it 😉 no velcro/zippers to make noise and she is only allowed to bring toys that don’t make noise to church.
I can still remember getting our first MJC item in a mesh bag, I immediately fell in love with them! There are so many uses for those precious bags!! My dd uses one as her Bambo carrier: we added backpack – like straps to it; add the doll, she straps it on and they are off!! I also make hair pretties out of them, flowers for my crocheted hats, and they store our Bambo clothes and are perfect for packing!! We have also cut a bag to applique on a simple canvas bag…even our tote bags proudly sport the name “Matilda Jane!” We love those mesh bags!
My oldest love to use the mesh bags to practice using a button.
The mesh bags are perfect for organizing items from travel toiletry items to socks, cosmetics, etc.
My husband has even gotten into utilizing the bags. He plays McGyver and has even used them to cover the outside dryer vent instead of pantyhose.
The list is endless…
I use them to make pocketbooks for little girls. I line the bag with fabric and make a matching flower or bow to cover the size printed on the bag and then make the fabric handle/strap. Then I give them away to all the little girls in the neighborhood/friends/family and keep a few for my daughter. The little girls just adore the bags and now their Mommy’s shop Matilda Jane clothing 🙂 I guess you can say it’s also free advertising for MJ.
I’ve used them for washing delicates, storing DS and Leapster cartridges, and also movies in the car.
Sea shells! Or your spare buttons!
I lost a button on my Mommy Willow last year and sadly even the girls at 435 could not find a replacement. SO, I cut off two buttons from those great mesh bags and TA-DA willow has a new pair of matching MJ buttons that look GREAT.
I’ve been really into making baby quilts lately, so I use the mesh bags to help sort the different fabrics once I’ve squared them. They are the perfect size! My daughter also likes to use them as a purse to take to the store!!
My son likes to play mailman so I attached a strap to some and they have become his mail bag. He writes letters to anyone and everyone and then delivers them around to house. They are perfect for envelopes and he LOVES delivery mail to everyone.
School is not something he enjoys (he is 7 and in 1st grade) so by making the mesh bags into mail carriers, it has allowed him to practice his writing and spelling skills in a fun way that he enjoys.
While I do not own a mesh bag, (my first “Jane” adventure is not until October), if I can cut it into a square and back it in cloth, I would make a quilt or a quilted book bag out of them.
They are great as pillows for my girls’ dolls. Just stuff with dish towels, washcloths, etc…anything to make them fluff up. Dolls need good rest on a comfy pillow, too!!!! 🙂
My daughter uses them for her doll clothes. She even has the UPS man (aka brother) deliver them in a box to her bedroom door!
Put newborn and infant socks in them before throwing it in the washing machine. If they’re all together in a bag the machine can’t “eat” them!
We use our MJ mesh bags to store all the American Girl doll clothes inside, wishing someday that we could have matching MJ dresses for the girls American Girl dolls 🙂
I used them for our girl’s shoes in the suitcase when we just went to the cape, and to store my camera in… It works great to clean off the lens. At home I use it to wash my undergarments in. My daughters have used them to help me clean by putting there little hands in there and washing the windows:). Yesterday my 5 year old asked me for a permanent marker so she could make a few bags into puppets for a puppet show… They turned out pretty cute!:)
We use our mesh bags for laundry(sorting socks, bras & soccer shin guards so the velcro doesn’t stick) on our clothes. we also use it to store barbies, polly pockets and of course snacks:))
I use mine to store the collapsible potty seat I now keep in the car (yeah for potty training). It keeps it clean and helps motivate my little one since she loves to got get her MJ bag when she needs to go.
Well, I wish I was crafy like some of you others but mine’s a little more practical. I teach kindergarten and I use the bags to store little center manipulatives for my classroom! They’re SO much easier for little hands than zip lock bags that they can’t zip and end up tearing (and I end up replaceing over and over…)! Plus, it’s good button practice and take up less room than those bulky plastic shoeboxes at the centers and when I store them! 🙂 At home I use them in my daughter’s sock/ underwear drawer! Solid tights, striped tights, etc. See, I told you- practical! ha! 🙂
They have been used for many things around here 😉 We use them to store Sadie’s hair clips in and she also lugs around her dolly accessories in them. Cherady (my oldest daughter) has one in her room that she stores her nail polish and other girly items in as well.
Most recently I used one to store all of my husbands toiletries in for his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan next week. He joked that all the other soldiers were going to laugh when they saw it.
I am not as crafty as everyone else here, but we still find plenty of use for our mj bags!
We use them for so many things!!! My favorite is using one in my purse to keep all my smaller items together, so much better than a regular bag because I can see what all is in there without going through it. And when I need to switch purses I just move my mesh bag so much easier! They are great for small toys: legos, lalaloopsy, etc. We also use them to organize office and school supplies. Can’t wait to read what everyone else does to get more ideas!
I think they would make the most beautiful packaging for a gift -especially a hostess gift; put some fancy soaps inside, or a lovely tea towel, candles, anything!
We use ours to sort doll and Barbie clothes , it’s works great
They are great for potpourri sachet bags to put in your drawers. Add cute buttons and fun ribbon to make them more decorative. Great teacher gifts!
Also kinda random but they good for getting the grease/gunk off pots and pans if you double them and use as a scrubber (had to get creative when my son put all our sponges in the toilet one night and i had to finish the dishes)
My 7 year old Lily says, “Kids should use them for collecting seashells and treasures!” 🙂
We use ou MJC bags for collecting shells at the beach, doing laundry, snacks for the car, make-up. We have ours ready to go to Disney with us this coming week. My daughter and son each ave one for trading pins with.
I attached a ribbon and made a little purse for Madison. I have also made hair bows that go with everything. And when we went to the beach my son actually took one and used it to try and catch fish! He didn’t catch any but he thought of it all on his own and asked me if I could sew several together when we get home for the next time.
I use the bags for keeping shoes together and organized in my (and the whole family’s) suitcases while traveling. Keeps high heals from snagging on delicate clothing.
I also use them to keep knitting and sewing projects that I am working on. For knitting they hold the yarn, needles and pattern. And for sewing projects they hold the cut fabric, thread, and whatever else I need for the project. They are perfect for keeping all the little squares together when working on a quilting project!
We use our mesh bag for many things. one idea that my kids have loved is this game. I put tiny items in the bag and then close it up, then my kids sit in a circle and then they close there eyes and pass the mesh bag filled with stuff around and see who can guess the most correct answers of whats in the bag by feeling around and not looking.
Not sure what happened to my original post???
I thought it would be so cool if MJC posted on it’s website a list of items to make a kit for the mesh bags.
A feminine hygiene kit to take to a womens shelter
A toy kit to take to a childrens hospital-ie crayons, stickers small toys
a first aid kit to donate to needy a needy country
I think this is a pay it forward that is the very spirit of MJC. I can just see all of us mommies making kits and taking them to our local shelters and children hospitals!! The mesh bags are perfect to pay it forward to other women and children!! 🙂
I use my bags to make cute bows for my precious little one. I make them into yo yo’s and put the MJC button in the middle. Too cute. They are also great laundry bags for delicates and tiny socks.
My Julia just received her first American Girl Doll for her 6th birthday, and now uses the mesh bags to put the outfits in, to which she has asked if her AG doll could have MJ to wear as well so that they match. I like to use them myself as well for my sewing room, I use them for ribbons, scrap fabric and Patterns.
My very active son uses our mesh bags to organize his Playmobil figures, Star Wars action figures, and Legos! They work wonderfully and are so much better than plastic bags for organizing the little toys that get easily lost. Thanks so much for the mesh bags that come with our MJC clothes. We use them a lot!
I have used my mesh bags to organize my sewing supplies. All the beautiful fabric is now organized and bagged, one big bag of scraps for the kiddos to use for their projects, buttons in another, notions in another, ribbons, patterns, etc. I love how organized and nice it looks in my craft room. Thanks.
Oh yeah, Madeline also uses them for she self proclaimed “button collection ” you should’ve seen her eyes light up when I pulled all the You & Me out of the bag……I believe she said “jackpot”
We’ve used them for many different things. Currently there are some filled with nerf “bullets” in my 8 year old son’s room (DANG those things are hard to keep track of!) and some filled with nail polish and girly things in my 13 y/o daughter’s room. I just sent my oldest off to college a few days ago, and she used a couple to pack pens/pencils/highlighters/etc. And last, but not least, my 5 y/o used them at the pool all summer to hold her “mermaid tea party cups”.
My daughter could fill that bag with 25 little things…like Squinkies (she loves those little squishy things), Smurfs (from McDs of course), pet rocks (ya know…the ones from the landscaping in the front yard), her cars (gotta love a girl who loves her hot wheels), Barbie puppies (including their dog bowls, bones, bottles, treats, and brushes), small sticky notes (with cats on them of cource), and a little pen or pencil. We love her to pieces…but she is a bit of a pack rat.
Well… I use mine to house buttons and material because I sometimes sew little dresses for my DD American girl doll :).
My son keeps some of his “collections” in one. What have I seen in there? Hmmm…rocks, a penny, marbles, bandaids, a gold “doubloon”, and random assorted other things. I have stuffed one with fluff for my daughter to use as a pillow for her dollies. Can’t wait until I have time to read all the ideas!
The girls use them for sorting their Barbie clothes, shoes, accessories, etc! Great way to keep things together but also be able to find that must needed item to finish an outfit 🙂
I use mine for my little girls shoe bags and for her My Little Ponys. We put them and all the hair accessories in them.
I use them in the car for road trip. I fill them with snacks and activities for the kids on those long trips. The kids LOVE them!!
I like the idea of using them to make little road trip bags stocked with all kinds of snacks and activities for the little ones on those long trips.
We use them to sort/store our mini princess and polly pocket dolls and their matching clothes/accessories. There can be so many pieces per doll and it’s a great way to keep everything together. We also use them to sort matchbox cars, helicopters, etc.. for my son. They can grab a bag and go!
They are wonderful to put hair bows in and I use them as lucky grab bags when we travel filled with treats, small toys, andi a surprise.
My daughter Violet likes to use the mesh bags to keep her American Girl doll clothes and shoes organized 🙂
I love those littlebags!! I think they could be used in so many ways!! Washing bras/undies but also for traveling with the precious MJ clothes you could just return them to a bag for safe travels. I have a 2 year old and due with another girl in November and would love all the MJ clothes I have purchased to last through both babies!!
* another idea was for your journal and pen…just s cute storage!!
I’m new to the world of MJ and have my first trunk show next week! I’ve seen the bags and they are super cute! I love all the ideas posted but I think I will be using them at “photo shoot” organizers. Girl bows, boy hats, etc!
My daughter uses a few to store her ‘little friends’ (her lalaloopsies or little pets) in. My son loves to use them to carry his trains around. I like to keep them in the bathroom and store hair pretties in them. We’ve also taken them to the beach and stored our sand toys and sea shells in.
My dear daughter looooooooves to sort things so she separates her Barbie outfits complete with accessories, shoes, shades, homemade Barbie jewelry ect…. And keeps each outfit in a different bag:)
We use ours for when the ‘happy day’ elf comes to visit the girls. I hung one in each of their closets and every so often they will find a treasure in their little mesh bag. Sometimes a treasure (a little toy, a sucker, a dollar, hair pretty, etc) will be there to cheer them up if they had a bad day, or a note may be left for them if they need some advice, or a treat may be discovered if they did something great that day…..they are always so excited to check those little mesh bags and see what surprise is waiting.
I’d give it to my 3 year old to use as at the fairy shops. She likes to go and buy good there, and she’d love to have a fairy shopping bag!
They are fabulous for small knitting projects – like socks or hats. Everything stays in contained in the bag and helps to keep me organized! It never fails – someone asks: who is Matilda Jane? That is a conversation I love having!
My daughter loves art, we use them to keep our art supplies in, and they are great to use for this when we travel. She can see what she is looking for when she is in the back seat and I can’t help because I am driving. We also use them to send her spare clothing to school in.
Cynthia Boles – I had my intern make hairbows to match the MJ clothes- they are precious with the matilda jane button in the middle of them – some are used to take to school to store snack in for snack time – some have been used to store the clothes that we have yet to grow into – and one is for laundry! We love the mesh bags and were super excited to get more blue ones (We only had the towel one before this release)
We use ours for our delicates in the washer and dryer. Also, I use them to organize crafts and small parts for scrapbooking and use the button loops to hang the bags from my desk shelves.(looks kinda cool too with all the bags hanging in rows from my desk shelves)
In the past we have used them around the house for various storage bags, car trip bags, each doll has her own “purse” from these bags. We signed a contract on our house three days ago and the buyer wants us out in 30 days. The Y & M bags are going to be collection bags that each of my children can pack in and transport things to their new house (when we figure that part out). I have already handed them out and told them to start collecting. I think it will make our transition easier if they get to pack their own stuff and realize it will be coming with us. This is the only house they have ever known and they are already voicing concerns about their beds, their books, their toys.
I have 6 sisters. As a part of their birthday gifts, I fill a bag with little goodies and the # of age they are turning encouraging notes. For example, my 5th sister just turned 23 so I filled a bag full of goodies and 23 encouraging, affirming little notes to brighten her day!
I also spray them with their favorite scent!
We love these bags! My daughters use them to store their dolls’ clothes and shoes. I use them to make hair pretties 🙂
They are great for sooo many things! Storing my daughters water toys and anything else we take to the beach. Placing seashells she found in California in them. Putting her barbies shoes and clothes in. There is one hanging on my clothes line with clothes pins inside of it. I put all of my bobby pins in one. Earrings in another. Necklaces in another. Bracelets in another. :] Holding my daughters crayons and markers. Wash my delicate’s in one. I could go on and on. . .they come in handy! The thing that came in the most handy though, was when I needed cheesecloth for a recipe to drain the zuchinni. Well I didnt want to go to the store for it, so I grabbed a bag that had been washed, removed the button and it worked like a charm!!
Oh how I LOVE the mesh bags! We used ours for the party favors at my daughter’s birthday party! Filled with fun brightly colored candy and tied with a pretty bow! Everyone loves her MJC and this way they could take a little home with them! Can’t wait to do “blue” themed bags this year with our lovely new bags…
My Daughter claims the MJ mesh bags are “Magical”. Ours are currently being used to contain her Smurf collection…she says that the Magical MJ bags can keep the Smurfs from getting into things around the house and “causing trouble”. But of course they sneak out of the bags every once in a while…what else can explain the mysterious chocolate milk stain on the carpet, the missing jelly beans from the pantry, or Gabe (baby brother) crying because his cookie is suddenly gone..lol! Gotta love those mesh bags for keeping our Smurfs in check, thanks MJ!!
My sweet daughter LOVES the bags and tells me it is time to go “Tilda Jane Shopping”. She will grab her bag and want to go to the computer and look at all the pretty dresses on your website! She is 2 and just figured out how to use the mouse and loves to click through the pictures. She will then go fill her bag with lots of things from her play room and ask for money so she can pay for her “Tilda Jane”! haha. Such an imagination!
One way we use them is for storing the bird seed we buy to feed the birds. My husband is even contemplating making a bird feeder out of one! He’s just not sure if the holes are big enough…I love his creative, artistic mind 🙂
My three year old, Ollie, LOVES to scroll through my phone looking at all the pictures and “telling stories” about each one and remembering great times. Recently I decided to just go ahead and print a bunch of 4x6s out at walgreens and then got them laminated at a teacher supply store. They accidentally ended up in a MJ mesh bag and it’s perfect! He’s decorated it with power ranger and spiderman stickers and carries it with him everywhere. What I love most about it? It’s like a never ending grab bag of memories and good times. And I get to hear all about them through his eyes. It’s amazing. Ollie loves his little mesh “goodie bag o’ memories”. :). Robin Chase [email protected]
I work as a volunteer with a community relief programme (PADS) for homeless individuals/families in the suburbs of Chicago through my church. One thing we do is provide meals/temporary respite place for showers for local people needing a place for those necessities. Since my husband and I travel so much, we’ve filled up those bags with the toiletries the hotels provide each day; besides the hotel stash, we add in a washcloth, some wet wipes, a comb, toothpaste, etc. as well as a few other personal hygeine items we pick up at the dollar store. These bags are great for that stuff as they provide a little bit more of a more permanent alternative (with some ventage) for leftover loose stuff than the cellophane wrapped or baggie stuffed that is standardly provided.
We’ve actually used all our own MJ bags (which was a lot) and now collect from friends. The bags have actually worked so well, my church group has now identified something similar to purchase in bulk to support our on-going outreach of providing these ditty kits to our “clientele!” … it might be something you could suggest to your friend to place inside her holiday backpacks to better help compartmentalize those kinds of items for her outreach.
We love to use our for our hair pretties! Our big hair flowers in one bag and our smaller clips in another!
We use ours to take the Mini Lalaloopsy’s around with us and to keep them all organized. We also use them for squinkies and other small toys. I keep one in my MJ bag I carry for receipts so they are all in one place.
I put my Kobo E-reader and its charger in my mesh bag! It keeps them together, especially when I’m traveling, and keeps them organized. The purple cover even compliments the blue! Cute AND efficient! 🙂
I use them for traveling – one for socks, one for undies, one for bathing suits, one for little toys, etc.
Also I use them for delicates in the wash
My daughter loves the mesh bags! She uses them to store all kinds of treasures (little dolls, pictures of family, hair accessories, polly pockets…you name it!). She keeps the bags in her matilda jane suitcases…it’s very cute.
I would put all the postcards the kids have received from relatives and friends that have travelled around the world and have kindly taken the time to remember our kids on their journies.
25 Mesh bags would be awesome for leading up to XMAS!!! Just like an advent calendar .. a little gift for each day- perfect for all ages! You could string them on a line get creative in the festive holidays!
1. Had to make a large amount of tea for party so threw loose spiced tea in. Turned out great.
2. Girlfriend came over and son was teething. So grabbed a couple pieces of frozen fruit tied end in a knot and let him go to town. Little messy but he loved it.
3. Put poperi in it fold it over and put in under garmet draw.
*just make sure to put in wash after each use.
1. lingerie storage
2. quilt scrap sorting
3. sewing notion holders
4. doll clothing keepers
5. out of season sock traps
6. sorting bags for all of those crafty items my daughter and I use to make pretty hair things to accentuate our fabulous Matilda Jane outfits
I put my hair dryer and curling irons in them to keep the cords from getting tangled. (After the cool off of course!)
The bags are a great *best friends notes envelope* for the littles to use to “mail” letters and goodies back and forth to and from their best neighborhood friend. VERY exciting to find at your front door, and very fun to pack up to return the surprise. 😉
I spent an afternoon picking High Bush cranberries recently and put the bags to good use making cranberry juice! I didn’t have any cheesecloth on hand when it was time to strain the berries, when lo and behold- Y and M showed up on my doorstep and voila! Fancy cheesecloth strainers!! It was perfect and the cranberry juice didn’t have any “floaties” in it, just the way we like it. 🙂
Our mesh bags are put to good use everyday! Toys, laundry, jewelry, make-up, crafts, bows, beads, school supplies, army men, even traveling treat bags for our English Mastiff! Love these bags:)
I plan to use mine to fill with goodies to go in Operation Christmas Child Boxes (boxes filled with goodies and toiletries to go to a child less fortunate). I just think its a great idea!
They are multi-purpose! We have used them for laundry, traveling, small toys, going out to dinner etc. My daughter (she’s 4)loves to put her small board books in them and stick them in her backpack so they are “safe”. I also think they would accent M2M hair pretties or could be used for arts & crafts too.
I’m a photographer and have used the bags to keep my newborn photo props in when I go on shoots…they are the perfect size!Those cute little bags have also been known to store my son’s cars & army men and daughter’s jewelry and nail polish. Oh, and let’s not forget the time my son got a nice knot on his head so I wrapped an ice pack in a wash cloth and stuck it in the bag..worked great for keeping the wash cloth from unwrapping! 🙂
I love unique buttons and the buttons on the bags are so amazing. Making flower hair clips out of the mesh and the button as the center. You instantly have a craft idea your daughter can help make, it goes with everything ( the cream bags) and it is MJ too! The spirit of MJ … an art fair project!!! 🙂
I love to recycle fabric;I lined the mesh bag with a fun fabric and made a hobo purse out of it and used a used another cute fabric for a handle and then made fabric flowers including one made from another mesh bag to add a little pop. Fun Fun! Got to love Matilda Jane!
I use mine to pack socks & undies in when traveling. Works great and makes it easy to find when digging through that suitcase!! Thanks for providing those great bags!!
The bags are fantastic for organizing. I keep the spare MJC buttons in them. I have even run the bags through the washer with delicates inside- they are amazing for that! My daughter keeps her tiny American Girl pieces inside the bags. They also make for swell stuffed animal or doll sleeping bags and beds. I’ve even caught my little one using the mesh bags as a case for her own eyeglasses!
I have a Kobo E Reader and its charger -it fits perfect in my size 2 mesh bag! and my purple cover looks so pretty in that blue little mesh bag!Keeps everything together and organized! ( My bookmark – you guessed it a MJ Headband! )
After many tries and a couple of mini tantrums of frustration my little Valentina learned to put a button thru a button hole with her first matilda jane mesh bag LOL!!
Today we used it for a mini suitcase to carry my little girls things to the hospital after she got her appendix out…others have been used as a purse, a bag fire collecting flowers or rocks or even baby pinecones. We use ours for gathering veggies from the garden… Good for indoor our outdoor! Even made some still clothes for my baby’s baby!
We hang one outside that holds treats for our dog Olive. It is so convenient and perfect for little hands to reach in and share a treat with their favorite friend. Also, my kids take them to our garden in the backyard and stuff them full of whatever fruit and vegetable they chose for dinner that night. And it makes washing these fruits and veggies super easy. The mesh acts as a scrubber.
I am a hair stylist and when I go out to do wedding parties I put my bobby pins, combs, brushes, rubber bands, etc in them. It’s a big conversation starter for those that know about mjc, and for those that don’t, I love telling them all about it!
Doll clothes for my organizing girl, sorting out all those boy toys (men, cars, small things everywhere this one!) and for momma nice shoes bags so they don’t get all dusty!
My daughter loves to color and it is the perfect activity to keep her occupied when waiting for our meals on those family nights out for dinner. Unfortunately we have found that too many restaurants have inadequate coloring sheets and poor crayon selections(at least according to my picky 5 yr. old’s standards), so I fill my mesh bags with crayons and coloring books and keep one in my car and one in my hubby’s car. Then when Maddie complains that she cannot properly color her masterpiece with the green, red and blue crayons supplied by the restaurant, I can pull out my mesh bag and provide her with that crucial purple, pink, burnt sienna, etc., crayon to save the day. Plus, I no longer have to keep the crayons in my purse and now I don’t get crayon chunks under my fingernails every time I’m digging at the bottom of my purse for something. Love that!
I currently use them to store toys in the car. It’s easy to transfer the toys between vehicles when we need to.
Also, I saw a tutorial once for making a decorative pillow out of bags like these. I have a couple of them saved for that purchase but haven’t actually done it yet.
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The little mesh bags – you use them to wash your delicates, your panties, your thongs, your bras! your socks – does it not drive you Crrrazy how in goes two socks and out comes one sock? toss them socks in the little mesh bags and into the dryer – voila never missing socks again – and your panties?? are all in together! 🙂
We live on the coast of california and hit the beach often, so I thought what better way to recycle these great mesh bags than to make a beach bag out of them! I pieced together each individual bag leaving the button and opening on the outside so that I can utilize each pocket for beach essentials. I put sunblock, keys and snacks on the outer pockets and leave the inside for the larger beach toys. The sand falls right out when we are ready to head home. How cute and convenient! I posted a picture on Matilda Jane’s facebook page.
I also used my mesh bag for making bubbles. You fasten the mesh bag to a toilet paper roll with a rubber band. Dip the mesh end into a bubble solution and you end up with tons of bubbles. Course, a plastic tube would work better, but we only had toilet paper rolls on hand.
I use them for an easily accessible first aid kit in my purse. I can see everything I need right away! The girls use them for all of their Lalaloopsy accessories since there’s about 1000 of those!
We use our mesh bags for many purposes, but one of the most creative ideas we have come up actually came from my 11 year old son. He is quite the little inventor! His idea was to make Butterfly Catchers! A wire hanger, hot glue, embroidery floss, batting and ribbon made his creative spark come to life. His little sisters love them and even use them to “fish” for grass and toys in their little back yard pool 🙂
oooo… I’m trying so hard to get on the organization bandwagon – and those mesh bags are great! Some uses we’ve had are as shoe bags for travel, craft supplies for in the car, and the best we’ve found is for gift wrap. A little tissue and a little mesh bag make great gift wrap.
I have been saving mine trying to find a meaningful way to reuse them. This blog contest made me think:
1. Fill them with feminine hygeine essestials and donate to a womens shelter
2. First aid kit send to needy countries
3. Fill with small toys and donate the toy kits to a childrens hospital
Can you imagine the impact Matilda Jane would have if you listed the items needed to create a kit! We moms create the kits and drive them to our local shelters/childrens hospitals!!! That would be so cool! Thanks do much for this-you have inspired me to do something great with my daughters!!! 🙂
My girls have filled them with small toys and necessities to give to the African community at our church. The families come here to Italy with nothing!
It has worked great as a laundry bag to wash my delicates in! 😉
My daughter and I used the mesh bags over the summer to catch fireflies at dusk. They work so much better than glass jars- no breakage and no unnecessary suffocation of the little twinkling guys!
We use ours to sort and plan our family’s scrapbook! Each event gets it’s own mesh bag and we fill it with mementos (tickets, invitations, coins, notes, etc) and supplies (stickers, ribbons, buttons, etc). The photos are added once they are printed and then when I finally get the chance to sit down and craft everything is organized and ready to go! Thank goodness for the new line, we were running low! Haha!
I use them to organize our hair products in the bathroom drawers. They are also great for traveling!
I use mine to wash my bras in. No more tangled mess.
We are lucky to have a farmer’s market within walking distance, as well as a small garden in our backyard, and I use them for putting produce in – the mama bags especially work great for lettuce and bigger stuff!
They work great for laundry – great lingerie washing bags!
After going on a camping trip a few weeks ago, though, my little daughter Violet thinks they make perfect sleeping bags for her barbies 😉
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Oh OMG I so much want these , every year when school starts I get supplies for all the kids on my son’s class , and use different paper bags for fill them up with the school supplies , i would love to fill the MJ mesh bags for the kids in my son’s class with school supplies for them , it will mean so much to me if i can be able to offer them something that they can re-use ..Oh Please Pick me :))))))))
Oh OMG I so much want these , every year when school starts I get supplies for all the kids on my son’s class , and use different paper bags for fill them up with the school supplies , i would love to fill the MJ mesh bags for the kids in my son’s class with school supplies for them , it will mean so much to me if i can be able to offer them something that they can re-use ..Oh Please Pick me :)))
i like to use mine outside on the clothes line to hold all the clothespins. It’s the perfect size and only appropriate as we line dry our MJ goodies :). Also use them to store markers and crayons.
Oops! I didn’t use my correct name in my first post! Let me try once more;
They make great covers for the sunflowers in my garden. They keep the birds from eating the seeds and provide a place to store the seeds for next year’s planting. Two things that make me happy, sunflowers and MJC!
The many uses of MJ mesh bags: Young, old and everyone in between…
~BABIES: Binky holder, use it as their favorite “blanky”, maybe even as a diaper or wipe if Mommy is desperate enough..LOL
~TODDLERS: A hat, a shoe, a mask, kitty’s hat, a toilet clogger, a broccoli hider… No matter what they use it for, it would definitely be “MINE!”
~KIDS/TWEENS: Ipod holder, boxing glove to smack their little brother with, cool makeup bag
~ADULT: wine bottle bag, chocolate bar holder, sleeping mask, ear plugs, pill bag, secret stash of MJ money that hubby doesn’t know about holder..LOL
~SENIOR CITIZEN: Book mark, 10 pair of eyeglasses holder, hanky, place to keep dentures..haaa…sorry!
My daughter uses ours to carry “treasures” sometimes it is converted into a baby carrier for her most special stuffed friend. Personally I think you should offer them in different colors and we could sew a MJ quilt 🙂
We keep one in the van filled with small toys for when we go geocaching. We’ve attached them to sticks and used them to try and catch butterflies and minnows. And, of course, they are carted all around the house for keeping treasures in. 🙂
Oops not sure if you need my correct (full) last name and not just the first initial-sorry! The rest is -ordich
They make great covers for the sunflowers in my garden. The mesh prevents the birds from eating the seeds, and I have a place to store the seeds for next year’s planting. Two things that make me happy, sunflowers and MJC!
Those bags are SO useful!! This would be the top way we’ve used ours all summer long: Each one of our kids & my two nephews have decided to start a collection of sea shells/sea glass at my grandparents lake house in Wisconsin, which I have gone to since I was a little girl. Now they get to experience it all and make their own memories too! They each stroll the rocky shore & collect their treasures. Then we take the MJ bags & dunk them directly in the water to rinse them (convienance I tell you!!) Then they each add their finds to a clear vase we have displayed on the dining room table for all to see. It so neat to see the joy & excitement a simple small shell can bring to a child. So thank you Matilda Jane for always being apart of those memories….useful bags & beautiful clothes!
Mesh bags! I’m going to sew them together and make a mesh blankie for hot nights. Ok, not really. My kids have put them on their feet & skated around the house in them. (hey, and cleaned the floors at the same time!) My dd uses them for her doll clothing & small toys like Hello Kitty squinkies. My son has been putting bakugan & pokemon cards in them.
Ok so a fun idea would be to fill it with fun things like bows and such and crayons and stickers, maybe candy and a small toy and give them to kids who don’t have much coming up this new school year 🙂
I have only received one mesh bag since I do not have the funds to purchase many items. So not as easy for me to list. Here is what I would do with them if I had more. Use them to store box tops for my daughter to take to school (I hate using ziplock baggies to store them), store bottle tops that either I can take to work or my daughter can take to school to recycle, use it to wash my sons blanket so it won’t keep falling apart as easily, and to store each of my children’s newborn coming home outfits in so they were separated rather than all together like they are now. They are very nice bags I must say. If I did have more than one I would prefer to use them for the more keepsake baby items and my son’s blanket as they are so nice.
It wasn’t my idea, it was actually my 2 year old’s. I was organizing my craft area snd she picked up a mesh bag and started stowing buttons inside. Then she shook it up, said
“pretty pretty” (her words for when we pull MJC out of the mesh bags!) and then starting pulling out the buttons one at a time and exclaiming at them all. After a show like that, how I could I resist? So I store buttons in one, and assorted little trinkets in others as “pretty pretty” bags for my little peach.
I almost forgot my 11 year old has his change in it, he says when he picks it up it feels heavier so he thinks he has a lot 🙂
We use ours for storing the kids puzzles. It used to drive me nuts, to take out our puzzles and have all the pieces fall out to the bottom of the bin and get mixed up. Now we put one puzzle in each with a photo tag on front with what is in the bag. Works great for mom and the kids.
My daughter keeps them in her basket on her bike. One time she filled it with flowers (weeds!) for me, last week, a frog 🙂
We have quiet a few practical uses for our bags–but the best use is straight from my 4 year old daughters imagination…. I gave her a few bags and she uses them for her Barbies. She says that they are their sleeping bags. They even go on camping trips, lol!
We use ours as a “Busy Bag” we fill it with color books, notebooks, crayons, markers, stickers, small travel games, flash cards and such for when we take long trips, or at the dr.s. I also use another as a back up “mini diaper bag” Stylish 🙂 i put 3 diapers, a travel wipe case, boggie wipes and cream. And last i have one that my 3 year old puts all of his monster trucks in so we can take them up north with us. 🙂 Cute contest
Grace has a huge PLAYMOBIL collection and she keeps it organized with the mesh bags… one bag filled with horses, one with people etc.
They also get used for American Girl doll outfits… I had some MJ style clothes made for the dolls and the girls have their own “pretend” trunk shows =).
I have been using one to hold all the flash cards that I am making to study for my national board exam in Occupational Therapy.
Almost forgot that the new tinted ones would be perfect to put over you head and rob banks! LOL (kidding of course!)
The mesh bags are perfect for storing all of my girls’ hair accessories to match their MJ outfits when we travel! And my girls do have TONS of hair bows and flowers to fill the TONS of MJ mesh bags that we receive:)
For sunglasses! Perfect for keeping them from getting scratched or lossing them in the car! And my dd has alot of sunglasses.
OK…so, I was making the amazing iced coffee recipe from ThePioneerWoman.com, and couldn’t find the cheese cloth to strain the espresso…and so in a pinch, my mesh bag worked perfectly…oh, the yumminess of my iced vanilla coffee…thank you MJC mesh bag!
I use them to put my wipes case and a couple of diapers in so I don’t have to lug the diaper bag on quick trips to the store and other places I won’t be staying long.
Those precious bags are perfect for Sorting baby items in the laundry, separating socks, washing bras so they don’t hook other clothes, and the most fun way at our house they are used is to hold my daughter’s arts/crafts…paintbrushes, stickers, friendship bracelets, and all kinds of other little “Pretties”!
Living in the Pacific Northwest with lots of U-Pick farms, we take them with us when we pick cherries, blueberries, peas, spinach, etc. They are easy to carry and fill while in the fields, easy for the farm to weigh our pickings, and for blueberries especially (we pick at least 50 lbs to freeze for the year) they make it easy to wash them while in the bags, then just pour them onto cookie sheets to freeze. I am figuring out how to sew something onto them so they will hang on my sons’ beltloops so they can have completely free hands to pick lots of berries and other yummy produce! Thanks for the chance to share ideas!
Matilda Jane homemade mesh bath puff or soap holder/exfoliator. You could then use the buttons for various other things, such as incorporating them in some of the homemade hair pieces, or take buttons of all shapes and sizes and make a funky Matilda Jane button necklace.
I have used them for holding crayons and markers
I have let my daughter use them for her dolls clothes so when she is playing with the dolls she pretends the doll has gottan a package in the mail and she gets so excited when she is playing and tells the dolls “look you got some new Matilda Jane”
I have also given some to a friend of mine who is making hair clips and headbands out of them.
we have used ours for everything from American Girl doll clothes storage to keeping fresh herbs from the garden! But this weekend we are using some to package toiletries for tornado victim disaster relief! Recycling and giving back!
Laundry bags for swimsuits and bras.. And, I’ve actually been meaning to dye them and use them as gift bags for christmas..
My daughters get the frocks and my son gets the bags. He had turned them into butterfly nets (attached to arrow shafts), grass hopper catchers and minnow nets-he has of course made them for his sisters too.
They make great little lingerie bags and great for keeping little socks from disappearing in the wash!!!!!
I use them to store flashcards I made up for my two youngest that require speech therapy. Each bag focuses on a different letter or sound. Such as the “th” bag that has index cards with pictures I printed from the Internet. We always giggle at the “thirsty” card because it’s a picture of a squirrel drinking out of a straw from a coca cola bottle.
I use them to sort out my work bag…one holds pens…one for my stethoscope…one for my personal stuff (deoderant ( it gets hot in the ER),tampons (TMI),body spray etc… and one for my snacks…ok mostly for chocolate!
A first aid kit for my car—adds a little fancy to an otherwise
mundane must have !
I used one to make a thistle (Nyger) seed birdfeeder to hang outside of my daughter’s window! The mesh is perfect for these little seeds that finches eat, and the bag is a perfect landing spot for them! Just put seeds in, secured the top w/ a pretty ribbon, tied tightly and hung it! She adores it and loves that we made it from a MJC bag!
http://birding.about.com/od/birdfeeders/a/How-To-Offer-Nyjer-To-Backyard-Birds.htm
My mesh bags started to disappear. I couldn’t figure out where they were. I figured my daughter was doing something with them. One day I went to my hubby’s shop to get a tape measure, and hanging on the wall was a row of MJ mesh bags. He was using them to sort his screws, nails and other hardware. I’m glad that he found a use out of my addiction!
I use the bags to put all of the extra buttons you send attatched to the clothes. Then I use the buttons to make hair clips.
My daughter uses one for her “special treasures” which she carries around in her backpack for preschool:) I have multiple uses for them. One is for keeping all of my cookie cutters together.
We went on vacation and I packed the girls’ outfits for each day in a separate bag. Everything was compact and organized. When we got to the beach we used them for shelling and packing snacks. Tons of great uses!
My favorite thing to do with them is to use them as an exfoliator. I wrap up a bar of soap and gently scrub so my skin is soft and clean and sparkly. And of course we put toys and bows and various whatnots in them too!!
We put spare change in one of ours to save up to donate to Red Cross or some other local charity. The bags allow us to keep them in hard to fit places like the glove box in the car.
We also like to put that oatmeal stuff in them and throw them in the tub for my kid’s eczema.
When my kids go to camp I pack them everything for the day in a bag and one for night with Pj’s, new panties, socks, etc. in it. That way when they take off pj’s in the morning they put them in the empty bag from that days clothes and at night the dirty clothes from that day go into the bag with the clean pj’s. I will mesh bags instead of ziploc bags in the camp packing. More eco-friendly and So much better because a lot of times at the end of the day a wet swimsuit goes in the bag. This way air can get to it.
I have also used them in the fridge to hold clean produce (I have previously purchased bags for produce grocery shopping). I am weird about all of my produce touching!
I so wish I could attach a pic here! Our mesh bags are used for many things,but my favorite is for Macie to play “Kitty”…she puts the bag over her head the button sits right at her nose and the bottom part of the bag makes perfect ears! It is so cute…wish I could attach a pic!
I gave them to my daughter to do whatever she wanted to do with them. She has put lots of special treasures in them from jewelery, my little ponies, books and even bugs (I think her brother convinced her of that use)! I love that they have become useful for her imaginations and play!!
My daughter Robyn Channing (2) who lovingly chooses to wear her Matilda Jane all the time and every day suggests using all the little mesh bags as her “purse” and she packs all her goodies in them when we go anywhere…. her play perfume, “lipstick” (chapstick) and her baby’s diaper cream and diapers…. guess she is used to me always being prepared!! We have used them to tote her little people to and from the lake, little baggies for her play food, and she even used them for oven mitts in her play kitchen:) I just love your stuff because it lets little girls be onery but look cute doing it! Little girls are not supposed to be wearing short shorts and tight t-shirts!!! Thank you for making Matilda Jane- I even channel my inner Jane when I can…. wearing my big ruffles and such:) Leslie
We use ours a lot! They are a lifesaver for me when it comes to the laundry. Perfect for the kids socks, now we never have “lost” socks. My daughter keeps her ballet slippers in them, and she also loves to keep her doll clothes in and also small accessories. Now that I think of it, they’d be great to store shoes too.
As a classroom teacher, you are always sending things home that you hope will come back. I am thinking in particular about the little guided reading books that teachers, especially primary teachers, send home on a regular basis so that parents can listen to their child read each night.
The mesh bags would be perfect for transporting little reading books! There would even be enough room for a practice sheet,a few flash cards, a note home, etc., if needed.
Simply slide the mesh bag along with it’s enclosed (secured and buttoned)contents into the student’s backpack – everything stays together!
That night, after reading with mom or dad, everything goes back into the mesh bag and back into the backpack.
Whether “the take home” is a single book, or a small packet of things to work on, the pieces don’t get misplaced or lost in with the other things in the backpack.
I have two little girls that wear MJC. We love collecting cute shoes to match. as my oldest Anna outgrows her shoes I store them in these cute bags with the MJC clothes until my sweet Caroline can wear them.
And I have quite a stash to be used at our preschool for craft / art sorting. Volunteer moms put all the pieces of the craft in each bag and it can be handed out individually to the children. And reused to take home crafts to mom. It helps not lose that important googly eye or whatever that needs another shot of glue.
Ours have become the kids own bags for their own bean bag toss- I guess they are tired of the adults having all the fun playing corn hole. Other bags are used by my oldest to hold all of her beads for her various jewelry project. I love the idea posted earlier about sleeping bags for barbies! Perfect size- love all of these ideas.
They make a great home for my daughter’s Disney princess small figures that she likes to bring everywhere. 🙂
I have had soooooo many of these awesome little mesh bags make it to my home. I am a bit embarrassed to say just how many. We use ours all through the house…so when I am cleaning all day, every day I am reminded of this awesome little company I love so much. As if seeing my kiddos in it constantly wasn’t enough.
You head upstairs and you’ll find I have the girl’s jewelry and small toys organized in mesh bags. In my son’s room, you’ll see that he also gets to have MJC organization with all his cars in one bag, his collection of wallets in another, his badges and handcuffs in another. They are all throughout my house, down in the laundry room for delicates, in the kitchen for tomatoes (nats stay out, but air gets in), and in my purse keeping my coupons safe. I’ve also split up a bag of grapes into my smallest mesh bags, rinsed them really good under water and put them in the fridge like that. The kids just grab a bag and go. Saving money on ziplocs so I can spend more on MJC. =)
I love that I have a little girl who gets her MJ in little mesh bags and a big girl that gets her in big mesh bags. So, bags of all sizes. =) My favorite bag was the one that my MJ towel came in. In it fits a couple coloring books and crayon boxes for each of my kiddos. It sits in my diaper bag along with some small ones that keep diaper bags needs separate and accounted for.
M- Mia likes to use them for swimsuits in her drawer
A- All like to use them to sort, pack, and much, much, more
T- They are nice for packing when moving-I have done this A LOT!
I- I love how earth friendly they can be, using these instead of ….disposable, you see
L- Loads of unmentionables in the washer they protect
D- Denise and crew are so great! I love the way they like to put ….a smile on our face!
A- After school snack on the way to dance, soccer, or cheer
J- Joey is a saver, so in goes a dollar at a time
A- Always remember to pack some crayons for the road
N- Next day’s outfits laid out on the foot of the bed
E- Everyone likes to use them to share items with friends
C- Cases for Cd’s stashed in my cheer coach bag
L- Love how excited my kids get as they count how many we have
O- Oh the many possibilities
T- To the market for vegetables in the nice MJC hobo bag they go
H- Heinz likes to use them for little super hero toys
I- Inside you find a “treasure” of mine
N- No fear when you need a go to first aid kit in the car
G- Gotta use to organize our bag for Children’s hospital stay
R- Really great for storing all of our extra buttons,just in case
O- Organizing, they are GREAT!
C- Cute little clips are stored inside
K- Keeping my craft letters, brushes, and paints
S- So many options, the possibilities are endless, just between ….YOU & ME
🙂 I hope this shares a little of the joy we get out of these bags.
Argh – I just read my comment and realized that I said in May – when I should have said we sent the bags this summer after the May tornado in Joplin . . .
They are great for crafting and sewing. I can keep my different sewing projects organized in separate bags.Keeps my sewing area tidy! My daughter likes them for storing treasures and snacks.
They are just perfect to put the kid’s snack in for school. Fits perfectly in their backpack & keeps it all together & in one place plus it’s super stylish!
I use them in my Kindergarten classroom. They are great for storing manipulatives for Math in (our “Math bags”), and they are used for storing arts and crafts supplies so we can move them easily if we are doing a project outside of the room. The bags are also used as “shopping bags” in our store center. 🙂
I have filled them up with snacks for care packages for our military soilders that are deployed. It’s great to keep their stuff in and I leave little plastic baggies inside the mesh bags and it helps keep the sand out of their food items in Iraq/Afgan. They fit great in their backpacks or pockets on their pants!!
They were perfect for collecting treasures my boys found on our recent vacation. Seashells, rocks, and random bits and pieces they found along the way. Good thing baby sister had plenty of mj cause her 3 big brothers are quite the treasure collectors!
What DON’T we use these bags for? The list is long, but here are a handful:
* Collecting all the little pieces of Mr. Potato Head
* Bath toys
* Underwear (my toddler is potty training, so we keep a bag of underwear in each bathroom)
* My 22 month old daughter refers to them as “Pack Backs” and will put anything in them that fits
* Receipts
* Puzzle pieces
* Emergency cold-weather kits for the cars
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Too keep my fabric organized! Fab to see through!
Denise and Sam we love these bags! Since Hannah and Angelina can’t see I am always trying to come up with ways to keep their things organized and labeled. Well, since Angelina loves books and loves to be read to, she loves the leapster reading books but we were always misplacing one of the cartriges. No more… :-). All of the books and cartridges fit perfectly in the mesh bag and she can be completely independent with that reader now and it is great!!!! Love those bags…. Rebekah
I plan to fill my You and Me Mesh bags with granola bars, water, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and some other supplies for our local homeless shelters and assistance ministries. Time to share the love with those who really need it.
I just got mine, but my mind went wild with ideas… Re-useable snack bags. They would be great for a picnic.
Great for a scented sash in my sock drawer.
My daughter thought that they were great for her hair bows and accessories.
I think that I may keep all of the extra buttons in one.
Need I say I love their usefulness.
We have used them for multiple things, especially my girls just stuffing them with their treasured items of the day. But the top use in our house would be from my son who taped one to a stick and made a fishing net to catch minnows in our lake! The best part…he has caught several sunfish by filling it with small rocks, waiting until the fish swim over the rocks inside the bag (net) and pulling the net up quickly before they swim out! LOVE boys and their creativity with their sister’s things! 🙂
My 3 year old Luca has decided that they are perfect for sorting all of her mini figurine toys….one for lalaloopsy’s, one for littlest pet shop,one for zoobles….and one each for their little accessories that she sorts by type. She is an organizer like me….thank goodness!
Love them for the farmers market for veggies and things! Also organizing your diaper bag!
My little Ella Kate loves to pick up rocks & give them to me so I store her little rock collection in them. I try to write the date & slip it in there to. We have lots of those lovely little bags:)
I’m thinking I should send my little collection of mesh bags back to MJC for refills!
I actually made them as pillows!!! I stuffed them with colored wool and they came out so beautiful.
My daughter put her snacks in them to take to daycare
We use our mesh bags when we travel and laundry. They are great for organizing things like socks, underclothing, etc. inside our suitcases. Then after we return home, I use the bags to wash delicates. They are so handy!!
For my daughter I fill them with stickers, crayons, bits of construction paper, pipe cleaners,cotton balls, glue sticks, and google eyes for car trips. For my sons, I fill them with new packs of Pokemon cards, Beyblades, Bakugons, and their Leapsters.
My daughter and I made hair pretties out of them! So cute and they match EVERYTHING! We made a few different flowers and used the button for a center. 🙂
I’m also using a couple to keep my sewing projects separate. 🙂 With all my “free time” (lol!) I need to keep everything organized so that when I do have a few minutes – I know where all my buttons, fabric, and oher goodes are.
I use them for organizing my suitcase. Shirts stay folded. Socks in one bag etc. My girls like them for barbies etc. Son stores dinosaurs and race cars.
I use my mesh bags to wash my delicate laundry items. I also use them to wash our socks because before starting to use the bags to wash them I swore that the washer was eating them 🙂
So far we have used them for traveling. They made great bags for outfits & coordinating bows. This made getting ready each day simple! I love all the ideas, I’m not as creative as everyone else but would love 25 more bags to spark my creative juices!
I have crafted some into flowers for my daughter’s hair. Others have been confiscated by my son to keep his toy room organized. They are the perfect size for organizing and storing lego sets – he has tons of star wars legos, and the mesh bags help keep the directions and pieces for each ship together.
My mom, the fabric hoarder, recently took some home to use to organize her fabric scraps she has cut for all the quilts and other projects she has yet to make. I was happy to give them up if it will help her go through her “stash” and maybe get rid of a few things.
My girls are 3 & 5. We live far from all of our family. This was also the case when I grew up. Because of that we didn’t have any contact with our cousins, I don’t even think I would even recognize one of them if I saw them.
Anyway I don’t want the same with my girls and their cousins. I make it a point for me to stay in touch with my sisters and there children.
As you know it is hard for little ones to talk to each other on the phone when they hardly ever see each other. So what I do is have them gather up some toys and each fill a bag each week and send them off to the cousins. And the cousins do the same. After a day with the cousins toys we have them talk to each other. Well facetime now. It works wonders, they actually talk about what was sent and what they are doing with them.
The bags are great because there is a limit now on what they can send and it makes them think. Plus it keeps the cost down on shipping. Before the bags it was getting a bit costly.
We have made “sleep sacks” for our bamboletta, piccolini, and lalaloopsy dolls. My daughter has her own very special blanket and wanted her dolls to have a special blanket too. So we took correct sized mj mesh bags, flipped over the flap, and I wrote grace, dizzy and loulou on their “sleep sacks”. Then I let Halle go to town decorating them. Now, every night we get to tuck her babies in their beds (they sleep with their heads on the other pillow on her bed) and then tuck her in beside them. She loves it! Halle also has a white feather tree in her room that we decorate for different seasons. We store the off-season ornaments in the mesh bags. Works great!
1. Use it to put kids socks in washer so the don’ t get lost. 2. Daugthers barbies n barbie cloths. 3. Sons cars and figures.
I filled our mesh bags with dried fragrant flowers from our garden, and then nestled them in to unsuspecting places like under my daughter’s bed and under the seat of the car. They make the cutest sachets on the planet!
We use them as shoe bags. Perfect for packing little kids shoes for a trip and they are somewhat separate from clothing in the suitcases. Also for ballet and tap shoes, flip flops…Perfect.
We take our mesh bags with us when we go fishing. They are great for keeping bait (worms) in. They also are very handy for “scooping” the fish in from the water so you don’t have to touch those smelly things. I have also used the bags in place of cheesecloth.
When I first received items in mesh bags I immediately knew what I wanted to do with them! I tack them to a wall in my office in no certain pattern and use them for all of the things I want to keep but don’t have a home for…some have buttons, some have pictures, and some are still empty. They remind me of all the cuteness that embodies my daughter (and myself) when we’re wearing our MJ and they make me smile! 🙂
They should be filled up with goodies that can be donated to a homeless shelter.
Bath Toys!
we use ours for the following:
crayons for the car and church
making salsa (GREAT for straining) 🙂
Star Wars men in one bag, batman men in another
to hold money for garage sales
We LOVE the bags.
The MJC Mesh bags work great in place of a “cheese cloth” when cooking. We have strained raspberries through these bags to make a wonderful white chocolate bread pudding with raspberry sauce dessert for our family and new friends. They work great to strain spinach also. Planning to see if I can boil rice or pasta in them…wish me luck!
We’ve used them to organize/separate different types of toys in the church bag (an MJC joe’s turn bag.) We’ve used them in my daughters suitcase to separate socks, underwear and hair pretties. I’ve also been tempted to remove those fun matilda jane buttons and re-purpose them onto a more simple ellie we have to jazz it up a bit. I should get to that.
When your skin is dry and irritable or you have a sunburn, oatmeal is a great natural remedy. These bags are perfect for filling with oatmeal and swirling it through the bathtub until the water is cloudy. Enjoy a nice soak and heal your skin at the same time 🙂
I use them for all sorts of things. From storing makeup to dd’s art supplies, but my favorite use is to sort my scrapbooking supplies and pictures. I don’t have much time to scrapbook right now but when I do they are nicely organized and ready to go.
We use them for all things crafty; ribbons, little pom poms, glue sticks, markers, crayons, pencils, stickers, you name it. My son uses them to take trains with us where ever we go. I have take along makeup in one and always travel with one or two just in case. I also have made hair flowers from my daughters friends and I have put them in the mesh bags as a nice gifts. So fun! So many uses!
They are great to use when traveling! I give each of my daughters the bag number that coordinates to the size they wear. They use one bag for panties, one for socks, one for shoes and so on! They are easy to identify and keep everyting neat and tidy in the family suitcase.
We fill the bags with coordinating outfit accessories (socks, tights, hair bows) and hang them on the hanger with the outfit. It makes it super easy to get dressed for school and look adorable!
In May, my four children and I made “sacks of love” for Joplin, Missouri girls affected by the terrible tornado there. Each sweet MJ sack came with a new dress (not a Matilda Jane dress), a handmade hair accessory, a journal with a hand written note of love inside, stickers, and colored pencils or pens. It was such an amazing gift for us to see how a {little} sack could make such a {big} difference!
Since I don’t have any girls to shop for and Matilda Jane is just for me, I let my two boys use them to put all of their nascar racecars in.
Those little bags are fabulous ! Here’s my suggestion ….. I have used them alot of ways other people suggested but we also use them for sorting holiday decorations. The little things like smaller knick knacks always get lost in the bottom of the box . We put all the cute little pumpkins and apples in the mesh bags for fall a couple months ago and when I pulled the
Box out to search for a little apple for back to school pics there is was !!! Right
On top and I didn’t have to dig all around for the little stuff anymore !!!
I am a pottery artist and they make great bags to divide my tools and supplies needed. I love they say Matilda Jane, it’s reminds me of your beautiful creative clothes and the clay dust falls out as well and I know this sounds strange but it’s a good thing.
They keep my 1 year old MJ girl, Nila, occupied! Babies/Toddlers LOVE the simple things! She either will find something she can put in them like her crayons or little figures AND take them out over and over again OR she will simply sit there amazed at the button- she LOVES fiddling with those little buttons!
I made a quilt out of them! JK I am not that crafty 🙂 I used ours in July as party favors for DD 4th Birthday. We had many with the size 4 on it so I used them and filled them with treats and prizes 🙂 We sewed ribbon into them so the girls could carry them like a purse. It was a big hit!
I use them to separate my thread, buttons, elastic, etc. for making hair accessories and my son uses them for his smurf collection. 🙂
Not the most creative answer but I’m sure a lot of you all can relate . . I HIDE them! lol For each bag I have is evidence of a new article of clothing that has come through the door. 🙂
I am learning to make hair bows and bands for my daughter and I have started experimenting with some of the bags and using the buttons to decorate them with. 🙂
My daughter loves to use them as her purse. They are also great to put the clothes in after a certain little person has had an accident 😉
I have so many things that I use my mesh bags for! I have used them to:
– wash lingerie in
– holds paints/markers for craft time
– I put the last remnants of soap in them and used it as a loofah, works great and means I’m not throwing out the last little bits of soap!
– I store baby bath toys in them, and the button hole on the top works wonderfully for hanging in the shower (no mildew)!
– I’ve tried making one into a barrette but failed miserably, I still think it would be adorable, but it’s out of my scope of knowledge!
– I had one full of buttons, till I used all the buttons making a gift for a friend!
There are more but, it’s late and I can’t think anymore!
Oh shoot, CarrieP above (or below) is me…Carrie Plummer!
I use them when I go to the farmers market instead of plastic bags and also for baby socks in the laundry.
I was planning on making one into an apron with pocket made out of them. I also thought they would be cute pieced together and made into a scarf (especially with the 2 color options) This is on my fall crafting list
The bags are great for road trips. I fill them with goodies (crayons, paper, stickers, etc.) and surprise the kids with them when they get bored. It’s a great way to keep everything in one place.
I have one for storing all my mjc spare buttons, several are used by my daughter as storage for her baby doll accessories. Also love them for travel bags for unmentionables for me and one for my daughters undies.
I use them to organize my yarn and knitting projects. They keep everything neat, tidy and make a project easy to grab and keep together on the go. The mesh is great because it lets the yarn breathe. Love the bags, but not as much as what comes inside of them!!
I think they would make good substitutes for cheesecloth!
We have a tradition around our home, it’s morel hunting. What are morels you ask, they are mushrooms. They only come up in the spring of the year. The mesh is great because it’s said they repopulate by the spreading of spores mesh allows them to be dropped off all over the woods. Hunting them is kind of like a grown up Easter egg hunt.
I use them to wash delicates. I also use them in my camera bag to hold extra lens covers and filters. I have them in my big MJ shopping bag full of jewelry and hair accessories ready for photo shoots. I have also used them to wrap breakable props while traveling to a location. I keep extras in my suv “just in case”!
Mornings are always a rush for us, and I use the bags to make getting ready easy and painless. (Well…easier and less painful.) We pick out the oufits for the week on Sunday night and use the bags for all the little stuff–socks, undies, hair clips, even shoes. Then we clip each bag to the hanger for each outfit. It makes my four-year-old feel so proud and independent to grab a hanger and bag and dress herself for school, and it’s a relief for me too. (She can’t tie an ellie yet, but hey, I don’t alwsys get that right either!)We used them in the same way for traveling. 🙂
I have used our mesh bags to store some of my smaller scrapbook supplies like buttons, brads, flowers, tags, and chipboard pieces. We also have sewn handles on a few of them and my daughter and her friends use them as purses when they play.
We use ours as storage bags for fresh fruit. We take them to the store to eliminate unnecessary waste from the plastic bags. They are breathable and help the fruit stay fresher, longer in the refrigerator. 🙂
we use our for show and tell bag at school, every day a new students name gets drawn from the bucket and then the teacher puts the Matilda Jane bag in the students back pack. when they get home and see the bag they are very excited to use it for the next school day!
I use mine for all kind of things, but most recently I’ve started putting hair pretties that match outfits in them and then loop it around the hanger with the matching outfit. Easy peasy for weekday mornings – even my hubby can find something that has a matching headband!! 🙂
Thanks for the great ideas!!
My daughter has a huge dress up bucket. HUGE. Rings bracelets necklaces, boas. And they used to get all tangled together and hard to find. Each type of accessory has it’s own bag and now hangs on a hook. So much better. The rest of the playroom, well that is another story, I guess we need more MJ so I can get more bags and organize the rest.
We gave them to a crafty friend, and she made adorable hair pretties with the brown wooden MJC button in the center and they are precious! i wear it more than my girls!
omg. like rachelle and kristi above, i have just been keeping mine in a stack. i had looked at a few web/facebook sites of mjc lovers who connect on the internet to buy trade and sell their clothes, so i guess i thought those bags were a “must” item if you ever wanted to re-sell your outgrown clothing (like a vintage baseball card still in its wrapper or something). i’ve come to realize i can’t keep up with all that (and it seems that my daughter won’t be outgrowing anything any time soon with how your sizing can carry us to multiple seasons/years)! so now i’ve got a bazillion new ways to repurpose those baggies. and yes, i have several already. very very easy to do 🙂
I’m sorry to say, but honestly they (my daughters and mine) are sitting on a table in my bedroom in a pile. I always thought MJ might ask for them back to reuse them so I never used them for anything. Now they’re just getting dusty so I may have to borrow some of the great ideas posted before mine…that is if you don’t want them back. 🙂
I use the bags for love letters to our children. They love to get mail and we use the bags as a mailbox and they never know what they might find–a letter, some stickers, a small toy, or maybe just some words of love and wisdom that they can tuck away for later.
We use them for all sorts. The boys use them to carry toys, pencils, paper, etc to entertain them at a resturant. We was our underthings in them. I use them to was my reuseable nursing pads in, not something you want to lose in the wash and have it fall out your pant leg! 🙂 I use them to wash my reusueable cosmetic pads in. The boys use them to keep their treasures in when they play pirates. I use it as a change bag, to carry wipes, 2 diapers, a fold up change pad, to the bathroom instead of hauling my big bag in.
My girls are each filling the bags with different types of coins to donate to whichever charity they choose at Christmas time. We put spare change in the bags almost everyday and are going to total them up before the holidays. It’s been fun for them to see how heavy the bags are getting. Not only are they sharing the love, they are also learning to save money for something important. Thanks for the contest!
I use them to wash delicates. I also use them in my camera bag to hold extra lens covers and filters. I have them in my big MJ shopping bag full of jewelry and hair accessories ready for photo shoots. I have also used them to wrap breakable props while traveling to a location. I keep extras in my suv “just in case”!!
Laundry bag for your Matilda Jane clothes!
We head to the beach a lot in the summer so they are perfect for holding the sunscreen bottles and baby powder (to brush sand off when we get to the car), and also the small sand shovels and molds. The sand falls through and we hang these in our lockers waiting for the next beach trip. We’ve also used them for nature hikes. The kids each get a bag to fill with their “treasures” – pine cones, feathers, rocks, etc… Again, the dirt falls through as we walk, and the treasures remain inside safe and sound.
I have never been snag a mesh bag before, its one of the first things my girls claim…the mesh bags:) They have made them into puppets, they have stuffed them and made them into critters, they use them to paint. We have 4 mesh bags that stay in the sandbox for sifting out rocks (aka dinosour bones). Its always amazes me how far a childs imagination and mesh bag will go.
Well, I organized all my jewelry in them, braclets in one, earrings in one, necklaces too…works just great!! Since they’re mesh, it makes it easy to see what’s in each:) I take one in my purse to hold snacks for the kids, fruit snacks, chesse and crackers, maybe a pack M&M’s if they are really good:) I had 2 left, and removed the cute MJC buttons and put them on the outside pockets of all my hobobs that didn’t have a button:)
I know I really shouldn’t comment since I have never recieved any piece of Matilda Jane….One day! I swear! I do love using mesh bags for storing things in and thought I could share.
One of the best places I have used them is with all of my craft stuff. I use them for random ribbon off the spool. For my thread, bow accessories, clips, fabric scraps, you name it. All of my “projects” get put in thier own little bag all cut and ready to go. 😀
I also love to store all of my kids socks, tights, hats, scarfs, gloves and hair accessories in them.
I do wash clothes in them. They seriously do wonders on scaring away the “sock gnome” from the washing machine.
I also love storing the kids toys in them too. My girls dolls and clothes, blocks, trains.
I do use them in the bathroom too. It’s great to store nail polish and tampons and pads.
There are SOO many ways to use them and they seriously can be used in every room of the house!
We use ours for all sorts of things as well! Sorting and storing build a bear and doll clothes and accessories, travel bags for jewelry and hair accessories, collecting sea shells, if it can fit in the bag…it goes IN the bag, my dd’s theory. (I think my DD has tried putting our dogs in the bags) I try to spread them out around the house and keep the DH confused as to how many bags there really are! 😉
I use mine for travel to store my necklaces, Mommy Necklaces and bracelets. Or anything small that I just want to make sure stays in one place while it’s being juggled around 🙂
We have used ours to sort hair bands and bows by color- I have twins and they have a hair drawer that was CRAZY MESSY! Now they have taken assorted sharpie colors– wrote the color name (in the color of course) and put headbands and bows of that color in the bag- It has organized the drawer, makes it easy to locate our hair accessory, and they are SOOOO proud!
I use mine to house my soap, lotion, shampoo/conditioner for the gym. I even had a 70ish little lady ask me where I got them bc her bag held too much water and mine was just perfect, so I gave her one the next day 🙂 Even your mesh bags make a nice “pay it forward” gift! BTW- I heard about teal bags for Y&M? Mine didn’t come in a teal bag? My gym friend might flip if I show up with a teal one!! 🙂
My daughter uses them too many ways to list!
I use them to collect all the little bath toys to dry.
Ive actually been thinking of this a lot and thought the best idea would be a recycle policy. Perhaps for every 10 perfect condition bags returned a dollar discount, or a special gift for every 50. I also thought it would be neat to have them returned and instead of a discount for us consumers you put cash towards a cause. We can give back, and help save the Earth while joining forces with MJC!
I keep baby toys in my car for work which have to be washed almost every day. These bags are great for keeping the toys in and then I throw the whole bag in the top of the dishwasher to sanitize the toys. Then they don’t fall through and melt on the bottom of the dishwasher. And I can sort them into clean and slobbered on.
When our daughter was born, we bought an ugly black sun shade to hang on her window in the car. It wasn’t the roll-up kind. It was nylon mesh streched across a plastic oblong frame, and hung by a plastic suction cup. My husband bought a cool Red Sox shade for his car, but I couldn’t find anything cute for me. So I cut the ugly black mesh off the shade, stitched two MJ mesh bags together, slipped them on the old frame, and voila! I have a cute Matilda Jane shade that blocks sun and still allows my daughter to see outside the car. Perfect! Love it!
Perfect for washing itty bitty socks, and we love them for packing “delicates” in the suitcases.
Just had a thought… I’ll use them to “wrap” little gifts in (baby showers, birthdays, thinking of you gifts) and spread the word about MJ! What a conversation starter and great way to get more invites to my trunk shows!
I’ll have to snap a few photos… 🙂
Hi – I like to use my Matilda Jane bags for a variety of things, such as storing my child’s small toys that usually gets thrown away or lost. Some examples are Barbie clothes and accessories, crayon/marker storage, and I also use them to wash the toys in the sink without having to worry about them going down the garbage disposer. I personally use my bags as a lunch bag to take to work. It usually just holds a sandwich and a snack, but it is much more stylish than a plastic bag. Plus it gives me the opportunity to tell people about the fabulous clothes! Thanks!
those little bags have come in quite handy for our current lifestyle…. sold our house and moved out the middle of july… moved into an apartment while we hunt for a house….and just had a baby the first week of august (another girl, justifying more MJ!!) we’ve used them for everything under the sun!!! transporting clothes and all the little things a new baby needs (ie booties, hat, extra clothes for blow outs 🙂 in my purse, laundry bag in the wash machine, food storage, snack holder, wall decor in my daughter’s room (next to the cardboard boxes we call our dressers), jewelry holder, ribbon holder, etc. etc. etc. they seem to be multiplying and we love the blue ones this time!!! we’ve also used the buttons off of them and made a necklace… good rainy day activity!
Ok- perhaps TMI, but I use the larger adult item bags to wash my undies in! They are the perfect lingerie bag for the washer!! And now you know…:)
Love those little bags for washing my babies little socks. I also find them helpful to store some of my sewing supplies. And my little guy loves to keep his Thomas the Trains in them. They have so many uses…..
We love our MJ bags!!! I use the bags to hold spools of thread and crafting nick nacks…my oldest daughter (4) loves to put her jewelry in them and my youngest girl (14 months) loves to stuff her blocks/small toys into the bag and pull them right back out, and then back in the bag they go, and then right back out 😀
They ae perfect for storing little books, stickers, coloring books, and crayons for my daughter who LOVES all things crafty. We can pull it out when we need some quick entertainment in the car, dr’s office, etc.
Love the idea of taking them to the store for produce (kudos for that idea)!
We keep 3 stocked in our car! Mommy bag with mascara, bronzer, germ x, chapstick and all the other mommy goodies! My 3 year old’s are normally STUFFED with polly pokets and pet shop figures, and for my 10 month old it’s the perfect size for a few diapers and wipes!!
I use them to sort my toiletries when I travel. The bags have flow with me everywhere from Mexico to Italy and everywhere in between:-)
I teach 3’rd grade and I used my bags to provide crayons, pencils and scissors on the first few days of BTS this school year. Then I donated them to a few on my students in need whom were unable to afford school supplies or didn’t have a pencil-crayon box or pouch. They LoVeD them!
Not very exciting but I put the babies socks in them for washing. Then when they are mixed with the teenage socks they don’t get lost! oh and my hubby used one to dry some fresh herbs from the garden. He had no clue what it was but it worked!
WOW! I’m crafty, but I’ve never thought of half these things. I keep them in my daughter’s closet. I pass them along when I sell her clothes. I want the next owner to feel the excitement I have when I get to open a much anticipated, much planned, much saved for(lol!) piece of clothing!!
I have one in my purse now holding diapers and wipes for my 2 youngest! Carrying diapers in style:) I also put hooks with suction cups on the shower wall and the girls put their bath tub toys in the mesh bag and then hang them, with the toys in them, on the hooks to dry.
We used ours as seashell bags, too. I sewed on ribbon straps and different woodland animals for each kiddo (from some super cute fabric). We have loved them!
Ashley uses her MJ mesh bags as “sleeping bags” for her babies. They’ve also been used for storing sea shells, her coin (penny) collection, her ball and jacks game, and most currently for her leaf collection.
I am sewing “handles” on them to hang on the wheelchairs of the people at a local nursing home. My mother is a nurse on one of the wings and is always looking for little bags the residents can keep lotion, pens, lipstick etc in that will fit on the wheel chair. The mesh Matilda Jane bags are the perfect size!!!
We use them for all sorts of things. The boys use them when we go to restaurant and bring toys, pencil crayons, paper etc to entertain them. We use it to wash underthings in. I use them to wash my reuseable nursing pads in, not something you want to lose in the wash and have fall out your pant leg 🙂 Wash my reuseble cosmetic pads in. The boys use them for hiding their treasures in when they play pirates. I use them for change bags they hold wipes, 2 diapers, a fold up change mat, and extra onesis. Saves me hauling the whole bag to the bathroom!
What haven’t my girls used them for!?! To separate and store dress up accessories (bracelets, rings, necklaces, etc), as “grocery bags” while “shopping”, and so forth. But my favorite use for the bags was picking up shells during a trip to the beach this summer. 🙂
I collect mine to see how many goodies i have bought!!
I also think a good idea would be to ship them back to you so that they could be reused and money be saved!!!
I use them to contain extra thread and buttons for clothes, especially extra MJC buttons.
I actually gave them to my husband to use. He uses them to store his rc car parts. He has 3 different cars. It works great because I have 3 girls,so I have sz 2,4 and 6 bags. Each car uses a different size so none of the parts get mixed up.
We took a few of our bags to the beach. My girls collected seashells in the bags. I loved that we were able to button up the bag and wash the shells off in the surf. Since the bag us mesh the shells stayed and the sand was waged away. The mesh bags of shells dried quickly on our hotel deck. I have fantastic pictures.
My 10 year old son actually asked to use them for sleepaway camp- to put his socks in the camp laundry so he did not have to sort w the rest of his bunk! LOVE my boy and it worked great! I giggle thinking of him explaining Matilda jane to a bunk of 18 boys! I also think they make great sea shell collector bags – we will bring them to the beach for sure! Xoxo’s thanks for the chance @ some MJC luck!!
My daughter will use them for her American Girl Doll clothes & accessories.
My other thought that I haven’t done yet (because I haven’t bought enough items) is to make a beach bag out of patchwork MJ bags! The mesh would be great for sifting the sand out and for the the water to leak out! It would be great! Maybe a Hobo bag style made out of mesh bags?!
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Currently I use those amazing little mesh bags as a place to store my coupons and gift cards in my purse. My little girls also use them as marker/crayon holders and small toys organizers…
My youngest also asked if she could tie a ribbon onto each side of it and use as a little purse 🙂
My next plan for them? I’m saving some for a tulle-themed birthday party for my little girl. Some I will use as favor bags, tied with more tulle and clasped with the cute button. I’ll make some into hair bows too for the special day! There is no doubt the birthday girl will be sporting a cute MJ outfit 🙂
We’ve used them for collecting rocks and shells, I use them for sorting my sewing supplies, button, thread, trims etc. I also {{gasp}} cut them up, spray them with coloured craft spray, sew them into flowers with the button in the middle and make headbands for my girls.
We used some of our mesh bags on our recent trip to the beach. They make the perfect bag for collecting seashells and shark teeth! Best part is dipping in the water to get all the sand off.
We love them for organizing doll clothes (by size, of course; 10 inch doll clothes CANNOT mingle with 15 inch). We also store hair bows, and play jewelry. I use them on trips for cosmetics, my jewelry, and my undies. The buttons also come in handy for adding to doll clothes 😉
I put all my small cute memorabilia from my memory box inside it. The heart shaped rock I found when my boyfriend and I were taking a stroll, My daughters cap she wore home from the hospital, movie tickets, you know.. all that good stuff you could never bring yourself to throw away. Safe in the bag inside my memory box. 🙂
I’m a kindy Montessori teacher and the bag are just perfect to store all the tiny pieces to all our shelf activities … pretty enough to be laid out on our shelves, easy enough for the kids to open and close, and great to store them away as we change out activities. Don’t know how I got along without them!
My kids use them as well as myself, my kids use them snack bags or toy bags.
I use them for a lot of different things, make up bag for inside my purse, to store hair clips and headbands ( that match MJC!)
Well i collect mine so i can see how many wonderful pieces i have bought!!!!
But an idea would be to ship them back to you so that they can be reused and money be saved!!!!
OH! And when we go to the beach…put sea shells in them and all the sand falls out of the bag and you are left with shells…minus the sandy mess 🙂
They are great for keeping bows from baby showers!! Since they are mesh, the bows can still be seen through the fabric.
I use ours for lots!
Used one in the bathroom to hold bath toys so the water drains out.
Used a few when we went on a recent vacation to the beach. Great so sand doesn’t stay in sandals and shoes.
We store small doll accessories in them.
Also make great textures under paper for crafts/tracing.
I use my bag to hold an on the go first aid kit.
I love it!
I should be getting another mesh bag or two in the mail any day now. I can’t wait!!!!
My daughter loves to stuff all her small toys in the bags so that her 1 yr old brother doesn’t get them.
I would think they would be good for packing for trips. You could put the whole outfit in one sack. Shirt, pants, socks/tights, shoes all together. I hate having to dig to find socks and stuff.
Each time we get a new mesh bag filled with goodies, we take them out, try on the clothes and find something (dress, skirt, etc.) out if my daughter’s closet to put into the bag and pay it forward. Its an easy concrete example to help my little one to earn her MJC pretties and to make someone else smile at the same time!
We use our mesh bags to hold “the socks that are missing their friends” (as my daughter would say). We keep the bag in the sock drawer with missing socks in hopes that someday we will find the match to the pair. Luckily our Matilda Jane green jenny sock is not missing her “friend” :o). ***I forgot to put my full name Lesleigh Chollet (sorry to repost but pushed “enter” too quickly before putting my name)…
We use them as portable bug catchers for my little boy…with one in my purse and one in my car, we can always catch bugs wherever we go!
Our favorite use for ours this summer was to collect sea shells at the beach. We now have bags full of shells, and lots of memories, and we are going to make wind chimes with the shells. : )
We used ours this summer to organize my daughters suitcase for girls camp. They kept everything organized and nothing got lost…yippeeee
Reusable produce bags for the farmer’s market or grocery store! No more filmy, plastic bags needed! 🙂
When we go places, the kids can put their toys, books, etc in there. Whatever fits on one bag can go. 🙂 Keeps us from having a million things in the car. They are also perfectly sized for travel snacks!
I am keeping all of my Matilda Jane, and handing it down to my sister, who recently had a baby of her own. When my girls grow out of it, I put it in the bag with it’s size to keep track of the sizing. I have twins, so she’s going to have a crazy amount of 2s coming her way soon. Sometimes I put mote than one in each bag since they weren’t available in earlier lines,
They are great to hold DIY emergency bags in our diaper bag (water, bandaids, neosporin) and car: (extra clothes, diaper, wipes, etc.)
My daughter uses them to carry around the tags she collects from the Matilda Jane clothing. (She has about 50 of them, she makes card houses with them) So much better and more appropriate than the purple Crown Royal bag she use to use…. 🙂
I have 2 and 4 year old little girls who are obsessed with Lalaloopsy dolls, so I have sewn on ribbon and fabric straps and accessorized them a la Lalaloopsy way so the girls will keep all their mini’s and doll clothing in their own bags…that way it is all together, each has their own, and they look as cool as those dolls do with their own accessory purses…ready for a day on the go with mama and organized after play time!
We use ours as reusable snack bags for lunches and snack time at school., They wash well and protect the food. The elementary school is really working on being environmentally friendly and have done away with styrofoam trays and such. My daughter feels as though she is contributing by not using the ziplock baggies. Thanks MJ! 🙂
Jen Haynes
I am thinking about turning mine into reusable grocery bags! All I will need to do is rip the seams from the bags and then restitch them together to make a new bigger bag! =)
Ladies, I know you all can agree with me on one thing. Buying a bbra comes with not just one pair of straps, but two ( the clear ones) and then the extra padding to give you an EXTRA size. Lol I use my MJ mesh bag to organize my bra drawer. One bag for each bbra. That way you don’t have chaos when your looking for a certain one. Oh and it serves as a laundry bag too (so no loose straps getting tangled in other clothes).
These bags have been a staple in our suitcases this summer. We are on the road traveling a majority of the summer to the beach, the grandparents houses, cross country to see family, we are busy little bees. I pack everything in them depending on our journey. Sometimes it is individual outfits, sometimes it is bathing suits/under garments & other times it is whatever and how many ever little toys my monsters can cram into them. They are also great for throwing delicates or little items in the washer. We literally use them on a daily basis in some fashion & my 4 year old is constantly stuffing them with something. She’s discovered they are perfect for Barbie clothes and pieces!
Another thing I use it for is to go to scrapbook night. They are the perfect size to organize the photos with coordinating stickers, ribbons, etc. as I prepare for the night/ weekend. That way I am ready to go, I get so much more completed and I just take what I need. It’s great conversation starter too!
Bath toys! We scoop them into the bag after bath and let them drip dry hanging from the faucet.
While I am new to Matilda Jane and will be attending first Trunk Show in Oct.,
I could see many uses for the bags—one idea is to help organize and be able to quickly find things in our diaper bag– one idea is put first aid stuff in (band aids, ointment…); crayons & small pad of paper for a quick art project…
Just some thoughts!
Portable bug catchers for my little boy…with one in my purse and one in the car, we can always catch bugs wherever we go!!
Oh, and we also use ours for socks. Each person has their own personal MJ mesh bag for dirty socks. It makes sorting and folding SO EASY! And the washer monster isn’t able to steal socks this way either! 🙂
We have used the bags for a few different things:
1. My son used the bags to put lightning bugs (fireflies) in and we hung the bags on the clothes line and watched them light up:)
2. My daughter uses them as “sleeping bags” for her strawberry shortcake and lalaloopsy dolls!
3. I use them to organize items in my pediatric exercise lab and to wash heart rate monitor belts.
Love these bags and now the kids can each have their own color bags, so no more fighting over them!
I have been cutting up my mesh bags and using them to make ruffles and smooshed fabric flowers with antique pearls sewn in the center, for my hair things I sell on Etsy. Everything I make is vintage inspired, and the color is perfect, not to mention the texture. I am all about upcycling too. Couldn’t think of anything better to use them for! 😉
I use ours to wash and dry socks so they dont get lost in the washer or dryer! I also use it to round up all my favorite victoria secret bras and panties! I am able to wash them on delicate with my daughters MJ!, and I just grab the bag out the washer toss it in the dryer and everything is in one place when it is finished! No hunting for my favorite sexy panties! (lol). the husband appreciates it as well.
My daughter pretends they are sleeping bags for her dolls. We also use them to store my daughters “jewlery” in. 🙂
Great to use in our travel/diaper bag to keep those small items from getting lost, we store hand sanitizer, wet wipes, extra pacifiers and feeding spoons, etc.. in my bag/purse – If I have to feel like a pack mule and take everything but the kitchen sink before leaving the house, at least I can feel a little bit special thanks to MJ 🙂 Being a Mommy of a 1, 2 and 4 year old -it’s the little things that make my day better!
We use our mesh bags to hold “the socks that are missing their friends” (as my daughter would say). We keep the bag in the sock drawer with missing socks in hopes that someday we will find the match to the pair. Luckily our Matilda Jane green jenny sock is not missing her “friend” :o).
I use mine to hold my own concoction of bath salts and lavender. I tie them up in the bag and hang the bag like a giant tea bag in my whirlpool tub…it allows the salt to dissolve and the lavender to disperse it’s lovely-ness without allowing all the little plant material out to mess up my tub (and make it impossible to clean..:)Sounds a bit crazy I know but I LOVE to reuse and re-purpose!
They are great for keeping our mini van organized. Wipes, extra clothes first aid kit and loose toys!
Washing all my clothes! As a college student it’s IMPOSSIBLE to do multiple loads of laundry and I would be devastated to ruin my MJ clothes! So those mesh bags keep them nice and safe:)
They have been used in our house as slippers, hats, gloves or on whatever body part will fit in them! 🙂
We use ours for a number of things:
-Packing American Girl doll clothes
-“Cushioning” breakables (we have heaps of these things!)
-Arts and crafts catch-alls
-Sorting fabric swatches for me and my oldest daughter! My 6 yo loves to make things from my fabric swatches:)!
Pretty much anything that I would rather see in a cute bag than another ziploc:)!!
I use mine to store each of my daughter’s giant hair bow/headband/clip collections. I also store all of the extra MJ buttons in one, and have used one to put the hubby’s spare change he throws on the counter everyday. 🙂
The kids have to bring dishes to preschool everyday that get sent home to be washed so instead of using ziplock bags these work great as reusable bags to carry their plastic dishes back & forth.
It’s the perfect bag to wash my delicates in. : )
-Use them as goodie bags for a birthday party or Trunk Show 🙂 Oh I could see it now filled with cute accessories!
-I use them to wash my laundry bags
-For snacks
-Organizing my sewing projects or other crafty stuff
That is all I have but I am sure all you ladies will have some really amazing ideas!
I love to use my mesh bags to fill with “busy” items to take to a restaurant, etc…. (small books, small toys, coloring pages, etc)…. each time we can grab a different bag… they are even conveniently numbered (2, 4, 6) :).
I have also used them when packing for a trip with my little ones… it’s nice to put their socks/panties in without worrying about them getting spread out all over the suitcase.
The bags are also the perfect size for holding headbands/hair accessories when traveling. I just love how the flap & button closure holds everything in!
We love our little mesh bags… almost as much as we love the GREATNESS that comes inside them! 🙂
I have used the smaller ones to sort batteries for my camera equipment (to keep used and fresh ones separate), accessories, and also newborn photo props that I take on shoots with me like hats and diaper covers. They come in handy for sorting anything though!
I have used them to organize my junk drawer! I have a separate bag for batteries, pens, screws/nails, little note pads and more.
I use it in the wash. Either for the girls small stuffies that need to be freshened up or my undies 😉
I use mine at the grocery story for my produce. They are light weight and easily hold veggies and fruits. 1 mesh bag for tomatoes, 1 mesh bag for corn, 1 mesh bag for apples, so and so. Plus, this makes them environmentally friendly. No more plastic bags and the mesh bags are reusable!
We use ours for sorting doll & barbie accessories.
My son even uses them on occasion to carry his superheroes!
I use them for sea glass and shell hunting with my kids at the beach. And I have used them to hold my
“Lady things” When I travel. (For real) I wish I could post a pic.
We use them to sort small toys-littlest pet shop, polly pockets, puppy in my pockets and then put them in the bins;)
They are great for collecting sea shells. The sand comes out when you wash them in the ocean.
I have used some of my mesh bags and made sachets of different dried flowers and plants for hostess gifts etc. Lavender or citronella plant are my two favorites. Tie them with a cute ribbon and wha la 🙂
My daughter loves to make crafts especially necklaces with beads. The bags are perfect for keeping her beads organized and contained. Any time we go out, I can just grab a bag and know that it will contain everything she needs for a fun project.
I’m relatively new to MJC, but I did make my accessory loving daughter an anthropologie inspired pom pom necklace with hers.
For putting your bras and undies, and baby socks in when you pop them in the washing machine!
Man…..I am obviously not going to win this contest!!! Unless you do a winner based on honesty. Here it goes….Mine are stacking up on the shelf in my daughters closet…just sitting there. Boy, do I feel foolish.
This will probably sound odd but I stored some with my photo props. I’ve been thinking a cute tiny newborn wrapped in an MJ mesh bag would be adorable 🙂 or in the fall pictures of my girls in their MJ favorites picking up beautiful fall leaves and carrying them in a mesh bag. Hmmm… Everything i love I want to take a picture of and i love everything about Matilda jane … Even those mesh bags 🙂
what does it mean that I’ve ordered lots of MJ And never gotten a mesh bag??? Perhaps because I’m north of the border. In any case, I’d love to see one of these puppies so I can get the creative juices flowing!
We plan to use ours on hooks on our new water table my husband just made us. That way the kids can put their water toys in them to dry when not in use! 🙂
My daughter loves to use them as part of her dolly diaper bag. She carries a joe’s turn bag and inside it she packs her mesh bags all with things her little baby will need. It is so fun (and some times funny) to hear all that she’s packed and why. Gotta love kids and their imaginations. 🙂
Honestly? My son is getting a little jealous of his little sister getting all the cute stuff in the mail so he is using the last ones as “frog catching nets”! My daughter uses them for sorting Calico Critter families. It’s making us happy all around :).
I use it in the wash! Either the girls small stuffies or my undies 😉
We use ours as re-useable snack/sandwich bags in the kiddos lunch!!
We have used our mesh bags to collect seashells. The shells stay in, the sand falls through and stays at the beach 🙂
They are great for collecting sea shells. You can wash them off in the ocean, the sand comes out while the shells stay in.
I am not lucky enough to have any mesh bags yet, but I would imagine my daughter would put in whatever strikes her fancy that day! She LOVES to carry little purses and bags with her treasures wherever we go!
I use mine for our swim suits a great way to make sure they dry out and don’t stinky after a dip in the pool
We use ours for putting socks or hairbows in to match each outfit. Helps with the kids getting dressed quickly in the morning before school.
Some of the things we’ve used ours for:
-Socks in the washer. My kids have one hanging on their laundry basket to put socks in right away to avoid the dreaded missing sock!
-Potpourri in drawers, under car seats, etc
-Tiny toys…squinkies, legos, doll shoes/clothes
-To hold “girly items” in my girls backpacks
-Packing for vacation
-Hair bows and pony tail holders
We use them for putting food in from the bulk bins. We’ve been trying to buy in bulk and cut down on the amount of packaging we use to have less plastic products in our trash. Fruits, veggies, pasta, and such look much fancier in our mesh bags than the plastic ones anyway!
In my purse with diapers and wipeoffs in them. That way if I don’t need my whole purse I can just use that cute little bag and I have all I need and am still styling!
They hold tiny little craft supplies of course! I have my own mini crafty entrepreneur on my hands!
This year I had collected several of the mesh bags and filled them with all sorts of goodies to give to my children and a few of their closest friends on the first day of school. We celebrate a fun little German tradition called “Schultuete.” It is a goodie bag (normally a paper cone) that the kids look forward to opening on the morning of their first day of school (with items like bubble gum, bandaids, cute sticky pads, chap stick, etc…) It is a really fun way to celebrate the first day of school and I also got to use my fun Matilda Jane mesh bags!!
My husband is really excited to be using these for wine making.
He will fill these bags with fermented crushed grapes. He then will squeeze the bag to allow the wine to flow through the bag, leaving the stems, seeds, and skins behind. It will be a GREAT substitute for a wine press (even better than the mesh IKEA curtains he has been using).
Be proud to know that MJ bags will be making some delicious homemade wine this fall!
I am using mine for all sorts of different things …. some are for playtime items such as small Barbie accessories (shoes and purses and such) and a few are holding my girls various baby doll nursery items (bottles, spoons, bibs) for when they are playing mommy. I am using a few to separate various thank you cards, birthday cards, and get well cards for a quick go to bag for the appropriate occasion.
As an artist, I use mine to store my favorite paint brushes, my small canvases, paint pens, and my inspiring pictures, magazine tear outs, scribbles/sketches etc.
We use ours to collect wild flowers and my son catches grasshoppers too lol 🙂
Great for storing my 6 yr old daughter’s insulin pen case and glucose meter case! I place both things in the one mesh bag for safe storage in her school backpack!
I used mine as the party favor bags for the gifts I gave to mommas that came to my trunk show. . .thus giving them an MJ reusable bag along with the gift they got!! [email protected]
I have many plans for my mesh bags – just hoping to get the time to actually put them to use!
I’m planning to make a hanging storage system for our arts/crafts supplies. I will attach the mesh bag to a hanger and fill with goodies.
I have an extra set of clothes for each of my kids in their backpacks and in our van – works great.
All the Christmas Card pics we get every year that I refuse to throw away!
Each of my kids B-day cards for each year.
I could go on and on!
I want to try to make a pair of ruffle socks with a mesh bag too but so far I hate to cut them up because they are so handy to store things!
Thanks for the chance and thanks for the bags! Lacey Hall – [email protected]
I make hair pretties out of them! The are better than any tulle that I have found!
Well… I have to be honest. I have done nothing with mine! BUT, thanks for the great blog contest… Now I have TONS of amazing ways to use them. I can’t wait to start sorting and organizing things in them!
I use mine for the lil girls hair ribbons & bows. I am able to see them and store a lot!
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My daughter and I use her bags for her hair bows and clips. They are organized by color so it is easy for her (or I) to match them with her outfits.
I have also used mine for sewing project, keeps fabric and items together until project is complete.
We used them to make hair pretties…LOVE those buttons!!! Also use them for all of dd’s “junk”…WHY do little girls like toys that consist of tiny pieces that get lost two minutes after you buy them UGH!!!!
I use the mesh bags to separate mine and Rosalie’s items in my gym bag.
Panties….perfect little holder for traveling with little ones!
I made a precious necklace out of mine for my daughter by cutting up my bags into strips and accordian folding the strips and stringing them on memory wire and used the buttons for the center of the rosettes that I attached to the mesh part of the necklace. Goes with all of our MJ!! I can post a picture tomorrow if you’d like.
I use mine for traveling to keep my nail polish, and storage for ponytail holders,travel bags for jewelry and hairbows.You can really do so much with those things!
We have so many of them now 🙂 We use one for delicates in the washer. We use another for hair bows. My son has one that he loves to put on a stick and pretend he works for the railroad 🙂
We use ours to put pet shop toys in them. We also use it for our hair pretties:) Thanks for the fun contest!!!!
The buttons are great to use for the center of hair pretties made to match our Matilda Jane. Also the bags are good for sorting our socks by size for multiple daughters:)
i use them to make hair pretties
Washing my unmentionables. My husband thanks you Denise! 😉
I let my kids use them to store their little toys like Polly Pockets, Barbie pieces, and little Disney Princesses. My son even likes to put his Imaginext dudes in them and carry them around 🙂
I have stitched fun grosgrain ribbon “straps” on them for my dd to use as purses, diaper bags for her babies, etc… she loves anything ‘Tilda! Mary Elizabeth Pounders [email protected]
I will be filling mine with goodies to send to an orphanage in Belize! My parents go twice per year, and do a medical clinic along with a feeding program! These children literally have NOTHING! They will love these bags, and to them they will be a treasure! I will be putting in pencils, markers, coloring books, paper, maybe some hair pretties for the girls! My mom always takes pics of the kiddos with their goodies! I will for sure get a pic for you all to see when she gets back!
I use mine when we travel. They are the perfect size for toothbushes, pony holders, floss. I also keep my daughters undies and socks together in the bags. It always keeps the suitcase organized and dressing really easy!!!!
Our mesh bags are used in the laundry room. I get rather mad when the laundry monster eats my little ones socks. I’ll have a ton of lefts no rights- stacks of sad socks missing the other pair. I gather her socks, stick them in the mesh bag, button it up, and throw it in. Best thing yet- a lefty and a righty come out in the dryer. Wish I would have thought of that sooner- darn laundry monster! Thanks for the mesh bags!
I have re-purposed mine into small sachets. The netting is the perfect size to keep herbs like dried lavender in them. They keep your drawers and closets smelling fresh!
My secret stash of Matilda Jane CASH ~ to us towards Platinum or the newest line!!!
I haven’t used it for this, but I just thought of it actually…When I was in Girl Scouts we would go camping (of course), and we had to have a “dip bag” to wash our dishes in. This was a mesh bag with a draw string that you would put your dirty dishes in then dip it in bleach water, then hot soapy water, then cold clean water and then hang them up on the clothesline to dry. At the next meal, you’d just take down your dip bag and you’re set to go. My mom made mine-and it was nice, don’t get me wrong, but when Lydia (my daughter) heads to Scout camp, I think that’s what I’ll send with her. The cute blue mesh bag with Matilda Jane and the ADORABLE BUTTON 🙂
We use our mjc mesh bags to wrap our matilda jane clothing we have outgrown and give away to another little girl..
Absolutely nothing better for washing small delicates!
The bags are precious, love the buttons. I use them to travel, to organize each days outfit and include socks, hair bows and under garmets. It works perfectly for my kiddos. They do not take up much space and you can see through them.
Best for carrying your swimsuits in on trips.
I use mine for a undies holder for travel. Clean in one and dirty in the other ;0)
Mesh bag would be great to “refill” with MJC hand me downs to pass on to a friend!
We have cut them up to make hair pretties! The little one loves to shove as much as possible into them to move toys around the house (for me to clean up later!)
I don’t have any fun mesh bags thanks to my non-existant budget as a stay at home mom. Hope it is ok to still list my ideas 🙂 I think they would be great for the littles to put there dirty socks and undies in. No more lost socks. I think they would also come in handy for trips….store all the littles hair pretties, or you could put everything in a bag to make an outfit….top, pants, undies, socks and bow. Easy to pack and easy to choose each day of your trip. I would use it to carry fun sewing projects that can taken along and worked on away form the house 🙂
My Daughter got a Matilda Jane for her birthday and she loves to use this little mesh bag for an impromptu picnic sack on saturdays when we go to the Grove at the University to paint! She packs her a book and a sandwich or what ever else she can find to nibble on and off we go!
I would put AF pics taken with the sweet mamas that I knew online and met IRL there and send them that as a little gift!
We used ours for packing/carrying swimsuits at the beach!
We fill them up with little toys and give them to little ones that could use a smile on their face. It works every time!!
I’ve done a few things with my bags:
1. Fill with potpourri to make sachets. They keep my closets smelling great!
2. Organize Barbie shoes and clothes.
3. Put delicates in them to wash in my washing machine.
4. They make great fabric softener holders!
5. Pencil case for my daughter.
6. Makeup cases.
Thanks for the beautiful clothes you make! We love them!!
My daughter uses them to put cut up fabric scraps that grandma gives her then makes projects with them. She loves designing her own little clothes and fabric panels and such.
Well here is the list of things we have in our bags
-sorted bows
-the kids rock collection
-change (they ahve been great teaching the various coins and sorting)
-potpouri in the sock drawer
-snacks, google and dive toys to grab and take to the pool
-and puzzle pieces that need to find there box
lets just say we use our bags for ALOT
thinking about using one for the undercoat of a dollie dress. Cerys like to blow raspberries through them. And then of course the obvious small pieces tote be it toys, garbage bag ties, bandaids and med. supplies etc.
I use them for packing clothes for vacation. Lingerie, socks, bathing suits,toys, etc. It keeps our suitcase organized 🙂
Stuff them full of baby sock for the wash…then you don’t lose all the socks!
We used them on vacation. Every day my girls had a bag that included the outfit, sock, panties and hair accessories for the day. That way, when we got up in the morning to get ready, I just pulled out one of the mesh bags and everything we needed for the day was there!
I let my 4 year old daughter use them for her ‘dress up’ play time…she pretends they are pocket books and stuffs them with anything and everything! I love her imagination.
I use the mesh bags to make flower rosettes for headbands or hair clips. It’s always fun to add the buttons on as well especially with two rosettes or more! 🙂
We use ours for swimsuits. One in each bag. They have a place to stay and air dry.
We use ours for washing delicates and for storing small American Girl doll accessories.
We hang ours in the bathtub on a hook. After bathtime we put the bath toys in them and the water drains right out the bottom! Gotta love reusable items!
I use my bags in my diaper bag. One has baby toys and the other stores her pacifiers. I even had a woman ask me where she could get some of those bags : )
Sort Polly pocket sets or fill with scented potpourri to make sachets for your drawers 🙂
Washing delicates – especially my daughter’s tights & dance leotards. They help us avoid snags and make them last longer…so we have more money for cute clothes ;).
Produce bags @ the grocery store, instead of the plastic ones.
I would say that the best use it to fill crafty things, or knick knacks and pin them to a cork board to organize things throughout a room 🙂
A “delicates” bag for laundry- they work great!
I use them for hair bows and ponytails but Sissi uses them for
mini lalaloopsy’s 🙂
Paying it forward by passing on Matilda Jane to those that can’t afford it!
Great in diaper bags to hold items separately. Toys in one, diapers in anouther, extra outfit, etc…
Oh, and if I were ever lucky enough to be chosen my “correct” name is Heather Giustino – not just Heather G. 🙂
I keep all the spare buttons thatcome with our MJC in them!
I use mine for two things…for bagging my groceries at the store for those quick trips AND for hauling an extra change of clothes for my daughter.. It might not be the most creative idea, but it’s getting used a lot ;).
I use them for road trips – when we’re going to be in the car for a while I give each girl one of the cute mesh bags filled with some of their smaller toys, and usually a new coloring book and crayons for my 4.5 year old, and a new little stuffed animal for my 1.5 year old. I also keep a couple of easy snacks (sliced apples, goldfish in baggies, string cheese, etc.) in another mesh bag and stick that between the two of them. We love those things!
Great for sorting socks. Keep all the whites in one bag, pink in another, etc…
Travel toiletries..perfect size for those under 4 oz Airline rules 🙂