I love all of your tips.

I worked in a boutique type store for several years as a bookkeeper. It was a very high end, ritzy type of place. One day as I was walking by the big trash bins I noticed some wonderful heavy clear plastic totes and bags with big heavy zippers in them. I plucked those babies right out of the trash and asked the receiving department to save things like that for me. I also asked the display team if they had any of the neat plastic totes and bags come through to save them for me. Some of the bags had cosmetic type items in them, some had tablecloths and napkins in them. They would throw the bags away for the items they were using as displays but keep the actual merchandise in the bags that they were selling. I have used those free items over and over to store quilt blocks and kits to keep them together. Because they are clear it is easy to see what is inside. If any of you shop at boutiques or stores where they carry nice linens, sheets, comforters, bedspreads, cosmetic sets etc. You might ask if they have an area where they keep their bags of that type or if they would save them for you. They are great for so many things.