DIY Life

If you travel for work, you've probably tried cramming everything into a backpack, in an attempt to keep things simple. This is no easy task. If you do manage to get everything into the bag, it probably comes out wrinkled.

To avoid this, you might be using a small suitcase or multiple bags, but that leaves wasted space and doesn't give you the flexibility of a single carry-on bag.

For your next trip, I'd suggest adopting a minimalist approach to packing for a short business trip. With this bundle method you will wrap all your clothes around a single item; typically, this item would be a small bag with socks and underwear. No folds, no creases, no wrinkles.

The best part is that they show you pictures of the unpacked bag, and you can see how crisp the clothes look as they come out. The full post also has pictures illustrating each packing step, so you can't go wrong.

Next time you're heading off on a short trip, avoid all the hassles that come along with checking baggage: try this packing method.

One of my pet peeves is wrinkled clothing. I really despise going into the dryer and finding my shirts and skirts a wrinkled mess. It always happens to me at the worst possible moment too, like when I have somewhere to go. I really don't have time to drag out the iron to make the shirt look perfect, so I have to find a shirt I really didn't have my heart set on wearing.

Considering that my almost 3 year old keeps me running, I don't always get the clothes folded and hung up right away, so they almost always end up needing to be ironed. That isn't always convenient, as my daughter loves to get into things she shouldn't when she sees I am busy. Thanks to TipNuts great tips on how to make homemade wrinkle release, I don't have to get peeved anymore. A little fabric softener and water mixed in a bottle with a fine mist spray nozzle, a little tugging and pulling on the wrinkled item, and letting it dry overnight will definitely put a smile on my face!

Thanks to all the wrinkle release recipes on TipNut, I might just forget to fold clothes all the time. That way, I won't feel so guilty if I ruin one of my husband's favorite shirts just because I drop the iron on it when our daughter decides to flush the cat down the toilet.

Funny thing about men: when it comes to choosing what to wear, you can be just as vain as most women. Surprisingly though, unlike women, most men have no problem wearing those same clothes with the 'just-slept-in-look'. For whatever reason -- cultural, spiritual, X-chromosome deficiency -- men don't like to iron.

Here's why you should make the effort:

Wrinkles can make clothes look cheap, and the way you dress speaks volumes about who you are as a person. Let's face it, clothes talk. Whenever you enter a room for the first time, it takes only a few seconds for people you've never met to form perceptions about you and your abilities. You don't have to utter a word; people peg you one way if you're dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, slacks and a sports coat, and yet another if you're wearing any style in a wrinkled mess.