Wednesday, October 31, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 31 (Getting Help to Organize)



Welcome to Day Thirty One of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Do you struggle with organizing because it seems too overwhelming to tackle alone?  I've shared a lot of organizing tips in this series and many of you will be able to get organized by implementing some of them.  But others of you need a bit more help than that.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

All Star Block Party Features



I had such a fun week guest co-hosting the All Star Block Party!  It was great seeing all the awesome projects you linked up.  You can check out last week's party here.  Before the next party gets started I wanted to share my features from last week.

I enjoyed seeing all the Halloween crafts, recipes, and decorations.  But, you know I'm all about organizing, so I figured I would feature links about organizing!  Here are my favourites.

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 30 (More DIY Storage)




Welcome to Day Thirty of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today I'm going to share more DIY storage ideas.  

Monday, October 29, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 29 (Sentimental Items)



Welcome to Day Twenty Nine of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today I'm sharing tips to help you declutter sentimental items. 

Sunday, October 28, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 28 (Multi-purpose rooms)




Welcome to Day Twenty Eight of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tips are about organizing rooms that have more than one purpose.  

Saturday, October 27, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 27 (Office)




Welcome to Day Twenty Seven of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tips are to help you organize your office.  

Friday, October 26, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 26 (Command Centre)



Welcome to Day Twenty Six of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today I'll give you some tips for creating a command centre or modifying the system you are currently using to make it work better for you.  

Thursday, October 25, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 25 (Entry)



Welcome to Day Twenty Five of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tips focus on a very important and often overwhelming area in your house.  The entry.  

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

It's the All Star Block Party - and I'm a Co-Host!

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Welcome to visitors from the All Star Block Party!  I'm so glad you're here :)

For my regular readers, if you've been following my 31 Days of Organizing series, you're probably wondering where that big purple button is tonight.  Well, I'm just interrupting the series tonight for this post. But don't worry... I'll have more organizing tips again tomorrow!  I'll be sharing ideas for organizing craft rooms and craft supplies in tomorrow's post.

Actually, if any of you have an organized craft area, I'd love for you to send me pictures, tips, or a link to any posts you have about it!  I'd love to include your ideas to help others transform overwhelming craft areas into organized works of art :)

OK, back to tonight's post!

I'm SO excited and honoured to be co-hosting the All Star Block Party this week!  I love this party and all the amazing links shared each week.

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 23 (Main Closet)




Welcome to Day Twenty Three of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series

Today I'm sharing tips for organizing your main bedroom closet. 

Monday, October 22, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 22 (Main Bedroom)




Welcome to Day Twenty Two of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today I'm sharing tips for organizing your main bedroom.  

Sunday, October 21, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 21 (Kids' Bedrooms)


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Welcome to Day Twenty-One of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today, I'll be sharing tips for organizing your kids' bedrooms.

Saturday, October 20, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 20 (DIY Storage)




Welcome to Day Twenty of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is to use everyday household items for organized storage alternatives. 

Friday, October 19, 2012

Thursday, October 18, 2012

31 Days of Organizing: Day 18 (Kids)




Welcome to Day Eighteen of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip will help you learn how to teach your kids to be organized.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Monday, October 15, 2012

Sunday, October 14, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 14 (Laundry)




Welcome to Day Fourteen of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is to help you organize your laundry room.  

Saturday, October 13, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 13 (Linen closet)



Welcome to Day Thirteen of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is to help you organize your linen closet. 

Friday, October 12, 2012

Thursday, October 11, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 11 (Fridges)




Welcome to Day Eleven of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tips are about organizing your refrigerator.  

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 10 (Pantry)



Welcome to Day Ten of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is about organizing your pantry.  

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

31 Days of Organizing: Day 9 (DIY labels)




Welcome to Day Nine of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is about making your own labels.  This is a simple and cost-effective way of getting and staying organized.  

Monday, October 8, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 8 (Chalk labels)




Welcome to Day Eight of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  I can't believe we're into the second week of the series already!  

Because labels are such an important topic and since there are so many ideas out there, I'm going to continue with labels today.  In particular, today I'll show you lots of things you can do with chalk and labels.

Sunday, October 7, 2012

31 Days of Organizing: Day 7 (Labels)




Welcome to Day Seven of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is to use labels.  I love labels!  You've probably heard the saying "A place for everything and everything in its place".  Labels help you designate a place for everything you own and that allows you to put everything where it belongs.

Saturday, October 6, 2012

31 Days of Organizing: Day 6 (Containers)




Welcome to Day Six of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is about containers.  I love containers!  There are so many different options you can use for storage.  Some are very practical and some are more decorative.  Ideally you can find containers that are both :)

Google+ Blog Hop

Welcome to the Google+ Blog Hop!  We want to encourage you to use Google+ to help your blog and/or business grow.  This blog hop is designed for YOU to meet new g+ friends, increase the exposure of your blog/business and allow you to "fill your circles"!



Here are some links to refresh your memory on how to set up and optimize your g+ profile page so that you will benefit from this blog hop.

http://thenymelrosefamily.com/2012/07/google-tutorial.html

To join this g+ blog hop, link up your Google+ profile page URL (NOT your blog's homepage).  For the "name" section, use your name or your blog's/website's name.  Use your personal photo or your blog's/website's button/logo for the thumbnail picture.  

Friday, October 5, 2012

31 Days of Organizing: Day 5 (Like With Like)



Welcome to Day Five of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is to group like items together when you organize.  This is a great method to help you move from overwhelmed to organized!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 4 (Process)



Welcome to Day Four of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Today's tip is about the whole organizing process, step-by-step. There are lots of systems you can follow. Here are a few: 

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 3 (De-cluttering)



Welcome to Day Three of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Now that you've created a list of organizing projects, picked one or two to get started on, and planned out your project, it's time to dive in and start organizing!

The first step in organizing is to de-clutter.  We live in a culture that is crazy about "stuff" and we accumulate a lot of it!  Before organizing what you have (and definitely before buying any storage containers!), take some time to assess what you really need and use.  Chances are you have a lot that you didn't know you had or rarely use, and maybe even some things you don't like that much.  The popularity of shows on hoarding and de-cluttering show how much of an issue this is.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 2 (Planning)


Welcome to Day Two of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

The next step to getting organized is to plan your project.

Monday, October 1, 2012

31 Days of Organizing Tips: Day 1 (Making a List)

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Welcome to Day One of the 31 Days of Organizing Tips series!  

Let's get this party started!  Today's tip is about planning your organizing projects.  If you have a lot of areas in your house that need to be organized, start by making a list of all of them.  Now, if you're like me, and you have a lot of projects you want to do, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out where to start.  But the purpose of this list is not to overwhelm you further!  The goal is to help you decide which projects are the most important and which ones can wait.  That way you can get started organizing the projects that are most necessary, which will eliminate some of the overwhelming feelings.  And as you start getting more organized in some areas of your life it will motivate you and energize you to take on some of the others on your list.

September Review




What happened to September?  That was the fastest month I can remember.  It seems like just last week the kids started school.  I love September because it's a month of new routines and new challenges.  My kids have adjusted fabulously to their new teachers and classes and the systems we've put in place to help make mornings, afternoons, and evenings flow smoothly.