DIY Ideas: organizing

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY NO. 3

Can you believe a week from tomorrow will be Thanksgiving? I swear it seems like last week we were just trick-or-treating. November has flown by and I can only assume December will too. My daughter has already written her letter to Santa, mind you it consists mainly of vowels - she's 4 and can't actually write a letter yet.

I think you need a little break from all the preparations you are undertaking in anticipation for Turkey Day.

Or if you're like me and haven't even started your planning yet, be sure to check out the printable's below to aid you!

Apartment Therapy - How To Install a Light Fixture

Image Credit: Apartment Therapy

Design Mom - Living Well: 4 Secrets To Wrapping A Present

Image Credit: Design Mom

The Peaceful Mom - Free Printable Thanksgiving Menu And Grocery List

Image Credit: The Peaceful Mom

Enjoy!

~ Holly

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY NO. 2

Welcome to Hodgepodge Wednesday No. 2.

Here we are in the middle of the week already, woohoo! How has your week been so far? I hope it's been treating you well.

Here you will find a short collection of DIY projects that I think are cool and worthy of sharing.

There is no rhyme or reason, no specific order, just some good stuff to help you through the week. Enjoy!

So Much Better With Age - Seasonal Burlap Frame

Image Credit: So Much Better With Age

Organize Your Stuff Now - Inexpensive DIY Craft Table

Image Credit: Organize Your Stuff Now

House Revivals - Cabinet Hardware Makeover

Image Credit: House Revivals

Setting For Four - DIY Beaded Sunburst Mirror Tutorial

Image Credit: Setting For Four

Whisper Wood Cottage - Reinventing The Stocking (A No-Sew Project)

So there you have it!

What do you think of the eye candy? Which one is your favorite?

~ Holly

Check out: Hodgepodge Wednesday No. 1

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY (No. 1)

Today is Hodgepodge Wednesday! What is that you ask?

Well it's just a short collection of items that I think are cool and worthy of sharing. There is no rhyme or reason, no specific order, just blogs or ideas that I like. Enjoy!

Image Credit: Interiors PL

Image Credit: Picklee.com

Girl In The Garage - 10 (Mostly Easy) DIY Home Decor Updates

Image Credit: Girl In The Garage

You Nana Bread - Vintage Measurement Table

Image Credit: You Nana Bread

Plant It DIY - How to Clean Your Rain Gutters

Do It Yourself - How To Install A Rain Catcher

Image Credit: Do It Yourself

Minettes Maze - DIY Pallet Deck

Image Credit: Minettes Maze

Live Love DIY - 10 Painting Tips Tricks You Never Knew

Image Credit: Live Love DIY

DIY N Crafts - 49 Brilliant Garage Organization Tips, Ideas, and DIY Projects

Image Credit: Family Handyman

So there you have it! Nothing like a DIY mishmash of Blogger Creativity to get ya through the rest of the week.

All my best!

Holly

ANOTHER EASY GIFT WRAP ORGANIZER

Can anyone relate to the picture below? This is pretty much how my pile of supplies look. But I am working on straightening out that fiasco. If you saw my post Easy Gift Wrap Organizer, then you know my plan already.

Image Credit: Steve and Kelly Plus Two

So how would you like to turn the above into this:

Image Credit: Steve and Kelly Plus Two

Pretty nifty idea from Steve and Kelly Plus Two! I really like this, it's very functional and out-of-the-way and totally organized.

All in all, using the above system with the 4 baskets, Kelly was able to store:

15 rolls of paper (with room for more)
Curling Ribbons
Gift tags and stickers, gift boxes, wrapping tissue, and some more ribbon
Gift Bags (about 40)

I can't believe ALL that stuff fit. What a great post, I love these types of before and after. Makes me flit and flutter with organized contentment.

To get all the details, please head over to Steve and Kelly's blog post:

Getting Organized: Gift Wrap

~ Holly

Image Credit: +Ruth Soukup

So I decided to treat you all with more lists to help you take control over your chaotic life. Thank goodness for the wonderful people who take the time to make these, and better yet share them with us.

And they're FREE!

I spend a little bit of dough on all those cutesy planners and paper. But why should I, when half the time I don't use most of what's included. Here are some of benefits to consider when you print your own:

You save money, no more "Oh that's such a cute notebook, I'll use that for....". (I swear Barnes & Nobel and Michael's, I'm gonna win this fight).
Print ONLY what pertains to you.
Checklists that are already filled out, you just have do the tasks and check them off.
Save it to your computer for future prints.
You get to be CREATIVE, make a cute binder to store your hard copies.

So onward to the nitty-gritty of this post. +Ruth Soukup from Living Well and Spending Less is an amazing women by my standards. I find her blog to be very informative and stock full of goodies.

Here are her Printables:

Budgeting & Finance

Printable LWSL Beginner’s Guide to Savings Budget Worksheet
Printable Rock Bottom Price List (for Coupon Shopping)

Cleaning & Organizing

Green & Thrifty Cleaning Products {10 Ingredients, 10 Ways, 10 Awesome Cleaners}
Printable Kitchen Cleaning & Organizing Checklist
Printable Spring Cleaning Top-to-Bottom Cleaning Checklist
Printable Pantry Inventory Worksheet
Printable Freezer Inventory Worksheet
Printable Cleaning Day Checklist
Printable Kid’s Room Cleaning Checklist
Printable Home Office Organizing Checklist
Printable Bathroom Organizing Checklist
Printable Bedroom Closet Organizing Checklist

DiY & Crafts:

“Simple Rules” Printable Subway Art
Printable Tags for Rainbow Sparkle Playdough
Printable Template for Burlap & Bunny Bunting
Printable Pattern for a Felt Easter Basket

Holidays

Printable Holiday Planning Workbook
Printable Thanksgiving Gratitude Journal
Party Planning Worksheet

Homeschooling

Printable Homeschool Planner
Printable Gratitude Journal

My favorite is her Blog 101 Page. Because I am a new blogger I'm devouring as much as I can on the subject. This biggest treat for me is her Free Printable Blog Planner. Which is exactly what I need to help maintain my jumbled thoughts and plans.

So, I hope these checklists can provide you some form of order in your busy life!

Please visit:

Living Well Spending Less - FREE Printables

Happy Printing,

~ Holly

*Please click to see: Part 1: ORGANIZING LISTS...NEED I SAY MORE

Image Credit: Forever Organised

Okay, so on Tuesday morning when my daughter and I arrived at her daycare, I made a sudden realization that I forgot her shoes. Yes, her shoes. And there was no going back home THIS time to get them, she was going barefoot. This is the second time I've done that in the past couple months.

I think I need a list just for leaving the house in the morning, there is just too much to remember.

I'm always writing things down, but I can't seem to stick to a system. I have an obsession with lists that deal especially with organizing. That's the point of a list right? There is just something that's so pleasing about jotting things down on paper that is pretty!

I have a dream of one day being ~~like~~ Jess from Forever Organised, this gal is super organized. Her site has got some of the cutest printables for keeping you on top of it.

Here is a rundown of all her printable lists:

Weekly Goals List
Weekly To Do List
The Big List
The Six List
Medication Tracker List (perfect if you have sick child, monitor their med dosage)

She also has posts on:

How to Organize
How to Organize Your To Do Lists

I hope you enjoy her blog as much as I do. She's a great resource for regaining order in your life!

Forever Organised - The Organise Page

~ Holly

Image Credit: +Young House Love

Have you ever thought of creating a Toy Library? No? Well, neither have I. If your living room looks like a tornado of toys hit, like mine, you should consider creating the Toy Library.

What a novel idea, I have tried and tried to get my daughter to do the "For every one, two or three toys you take out of your room, you have to put some back", that absolutely does not work. That means I would constantly have to monitor her and remind her because she's 4, the concept doesn't stick. It's useless.

But my daughter does love the library. And because she's 4, this trick just might work. It's a structured system, and at this age that's very important. Especially because I'm tired of being a slave to picking up toys. Are you?

This is a project that I will be doing, I do have a entry closet identical to this. Even if you don't have a closet available, you could set up a "Toy Library" system in their room, be creative with it. It's more about the idea of having a library, something that will engage them, hopefully creating a pattern for keeping your living room from being over taken by toys.

Please check out my favorite couple:

Young House Love - Creating a Toy Library

Have a wonderful weekend!

~ Holly

Image Credit: Brooklyn Limestone

Oh wrapping paper how I loathe you. Isn't storing wrapping paper a pain in the rear? I keep mine in one of those long bins stored in our garage. Every time my husband cleans the garage he ends up putting it up on the highest shelf. Then I gotta drag out the ladder and lug it down. No bueno.

So while I don't have a closet door available to implement this, I do have wall space inside a closet that would be just perfect! Doesn't it look pretty, and organized and just darn genius? I think so!

Check out all the details here:

Brooklyn Limestone - Easy Back Door Gift Wrap Organizer

That's a wrap!

~ Holly

Image Credit: Martin Clemons

If you're like me you probably have a half a dozen or more projects that are laying around waiting for you to finish. I refer to it as the: Unfinished Projects Syndrome.

For example, my master bathroom, I started earlier this year removing not one, but two layers of wall paper that has been painted numerous times and I'm still not done. It's one those projects that involve a lot time and I'll admit it, it's not exactly what I want to be doing on my weekends off.

Any others of you that suffer from this unfortunate syndrome? Do you need closure? Well I found some helpful tips to help you with tackling all those unfinished projects:

Simple Mom - Finishing What We Start

So get motivated and busy, finish those projects!

~ Holly

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY NO. 3

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY NO. 2

HODGEPODGE WEDNESDAY (No. 1)

ANOTHER EASY GIFT WRAP ORGANIZER

Part 2: ORGANIZING LISTS...NEED I SAY MORE?

Part 1: ORGANIZING LISTS...NEED I SAY MORE?

CREATING A TOY LIBRARY

EASY GIFT WRAP ORGANZER

TIPS FOR COMPLETING YOUR UNFINISHED PROJECTS