Now that a new school year is upon us, I get calls from parents panicking over dealing with the massive influx of papers coming home from school. What to keep, where to keep it, and how to manage it all so it doesn’t become overwhelming. Being both a parent and a Professional Organizer, have I [...]
It’s that time of year again…kids consignment sales are popping up all around my neck of the woods. I love these sales because it means that I can get clothes, books & toys for my daughter at a fraction of the retail prices in usually nearly new condition. And it means my clients can clear [...]
My 9 year old daughter has a unique fashion sense. Always has. She’s also quite opinionated and, dare I say, obstinate? This has been going on since pretty much forever and we often butt heads over things. There’s some stuff I’m quite strict on: manners, food and kindness. But others, not so much. One of [...]
So after doing all of that sorting and purging and categorizing with Kelly over at her home school at Faithful Provisions headquarters, it’s time to talk about how we set it all back up. If you recall in Part 1 of this series, we pulled everything out of the space, grouped like with like as [...]
Kelly, at the fantastic frugal living site, Faithful Provisions, and I have teamed up to bring readers all sorts of organizing tips for several areas in the home including a home school set up, a home office, the kitchen and others. While Kelly is naturally pretty organized, even she was running into some snags . [...]
Every time I organize, there’s always oddball things that end up laying around in a playroom/bonus room/bedroom/wherever. In my daughter’s room, these were her basketball and her guitar. These are not easy things to keep in bins or on a shelf but they needed to go somewhere. Oddly enough, as I was pondering the basketball [...]
As an organizer, I love organizing books and as a mom, I love organizing books. Stacey Crew’s new book, The Organized Mom, combines the best of both worlds. When I had my daughter, I was in my late 30′s and had absolutely no idea what I was getting into. Oh, I went to the classes, [...]
Organizing kids and their stuff was the topic today on Blog Talk Radio with Julie Verleger of The Organized Home. I was a bit nervous as this was my first time on Blog Talk Radio but I had a good time and hopefully didn’t sound like too much of a dork. If you missed it, [...]
Attack of the Runaway Playroom! Playrooms can be a fabulous part of your home, but for so many people, they can quickly become a nightmare. Kids aren’t naturally inclined to put things away, and most of the time when a playroom is set up – things either are just sort of set around for kids [...]
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Organizing Your Kids Starts With You…Guest Post By Miss-Organized
The following post is brought to you courtesy of Tracy Paye a.k.a. Miss-Organized. Tracy wrote this post recently and it really struck home with me which is why I’m sharing it with you. Organizing Your Kids Starts With You . . . The clean house self esteem connection As a single mother of a very, [...]