Archive for the clutter Category

Who’s Up For An Organizing Challenge?

February 16, 2010 by Marci  |  2 Comments

Who's Up For An Organizing Challenge?

Laura, at I’m An Organizing Junkie, is hosting a 28 Day Organizing Challenge during the month of February.  The challenge to readers is to declutter and organize a space in their home during February.  All throughout the month, Laura and a talented group of guest authors, are serving up tips and tricks to make the [...]

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Organizing Lessons From The Kitchen

February 2, 2010 by Marci  |  No Comments

Organizing Lessons From The Kitchen

I have been slowly re-organizing and de-cluttering my kitchen over the past couple weeks.  In doing so, I learned a few organizing lessons that can help us all!  Visit me today at The Creative Mama and read all about it!

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Be Clutter Free

January 23, 2010 by Marci  |  No Comments

Join me today as guest author at Family Survival 101.  Today, we are talking tips for staying clutter free.

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Great Links To Help Organize Your New Year!

January 6, 2010 by Marci  |  3 Comments

Great Links To Help Organize Your New Year!

Now that the holidays are over, does anyone else feel the need for some “spring cleaning” in January?! Since taking the decorations down, I can see I need to clean and organize just about every area of my house. My plan throughout the year is to organize a little area every week or [...]

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Post-Christmas Toy Management

January 4, 2010 by Marci  |  No Comments

Are you wondering where to store all those toys Santa and his elves left at our house this year?  Do you have too many toys already?  Visit me over at The Creative Mama today for some ideas for managing your kids’ toys.  If you have any toy storage or organizing tips, I’d love to hear [...]

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Start Overcoming Busy Right Now – The 15 Minute Project

October 23, 2009 by Marci  |  2 Comments

Start Overcoming Busy Right Now -  The 15 Minute Project

Just the thought of decluttering and organizing can be enough to overwhelm some of us.  When we look at the size of the job as a whole, it can seem impossible to tackle.  That is why lots of us never even start.  This week in our series “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now”, lets look at [...]

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Tips For Staying Clutter Free

October 14, 2009 by Marci  |  2 Comments

So, you’ve invested the time to de-clutter and organize your home.  You are basking in peaceful, serene glory.  Then, it hits you.  “How in the world am I going to keep this up?!?!”  You may have found a place for everything.  But does anyone else know that?  Does the system you created work for everyone [...]

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Start Overcoming Busy Right Now – Be Thankful

October 2, 2009 by Marci  |  5 Comments

Start Overcoming Busy Right Now - Be Thankful

This is the continuation of the “Start Overcoming Busy Right Now” series.
This is the picture of the window above my kitchen sink.  I found this “Give Thanks” decoration last summer.  I think it is supposed to be for Thanksgiving, but I plan on keeping it right there year round.  It is a great reminder [...]

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Hey look! I’m featured on I’m An Organizing Junkie today!!

October 1, 2009 by Marci  |  No Comments

Hey look!  I'm featured on I'm An Organizing Junkie today!!

I am so excited!  Yesterday’s post about my DIY re-charging station is being featured as a “Storage Star” on I’m an Organizing Junkie.  I love that site.  One of my favorites.  Laura always has great tips and ideas for organizing our lives.  Check it out!!

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De-Clutter Your Mind

September 4, 2009 by Marci  |  7 Comments

The more I think about it, the more I believe that most of the stress and busyness in women’s lives comes from clutter.  I’m not just talking about the extra junk lying around the house (although that can be a huge source of stress).  Mental clutter can be worse.  Mental clutter is those negative thoughts [...]

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Cereal Box Organizers For Kids’ Stuff

September 2, 2009 by Marci  |  8 Comments

Cereal Box Organizers For Kids' Stuff

This is my first time participating in Works For Me Wednesday at We are THAT Family.  I have been a fan for a long time and have gotten some great ideas there.  This weeks theme is organizing, so I couldn’t help myself but to jump in!  My goal is to have my whole house organized, [...]

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