Freebie Friday Winner
Thanks to everyone who entered our Freebie Friday giveaway for a chance at a spot in our upcoming Organizing with Your Kids online workshop! Congratulations go to Helen, who was selected at random. Helen commented, "I'd [...]
Organize a Ransom Box + Freebie Friday
I kept coming across the idea of a toy jail/toy ransom box for items the kids don’t put away and thinking, “I should totally do that.” It’s such a great idea! I just could never seem [...]
Get Organized for Summer: Free Printables
This is the third post in our series on getting organized for the summer. To read the first two posts go here and here. Create a Vision My last post in our Get Organized for the [...]
How to Ignite Your Creativity
For the past six years, the motto on my blog has been “Organizing & creativity go hand-in-hand. Organizing creates space for creativity & creativity makes organizing more fun!” I continue to find this to be true, [...]
Get Organized for Summer: When are you at your best?
A big thank you to everyone who posted questions about getting organized for the summer! It was fun to read your questions and hear about your summer challenges. I’ll be answering some of the specific questions [...]
Organizing with Kids: Handling Hand-Me-Downs
“Do your kids get hand-me-downs from friends or family? If so, sort and purge right away. Keep only those items your child will use or wear.” ~Aby Garvey That’s a snippet of advice that Aby offers [...]
Getting Organized for Summer
Summer is coming! We’ve definitely been talking about it here at work as this will be my first summer working at simplify 101. Between Aby and Jay’s two kids and my two kids, there are a [...]
Organizing with Your Kids: A long term perspective pays off.
Right before we left for Michigan, my daughter got spring-cleaning fever. She was in the mood to pitch things like she’s never been in the mood to pitch things before. Now, if you’ve taken any of [...]
Declutter Your Keys
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my family and I went to Michigan last week to visit family. Part of our trip involved picking up a new-to-us car. (Hooray!) This means we have an old [...]
Home
Last week, my family and I snuck away for a few days of vacation in Michigan. I always call this “going home” since I grew up in Michigan and this is where most of my immediate [...]