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organizing

Debbie’s Craft/Workroom Update

February 15, 2012
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My friend Debbie, owns a monogram business, Miss Lucy’s Monograms, and she runs this fun business from her basement.  It’s a family affair and she takes orders and purchases supplies and her husband runs the monogram machine. They are a hard-working family and it’s fun to see all the beautiful things that come out of [...]

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Decluttering Feels Great!

January 14, 2011
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So, I’ve been decluttering my closet and some junk drawers this week, bagging up the excess to haul to the thriftstore.  Let someone else enjoy what I’m not wearing anymore, share the blessings.  Even though I had several bags worth removed from the closet, it is still plenty full.  At least now I can see [...]

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Storage & Organizing the Holiday Stuff

January 2, 2010

Several of you have asked me my methods for staying organized and storing the Christmas decor, as well as storing all the other things that come along with keeping a house and changing things out with the seasons.  So, I’ll attempt to explain what I do, in hopes that it might help you too.  I’ve [...]

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An Organized Life

January 5, 2009

Are you ready for the New Year? The calendar says 2009 and that means it’s time once again for a new page and a new start. A fresh calendar on my bulletin board to add notes and schedules to. And a bulletin board in my office nook that was way too messy with cards, notes, [...]

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Can you love a vacuum cleaner?

January 3, 2009

First things first….in case you’re bored already and need yet another project, I finished the glass ball wreath that Eddie Ross featured on his blog awhile back. These were after-Christmas purchases and it took a total of about 80 balls to make the wreath and cost just under $20. Of course, next year, I’ll add [...]

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Organizing Revisited

February 17, 2008

My very sweet friend, Kat, has just passed on these two lovely awards to me. Thank you SO much Kat! I’m amazed at all these awards, so I’ll proudly add these to the others I’ve received. Wanted to properly thank Kat for that first…… ***********************************************Look….I did it! Remember those recipes I was desperately trying to [...]

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Organizing: 101

January 25, 2008

I‘ve been working on getting organized this month of January and I’ve made some progress. My office nook is straightened and decluttered now and that junk drawer in the kitchen got completely cleaned out. But, I’ll admit it…I need some tips and ideas on getting better organized with my magazines. I currently subscribe to 3 [...]

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Let’s Get Organized!

January 3, 2008

From BHG January 08 It always happens about this time, the inevitable New Year’s pull to declutter and organize. There’s just something about this time of year that gets the organizational juices flowing, isn’t there? Something about taking down all the Christmas decor & cleaning the house just gets me fired up for taking on [...]

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