When I first saw this post from Eryn Lynum on her blog from Famine to Foodie, I cried. Full on cried reading it. It was beautiful. Beautifully written, and so powerful.
I adapted her blog post, shortening and re-wording a bit, to create a baby shower gift for Carson’s sitter who is with him when I am at work.
You can download my adaptation here: The gift of $9.36
Watch this video to see why I loved it so much…
The one place in my home where I DON’T use dollar bins. There, I said it. And it’s important I explain why.
This is a high traffic zone with heavy items, and to truly maximize space, the way I wanted to, I spent more for bins that are extremely large and sturdy. And boy do they ever work. I have had this system in place for 3 years, and it’s been functioning so well for my family. I focus on functional, not pretty. It’s easy to maintain and I love it.
By far my favorite products are these Clear Over-The-Door Shoe Organizers
Here’s one Dollar Tree Product I do love for pantries! These amazing labels! They have made them so cute since I bought mine, too!
Edit: If you are having a hard time finding these labels in stock at your local Dollar Tree: You can also find something similar in a 24 pack here
The bins I have are no longer available from the container store, but the labels are. They are on sale for just $1.99 right now!
As I teacher, I know that classroom resources come at a premium, and making a difference isn’t easy without support.
Chevrolet shared a $200 donation on my behalf to support teacher’s efforts and enrich kid’s lives through www.donorschoose.org. This is not a paid sponsorship video, and I am not being paid to endorse any company mentioned. Just sharing love to the classrooms that are deserving because it was gifted to me to bless onward!
This is a community platform, and I do this because so YOU, so I want to support as many of your suggestions as possible! If you are a teacher and have a page on Donor’s Choose, please let me know!
Otherwise, visit www.donorschoose.org, let me know about a teacher’s profile you would like to see supported (there is a search function to find teachers near you!)…who knows. Your child’s teacher or a teacher you know, might be in need. <3
Putty to stick the boxes down
In my initial post in this series, many of you also mentioned wanting to see how I organize my mail and files to keep my office neat. That video is to come!
P.S. If you are looking to line your desk and you will be using wrapping paper, it is best adhered with painters tape rolled into a ball!
Less than $3 for 10! Click to see more.
I didn’t go through each of the baskets individually in the video, since it’s all the standard laundry room stuff, categorized by type: floor cleaners, spot removers, dusters, air fresheners, paper goods, etc.
But the overview gives you a good idea about how to think intentionally about your space and maximize every corner.
Let me share with you my favorite keys to Laundry Room Organization! Enjoy 🙂
My grandmother always said you can tell a person’s true character by seeing how they deal with two things: lost luggage and tangled Christmas lights.
Lucky for you, you will never again have to deal with the latter 😉
Here are my 6 favorite tips for storing Christmas lights and decorations in general. I hope they inspire you and help you for next year (and this year!)
I don’t know about you, but I always struggle so much to take my lights down. It always make me so sad. The clutter of the decor I am always ready to ditch, but the lights. Man, I just love ’em.
Thrifting to get organized? You betcha. I wanted to share with you some of my favorite organizing tips when shopping thrift stores (namely the Goodwill, but you could be pretty much anywhere that carries housewares.)
All thrift stores are not created equal (see more on that here), but there are a few general finds that make AMAZING home organizers and all Goodwills have them. Even if your Goodwill caries basically junk.
(Easter Eggs of this video…organize your tupperware lids and store your towels! You won’t regret it!)
Happy New Year! I’ll be posting again on Friday!
I HAD to get this video up because if you need organizing products NOW is the time to get to Dollar Tree. I was there today with Carson and holy bananas, it was beautiful in all its gloriousness. Ahhhhhh (that is the sound of angels singing a sweet melody)….
Sad fact is in a few days time this area will look like a disaster and there will be nothing left.
Hit up the WHITE items this year, get your labels, and get cracking on those organizing products. And don’t forget to send me pictures. I love that.
Here’s what I did this week to help out my mom and her new place.
Also, have you entered in my Dollar Tree Giveaway, yet? Make sure you do! <3
Also, take a look at our Linen Closet for even more ideas (this video is a bit older, but all the systems are the same!)
This is not a sponsored post. All opinions are my own.
Welcome to my NEW corner of the web! Doitonadimeblog.com! I’m thrilled to have this (much more official) space for a new year of videos, organizing, and frugal living. YAY! 🙂
I wanted to kick it off right with a Dollar Tree Giveaway for you guys and an exciting announcement about the month of January: I AM GOING TO BE POSTING A NEW ORGANIZING VLOG TWICE A WEEK FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH!
I want to help you, inspire you, and encourage you to get organized this year. Expect videos seeing organized spaces, new tips, tricks, and solutions (all on a budget), and motivation videos to get you on your way. Still same old me. Real systems that actually work for this busy people.
For those of you wondering about the blog, that’s a huge thanks my friend Rachel (The Patriot Nurse) for snagging the domain name for me. She did this way long ago, even before I was a blogger, because she wanted to pay it forward. Yes, amazing kindness and people like this still exist 🙂 Also thanks to my husband for helping me with my logo and his techy-skills to make this transfer happen.
A giant hug to all of YOU, who follow my youtube, my blog, write me kind messages, and make this a genuine community. I appreciate each and every one of you! <3 Let’s do this thing!
I hope you had a wonderful day celebrating with your family. This is my favorite time of year. Here are a few highlights from our morning. These are memories I never want to forget. I wish you peace, joy and love in 2015. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
joy that will be for all people. today in the town of david a SAVIOR has been born to you. he is CHRIST the LORD. ~luke 2:10
