Wednesday, May 30, 2012

May Wrap Up!

So another month is ending! May has been a very memorable month...lots of great giveaways, a blogversary, many great things happened. If you missed anything, here is your chance to catch up!


1 - Allison, from House of Hepworth showed us how to make decor balls.

2 - Leslie gave us Ten Causes and Cures for Clutter

3 - An update on our roof and curb appeal

4 - Organized Reader, Jennifer, with her Once a Month Meals

5 - Updates, Vacations, and More

6 - A little progress on my office & OMF Headquarters: the Overview

7 - On being a Momma

8 - OMF to the Rescue: Kitchen cabinet dilemma

9 - Mineral Make-Up Mess

10 - Blogversary Week: A Giveaway a Day

11 - OMF to the Rescue: Laundry/Pantry Room Duo

Here is a list of all our sponsors of all the giveaways this month:

1. Tracy, from Clever Container with her $50 Gift Card


  • Tracy's website  and consultant ID is 453


A. Crumb's Away Utensil Tray Organizer

B.  31 Products: Rhnea's 31 website

  • you can contact her through her website


C. Hannah from Willow House



D.  31 Products from Valerie


 www.mythirtyone.com/valeriestegemoller
  • Consultant ID is 146445

D. Brigitte from Clever Container

  • Clever Container ~ Independent Consultant (ID 301)


E. Laura from Creative Memories




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Monday, May 28, 2012

OMF to the Rescue: A Laundry Room Dilemma

It's time for another OMF to the Rescue! I received this email a little while back and wanted to help her desperately! 





She says..."I can proudly say that I also LOVE having a clean, organized home. It gives me peace and makes me happy! Now my sister on the other hand is a different story! I have been trying to help my sister organize her home so that she can share in the same happiness that I feel. She has a beautiful home but {needs} help to organize her laundry/pantry duo room...This room opens out to her kitchen (all on the first floor that you walk into from the front door) so I think it is a great start to get her organized. She uses it obviously for laundry, but also some food/pantry storage on the shelves and other misc. items. All in all, it needs some MAJOR help! Because it opens out to the kitchen, it definitely needs some special attention."


So, let me show you some of the pictures she sent - the pictures help me a LOT to be able to visualize the size and space and what it's used for. As you can see, there are some things in there that just shouldn't be there - the bag of charcoal right next to the dryer {ummm, not a good idea} and baking rack of some sort behind that, etc. 




Also, on the other side of her laundry "room" {really more like a nook} is a rack she uses as a pantry. So, I've found many ideas via Pinterest and I think these will help you get an idea of what she could use to spruce up her tiny space.


Laundry Room  laundry room


First, I like this simple space. It's an open shelf with a rod for hanging your "just dried" laundry. There are bins on top to hide any unsightly things - but they can be labeled and organize light bulbs, etc. You could even add a second shelf to put stuff higher up that you don't use as often. I love the stripes in here because it makes the laundry room seem bigger than it is.


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The next one is simple, also. Notice there is a shelf right on top of the washer and dryer. Then, there are several more shelves and a curtain to hide it all! I did something similar to this in my first house. 


A pretty porch/mudroom/laundry room traditional porch


If you are daring enough, you could do more open shelving and place a large counter, should you have a front loading machine. The baskets are cute and can hide all kinds of stuff. There is a large laundry soap bin to store you soap. 


Vintage Laundry Room  laundry room


A similar space uses a regular cutting board on top of the dryer to help hold things. This owner has paired down her cleaning supplies to just a few things, placed clothes' pins in a jar and her laundry soap in a jar. I know you all wouldn't put flowers on your dryer while doing laundry....but you get the point!


Laundry Room eclectic laundry room


I like this idea to put somewhere in the room to hang your things to air dry. It's up high and can be used only as needed.


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Now, to the other side of her tiny laundry room. It has door in it...and you know that I always recommend USING the back of the door whenever possibly.
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In this pantry, she put cardboard on the wire shelves. She used baskets to corral her bags of things and then stacked her cans on risers in the shelves. She also used the back of the door, again super smart! I am SURE that these inspirational pictures can help her get things organized now! It takes purging out the stuff that doesn't fall under "kitchen pantry" or "laundry room" and then using that small space to it's maximum. Make shelving go all the way up to the ceiling, get rid of duplicates that aren't necessary, find baskets to corral smaller items both in the pantry and over the laundry area. It's totally possible, but will take a little work! Anyone else have ideas for her?

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Blogversary Week: LAST giveaway - Creative Memories

The very last giveaway for this week-long celebration is here! It is from Creative Memories!



Laura, from Creative Memories, is offering you TWO giveaways! The first one is the fantastic "Reflections" Power Sort Box. This is an amazing box to help you organize your photos.


I was nearly giddy when I saw the neat way you can organize your photos with this! It's totally different than your average photo box. It's got these neat dividers inside, within the box, that you can "power sort" and pull out a big section at one time.


You could even use this for sorting greeting cards, too! I thought it was just a neat product! It has a sturdy button closer on each side of the box so that if you bump it and it turns over it won't open up.  


She's also going to give away a Daisy File Mate. It's this really neat penda flex file {that's pretty too} for 12x12 sizes. It's ideal for scrapbookers, BUT I used it for my vinyl pieces that I use in my new Cricut machine. 

Laura's Creative Memories website


As you can see, these are two awesome organizing products! But, you'd better hurry because the ALL the giveaways end tonight at midnight {EST} and you don't want to miss out on a chance at winning any of them:

Crumbs Away Utensil Tray
31 All in One Organizer
Willow House Carousel organizer
31 Mini-Organizer
Clever Container $50 Gift Card

I will announce ALL the winner of every giveaway TOMORROW!!!


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Friday, May 25, 2012

Blogversary Week: Clever Container Gift Card

It's ANOTHER great giveaway!! 

A few weeks ago I got to give one of these away, and now I get to do another one! How exciting for you!!

Brigitte, from Clever Container, is giving one of OMF's readers a $50 gift card to Clever Container!!


I have put together a few {more} items that I think are fabulous from her website.

1. Cargo Pocket
2. No Leak Litter Bag
3. Document Boxes
4. Perfect Pup Pocket Pal
5. Phubby Wrist Cubby
6. Couponizer
7. Gear Pockets

I know, I know...everything is fun because it's all to help organize! So, really, anything you choose would be seriously fun! Here is our generous consultant, with all her wonderful information for you to look at her website and products:


Brigitte Todd
248~819-2243

Clever Container ~ Independent Consultant (ID 301)
www.clevercontainer.com

Clutter T.O.S.S.  (Totally Organized ~ Simply Simple)
www.facebook.com/ClutterTOSS



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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Blogversary Week: Giveaway a Day - 31 mini-organizer

I have another wonderful sponsor from the company Thirty-One that is giving away a mini-organizer! 


This couldn't have come at a better time! I was thinking of ALL the ways I could use this to keep organized and {with the help of some girlfriends} we came up with quite a few ideas.

This mini-organizer is SUPER cute but totally functional for so many projects. Here is a list of what my friends and I came up with for it:



  • Organizing make-up and brushes
  • Organizing garden tools and seed packets
  • Organizing crafts and art supplies {brushes}
  • As a purse organizer
  • Organizing your knitting or crocheting tools and projects
  • Organize your jewelry making projects on the go
See? It's a pretty good list. I'm sure I could add a bunch more ideas, too! But, I KNEW exactly how I would use it - and I've even had several requests from YOU, my readers, about how I organize my purse! Well, to be honest, it's pretty boring how I organize my purse.


You see, I don't like carrying a large purse. I don't like taking unnecessary items with me. I only put the bare minimum in my purse. If you remember, I put emergency items in my van and can always run out to my van if I really need anything. I have found, through the years, that these are the only items I really NEED to lug around in a purse!


I also change my purses up about twice a week. Seriously, I change my purse with my outfits, quite often. In fact, here's a good example from a week {or so} ago that I posted on Instagram - in the picture, I showed my church clothes and then a few hours later I was in my painting clothes, but you can see my colorful yellow purse in the church clothes' side!


I DO have those times when I want to bring a larger purse with me and on those occasions, my small stuff gets totally lost in the big purse. So, THIS cute organizer was the perfect solution!


I took all my stuff and put it in the mini-organizer and it just fit right into my larger purse - then I could put my magazines and files into there.


It's great in there, isn't it? Now, wouldn't you LOVE to have one of these? Well, Valerie, from Thirty-One is giving a mini-organizer to one of you! Be sure to enter the giveaway below. If you'd like to see MORE great bags and ideas, go to Valerie's website. Remember, there is a special going this month you don't want to miss:



Valerie's Thirty-One website:

 www.mythirtyone.com/valeriestegemoller
Consultant ID is 146445
Email: stegemoller3@yahoo.com
Phone number 254-597-1142




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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Blogversary Week: Giveaway a Day - Willow House Organizing Carousel

To continue our celebration of Organizing Made Fun's 2 year blogversary, we have another wonderful sponsor!!


Hannah, a consultant from Willow House, is giving YOU a fantastic carousel organizer! 


She sent me the carousel and I knew immediately where I would need to use it...cause I have a little problem with our "soon to be" craft cupboard. It used to be our game cupboard, but this summer I'm determined to do something with this area, cause it's a mess!


See? So, this is the start of something pretty over there...


It's a great product, and I love how I can pick it up and carry it wherever I go. This "craft" table is in our family room next to the craft {crap} cupboard. 


I took my daughter's art supplies - pens, pencils, scissors, and some of my Cricut supplies - and put them in each of the glass cups.

It looks so much better. And she's giving one of these to a very special OMF reader! But, you have to be sure to enter. You have three opportunities to enter!!


Before you do, I want you to see a few of my favorite organizing products from the WH website.

-- Zoe Organizing Buckets
-- Belle Mead Flatware Caddy
-- French Wire Carousel Caddy
-- Vintage Wire Stand
-- French Wire Convertible Basket



--where you can subscribe to her newsletter of specials and contact her directly






--This is an exclusive giveaway--this item is actually "on vacation" because it is so popular and won't be back until the fall--so this is a great giveaway item
--Every Monday she posts the weekly deals & Mystery Deals at random--these are posted on her Facebook page

IMPORTANT INFO--
--There is more! 
--ANY customer that spends $39.96 or more, gets an item under $40 for 1/2 price (it will prompt them to pick this item)
--You must enter Organizing Made (first name) & Fun (last name) as the "Host" when you check out {should you purchase any goods}
--There is also an outlet with items from previous catalogs at 25-85% off in her store--it's under the outlet tab

Here contact information:
Hannah Murry, Independent Willow House Consultant

Hurry, this giveaway ends on Saturday, May 26th at midnight {EST}!!!





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3. Try refreshing the page.

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