The winner of the Roberts gift basket is Jane! Her favorite things are the clear stamps. Email your address to kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com before Tuesday to claim the prize. Thanks! THE PRIZE To get you all ready for making your own Valentines and scrapboooking all your Valentine’s photos, Roberts Arts & Crafts is giving away a Valentine’s … Read more
ENTER TO WIN A CAMERA SHOULDER HARNESS! MyBinocularHarness.com is giving away a shoulder strap harness. Its a great camera harness that prevents your camera from sliding from side to side or falling off your shoulder. Works on ANY size of camera or binocular. The strap retails for about $30. The site is giving away 3 … Read more
Thanks to all the excellent recommendations from my like literary-minded friends, 2009 was a year filled with good books. Here is a complete (I think…) list of books I read in 2009. I would recommend every one except #s 22, 37, 38, and 39. Schooled by Gordon Korman A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #4: Analyze The third step is to attack. Vicki listed four parts of the attacking step: De-Junk: get rid of the stuff you don’t use, need, or want Give everything a home: you’ll more likely put it away when you’re finished … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize As you go through your house, notice where clutter collects and focus on finding a solution for those areas. We had a mail issue. Paper causes organization problems for most people. We pay our bills upstairs in the office and keep our shredder … Read more
{The Bosch winner is Deb Anderson! She said, “Wow, this little gadget is powerful enough to crush ice!! So my first thought is to use it for making drinks like frozen margaritas… er, I mean fruit smoothies. :) I love making cheese dip with diced tomatoes and green chilies, but I find that even diced … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort At this class I went to, the presenter talked about “prime space allocation,” which is the space from your knees to as high as you can reach. When you organize things on shelves or in stacks, use that space first because it’s most visible and easiest to … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan To begin the decluttering process, start with 5 boxes, labeled as follows: Garbage Donate Another Room Think About Return Begin with one small area and make a huge pile of everything on the floor. Take things out of previous containers so you can see it all. This will help you sort … Read more
In honor of January being National Get Organized Month, this post is the first in a five part series about getting organized! PLAN I went to an organization class last year at our public library and learned some very useful things. I love containers and organizing and re-arranging things so this class inspired me to … Read more
The winner of the Flirty Apron giveaway is Some Lucky Dog! She said, “I love the Women’s Apron Scalloped Sassy Red!” And the runner up is Jennifer Kruse who said, “I love the Pink Chocolate apron!” Thanks, Flirty Aprons! THE PRIZE One reader will win a Flirty Apron of her choice! MY REVIEW I received … Read more