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Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Principles of An Organized Playroom

January 14 by Annie

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Principles of An Organized Playroom

Now that Christmas is over, the inevitable question lingers - what to do with all those new toys?  Never fear, our in-house professional organizer, Annie, has us covered with some pro tips and she's here today to help us launch our best year yet.Here are her pearls of wisdom... If you feel you're in an ever-losing battle with your children's games and toys, take comfort in the fact that you're not alone. I've encountered few families who've had difficulty navigating the toy jungle.Before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: board games, live simply by annie, organization, playroom organization, playrooms, toy organization, toy storage

Keep Kids’ Art Organized All Year with DIY Artist’s Portfolios

October 2 by Julee

Keep Kids’ Art Organized All Year with DIY Artist’s Portfolios

Are you struggling with what to do with all that art and school work coming through the door when the kids come home from school? Never fear - today Julee's with us sharing a simple DIY project we think you're going to love. We create - and save - quite a bit of art at our house. With school just starting, the volume of paintings, drawings, and other crafts is only going to increase.My current storage solution for keeping my children's creations is to pile them on my desk until it becomes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Organizing Tagged With: art, art organization, diy, How to get organized, organizing kids art, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

Kids’ Responsibility & Money Management Printables Pack

September 4 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Kids’ Responsibility & Money Management Printables Pack

Happy September guys! It's the first week of school for my kids and that means I've got our morning and afternoon routines on the brain.If you're in the same boat, I've got a great deal for you today!  For two weeks only I'm offering our readers...  30% off our Kids Responsibility & Money Management Kit Just use the code: BackToSchool  What would you say if I told you that my 4 and 5 year old get up, get dressed, and even make breakfast on their own every morning - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Parenting, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Schedules & To Do Lists Tagged With: chore chart, chore lists for kids, family jobs for kids, kids allowance, kids chore charts, kids responsibility kit, Kids routine, kids routine charts, money management for kids

Parenting Hack: Do-able DIY Homework Stations to Set Up at Home

August 20 by Annie

Parenting Hack: Do-able DIY Homework Stations to Set Up at Home

As summer draws to a close, our focus shifts from the beach to back to school; teachers, lessons, classrooms, and homework. With kids of all ages now trucking home extensive workloads, it's wise to establish a space inside the home that's a suitable study environment. Without an efficient place to do homework, kids can struggle to focus, can lack the motivation to attend to their work, and can be prone to household distractions They can also, in reaction to insufficient workspaces, develop … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: art and homework station, DIY homework stations, DIY roundup, live simply by annie, schoolwork

DIY Jewelry Organization Board

April 23 by Julee

DIY Jewelry Organization Board

I'm gonna go on record right now and say this is one of my very favorite Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life projects ever!So cool, so easy, and so perfect for storing your #5RingsToStopYelling. Here's Julee with the full how-to... Now that my daughter is six-going-on-sixteen, the number of necklaces, bracelets, rings, hair clips and other accessories in our home seems to be multiplying by the hour.Our school day morning routine is hectic enough without the added task of tracking down a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: DIY jewelry organizer, How to get organized, jewelry, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

3 Hacks for Saving Time and Money While Back-to-School Shopping

August 23 by Kristin

3 Hacks for Saving Time and Money While Back-to-School Shopping

This post is brought to you by CJ Affiliate’s VIP Content Service. Thank you Kmart for sponsoring this post. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Kmart, all content and opinions expressed here are my own.Our summer has consisted of trips to the beach, the local ice cream shop and play dates with friends.  We've had our fill of fun and all that comes along with endless days off.  Now my three kids are ready for school to start.I think they might be craving some structure and who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing Tagged With: back-to-school shopping hacks, getting organized for back to school

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Cheerful DIY Storage Jars

February 23 by Kristin

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: Cheerful DIY Storage Jars

If you're a regular here, you know we're all about getting kids involved in contributing around the house early.Sometimes that means setting up regular family and money jobs, and sometimes it just means taking a little time for a bright and cheerful DIY organization project.Here's Kristen with the details... Things look better when they are organized. And I think we function better when things look better.Case in point:  The Junk Drawer.We all have one and if you've ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art + Kid Crafts, Kristin, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: DIY organization, diy projects, DIY storage jars, easy kid craft, home office organization, How to get organized, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: How to Get Rid of Your Paper Piles for Good

September 19 by Kristin

Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life: How to Get Rid of Your Paper Piles for Good

Five people live in this house.  That's five times the amount of paper a single person sees in one day.That means I have to organize my way through bills, business items, personal correspondence and all the paper it takes to make one's way through middle school and high school. It can be a lot to handle.I consider myself a fairly organized person, but before I created a system for my house there were tears over lost homework, stress over client invoices and the embarrassment of a late … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: How to get organized, how to organize paperwork, organization hack, organization tips for moms, paper organization, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

20 Organization Projects to Make Back-to-School a Breeze

August 3 by Alli

20 Organization Projects to Make Back-to-School a Breeze

It's back-to-school month. You know what that means - time to buckle down and set up some solid morning, lunch packing, and maybe even homework routines. It wouldn't hurt to set up a backpack and study zone either!Here's Alli with 20 of the best projects out there to get you organized for Back-to-School. My oldest son will be starting a Mother's Day Out program this Fall. I know, I know. That's small potatoes in the back-to-school world. But still. It has my heart in a lurch.I'm already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alli, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: back to school organization, how to get organized. POYEL, kids routines, organizing art supplies, packed lunches, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, school organization

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