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10 Winning (And Affordable!) Ways To Store Holiday Decorations

November 9 by Annie

#7 is genius - will save me so much time next year!

As I start the process of unpacking my haphazardly stored holiday decor each year, I always think to myself that there must be a better way. So this year I decided to do something about it as part of our Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life series. What did I do exactly? I turned to a pro, of course. I asked our in-house professional organizer, Annie, for her favorite tips! Bookmark or pin them now and save yourself a lot of time and grief at the end of December. It might seem as though this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Holiday, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: Christmas decoration storage, Christmas decoration storage hacks, christmas light storage, DIY holiday decoration storage, gift wrapping storage, holiday decorations, How I organized my entire life, how to get organize, how to store holiday decorations, organized storage, ornament storage, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

POYEL: Car Hacks for Happy Kids

October 13 by Alli

The best tips and products for driving around with happy kids - love that iPad holder! #MunchkinTravel

Whether your family routinely does a ten hour trip to grandma's every Thanksgiving, or you just find yourself in the car shuttling kids around A LOT now that school's back in session - a well organized and entertaining car environment can be a parent's best friend! Today Alli is teaming up with MPMK's newest sponsor, Munchkin, to share her favorite tips and products for keeping the mood happy in the car so you can be one zen Mama, wherever the road may take you. They're all great, but my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alli, Organizing, Parenting, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, The grown ups (that's you!) Tagged With: car hacks, car ipad holder, car organizer. Munchkin, road trips with kids, traveling with kids

Our Fail-Proof 3 Step Plan for Saving Kid Art & School Projects

September 1 by Julee

A fail-proof 3 part plan for how to handle ALL THAT artwork and school papers!

My kiddos headed back to school last week, and I know it won't be long before they start coming home with all sorts of papers, projects and pictures. Last year, I struggled quite a bit with deciding what to keep and where to keep it. This year, I'm starting with a plan. My plan is intentionally simple. I don't follow through with overly structured systems for managing household tasks, and I know it's likely to fall to the bottom of my to-do list if it isn't amazingly easy. Here are the basic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: art organization, artwork organization, How to get organized, keepsakes, kids art organization, photo books, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, saving kids artwork, saving school work, school work organization

How to set up a study space anywhere

August 20 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

This are brilliant - can't wait to set one up for my new kindergartner!

With a soon-to-be kindergarten in the house (what?!) I've been scouting out spots in the house to set up a study station for him. And, after doing a little web surfing, I became convinced that it's impossible to set up such a space in literally any space. So I put together a handy roundup of the most ingenious ideas I found. You can check them all out here. Want more MPMK goodness over the weekend? Be sure to sign up for our newsletter (and get the free 6 week meal plan) and to follow … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: homework station, how to put a study station anywhere, how to set up a study space

10 Best Ways To Organize Art Supplies

July 6 by Annie

10 Best Ways To Organize Art Supplies

I recently mentioned my newly rekindled desire to set up a tinkering/creation station in our new house for the kids. So - of course - I had to put our resident professional organizer on the job to make sure I had all the resources I needed to get it done right. Here's Annie with her ideas on how to create a beautifully functional and organized art space for your kiddos. P.S. Creating a space like this is also IDEAL for using with our free summer B.O.R.E.D. printable. School's out for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Art + Kid Crafts, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: art caddy, art cart, art organization, art supplies, art supply organization, craft room, DIY creativity center, How to get organized, live simply by annie, mason jars, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

DIY Family Flip Flops Bucket

July 2 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

DIY Family Flip Flops Bucket - Need to make this and keep by the back door so my 3 year old will stop getting slivers from the deck!

This is an easy summer DIY that looks great, will bring a little order to your life, and is fun (and mess-free) to do with the kids. In other words, it's a total winner in my book. Hop on over to eHow's Mom Channel for the simple tutorial. And before you disappear for the holiday weekend, make sure you come back tomorrow to get in our special 4th of July weekend sale on Camp Mom!   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: DIY flip flops pail, family flip flop bucket, flip flip pail tutorial

3 Awesome LEGO Storage and Organization DIYs

March 16 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Love all three of these projects for organizing LEGOS, especially the DIY drawstring play mat!

I'm away prepping for, or possibly enjoying, my new baby boy today (I'm not sure yet as I'm writing this several weeks in advance of publishing it). Either way, I haven't forgotten you guys.   I've asked Holly of the kid play mega site, Kids Activities Blog, to stop by and share her best DIYs and tips for finally getting those LEGOs under control. This is a challenge we're starting to face in a very real way around our house and I absolutely love all of Holly's ideas - especially the DIY … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: DIY LEGO play mat, DIY LEGO storage, DIY LEGO table, LEGO organization, LEGO storage, LEGO table tutorial, toy organization

Creating a Dress-Up Play Closet {The Forever Home Project}

March 9 by Julee

How to makeover your child's closet to encourage dress-up play but keep everyday clothes organized - super clever product recommendations, definitely getting #1, 2 and 8!

A dress-up closet is such a great creativity tool for kids.  Unfortunately, not many of us have the space to create one in our homes.   Today Julee is sharing her tips for maximizing your kids' closet space to create a hybrid dress-up/regular clothes closet and I'm totally smitten with the results. We just removed the doors from S's closet and replaced them with curtains to free up some space in her room and give her better accessibility.  I think our next move will be to incorporate some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Julee, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Style & Simplify, The Forever Home Project Tagged With: DIY dress-up closet, dress-up closet organization, how to make a dress up closet, kids closet organization

How to Organize Photos Like a Professional Organizer: POYEL

March 2 by Annie

Can't wait to try this 5 step process from a professional organizer this weekend.

Our post on How to Store Your Digital Photos Like a Professional Photographer was so popular that we decided to follow it up with another Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life post on how to organize print photos from our resident professional organizer, Annie.   She's got a fool-proof 5 part process you're sure to love! While the majority of us have shifted into the digital realm most households still have a stockpile of family pictures. Printed at the local drugstore some several years ago, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Annie, Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Style & Simplify Tagged With: family photos, how to organize photos, live simply by annie, organizing photos, photo box, photo organization system, picture organization

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