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How To Organize Reusable Bags

May 23 by Annie

great tips for neatly storing all my re-usable bags

For those of us environmentally minded folks on the west coast of the United States, reusable bags are like the law. But actually, they are the law. With the ban on plastic bags in full effect in some cities, stores now operate as BYOB—that’s: bring your own bag—establishments. It’s not just here, either. People the world over are beginning to wake up to the fact that using reusable bags is a small way they can be kinder to the planet. The only hitch in all of this is that reusable bags are a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: folding reusable bags, how to organize your life, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, storing reusable bags

Stop Cleaning While Your Kids Sleep – ASAP!!

March 27 by Kaley

How to make a DIY Kids' cleaning kit to help teach kids responsibility and create a kids chores routine in your home.

Today Kaley is sharing with us a very clever (and cute) way to get the kids involved in the cleaning. The take home message here is clearly "start getting them involved early!" and I think it would be a great thing to share with your mom friends. How cool would this be as a gift?  Kaley's even sourced a few pretty picks to help you get started... How many of you do the cleaning while your kids are asleep?  If you do, stop! Kids should not only see what it takes to keep a home, they should … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning House, Kaley, Learning & Engaging, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: cleaning kit for kids, cleaning with kids, how to organize your life, kids chores, kids cleaning kit, organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

2016 Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Printables NOW Available!

September 5 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Get organized AND keep the kids happy (and organized themselves) - this is such a great idea!!

It's nearly April and that can only mean two things. First, it's officially spring cleaning time. Second (and decidedly more fun), Spring Break is coming! Whether the idea of cleaning, sprucing and organizing fills you with glee or with dread - I've got an awesome offering today to help you get it done quickly AND to enjoy all the extra free time with the kids. We're offering an extremely limited time, "Save Your Spring" Bundle on our most popular PDF products. Get $8 off when you buy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fresh Finds: The Everyday Tagged With: How to get organized, how to organize your life, kids chore charts, Kids printables, kids routine charts, organizational printables, Planner printables, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

Spring Cleaning: Free 4-Week Printable Plan

April 13 by Kristin

Now that it's March, we're definitely due a Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life spring cleaning post... have you gotten started yet?  Yeah, me neither. But I'm giving myself some grace and saying there's still time! In that spirit, Kristin has rounded up for us some of the best FREE spring cleaning checklists around to help get you started.  And, as a special bonus, there's a free 4-week spring cleaning calendar at the end of this post. If there's anyone that can inspire us to Spring Clean, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning House, Kristin, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, Style & Simplify Tagged With: cleaning checklist, cleaning printables, Cleaning schedule, cleaning your home in a day, free cleaning check list, free cleaning printable, free cleaning schedule, free spring cleaning printables, how to organize your life, organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, spring cleaning

Top 10 Cleaning Tricks for Families with New Babies

April 9 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Such a cute idea for a new baby gift full of things parents actually use!

Here's something fun - MPMK is moonlighting over on The Home Depot's site, The Apron Blog.   They recently asked us to guest post on some of our favorite tricks for keeping things fresh and clean with a new baby at home - a topic that's right up my alley these days! This DIY kids' cleaning station makes it fun for older siblings to help out and I'm totally in love with both the form and function of this clever space. In fact, all 10 of the ideas our home-life and playtime contributor, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning House, Kaley, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: cleaning kit for kids, cleaning system, cleaning tips for new babies, getting onesies clean, getting organized, home organization, how to organize your life, kids cleaning station, new baby cleaning kit, organization, sponsored

POYEL: Guide to Buying Storage Containers

June 25 by Jen

Sources. 1. Glass Jar - Ikea 2. Under Shelf Basket - Dollarama 3. Plastic Bins - Amazon 4. Plastic Bins with Lid - Dollar Tree 5. Pop Containers - OXO 6. Chrome Basket - Amazon 7. Roll Out Shelf - Amazon 8. Solid Shelves - Amazon Our contributor Jen is just a little ahead of me in the moving process - which means I'm taking serious notes on the wisdom she's dishing out below.  Hopefully there will be photographic evidence of my own progress in the months to come.  In the meantime, read on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Decluttering, Jen, Organizing, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: best storage containers, How to get organized, how to organize your life, organization containers, organizing, organizing with baskets, POYEL, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life, storage containers

30 Tips to Make Life Easier & Better

April 30 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

I've got a bit of a love/hate relationship with Pinterest.  Mostly it's all fuzzy warm feelings and gratitude for the mountains of delectable eye-candy.  But I do have a couple bones to pick too. First, it can be a HUGE time suck.  Invariably so at times when I really just need to get stuff done! Second, I've realized that all the pinning over there has led to fewer round ups over here. So today I'm attempting to remedy both of those problems with the inaugural (and possibly last ever) MPMK … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Style & Simplify Tagged With: getting organized, how to organize your life, organizing

POYEL: 10 Tips for Better Meal Planning

February 19 by Natalie

Some people love meal planning, some people hate it. Whether you like it or not, it can be really helpful for your budget, your time management and your sanity as a parent. Everyone goes about meal planning a little differently, but this is how our resident food contributor, Natalie, sets herself up for success before the actual “meal-planning” time begins. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Meal Planning, Natalie, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: dinner ideas, how to organize your life, meal planning, organization, organizer, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

How to Store Your Digital Photos Like the Pros Do

January 21 by Kristin

One of the things I've been dying to tackle with Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life is digital photo storage.  I have thousands (maybe even tens of thousands? I'm not sure - I'm too scared to look) of photos currently on my computer.  Not at all organized, not even a little.  I just haven't been sure how to go about it. Then it hit me... I have some stellar professional photographers on my team, why not ask them how they do it?  So today MPMK's own professional photog Kristin is here doing just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kristin, Organizing, Photography & Memory Keeping, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life Tagged With: digital photo storage, how to organize your life, organizing photos, photo organization, Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life

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