Organization Challenge Day 12: Spice Cabinet

The spice cabinet!!! I extended this by organizing all 3 cabinets in that side of the stove. I have now organized all of my cabinets!!!! Yay!!!!! Now, I just need to finish the drawers. It will happen soon.

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Sooooooo much better!

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Organization Day 11: Freezer

I know the challenge was only to organize the freezer, which probably meant that the fridge was set for another day. However, I was in the mood+my baby boy was taking a great nap+I might not be in the mood later. Nevertheless-it is done, and I am so happy it is! My fridge was looking pretty bad!

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Organization Challenge Day 5: Under the Kitchen Sink

I did yesterday's challenge yesterday, but I have been so busy since then. I may not post pics for this one, because they really weren't that impressive anyway.  There wasn't a great transformation on this one, because we had cleaned out that space a couple of months ago.  Happy organizing everyone! I hope everyone is staying motivated! I still need to do todays assignment, but I really want to get a couple more baskets first.
TGIF!!!

Organization Challenge Day 4: Linen Closet

Vast improvement! I am mostly excited that it forced me to organize my gift wrap.

Before:
Do you see my jumbled mess of gift wrap, boxes, ribbon and tissue paper??? Yuck!

Voila!!!

Look at this beautiful specimen of organized gift wrap! I also have a box on the top shelf that holds all of my gift bags.  I want to get one more matching box to hold all of my gift boxes and tissue paper.

Organization Challenge Day 3: Tupperware Cabinets

What a feeling of accomplishment! I forced myself to throw away a ton of containers.  I had a whole matching set.  There was no need for me to keep the others.  Take a look at my organized, clean cabinets!

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Yay! I LOVE IT! Check out the organizational challenge:

Organization Challenge Day 2: Desk Top

I spend so much time at this desk that I should keep it organized, BUT I don't. Take a look at how it was before the challenge:

Here it is after I took everything off (except the monstrous computer) to clean:

This is one of my organizers.  It is where I always put the bills that need to be paid, blank envelopes, and mailing labels.  Oh, and the large envelope for collecting records for filing our taxes. As things start arriving in the mail, I immediately put them in this envelope. I don't want the hubby having to put out a search warrant for the missing items when he sits down to file our taxes.

This is the final product. I know that some would say there is still too much clutter, but it is just right for me.  The organizer on the left holds a clip board, my address book, more labels, and all of the specialty printing papers and labels. The printer sits on a stand just to the right of the desk. So, it is kinda handy to have it there.

I am taking part in the 21 day challenge at:

Organization Challenge Day 1: Junk Drawer(s)

The challenge for today was to clean out your junk drawer.  The sad thing is that I could count a lot of junk drawers in my house.  We have built-ins in the den.  Those drawers have been filled with who knows what, BUT I only focused on the more infamous kitchen junk drawers.  Yes, I had/have two in my kitchen too.  It seems like such a waste of space, but that junk needs a home too.  You never know when you will need it, and I like for my junk to be very close by.

Here is the before pic:

Here is the after pic:

A great improvement right? I can't wait to see what we are organizing tomorrow! If you need to be challenged to get organized like me, visit this blog:

21 Days to Organization

I have 3 New Year's Resolutions this time around....

1) Start spending more time in God's Word
2) Lose weight (I had a baby in August, and I have about 15 pounds I would like to shed.)
3) Get this home organized!

Sooooooo, when I heard about a 21 day challenge to getting organized, I thought I should try it. If you would like to participate, check it out:

A Bowl Full of Lemons

Perhaps I'm Nesting?...Organizing the Playroom

With only 16 days until my induction, I think the nesting phase has begun!

99% of the time, the playroom looks like a tornado tore through it.  It amazes me that kids will play in a space with little to no walking room......BECAUSE THEY THREW ALL OF THE TOYS ON THE FLOOR!!!  I had a very easy storage system in there at first. There were two huge toy baskets and a book shelf. The playroom has an itty bitty closet, but it hasn't been used because there were no shelves in there.  Well, instead of waiting on someone to build shelves for me, I decided to buy a cheap shelving system that I could install myself.  I went to Big Lots and purchased some toy bins, and I made my own labels.  My daughter is only 2 so I needed labels that she could recognize by sight.  Therefore, I found images that were very recognizable. You are welcome to use them too.

Toy Bin Labels

Here are some pics of the organized playroom.  I wish it could stay like this forever!