I'm an Organizing Junkie (via Mowser)

Using the PROCESS to organize your pantry

Hi, Iâ€™m Laurie from Handy Man, Crafty Woman.Â Thanks so much to Laura from Org Junkie for having us guest post on her awesome blog. I love how Laura uses her PROCESS technique when she tackles her organizing projects.Â A few months ago, I organized our pantry.Â Itâ€™s a great space, but it had started to get messy.Â I applied Lauraâ€™s PROCESS technique to the job: Plan your project Remove items; sort and purge Organize and purge excess Containerize; find storage solutions Evaluate your plan Solve/simplify anything that isnâ€™t working for you Smile, and enjoy your hard work! The plan: I decided that I needed to develop a new ...

Toiletry Bag Makeover

Let me tell you a little story about how TWO Professional Organizers made fun of me.Â And boy did they have fun doing it too :)Â I attended Blissdom Canada last fall along with Tanna and Margarita.Â Both of them took it upon themselves to GASP, in a not so quiet manner I might add, at the apparently massive toiletry bag I was traveling with.Â Sheesh! :) Truth was it was huge, I just didn't realize it at the time.Â I had gotten so use to traveling with this toiletry suitcase bag that when it came time to pack for a ...

Does saying NO mean you are lazy?

I get asked a lot of questions around here but one question I'm proud to rarely get asked is "how do you do it all?".Â I never want to come across on this blog like I'm superwoman because I can assure you I'm most definitely not.Â What I am though is very careful with my time and I guard it like there's no tomorrow.Â Literally. I don't have a lot of commitments to outside activities in my life.Â Once a week my daughter has piano after school for two hours and twice a month I attend the parent meetings at my ...