A big thanks to Cindy here at Skip to My Lou for having me!  I have a great organizing project for you as we head into 2012 : The Take-Out Menu Binder.

This is simply a binder for the menus of all the local eateries and restaurants, along with coupons and restaurant info.  What a great resource for those nights you don’t feel like cooking, huh!  All you need is a 1/2″ binder, a couple of page dividers, and a few sheet protectors – oh, and those menus!  Don’t worry if you don’t have any menus yet, just collect them as you go out.

Download and print these pages here.  (via freepdfhosting.com)

Behind the second tab are the menus.  Like I mentioned before, collect them as you dine out.  Or check online, some restaurants such as Chili’s and Wingers have printable menus.  I’ve put them in sheet protectors to ensure a long life.

Lastly, I’ve included a section for coupons.  You know, the kind that come in the mail-2 Six Dollar Burgers for $6.00 or a Free Beef ‘N Chedder with the Purchase of 1!  I love me a good deal!  These are also snugly placed inside a sheet protector.

And that’s all there is to organizing a Take-Out Menu!  I hope you’ll go download the restaurant info and start your own Menu Organizer!!

A pants hanger – really?!  This is a brilliant way to corral ribbon spools shared by Creating Keepsake blog.

Need more storage space in the garage?  Check out this tutorial from The Family Handyman on creating storage on the garage ceiling. Fantastic!

Lifehacker has a great idea to manage all of those cables under your desk using binder clips!

If you have millions of toy pieces and parts, you will love these clear vinyl bags  from Make It-Love It.  Take a look at the great tutorial.

Genius!  Store curling irons out of sight with PVC pipe holders!

Want to find even more fun idea’s?  Are you on pinterest?  Come find me there.

1. Fabric Storage Bin Tutorial

2. Sturdy Fabric Storage Bins

3. Fabric Basket

4.  Fabric Box Tutorial

5. Fabric Covered Cereal Box Storage Bins

6.Fabric Scrap Baskets

7. Fabric Bucket / Basket Tutorial

8. Fabric Spring-form bucket tutorial

9. Round Fabric Bucket Tutorial

10. How to make lined canvas bins

It is a New Year. Usually I don’t have New Year’s Resolutions (as you will see from the photos below), my life is just lived a bit more haphazardly. Remember that girl up there in my header is me—skipping along, stuff falling out of the wagon and while I never want to let go of the shear bliss of creating, it is time to let in some organization.

I would love to open this up for a group project as I am always willing to receive help and take advice. However, I remember not too long ago when I asked for your best organizational tips many of you seemed as befuddled as me (hehe). I will put it out there again. What should I do?  How do you do it?

I will post a new photo of my room the 1st day of each month this year. Hopefully this will document the progress I have made! Any companies out there that want to take me on as their personal project—don’t hesitate to apply!

Turn away now if you are squeamish!

The Room

The Closet

A crazy shaped nook built into the wall where I stuff fabric

I have started reading Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity.  I would love to implement his system. I do wonder what he would do with all of the #6 plastic containers waiting patiently to be made into Shrinky Dinks? You can take a little quiz to test your Getting It Done IQ at his website.

I realize by posting these photos Martha will never want to be my BFF!  I do feel the need to explain the photos (my husband even said he was embarrassed for me)—-it takes so much stuff to do all the projects here at Skip to my Lou, the room is too small, I don’t have money to buy more organizational aides(and obviously don’t know how to use what I do have), I have three kids, I am so busy, on and on………but really!

Help!