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On Saturday a friend came over and helped me with my craft room.  She was amazing.  It became quite apparent that I could have never done this without her.  I urge you all to get past the embarrassment and ask for help. I used to think I was just lazy, and while there is some truth to that, I quickly realized I am lacking some organizational skills.  It might seem like an easy task to group “like” things together, or group things where they are used.  For me when I see an item it has many uses  and many possibilities so it truly helped to have someone walk me through the process!

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better!

First, my sweet friend made me take everything out of the room. OH MY!

Thank goodness she was here.  After about 30 minutes of looking at this stuff I was totally overwhelmed and ready to stop. My son said, “Mom you would have stopped and all that mess would have stayed there for 8 weeks!”—–out of the mouths of babes.

My friend continued to give me words of encouragement the ENTIRE LONG day.  She might have been dying on the inside but never let me see even one single “eye roll” over the amount of ribbon and hole punches —-that is a true friend! I am thankful beyond words for her help!

I am not quite ready to post an update photo.  I will save that for the first of February like I promised.

One thing that helped was to have plenty of small containers to sort items. It was also important to me that it looked pretty. So to help one of you get organized in a fun and pretty way, the Container Store, is generously giving one lucky reader a $25.00 gift card.  Leave a little comment here before Sunday at midnight for a chance to win!

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  2. My best friend growing up would call me to spend the night when her mom wanted her to clean out and organize her closet. So I’d come over and do all this for (and with) her. I figured something had to be wrong with me because I loved it so much! :o)

  3. Wa-Hoo! Like you, it’s important to me to have my stuff put up “prettily”. I need to have it be attractive and within reach. Put me in for the gift certificate, please.
    ps. I can’t wait to see the “after” pics.

  5. Oh my goodness! I want this!!!! I have been wanting to get some new containers to hold my flour, sugar, baking soda, etc. This would be perfect!

  8. Looks great! I had a friend come over and do the same thing with me a couple years ago. I think it’s time to do it again!!

  9. I LOVE the container store! I’m exactly like you, tho’—I get overwhelmed at the big messes!

  10. Who doesn’t need SOME help w/organizing, especially those of us who do a lot of crafty stuff? I’d be thrilled to win!

  13. Oh, I sooo need this! I am right along with you on the craft room! It has been the most challanging room in the house! I am totally overwelmed with it so I just close the door and then complain when I cant find anything! I just dont know where to begin! I cant wait to see the final pix!

  14. I have so many of those plain looking plastic containers to help me keep things organized. It’d be nice to have something prettier to look at! 🙂

  15. Ohhh I would so love to receive a gift card from the Container Store. There are so many organizational things I want from there but cannot justify buying. I can’t wait to see the updated photo and I’m glad things are going well.

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