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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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  1. I am buying my first house and it has a small office that will be my craft room. I would love to get it off to an organized start!

  2. I’m not sure why, but it’s always easier to help someone else organize their stuff than it is to organize our own. I guess we don’t have the emotional & creative possibilities attachments to someone else’s stuff. It is an overwhelming job. Bless your friend for helping out. What do you have to do for her? I, too, love the thought of organization, but am overwhelmed, so some help from the Container Store would be most welcome. Thanks for letting us play along!

  7. I recently did the same “unload the room” attack to my fabric stacks. It was amazing to see what I had horded that I knew would never be used. I donated lots of scraps to the kids’ school and made everyone’s day.

  8. WAY to go! I’m *almost* inspired, too! Probably will be when I see the “finished” photo. Can’t wait!

  10. Your friend sounds like she is very organized. I need someone like that. Maybe with some new containers I could get motivated!

  11. I’ve been wanting to go to that store here for a while now. This would come in handy!

  14. I WOULD LOVE TO WIN THIS! You should have us post pictures of why we need this gift card. I live in a over 100 year old house. Small house with LOTS of stuff! 🙂

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