Our Brother Ptouch label maker winner is Elizabeth.

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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. I am a huge organizer but never have the money to buy the plastic bins etc to organize as much as I would like! Congrats on getting your room organized–I can’t wait to see pictures!

    I love these giveaways too! Thank you so much for your wonderful blog–I’m completely addicted!

  3. Organization is a difficult thing here at my home. Funds are tight and a giftcard to the Container Store is just what I need!

  4. Wow that actually looks like great progress to me. That is exactly what I did when I started in on our closets – we live in an apartment so every bit of organization helps.

  7. Wow — Great giveaway.

    Of course, if I am selected, I’m sure to spend twice as much as the card. I can never walk out of there without getting some of the pretty other options!

  8. I am not aquainted with the Container Store. I bet I could find out about it if I had a gift certificate. So glad your friend did not let you leave all the stuff sit in a pile. So much more restful if it is organized. Keep at it.

  9. I can’t wait to see the results…and what a good friend you have!

    I love the container store…a recent purchase (on deep discount) will play a very big role in my craft room update this spring!

  13. What a great friend you have! I can’t wait to see the update. I would love to win the gift card!

  15. I need a friend like that. I have started an organization project, and have stopped. It is TOTALLY overwhelming.

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