Our Brother Ptouch label maker winner is Elizabeth.

Thanks for the over 400 comments!  It was so fun reading through them!

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. That is one scary picture!
    Just the thought of organizing makes me want to run for the hills…
    Loving your new site, Its gorgeous!

  2. Great giveaway! I have recently starting selling my bows to a salon in town and now my room is a MESS! I’d love to buy some containers to organize!

  4. Pick me! Pick me! I really, really, would love to win! I am new to sewing/crafting and do not have alot of room, so getting organized would be very helpful. By the way, I love your blog.

  5. Organizing NOW…cant wait to be finished…. but the finished project is soooo rewarding. Finished 3 rooms…now working on the 4th. I bought 100 plastic shoe box sized containers. That really does help/
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  8. I would love to win this! It could help me find out where my craft area has disappeared to, since all I can find is a bunch of stuff that doesn’t belong there but don’t have a home anywhere else.

  9. you’ve inspired me to get organized!!! Thanks for the awesome and very generous giveaway! 🙂

  11. Hi! This is my year for hopefully getting my house in order. That is barring no major life changes. We have lived in this house for 51/2 years and too many things are still in boxes or setting around! I can not take the mess any longer! I hardly have anything hanging on the walls or decorative touches to our home. Please enter me in your fabulous drawing. Many thanks, Cindi

  12. I need all the storage I can get. What I have isn’t very organized.
    So a gift card to the container store would help organize and calm
    some of my bath room items.
    Thanks for the chance to win a practical item.

  13. I just love your page I added it to my family blog for quick access. I would love to join the giveaway, thank you . And congrats on getting organized

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