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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  4. Wow! We just recently finished converting our guest bedroom/craft room into a nursery and I can appreciate the daunting task of reorganization! I cannot wait to see the “after” results.

  8. Hooray for organizing! I just had surgery and am WAY behind on everything, so I’m itching for the chance to organize!

  9. Wow, what a true friend! It feels good to be organized I’m still trying to get my scrap area organized from Christmas!! Any organized gift would be great to win!

  10. Oh man, could I use a friend like that! I’m not sure I could get over the embarrasment though. My whole house is a wreck!

  11. With 5 kids, it is always a challenge to stay organized. We would love to have more storage containers to keep on top of all the artwork, homework, sporting equipment and crafting supplies.

    Thanks for the chance.

  15. Oh my, I feel your pain! I think if I won I would start with organizing my son’s playroom. We have 1 basket and the rest of the stuff is spread out all over the place…ugh!

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