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.
What a great first step! It does take time and a LOT of work to get organized. I had to unload our multipurpose room to paint it and realized how much paper junk i have! aurgh!! so that’s my new organizational challenge. there’s something about a new year that makes me want to be clean.
that pile doesn’t look too big!
I need containers and shelves – I have stuff everywhere.
oh I love to organize and I love containers! =)
That would be so great and give me great motivation to organize my many messes
with a new house and a new craft room, I could use this! WOW!
I need to do lots of organizing. We are moving to a smaller home and need re-organize! 🙂
I am in the middle of an organizing spree… anything from the Container Store would be a lifesaver at this point!
Way to go! Ok, I have 8 inch white tile too and I am WAY WAY impressed with your CLEAN grout!
Me me me! Please! I’d love to get their shoe boxes, for shoes and crafts!
Let’s just say that my crafting closet (it holds other stuff too) has been… sorely neglected. I need to tackle it and get it organized!
The Container Store is my mecca – if I used that word right (?). It’s like returning home
Thanks!
I’m so glad to hear that I’m not the only person who gets overwhelmed by organizational tasks! Thanks for sharing about your progress and for the giveaway, too!
The first of February is a very long way away! I can’t wait to see update pictures! I’m glad you had such a successful time of organizing, I know how hard it can be to keep moving once you see that pile of stuff you now have to go through. Kudos to you!
And thanks for the opportunity to have an excuse to go to my favorite store!
Bri