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Today’s Birthday Special – The Mess Kit

Organized A to Z | July 4th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Today’s featured “birthday” special is The Mess Kit! Organized A to Z is celebrating our birthday in July, but we’re giving you the presents! Each day, we are offering our favorite products at 25% off. The discount is good today o read more

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Today’s Birthday Special – Get Organized, Get Revitalized

Organized A to Z | July 3rd 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Today’s featured “birthday” special is Get Organized, Get Revitalized! Organized A to Z is celebrating our birthday in July, but we’re giving you the presents! Each day, we are offering our favorite products at 25% off. The discou read more

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Get Organized: Preparing for Emergencies

Get Organized! | June 30th 2009 by Carmen

When little boys around America join the Boy Scouts, one of the first things they learn is the Scout motto -Be prepared.But what has a boy to be prepared for, other than sword fighting with friends, playing video games, and pestering their sisters? F read more

The Best Closet Organizers

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | June 30th 2009

Most of us can use some assistance and guidance when it comes to organizing our closets. A search on the internet or at your local home improvement store will offer you many different options to choose from. You want the project to look great when yo read more

Get Organized!

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | June 30th 2009

Get Organized! 101 Ways to Help You Get Organized and Stay Organized! Related Posts Home Organizing Tips: Start Little, See Big Results Get Organized for 2009 Initial Steps to Getting Organized Master Bedroom Organizing Tips My Whole House is Disorg read more

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A Closet Disaster

The Clutter Princess | June 25th 2009

I was eating breakfast and drinking coffee this morning when I heard the loud crash. I thought for a moment that something hit my apartment building, but I quickly realized the crash came from my apartment. I opened my closet and was stunned to see a read more

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National Magazine Seeks Tips from Real Women on How to Get Organi…

Get Organized! | June 25th 2009 by Carmen

Do you have a special organizing tip that helps you get organized and stay organized? If you have something - a routine, a hint, a method for keeping your home neat and tidy - a national women's magazine wants to know! They are looking for fresh ide read more

Maximize Your Closet Space With Wonder Hangers

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | June 18th 2009

Instantly triple your closet space with the amazing Wonder Hanger. Sold in a set of eight, each of these fantastic Wonder Hangers holders fits five wood, metal, or plastic hangers, for a total of 40 shirts in the space of eight. Strong enough to hold read more

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Get Organized: Something Every Woman Should Try to Do During Her…

Get Organized! | June 18th 2009 by Carmen

I was browsing through the June issue of Ali Magazine, when I flipped the page and saw "20 Things Every Woman Should Try to Do During Her Lifetime" pop out at me. I was immediately intrigued -- I love reading stuff that challenges you to think and do read more

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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, But Only if You Can Find Them!…

A Fresh Start the Blog | June 13th 2009 by Gail Gray

Photos courtesy of Erin Markland with Stella and Dot www.gotstella.comWhether you are dripping in diamonds or collecting costume jewelry, it does you no good to have it if you don't wear it. Most women don't wear their jewelry because it is just to read more

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5 Ways ADD and Organizing Can Go Together

Organized A to Z | June 12th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Thanks to Organized A to Z partner Samantha Naeyaert of Muddle Management for contributing today’s blog post! I am diagnosed with ADD and my darling 14 year old daughter is diagnosed with ADD, but my husband isn’t! How do we Find Peace Throug read more

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Fearless Tossing

The Clutter Princess | June 11th 2009

As I deleted thousands of e-mails from a client’s inbox, she stood behind me, directing which ones were good to go. She said, “Why can’t I do this without you? You make me less afraid of deleting e-mails.” I’ve come acro read more

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Get Organized: Woman Mistakenly Trashes $1M Mattress

Get Organized! | June 11th 2009 by Carmen

We all have those flashbacks that make us think: I'm so stupid! Why did I do that?! An Israeli woman had one of those very moments this week, when she realized she had junked a mattress stuffed full of US dollar bills and Israeli shekels -- over $1 read more

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Regain Control for an Organized Life

Organized A to Z | June 9th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Thanks to Organized A to Z partner Kristin White del Rosso of Pea Organizing Services, Inc.SM for contributing this article to our blog! Stress can impact each of us in different ways. According to the “Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index,” 58 p read more

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Get Organized: An Easy Way to Recycle Beauty Products

Get Organized! | June 9th 2009 by Carmen

Are you really going to use that lotion that you got at the office gift-swap party 2 Christmases ago? Ummm...no. Chances are, you've got some beauty products that are -- but really shouldn't be -- taking up some valuable real estate in your bathroom. read more

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Simplifying Your Kitchen Clutter - Keep the Plastic Containers fr…

A Fresh Start the Blog | June 7th 2009 by Gail Gray

At the recent National Association of Professional Organizers annual conference, I signed up to give a review of the latest lines of Rubbermaid food storage containers. I was excited as a child on their birthday when I received my package of contain read more

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Get Organized: Martha Stewart's Guide to an Organized Summer

Get Organized! | June 2nd 2009 by Carmen

We've talked about how we shouldn't compare ourselves to Martha before. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't learn some good organizing tips from her!MSN recently showcased "Summer Organizing Tips" from Martha Stewart mag that'll help you have an organ read more

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26 Recipes = 26 Laundry Stains: Vanilla Berry Ice Cream Pie

Organization 2.0 - Bust Clutter! | May 28th 2009 by Meredith Grimaldi

Vanilla is still America’s leading ice cream flavor. I love it because it blends so well with so many flavors. As we head into berry season, enjoy this quick to make pie that will have everyone thinking you slaved in the kitchen. Vanilla Berry read more

Closet Organizer Kits

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | May 21st 2009

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Organize Your Beauty Items With a Cosmetic Bag

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | May 21st 2009

Are you the type of person who just dumps all of her makeup and beauty needs into her handbag? Have you ever experienced trying to fumble for your lipstick inside your clutch because your cosmetics are in disarray? Are you guilty of traveling with read more

Tips on Buying Organizers

Essential Guide to Organizing Your Home | May 21st 2009

Your closet is a place to keep necessary everyday items that you may not want to actually look at all the time. Closets provide excellent storage space in your home and can have many different uses. A closet can be small, while other can be huge. read more

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Organizing Paper with P.E.A.C.E.

Organized A to Z | May 21st 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Today’s post comes from Marlo Nikkila, the Organizing Coach. Organized A to Z carries her “Organize Out of the Box” product that provides a new, refreshing approach to getting organized. Is the paper in your life driving you crazy? read more

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“X” Marks the Spot – There’s Treasure Here Mates!

Tidy Kidz | May 20th 2009 by Zane Griggs

This is a fun way to get kids started cleaning up in any super messy room-ADVENTURE STYLE! Ideally this works best with more than one mate but if all the others have walked the plank and one mate is all that’s left then so be it! (As long as th read more

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Finding Time with Temporary Time Boundaries

The Time Finder with Paula Eder | May 20th 2009 by Paula Eder

Yesterday we discussed how using time boundaries can help you stay focused in the moment, even when something you are looking forward to (or dreading) is on your horizon. Today I’d like to look at how time boundaries can help you focus and prio read more

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5 Lazy Ways to Organize

a fresh start blog | May 18th 2009 by Gail Gray

How many times do you think about organizing a drawer or even a room and give up because it is too overwhelming?  Well, I hate to break it to you - organizing is work, but organizing doesn’t have to be a nightmare!  Like weight-loss, most p read more

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Clutter Free Home Files & Paper Systems

Organized A to Z | May 18th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

Thanks to our guest blogger, Nancy Black of  Organization Plus, for today’s tips on creating a clutter free home file and paper sorting system! Here are some ways that you can decrease the papers that come into your home. Pay bills online or read more

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Customer Question – How Do I Organize Lots of Costume Jewelry?

Organized A to Z | May 14th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

I received an inquiry from a valued Organized A to Z customer asking about sorting and organizing jewelry. She was inheriting a large amount of costume jewelry and wanted to know the best way to categorize and sort without damaging anything. ThatR read more

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Get Organized: How To Remedy Gift-Giving Frustrations

Get Organized! | May 13th 2009 by Carmen

Sometimes it's hard enough to remember what you ate for dinner yesterday, let alone remember what to buy grandma for her big 7-0. To keep my gift-giving in order, I use a system that's worked well for me for several years now. So what's my secret? It read more

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Organizing Household Files and Managing All That Paper!

Organized A to Z | May 11th 2009 by Kathy Jenkins

At Organized A to Z, we understand that home filing systems are as different as the people who create them! Everyone has different priorities and different ways of thinking about how to organize their records – by category, by payee, by alphabe read more

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Decorative Swapping

a fresh start blog | May 10th 2009 by Gail Gray

The other day I was watching Oprah and she had the adorable Nate Berkus and the clutter cutter Peter Walsh on.  They were showing neighbors swapping furniture in order to recreate new looks in their homes.  The point behind the show was to open ou read more