Organizing & Decorating With Clipboards!

Decorating and organizing has never been easier than it is with 
- you guessed it - clipboards! Why clipboards?  

They are:Inexpensive - they cost next to nothingEasy to acquire - available at any office supply storeSimple to decorate (and they make great gifts for teachers and coaches)

Easy to hang & display

A great way to help you and your family stay organized!

Check out these creative

organizing and entertaining with jars

Who doesn't love these jars? They look great on a counter and are inexpensive to find at Target, Walmart and Crate and Barrel.

Look how many are used in this amazing pantry!

Emersonmade's home

We eat lots of beans and lentils. Displaying them on the counters saves space in the pantry  and adds interest to the kitchen.

stylish serendipity photo 

Organizing Idea -- Make Frugal Closet Size Organizers!! {tutorial}

Hey there Tatertots & Jello readers!  

I am Anna from over at Ask Anna and I'm so excited to be here with you today. '

 Ask Anna is a blog that answers reader's questions about cleaning, organizing and decorating.  Today I am going to show you how I organize my daughter's clothes for the upcoming seasons by sizes.

As you all know kids have a lot of clothes and they grow in and out of them so quickly!  I am seriously so jealous of my daughter's wardrobe, I wish that every season I could get a whole new set of cute clothes, don't you?  When my daughter was younger I used to get a lot of hand-me-downs but now that she's older I don't get as many so I've been buying more and more clothes for her. The only problem with that is that I'm a little cheap {let's be honest, aren't we all} and I don't like to buy her new clothes at full price, every season.   

What I've started doing is buying her new clothes for the next year at clearance prices this year. 

It's pretty hard to turn down a super cute shirt for only $2.00, even if it is a 5T and she's only 2!!!

But what do I do with all of the clothes?





Currently I'm only use the right side of my daughter's closet for the current season's clothing so I decided to organize the upcoming sized clothing on the left side.

• First I started out by separating the items into three categories: 3T, 4T and 5T.  


• Then I headed out to Micheal's to purchase what I needed to make separating tags.  Since my daughter is my little princess I wanted to make something glamorous and fabulous, even if it is just going to be in the closet. :)


• Here's what I ended up buying: pink, sparkly letters, plastic charms (that look like large diamonds), small crowns and colorful ribbon.

Aren't these cool? 

I thought these would be the perfect charms for a Princess closet. 

What girl doesn't love a little bling?!

And these too, just adorable.

• I started by putting them together on a small ring.  Then I closed the ring so that I could add the ribbon.

• Then I added the sparkly letters to show the different sizes that we have stored in the closet.  Here's what they looked like without the ribbon.  


• I also made a "w" because I think I might use it for winter coats. 

Here's what her closet looked like before.  Still looks organized because it's color coordinated by size, but it's a little boring, don't you think?

Here's what it looked like after I added the dividers.

They turned out even cuter than I had imagined.   

The best part is they were inexpensive to make and only took me about 5 minutes to put them together!

I've enjoyed putting together this little organizing tip for you all and I'd love to see you over at Ask Anna to hear your organizing, cleaning, decorating questions! 

Thank you so much for having me Jen!

Thanks Anna!! 

One of my goals this year was to get organized. So this post is so helpful!!! And I am hoping we can talk Anna into sharing more organization ideas to help us get our lives on track.





Some of the other ideas on Anna's site are: 

Fridge Organization 

I never know how to Organize Electronic Cords, love these ideas from Anna!

Have you ever wondered How to Clean Your Washing Machine? Anna tells us how!

Be sure to check out all of Anna's Organization and Cleaning Ideas at Ask Anna!!

PS -- I'm sharing 15 Great Candy Corn Projects at The New Home Ec today.

Check them out to spruce up YOUR Fall Decor!!

Get a More Organized Work Space -- Win an EZ View Craft Desk {$595 value}

Update -- a preliminary winner has been chosen. Comment #83.

 Do you need a more organized craft or work space???

 

The Original Scrapbox.com  is giving away one EZ View Craft Desk (value $595.00 U.S. Dollars).

 So cool!!

This desk has a clear plexiglass top so that you can easily see all of your supplies organized in four different drawers with various compartments.
 

On September 23, 2011 The Original Scrapbox will give away one of these beautiful desks!
Hop on over to each of the participating bloggers for your chance to win a fantastic prize and more entries to win the grand prize giveaway of the EZ View Craft Desk.

 Check out the versatility of this desk, with "Design Your Own" Capabilities.



 

There will be 11 preliminary giveaways with a chance to win an entry into the Grand Prize Drawing for one EZ View Craft Desk.

Enter to win the preliminary giveaway of one ScrapMaBob (value $19.95) and One entry into the Grand Prize Drawing for an EZ View Craft Desk in your choice of color.

If you are selected as a preliminary winner of the ScrapMaBob, you will then be entered into the grand prize drawing held on The Original Scrapbox Blog on September 23, 2011. On that date, a random drawing will select a winner from all of the finalists to receive one EZ View Craft Desk (value $595.00 U.S. Dollars) in their choice of black or white.

*The contest is open to addresses in the contiguous United States only.

Giveaway open from Thursday September 15- Monday September 19^th at 11:59pm.

Giveaway Rules:

*You can only enter under one name

* It is possible to win more than one preliminary prize, which means it’s possible to be entered into the grand prize drawing more than once. (yay!)

*All winner’s addresses must be U.S. (48 contiguous state) addresses

*You must complete the required entry to be eligible to win



Here's how to enter:

• Leave a comment with your email address, linkbacks and how you entered. I'll put all entries into a spreadsheet and use Random.org to select the winner. Visit all 11 blogs for extra entries into this fabulous giveaway!
  
  

• **Required entry: You must visit The Original Scrapbox website and leave a comment HERE on the TT&J blog telling me how you would organize your crafts with one of the products.

Extra Entries:

• Like the Facebook page for The Original Scrapbox

• Follow ScrapboxUSA on Twitter, then Tweet the contest with linkback in your comment.
  

And, want more entries?? You can get extra entries at these blogs --  RachelleWrites
iCandy Handmade
Lolly Jane Boutique 
Henry Happened  Crap I've Made
Priscilla Styles
Sassy Sites
Sew Dang Cute Crafts
Mommas kinda Crafty
Naptime Crafters

*Disclosure: I received free product from The Original Scrapbox to host this giveaway. All rules must be followed and correct United States address given for prize to be awarded.

Good Luck!!

xoxo

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"Summer Social" Guest Project -- Make an Embellished Grocery Bag Container!! {great item to keep in your car}

Jen is my bloggy bestie.  We run The CSI Project together, Crafterminds, and we are doing a web show together in the fall.  Yet I have never guest posted on her blog.  I wanted to have the perfect project before I posted here.  Well that day of perfection will never come.

However, I did come to share with you a fun little gift to give yourself or a friend for the summer…an embellished grocery bag container. 

These are perfect to throw in a beach bag for wet suits.  They are also wonderful to have in your car for summer road trips.  Whatever you reuse plastic bags for having a container full of them looks a heck of a lot better than stuffed in a drawer.  Plus they are so much more portable this way.



I figured out how to fold them so that they are interconnected and one bag comes out at a time but pulls the next one out a little.

Supplies:

12 plastic grocery bags (I used Target ones)

coordinating fabric

Empty wipe container

Fabric Mod Podge

Foam brush

Spray adhesive

scissors or rotary cutter

quilting ruler

1.  Grab a dozen bags and flatten them out pushing all the air out.





2.  Fold them in half again pressing all the air out.



3. Overlap the handles onto the top of the previous bag.  Do this for all 11 bags lining them all up into one big row.



4.  Fold the first bag’s handle upward.  This will be your middle and the first bag you pull out of the container.  All the other bags will be connected to this first one.



5.  Now tightly roll up your bags tucking in the new handles as you roll.





6.  After you roll up 12 bags you are ready to insert them into your wipes container.







7. Tuck the first bag’s handles through the top.  Now you are done.

Done?  What do you mean done? 

I can’t be at TT& J without embellishing right!? RIGHT!

8.  Cut out a piece of fabric roughly 8” x 10”.  With your foam brush “paint” Fabric Mod Podge onto the fabric.  The Mod Podge seals the edges and gives the fabric a durable water resistant surface.

9.  After it is dry cut it to size.  For one of the Lysol wipes containers I cut mine 7 1/8” x 10 3/8”.  Then glue it in place.  I use a spray adhesive because it is quick and easy.  Overlap the pieces one over another. Adorable and practical! 

I LOVE IT!

Here are some more summer fun ideas if you want to come to my house for a little bit:

Chalk Spray

Windproof Picnic Quilt

 Paper Bag Pinata

Thanks Beckie!! I have a whole drawer of those plastic bags and now I know what to do with them!!!

Beckie is awesome. Not only is she funny, but she's smart, creative and has a big heart too.

Have you seen her signature "Roadkill Rescue" projects? 

I love this Changing Table turned Shelf she made for her craft space!

Of course I love this Chevron Trash Can transformation.

And you have probably seen Beckie's "Countdown" Kisses Boards, she's made different ones for several holidays. So cute! 

 And have you seen her Purple Board and Batten Bathroom?

Plus Beckie Runs Another fun site -- Knock Off Decor. The girl is busy!!

You will love following along with Beckie as she scoops things up from the side of the road and transforms them into treasures at Infarrantly Creative!! 

xoxo

PS -- Have you checked out Sandra at Sawdust & Paper Scraps'

"Christmas in July" 

series going on right now? 

 Today I am sharing Rolled Flower gift ideas -- rings, earrings, necklaces and bookmarks.  

Something for everyone :)