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We found this great video from sgmomma on YouTube. What a fantastic way to file, yet keep handy all of your money saving coupons. We just had to share the Savvy! 

I was sitting in the living room the other day looking at the pillows thinking it was time to throw them in the wash. Alas - I had cut off the care tags when I bought them and thrown them away. Now I am not 100% sure how to properly launder them! DANG!

While I sat there regretting not having saved them, I thought of a solution where to put those tags in the future. Create a file in your filing cabinet that is labelled “special laundry care items” for all these random items. When you cut the care tags off them, staple it to a 3×5 card with a heading of a description of the item, such as “fuzzy white living room pillows”. That way, when the time comes to figure out how the heck to care for it, you know you can refer to the file and always be able to properly take care of your belongings.

While this doesn’t solve my immediate problem, it will sure help in the future! Good luck with your own special care items and hopefully you don’t have too many disasters!!

Organizing doesn’t always have to be a huge day long production. I’m sure we’ve all learned through the podcasts that getting organized is an ongoing process, you don’t have to be perfect just keep at it.

If your clutter is keeping you up a night, we suggest taking FIVE! That’s right… take 5 minutes right now and clean up ONE cupboard in your kitchen, or one drawer in your dresser. One space, Five minutes…easy peasy. Now go set the timer, and don’t get sucked into doing more. This is your five minute fix then pat yourself on the back and do something else, enjoy your family, read an extra book to the kiddos, take a bubble bath, and be proud.

Let us know what your “5 Minute Fix” was today (mine is under my kitchen sink!) - Daria

I have long struggled with accessorizing my wardrobe, and have finally determined that I was born without that gene.(DANGIT!) Pulling myself together is something I have been trying to do more of after becoming addicted to the TLC show “What Not to Wear“. (BTW, I would be fine if someone wanted to nominate me…!) I realized that part of the reason I never varied in my necklaces was because I had no idea what I had and they were always jumbled together in a mess in my jewelry box. I typically would think of this at the last part of getting ready, as consequently would never bother because of the state of the mess.

I had been “racking” my brain, trying to come up with a reasonably inexpensive alternative that would work and I came up with this idea. A cork board attached to the back of your door (bedroom or closet) with all of your necklaces hanging on the back. I used push pins to hang the necklaces and bracelets, but I am thinking you could use it for other accessories as well. I haven’t figured out to hang my little earrings yet, but when I do, you will be the first to know. I hope you enjoy getting your jewelry organized! - Maja