Getting Organized

I know my blog has been severely neglected- life just keeps going and blogging doesn't make it up the list- I think laundry has become a full time job in and of itself.... But I had this great idea (that has probably been had by a hundred other people) but it was new to me and so exciting I couldn't wait to share it here!  I saw this "hanging jewelry organizer" and since I own exactly 7 pieces of jewelry besides my wedding ring it looked like the perfect element & embellishment organizer!  It has 33 pockets on each side (that's 66 pockets!) and I was able to clear up so much shelf and desk top space by emptying out little bottles and boxes into the pretty clear pockets.  And the very best thing about it is it's portable!  I can hang it in my "cricut cupboard" (which is my old TV armoire) when I am working out there or haul it back to my bedroom desk when I'm working there.  So fun, it's changing my life already.  I have seen bigger ones (the kind for shoes I think) filled with punches and other tools and I think I need to get one of those now too- it can hang on the outside of my Cricut armoire, or behind my bedroom door.

I saw this cute menu planner idea on How About Orange from Ollibird and I love it!  You can get it free by clicking HERE.  She suggests framing it under glass and then writing on it each week with a dry erase marker- so cute I might actually do it!

Thanks so much for all the advice from yesterday. Miss B woke up totally happy today and after school she told me that "T" is still her friend. So I guess it was more upsetting to me than her! Now, back to fun stuff! Miss B. helped me paint these cheap wooden knob hook things from Michael's(polka dot circles on the ends) and I made a little place to hold my ribbon.It's not the cutest thing I've ever seen but it's functional, and cleared up a lot of clutter in my office. While I was at Michael's, they were clearing off a couple rows for Martha Stewart Craft items! They only had some things up but they were unpacking boxes and some of it looked really cool! So keep your eyes peeled...And a quick congratulations to the Brinkerhoffs on their new baby Brooke! Staci is such a good sweet mother and her husband Troy is an awesome photographer. He just knows how to get the best shots of children! You have to see this video he did of the girls going to meet the baby at the hospital- it is so sweet, I watched it 3 times and maybe because it reminds me of my girls, it made me cry!