Spicy Saturday

Today we took a trip to Bed Bath & Beyond where we got spicy with organizing our spices with this neat little spice stacker organizer! Check it out - I'm going to purchase a few more because we are some spice loving people and have way more than 18 bottles to store:

Organizing

I LOVE to organize! NOT to say everything in my life is organized but when I have time I love organizing and cleaning because it makes me feel more relaxed.

Since Spring is here I am already getting the itch to SPRING CLEAN plus reorganize EVERYTHING. As I am doing that I am also getting in the mood to decorate and for those of you that know me you know I am a minimalist when it comes to decorating. Not sure If I am a minimalist because that is my style or if it is where I am totally lost when it comes to doing it. In addition, I hate spending a ton of money so I wait till things are on sale that I like or just buy nothing at all.

I do have a few tricks when I organize and I'll share them with you:
-use a fishermans lure clear container box or boxes to organize earrings, extra earring backs, extra buttons, pins, and even some less expensive rings

-use shoe separator racks to keep track of all of your shoes then place shoes you may only wear on special occasions in clear shoeboxes to store in the top of your closet

-clean out your makeup drawer often and keep the drawer clean by putting all of your makeup in a plastic clear shoebox - this also helps you pull it out to put it on daily!

-organize your payments, income, and other financial paperwork by either purchasing a file cabinet or using a portable file box containing hanging file folders labeled with each expenses and income name - this is also helpful if you are going to have your taxes done by someone other than yourself

I have a ton more but those are a few that are on my mind now! Happy organizing!!! :-)

We will we will pin you

Just got into the new craze of pinning on Pinterest. Such an interesting idea and I love it. I actually use to take photos and web addresses and put them in a word document so that I could keep track of ideas and things I loved.

I have also wrote list after list with items we needed or wanted in my journals with their approximate costs because if you own a home you know where I am coming from when I say you ALWAYS have some part of your house you need or want to change.

Anyway I think Pinterest is a wonderful tool to organize all the things you like so when you are ready to buy you can click and go for it.  Check it off your to do list!! I wasn't paid to say all of this but I had to share that I do love this new app!
Watch out pinning is addictive but here is the website to see what I am talking about: http://pinterest.com/  or you can get the app on your smart phone or ipod touch too