Getting Organized

I'm always looking for new ways to organize things around the house and of course I always find great ways on Pinterest. Last week I decided to do 2 ideas that I found on Pinterest that were cheap and easy to do right away.

The first thing I did was organize our manuals to everything around the house. I just had them all in a drawer in the kitchen and it was so messy, it drove me nutty. Haha! When I seen this idea I was like YES let's do it. I had everything I needed except 1 big binder to do this project, so it really only cost $3 to do this.

I divided the tools and household ideas into separate binders. I tried doing them all in one but we have so many it was too thick and wouldn't close. We will prolly have to invest in a bigger binder for the household items soon if we get anymore, that one is about to be overfilled as well. 



The 2nd thing to get organized was batteries. We normally just tossed them all together in a Ziploc bag, but sometimes that didn't work we just tossed them in the junk drawer. My husband is always saying I know we have these kind of batteries but couldn't find them. LOL. This plastic organizer I got for this was like $4.00 so another cheap project done and looks good.

Now doesn't this look easier to find instead of just tossed in a bag, I think so!

That was the fun of getting organized last week. :)

Reusing Candle Jars

I don't just get food ideas off Pinterest, but I also get lots of organizing ideas and much more. I found this cute idea of reusing candle jars and I finally had some candles that were done so I got to try this! This is a great idea and I can't wait to have more candles used up so I can use them for more storage. :) This time around I used my candle jars for Q-Tips and Cotton Balls for the bathroom. 

I just love this idea it turned out great! 

1. After you candle is completely used, place the candle in the freezer for about an hour or so. 

2. Then you want to take a knife and get the wax out, this is pretty easy. 

3. Give the jar a good hot soapy bath and remove the labels.  

4. Let them dry before adding items to them.

 5. Add whatever items you want and you have such neat little storage containers. :) 

I have so many more ideas for these jars! I can't wait till I use up some more.

Craft Organization

I continue on my organization of our house. Last week I started working on my craft stuff to make things easier to find and see in the cabinet. I found some really cool things at Hobby Lobby to better organize my stuff. I got a few items on sale and I was super excited about this. I love sales and getting stuff cheaper than normal. :) I don't have an actual craft room right now I just have stuff in our dining room and bedroom. I use the dining table that is in there to work on projects. We don't ever eat in the dining room for many reason, we don't have chairs for our table and we like to watch TV why we eat. LOL But once we get a house I want a nice dining room table and to have my own craft room so it's not just out for everyone to see. HAHA. I used to have a craft room in our basement when we moved in the townhouse but after Kira decided to get through the door and mess my room up I decided it wasn't worth it to have it down there. I put a lot of money into building my collection and I don't want the dog to mess it up and I have to throw stuff away. I could prolly get away with moving it back down there b/c we now keep her in a kennel, but it just seems so far to walk down there to work on stuff. Sometimes I hate that our washer and dryer are down there. I know silly but I'm sure many of you know the feeling of up and down the stair to do laundry. But most definitely when we start shopping for a house we will make sure to have a nice place for me for my crafts and my photography. I can't wait! I hate just have stuff everywhere and not all together and looking nice. It drives me nutty!

Before...I liked the little divders but they didn't hold a lot so I would have to buy many of them.

After....This wasn't the original organizer I bought for card stock. The first one I got I just loved and was super excited for it but once I got it together it didn't go together right and the shelves didn't fit. I was very disappointed about this. So Shane and I took it back while we were out last weekend and I was looking for something else but didn't see anything, so I asked him he is seen anything that would work and he found this bad boy! I do like this organizer and I can buy more and they will stack together.

Before...This was all my brads and stuff.

After...I got this at hobby lobby and it would great so I can see everything I have now!

Before

 After now I have a little caddy I can just pull out and sit on the table when needed.

Before....I had all my stickers just in a shoe box and it was so messing to go through every time I need to see if I had a certain one or not.

After....I found this bad boy at Hobby Lobby for 50% off and I was so excited about it. I couldn't pass it up it was prefect for all my stickers I have.  So much easier to loo through now. Doesn't it look so nice now?!?



I still have some stuff I want to organize for my crafts but not sure I can do much more till we move and I have my own room with a desk! I can't wait! :) 

More Organization....

I have been moving right along with getting things organized and looking good! I'm loving it. At the beginning of January I did some cleaning of our bedroom closet and organized things around. I'm a little late about posting on this but now is better then never right?! :)

Between Shane and I we have a good amount of books and they were just put in our linen closet but we finally ran out of room in there too put anymore. I have been a reading fool lately so it was getting piled with books. So I decided I would make room in our closet to put the books up. We had a shelf that was good for it and we really didn't need it after I did some cleaning. As of now that is our little book shelf. When we do get a house I definitely want to invest in a nice book shelf to store all our wonderful books. We might grow out of this space soon but I will fight that battle when we reach it. LOL. Also, in the closet I hung all of Shane's hats up. I didn't like them just hanging downstairs on the railing, so I got some thumbtacks and hung these babies up. I think it turned out nice.

When I joined pinterest I found this idea to see if you wear your clothes throughout the year. I forget where I seen it (yes I forgot to pin it), but I'm sure it's not hard  to find. Sunday I decided I would do this and see how it turns out at the end of the year. I turned all my hanger around and every time I wear something I will hang it the opposite of the other hangers. Once the new year comes and all the hangers that are still backwards then I will get rid of it. I know this should have been started January 1 but it's better late then never to get things organized, right? :)

So here are all my hangers turned and ready for me to start wearing. :)

T-Shirts Organized

As part of my 2012 Goals I wanted to get our house more organized. I just joined Pinterest this week and I'm loving it! I have got so many ideas for organizing stuff around the house it's awesome! I'm trying not to do anything too crazy since we want to try and buy a house this year. If we do get a house I will want to do so much when we move.
I got this idea for our t-shirts off pinterest, so Sunday afternoon I decided to organize our shirts. I love this idea and it's look so nice in our drawers. I did this while the hubby was out climbing and he came home and I showed him and he thought it was a good idea. We can now see all our t-shirts without digging for through them.

Organized T-Shirts

Shane's T-Shirts

 My T-Shirts