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10 Tips for More Efficient Homemaking

Do you ever struggle with keeping up your home?  I know that I definitely do!  Here are 10 tips that have helped me on my road to attempting to be a better homemaker (and not the kind that burns Rice Krispie Treats three separate times on the same batch). 1. Have a Couple of Go [...]

7 Quick Takes: May 6, 2011 (Vol. 80)

~ 1 ~ Why do people have to make so many addictive things online? I needed another site that frequently check in on like I needed a root canal.  But, alas, I do have another site that I love thanks to my girlfriends that I spent the weekend with recently. Pinterest If you’re not familiar [...]

Spring Spruce Up: It’s Your Turn to Share

This week, I’ve been working on my sprucing up my craft room (making a plan to makeover a room, the actual process of the makeover, and tips for craft supply storage).  Ten other blogging friends have been sprucing up different rooms around their house too.  I hope that you’ve had a chance to check some [...]

Tips for Storing Your Craft Supplies

On Monday, I shared how we made a plan to makeover my craft room (although the plan is one that you can implement in any room). Then, on Tuesday, I talked about the actual craft room remodeling project (with lots of pictures). Today, I’m going to share some ideas for storing your craft supplies. I’ll [...]

A Small Craft Room Makeover with an Even Smaller Budget

Yesterday, I posted about going from deciding to straighten up my craft room for our Spring Spruce Up to making a plan for an actual room makeover.  I shared with you the planning process that we took, and then also shared what it looked like when we took everything out of the craft room.  (In [...]

Simplify Your Family Life Giant Ebook Sale

If you’re looking for my first day of Spring Spruce Up in the Craft Room either scroll down or check out my Spring Spruce Up post (day one) through this link. Corey from Simple Marriage and Mandi from Life…Your Way have brought together some of the top authors in the family life space with 30 [...]

Spruce Up Your Craft Area: Recognizing When Your Space is Wrong

I shudder to think about how many times I have probably come here and posted about reorganizing my craft room.  The saddest part is that for every time I’ve posted about it, I suspect that there were ten times that I didn’t post about.  My small craft room (five feet by seven feet) often finds [...]

Spring Spruce Up Around the House

I’m very excited next week that I’m going to be writing about doing a Spring spruce up in your craft room (or crafting area). If you’re anything like me – a crafting area is one of the last things to get your cleaning attention. So, I hope to be able to give you some ideas [...]

The 2011 Motivated Moms Planner and App are Available

I have spoken before about really enjoying the Motivated Moms planner.  I have to admit – I don’t always keep up with it, but I try.  Even when I’m not using it, I love the concept of this household management planner. I was thrilled, however, to find out that this year, Motivated Moms is available [...]

7 Quick Takes: November 19, 2010 (Vol. 61)

~ 1 ~ Molly loves to create drawings and projects to give to people. If someone is coming over for a visit, it would not be a surprise if there is some little thing that Molly has made that they’re supposed to take home with them. While it sounds sweet, we get a lot of [...]