May 22, 2013

Re-Use Glass Candle Jars – How to Clean Them.

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MOM Tip:  Recycle your candle jars into with these simple steps 1. Once you have burned down your candle and are no longer able to use it, place  the jar inside your freezer for an hour or longer. 2.  The freezing temperature will shrink and loosen the wax  from the sides of the jar. 3. [...]

Organizing Digital Pictures

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We have them on our phones, in our camera’s memory card, on tablets, laptops and desktops – yes, I’m talking about digital pictures. With the advancement of technology I have discovered that I no longer have a pile of 35mm rolls of film waiting to be developed but rather digital pictures in a variety of [...]

30 Minute Challenge – Christmas Planner Binder

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I know it is only May but there is no better time then now to get ready for the 2012 Holiday season – before life gets overwhelmed and out of control with long to do lists for the holidays get organized with today’s 30 minute challenge to create a Christmas planner binder. A Binder to [...]

30 Minute Challenge: Bill Paying Center

plastci shoe box

Do you dread bill paying day?  are you always searching for stamps and envelopes? Today’s 30 minute challenge is to Simplify your life on bill paying day with a bill paying center.  Purchase a plastic shoe box with lid and fill it with your checkbook, a pen, address stamper, envelopes and stamps.  Now when your [...]

30 Minute Challenge – Organizing Instruction Manuals/Warranties

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If you have kids you have collected your fair share of instruction manuals and warranties for toys and electronics that your kids own.  In my home they were often placed in pile in hopes that someday I would figure out a way to organize them along with all the additional manuals and warranties we had [...]

Stopping the Junk Mail

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The truth is, I don’t pick up my mail every day. I think of my mailbox as the junk mail keeper until I have the time to read, sort and recycle it. Why? Because about 75 percent of the mail I receive is junk mail, catalogs and solicitations that I’m not interested in. I recently [...]

Organizing Instruction Manuals, Receipts and Warranties

With the upcoming holiday season upon us, my family will soonacquire a few new items that will arrive with instruction manuals,receipts and warranties. Every year after the holiday cleanup, I findthem piled on my desk and waiting for me to find a safe place to keepthem just in case they are needed at a future [...]

Online Tips to Save You Time

Not only has the Internet given us the ability to search forinformation in seconds, it has also given us the convenience to paybills and shop through many online services. Check out my list of ways to begin saving time and money using online services on the  SC Johnson Family Economics blog.  Click here to read  [...]

"Manage It" – Mail, Paper and more

Welcome back to ” Manage It” at today’s “Organize It” Party. Let’s chat about Junk email/ mail, all those piles of papers and learn about some solutions on how can we manage it from organization experts. Ready to Manage it? and don’t forget to enter our next GIFT ( giveaway). Help my Email Box is [...]

"Manage It" with Time Savers at the "Organize It" Party

Ready to “Manage It’ today at the Organize it party? Today we have 4 more Time savers to share with you , along with some great tips to help you “Manage It” as a mom. Be sure to enter to WIN today’s gift and grab your FREEbie party favor. Enjoy your time at the “Organize [...]