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8 Ways To Stay Healthy This Holiday Season

• Holiday Organization Tips, Holiday Organizing Tips, Holiday Shopping Tips, Reviews

Staying healthy (and stress free) during the holiday season is no easy feat. So often we put everyone else first and our own health suffers. However, when you are happy, healthy and rested, the holidays are that much more enjoyable. So how do you do this? Read on to find out. This post was sponsored by Massage Envy as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central. My opinions are ...

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Our Top 6 Blog Posts

• Health/Fitness, Holiday Organization Tips, Home Organizing Tips, infographics, Inspiration, Joyful Cleaning

While I never like to repeat material, I wanted to round up our top six most read blog posts for you in case you missed one of them along the way. Love them? Let me know? Want me to write about something else? Let me know what too! I read and respond to every comment! Find out how to turn around a bad day with our tips in this blog ...

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Sweet Stuff for Valentine’s Day

• Gift Giving Tips, Holiday Organization Tips

Valentine's Day is around the corner. The time to start prepping is now! That means, giving gifts, sending cards, and decorating the house. Valentine's Day is a bit different for everyone. It might mean that you have to bake for your child's class, plan a romantic getaway or just find a way to have a good time. I wanted to gather a few items for you to help with the preparation. Have a ...

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Being An Organized Bride

• Holiday Organization Tips, Party Planning

Planning a wedding is hard. It takes a lot of preparation, determination and sometimes, just plain hard work. Here are a few tips to save you time, money and frustration. Make a master list. Write down everything you want to do for your wedding. Give yourself this time to DREAM. Make notes, cut out photos and Pin up a storm. This is just the start. Don’t be afraid to go wild at this ...

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Ornament Organization

• Christmas Organization Tips, Holiday Organization Tips

Ornaments are a big part of the holidays. However, they are an organizational nightmare. They come in different materials, sizes and shapes, thus making them a challenge to store in a uniform manner. Here are a few creative ways to store your ornaments from year to year so that they are usable for generations to come. Of course there are traditional ornament storage box. These can be ...

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7 Ornaments In Five Minutes Or Less

• Christmas Organization Tips, crafting, Holiday Organization Tips, Holiday Organizing Tips

I love DIY gifts and ornaments are something that everyone can hang on their tree and remember an occasion by. I set out to find some easy ways to customize ornaments that you can do quickly and easily. I ordered some ornaments from Amazon and I set out to find rejects I could complete with craft supplies I already had on hand. Top left-The first thing I tried was simply putting paint ...

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Kids’ Stocking Stuffer Guide-2014

• Holiday Organization Tips, Holiday Organizing Tips, Kids, Reviews

Don't want to fill their stockings with candy or useless plastic toys they will never use again? Our guide will give you some affordable, fun and even useful ideas for your kids. Read on and let me know what you think! 1. If you love the idea of kids' "dough" but don't love the chemicals that usually come it in, check out Eco Dough. It's made with all natural ingredients. Colored with ...

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Holiday Dinners Made Easy

• Christmas Organization Tips, Holiday Organization Tips

Cooking is a big part of the holidays. It doesn't have me to be a stressful part. Here are six tips to allow you to have great meals and lots of fun this holiday season. While good food can really make a gathering better, it's not the focus of your events. Getting together and laughing, telling stories and creating memories is the most important thing. You'll remember the funny story your ...

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Clutter Free Gifts 2014 Edition

• Gift Giving Tips, Holiday Organization Tips, Holiday Organizing Tips, Holiday Shopping Tips, Home Organizing Tips

Instead of giving STUFF this holiday season focus on what you could give theta will enrich the lives of those you are gifting to. I suggest experiences or items they can consume. Here are some ideas that will get you thinking creatively and hopefully inspire you to give the perfect clutter free gift. 1. Give to others instead of each other. World Vision allows you to gift to those in ...

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Bonnie Joy Dewkett is a nationally recognized organizing expert, author, motivational speaker, and internet radio personality. She began organizing as a child, and she has been organizing ever since. Her company, The Joyful Organizer®, creates and implements organizational systems for the home and office... Read More

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