Home Organization

Documents to keep - important information at your fingertips

-personal sensitive information
-personal financial statement worksheet
-online bill pay/ automatic withdrawal
-kids quickinfo sheet
-emergency authorization for medical treatment letter
-kids assets/securities/college saving plans/ life insurance Home organization
Clutter or collection
(pointers to determine if it needs to go.)
Clutter is:
Clothing- not worn in 1 year (season to season)
Toys- unopened or unused (> 6 mos)
Toys- missing pieces that are necessary for play
Stuffed animals not touched in 3 mos.
Furniture without a space or purpose
Collections are:
Things that hold a memory of a person, place or time.
Papers: awards, report cards, letters, cards
Artwork: especially school age children
Sports paraphenalia: t-shirts, hats, pennants, awards, trophies.
All of the collections listed above will hold more value if they are in a more excessible format.
Papers: shrink down on a copier and put them into a photo album. (see photo)
Artwork: take pictures of them and print them to put in photo album or store on a cd.
Sports paraphenalia: take photos of things that no longer fit but hold meaning. Place them in a photo album or do a scrapbook to share their meaning to others.

Hobby organization

In order to have a functional hobby that allows you to enjoy it you need to be organized.
Crafting basics
-keep like items together (stamps, paints, stickers, punches)
-use plastic drawer systems that are labels for for glue, markers, pens & pencils and miscellaneous craft items
-use larger drawer systems to hold your in progress and completed projects to keep them out of harms way
-before you purchase new items go through old items and purge or take an inventory to avoid overspending.
-only buy what you have time to do
-only a few projects at a time

Sporting collections
-sports items can also be photographed so that they can be preserved in an all athletic scrapbook. Shirts and hats of teams are photographed and put with other action shots of that season.Home organization

Scrapbooking and card making
-have all paper split by use.
-i find it easiest for me if i have it separated by plain, striped, plaid and pattern paper and then all my stickers and other embellishments are in other pockets. -others i know keep it by the brand of paper for ease of matching up patterns.
-piles to be scrapbooked for each child are placed into envelopes so that when you are ready to work on one child’s album all their items are together (easy to take with you)


Home organization
One organizer's ideas page
Philosophy of clutter clean up Start small – work on a junk drawer to get in the mood to purge items. Some people find that once they are pointed in the right direction they can take their newfound knowledge and continue to simplify on their own. Others need the constant push to get it done by someone who isn’t going to judge their lifestyle.Whatever type of assistance is needed i will provide it. Filing for the family Setting up individual files for the following major categories will make it feasible to find an item quickly. Once you have the major categories set up you can divide those into as many subcategories as you feel necessary for you to have an efficient filing system. -home (mortgage, homeowner association) -insurance (car, house, possessions, life, health/dental) -credit cards -utilities -investments including company sponsored plans -bank accounts -each child in the family files (doctors records, school records.)	Documents to keep - important information at your fingertips -personal sensitive information -personal financial statement worksheet -online bill pay/ automatic withdrawal -kids quickinfo sheet -emergency authorization for medical treatment letter -kids assets/securities/college saving plans/ life insurance Home organization Clutter or collection (pointers to determine if it needs to go.) Clutter is: Clothing- not worn in 1 year (season to season) Toys- unopened or unused (> 6 mos) Toys- missing pieces that are necessary for play Stuffed animals not touched in 3 mos. Furniture without a space or purpose Collections are: Things that hold a memory of a person, place or time. Papers: awards, report cards, letters, cards Artwork: especially school age children Sports paraphenalia: t-shirts, hats, pennants, awards, trophies. All of the collections listed above will hold more value if they are in a more excessible format. Papers: shrink down on a copier and put them into a photo album. (see photo) Artwork: take pictures of them and print them to put in photo album or store on a cd. Sports paraphenalia: take photos of things that no longer fit but hold meaning. Place them in a photo album or do a scrapbook to share their meaning to others. Hobby organization In order to have a functional hobby that allows you to enjoy it you need to be organized. Crafting basics -keep like items together (stamps, paints, stickers, punches) -use plastic drawer systems that are labels for for glue, markers, pens & pencils and miscellaneous craft items -use larger drawer systems to hold your in progress and completed projects to keep them out of harms way -before you purchase new items go through old items and purge or take an inventory to avoid overspending. -only buy what you have time to do -only a few projects at a time Sporting collections -sports items can also be photographed so that they can be preserved in an all athletic scrapbook. Shirts and hats of teams are photographed and put with other action shots of that season.Home organization Scrapbooking and card making -have all paper split by use. -i find it easiest for me if i have it separated by plain, striped, plaid and pattern paper and then all my stickers and other embellishments are in other pockets. -others i know keep it by the brand of paper for ease of matching up patterns. -piles to be scrapbooked for each child are placed into envelopes so that when you are ready to work on one child’s album all their items are together (easy to take with you)