DIY: Baseball Cap Organizer

My husband has a TON of baseball caps and he tends to bring promotional caps home from work, so his collection is constantly growing! In order to keep my apartment from being taken over by caps, it was high time I tame his collection.

I found a clever solution on Pinterest that used shower curtain c-hooks, but the majority my husband's caps are fitted so I needed to find another way to organize his caps. I had several book rings in my desk, so I decided to combine them with leftover clothes pins from my tack project. Since I already had everything on hand, this project was FREE! Besides the amazing price, I love that my husband has no more excuses because all of his hats are in one place and they are super easy to take out and put back! No more hats falling on my head when I open the entry closet!!

Free: Reward Chart

I love the idea of a reward chart as a way to inspire good behavior and encourage responsibility! My mom was a teacher and she used an incentive chart both in her classroom and at home, so I am very familiar with those metallic star stickers.

When I received an email from Amanda asking if I had ever considered expanding my chore charts and developing a chore reward chart, I just had to make one and share it with all of you!

Free: Money Management Essentials

Hi everyone! Now that spring is officially here, it’s time to organize your finances!

Do you have a monthly budget to help you manage your money? If so, do you wish it was cute as well as functional?

Do you want to keep track of your daily spending?

Are you trying to pay off debt; student loans, credit cards, medical debt, etc., and you would like to store of all of your account information, payments and current balance on one form?

If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you’ll love my Money Management Essentials! This free set is a perfect accompaniment to the Financial Plan that I posted last time. Ready, set, Go Organize! 

Free: Financial Plan

Now that I've learned how to manage my time with the help of a planned weekly schedule, I’m focusing on my next New Year’s resolution – creating a financial plan.

As with anything in life, planning is key to a brighter future. A financial plan provides a road map of where you want to go in life. But before you can make a plan, you need to have some goals

Free: Weekly Schedule

The first week of January is when I start planning my goals for the year. I've been thinking a lot about prioritizing and figuring out how best to spend my time in 2013. Yes, there are already too many tasks that must get done each day...cleaning, organizing, etc. But this year I want to also start making time for what's important in my life.

My husband works long hours, so my top goal is spending more time with him. Carving out a block of time each day to watch a movie or play a board game with my hubby is far more crucial than scrubbing the floors for the umpteenth time.

Free: Holiday Editable Address Labels

I love to send {and receive} holiday cards! I try my best to send them out by December 1st, but that usually doesn't happen. I made printable wrap-around labels for those of us who are fashionably late with our cards. No more endless hand writing, now I can copy the addresses from my Christmas card list and paste them directly into the labels. 

Attention: Download Links Will Be Up Again Soon!

Update: Hurrah!! The download links are back up & running. A giant thank you to Kathleen in Illinois, Lori in Tennessee and Kirsten in Northampton England for making it happen! I have the best readers <3

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! When I checked back into the blog world this afternoon I was upset to find that my download links are no longer working because I've gone over my bandwidth limit on Box.com. I am thrilled that my printables are being shared so much, but I was hoping that I wouldn't have to pay the $99/year upgrade fee until after I had a few sponsors to help offset the cost. So here is my current dilemma - I LOVE sharing and I want to continue giving all of you free printables, but I can't financially afford the online storage fees. So I'm currently waiting to hear back from Box and hopefully everything will be back up in the next few days.

Just to let all of you know, I’m adding a "treat me to a cup of tea" button to the bottom of the page. Contributions are appreciated but are not required. I use to view donate buttons as a form of panhandling, but I’m starting to see the value in them as I’m realizing how much money is involved in running and maintaining a blog.

I appreciate your patience and understanding while I try to resolve this problem. Thank you for being such amazing readers. :)

Free: Thanksgiving Planner

It's that time of year again - the turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, rolls… yummm!

With only two weeks left until Thanksgiving, now is the time to finalize the guest list, order the turkey, deep clean the house, start planning the menu and deciding who should bring what.

Free: Halloween Décor Inventory & Box Labels

Hi everyone! Now that Halloween is over and the candy comas have worn off, it's time to pack away the decorations until next year.

Yesterday, I packed up all of my spooky décor and labeled my new orange and purple storage bins. Now I can just read the label on the front of each bin and instantly know everything that is inside! The inventory list lets me know where each container is stored, so no more unstacking, rummaging through and re-stacking!

DIY: Catch-All Tray

There is nothing more frustrating than fumbling around trying to find my keys when I'm already running late. I desperately needed one place to corral all of our important items such as keys, wallets, watches, spare change, glasses, phones and outgoing mail. I thought about buying one of those personalized lucite trays that you see on all of the organizing blogs, but they are pricey and I was worried about them scratching. Thrift store shopping it was!