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How to Care For Handknits

July 22, 2018 By Laura 7 Comments

How to Care For Handknits

I love starting a new knitting project. I love that “Aha!” moment when you start to see a pattern emerge on a blanket or a scarf. I love that same moment when a sweater starts to take shape. I love when I try a new stitch or embellishment, and after several tries and some muttered […]

Filed Under: organizing Tagged With: cleaning, household, knit, knitting

12 Ways to Organize the Yarn Stash

January 11, 2018 By Laura 3 Comments

12 Ways to Organize the Yarn Stash

Are you January-ing like I am? Resolving to eat some actual green, leafy things and to get outside and walk or run or something instead of stying huddled up inside where it’s warm? And perhaps even planning to organize your yarn stash? No? Is that going too far? I love to look at ideas for organizing […]

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How to Get a Handle on Craft Supplies

June 8, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

How to Get a Handle on Craft Supplies

So I recently published a post on our must-have craft supply list. We don’t have a ton of stuff, but the stuff we do have, we use all the time. So today I’m over on the BabyCenter blog, sharing how we organize all the kids’ craft supplies. Once I made one big move, and pared stuff down, […]

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15 Toy Organizing Solutions

January 7, 2015 By Laura Leave a Comment

15 Toy Organizing Solutions

Ah yes — it’s time for our annual Toy Inventory and Organizing bout. We like to go through everyone’s clothes and toys every few months and take stock — has it been broken or outgrown or just been found boring? Have we somehow accumulated a bunch of cheap toys from dentist visits and McDonald’s outings […]

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One Simple Trick for Cleaning Anything

September 16, 2014 By Laura Leave a Comment

I live in a house with a lot of stairs. I’m not complaining about this…the day I complain that my house is so big it needs stairs to get to all the parts of it is the day you get to kick me in the shins for being a spoiled bratty brat. I’m just telling you this […]

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The Craft Area

February 27, 2014 By Laura 3 Comments

It’s wrong, isn’t it, to admit that my husband and I already have plans for the kids’ rooms when they move out? Especially when the oldest is only eleven? In the meantime, we’ve tried to carve out little spaces for ourselves in the basement. My husband’s is a corner filled with junk vintage office furniture. I have […]

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Easy Toy Organization Ideas

December 17, 2013 By Laura Leave a Comment

With four kids of different ages and both genders, I’m always looking for easy toy organization ideas. Last year I did the Great Toy Purge. Because we got rid of so much stuff, and because we’ve been trying to keep the clutter down since then, this year I didn’t have to spend an entire weekend […]

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Chores with MyJobChart

September 12, 2013 By Laura Leave a Comment

This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are, of course, my own. Because why would I waste my time trying to get you to buy something dumb? We’d both hate that. MyJobChart.com I have struggled for several years now with getting the kids to do chores. Do I make them? Do I pay them for […]

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Organizing the Needle Nest

August 22, 2013 By Laura 10 Comments

This was one of those little projects that made me disproportionately happy. That’s my needle nest. I thought I was doing pretty well just having them all in one box. But it was a pain finding the right size. I took out all the straight needles and stood them up in a jar, then organized […]

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Displaying Kids’ Artwork

July 14, 2013 By Laura Leave a Comment

So I blog a lot about kids’ crafts and activities…but I didn’t have a good way to display the results for a long time. Today, I’m over at My Favorite Finds, showing you my solution. Check it out!

Filed Under: Kids' activities, organizing

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Welcome! I'm Laura -- a mom of four kids aged thirteen and under. I run occasionally and love really bad puns.

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