tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32004646441311780912024-03-13T21:06:32.846+00:00Perfect Happy HomeOrganising and Creating for the DreamCreativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-55973745892405816222014-06-17T12:10:00.000+01:002014-06-17T12:56:09.791+01:00Toy Tower Labelling<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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also made things easier for her to put things away and also to find what she
wanted. After deciding what to put in each drawer (together and after a few
disagreements with a 5 year old) we sorted what we wanted to put in each drawer. We
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<li><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.97333335876465px; text-align: center;">DVD's And Remotes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.97333335876465px; text-align: center;">Beauty</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 19.97333335876465px; text-align: center;">Baby Doll Items</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I got some PINK labels made up with pictures and words.
She is starting Primary 1 in August so I want to teach her to coordinate these
words with the items I suppose. I printed them out on glossy photo paper and stuck them on with ordinary Pritt Stick so if
we need to change them around with other toys it is easily removed and is easy
to clean off if labels aren’t required anymore.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her DVD’s were sorted out and remotes were put in here
with her notebook…. She’s a budding list maker like her mummy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She really enjoyed helping me out organise her toys and
went on a hunt to find other items that she had lying around in her handbags
for her beauty drawer<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">And got all her baby dolls (named Janessa. Origin=unknown) things
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: large;">I definitely have a budding organiser here and future
heiress to the blog.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Getting her involved helped her to feel part of what
went on in her room and since she is Miss Independent, and her mothers’
daughter, she </span></span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.97333335876465px;">didn't</span></span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> feel shocked as when I un-expectantly change something
when she is at nursery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">What ways do you involve your children to feel involved and teach them to organise?</span></span></div>
Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-52314236299643283482014-06-13T22:19:00.001+01:002014-06-13T22:19:14.467+01:00Absent Without LeaveSo yes it appears I have been neglecting my blog for the last few weeks. I first of all apologise for that.<br />
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Lots have been going on but i'm raring to get back on track and deliver exciting posts again,<br />
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I have had a wedding, birthday, guests staying, chaos in the house ( its hard to organise around 3 other bodies staying for 4 weeks with a baby too)!<br /><br />
But I'm back! And have some posts lined up to make up for my absence<br />
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post today is about a challenge I took from my other half to sort out
his shed. Usually the shed is left to him and I stay well clear. Its
also usually a dumping ground for stuff I really don't want in the
house. I said to him before to let me organise it and yesterday </span><span style="line-height: 100%;">he asked when I was going to do it, also adding “I </span><span style="line-height: 16px;">don't</span><span style="line-height: 100%;"> think there is much you can do though” and I swiftly responded with a loud
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so I know it is a shed after all but it is a nightmare for an organising <strike>queen</strike> fanatic to look at. You can see there is left over blocks
from the path he just paved, tools and paint on shelves and
everything else just thrown/tossed/chucked inside. I of course had to
take into consideration that this is a “man” space and that my
normal array of baskets and cute displays would not cut it in here.</span></span></div>
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already had sufficient shelving so I didn't have to worry about that.
I started by completely emptying the whole lot out, to start with a
blank space and think about what I needed to do. I still cannot
believe the amount of stuff this small space was actually holding - A major fail on my part for not taking a photo of everything outside the shed.</span></span></div>
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had already given him some jars to keep the nails and screws he had,
but was not being used and he had some things in butter tubs but I
don’t think these are the greatest of storage solutions as they
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So now things had to go back in the shed I started by sorting through all of the screws and nails and labelled
the jars the best I could with my label printer. I used old Oxi clean
tubs for the odd ones. I put these on the top of the shelves he had
already put up. I also put 3 little tin buckets on the bottom shelf
for other bits and bobs he may be using and I think they look lovely.</span></span></div>
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his power tools I thought about just placing on the shelves and
leaving it but that would not be in my nature just to leave it just
like that. Grabbing the label printer again I got to work creating
little homes for each tool by labelling the shelves to where they
should live. An old basin held his sanding sheets nicely.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 16px;">On the top shelf to the left of the picture above, I put his drill which he uses a lot with his box of assorted screws. Beside that is car fluids, fence paint and the lawn feed is in the black container which used to be protein shake in there. </span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 24px;">Another basin on the shelf above the ladders has gardening tools like the trowel, fork and gloves.</span></div>
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home from the park with our daughter he looked in the shelf and
smiled. Asking him what he thought he asked “what's missing?”.
He's pleased with the space he now has and the test is to now see how long it will stay this way.</span></span><br />
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com3United Kingdom56.752722872057213 -3.164062539.431168372057215 -44.4726565 74.07427737205721 38.1445315tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-86032369149601356942014-05-11T15:40:00.002+01:002014-05-12T18:42:19.239+01:00Happy One-Month Birthday Blog!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Yes
I know its a bit sad doing a post just a month after its been launched but
I've had this blog for a month today and wanted to post to say that
this month I've had a blast!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I
always thought I would love blogging and I was right, I've actually
fell in love with this tiny world which is my blog. Writing about the
stuff that I love to do has been fantastic and knowing some people
are reading my posts has been a great confidence boost.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I've
learned a lot this month and hope that you will again bare with me as
I continue to make mistakes and fix them (again baby steps). I do
look for feedback and hope that I will continue to get more comments
as the months progress. I love reading them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I've
seen some great inspiration and linked up to some fantastic blogs
that has given my stats a massive boost that I never dreamed of in a
month. I cant believe I reached over the 1200 mark in a month and most of
that has been with my fantastic <a href="http://perfecthappyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/high-bed-shelf-ikea-hack.html" target="_blank">High-Bed Shelf Ikea Hack</a> that I
linked up with <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">I Heart Organizing</a>, <a href="http://abowlfulloflemons.net/" target="_blank">A Bowl Full Of Lemons</a> and <a href="http://cityofcreativedreams.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">City Of Creative Dreams</a>. I also loved the response I got from <a href="http://perfecthappyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/my-second-drawer.html" target="_blank">My Second Drawer</a> post as well and repurposing in my <a href="http://perfecthappyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/surprise-wardrobe-sort.html" target="_blank">Surprise Wardrobe Sort</a> and <a href="http://perfecthappyhome.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/furniture-move-in-bedroom.html" target="_blank">Furniture Move in The Bedroom</a> was
a great achievement also this month. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 100%;">I
still have lots to do and have created a HUGE list of projects that
need done, and some great tips and improvements I will be doing in the future
that will all be shared with you all. So keep coming back and
checking them out. I am going to continue to make changes to be happy with what I've done. I may even do a name change once I</span><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 16px;">'ve</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 100%;"> decided on one I</span><span style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;">'m</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 100%;"> completely happy with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I
cant wait to see what lies ahead and maybe on my 1 year birthday we
can again look back again on how we've grown.</span></span><br />
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-61263379723070121182014-05-06T13:29:00.002+01:002014-05-12T22:01:56.570+01:00Furniture Move In the Bedroom<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;">As I mentioned before, I bought some new living room furniture and
gave some of the old furniture for my son’s room. I really, really </span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5pt; line-height: 107%;">didn't</span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> want to get rid of any of
my furniture I had before. My coffee table was ruined so that went to the
recycling centre. The Desk we had but never used as a desk was a piece I have
had for 13 years that I got as a present for my Christmas when I was around when
I was 14 years old.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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goes under the stairs which is filled with my daughter’s toys (my sons has
petered off now that he’s gotten older). It’s funny but the toys she never
played with often and the ones I put at the back and was stuck, was the ones
she always wanted for the week I had the cupboard. Extremely annoying having
pull the whole lot out including her Step2 kitchen and desk.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cupboard so I made a decision to put it in our bedroom instead. There was a TV
unit in it at the time which iv never been truly happy with and my OH kept some
of his weight equipment behind it.</span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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measured it out and I started clearing out the bedroom. I got the desk from the
cupboard and then got it upstairs. Placing it in the corner I arranged the TV
and my new printer on the desk and a basket under for my partner’s weights in.</span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> I also labeled the plugs under it for the printer,
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was in the bedroom before. As it was narrower than the desk ( by about a foot )
I put it under the stairs in its place and put some of the storage tubs on top
and inside. I actually prefer it and the toys at the back can actually come out
without pulling the whole lot out! YAY! I may show in a future post once I get the cupboard painted</span></div>
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-4592473257833858402014-04-29T15:13:00.000+01:002014-05-14T22:43:21.982+01:00High-Bed Shelf Ikea Hack!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">It’s been 2
years ago now, since I bought Michael his high-rise bed. It was a great purchase
well worth the money. The first thing I though was he would be swinging and
jumping off it onto the ceiling light but he has been very good on it actually
and no accidents (so far). I'm still expecting to get a few more years from it
too. When I decided I was going to buy the bed I knew I wanted to get him
something to set his drink and remote control on and I seen one for £20 that
would be perfect, but never got round to buying it. By the time I decided I was
going to buy it, it had been removed from sale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">After getting
new furniture in our living room and moving around Michael’s room he actually
had the sad eyes and said “Mum when are you getting me my shelf”. Action had to
be taken! After searching for a while there was so many like </span><a href="http://rooms4kids.co.uk/tidy-books-bunk-bed-buddy-in-clear-varnish?language=en&currency=GBP&gclid=CPfCmv279L0CFUmWtAod2xgAlA"><span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">this</span></a><span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";"> one for over £50 but that was too
much for me to spend on a shelf at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">I looked
online and came across the Ikea Spice Rack and measured it against our cups
that he uses for juice and the length was perfect. So ordered one from EBay for
£6.90 including postage. I also got some Rustoleum spray paint in Spa Blue for
£5.60 from Amazon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">It didn't come with fittings so <strike>we </strike>my partner got some and fixed it to the wall. I made sure that it
was high enough that he won’t hit or kick it when he’s sleeping (he’s a wriggler).
It’s the perfect depth that it doesn't stick out to much and can hold his book,
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">Even better
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morning I gave him breakfast in bed and he didn't have to get down to fetch his
drink anymore. Always a success to make my boy happy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">Of course I
can’t get one without the other so ordered one for my daughter as well for her
mid-riser bed. It’s already primed and will be spray painted Pink, our favourite
colour. I will update with a photo when it’s done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Gadugi","sans-serif";">High price -
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<b><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">I'm really proud of myself for this cupboard organisation! It was a
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> I was actually looking for a
black vest top that I wear under my work shirt that I thought might have fallen
into the pile of shoes I have here. I was in shock at the state the cupboard
was in....again. I've tried multiple attempts to organise this space and I’m
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The crate on the left held my shoes and
the crate on the right was boots. The pile at the end was my handbags and the
shopper bag on top has Christmas presents I bought early for this coming year (organised!)</span><span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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boots, shoes and handbags which were not used in years or I didn't want
anymore. I recently bought some new living room furniture and put our old
furniture into my sons’ room to create an entertainment centre so he no longer
had any use for an old bedside cabinet that held his controllers and headsets.
I put this up to my mums’ garage a few days before and thought this might fit
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little bit of wood underneath the feet it fitted perfectly! I have now put my
under garments in the top drawer, vest tops in the second and my Christmas
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now holds my handbags and the top one now holds ALL my footwear (yes I got rid
of quite a bit). The OCD in me also cannot resist keeping my clothes in order
of colour so that is how it will stay but I did also sort through it and put
them to the clothing bank. I always used to chuck my work clothes over a chair
or on top of the crate of shoes so I can now fold it neatly on the cabinet. I
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-13392045822659011312014-04-20T11:35:00.000+01:002014-04-20T11:35:44.364+01:00Happy Easter Everyone<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Gadugi, sans-serif;">With Easter coming up this week I
decided to step it up a level this year. We do the special Easter hunt for the
kids in the garden and give out chocolate eggs but thought we should celebrate
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got with a Christmas gift and I first of all looked online for shredded tissue
paper but a light bulb went off in my head as I thought I could just shred my
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be sealed once opened. I will save the rest for next year. My daughter at the
same time painted some with her paints and added some glitter to them (and my floor).
I've had the knitted chickens since last year and I filled them again with
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start their Easter hunt outside - weather permitting - I can have the rest
of their chocolate eggs ready for them when they come inside.
Then a trip to the biggest hill we can find for rolling our painted/dyed eggs
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-65999658308791794052014-04-11T19:45:00.005+01:002014-05-10T23:05:49.075+01:00My Second Drawer<div data-mce-style="text-align: center;" style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my kitchen, my second drawer down in my kitchen housed my dish towels and things like tinfoil, sandwich bags and black bin bags. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I was trying to come up with a solution that rolled around my head for many months before eventually finding the perfect thing! I considered tension rods which came in at around £3.99 each. I also thought of dividers that might keep the towels etc separate. None on them seemed like an easy solution to maintain in the long runs. </span><br />
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Yes! A cutlery divider! I got my partner to bend one of the sections round so to create a longer section as the tinfoil didn't fit in it so a little snip, a bend and a knock with the hammer and </span><br />
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I'm so happy with the end result! I placed a piece of gripper mat underneath so it wouldn't shoot back and forth when opening the drawer. I now have a section for each thing! I have my clingfilm in another drawer with my grease proof paper as I don't use it as often. Its been a few days now and it appears to be working and is still staying neat and tidy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does anyone else have another solution to this problem they can share or perhaps I'm not the first to do this solution. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So while I'm fixing up some of my posts , I'm itching to post something that will get the ball going. So I thought I would show you my neat and tidy way of storing earphones</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm sure everyone can agree that tangled, messy earphones are a common find in our drawers in most homes. I got fed up of finding them all over the house as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After sorting through the damaged ones and also the ones for phones that we don't own any more I used sandwich bag ties to twist them round together which I have loads of as I don't use them for the sandwich bags.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love reusing coffee jars like these with the sealed lid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I popped all the tied earphones in the jar, printed a label for it with my wonderful label maker and placed it in my bookcase. Now everyone knows where to go and won't have to spend extra time untangling them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More posts like this to come! I would love your feedback and suggestions.</span></div>
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Creativing My Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03954965041248054600noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3200464644131178091.post-82362765737580978442014-04-11T15:42:00.000+01:002014-05-10T23:04:35.856+01:00My First Post<h2 style="color: #333333; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My first post YAY! I honestly thought this would be easier Let me introduce myself;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My names Alana! I live in Scotland with my partner and two children. I decided to do this after reading lots of amazing blogs from people in America and realised that the UK lacks this great source of information. What better a source than people themselves sharing tips and ideas. I have found loads of inspiration and want to share it all with the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My blog is mainly going to be about what I love to do the most - organise and create great spaces in my home! I get excited about baskets, tubs and anything that I can use to contain something. I will soon post up some of the organising that I have finished, I have some great ideas to share and can't wait to hear feedback.</span></div>
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