Showing posts with label As Seen On. Show all posts
Showing posts with label As Seen On. Show all posts
Friday, November 27, 2015
IHeart Organizing is on Joss & Main!
Well friends! Today is a big, BIG day for this gal! I was recently invited to partner up with one of my most favorite online retailers, to curate a collection of some of my most favorite items!
Joss & Main is a daily flash sale site, which requires a free membership to check out their steals and deals, sometimes up to 70% off retail prices! And once you are in, you are IN! What I love most is that they bring new items each day, so the variety is always endless. They provide instant access to home decor, jewelry, travel gear and household products that would be otherwise challenging to track down, allowing you to create a home that has a unique and collected over time feeling.
I recently updated my home tour, and many of my favorite items were sourced from Joss & Main. So of course when they asked me to partner with them on a collection that was built to represent my personal style, I was over the moon thrilled!
Working with them is always a dream! I was able to select items from their site that I use in my home, or have on my current wish list, and they built the iHeart Organizing collection from there. Storage, furnishings, accessories and more storage galore! So good!
Because this is a flash sale, it will be over in a flash (ending next Tuesday morning)! So if you are interested in seeing my collection, and maybe even doing a little shopping, you can sign up and check it out here. You can also check out my guest post on their blog here.
Thank you to you all for your continuous support of iHeart Organizing and my partnerships! Smooches pals!
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Joss & Main is a daily flash sale site, which requires a free membership to check out their steals and deals, sometimes up to 70% off retail prices! And once you are in, you are IN! What I love most is that they bring new items each day, so the variety is always endless. They provide instant access to home decor, jewelry, travel gear and household products that would be otherwise challenging to track down, allowing you to create a home that has a unique and collected over time feeling.
I recently updated my home tour, and many of my favorite items were sourced from Joss & Main. So of course when they asked me to partner with them on a collection that was built to represent my personal style, I was over the moon thrilled!
Working with them is always a dream! I was able to select items from their site that I use in my home, or have on my current wish list, and they built the iHeart Organizing collection from there. Storage, furnishings, accessories and more storage galore! So good!
Because this is a flash sale, it will be over in a flash (ending next Tuesday morning)! So if you are interested in seeing my collection, and maybe even doing a little shopping, you can sign up and check it out here. You can also check out my guest post on their blog here.
Thank you to you all for your continuous support of iHeart Organizing and my partnerships! Smooches pals!
Extra! Extra! Organizing Reads! An Entire Month of Storage
January is often times known as the month to get organized! I know that I am often times inspired to start the year off on the right foot and no better time to get started than January.
This month I was honored to partner with Better Homes & Gardens during their Month of Storage feature! They have been posting daily organizing tips here, and I have been showing up quite a bit on their blog with my all time favorite organizing solutions. You can find my most recent articles outlined below.
Tackle this year's common resolutions in an organized way! Check out my top tips for setting yourself up for success with this year's personal goals!
Planning to tackle things one room at a time? I was excited to share some of my favorite room by room organizing and storage tips here!
Think organizing and storage is super expensive? Find a few solutions for keeping your organizing projects budget friendly.
I may be an odd duck, but having a couple of minutes to tackle a drawer or closet simply makes me giddy. I shared a few super simple solutions for organizing those hardworking spaces tucked away behind closed doors and drawers here.
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This month I was honored to partner with Better Homes & Gardens during their Month of Storage feature! They have been posting daily organizing tips here, and I have been showing up quite a bit on their blog with my all time favorite organizing solutions. You can find my most recent articles outlined below.
Tackle this year's common resolutions in an organized way! Check out my top tips for setting yourself up for success with this year's personal goals!
Planning to tackle things one room at a time? I was excited to share some of my favorite room by room organizing and storage tips here!
Think organizing and storage is super expensive? Find a few solutions for keeping your organizing projects budget friendly.
I may be an odd duck, but having a couple of minutes to tackle a drawer or closet simply makes me giddy. I shared a few super simple solutions for organizing those hardworking spaces tucked away behind closed doors and drawers here.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
A Happy Home Office with HomeGoods
There have been a lot of really amazing and fun opportunities that have come my way over my blogging years, and with each one, I find myself in awe. Blogging has gone from a fun hobby to a complete passion and I absolutely love to write about our home journey, document our renovations, share our organizing solutions and connect with the best audience around. That's what it has always been about, everything else is icing on the cake!
With that, I have always been really selective about the brands I partner with and the opportunities I say "yes" to. This has allowed me to create really solid relationships and stay true to why I come back here each day, yet some of those opportunities have stretched me and allowed me to grow in many new ways. Ways that I ultimately get to bring back here! Sounds like a bit of a full circle moment, doesn't it?
Last week was one of those really incredible moments. HomeGoods was hosting an event at a loft in New York City as part of their #makehomeyours campaign, and they invited me to design one of the spaces!
I know right? Amazing.
HomeGoods is all about offering beautiful and unique items for individuals looking to create a home that tells their personal stories. Stories of favorite memories, of travels, of hobbies and passions. The stories that make your house a home. They challenged three different bloggers to design a room using only HomeGoods products (as well as a few of our own personal items), to not only portray our style, but to tell our stories. They really wanted each room to be a reflection of how we live within our own homes.
The other two bloggers? The talented Gabrielle from Design Mom and Claire from The Fashion Bomb Daily.
Can you tell which room is mine of the three finished spaces below?
OK, I know I sort of gave it away in my post intro photo, but what I love about the images above is that each room is so distinctively different. You can read about Gabrielle's family room here and Claire's bedroom here.
The space I was challenged to create was a home office! Love.
Being that I work from home, I spend many, many hours in my home office. So I was really excited and passionate about creating this space for the event.
There was definitely a bit of prior planning in the days leading up to the event; furniture checklists, color selections and talks about key elements. When I arrived in New York, I took a trip to HomeGoods and felt like I was on a TV show. They gave me a cart and said, "Shop until you drop!" The goal was to have a lot of items to select from back at the loft space to be sure the room would come together in time for the big day.
Monday afternoon the loft was a complete blank slate. When I arrived, they were putting up walls and panels to divide each room. A lot of magic happened within 24 hours to pull together each space and prep them for the filming and media visits.
A lot of thought goes into designing a room, it is more than pretty colors and textures. I started with a color palette that makes my heart smile, and it is pulled from the sea. Living in a cold and dreary state half of the year, I find so much joy designing with aquas, navys, teals and greens. Especially because trips to the Florida Gulf have become so special to our family over the past couple of years. Also found in the south are vibrant pink flowering plants and shrubs. So, I say yes to pink as well. It is my favorite color after all. So yes, even the colors selected for the space have deep rooted meaning. Here are a few more tips I used when creating this beautiful home office.
FIND YOUR MOTIVATION MOJO
When it comes to both organizing and designing a space, select pieces that inspire you and will motivate you to want to use and maintain the space day after day. For me personally, I get all giddy inside when I open a drawer and see pretty papers showing through acrylic organizers. That prevents me from wanting to toss random items and piles in on top. In fact, acrylic organizers just may be my favorite things ever. #obsessed
And filing paperwork might feel like a chore some days, but it is a bit easier when you are smitten with the cabinet you are using to hold those important documents.
INJECT YOUR STORY
Feeling at home in a space is all about filling it with things that you love. For me, my family is my passion, so I brought in framed family photos and artwork created by my children. I also pinned up my favorite Instagram photos on the memo boards right in front of the desk. Those memories make the space feel like home to me.
FIND YOUR WOW MOMENT
If you have been reading here for awhile, you know I am big with graphic statement walls. Our birch tree stencil wall in the playroom has brought so much life to that space and the wallpapered closet nook is about the happiest space in our home. Oh, and our stenciled dressing room wall is amazing, I still get asked all the time where I found the "wallpaper". Love that.
I wanted to recreate that moment in this space, so I used HomeGoods gift wrap to deck out a wall! Their papers are so thick and the patterns are always so fresh and fabulous, that you would never know it isn't wallpaper (bonus: each roll I used was only $2.99 for 10 ft of wrap). A little double stick tape and I had an instant wow moment. The best part, gift wrap is temporary and you won't feel as bad taking it down as you would painting over a stencil or tearing down expensive wallpaper.
CREATE A SETUP THAT WORKS WELL FOR HOW YOU WORK
One thing I have found to be really helpful in my own office, is having two workspaces that serve as different functions. I appreciate having a counter height option that allows me to spread out and wrap gifts, write out cards and work on small craft and DIY projects. And sometimes I just want to stand! By having the second space, I can leave out my projects and go to a clean desk to sit and do the computing and business side of things. It is always important to think about how you use your space, and set it up accordingly, yet don't be afraid to continuously tweak it until you find an awesome daily flow.
THINK OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE BOX
One of my biggest tips for setting up a space, is to be open minded when you are sourcing your storage and furniture pieces. One of my favorite office supply organizers in this space was actually found in the cosmetic department. The craft desk is a console table intended for living and dining spaces. Rolls of gift wrap are stored in an umbrella stand and a planter from the garden department.
I also used a bar cart to act as a tech station, perfect for docking a computer and/or printer. Add a few boxes and baskets and you can store reams of paper, printer cartridges and small media. Seriously, bar carts are amazingly versatile and so gosh darn adorable in any setting.
Oh! And don't be afraid to put organizers into organizers! Some of my favorite storage solutions were as simple as placing mail slots and drawer organizers inside of the baskets on the shelves.
FAMILY FRIENDLY OPTIONS
Although I am the primary user of our home office, I welcome my boys into my workspace with open arms. They do their homework there, they craft there, they live there. I want them to know that my space is their space, so I keep baskets of their favorite books and toys out in the open to encourage them to hang out with me. Crafts are always within their reach and I make sure to have enough working surface so they can join me whenever they wish. I also select kid friendly finishes and products; rugs that hide stains, an easy to clean sofa, soft sided furniture and surfaces that wipe up in a jiff. A kid filled home can still be a beautiful home.
DECOMPRESSION SPOT
Space permitting, it is nice if you can carve out a corner for relaxation and taking a mental break. A chair, bench or sofa is not only fantastic when you just want to sit and look at a magazine or write down thoughts in a journal, the seating spot also offers visitors a place to get cozy in your space.
I knew we would appreciate having a bench in our home office, but I never expected it would get as much use as it does each day.
SIR SURE MIX A LOT!
Truly, mix and match it all. Although I was only in the space for a couple of days, I fell for it hard. There were so many elements that I loved, but what I really appreciated was the variety of finishes and patterns. The variety and combinations really made the space come alive. I had geometrics on the wall, florals on the floor, damask on the chair and bits of whimsy in the pillows.
Same story for hardware finishes; a bronze task lamp, rose gold accessories, nickel nail head trim and gold photo frames.
Beautiful wood toned console paired with a clean white parsons desk and a playful teal filing cabinet. Acrylic pieces galore matched up with woven baskets. Oh! And a coral inspired bowl on top of a faux croc tray on top of a linen tufted bench.
Everything in the space is all so different, yet it all works together whether through color, pattern or the story behind each piece.
Over the course of the day, I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with a lot of media. I shared with them many of these same tips and I really appreciated the opportunity to build a variety of new relationships.
Can you believe that everything in this space, minus my photos and children's art, is from HomeGoods? Every last basket, organizer, accessory and piece of furniture. I really appreciated that I was able to create a cozy home office that really reflected the way I live at our home each day.
What is something you are sure to inject into each space you design? I would love to hear more about how you #makehomeyours.
Photos by Matt Harrington for HomeGoods.
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With that, I have always been really selective about the brands I partner with and the opportunities I say "yes" to. This has allowed me to create really solid relationships and stay true to why I come back here each day, yet some of those opportunities have stretched me and allowed me to grow in many new ways. Ways that I ultimately get to bring back here! Sounds like a bit of a full circle moment, doesn't it?
Last week was one of those really incredible moments. HomeGoods was hosting an event at a loft in New York City as part of their #makehomeyours campaign, and they invited me to design one of the spaces!
I know right? Amazing.
HomeGoods is all about offering beautiful and unique items for individuals looking to create a home that tells their personal stories. Stories of favorite memories, of travels, of hobbies and passions. The stories that make your house a home. They challenged three different bloggers to design a room using only HomeGoods products (as well as a few of our own personal items), to not only portray our style, but to tell our stories. They really wanted each room to be a reflection of how we live within our own homes.
The other two bloggers? The talented Gabrielle from Design Mom and Claire from The Fashion Bomb Daily.
Can you tell which room is mine of the three finished spaces below?
OK, I know I sort of gave it away in my post intro photo, but what I love about the images above is that each room is so distinctively different. You can read about Gabrielle's family room here and Claire's bedroom here.
The space I was challenged to create was a home office! Love.
Being that I work from home, I spend many, many hours in my home office. So I was really excited and passionate about creating this space for the event.
There was definitely a bit of prior planning in the days leading up to the event; furniture checklists, color selections and talks about key elements. When I arrived in New York, I took a trip to HomeGoods and felt like I was on a TV show. They gave me a cart and said, "Shop until you drop!" The goal was to have a lot of items to select from back at the loft space to be sure the room would come together in time for the big day.
Monday afternoon the loft was a complete blank slate. When I arrived, they were putting up walls and panels to divide each room. A lot of magic happened within 24 hours to pull together each space and prep them for the filming and media visits.
A lot of thought goes into designing a room, it is more than pretty colors and textures. I started with a color palette that makes my heart smile, and it is pulled from the sea. Living in a cold and dreary state half of the year, I find so much joy designing with aquas, navys, teals and greens. Especially because trips to the Florida Gulf have become so special to our family over the past couple of years. Also found in the south are vibrant pink flowering plants and shrubs. So, I say yes to pink as well. It is my favorite color after all. So yes, even the colors selected for the space have deep rooted meaning. Here are a few more tips I used when creating this beautiful home office.
FIND YOUR MOTIVATION MOJO
When it comes to both organizing and designing a space, select pieces that inspire you and will motivate you to want to use and maintain the space day after day. For me personally, I get all giddy inside when I open a drawer and see pretty papers showing through acrylic organizers. That prevents me from wanting to toss random items and piles in on top. In fact, acrylic organizers just may be my favorite things ever. #obsessed
And filing paperwork might feel like a chore some days, but it is a bit easier when you are smitten with the cabinet you are using to hold those important documents.
INJECT YOUR STORY
Feeling at home in a space is all about filling it with things that you love. For me, my family is my passion, so I brought in framed family photos and artwork created by my children. I also pinned up my favorite Instagram photos on the memo boards right in front of the desk. Those memories make the space feel like home to me.
FIND YOUR WOW MOMENT
If you have been reading here for awhile, you know I am big with graphic statement walls. Our birch tree stencil wall in the playroom has brought so much life to that space and the wallpapered closet nook is about the happiest space in our home. Oh, and our stenciled dressing room wall is amazing, I still get asked all the time where I found the "wallpaper". Love that.
I wanted to recreate that moment in this space, so I used HomeGoods gift wrap to deck out a wall! Their papers are so thick and the patterns are always so fresh and fabulous, that you would never know it isn't wallpaper (bonus: each roll I used was only $2.99 for 10 ft of wrap). A little double stick tape and I had an instant wow moment. The best part, gift wrap is temporary and you won't feel as bad taking it down as you would painting over a stencil or tearing down expensive wallpaper.
CREATE A SETUP THAT WORKS WELL FOR HOW YOU WORK
One thing I have found to be really helpful in my own office, is having two workspaces that serve as different functions. I appreciate having a counter height option that allows me to spread out and wrap gifts, write out cards and work on small craft and DIY projects. And sometimes I just want to stand! By having the second space, I can leave out my projects and go to a clean desk to sit and do the computing and business side of things. It is always important to think about how you use your space, and set it up accordingly, yet don't be afraid to continuously tweak it until you find an awesome daily flow.
THINK OUTSIDE OF THE STORAGE BOX
One of my biggest tips for setting up a space, is to be open minded when you are sourcing your storage and furniture pieces. One of my favorite office supply organizers in this space was actually found in the cosmetic department. The craft desk is a console table intended for living and dining spaces. Rolls of gift wrap are stored in an umbrella stand and a planter from the garden department.
I also used a bar cart to act as a tech station, perfect for docking a computer and/or printer. Add a few boxes and baskets and you can store reams of paper, printer cartridges and small media. Seriously, bar carts are amazingly versatile and so gosh darn adorable in any setting.
Oh! And don't be afraid to put organizers into organizers! Some of my favorite storage solutions were as simple as placing mail slots and drawer organizers inside of the baskets on the shelves.
FAMILY FRIENDLY OPTIONS
Although I am the primary user of our home office, I welcome my boys into my workspace with open arms. They do their homework there, they craft there, they live there. I want them to know that my space is their space, so I keep baskets of their favorite books and toys out in the open to encourage them to hang out with me. Crafts are always within their reach and I make sure to have enough working surface so they can join me whenever they wish. I also select kid friendly finishes and products; rugs that hide stains, an easy to clean sofa, soft sided furniture and surfaces that wipe up in a jiff. A kid filled home can still be a beautiful home.
DECOMPRESSION SPOT
Space permitting, it is nice if you can carve out a corner for relaxation and taking a mental break. A chair, bench or sofa is not only fantastic when you just want to sit and look at a magazine or write down thoughts in a journal, the seating spot also offers visitors a place to get cozy in your space.
I knew we would appreciate having a bench in our home office, but I never expected it would get as much use as it does each day.
Truly, mix and match it all. Although I was only in the space for a couple of days, I fell for it hard. There were so many elements that I loved, but what I really appreciated was the variety of finishes and patterns. The variety and combinations really made the space come alive. I had geometrics on the wall, florals on the floor, damask on the chair and bits of whimsy in the pillows.
Same story for hardware finishes; a bronze task lamp, rose gold accessories, nickel nail head trim and gold photo frames.
Beautiful wood toned console paired with a clean white parsons desk and a playful teal filing cabinet. Acrylic pieces galore matched up with woven baskets. Oh! And a coral inspired bowl on top of a faux croc tray on top of a linen tufted bench.
Everything in the space is all so different, yet it all works together whether through color, pattern or the story behind each piece.
Over the course of the day, I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with a lot of media. I shared with them many of these same tips and I really appreciated the opportunity to build a variety of new relationships.
Can you believe that everything in this space, minus my photos and children's art, is from HomeGoods? Every last basket, organizer, accessory and piece of furniture. I really appreciated that I was able to create a cozy home office that really reflected the way I live at our home each day.
What is something you are sure to inject into each space you design? I would love to hear more about how you #makehomeyours.
Photos by Matt Harrington for HomeGoods.
Friday, November 20, 2015
Extra! Extra! Organizing Reads!
One of my favorite things about what I do, is the variety! I am the kind of person who likes a lot of variety in my job as I find it keeps me excited and motivated and intrigued. Writing posts is only a small part of what I do. I also run an Etsy shop in which I design organizing printables, I contribute to the Better Homes & Garden's Style Spotter's Blog, I collaborate behind the scenes with other bloggers and businesses to build relationships and grow my knowledge, I attempt to troubleshoot site maintenance issues and am working to build a new and improved blog, I communicate with you fabulous friends each day through social media, comments and emails and I smile while I type. True story, my husband laughs at me for that last one all of the time.
Sometimes, I find that it is so easy to get sucked into the house project side of what I do, that really awesome things come and go and I forget to document those as well. Some of my favorite posts are looking back and celebrating the milestones along the way, so I try to stop in with those types of updates on occasion.
So first, let's get the not as fun stuff of site troubleshooting out of the way. For some reason my previous email subscription host, decided to stop working. I began getting email after email from super sweet readers who mentioned they were missing out on my posts. After looking into the problem, there was little resolution other than to completely switch feed services. So I did that and things seemed to be working smoothly until one day they weren't. This stuff makes my brain mushy so I apologize if there are days you receive double emails or no emails at all, or if my feed is incredibly delayed. Or if it doesn't feed to Bloglovin' at all {which is currently the case}. I promise I am looking into getting every last wrinkle smoothed out and hopefully it will begin working like a well oiled machine in no time.
As far as the rest of the site, I partnered with the beautiful and talented Angela of Saffron Avenue to do an official "branding" of iHeart Organizing! After over four years of blogging with my generic homemade logo, I decided it was time to really make it official. She was wonderful to work with and really took my thoughts and vision and ran with it.
Knowing that I have grand schemes to offer a site with an updated home tour, project gallery and easier navigation, I am in the early stages of working on that and incorporating the new branding. Completely overwhelming from a learning curve perspective, but something I am really having fun with. Hopefully it won't be 2018 before I can get things finished up and rolled out.
Speaking of rolling out something new! Many of you have been inquiring about the 2015 daily planner printables. I am working on designing them as we speak, and will be sure to announce when those are ready as well. I am pretty gosh darn excited about those myself, planning makes me pretty happy. Oh geeze, there I go smiling while I type again....
Earlier this week I was featured in an online edition of CupcakeMag's Summer Issue!
I shared my top ten organized spaces around our home, and really had a blast writing this particular article. You can find the entire beautiful feature online here starting on page 88, but I really recommend checking out every last page of the magazine full of inspiration and fresh ideas.
You remember those butterflies you would get in your stomach when you first start dating that special someone. The sweaty palms and flutters and that rush of excitement with every call or text.... that is how I feel whenever I see we have been featured or published. What I really love is how excited my little guys get when they see their mommy or our home or even their sweet little faces in a magazine. I still question daily if all of this is just a crazy dream....
Better Homes & Gardens Storage magazine is running a second printing of our feature and it is on newstands now! I may have squealed in the middle of the Walgreen's magazine aisle and caused a few people to look at me with concerned eyes. I also spotted our playroom in the new 100 Ideas Quick & Easy Decorating issue. Happy surprises are the best.
Something else that was pretty sweet is that I was interviewed for an article about Cheering Up Your Bathroom for Redbook magazine. When I saw Drew Barrymore on the cover, my day was made. She was my favorite actress growing up, so, I took that as a sign. Of what, I don't know, but it was pretty cool.
And because I am all about being random today, this year I will hit 5 full years of blogging at this little place I call home. OK, I didn't say that with enough gumption. 5 YEARS PEOPLE!
I get asked a lot of questions about blogging in general, everything from photography questions to posting schedules to staying on Blogger or migrating to Wordpress. I thought it would be fun to do a small series over the next few months, about what I have learned during my five years of blogging and share some of the tips and answers to your frequently asked questions. A few topics I thought I would cover are: A day in the life, photography {and maybe instagram photos as well}, social media, pros and cons and thoughts on monetizing. If you have any other questions or topics you would like to see addressed, feel free to pop them in the comments below. I also think it would be fun to get a few extra opinions from other seasoned bloggers as well, so stay tuned for that series coming soon.
For those looking for some additional organizing tips from yours truly, you can find me contributing over on Better Homes & Garden's Style Spotter's Blog.
With many people as excited as I am about spring cleaning and freshing things up with the new season, I shared my favorite cleaning supply organizational tips.
Starting the day off on the wrong foot is never a good idea. A good closet system can really make or break your morning.
And if you are limited to a wardrobe to store your clothing {like I am}, I am sharing my top tips for making the most of that space as well.
No one needs outdoor storage inspiration more than I do, so I decided to write about it!
Having a dedicated drop zone can be life changing, especially for busy families. Find my drop zone "must haves" here.
And sometimes it is fun to integrate a trend or a favorite color or pattern into your organizing projects. So I shared a variety of ways to bring in bold florals to your everyday storage solutions.
A huge thank you to everyone who supports me and iHeart Organizing each day. Always know that I never take a moment of what I do for granted, and that I couldn't love it more. Cheers to five more years of organizing fun!
And a special thank you to my sponsors for making all of these dreams come true as well:
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Sometimes, I find that it is so easy to get sucked into the house project side of what I do, that really awesome things come and go and I forget to document those as well. Some of my favorite posts are looking back and celebrating the milestones along the way, so I try to stop in with those types of updates on occasion.
So first, let's get the not as fun stuff of site troubleshooting out of the way. For some reason my previous email subscription host, decided to stop working. I began getting email after email from super sweet readers who mentioned they were missing out on my posts. After looking into the problem, there was little resolution other than to completely switch feed services. So I did that and things seemed to be working smoothly until one day they weren't. This stuff makes my brain mushy so I apologize if there are days you receive double emails or no emails at all, or if my feed is incredibly delayed. Or if it doesn't feed to Bloglovin' at all {which is currently the case}. I promise I am looking into getting every last wrinkle smoothed out and hopefully it will begin working like a well oiled machine in no time.
As far as the rest of the site, I partnered with the beautiful and talented Angela of Saffron Avenue to do an official "branding" of iHeart Organizing! After over four years of blogging with my generic homemade logo, I decided it was time to really make it official. She was wonderful to work with and really took my thoughts and vision and ran with it.
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Knowing that I have grand schemes to offer a site with an updated home tour, project gallery and easier navigation, I am in the early stages of working on that and incorporating the new branding. Completely overwhelming from a learning curve perspective, but something I am really having fun with. Hopefully it won't be 2018 before I can get things finished up and rolled out.
Speaking of rolling out something new! Many of you have been inquiring about the 2015 daily planner printables. I am working on designing them as we speak, and will be sure to announce when those are ready as well. I am pretty gosh darn excited about those myself, planning makes me pretty happy. Oh geeze, there I go smiling while I type again....
Earlier this week I was featured in an online edition of CupcakeMag's Summer Issue!
I shared my top ten organized spaces around our home, and really had a blast writing this particular article. You can find the entire beautiful feature online here starting on page 88, but I really recommend checking out every last page of the magazine full of inspiration and fresh ideas.
You remember those butterflies you would get in your stomach when you first start dating that special someone. The sweaty palms and flutters and that rush of excitement with every call or text.... that is how I feel whenever I see we have been featured or published. What I really love is how excited my little guys get when they see their mommy or our home or even their sweet little faces in a magazine. I still question daily if all of this is just a crazy dream....
Better Homes & Gardens Storage magazine is running a second printing of our feature and it is on newstands now! I may have squealed in the middle of the Walgreen's magazine aisle and caused a few people to look at me with concerned eyes. I also spotted our playroom in the new 100 Ideas Quick & Easy Decorating issue. Happy surprises are the best.
Something else that was pretty sweet is that I was interviewed for an article about Cheering Up Your Bathroom for Redbook magazine. When I saw Drew Barrymore on the cover, my day was made. She was my favorite actress growing up, so, I took that as a sign. Of what, I don't know, but it was pretty cool.
And because I am all about being random today, this year I will hit 5 full years of blogging at this little place I call home. OK, I didn't say that with enough gumption. 5 YEARS PEOPLE!
I get asked a lot of questions about blogging in general, everything from photography questions to posting schedules to staying on Blogger or migrating to Wordpress. I thought it would be fun to do a small series over the next few months, about what I have learned during my five years of blogging and share some of the tips and answers to your frequently asked questions. A few topics I thought I would cover are: A day in the life, photography {and maybe instagram photos as well}, social media, pros and cons and thoughts on monetizing. If you have any other questions or topics you would like to see addressed, feel free to pop them in the comments below. I also think it would be fun to get a few extra opinions from other seasoned bloggers as well, so stay tuned for that series coming soon.
For those looking for some additional organizing tips from yours truly, you can find me contributing over on Better Homes & Garden's Style Spotter's Blog.
With many people as excited as I am about spring cleaning and freshing things up with the new season, I shared my favorite cleaning supply organizational tips.
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| Organize This: Spring Cleaning Supplies |
Starting the day off on the wrong foot is never a good idea. A good closet system can really make or break your morning.
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| Organize This: Clothing Closet |
And if you are limited to a wardrobe to store your clothing {like I am}, I am sharing my top tips for making the most of that space as well.
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| Organize This: A Wonderful Wardrobe |
No one needs outdoor storage inspiration more than I do, so I decided to write about it!
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| Organize This: Outdoor Gear |
Having a dedicated drop zone can be life changing, especially for busy families. Find my drop zone "must haves" here.
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| Organize This: Drop Zone |
And sometimes it is fun to integrate a trend or a favorite color or pattern into your organizing projects. So I shared a variety of ways to bring in bold florals to your everyday storage solutions.
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| Organize With This: Bold Floral Patterns |
A huge thank you to everyone who supports me and iHeart Organizing each day. Always know that I never take a moment of what I do for granted, and that I couldn't love it more. Cheers to five more years of organizing fun!
And a special thank you to my sponsors for making all of these dreams come true as well:
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Have a happy weekend and...
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