Organizing on a Budget

Just wanted to stop on in and say hi on this rainy day! Perfect for getting a project started :) If there is a room or area in your house that feels overwhelming, no need to fear! There are so many great ideas out there! Organizing doesn't have to take lots of money and you don't even have to think of all these fabulous ideas! There are so many resources out there that are FREE!!! Start at the library. Completely Free!! You can browse the magazines there for inspiration or check out decorating books, organizing books, DIY books- the possibilities are endless!!

I just checked these books out from the library for FREE!!

There are also so many blogs & websites out there with great ideas! I am really liking http://www.bhg.com/ type in labels in the search. There are a ton of free labels that you can customize to whatever you want! I am currently using these for an upcoming project!! The whole website it chalked full of great ideas!!

What do you have planned for the weekend? Any fun projects? Tomorrow I will show you a super fun and easy way to do a little organizing in the laundry room!

Coupon organization

Organizing is something that I really enjoy, I love finding new ideas to streamline life! I am going to put an organization idea on my blog each week that I am working on. Here is my first one!!

I LOVE using coupons & seeing how much money I can save. But... keeping track of coupons is a pain! Half of the time I can't find a coupon that I know I have- it's like throwing away money!! Trying to come up with a solution that works has been trial and error. Here is my newest coupon organization...

Here is my pile of coupons that I started with...

This is a coupon organizer that I already had.

I had tried using this but I had more categories for my coupons than slots.... but it occurred to me that I could make my own tabs!

I simply used some small post it tabs and a

note card. I labeled the tabs for exactly what I

need them to say. They can also be easily changed, added to or taken out as needed!

And here is the final product! The tabs that I made were- snacks, cereal, canned goods/condiments, boxed goods, bread, meat, dairy & eggs, frozen, drinks, beauty/hygiene, cleaning, paper, household, pharmacy, dog, personal, craft, out to eat.