There's a party in the junk drawer!

(There's a link up party going on at the end of the post! We'd LOVE to have you join!!)
The basics of organizing

 your junk ANY drawer:

by: Sassy Sites! ;)

Clear out all the clutter

Sort into according piles

Throw away what isn't used

Relocate things that don't belong

Wipe down drawer

Arrange and Organize

KEEP IT organized!

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We are going to show you some great and INEXPENSIVE ways that you can organize your junk drawer and KEEP IT ORGANIZED!!

Brooklyn Limestone

used tea cups to organize all of her little items in her junk drawer

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Laisserzfaire

featured this great idea to use tuna cans!

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BHG

cookie sheets!

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Alabama Southern Living

I am in LOVE with these little plastic cubby containers!

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C.R.A.F.T

handcrafted these handy-dandy little cubbies for her junk drawer!

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A Bowl Full of Lemons

hosted a junk drawer party last year and 182 people linked up their junk drawers! Check them out for TONS of great organizing ideas!

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Hello My Dear

featured LOTS of great organized ideas!

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Blue Eyed Blessings

this drawer makes me VERY HAPPY!

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ORGANIZING MAKES ME HAPPY!!

Last year, I held an on-going Operation Organization party HERE! Check it out for more ideas!! Also, if you want to link up your junk drawer from last year here at this party, that would be awesome so we can all see it!! :)

Now it's time to see if you've taken the junk drawer challenge?

LINK UP your drawers here!

I will be SO offended if no one links up... *wink!!

the dreaded junk drawer...

organized in less than 10 minutes!

my before junk drawer contained:

9 rolls of scotch tape

Christmas candy

5 foam brushes

2 boxes of staples

2 staplers

5 pairs of scissors

1 hole puncher

10 chip clips

4 chap sticks

3 nail clippers

1 hammer

3 screwdrivers

1 box of batteries

2 candle lighters

2 bottles of Elmer's Glue

1 CD

10 pens

10 pencils

5 markers/highlighters

1 address book

1 army guy

Everything comes out and get categorized and the drawer gets a good clorox wipe down!

In the meantime...

I found this organizing technique on pinterest the other day. She uses the bottom of cereal boxes to organize all of her junk drawer stuff. I LOVE this idea! It's a free way to make things look neat and tidy!

I found this box in our storage room that was just sitting, so I grabbed it! I knew it would be the perfect size for the drawer.

I took the flaps off and added some polka dot fabric to the bottom of it, just to make it look a little cuter!

After THROWING things away and putting things where they actually belong... this is what the end result is!

TOTAL TIME SPENT: 10 min

*a little bit of time for something that makes such a BIG difference!

Do you have just 10 extra minutes today?

GO now and organize your junk drawer! :)

(one drawer down, 23 to go!)

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PS.

after you organize YOUR junk drawer, blog about it and then head on over to Sassy Sites tomorrow and link it up! We're gonna have a junk drawer PAR-TAY!!

Organizing Made Fun

I came across this website while looking for some organizing tips. WOW!! There are a ton of great ideas here! I am not going to list all 31 days, so you'll have to go to her SASSY sites to see it all. Here are some of my favorites!
Check it out...

She lists TONS of cheap and FREE things that
you can use to help you get organized!
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cover an ugly cardboard box with fabric-

reuse and recycle!

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DRAWERS are a good way to hide things!
(but keep them organized)

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a trash can doesn't always have to be for trash!

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I {heart} LABELS!

 

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I'm HOOKed on it!

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no need to spend tons of money of containers,
BE THRIFTY!

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repurpose old furniture to
make it useful!

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don't throwaway those
"throwaway containers"

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JARS! JARS! JARS!

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make use out of old paint cans

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hid what's inside and
make it pretty with paper!

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got an old oatmeal container?

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cut the bottom off of
old cereal and cracker boxes

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everyone has a couple of these lying around...
baskets

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make an old muffin tin useful

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over the door
shoe organizer

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Check out OMF for all of the awesome ideas to get organized!

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She's just started a new party too to help organize your finances!

Winner of Operation Organization!

Well, really we are ALL winners! (isn't that what we learned in 3rd grade?)  Doesn't it feel so great to have your home clean and organized? I can't believe it's over already! We are heading into some February LOVE!!! Thanks to EVERYONE who participated in our Operation Organization! I hope you all had as much fun as I did seeing everyone's progress. I have already had to go back and REorganize a few things. Remember one of the tips of organizing is:

::Expect organization to be a part of your life::

Managing a home means organizing it regularly!

Okay, so now for the WINNER of this amazingly awesome book

We had a total of 150 entries! Great job everyone!

the lucky number is....
# 116

"starting fresh"

Home Made By Kiki!

Congrats to you Kristina!!

Contact me within 48 hours to claim your prize.

xoxo!!

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...and don't forget to enter our NEW giveaway!

It's a Cakes & Candy Silicone Bakeware Mold

Crayon Caddy!

This is a great way to keep all those crayons and things

 together in one place!

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My sister recently gave me an office organizer that she had no use for. My brain started thinking... what could I use this for?

Something great? GOT IT! A crayon caddy! So, I printed off some cards for the fronts where the pictures go... and voila!

 Perfect!

An easy transformation! My kids LOVE this! Now, when they want to color, they just grab the crayon caddy and go! Coloring books in the back and everything they need in the front! I love it!

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I know I haven't been very good about keeping on track with our Operation Organization, but here's a little reminder to be linking up your progress as you go! The winner will be chosen this Sunday! The month is almost over!

xoxo!

Operation Organization- Looking Back...

I have to admit, I'm a little sad to see this month gone already! I have acquired some favorite tips and tricks of organizing along the way of doing this Operation Organization!  I wanted to share a few linkups that caught my eye...

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A Lil' Bird Told Me that keeping a basket handy for all of your throw blankets helps to keep them all in one spot, and it looks nicer than just throwing them all over the floor!

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A Home Made by Kiki organizes her DVDs in these awesome cases! Now, all of her movies are in one place and it takes up hardly NO room at all! :)

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My Life As Prose used lockers to keep all of her things organized!

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Are They Twins found some very cute containers to sort out and organize her kid's toys... with LABELS!! :)

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Everyday Art made up a pantry inventory list to keep her organized.

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Cartwheeling Down The Aisle not only organized her books, but she color-coded them too!

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Check out this gift wrapping station from Delightful Order!! I love it!

and I love how she organized her ribbon around these clothespins too!

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TaraDara even got her husband to join the Operation Organization!

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The Crafty Clique made this darling ribbon holder out of (what I think is) a hat rack!

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Everyday Art made her own cookbook, full of all of HER favorite recipes!

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Choose To Thrive made these closet organizers out of old plastic she had laying around the house! This is a perfect idea!

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Check out this cute jewelry holder/organizer from Young and Crafty

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Choose to Thrive used this over the door organizer to keep her paper scraps and leftover craft scraps in... genius!

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This has been so much fun getting to know your organizational tips! Thanks to everyone who has shared and linked up! Just a reminder, you have until Sunday to add any linkups that you want to. A winner will be chosen randomly to win an amazing book, Style by the Aisle by Better Homes and Gardens! It's one of my faves! So, the more you link up, the better your chances are of winning! Just remember to link up a different post for each entry.

XOXO!!