Take Note ~ Weekly Links

Loving these links from the past couple of weeks!

I am seriously drooling over this Great Pantry Makeover ~ @ Decor Chick!

Fun command center Did You Get the Memo? ~ @ IHeart Organizing

Leanne shows us how she uses 3M Picture Clips and 3M Cord Organizers ~ @ Organize and Decorate

Great way of Organizing Toothbrushes in a Large Family ~ @ Smockity Frocks

Go on you can do it, Just Say NO! ~ @ The Mom Renewal Project

A simple pretty way to add decorative labels – Label Label Label…A Tutorial ~ @ 2 Giggle Boxes

A terrific tutorial for making your own basket liners – Basket Lining ~ @ Keeping it Simple

Free printable labels for storing your child’s clothes ~ @ Buttoned Up

Beautiful post about enjoying the simple things in life – Simple Writings Bring Simple Pleasures ~ @ MomAdvice

Fun lessons learned while watching Toy Story 3 – 10 Toy Story 3 Tips to Help Clear Toy Clutter ~ @ Clear Your Clutter Now

This couldn’t be more true Stress is a Choice ~ @ Simple Mom

and finally

Could you be creating a future clutterer? ~ @ Single Parents Town

Take Note ~ Weekly Links

It’s that time again where I share some of my favorite links from the past couple of weeks.  If you are easily distracted like I am you might just want to turn away now.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you :)

Very sweet chalkboard labels ~ @ The Scrap Shoppe

Motherhood and Identity:  Martyr Is NOT Spelled M-O-M ~ @ Inspired to Action

Podcast:  The Habits that Affect your Organization at Home ~ @ Take Control Organizing

Absolutely beautiful ~ No More Tangled Necklaces ~ @ 38 North

Seriously I can’t believe I’ve never thought of this ~ Easy Labels ~ @ Clean Mama

Oh how I loved this post, please please go read it now! ~ So How Busy Are You Really? ~ @ Scribbit

Organizing Your Children’s Year End School Papers ~ @ Echoes of Laughter

Mom Planner Round-Up ~ @ Mothercraft

Contentment ~ @ Raising Homemakers

And a big thank you and shout out to the following sites for including me in their lists!

50 Best Blogs to Organize Your Life ~ @ Online Degrees

Top 50 Productivity Blogs to Watch in 2010 ~ @ The Entrepreneur Blog

Just Declutter It:  Resources to Organize the Home, Mind and Life ~ @ Bed Bath Store

I also was so surprised to be nominated for a CEO – Chief Executive Organizer BlogLuxe Award.   No pressure but if you’d like to vote for me I’ll be your BFF for-evah!  Last day to vote is July 12th.  Thanks all!

Whew so that’s it for today.  Got any great organizing links you’d like to leave me?  Come on, I could use a little “fix” :)

Take Note ~ Weekly Links

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  In case you are bored though (ha, ha) and needing something to do, here is another collection of fantastic organizing links for you.  I always have such good intentions of keeping it short but I have so much trouble narrowing my list down :)

Summerize Your Home:  Keep it Calm ~ @ Nesting Place

This post titled, Get Organized This Year!, over at Janet Barclay’s site discusses the difference between a task and a project which ties in nicely to the post I did earlier this week on creating a detailed list.

Summer Chore Charts – choose your weapon! ~ @ Just Organize Yourself

Some nice organizing eye candy – Room to Grow Closet ~ @ Dittle Dattle

A simple system for Organizing Paperwork ~ @ An Oregon Cottage

Teaching Kids The Art of Decision ~ @ Zen Family Habits – yes, yes, yes!!!

A little more about decision making – Saying Yes When Others Say No ~ @ Moms in Need of Mercy

Pretty with (Re)Purpose! ~ @ Nesty -I love finding new uses for discarded items

Motivation Tips for Slackers ~ @ Unclutterer

Easy Organizing & Gift Idea ~ @ The Blessed Nest – love it!

Use these to help you organize your coupons – Printable Coupon File Labels ~ @ Executive Homemaker

Such a great post – 10 Ways to Produce an Inept Adult ~ @ Your Life.Organized

This organized laundry room is gorgeous! – Laundry Room Reveal ~ @ Centsational Girl

Mission Organization: Linen Closet ~ @ Until Tomorrow, Val – love what she did with the door.

Which one is your favorite?

Organizing Podcasts

I love listening to podcasts especially those discussing one of my favorite topics, organizing!  I’ll often have a podcast playing while I’m working on the computer or I’ll pull my laptop into the kitchen while I’m making dinner and listen to one then.  What I haven’t figured out is how to put them on my Mp3 player (I’ll have to get my daughter to show me how :)) but when I do figure it out I’ll be able to listen to them while I walk as well.

So I thought I’d share some of my favorites with you today.  Enjoy!

O-Myth ~ these two fun gals debate & debunk life’s organizing myths

Mom Advice Simplified ~ Amy talks about all things to do with simplifying your life and home management routines.  I’m so excited to be a guest on her show this Thursday at 2:00 pm EST!

The Big O: Organization ~ look for several Big O podcasts as you scroll through the list of shows

The Savvy Organizer ~ hopefully new shows coming soon

The Household Helper Talk Show ~ support for the domestically challenged

image courtesy of mamako7070

Websites that might make life a little bit easier….

I don’t have long to post tonight because I’m spending some time trying to get through my email.   It’s looking a little frightening.  Some of those emails contained information about some neat websites that look pretty interesting so I thought I’d pass them along to you.   Believe me I get many more than this on a daily basis, these are just the ones that made the cut :)

Gift Elephant ~ free online personal gift organizer – keep track of what you give, set-up reminders, manage thank you notes and more

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Qlubb ~ a free site that helps you organize a group of people, team or club – connect, share and get stuff done – basically an easy and central way to communicate and collaborate – plan events or meetings, share photos, manage group invites, playdates, prayer requests, the list goes on and on – I’ve been looking for a site like this for awhile

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Pixily ~ a document management service – you mail or email them documents, they digitize them for optimal search and organization – great for mass quantities of paper

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Viewzi ~ a visual search engine that allows you to view a screenshot of the sites first – easier to see if it’s the site you want

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How about you?  Have you come across any interesting sites lately that have helped make your life just a little bit easier?