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How to Plan for your Other Children when you Deliver

Wendy here, from Pretty Well Organized with another tip on Baby Preparation! Baby on board? Know someone who does? One of the hardest decisions we have made in preparation for our new baby is “What do I do with my other child(ren) when I deliver?” For us, there was no easy one-size-fits-all solution. We knew we wanted Miss O to be involved in our hospital stay; meaning: We wanted her to meet her new baby brother. However, change for children is hard. Having surprised us with a fantastic transition to a new school about a month ago, we are feeling… Read More

5 Ways to Get Your Home Ready for Fall

Fall is just around the corner and the cooler evenings have got me thinking that it’s time to start getting ready for it! Today I’m going to share a checklist of things that are important to do for getting your home ready for fall and winter. #1 Change your air filters If you’re like our family, you probably use your air conditioner a lot during the summer months. It gets up to 100+ degrees here so our air is always on. This means that our air filters get full of gunk and restrict air flow if they don’t get changed… Read More

10 Amazing Pumpkin Recipes

One of my favorite things about this time of year are all the flavors of Fall. Cooler weather calls for warm soups and delicious desserts filled with nutmeg, ginger and pumpkin! Today I’m sharing 10 amazing pumpkin recipes to inspire you and to get your Fall baking started off right! Pumpkin Brownie Sundae Salted Carmel Pumpkin Parfait Pumpkin Cheesecake Milkshake Pumpkin Apple Bread Peanut Butter Pumpkins Pumpkin Snickerdoodles (Gluten Free) Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Poptarts Pumpkin Apple Cider Donuts Pumpkin Spice Krispie Cups Pumpkin Ice Cream Sandwiches (Gluten free & Vegan) Is your mouth watering? I know mine is! I can’t… Read More

Simple Organization Tips using a Silverware Tray

Personally I think bathroom drawers are one of the worst/messiest drawers in the house. There are so many things that need to be kept in the bathroom that stuff quickly takes over and ends up looking messy and unorganized. So today I’m showing you how I organized the drawers in two of our bathrooms using silverware trays. Yep, that’s right, I said silverware trays. They are great for storing and organizing silverware but they can also be very useful in the bathrooms! So the first thing you need is a messy drawer, then you’ll need a silverware tray. I purchased… Read More

How to Make Carved Pumpkins Last Longer

Today, I’m giving you some tricks for how to make carved pumpkins, and Jack-O-Lanterns, last longer and prevent rot. Let’s get carving! Fall is pretty much upon us, and that means Halloween is just around the corner, which means trips to the pumpkin patch! So today, I’ll be giving you a tip for how to make carved pumpkins, and Jack-O-Lanterns, last longer. I’ve also got a few tips that will make carving your pumpkins a little easier! Let’s start with those: Pumpkin Carving Tips Step 1 – Cut a Hole in the Bottom of Your Pumpkin Instead of the Top… Read More

Upcycled DIY Desk Organizer

Hi there, it’s Susan from Organized 31. Now that the kiddos are back in school, I’ve been motivated to organize my school supplies. With all the money we’ve poured out this past month for school supplies and college expenses, I wanted to do some no-cost organizing. I whipped up an upcycled DIY desk organizer that cost nothing and only took about 10 minutes to make. It all starts with a tuna box from the grocery store. We take a lot of tuna packets for lunches so I’m often emptying one of these boxes on the shelf. I know the store… Read More

The Easiest Way to Organize Wreaths

When I think of this time of year one of the things I think of are all the different holidays and fun wreaths for my front door. I love having a wreath on my front door because it makes it feel more friendly and approachable. The only problem with wreaths though are what do you do with them for the rest of the year when they’re not hanging on your front door? I’ve put them in trash bags and laid them on a shelf in the garage, but that takes up a lot of shelf space, I’ve seen the wreath… Read More

20 Decorative Pumpkins for Fall

Have you started your Fall decorating yet? I LOVE decorating for Fall because it means it’s time for cooler evenings, spiced candles and trick-or-treating is right around the corner! Since I didn’t really get to decorate for Fall last year, because we were in the middle of tearing down walls and ripping up flooring, this is going to be my first year decorating our new home for this season. To get some inspiration I gathered up some one-of-a-kind pumpkin ideas, I can’t wait to hear which one is your favorite! Vintage Doorknob Pumpkins Pallet Pumpkins Antiqued Pumpkins Nailhead Trim Pumpkins… Read More