The Ask Anna Blog

Kids’ Craft Organization

If you have kids, then you know how their stuff can begin to take over the house. My daughter loves to color, play with stickers, work with Play Dough, etc., as I’m sure your kids do too! As you purchase craft items it’s important to have a designated place for them to go, otherwise they can get really messy, really quickly. The good news is that craft organization doesn’t have to be expensive, in fact most of the items I use for organizing Malea’s craft stuff is from the Dollar Tree and the Target Dollar bins. When organizing your kids’… Read More

Spring Cleaning Tips and the Ultimate Cleaning Checklist

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! My family and I spent the day with family and soaking up the beautiful sunshine and warm 70 degree weather we had up here in Washington state. I don’t know about you but yesterday the spring cleaning bug bit me and I was in the mood to clean and organize. It all started in the nursery and eventually went room by room until I made my way out into the family room and office area. My instincts told me to stop there or else I would get burnt out and not want… Read More

How to Cut an EXTRA LARGE Vinyl

I shared this tip a few weeks ago over at Tatertots and Jello but I wanted to share it with you too because it’s such a great tip! Today I’m going to share something with you that I learned how to do back in November. I absolutely love my Silhouette Cameo but a few months ago I was wanting to cut a custom piece, that was larger than the standard 12×12 square cut mat. Remember my Thankful Tree at Thanksgiving? Have you ever wondered how to do that? I’ve seen tons of extra large vinyl cutouts, floating around on Pinterest,… Read More

Spring Cleaning Round-up

Have you been bit by the Spring Cleaning bug yet? No matter when, or how, you Spring Clean, here’s a top 10 list of Ask Anna posts that you should add to your Spring Cleaning list, if you haven’t already. If you click on the title, or the picture it will take you to the full post so you can see each tutorial in full! #1 Clean between the oven glass Do you have drips or spills between your oven glass, that have been making you crazy? Here’s a super easy tutorial for how to clean them up and have… Read More

Bounty Paper Towels get even Better!

Do you remember the Bounty commercials from growing up? I can still sing the jingle, “The quicker, pick-er up-per, Bounty!” Even though I can still sing the jingle, I used to roll my eyes at their commercials thinking, I’m sure all paper towels are created equal and that Bounty is no different than any other. Fast forward years later and now I write a blog and do my best to show you the very best, and most efficient, products on the market. Well guess what? I decided to give Bounty paper towels a try and I was shocked to discover… Read More

The Easiest way to Organize Scarves

For years I stored my scarves in a basket in my closet, but I found that didn’t wear them as often because I’d always forget to grab one, until I was walking out the door, and then I was too lazy to run back to my room to get one. So I decided that I needed to put my scarves near the front door so that I’d wear them more often. We have a small entryway closet near our front door but there wasn’t enough room in the closet for my basket of scarves, so after searching Pinterest I came… Read More