The Ask Anna Blog

How to Organize School Clothes

Hi, I’m Susan and I blog at Organized 31. I’m thrilled to be sharing organizing tips with you here at Ask Anna. We’re a military family, so most of my organizing tips are low cost (often using recycled items), flexible and non-permanent since we never know when and where the next move will take us. It’s that time of year when families start thinking about kids’ school clothes. Organizing school clothes can help your child become more independent, make the mornings go more smoothly and make mom’s life a bit easier. With 3 children and an active duty husband that is not… Read More

Polka Dot Bedroom Wall

Malea’s bedroom is finally finished! I know I’ve already shared the initial makeover, the tutorial for her floating bookshelves and her hanging art gallery but now it is officially done! I really wanted to do a feature wall in her room but I couldn’t decide between chevron stripes or polka dots. I put it up for a vote on my Facebook page and all of you, except for maybe 2 or 3, said POLKA DOTS! So today I’m showing you her finished room and the polka dot bedroom wall I created to give her room some pizazz! I knew I… Read More

13 Brilliant Back to School Ideas!

I can’t believe my girls start school next week! In California we start pretty early, so this time next week they will both be sitting in class! To get in the mood for school starting I wanted to round up some brilliant back to school ideas for you, everything from 1st day of school pictures, organization tips, lunches and more! Let’s get started with mom’s favorite, kid’s least favorite, the 1st day of school pictures! I still remember my mom lining the 3 of us up for back to school pictures! 1//2//3//4 Next let’s talk school lunches! Waking up early… Read More

The Easiest and Most Delicious Peach Crumble

Baked sweet juicy yellow peaches topped with delicious crispy crumble, perfect for a quick and easy summer dessert. Hi everyone! My name is Andrea. I’m a registered dental hygienist and a food blogger over at Cooking with a Wallflower. This is my first time contributing to Ask Anna, and I’m so excited to share my recipes with you. I hope we’ll get to know each other pretty soon! One of my favorite summer fruits are peaches. White or yellow, it doesn’t matter. I love them both. There’s so much flavor in one fruit. It’s sweet, occasionally tart, and so very… Read More

How to Clean and Condition a Leather Purse

Even though I am not what I would call a “fashion person”, I have a weakness for purses. Well any bag really! And when it comes to purses I am pretty brand loyal and I love a high-quality leather purse. Since purses are a high-use, easy-to-get-messy items, knowing the proper way to maintain them is important. When you are investing in a quality leather purse, you need to know how to take care of it so today I’m showing you how to clean and condition a leather purse to extend its usefulness. I had an accident with one of my… Read More

Child’s Bedroom Artwork Display

You may recall my recent makeover in Malea’s bedroom, but after I was done with the makeover there was one wall that was bugging me because it was just too blank. Too much blank space gives me the heebee geebeez, is it just me, or are you like that too? Here’s the wall I’m talking about. See what I mean? It’s a huge, boring and sad wall. So I started thinking about what I could put there and then a light bulb went off in my mind. Malea LOVES to color, paint and draw so I thought making this wall… Read More