Create a Holiday Organizing Binder – If you are constantly under the gun and can’t find your list or lists for gifts, party snacks, favorite recipes, travel itineraries or necessary addresses, you might want to make a simple three ring binder to keep your act together.

Holiday card list with addresses

Gift tracking lists

Favorite holiday recipes with ingredients lists

Travel Itineraries

Would you like me to do your holiday shopping for you? Stop pinching yourself; I mean it!

If the idea of hitting the malls with all the chaos, parking lot nightmares and over-stimulation is enough to put you over the edge, fear not, for I have a solution for you. I will take your list, look for deals and check it twice and arrive back with your presents in hand. I can even gift wrap if you hate that task too. Believe it or not, I love to shop! Shopping and wrapping beautiful gifts makes me happy!!! If you live in San Diego or South Orange County and are dreading this task, call me for more details. 760.840.9997.

Consider buying gifts that won’t contribute to your friend’s clutter. I think we have all experienced the challenge of trying to find a gift for our friends who seem to have everything.

The gift ideas below save you time in the mall and work well for your friends that have everything or simply don’t have the room for any additional possessions. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are in a quandary about what to get a family member who “has everything”, consider getting them something that will help them clear their life from the clutter and the “everythings” they have received during the course of their lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

Before / After Case Study:

Situation:

Decorations for Christmas were stored in mismatched boxes and many loose bags. The attic was pretty large but was being overwhelmed by simply too many loose items. It also took many trips up and down the ladder to move Christmas into the home for display.

Solution:

We opened up every box and repackaged all loose ornaments into clear bins with red/green lids Eliminating each individual ornament box saved a massive amount of storage space. We threw away three large green trash bags filled with individual boxes. This will save my client hours when she puts away the ornaments for years to come. She will no longer have to repackage individual ornaments and can simply mix them into the peanuts for safekeeping until next year.

Following this strategy, we also combined like with like, stockings with stockings, and other loose items together into bins. We purged items that hadn’t been on display for years or those that were simply no longer needed.

We also made a plastic bin for each child’s special ornaments. This way, they can decorate the tree with their own ornaments each year and when they move away, their ornaments are separated and ready to go.

What Our Clients Say:

“My decorations now take up as less space than they have in years. I am really excited about setting things up this year now that I know what I have. I like having everything setting out and ready to go. I am happy to take my stocking hangars out of their individual boxes for the last time this year and am looking forward to putting them instead into a plastic bin. I can’t believe that I didn’t think about getting rid of the manufacturers boxes for my decorations before now. This will save me hours repacking “

Thanks again, Katy Philyaw