great garage overhaul!

i belong to a wonderful organization, NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). we have a chapter here in Arizona and i’ve been fortunate enough to be a part of the group since i started my business in Houston. every year, NAPO National designates January as Get Organized Month (GO Month) to get people motivated to start off their new year in a BIG way by inspiring them with organizing ideas, demonstrations, partnerships or projects. each chapter has a project that allows us to work with the community in some way. this year NAPO AZ decided to do the Great Garage Overhaul and will be selecting a lucky homeowner in the Phoenix area to work with.

we are accepting applications through the end of this month (1/31/13). click on the logo to the left and it will take you to our webpage that has the downloadable application and there are also more details about event itself. we will be making a decision mid February and the work will start 2/22/13 and we will work through til sunday.

enter today! not only will your home be organized by a team of professionals, shelving and rack systems will also be professionally installed. and your garage will also get a fresh coat of paint!

so please…check out our webpage, enter to win and spread the word!

addicted to pinterest

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is anyone else as addicted to Pinterest as i am? i remember just a few short months ago i requested membership for a Pinterest account. and then i waited. and waited and waited. and then i got the email that allowed me to become a member and the rest is history!

for those of you that don’t know what Pinterest is, it is a virtual bulletin board that allows you to save, organize and share your internet finds. membership is free and you no longer need an invitation to sign up.

i love the fact that i can house all of my internet finds in one place. and there is the mobile version, too. so i can be pinning away from just about anywhere. time in a doctor’s office or at Jiffy Lube has never gone so quickly!

back before the internet (it’s hard to believe there was such a time) i would tear pages out of my magazines and put them into clear sheet protectors and then into binders. there was one subject per binder (entertaining, gardening, recipes, etc). it was much easier to find an article or idea using this system than thumbing through hundreds of magazines looking for that one recipe that would make a special meal complete.

Pinterest is kind of like that old binder system of mine. only it’s much easier to search what you are looking for. i can go through and repin what others have already found, pin some of my original projects or ideas or pin other internet finds. the best part for me is that people can share ideas. looking at everyone else’s ideas inspires me to be a little more creative, to put a little bit more effort into what i am doing and to look at things a little bit differently.

i have recently set up a simplified living Pinterest account for organizing ideas, projects and favorite products. it’s been fun putting it together and i’d love your feedback.

follow me on pinterest. or send me your pinterest username and i’ll follow you!