A Crafty Way to Get Organized

crafty.pngDo you need to organize your craft area, but lack the motivation – and the inspiration? I’ve just found an awesome group on Flickr called “Craft Rooms“. You’ll find over 2,000 gorgeous pictures of neatly organized craft rooms and corners. It’s like touring a thousand houses, without ever having to leave your own!
Take a look at this one. Forget just spending time there crafting – I’d love to live in it all the time! That’s the great thing about organizing your craft area – when it looks good, and it’s a pleasure to work there – you’ll want to spend more time crafting and creating.
It’s another example of how organization can set you free, and let you do the things you really want to do![LG]Try these for Craft Storage![/LG]
Photo Credit: Lovely Days

How to organize your browser bookmarks and favorites

bookmarks.pngHow many bookmarks and favorites are on your computer? I have more than 1,000 in Firefox and Del.icio.us, and even though they’re neatly organized in folders and tagged, I can’t remember what I liked about most of them.
How many bookmarks is too many? Are all those sites still live? Are you really ever going back there?
Happily, there’s lots of free software for PC and Mac that will help you organize your bookmarks. Continue Reading

Review your books (part 1)

book stackBooks bring knowledge, adventure and escape. They can feel like old friends. That’s probably why it’s so hard to get rid of them.
However, as we grow, our tastes continue to change which mean that some of the books may have just become dust collectors. Be honest, are you ever going to refer to your college textbook again? How many of those paperback novels will you re-read? And what about those books you’ve never gotten around to reading, that have been monopolizing shelf space?
Ask yourself three questions:

  • Is it a reference book that you commonly refer to?
  • Is it a story that you’ll read again?
  • Does it have a special meaning?
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