Afternoon Project: Address Book!

Recently I came across the Prepared NOT Scared! blog. This blog has lots of great emergency preparedness projects as well as other great items to help you get organized.



I was thrilled to find a pdf file for an address book! You would think that addresses would be easy enough for me to have organized, but it's not! I have tried to keep my important addresses electronically, but then the hard drive crashes, or I forget to save the whole page of labels I just typed, etc. Frustrating! My husband (the techie guy that he is) would definitely not agree with me on this, but sometimes paper just works better at organization!

For this project, I printed out the pdf document found here, and took it to my local copy store to print on cardstock. After cutting I took my paper corner cutter to each card to round the corners. I also distressed the first page with some brown ink around the edges. Then I punched holes and added two ring clips.


My completed project cost me $9.37 for the copies, and about 2 hours of my time cutting and perfecting. Don't forget to save the original copies for future use!

Enjoy!
Kelly

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog! I started this endeavor hoping to share little organizing projects and tips that I find useful. I don't claim to be the MOST organized person (really, with 3 children under age 6 and 2 of those children under age 2, how can I be?!), but I have found that when I am organized, my home life runs so much smoother. My motto is: an organized wife is an organized life! Items can be found, dinner is planned and made effortlessly, children happily do chores, husbands fold laundry without asking, the sun shines and the birds sing. Well, something like that anyway!

Although I'm not always on top of my organization like I dream to be, I do find that after the kids are in bed, toys are picked up and life has settled for the day, my mind starts to wonder on what I can get organized. For me, organization is fun! Like, the kind of fun that makes me want to tackle a whole closet, garage or whatever is out of control and made it orderly and neat.

So check back often to see what's new! I hope to share what works for me, and just maybe you will find the solution to a problem you have too. Feel free to drop me a line. I'd love to read your comments!

Kelly