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Deciding to sell or donate your clutter

Last week I shared my tips on how to sort through your excess clutter.  Sometimes it’s hard to make a decision on whether you should donate, sell or throw away an item. We struggled with this when sorting through my mums items because we knew she valued everything, it was hard to pick something up…

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How to de clutter when moving

When packing to move house you should only take with you items that you use need love Be kind to yourself and don’t carry clutter and items from old house to new house that you haven’t used or even seen in years.  Allow your new home to be a fresh start with less clutter and…

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Moving home tips

Since the life of this blog I have had many many requests asking for moving tips. There is so much more to moving than I can share in one post, so I am sharing the following tips with you over the next month: sorting through your clutter purging the clutter garage sale tips moving tips…

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My Craft Room Overhaul

Over the school holidays I had the crazy idea of giving my craft room an overhaul, I say crazy because it took longer than expected.  I had been procrastinating about it for some time.  For a few reasons: I inherited some of mums quilting and craft supplies which didn’t fit into my already full cupboards…

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Handy and easy to use pegless washing line

This post is sponsored by Nuffnang and Brighton Nu Link  These past few months have been very wet here, in what is meant to be the sunshine state, Queensland.  With many weekend plans postponed due to rain.  Louise from Brighton Nu Link read my post about how to keep up with the washing when raining…

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40+ Awesome Lego Storage Ideas

Yesterday on facebook I shared our Lego Storage for my sons room and then asked to see some of your Lego storage creations.  I can’t thank you all enough for sharing them with me and WOW there are some really fantastic ideas.  I have shared them all below.  These Lego Sorting Labels may help you too!…

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Pregnancy and Baby Planner

I have received quite a few emails asking for help in preparing for babies arrival and checklists of everything needed for bub.  So I took this all one step further and created the ultimate Pregnancy and Baby Planner.   This planner is a digital download, available instantly after purchase.  It is designed to keep everything…

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School Holiday Planner

As always I love school holidays, having the kids home of course, but the go slow mornings are so very needed at times.  Especially now that hubby is working from home now too we can all take it easy!! As I’m still continuing with my study these holidays, I have planned quite a few playdates…

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