I’ve got a little competition in the creative photo display field. Perhaps I shouldn’t say little, but young. Caroline Kaplan, owner & brainchild of Task Me is a senior in high school and has been cranking out imaginative photo collages and graphic design throughout her teens. Wildly popular with the Bat Mitzvah crowd, her impressive customized ... read more
Organization Projects: How to Tackle Them
Tips to Start Your Organization Projects The first step to starting your new organization projects is setting your priorities. What is causing you the most pain? Is it your kitchen, messy closet, or home office setup? Once you know what you want to tackle first you can start to put together a plan. Here's a great article on how to start ... read more
Are you a panicked packer? Stay Calm.
Infographic for Panicked Packers Top Five Packing Tips for Panicked Packers Are you a panicked packer who stresses out before a big trip? Do you worry about what to pack, how many of each item to pack, and even what bag to pack? As a professional organizer, I know how to organize and maximum space in that small carry-on bag. Here's a few ... read more
organization easy as 1-2-3
Once a week I attend an aqua fitness bootcamp at the Y across the street from my apartment. It's an eclectic group of aquatic exercise enthusiasts and the last place I expected to be hooking & booking clients. Given that we're a small & gabby group, talk of the transformative effect my work lends itself to discussing other elements of my ... read more
without a trace
Holy guacamole - it has been a minute since I wrote a blog post. Not that I don't have a gazillion ideas and every intention of posting them, I just have been a very busy business owner. Which I suppose has fared well because I have been receiving a ton of awesome emails from other businesses that are watching what I am doing, reading the blog, ... read more
paint primer
Summertime is a great time to start AND finish home projects. Painting is a perfect undertaking - not too overwhelming to accomplish and can change an entire space in one day. I'm always surprised when a client or friend has such a difficult time to committing to a color or a specific shade of a selected color. Maybe this is why I have 14 paint ... read more
procrastination provides pretty results
I have definitely documented my moments of procrastination, but today proved to be exceptional. Not only was I procrastinating from preparing all the actual work I need to accomplish, it was my procrastination's procrastination that propelled today's post. Knowing my new NARS lip glosses were hanging out in an unadorned recycled tomato paste can ... read more
all that glitters is gold
Have you ever been in someone's home and everything looks amazing, yet there is one piece of furniture that seems out of place with the others and you think, why wouldn't they just replace it? That's how I felt about this black halogen floor lamp. It has been the visual bane of my residential existence for over 20yrs, however the blinding bright ... read more
my strong attraction to mighty magnets (part 2)
I wear lip gloss & I eat cupcakes, so it'd stand to reason that someone might give me little cupcakes filled with lip gloss. However, I find sticking one's finger into a pot of lip goo repeatedly seriously unsanitary. These are too cute not to enjoy on a daily basis, so made I them into something that I could thoroughly appreciate - magnets! ... read more
my strong attraction to mighty magnets (part 1)
If you live in a home that boast an outdated vintage kitchen that has metal cabinets, you can probably appreciate my passion for mighties. They are tiny little magnets from Three by Three that are absurdly strong. I've long since run out of wall space, yet keep receiving gifts of artwork. I glued 16 (more than an adequate amount) ... read more