One reader replied to Sunday’s newsletter: I’m reading this post with tears in my eyes. Thank you, Mary. You’ll never know how much I needed “permission” to let go of the boxes and boxes of paints, fabric, stencils, etc. Thank you so much. from S.W. Because of her reply, I decided to turn that newsletter […]
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Planner Studio Tour (and why I don’t mass-produce my planners)
It may surprise you to know that I still make all the planners in my shop, that I don’t outsource printing or mass-produce. Or maybe that doesn’t surprise you because it is obvious that I am a small business. I have my reasons for continuing to make the planners myself. A big reason I do […]
My Favorite Planner! {I’m biased.}
I got a message from someone ordering a planner last week. They’ve used my planner in the past, but tried a different planner last year. To quote the message “I need the only good planner I’ve ever had. I missed having yours literally every day last year.” As an avid planner-user myself, I didn’t create […]
Knobs on Everything! (plus tips to install)
If you want to make a statement in a room or with a piece of furniture, changing out hardware like drawer pulls and knobs can make a big impact. Or adding them in the first place helps too! In my opinion, if something needs to be opened and closed, it needs a knob! Knobs on […]
Ask Mary Anything #6: Craft Room Tour
Tour my craft room, while I answer the question – Do I really make all the planners myself? The video tour was really spotty because of technical issues. I’m so sorry about that! I wish I had more control during live videos!!! Part 1 … Craft Tour Part 2 … Craft Tour And, let’s talk […]
Organizing My Monica Closet – 5 Minute Organizing Projects
My wood floors are being re-done this week, so my family is staying at my mom’s house while we wait for the fumes to fade and the floor to cure. This is happening in the middle of other stressful things. To try to put it lightly: I’m feeling a lot of stress this week. Even […]
Tour the Mary ORGANIZES Studio
If you want a pretty drastic Before & After, then you can see what this room used to look like when it was a guest room and my office/craft room. (You can see the old Craft/Guest Room HERE.) When I started my planner shop, I needed a dedicated space for creating the planners and as […]
Tour the Girls’ Clubhouse
When I showed how my three girls share a bedroom a few weeks ago (see their bedroom HERE), I mentioned how we shuffled around the bedrooms a little while ago to give my tween girls a hangout place in the house. We have the three girls close in age, and then a much younger brother. […]
Tour My Craft Room
Can I tell you a secret? I collect spoons. Yep, sure do. Random, right? And sometimes I get really really tired. Tonight is one of those nights. It is summer. All my kid-lets are home. I co-hosted a baby shower for my friend tonight, so there have been some fun extra things to do the […]
Stuck At Home: Emergency Organizing
A week ago they cancelled school and today it is back in session, though I’ve heard rumors that another storm is coming. Here in Northwest Arkansas, we face ice storms in the winter. Roads everywhere are sheets of ice and driving is scary. We didn’t drive anywhere for 6 days. With the news yesterday afternoon […]