Organize this: Jewelry/Hair/Makeup Accesories

Since I saw a blogpost on Emily Schuman's Cupcakes and Cashmere blog on organizing your jewelry, I've wanted to do a short post myself on the same subject. I'm an organizational neat freak as it is, but when it comes to organizing the top drawer of my vanity dresser, everything has its place. The bowls for my jewelry are from Anthropologie, and I thought it was another way to display/mix and match the pretty dishware.

This little jar holds bobby pins and allows easy access and storage.

Since I probably won't be using all of my shot glasses post-grad, I've turned them into holders for my eyeshadow brushes and Q-tips. Again, easy access and storage.

Organize This: Personalized Planners

I was always one of those nerdy kids who became excited for the school year to start because it meant new school supplies. Colorful notebooks and new binders were staples in my back-to-school buys, but I always spent extra time finding the perfect planner. It was yet another place for me to keep my many to-do lists, and I think this is one of the reasons why I've become so adamant about being organized. For me, the perfect always had to have three things: lots of color, a ton of room for writing assignments for each day, and space to make tons of lists.

This will be the first year in which I won't be going back to school in the fall, but regardless if you're looking for a planner for school or for a job, these online buys are personalized and trendy... and meet my three standards!

xxo

1. Sarah Pinto
     The Rugby Academic Planner, $20. After trying to find her ideal planner, Pinto gave up and decided to design her own. Her website features academic planners, notebooks and notecards. This planner is spiral bound with a chocolate brown interior pages.

 

2. Much Ado About You

     Martha Medium Day Planner, $38. I love these planners because they can be personalized. With 12 monthly tabs, week, month, and year-at-a-glance pages, there's much room for organization with one of these planners. 

3. Erin Condren

     Life Planner in Signature Stripe, $50. Erin Condren's "Life Planners" are as detailed as a planner can get. First designed in 2007, Condren has been evolving the style of her planners since, and this one will not disappoint, with over 240 pages and stickers to highlight important dates.

4. Lilly Pulitzer

     Jumbo Agenda in Shorely Blue Big Garden by the Sea, $33. I've always thought Lilly Pulitzer's agendas were pricey, but after looking at the personalized ones you can find online, hers look more affordable. I like these because of the sturdy cover and vast space for writing inside. It's notebook sized, but if you're more of a small planner type of gal, Lilly also offers two other sizes.

5. Plum Paper Designs

     Personalized Planner, Caroline, $30. Not only does this company make custom designed agendas, but also it prints calendars and stationary to your personalized liking. My favorite was the "Caroline" design, but there are plenty of other trendy designs by Plum to check out. 

Organize this: everyday make-up

One of my favorite things to do when I'm bored is to organize. So, I'm starting a series of posts that includes all of my best organizing tips, which are kind of DIY projects as well. Hopefully you'll enjoy them and be able to garner a few tips along the way.

I have a lot of make-up that I don't use every day. Purple eyeshadows and navy eye-liner pencils make the cut for this category. Still, most of the make-up that I use every day (mascara, make-up brushes eyeliner, concealer) gets mixed in with the stuff that doesn't, and it becomes somewhat of a hassle. I've always seen cute ways of storing make-up, but wanted to try something new that would look cute and still be a good way to organize my products.

ENTER: Pinterest.

It seems like every creative bone in my body has been replaced by my Pinterest boards for the past year. One of my secret santa gifts from Christmas was an oversized Anthropologie mug, and I've seen many DIY crafts done with these mugs, so I wanted to use mine for that and not for coffee-- I'd rather have it on display than inside my cupboard. So I took my make-up, bought about two cups of coffee beans and viola: organization that is quick and cute, and now I have easy access to my products!

xxo

Before (yes, it's organized but everything is mixed together):

After: