Best Post Holiday Organizing Tips

It is hard to believe that we have all just spent the past 6 weeks…or longer…preparing for the Holidays. For some of us the climax of the season is a single day and for others it is a whole week. After the parties and celebrations are a distant memory what is left are the happy [...]

Week 2 - Best Last Minute Holiday Organizing Tips

 With just a few weeks left to plan for the holidays…whatever your holiday is…. The stress and the pressure of the season is reaching a climax.   You can see it in the way people walk a wee bit faster, road rage is more intense and don’t even get me going  on parking lot etiquette…. Instead of just making it [...]

Week 3 - Best Holiday Entertaining Tips

As the weeks pass the holiday parties are coming fast and furious. Office parties, Association and club get togethers, playschool cookie exchanges, socials, family gathering….an endless list of invitations. There are only so many hours in the day with a limited amount of energy to take it all in.      Back in the days when Martha Ruled it was about bigger, better, [...]

Week 4 - Best Holiday Card Sending Tips

As the weeks progress and you get closer to the holidays  you will feel great with all of the planning and organizing you have already done. This week a few more preparation tips and a bit of postal action will make light work over the next few weeks. Week  4 Holiday Countdown  Start your Holiday baking and cooking and [...]

Not a Martha Holiday Party

Here is the latest article from the Organize series of articles for the KV Style Magazine that is circulated in the Kennebecasis valley…the most beautiful riverside community in North America… in my humble opinion.  You can read it online here   We are days away from the start of the holiday season… Yes it is a whole season wrapped [...]

Week 5 - Best Holiday Gift Giving Tips

The Gift list and Gift Giving take centre stage this week. It isn’t the size of the gift that matters, but the size of the heart that gives it.  ~Quoted in The Angels’ Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994 Week 5 Holiday Countdown…. Take an inventory of your gift closet, or closets and if [...]

Countdown to the Holiday Season

As the days are shorter and winter nipping at our heels it was only appropriate to bring it up…yes this weeks KVStyle column brings the sights and the sounds of the upcoming season front and center….Enjoy!                              Read it online here Yes you are reading this correctly. With only 6 weeks to the 2010 Holiday season the countdown [...]

Week 6 Countdown - Best Holiday Organizing Tips

For the next 6 weeks you are going to receive the best Holiday Organizing Tips so you can enjoy the 2010 Holiday Season with your own unique style, spending time with your loved ones and relatively stress free…it is possible. Enjoy…   Week 6 Countdown…  Make a master gift list and holiday budget, this can be used year [...]

Back to School Tips to save you Time, Money and Peace of Mind

Here is the latest KV Style article with timely Back To School tips. You can read it online or follow along here. It is hard to believe that it in just one month the wee ones will be donning their backpacks and heading into a brand new shiny school year. All at once you are [...]

Tips for Organizing and Planning Summertime Activities

On this last day of the Month of May I would love to share my recent column from KV Style Magazine on the importance of planning and preparation for the upcoming Summer Break. You can read the article online or right here. May is traditionally the unofficial start to summer. The time when we can [...]