Take charge of holiday planning and simplify your holidays!! Christmas planning printables, resources and tips to get organized for the Christmas holiday season.
Get Ready for Christmas with the Houseworks Holiday Plan
Posted by Cynthia Ewer on August 21, 2009
Labor Day weekend ahead! School bells are ringing, football fills the airwaves and September looms. Will the holidays be far behind?
Sure, you're dreaming of the perfect Christmas--then you open your eyes to reality. Looking around the house, it's hard to imagine how to cut the clutter, manage fall cleaning and prepare for Christmas all at once.
How will you bring the current state of domestic chaos into holiday readiness: clean, organized, prepared? You need a plan!
It's time to kick off the Houseworks Holiday Plan at sister site Organized Christmas!
Working week by week, we'll deep-clean, declutter, and prepare for the holiday season in small, sustainable bites.
Along the way, we'll create a personalized Christmas planner to simplify the holidays--and online HHP communities provide motivation, inspiration and fun.
The fun starts Sunday, August 30! Will you be ready?
Get The Houseworks Holiday Plan
Simplify Your Holidays With A Christmas Planner
Print Free Christmas Calendars, Checklists and Planner Pages
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Cash In: Start Now to Save Money for Christmas
Posted by Cynthia Ewer on July 23, 2009
Think Christmas ... in July? Sure--if you want to be prepared for a stress-free holiday season.
Starting holiday planning now makes sense ... and cents! Saving ahead for holiday expenses spreads the financial demands of the Christmas season over several months--and being prepared with a cash budget means you'll be less tempted to put holiday spending on credit cards.
Sister site Organized Christmas has some clever ways to start now to save money for a debt-free Christmas celebration:
Clever checkbook management can lead to a Christmas stash. When paying bills each month, "round down" the bank balance to the next even amount--say, from $967 to $900--by writing a dummy check for $67 and deducting it from the register. Don't cash it, but hold it for Christmas. Over a few months, those "round it down" amounts will add up to holiday funds.
Cash In! Do-It-Now Ways To Save Money For Christmas More »
Don't Forget! A Christmas Checklist to Simplify Your Holidays
Posted by Cynthia Ewer on December 7, 2008
Psst! One of our own is featured in the current issue of Woman's Day magazine.
Even if you make a list and check it twice, a few items can fall through the cracks during the holidays. What are the things you shouldn't forget as you prepare to celebrate the season?
Check the link for a Christmas checklist of often-overlooked holiday to-do items, from Cynthia Townley Ewer, editor of Organized Christmas:
Holiday Checklist - Woman's Day More »
Christmas Notebook Cover Tour: Get Organized for the Holidays
Posted by Cynthia Ewer on December 4, 2008
It's that time of year: we're building Christmas notebooks or holiday organizers to help us plan and prepare for the holiday season.
Need inspiration to make your notebook pretty? Check out this Flickr set! Pretty and practical notebook covers make it a delight to get ready for Christmas:
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Christmas Pocket Planner Forms: Free Printables from OrganizedChristmas.com
Posted by Cynthia Ewer on October 8, 2008
Have you heard about Christmas pocket planners? Handmade from scrapbooking paper and a simple pocket file folder, these little holiday planners are inexpensive, creative and just plain fun!
The pocket planner concept is sweeping the scrapbooking and rubber stamping world, but there's always been one thing missing: a set of printable forms for Christmas organizing.
Until now! Introducing the latest Organized Christmas forms set: Christmas Pocket Planner Forms! More »
