Black Friday ads and holiday shopping can make you feel like you just stepped off of the Tilt-A-Whirl. Picking the perfect Christmas presents to give to everyone on your list can also be an emotional and financial roller coaster. In today’s video, I am sharing a simplified gift guide that will help ease your holiday… Read more »
Posts Tagged: gift
Holiday Gift Hangovers: How to Remember to Return Gifts and Use Gift Cards
Did Santa get it wrong? Did the gift cards you got last year already expire or get lost? I explain how to make sure your gift cards get used and your less-than-perfect gifts get returned before they end up assimilating into your house as clutter! When I was a little girl, I remember so clearly… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Santa’s Organizing Secrets
Are your stockings hung by the chimney with care? Do your elves empty them gleefully and their contents compare? Do the contents of some seem close to empty? While others, of course, have way more than plenty. In this video I’ll show you how to organize these stuffers. Because when the elves are not happy,… Read more »
Lorie’s Favorite Things List 2011
As you may know, I usually pick out my "favorite things" list each year for fun holiday gift ideas, mostly organizing-related. Here is my list from last year, and here is my list for 2009. This year's list I published on my Good Housekeeping blog, so if you want to see my hand-picked gift ideas… Read more »
Organizing Your Holiday Gift Giving
Quick, can you tell me how many stockings you need to stuff? Where will you hide your gifts– and can you then remember where you hid them? Let's organize your gift-giving right now so you can feel more like singing "Joy to the World" instead of "In the Bleak Midwinter." Make a list– just like… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Got Gift Cards? 3 Ways to Make Sure You Use Them
Each week we are posting a one-minute-ish quick video tip on something useful and practical that you can apply right away! Have you used those great gift cards you got for the holidays? Do you know where your gift certificates and special offers are? Or did you get a gift card that you aren’t exactly… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Quick Gift Wrapping Tips
Each week we are posting a one-minute-ish quick video tip on something useful and practical that you can apply right away! What does a table cloth have to do with presents? Watch the video and find out. (Click here to watch on YouTube if you can’t see the embedded player.) Transcript: Hi. I’m Lorie Marrero,… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Shipping
Each week we are posting a one-minute-ish quick video tip on something useful and practical that you can apply right away! Last week we wrapped your packages, this week we are getting them out the door. (Click here to watch on YouTube if you can’t see the embedded player.) Transcript: Hi. I’m Lorie Marrero, and… Read more »
Clutter Video Tip: Organizing Gift Wrap
Each week we are posting a one-minute-ish quick video tip on something useful and practical that you can apply right away! Our holly, jolly focus this week is creating and organizing your gift wrap station. (Click here to watch on YouTube if you can’t see the embedded player.) Transcript: Hi. I’m Lorie Marrero, and today’s… Read more »