Organizing Your Jewelry

 

If you're anything like me, you have random piles of jewelry scattered all around your house.  I have the worst habit of taking my earrings or bracelets off in a random place, leaving them there, and then latter tearing apart my apartment looking for them. I have decided to get organized, I have had this jewelry box for a few years, but it just didn't fit my growing collection, so I got the bracelet/watch holder to help with that problem.

There are several different ways you can organize your jewelry. Many make their own, or buy, hanging racks for necklaces or earrings. These are great for storing jewelry but I wanted a more upscale look for this little corner of my bedroom. I found this mirrored jewelry box at T.J.Maxx a few years ago but have linked several bellow for you to look at. The third option for jewelry store if the dream princess diaries closet with my remote control tiara holder (I'm working in it, seriously). 

When choosing how to store your jewelry, most people underestimate how much space they really need. You want to have plenty of space to display everything you already own, and keep in mind, you are likely going to purchase more. I always keep the items I wear daily out for easy access. Keep your special occasion, or really unique pieces in a different place, or in the bottom compartment of your jewelry box. You want to keep your every day go-to jewelry where you can see it, so you can get dressed quickly and throw on your arm candy and head out the door.

Blogger Tip Thursday {planning}

I am very excited to be starting a blogger tip series, I hope you all enjoy it, and find it helpful. I have been blogging for about a year and a half now, and have learned a lot though the mistakes I have made. I hope to pass this knowledge down to you though my new series Blogger Tip Thursdays. My first tip is to plan, plan, plan! I did not fully understand the importance of planning posts when I first started blogging. This led to a lot of mistakes and late night work. There is more to plan then just the physical post. I am going to walk you through how I plan for my blog posts along with sharing my blog planner for 2015.

Here’s a bit more into my planning and thought process behind every post that goes up on my blog.

1. The majority of the posts here on Stylish Sassy and Classy have to do with fashion and style. When putting together a post I first plan what I am going to wear. I always like to try on my entire outfit ahead of time, that way I know I like the way it all looks together, and that everything is clean.

2. Now that the outfit has been decided upon, it’s time to take some pictures! When it comes to planning, this part is definitely one of the hardest. Planning pictures is hard for many reasons: You must choose where to take them, make sure the weather cooperates, and make sure your photographer is free. I have had to wait over a week to take pictures before, but don't get impatient it will happen. Follow my next tip (#3) when nothing seems to be going your way!

3. IMPROVISE. Things do not always go as planed. When you just can't get those pictures taken,  think about a post you can write where you use some of your old photos, or make a fun collage.

4.Now that you have your pictures taken, it is time to edit edit edit. I edit most of my pictures in Adobe Lightroom, I find it does everything I need for my pictures and is very user friendly.

5.Write your post. I tend to write my actual post after I have edited my pictures because sometimes how my pictures turn out, or when I see my new favorite picture, it can change what I want to write. I am about the worlds worst speller... it's pretty bad, so use auto correct, sometimes I even have friends read over my posts before they go live. You do want to edit you posts and make sure there are no embarrassing mistakes, but it is a blog so you don't need to be a grammar Nazi.

6.You have your pictures and your post, now it is time for the finishing touches. I try to link all parts of my outfit so they can easily be shopped. This is also when I label my post, and choose the name, if I haven't done so already. Now it is time to POST, but we are not done yet, posting is not the end.

7. Make sure you share your post on all of your social media account, and if it is a large or important post share it a few times. It is very important that you check the comments on your post and try to reply to most if not all of them, your readers take the time to read and comment on your post the least you can do is reply to them.

8. Track your growth. It is important to track your blogs growth, this way you can see how your readers respond to each post. Also sometimes we feel like our blog is at a stand still, and not growing. When you monitor your blogs weekly/monthly growth you can see that you really are heading in the right direction.

I have created a FREE blog planner for 2015 so staying organized and planning will be a breeze. I hope the planner helps you and your blog grow in 2015!
 

**This is just the first of many Blogger Tip Thursday posts, please comment bellow with any subjects or advice you would love for me to cover!!**

Getting organized in style

Today I am going to show yall how I get ready for new school year in style, and if you are not in school you can use some of these ideas at your work or for organizing things around the house. We have all seen the adorable Lilly Pulitzer binder covers and I am going to show you how I have made mine for the past two years. Every semester I make them with the latest seasons prints I get compliments on them constantly and really don't take a lot of time for effort to make. I will also show you how to jazz up a plain white notebook to make it more girly and  glitz. 

Here are all of the supplies I will be using today along with some school supplies I bough. I am in love with the rainbow of felt tip pens I get on sale at Office Depot which I plan on using to write in my agenda with. I like to assign things a color like work-blue boyfriend-orange friends-purple tests-red quizzes- green you get the idea and you can chose what ever color helps you remember what the reminder if for.

 

   

I will Start off with the Lilly Pulitzer binder covers first go online and chose your favorite prints (chose as many prints as you have binders) I have two binders this semester one for MWF and one for my TH classes. You need to select a large image so that it doesn't look distorted or pix-elated when you blow it up. In one word document have all of our imaged you need for each pattern one page that the pattern is blow up to cover the entire page and a second in a landscape setting where it just takes up an inch (hot dog style) or if you have a ticker or thinner binder you can adjust this will be for the label on the binding. Then in a second word document type out my class names and put a matching frame around them (see bellow). Print and then you are ready to get started.

 Now you need to cut out your pieces and glue them together how simple is that? I did not but I recommend using a slightly ticker/heavier paper if you have some at home already.

Now that you have glued your binder covers together you can now put them inside your binder. I use plain white but of course you can always use a colored binder.

 

Now I will show you how to jazz up a plain notebook. I got a 3 subject Five Star notebook in white and I am going to add gold strips. You need the notebook, some painters tape and a can of spray paint you can use what ever color you want I like gold and I already had it so win win.

 

Tape you notebook how ever you like I did two white stripes so that it would cover the Five Star logo and I also put some page over the spiral so they wouldn't also turn gold.

 I had to do about 3 light coats to get the look I wanted depending on what color you chose it might take less or more, wait for it to dry at least an house before you take off the tape but don't use or set anything on the notebook right away, I let mine set over night.

So that is my school supplies for the 2014 Fall semester in college. I find having cute supplies helps me feel better in my classes, I can't say that there the reason I make good grade but I definitely enjoy having them. If you have any other cool DIY organization ideas please share them with me !