04 Apr 8 Tips for Clutter-Free Easter Baskets
We all love a good throwback...
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20 Dec 5 Last-Minute No-Stuff Gifts… That Don’t Totally Suck
Put down the Chia Pet and step away from the Shake Weight. It may be the Friday before Christmas, but that doesn’t mean you get to give your loved ones stuff-tastic crapola this year. Yes, you’ve waited way too long to come up with a gift idea,...
08 Dec 16 Ideas for Clutter-Free Stocking Stuffers
If you’re trying to take a less-is-more approach to the holidays, you might find yourself a bit stymied by one holiday tradition: stocking stuffers. (You know, those trinkets that are still in your junk drawer from last Christmas...
01 Dec Awesome Ideas for Clutter-Free Gifts
The holidays truly are my favorite time of the year. I love the lights, the tree, the family time. But like many of you, I can easily get overwhelmed by the stuff. So today I'd like to help you break the holiday stuff cycle and add more...
15 Nov 5 Tips for a Stress-Free Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving, a relaxing time of holding hands ’round the bountiful table, laughing heartily at old stories told anew, and creating joyous memories to last a lifetime. CUE THE RECORD SCRATCH Heck no! Thanksgiving is a time of stress, when you worry about using the right kind of...
08 Sep How to Get Your Mother-in-Law to Stop Buying Your Kid Stuff
This week’s tip comes from a reader who has a first-world problem many of us are familiar with… She asked, and I quote, “How do I get my mother-in-law to stop buying my kid so much crap?!” I loved this question so much that I actually did...
25 Mar Get a Grip on Your Gift Wrap
My gift wrap used to resemble the cluttered backroom of a forgotten Hallmark store: unwieldy spools of ribbon, bags of bows, thrice-used tissue paper, and legions of wrapping paper--in various states of unroll--were stuffed into my closet as if I was a prepper awaiting the...
19 Nov Rose’s Top 10 Gift-Giving Guidelines for Clutterfree Holidays
Every holiday season I face the same question: How do I celebrate the holidays without adding clutter to my life? I've learned a lot over the years--mostly by making tons of mistakes--and today I'd like to share my Top 10 Gift-Giving Guidelines to help you...
12 Nov The Case for a Better Black Friday
They've already begun...
21 Dec Could You Spend Just $100 on the Holidays?
A friend recently lent me a book called Hundred Dollar Holiday by Bill McKibben. I’ll admit, the title did not thrill me. “Hundred dollar holiday?” I thought. “How could I spend just $100 on Christmas? And really, why would I want to?” Sure, I’m a minimalist, but the...
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