Mindful on Monday

I have returned to the DMV from a very busy and stressful week of graduate school auditions in New York. Getting back to the daily grind is certainly going to be a bit of a shift this coming week, so to get in gear I took to the gym early this morning - today was cardio day after all. While treadmill running I caught up with the Nate Berkus show (a fun show that I so rarely take the time to enjoy). This morning's feature was a designer from the OWNetwork and Home Made Simple. With an eye out for design, organization, and apartment living tips, I loved some of the tips this designer had for sprucing up old and found items on the cheap. A little more digging post-gym and I found the Home Made Simple homepage - a true trove of recipes, crafts, party hosting tips, design guides, and much more! I'm in idea guide heaven! Looking for some fun tips for yourself, check out this fantastic site homemadesimple.com.

(They should seriously pay me for this incredible pitch!)
And oh, by the way, the tip that had me hooked?

 (From www.homemadesimple.com)

The "Functional Fan-Folded Book". Takes all of 10-20 minutes of less and is actually a lot of fun! A suggestion for paperback books - cut a piece of heavier cardboard to the size of the opened book (back and front cover and binding) and glue that cardboard to the cover. This will give your organizer a little more structure and heft so it won't fly off your desk as easily.