Pop Rocks Valentine & Free Printable

Next week is Valentine's Day and between my 2 kids we need to around 70 Valentines. My son's birthday party also falls next week, so I when I was looking for a Valentine for my kids to hand out I wanted something quick and easy.

I bought the 3 packs of Pop Rocks at the Dollar Tree, and broke them up so each child would get one pack. Then I used the Paint program on my computer and created a quick design. I then applies it to the Avery template here, and printed it on Avery 2"x4" labels (#5163).

I attached them to the Pop Rocks so that the Valentine saying was on one side and the "To: From:" was on the other side.

If you would like to download the printable to use on labels or card stock go here...

Valentines Day Printable OCH 

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Command Center Update

I am still amazed by the response my Time To Get Organized post has received. I get more comments and emails about how we like our command center than anything else on my entire blog. We have been using our command center for 6 months now and I thought an update was due.

Here is a side by side comparison after the 6 months of use.

 I erased the calendar because I didn't want to post our day to day schedule. If sections of this photo look a little blurry, it is because I blurred out some of the other personal information.

As you can see, overall the command center has stayed pretty much the same. I have added a bunch of different colors of dry erase markers. The other thing I added was a second magnetic basket.

Now the breakdown of how we use it.

On the Monthly Calendar, I try to keep each activity a specific color, so it is easy to see what is happening each day at a quick glance. I still keep a schedule book for the entire year, but the Monthly Calendar lets everyone in my house know where everyone is or needs to be.

The Kids' Boards are used to keep their drop off and pick-up times for schools and activities straight, and what days they have gym, music, art, etc.

The Kids' Bins hold their school and activity related papers.

The Receipts, Coupons, and Mail Bins are just there to keeps stuff off my counter until I get around to filing it.

The Budget Bin holds our budget notebook that we enter all our purchases into.

The plain white board holds the school/work schedules, appointment cards, dry erase markers, and

all my daughter's Box Tops, soda can tabs, and Labels for Education.

This command center has helped so much in keeping the kids' school/activity schedules straight, and with our counter clutter. I love not having to search through a stack of papers on the counter anymore just to find a coupon I think I remember seeing.

If you would like printables of the the sayings I used in my command center you can go here.

If you would like to make you own word art printables in Picmonkey check out this tutorial.

I'll Be Linking Up At Some Of  These Parties!

Command Center Update & Free Printables

I must say, I am very flattered by all the love my command center has been receiving.  

We have been using it for over almost 2 months now and it has been wonderful! To say it has made life in this house less complicated is an understatement.

The calendar has made keeping track of the kids 2 separate school and activity schedules easy. Plus my daughter can easily see what "day" of school it is. Her school works on a 6 day rotating schedule. Now she can look at the calendar and see what day it is (i.e., 1, 2, etc.) and then know what extra she has on that day (i.e., gym, computer, library, etc.). This has really helped with her sense of responsibility when it comes to being ready to get out the door in the morning. I still check that she has everything she needs, but it is already instilling in her how to get ready for the day, and how to be responsible for her own items and time.

The baskets and bins have removed so much clutter from my kitchen. My kids know where to drop their papers from school. Our mail, coupons, and receipts are no longer scattered about our kitchen counters. Plus, I no longer have to search for out budget book every time I need to add something or check it.

I have been receiving a lot of requests for the sayings I hung above my command center. 

I figure instead of trying to email them to everyone who has asked, I would attempt to share them as a printable. I use the word attempt because this is my first time doing this and I am just hoping it works. I used Scribd, so you will have to sign-up for an account but it is free. Each document is linked below.

Wrong is Wrong

Good Things
Great Believer in Luck

If you have a different saying you would like as word art, I explain how you can create your own word art using Picmonkey here.

I hope this helps some of you!

 I'll Be Linking Up At These Parties!