From the monthly archives:

May 2011

This Blogger Is “In Love” … with Her Purse Perfector

by Lyn Marsteller on May 31, 2011

We recently gave a Purse Perfector for review to Karen Eborall, a busy mom of two who blogs about her thoughts and opinions at Little World After All. It’s always interesting to hear how our handbag organizers help different people organize their lives. But we can’t help but blush when reviewers proclaim their outright love for Purse Perfector:

I’ve had this in my purse for about four days now and it’s absolutely perfect (no pun intended). Like most women, I used to clean out my purse out of necessity a few times a year. Within a day or two (or an hour or two), my purse would look like a disaster once again. And so the cycle would go on and on. Or so I thought. Since I put this into use, my purse is still neat and organized. I can reach in and instantly find what I’m looking for. I wear prescription glasses and have sunglasses for sunny days. To know exactly where my glasses are every time I reach in while driving, is really such a lovely thing.

I am in love with my Purse Perfector. It’s a fantabulous product for organizing something that’s used by me constantly throughout the day.

(Read the entire review at Little World After All.)

Thank you, Karen, for the kind words! We hope your Purse Perfector keeps your purse in order for years to come. And as soon as we invent the House Perfector, we’ll be sure to let you know.

This post is brought to you by Purse Perfector, the handbag and purse insert that organizes every bag you own. Buy your Purse Perfector here.

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Celebrate Memorial Day with “Made in America”

by Lyn Marsteller on May 30, 2011

In honor of Memorial Day, we thought it was appropriate to highlight a recent ABC World News series called Made in America.

If you waved an American flag today, do you know where it was made? (Hint: Lots of flags are actually made in China.) If yours has the Annin brand on it, you can be confident you’re flying a made-in-the-USA flag. The Made in America series featured Annin Flagmakers, which runs its largest factory in Coshocton, Ohio. Annin makes 50,000 flags a day — more than 5,500 flags an hour, 93 U.S. flags a minute. They also have plants in New Jersey and Virginia.

During the past few months, ABC has explored the notion of where all of our “stuff” (and we have a lot of it!) is made. More than half of what we Americans buy gets manufactured abroad, but there are plenty of great products being made in the USA — including the Purse Perfector. Our handbag organizers are all manufactured in San Francisco, then hand-packed and shipped by a Cincinnati nonprofit, Easter Seals Work Resource Center, which is dedicated to training the developmentally disabled in meaningful work for a variety of businesses.

Why buy products that are made in America? It helps us and our neighbors improve the U.S. economy. According to ABC News, if we each bought $3.33 more in U.S.-made goods each year, it would create 10,000 U.S. jobs. So next time you hear of a product or brand that’s “made in the USA,” consider the jobs you’ll be helping to create by choosing that brand over a foreign-made competitor. Now that’s patriotic!

This post is brought to you by Purse Perfector, the handbag and purse insert that organizes every bag you own. Buy your Purse Perfector here.

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Professional Organizers Love Purse Perfector

by Lyn Marsteller on May 29, 2011

More than 600 individuals attended the 2011 National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) in San Diego in early April. For four days, organizers from across the United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil attended workshops and panel presentations, learning from keynote speakers such as Julie Morgenstern (you’ve probably read her columns in O magazine or seen her on Good Morning America) and each other.

With so many experts on organizing in one place, it was wonderful to see so many of them show us their Purse Perfectors still in use, well loved and in great shape after a year or more of use. Some commented that they were nervous about tossing their Purse Perfector in the washing machine, but thrilled that after that, all it needed was to be air-dried.

Among the many professional organizers who are enthusiastic about the Purse Perfector was professional organizer Rebekah Gould of Organized Aging. She took time after only one day with her Purse Perfector to record this testimonial.

This post is brought to you by Purse Perfector, the handbag and purse insert that organizes every bag you own. Buy your Purse Perfector here.

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Unique Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

by Lyn Marsteller on May 2, 2011

With Mother’s Day just a week away (Sunday, May 8), you’re no doubt seeing plenty of ads for flowers, jewelry and other traditional gifts for this annual celebration of moms in your life.

But if you think your favorite mom, mother-in-law or grandmother would prefer something a little less conventional, try one of these gift ideas to show your love and appreciation:

Nurture her favorite hobby.

Nearly everyone has some passion or interest other than work, family and daily tasks. Whether the mom you’re buying for pursues her hobby often or only once in a while, give her something that helps her do it more frequently or enjoyably. A bucket of golf balls for the golfer, gardening tools for the gardener, concert tickets for the music lover … you get the idea.

Give the gift of your time.

Does any mom ever get enough quality, one-on-one time with her children/grandchildren? Offer up a couple of hours to take her out to lunch, a movie, park or museum, shopping – wherever you’d both have fun doing something together. Turn off your phone and really pay attention to her. She’ll definitely appreciate the time with her loved ones more than any bouquet of flowers.

Make one aspect of her life easier.

Moms work so hard, don’t they? All year long, they’re taking care of others, at home, at work, in their communities. Consider a Mother’s Day gift that eases her workload a little bit or improves her daily life. For example, the Purse Perfector is an ideal way to help Mom get organized in a jiffy—and it allows her to seamlessly shift roles, from work bag to diaper bag, travel carry-on to gym bag. Other make-life-easier gifts include services like housecleaning or lawn mowing, or handy tech gadgets like an Amazon Kindle or Apple iPad.

Turn special memories into visual mementoes.

These days, you can do so many amazing things with your family photos, home videos, special songs and heirlooms. There’s still time to create a gift for Mom that helps her remember a special time, place, person or moment. You could have a family portrait or snapshot of her grandchildren turned into a beautiful canvas print, or make a necklace with her children’s names engraved on the pendant. Get creative—the possibilities are truly endless!

Whatever you end up doing for the mothers in your life, just remember to express your genuine feelings and make each mom feel special. A gift is just the icing on the cake.

This post is brought to you by Purse Perfector, the handbag and purse insert that organizes every bag you own. Buy your Purse Perfector here.

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