The Abundant Wife

I was recently inspired by the Money Saving Mom’s Budget to get my home organized.  Although anyone who knows me could tell you that I am very organized person, I have my limits.  I’ve moved so many times that I often give the wrong address, state, and zip-code, so you can imagine that some aspects of my life have become a bit disorganized.  As I was looking for a recipe recently, I found myself digging through a file folder full of loose recipes, some of them copied more than once.

So I decided to organize my recipe folder.  I began by sorting the recipes into categories.  After looking over my piles (which by then covered the entire kitchen counter) I decided that I needed something to hold them.  I thought about gluing them to pages and putting them into a binder, but then settled on the simpler (if only temporary) solution of using envelopes.

As you can see, I opened the top flap of the envelope and labeled it with a pen.  Then I put them in an order that made sense to me.  When I was done, I slid them back in the file folder.  You would not believe how much easier it is for me to find the recipes I need now!  I am very pleased with this system.  Although I will probably outgrow it eventually, it works perfectly today.

Do you have any frugal organizing tips for your kitchen clutter?