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Helping Family Members Find Organization
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, May 17
How to Help A Family Member Get OrganizedI often get calls and emails from family members and friends who are concerned for their loved ones disorganized situation. This is common and my heart goes out to them. I applaud them for taking the first steps, researching organizers, and truly learning how to best approach the situation. There are many fa… Read more
Act Like You’re Moving
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Tuesday, May 11
Organizing, Downsizing and StreamliningWe are in the midst of moving season. It might be slower than in years past but none the less, people are packing up clutter, staging their home and making it look as neat as possible so buyers are attracted to buy. We are not staging professionals as you might of guessed but many families hire professional or… Read more
Tickler Systems

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, May 7
31 Day Tickler Filing System Managing Paper, Bills and Tasks Each day of the Month So let me be honest right from the start. I usually don’t suggest tickler systems for my clients. However, for some they do work. So today I’d like to address this system and idea. You never know. It could work for you. I have many organizer friends who ac… Read more
Expectations you can count on
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Tuesday, May 4
I thought long and hard over what Amber’s Organizing, LLC brings to the table. What do we offer? Why choose us? Here are 6 key organizing factors you can expect when we start an organizing project, no matter the amount of clutter invovled. Motivation. It is a whole lot easier to accomplish a project when someone is rooting you on and … Read more
Weekend Plans
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, April 30
It’s Friday. Yeah!!!- the weekend has arrived. I’ve got a couple of things I’d like to get down this weekend. The first, is clean out my car. It really need a good scrub, vaccum, and organizing session. The second, is my garden. I’d like to get the few remaining weeds out and get some veggies planted. What’s … Read more
Organizing My Thoughts
Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Tuesday, April 27
This last weekend I was in Columbus, Ohio for the National Organizing Conference of the National Association of Professional Organizers. It was 3 days of non stop organizing classes, keynote speakers, and an organizing product Expo. Of course, I shared this experience with about 1,000 other organizers from around the country. It’s kind of fun… Read more
Making Organizing Fit Your Time

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Thursday, April 8
Finding time to organize is always a struggle. There’s always pressure to carve out time, but realistically how does one do it? I want to be clear and explain there’s to\wo expectations here or two different aspects of organizing that one has to realize or understand.The first is... if clutter has been accumulating in any area for mont… Read more
A Bedroom Success!

Posted by Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, April 5
Organizing A Bedroom- Before and After Pictures: A few weeks back I organized this bedroom with the homeowners. They did a great job of sorting, purging, planning, and organizing the space with me. They worked so hard and I’m so proud of them. Recently I was back for a different project in the house. They were proud to show me that thei… Read more













