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06 Mar Are you a conscious declutterer?

Posted at 10:40h in Photo Organising, Photo Organizing, Printed Photos, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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The KonMari craze is everywhere. I visited a client last week who has been ‘KonMari-ing’ and rediscovered many photographs she hadn’t seen for a long time. And a Mum at school was telling me about her progress with decluttering after watching the Netflix series recently.

14 Jan Principles of home organisation you can apply to organising your photos

Posted at 10:00h in Photo Organising, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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Many of you would've heard of or read the book ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up’ by Marie Kondo or are watching her series on Netflix. We wrote about the book when we first read it way back in 2017. Some of you may have engaged the services of a Professional Organiser to get your home or office organised. There are many principles of home organising that can be applied when organising your photos.

12 Apr What is a photo workflow? How does it work?

Posted at 13:41h in Photo Filing, Photo Organising, Photo Organizing, Uncategorized by Mara The Filing Fairy 1 Comment

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We get asked ALL the time how we manage our photos. We are always happy to tell people and we ALWAYS include the caveat that a photo workflow should be unique to the individual. There is no right or wrong way. Only the right or wrong...

17 Jun We think you are awesome

Posted at 09:15h in Photo Books, Photo Organising, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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For anyone that has ever outsourced a service there is often an associated feeling of guilt for not being able to do it yourself and hiring a photo organiser is no exception. So today I wanted to tell you about some of the reasons we think our photo organising clients are awesome and send a little love your way.

07 Nov Know thyself and make good choices

Posted at 08:06h in Digital Photos, Photo Filing, Photo Organising by Mara The Filing Fairy 1 Comment

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For those of you who TOOK THE PLEDGE you might remember receiving Day 13’s tip. "when you choose photo organizing software you need to consider your comfort level with technology, your operating system and your time and most importantly your lifestyle" We love this advice so...

26 Sep Protecting your photos while travelling – Part 4

Posted at 10:46h in Digital Photos, Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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This is the last post in a four part series on how to protect your images while travelling. We have discussed how to prepare before you leave, tips on taking photos while travelling and how to back up while travelling, but what happens to your...

30 Mar Love, fear and guilt

Posted at 09:48h in Photo Organising by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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Emotions like love, fear and guilt can be powerful and overwhelming at times.

15 Dec 6 step Pre Christmas Toy Purge

Posted at 08:55h in Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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This post is for all the mums and dads and whilst it might seem painful to try to find the time to reduce the toy stash at this busy time of year the benefits will outweigh the pain, you might even enjoy it and it will be a valuable learning experience for the kids.

08 Sep Sunday Sort it Station

Posted at 09:33h in Uncategorized by Mara The Filing Fairy 3 Comments

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Happy National Organising Week (NOW)!

NOW (pun or rather acronym intended) is the perfect time to reconsider how you use your space, time and stuff.

One of our favourite ways to help families get and stay organised are our action stations. A while ago I stumbled on the blog post of a compatriot organiser Lisa of Organized 365 in the USA, it was all about The Sunday Basket Straight away I related to the concepts Lisa was describing, finding it similar to our family filing action stations. It got me thinking about the way we have described our action stations and how to use them to you in the past.

18 Aug 30 days of TLC for your home office

Posted at 09:39h in Professional Organiser by Mara The Filing Fairy 0 Comments

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As our business has started to grow (thanks to you lovely people) we have both found it increasingly challenging to keep our own offices organised. Mostly this is because we bring home a lot of client photos in boxes of varying shapes and sizes. So we started...

aplaceforeverything Tag

06 Mar Are you a conscious declutterer?

14 Jan Principles of home organisation you can apply to organising your photos

12 Apr What is a photo workflow? How does it work?

17 Jun We think you are awesome

07 Nov Know thyself and make good choices

26 Sep Protecting your photos while travelling – Part 4

30 Mar Love, fear and guilt

15 Dec 6 step Pre Christmas Toy Purge

08 Sep Sunday Sort it Station

18 Aug 30 days of TLC for your home office