Spring is in full swing here in sunny California, and I’m continuing my season of simplifying, organizing, and general de-cluttering of all the things. With four kids, two dogs, and a semi-regular habit of moving, I’m coming to terms with the fact that this is an ongoing (lifelong?) process that will never be fully DONE. I want to be okay (even content) with the less than perfect messiness of life, and to be grateful for what that means.
Life.
Abundance.
Growth.
To be genuinely thankful for what is, rather than longing for an always elusive, unattainable ideal. To be able to sincerely say …
I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through Him who gives me strength. – Philippians 4:12-13
In cleaning up my little sun-room studio, getting ready for next week’s big surprise (which I promise to tell you more about soon), I found a few more things I thought were sold out. Seems like the perfect time for a little giveaway, don’t you think?
Nevermind little. How about a pretty big giveaway?
Okay, let’s do it. Here’s everything that’s included in this package of goodness, worth more than $180 …
- Monogram Alphabet Scripture Card Set
- Psalms & Roses Postcard Collection
- Psalm 23 Postcard Collection
- 2019 Inspirational Art Calendar
- Color Your Year 2019 Coloring Calendar
- Psalm 23 Scripture Art 2019 Calendar
To enter to win, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. I’d love to hear what the weather’s like in your part of the world – are the roses blooming, or is that just a dream for another day? Tell me what area of your house is most in need of de-cluttering (mine’s the garage, hands down).
That’s it. Super easy. I’ll pick a winner next week and let you in on the secret project I’ve been getting ready to share!
In the meantime, I’ll leave you with this FREE DE-CLUTTERING CHALLENGE from my friend Dana over at A Slob Comes Clean. It’s a quick fifteen minute video, along with a printable workbook to help motivate and inspire you to finally get that (scary) clutter out once and for all. Free, easy, and funny to boot. Doesn’t get much better than that!
Just make sure to grab it right away, since it’s only available until Saturday, April 24th!
FREE DE-CLUTTERING CHALLENGE >
Here’s to de-cluttering, contentment, and simplicity.
Be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5
Thanks for the chance to win. So cold, windy and rainy.
Weather in Central New Mexico is nice & warm, mildly breezy. No roses yet but beautiful purple irises in our front yard.
Emily, I adore your products!
I am in West Virginia, and our Spring blooms are amazing this year! It makes me happy and cheerful… ready to start some Spring cleaning!
My scary place to declutter… my quilt/art room…I am a little overwhelmed in there right now!
Happy Spring!
It’s sunny and beautiful; everything seems to be blooming and we finally got enough sunshine to get the garden in!
I think it’s a tie between my study room and the garage. The garage probably has more stuff that needs to be re-homed but it’s somewhat organized; my study room has been moved several times since August and is in a desperate need of organization!
It’s sunny today, but snow is expected early next week here in Colorado!
My office is scariest: I just went down to one job yesterday and my whole house looks like a small tornado blew through!
Our garage is definitely in need of a decluttering, but that’s my husband’s job. My area that needs a lot of work is under the stairs where I keep all my sewing stuff and fabric. You can’t even walk in there right now! It’s on my list for this summer…
Hi, Emily! Here in Fort Wayne, Indiana, April showers are going to bring May flowers. We’ve had a few days of pretty sunshine to give us a bright outlook of things to come! Keep inspiring the people!
Hello and God’s blessings to you!
I’m in very sunny Las Vegas, NV. We are having up and down temps between 80s-90s. I have eleven full size rose bushes and nine mini rose bushes ~ all gloriously in bloom. My husband built us a new garden space and many seeds are coming up. Now, move to indoors and declutter!! I’m a retired teacher who held on to way too many things! Thank you for sharing the Challenge and for Dana’s inspiration in putting this together. I have enjoyed your beautiful art for a while. Thank you.
The weather’s already summer here at the Florida Space Coast. But still…a treat to get to swim all year round!
Hello from CO!
I’m in Eastern NC and although mornings can be cool it’s starting to get hot by afternoon 80*+). We picked strawberries today!
I live in sunny Northern CA so our weather is beautiful right now! My whole house is scary after winter but probably my kids toy room needs it the most.
Currently snowing in Northern Illinois! So much for spring. 😒 Two spaces I need to declutter are my craft closet and our extra bedroom in the basement. Thanks for this! I’ve downloaded the challenge and hope to start on it next week.
It’s sunny in western Idaho today, but we got down to 30 degrees last night, so I can’t plant much of anything yet. I’m mulching flower beds and digging out sheets to cover the blooming fruit trees tonight.
My challenge is the living room/office area, where everything accumulates.
A sunny and warm hello from North Carolina! Office/spare room needs the most work. Working on it at the moment!
My back porch is most cluttered. It”s very windy here today.
Here in the Baltimore area the trees are flowering and leafing out, violets and dandelions bloom in the grass, and the allergies are pretty rough!
I already started the decluttering in my closet. I recommend the video highly.
In sunny South Florida today. We are enjoying the last few days of pleasant weather before the heat sets in for months to come. We have worked hard to pare down our belongings but there are still areas (books, laundry room) that could use some love.
Today is rainy and so is the forecast for next week. But April showers bring May flowers and I’m so looking forward to planting them. We just moved last week so I’m in the process of putting away…without clutter! I watched Dana’s video and am inspired…loved her approach to decluttering.
And love the scripture you shared. We just completed a ladies’ study in Philippians and that was one of the verses and concepts that stick out to me. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
We’re having an amazing Superbloom Spring here in San Diego! Perfect during the day (with a high pollen count to boot) and snuggly at night ♥️ So many colors everywhere too! Spring is by far my favorite season, and Phil 4:13 is my “scripture for life” 🥰
Hi Emily!
Spring in NH is chilly and rainy, but we are hanging tight to the idea that April showers bring May flowers! By far, our scariest space is the outbuilding – but we’re working on it…
Enjoying the sunshine in SC!
No roses blooming here in Atlanta yer, but the pollen is finally over! I need to declutter my guest room the most.
It’s snowing! On April 27th!
It’s warm and sunny here in eastern Texas.
It’s a nice spring day today. Not to hot and not to cold. With some wind
I am from Oregon and the weather has been beautiful! We have had bright sunny days!
I need to declutter my room – we have moved a lot recently, and it’s time to put things in their final place.
Here in NJ it is sunny and windy! I would like to win this to decorate some bare walls.
We are having a beautiful sunny, but very windy spring day. I would like to win this, to decorate my bare walls.
It’s snowing! In April! Enjoying the gift of a quiet inside day because of it though. To chilly to go out, so good day to de clutter my spice drawer. 🙃
I did get the decluttering challenge! Will be using it this weekend. I have more than 1 super scary area to do. Utah is finally warming up and today is a beautiful spring day!
Rain and snow in Chicago suburbs. Yikes!
G’day from Bendigo, Australia.
It’s starting to cool down here, 18°C/64°F. We have had a long Summer – yay! I’m not fond of the cold especially as I have lipodema (circulation issue).
Give me Summer any day! Some rain wouldn’t hurt though.
I have a double garage that is about 80% full from the ceiling to the floor and three cars in the elements. We have a tiny walkway from the back door to the roller door.
My husband and I have been married for four years and his stuff is on one side and mine on the other. I don’t know who has more!
(I think it’s his – hahaha)
Hi,
It’s beautiful here in Texas, sunny with a breeze. My youngest daughter’s closet is the scariest job in our house- all of the toys in the house end up piled on the floor in there.
It was starting to look like Spring here in MN, but now we are expecting snow again 🙁
Can’t wait for the warmth and sunshine to come and stay!
It was 60 and sunny yesterday and it’s snowing today!!! Hope my spinach is ok;)
Hello,
Our family of 6, live oitside of Pittsburgh in a town called Bridgeville, Pa. Currently we’ve been getting tons of April Showers! We planted a garden 2 weeks ago and our kids are eager to see sprouts….nothing yet tho.
Our basement Master bedroom, craft and rec room combo needs the most decluttering. Its a huge area and no closets…yet. Hopefully my husband and I can find time to agree on storage ideas and find time to build something to give us closte space!
Thank you so much for all you do,
Andrea Merryfield
We just finished planting our garden and picking Dandelions for dandelion jelly!
Hello from California! Thank you for making some of your gorgeous printables available online for free. I am in the midst of turning my children’s scary playroom into a relaxing and enjoyable creative work space for me. I look forward to printing and framing some of your artwork for my new craft room. ❤️
Greetings from Nebraska…we are up then down and all around weather wise. We think Spring has sprung then it is cold again. Yesterday, 80, Today 50, tomorrow back into 70’s. Better than sub zero so not complaining. Love you printables and looking forward to decluttering. Thank You for sharing. I was so excited to hear, “forget a garage sale just donate”. Finally no more GUILT!
Hi from Central NC!! We are past tulip and daffodil season and roses will be opening up very soon!! 🌸⚘ I love this time of year when it is sunny and perfect! My bedroom, on the other hand….🤣😔
I am in Arkansas and we are already almost into summer here. Spring is my favorite season, so I am sad that it goes so quickly here.
Salutations from the sunny southwest… it was 100 today?! just wanted to say thanks so much for your printables. my kids say, does Emily have anything for us? we enjoy coloring together! My whole home needs help, but the monster and beast of it all is the garage :/
Howdy from New Braunfels, TX where it is sunny and warm and headed towards hot summer weather!
I am dreaming of decluttering and organizing the part of our guest bedroom that serves as my “craft area” and has become the catch all for all the kiddos art supplies, gift wrapping odds and ends and various other STUFF. Someday!
Hi, I’m in Columbus, OH, where sometimes it is cloudier than Seattle. It sure feels like Seattle lately – we can’t seem to string more than 2 days together without it raining. And I don’t mean light spring misty rain, I mean the rain that makes you wish you hadn’t washed and dried your hair. At least it’s not in the 40s anymore. All of our flowering tries have bloomed so even in the midst of the rain, it’s beautiful.
I’m in Colorado so each day is unique and could be snowing when I wake up and 70° by end of school day. Our plants are still in hesitation mode because of that so some are blooming and growing and others are still hibernating.
Hello from Montreal, It was sunny the last two days but today it’s rainy plus I catch a cold. I’m hoping to declutter my old workshop room to make it a beautiful room for my baby girl. I tried for about 6 months now whenever I see a ray of hope we dump new stuff in this room.
Hi! I’m in Western NY and our snow is finally melted! It’s been warming up and about every other day has gotten nice and warm so I’m taking the kids outside to run around (I’ve got 3 kids, but one is almost 3 months so he’s not running around quite yet). And I’m decluttering all the things. We moved one month before my son was born and I think we’ve unpacked all the boxes finally… But now I’m going through the house and reorganizing and decluttering to make our spaces better.
In our part of Virginia the weather has been bright and sunny for the past week. Calling for rain this weekend. The dogwoods are in bloom in the front and back yards. Hoping the rain doesn’t wash them all away. MY office is in need of a deep declutter. Maybe I can work on that this weekend while it rains.
Greetings from the U.P. of Michigan! It is still cool here – a mix of clouds, sun and sprinkles and wind. But the snow is gone where I live! Having just moved we have downsized and cleaned out a bunch of stuff. However, I have another load of stuff for the thrift store – stuff that won’t make the cut in our new -to-us place. It’s an overall cleaning out!
Hi I’m from the U.P. Of Michigan and the snow is almost gone. Looking forward to planting our garden in another month! I need to declutter my basement the most and get rid of a lot of old Christmas decorations.
Our weather has been dreary – rainy and cloudy. I’m hoping for more sunshine soon!!
The weather in Florida is really nice right now but the hot weather is just around the corner! The biggest challenge in my house is decluttering paperwork!! I’m looking forward to the challenge!!
Beautiful day here in Georgia. My biggest decluttering problem is finding consistent time, I begin well and then run out of motivation. And then just “junk” pens, papers, office supplies, etc…
Hello from Montana. We are in the midst of mud season. The rivers are raging with snow melt and rainfall and the ground is oversaturated. We had a good, wet winter. The days are sunny and warm though which will hopefully get the drying process accomplished quickly. I’m getting ready to move so it is extreme decluttering time at our home!!!! Thank you for your giveaway. I love your artwork.