Amy was selected by Silpada and REDBOOK as one of their Design Your Life Award recipients. The award was created to recognize women who have found or creative ways to make work and family work together with a healthy balance. Running her business from home, Amy appreciates the unique flexibility it has to offer.

 

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Casual Cleaning

Do half the Job. Before bringing her kids to scholl, Knapp pulls all chairs out from around the dining room table and puts the vacum in the middle of the floor. "Later in the day it'll take as much time to move everythin back as to run the vacum through real quick" says Knapp

 

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Basket of sanity

Amy Knapp, creator of the datebook-style Amy Knapp's Family Organizer and a mom of two, ages 7 and 5, places a wicker shopping backet by her door. Everything she needs for routine errands and chores from library bookes to small mending projects goes inside. She brings the basket with her whenever she leaves the house. This way she never forgets a task and also has a project to tackle if she get stuck waiting in line.

 

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Best for keeping the big picture in mind

Spending too much on birthday gifts? Can't remember that nice mom you met at the park? Between its pages for creating a budget and spaces for jotting down the names of your kids' friends (and their parents), Amy Knapp's Family Organizer takes care of all that. It includes a weekly planner and tear away grocery lists, plus pages just for babysitter instructions.

 

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The chart maker

Amy Knapp's Family Organizer is featured in an artical about Shannon Pifer. "As a former certified teacher who taught 28 six-year-olds hot to read and write. Irealized that I could user classroom management tools at home. In the classroom a schedule was critical for me as a disciplinary tool. My family needed the same kind of structure ..."

 

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Calendars

"Leave small Post-it Notes by the calendar so family members can write down events and stick the notes onto the correct dates," says Amy Knapp, creator of Amy Knapp's Family Organizer , a line of planners and calendars.

 

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Get Organizer

We asked personal organizer Amy Knapp, founder of familyorganizer.com, and Mona Williams, senior merchandise director of The Container Store, to speed through a cleanup of Colleen's care plus map out plenty of ways to keep her kids entertained - no matter how many bumps in the road.

 

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New Organizing Rules

For calendars with extra-big boxes to fit all of your appointments, plus pockets for loose papers, try Amy Knapp's Big Grid Family Organizer.

 

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New Organizing Rules

Pick up some small baskets and label each with a family member's name. "Make that 'home base' for things like homework and backpacks," says Knapp. You'll always know where your keys are, and the kids won't have to search for their stuff!

 

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