Learn how you can get your home organized with my easy step-by-step organization course. My course is full of organization ideas as well as home organization tips and tricks to get your life and home organized and keep it that way.
ONLINE DECLUTTERING COURSE
For the past several months I have been putting together my Online Organization Course, The Balanced Home. I am excited to teach you my decluttering and cleaning process. These processes also teach you how to create simple routines and cleaning schedules which allow you to naturally maintain your clean and organized home.
No need to hire a professional organizer, or live with the clutter because you will have the skills and learn how to overcome any mental barriers or fears you might have to get started!
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WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION COURSE COVER?
The Balanced Home Organization Core
($1,000 Value)Contains my core Decluttering and Organization Processes, which shows you how to:
- Learn how to declutter and organize your home–by learning processes and techniques that really work!
- Deal with stuff you don't know how to get rid of
- Understand what qualifies as hoarding
- Understand how to overcome hoarding tendencies
- Deal with your junk room or junk drawer
The Tools
- Workbook, Resources, Labels, and More ($250 Value). Contains everything you need to help guide you through each lesson, including:
- An easy-to-follow workbook to guide you step-by-step through the lessons
- Printable Labels
- A vision sheet for your home
- A working checklist of tasks you can accomplish in 30 minutes or less
- Shopping and To-Do Lists
- Monthly Calendar and Weekly Schedule
The Mental Foundation
The best processes to overcome mental barriers from Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's Mastermind Course ($200 Value). Helps you to find the time, the energy and the motivation to organize your home by:
- Discovering your “true, internal why” -> what motivates you to want an organized home
- Helping you clearly identify what is holding you back from success
- Teaching you how to organize your schedule to create new pockets of time
- Helping you discover what is most important for you to accomplish with your time, as opposed to just urgent or habit
- Helping you cut out the things that aren't important and identify gaps in your schedule you can dedicate to working on your home
Your Ideal Home
The best processes to set and achieve your vision by breaking it down into actionable steps ($300 Value). Teaches you how to break down an overwhelming project into small, manageable steps, by:
- Clearly defining your goal and vision for your home
- Learning how to evaluate specific rooms and identify what you want to be improved
- Identifying specific, easy to complete tasks in each room that will contribute to your overall goal without overwhelming you
- Getting your family or others involved in the process
Cleaning and Maintaining
The best processes to clean and maintain your home after it has been organized ($200 Value).Teaches you how to maintain your home once it is clean and keep it organized, by:
- Providing you with the basic cleaning routines you need to naturally stay in control of your home
- Teaching you my amazing “Ten-Minute Clean-up” process, which allows you to clean an entire floor / room in ten minutes or less!
- Showing you how to establish routines with your kids and other members of the family
- Sharing important resources such as chore cards, favorite cleaning products, and a deep-cleaning checklist, and more
- Explaining the laundry routine we use in our home to get our laundry done every week without even thinking about it
- Teaching you how to deep clean your home after it has been decluttered and organized
- Showing you how to help the other members of your household be on the same page and not “unclean” your home
During the course, we will:
- Show you the process of how to go throughout your home decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. Then you can take this process and go throughout all the rooms in your home–including the bathrooms, kitchen, craft room, home office, basement, entryway, playroom, garage, attic, and all other rooms in your home–cleaning and organizing.
- Clean out and organize not just the rooms themselves, but organization spaces such as closets, shelves, drawers, and bookshelves.
- Learn how to properly use organization equipment, such as bins, drawer organizers, storage bins, food storage containers, lids, and baskets.
The Private Balanced Home Community
(BONUS – Priceless). Provides a community that you can go to whenever you need a place where you…
- Seek inspiration and ideas from others
- Receive support and motivation from others
- Share your successes and see the successes of others as we all work towards finding balance and clarity in our homes.
- Can ask questions and let me know what you may still need help with so that I can continue to cater the course to your needs
What Do People Have To Say About My Organization Course?
“This course was instrumental in helping me organize my space as well as my time. As a busy mom, I have a better grasp on what my days need to include so that I can enjoy my family rather than spend my time spinning my wheels cleaning up after everyone.”
“The Balanced Home Course helped me to be the “professional organizer” for my family! Simple steps to follow, check lists, printable labels, suggestions and worksheets will keep you on track to successfully maintain your own balanced home.”
“I am pretty sure I have solved more issues with the seven layers and clarity tool than I have in 6 months of therapy!! I think this course is going to help much more than my home. Thanks Amy!!!!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!””
HOW TO GET MOTIVATED TO ORGANIZE YOUR HOME
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS AND MENTAL BARRIERS
I asked and these are the things that are holding you back from getting started! I made sure my course helped you overcome your specific fears and developed processes to address each of the concerns below. Have you ever had any of the same concerns?
- “I don't have the time.”
- “I don't know how to break it down into manageable chunks.”
- “How do I balance other activities?”
- “I don’t have enough energy / motivation.”
- “I'm overwhelmed and don't know where to start.”
- “I'm scared / unable to commit.”
- “I don't trust myself.”
- “I don't have the confidence I will finish.”
- “How do I maintain / keep on top of it?”
- “I have a hard time with inconsistency / finding balance.”
- “I'm afraid of quitting too soon and having it be a mess.”
- “How do I build the habits and routines?”
- “Keeping it clean and organized”“Staying focused and not getting distracted.”
- “What if I have physical limitations.”
- “I don't have the supplies / resources / money (i.e. containers etc.) / storage space.”
- “I don't want to part with things.”
- “What Do I do with all the stuff? Donate? Kids?”
- “What if I need it later?”
- “My family has stuff they want to keep.”
- “Family is not being helpful or even counterproductive… How do I get my family on board?”
- “No sense of design / vision for what I want.”
- “Lack of knowledge.”
- “Afraid of not doing it right.”
- “Being okay with not having it perfect.”
STILL NOT READY TO BUY?
Because I know that sometimes it can be difficult to take that initial leap of faith, I wanted to give you something that would allow you to get your feet wet a little, something that you could access RIGHT NOW. I think you'll like it. I've opened up a “sneak peek” section of my course, where you can access one or two of the lessons that are a part of The Balanced Home Course. If you click the button below you will be able to create your own personal account / log in for the course and access the “sneak peek” videos.
OTHER ORGANIZATION PROJECTS
If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!
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Hi there, I just wanted to say that I love the rainbow cake. Is the white cake mix really white? I'm not sure if I can get those here in Aus. Any suggestions?
that is super cake, love it, its huge, good job and happy b-day
Happy birthday for your little girl! That cake looks wonderful. I think especially children will love it. Great idea!
..i love cake..yummy!the bright colors do make it extra special.
in regards to your 3 column blog issue: i just made my blog 3 columns too…i blogged about it, where i got the "how to" tutorial etc.
rather than go into all that here…check it out on my blog…you might find some of the info. helpful.
~ move a gadget to your left column..should center your posts…leaving 1 narrower column on each side.
Do you have a link to your blog? Thinking about making myself this cake for my birthday in a few days
That cake looks teriffic! I just might have to consider making that. Thanks for the idea. :)
I love this idea! So colorful and fun. Reminds me of the Roy G. Biv thing from school to remember the colors of the spectrum.
Wow, Iove this idea! Thanks for all the details on how to make it!
That has to be the most beautiful cake I have ever seen.
i love this cake! what a great idea!! awesome work! & the pictures are beautiful!
My daughter turns 3 in a couple of weeks and I planned on making a rainbow cake. This idea is way better then the other one I found. Thanks so much, I will attempt this colossal layered cake :)
Happy Birthday to your daughter!
That cake is beautiful. I have seen other bloggers blog a rainbow cake recipe with just two layers with colors that fan out…I know confusing. I like yours the best.
So FREAKIN' cool!
Love the idea!!!!!! So fun! Maybe it is the perfect cake to make on a day even you are sad or your kids are having a bad day. I sure think that cake could cheer anyone up! :) I "heart" your blog! You really share the best ideas.
Cute! We decorated a plain sheet cake with rainbow jelly beans once. We made a marshmallow crown and then used those gold foil "coins" for the gold at the other end of the rainbow. I really like your layers though. Maybe we'll have to make another rainbow cake!
That's supposed to say marshmallow CLOUD not crown. sorry!
Blanche–If you can not find a white cake mix, you can just make a white cake from scratch. There are several recipes on the internet.
As far as it being a real "white" white cake…are you referring to the truly white ones made with just egg whites so the yolk doesn't tint the batter yellow? I used regular whole eggs and the batter was still white enough that adding the food coloring still produced the bright colors. Hope that helps.
I made this cake for my daughters birthday – it was a big hit.
I love this and am going to do it tomorrow!
Wow, this is awesome!
This is so darling- I showed my little girl who will be 5 in a month, and this is the cake she wants!!!
Wow!!!
My daughter and I love this cake! You must be the coolest mom! I've written a little something about you on my blog telling about your wonderful fun. http://ohitssewcute.blogspot.com/2009/07/idea-room.html
your photography is fantastic and really shows how CUTE CUTE this cake is…love the colored layers…
Great idea!!
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I love it, the boys are begging me to make it for them.
I LOVE this idea!! Also for red, white and blue and other holidays. Great idea
Great idea!!! I'm trying to have a "cake file" on my computer because you don't know when you might need one. And when birthdays arrive your head seems not to think at the moment, have been there??? I LOVE IT!! My birthday is next month, and I may be even bake it for myself :)
Um, you just totally rocked that idea!! You are definately the "cool" mom on the block!!
Wow, what a huge cake and so fun and colorful!
gorgeous cake!! I will make one for my daughter birthday in sept and she will be 4 yrs old! thank you so much!!!
This cake makes my heart happy! I can't wait to show it to my girls and give it a try!
I ABSOLUTELEY LOVE this cake!!! So beautiful :D
I am not a fan of really sugary frostings and try not to use the frosting in a can. Can you tell me what you used??? (Even if it was frosting in a can! {he he!!})
Fantastic Cake…I think I will have to do this for my daughter's 3rd birthday this year…too cute!
Thank you for posting this and the great idea regarding frosting without the crumbs, which always happens to me!
Happy Birthday to you daughter!!
so great! me and my 6 year old are writing this one down… i love it!
Happy Birthday Hailey! Too funny that Kaia has been talking about a rainbow cake for her birthday (yeah, I know it's not for another five months). I'm sure she will love this idea!
Rogers…I have updated this post and added the recipe I used to make the frosting with. This frosting is yum! It is actually homemade but has Cool Whip in it. So half-homemade I guess! Much better than frosting in a can.
I think I'll be making this cake in August. Bridger saw it and wants it. He will be 5 then also.
Oh, I love this idea. I made a similar cake back in February for an artist party but instead of separate cake pans, I put all of the divided batter into the same pan and it kind of swirled. It was so cool to see when I cut into it. And I have to say the gel colors are the best! Here is a link to the cake I made if it sounds confusing: http://ermakaluso.blogspot.com/2009/02/party.html
WOW. This is the COOLEST CAKE I HAVE SEEN!
I love this cake…thank you for sharing! What great photos too! My daughter turns 3 in December and I was trying to come up with a theme and with your help this is going to be it…so cute! :)
So cute! Found your site from Craft Rookie and am so glad I did, such a great blog!
What an awesome cake. I was wondering what the diference between gel colorig and liquid drops. WOuld it make a big difference? Where should I look for the gel? Thanks!
That is such a cool cake. I'm thinking of attempting it for my daughter's 2nd birthday. Not sure what theme to go for, but a rainbow theme would be really cute and then I could make that cake!
I absolutely LOVE that cake! I am a skittle and color lover, so that would be perfect for my next birthday! :) I love the idea of a red and white for Dr. Seuss day too! You could make it look like a hat, how fun!
I recently made a rainbow cake too! What a GREAT idea to decorate with skittles!!!
Such BEAUTIFUL pictures too!
Ann Marie's Rainbow Cake
I love this idea … so cute! Just wanted to give you a tip I picked up from my cake decorating class. I used to freeze my cakes before icing them to cut down on the crumbs, but then as the cake thawed, my icing would "sweat." So, my instructor taught me that when you ice the cake to not lift the spatula away from the cake, and if you do to wipe off the excess icing on the edge of the bowl. That way if you pull away crumbs with your spatula the crumbs don't get put back on the cake.
Hello, I just came across your lovely blog, I love this idea! How cute! My daughter would love a cake like this, I also seen your cute felt heart. I've seen the ones with regular onsided fabric and thought how better it would look with felt, and found your blog! I love it better with the felt.
Michelle
We just made this today and loved it. This was a great family activity for my daughter's 6th birthday. We added a bit of orange extract to the white cake mix for some flavor and to compliment the rainbow sherbet. She is so into rainbows right now and this was perfect.
Such a cute idea. I have been following your blog for a while, but I just found out tonight that I am your SIL's (Heather) SIL! She made this cake tonight and had us over for K's bday! What a small world! Thanks for all your ideas!
Hey made this cake for my baby's 1st Birthday Party (I have been waiting to do this since I read this post!). I gave you a shout out at erindphotography.blogspot.com Thanks for the cute idea!
I just made this cake last night and the only trouble I had was with the frosting. I couldn't get that smooth consistency after I folded in the whip cream. I'm thinking I didn't thin it down enough first. Any thoughts or tips?
I love the height of this cake! It was very daring of you and it is jaw dropping and awe inspiring. I am putting it at the top of my "want to make soon" list! Thank you so much!
Oh I love it!! I am definitely going to try this, I just came across your blog and I think I'm addicted, thanks for sharing all your great ideas and inspiring others!
This cake looks FAB! I am now planning on making it for the next birthday in our family… hmm that is mine. I am not in the habit of making cakes for me, this year that is going to be different. what a pleasant thought and it will be a big surprise for all my lovelies. ;)
What a classic cake, a little extra time really pays off it looks awesome, deffinatly a cake for my boys 5th birthday coming up – thanks a million
My twins are turning 4 this week on the 10th.
When I first found your site a month or so ago, this cake is one of the first things I noticed. I shared the pics with all of my boys (we have 5 of them!) and they loved it.
Since that day, my twins have been asking for this rainbow cake for their birthday. They keep asking, 'can we make it today?'
Wednesday is the big day! It will be so exciting!
Crystal & Co.
We made this and had a blast. THANKS
Thank you so much for this beautiful idea! Your camera work is amazing as well. I'm making this cake for my daughter's 6th birthday. I think you could also use non sweetened Kool Aid packets if you want a color and a taste.
I'm using the extra to make cupcakes to take to her Kindergarten class.
Thank you!!
Nutmeg
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I LOVE this cake! As soon as I saw it I wanted to make it, but no birthdays were coming up soon enough. So I made it last week as a fun surprise for the kids. They had so much fun eating it. I used cherry chip mix (the only kind I had on hand) and a 6 inch cake pan. I was great Thanks!
Just made this cake and amazingly, I pulled it off! Thanks for the fantastic pics and instructions!
I made the rainbow cupcakes for St Patty's Day! My boys helped and they looked so pretty! I want to try to make your cake one day. Here is the link to my post about the cupcakes (I linked to your blog in it).
http://pathb4me.blogspot.com/2010/03/rainbow-cupcakes.html
My family makes a cake similar to this on Holidays. However, we you jello to color it. Just make your different layers then after the cake is cooled poke holes in it. Then pour jello over the cake and refrigerate.
Just happened upon your blog while reading Gourmet on the Go's blog. Love the idea for this cake. I just showed my daughter and she about jumped out of her skin with excitement! The added bonus is that we will be flying back to the US to celebrate her birthday so I'll be able to find all the necessary ingredients :) Thanks for the fantastic idea … I've quickly become a huge fan!!!!!
I just made this with my daughter for her 3rd birthday. It was a lot of fun and she LOVED it! It was a very big hit at the party with the young and old alike. I blogged about it here:
http://www.skooksplayground.com/2010/04/diy-rainbow-cake.html
wow..it looks like you copied meg from whatever…..you didnt even mention where u got the idea…you also copied the number 5 shirt….sad…
Hi!!
I like so much your blog. My english its no so good but i´m trying. I´ll go on following you :D
Kisses from Spain.
You do a lovely job with your blog; I appreciate all the work you do! My daughter and I made this cake yesterday for her 7th birthday party. Mine almost didn't make it (the green layer kept trying to slip out!), but we did it. The whole family was amazed, even before we cut into it! Thanks for sharing your ideas. PS Your icing recipe is delicious!
so cute! come on over and link up to making monday marvelous!
so cute! come on over and link up to making monday marvelous!
Seriously the coolest cake I have ever seen!
This is the most gorgeous, awesomest cake I have ever laid eyes on!!! Seriously – I think it even beats my wedding cake hands down, lol! I love the concept of it!
Love this! I made it for my twins 4th birthday.
You can read more about it on my blog:
http://www.crystalandcomp.com/2010/07/coolest-rainbow-birthday-cake-ever.html
I made this cake for my daughter's first birthday. It turned out so FANTASTIC! Thank you for the directions and inspiration. Love it!!
I am going to make this cake for my daughter's 5th b-day party tomorrow. I am only going 4 layers though.
Thanks for such an inpsiring project! I attempted this fun cake today and it not only delighted my daughter but just made me smile! I was so excited about it I had to post about your talents over on my blog! I love seeing all the great ideas you have! Thanks so much!
how do you make the rainbow cupcakes? couldnt find a “how To”
Thanks, love your blog
I just used a white cake mix and separated the batter into how ever many colors you would like. I used 5 red orange yellow green blue. Then dyed each bowl a different color and then put just a thin layer of each color into each cupcake holder. You can do different blogs so it is like tye dye or smooth each layer out with your clean finger like I did. Good luck!
This is really awesome! I love the blog world. I found another blog that was inspired by your blog. I just made it for my son’s 5th birthday. Not as pretty as yours though, that is for sure. GREAT PICTURES TOO! I will be following your blog from now on. Thanks for sharing.
http://lifewiththefamilyo.com/?p=3594
I LOVE this cake! Sooo awesome! I’ve seen it before, but the way you have presented it on your blog has made me want to make it for sure now. My sis is turning 11 this week, and she has forever been in love with rainbows, I’ve decided this is the cake to make! Thanks!
I LOVE this idea! I love all the bright colors! I want to try this for one of my kids next party!
Thanks sooo much for sharing I’m your newest follower on your blog!! Amazing!
Cheers!
Lilli
Just made this for our 1 year old’s birthday party (decorated with Fruit Loops). Thanks so much for the tutorial!
http://tiffanyharvey.livejournal.com/233115.html
Gorgeous Cake! My son and daughter are having a joint birthday party and my daughter LOVES rainbows, so I thought that would be a great coed theme :) I had a vision for what I wanted the cake to look like and went to Pinterest for help in making my vision reality :) I came across yours, and its perfect! My kids saw it and now want the skittle rainbow and everything (even though I’d already bought rainbow sprinklers, ha!). What most attracted me to your cake was the frosting recipe. I’ve been making a buttercreme frosting that is very similar, but wanted something lighter and thought the cool whip in there is genius, I haven’t seen that posted anywhere in the blog world before! So first, I am going to try that :) but I did have one question, can you keep the cake out then or will the frosting “melt” and two, can you make that ahead of time (like a day or two before) and will the frosting hold? The party is Saturday, but I was hoping to decorate the cake tomorrow ;) THanks for the great ideas!
Melissa @ Its Sew For You
I’m going to attempt to make this cake for my daughter’s 6th birthday. Wish me luck! Thank you for posting this!
Yum, we made the cake – the frosting was FABULOUS! Many compliments on the frosting :)
http://itssewforyou.blogspot.com/2011/09/rainbow-birthday-party.html
Love your idea for this cake. I am in the midst of baking my layers RIGHT NOW!! They are amazing already. My little girl is turning 6 and my other is turning 2 this week. Excited to share the fun with them and the rest of our friends/family! Thank you so much!
Yay! Sounds like a busy birthday week. We have one of those in May. I hope they love their birthday cake. So glad you are enjoying it!
hi! this is such a wonderful cake! i would like to ask how long could i keep the frosted cake? if i crumb coat it could i keep it overnight? and could i make the frosting a day before? if im going to use the fresh whip cream is that also ok? i will just whip it first then put it with the butter. and lastly, how many bags of skittles was used?
thanks so much for giving time to my email. really appreciate it.
Awesome recipe, thanks so much for sharing! I am going to do this for my daughter’s birthday and i know she will be so excited about all of the bright colors, and the other kids will be excited too!!
came from ucreate – thank you for the icing tip!! I get so frustrated with all those crumbs!
This is round two for me…the first was such a hit my daughter has requested it a 2nd time for her birthday! :-)
I have been baking for almost 35 years and Never in my life has a cake exploded like a volcano when I turned my back.and while I was frosting it. First of all, I follow the recipe to the tee, and the measurements for the 1 3/4 cup of cake batter was wrong…by following this,it took almost 2 1/2 boxes of cake mix. SO that was wrong, Secondly the recipe for the icing did not specify the exact amount or size of cool whip to use…I used the small one. It was a total disaster and what a Let Down….it was my son’s Birthday and he did not get the cake that I promised him…Thanks, the next time that you post a recipe make sure you are specific as too what the true amount of ingredients are to be for a success………….What a Let Down !!!
I am going to attempt this this weekend, thanks for the pictures! Are those skittles on the top? How many bags will I need to buy to make the rainbow and trim? Thanks!
Hi Amy
I’m going to make this cake next week for my daughters birthday. I was just wondering how you store this cake. I do have a cake stand to put it on, but isn’t the cake going to be to tall to put the top on it? Do you cover the cake some how in the fridge? Thanks
The cake is really tall. We served it off of the cake platter for the party. Then to store the extra cake we had to cut it into slices and laid them down sideways in a tupperware. This makes a lot of cake. So be sure to invite lots of friends over to share it with…then storage isn’t an issue ;). Hope your daughter has a happy birthday!!
Hi Amy!
Thanks! I don’t think I explained well. I would like to make it the day before and was wondering if you just put the cake in the fridge without anything on top of it to keep it covered? Thanks again, Marisa
I was just wondering what is onthe teired birthday cake and where can I find it? I love the wedding cake and am wanting to make a smaller one for my granddaughters 5th birthday.
Thanks,
Rhonda
I made this cake, but flavored each layer with a corresponding flavor. Orange-orange, yellow-lemon, green-lime, etc. it was wonderful. The grand kids got a big kick out the fact that each layer was a different flavor.
What a fun idea! I love that! Thanks for sharing it Corinna!
My cakes keep sliding off. How can i fix that?
Can you try putting it in the fridge or freezer and see if that helps?
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LOVE this!!! So festive and perfect for St. Patty’s!
Thanks Kristyn! Its an old one but still one of my kids favorites!
Thank you my dear! xo
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I was looking 4 sumthin different 2 make 4 my son’s 14th birthday & when I came across this, I was immediately sold!! He & I made this cake 2gether last night!!!! Amazing!
Hope he enjoys the cake!
I’ve never seen a cake like this before. The recipe looks great. I’m going to test this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
Edvaldo-Thank you. I sure hope that you do give it a try. Its a fun cake for sure!
I made this 9 years ago for a little family party, right after my rainbow baby was born. They STILL talk about it. lol. Thanks for the delicious recipe. I should make it again. ;)
Becca- How fun! Glad it was a hit!
This is such a pretty cake!! Love all the layers!
Kristyn- Thank you! It is pretty colorful!