SPRING CLEANING, HERE WE COME!!
I have been giddy with excitement the last few months waiting for the Spring Cleaning season to arrive. Not because I want to clean. No, no. That’s not it at all. I’ve been excited because I want to help you get motivated to clean and organize your home.
How can I help motivate you? Well glad you asked!
I’ve teamed up with some Ah-mazing bloggers who are ready to inspire you to make your home the best it can be! On the first day of Spring, March 20, we’ll each tackle one area of the home and share insights and tips to make your own project easier. Then we’ll open up a combined linky so you can link up your own Spring Cleaning efforts posted on your blog. If you don’t have a blog, don’t worry…you can still participate by linking up a photo album housed on Google+, Flicker, etc.
We’ll be sharing the most inspirational, helpful, or exciting posts on Facebook, twitter, and this shared Spring Cleaning Pinterest Board. So make your posts good!! :)
Of course, the co-hosts each have their own area of expertise so make sure to stop by their blogs to subscribe (and follow them on Facebook, Pinterest & Twitter) an hear from some of the BEST!
HOST BLOGGERS
i Dream of Clean : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Amy’s Finer Things : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Home-EC 101 : Facebook : Twitter
Tidy Mom : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Untrained Housewife : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Live Renewed : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Biblical Homemaking : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Living Well Spending Less : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
The Greenbacks Gal : Facebook : Pinterest : Twitter
Warrior Mama : Facebook : Twitter
PRIZES!!
If that’s not enough motivation for you, how about some prizes?
Now, we didn’t want to offer the ol’ run of the mill prizes. We wanted to offer BIG and amazingly USEFUL prizes!!
#1 & #2
Can I just tell you how much I like my friends at GE Appliances?
You should like them too. Why? Because, when I talked to them about joining our challenge, they offered up not one…but TWO Washer/Dyer sets!!
They’re actually top secret Washer and Dryer sets because no one outside of GE knows the new features. The only thing I do know is that they’re going to have some amazing new bells and whistles you’re going to love!
If you’re thankful GE Appliances is in this challenge make sure you tell them here :: Facebook :: Twitter
#3
Now, this next prize is one that I’m super jealous of. I would absolutely loooove walking into my closet if it looked remotely like this picture. And it certainly would be more organized too. Wouldn’t yours? Well, one of you will have the chance to put a Do-it-Yourself Easy Track Deluxe Closet Organization Kit from The Stow Company in your closet!!
If your closet could use a little organizing, let The Stow Company know here :: Facebook :: Pinterest :: Twitter
#4
The day after Christmas it seemed like all of my friends were posting their favorite gifts on Facebook. My newsfeed was full of people boasting about this thing called a Shark Steam Mop. If my non-cleaning friends all loved this little gadget, you know I had to look them up. And guess what? Shark thinks one of you needs join the group of fans too!
If you want to know more about the Professional Steam Pocket Mop find them here :: Shark Clean : Facebook : Twitter
IMPORTANT DATES:
TODAY:
- Grab the free printable below and get your game plan together so you can make the most of the Spring Cleaning season.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20:
- Check back with each host blogger to read their tips for Spring Cleaning.
- Linky will open so get your blog post (or online photo album) ready. For two weeks we’ll share, learn, and clean!
THURSDAY, APRIL 5:
- Challenge will end and winners will be notified and announced by the end of April.
BUTTONS
Feel free to grab either of these buttons to use on your own blog!
TWITTER HASHTAG
If you’re tweeting about your progress, use the hashtag #SpringCleaning12 so we can all follow along and encourager one another.
If you’d like to help spread the word, feel free to tweet something like this: I’m joining the #SpringCleaning12 Challenge w/ @iDreamofClean and hope to get a washer/dryer from @GE_Appliances! http://wp.me/p125qV-1h7
FREE SPRING CLEANING PRINTABLE
Feel free to download, edit, and print this customizable Spring Cleaning Checklist to keep you on track.
So, who’s ready to Spring Clean?!?!
Let me know in the comments!
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Don’t know if I’m ready, but I need to Spring Clean my entire home. Have been in a funk the last couple of years, and things have gotten out of control. I hope all of you helping, helps me to stick with this!
It’s not about being perfect….just about doing what we can to make improvements! You will rock it!
I am horrible at Spring Cleaning. It is desperately needed here. My daughter’s birthday party is in April. This would be just perfect to help me not freak out!
Perfect timing!! You will do great!
I have actually been cleaning since the first of the year and I’m very proud of what I’ve accomplished. I’m almost done with the inside of my home and then I go to the garage attic! Yay! I don’t know if I will do this challenge, but I will look at all the tips to see if there are some things I need to do. Thanks!
Look at you!! Great job! Maybe you guest post and share with us how you did it.
I hate cleaning! I usually bribe my kids to do it! For these great prizes, I will tackle some hard never thought about stuff. Thanks for the checklist. I will get started this weekend.
Hey, nothing wrong with getting the family involved :) The more the merrier…and easier!
So we can write our posts now about our “spring cleaning” and then link up when you officially start the challenge? Plus does it have to be tips or can it be anything spring cleaning related? I wanna make sure I follow all the rules. :)
Just talk about your own Spring Cleaning efforts. If you want to include tips, great! But, the goal is for you got get a clean home!
We’re moving in 2 weeks….am sort of doing some cleaning here but not exerting much effort as the house is going to be redone…almost totally remodeled. But I’ll do a good cleaning on our new place and am clearing out clutter and getting rid of stuff that we’re ‘done’ with…so it’s sort of spring cleaning!
Oh, my! We are currently living with my in laws. We were relocating in January, and planning on staying with them until we found a rental we liked. Then both my husband and I lost our employment within two weeks of each other! We are starting to get back on our feet, and will be moving into a house we are renting in May. Anyway…lol We really really need a washer and dryer as we will be using our first few paychecks to play catch up from having no income! This would be such a blessing. Thank you so much for hosting this. My mother in law is going to be out of town for the next three weeks, so she will love coming home to a house that has been spring cleaned :)
and that would make you the number one daughter-in-law EVER!!!! ;)
I’m in. I don’t like cleaning and pretty much have to Spring Clean the house. I’d like a clean home but I get overwhelmed cleaning. I’m hoping that the tips will help and motivate me to do better.
Oh, AWESOME! I am totally in. For Lent, I am throwing or giving away 15 things a day. It has been frighteningly easy to find 15 things to get rid of!! I have a tiny house and we get crowded up in here QUICK – so this is perfect!
I am 90% done with our Spring cleaning! =)
Those prizes are awesome. I have a lot of places I want to get organized. They are doable, and this is the motivation I need to get going!
I have been totally wanting to do this. This gives me a little nudge — I SOOOOOOO want a steam mop :).
Sounds great! We’re doing a lot of cleaning around here getting ready for our home visit to be approved for an adoption. (Any motivation helps!)
Totally in! This warm spring has me totally motivated!
I don’t have a blog but this is just what I’m looking for! I’m not the most organized but I would love to be inspired to make a change so that I can have a peaceful environment for my family instead of clutter. This is fabulous! So do I do some projects myself before the 20th and share those photos that day or do I start projects during that time? Super excited!
I am so ready to Spring Clean!
Thank you for the Spring Cleaning checklist!
Really want to do this. Wonder if I can get everything done during nap-time each day. Perhaps a super clean house is motivation to work really hard during this time for two weeks and get it done!
I’m in the middle of spring cleaning now; however, all the great weather has been conspiring against me.
I need to get some spring cleaning done as I’m due to have our 2nd baby in 6 weeks, yikes!
Curious… Is the contest open to Canadians??
Forgot to add: with U.S. mailing address?
I need to do my spring cleaning so badly it isn’t funny. My son and I built a hoophouse in our backyard and the house has been playing second fiddle to it since I started in Dec! With the weather getting warmer, the draw to stay outside in the hoophouse and ignore the house is almost impossible. We have strawberry plants, garlic, cat grass, and a few others already peaking their shoots out of the ground in there.
BUT we are on our yearly vacation and down south (we live in cold Wisconsin) so the weather outside here is 80′F during the day and we are staying in a furnished yurt that is clean and totally uncluttered. Makes me long for things to be this easy at home to take care of things.
Found you via Pinterest and I am totally in. Not sure which space I will tackle, but excited to join since it is a win win. Amee
The prizes are amazing!!! This couldn’t come at a better time. I’m due with my second child at the beginning of May and to get the house in complete order would be great! Looking forward to cleaning things out and getting ready for our little guy.
I am in great need of spring cleaning and any help with getting a game plan in place is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Well I’m not sure if I’m ready but I’m in! lol I added the button to my blog sidebar and am going to print the checklist tomorrow. I know every room in my house needs a good spring cleaning, and those prizes are definitely a great incentive. ;p
Go Christine! I’m cheering you on, Pal! This is going to be great.
Heather
I want that washer and dryer!!!!
I am in! I have a few projects that I have been wanting to tackle. And I would totally love a new washer and dryer!
I’m ready! I’m not quite as ambitious as you, as I have a lot of clutter, but your list gave me some great ideas. I tend to over-plan (make too long of a list), and get overwhelmed. I think this time I’ll look at each room and pick one thing that really needs to be done, and go from there.
What helps me is to make 2 lists. One for things that HAVE to be done, and also another list that is a Wish List. That way my have to’s get done, but then if I get even 1 of my wish list items completed, I feel a great accomplishment! Something I WISH I could get done and finished instead of it all being drudgery. (mine this year is putting up new drapes to cover the verticle blinds. I was gifted with curtains and 1 bar by someone who switched to a new material for hers but need to retro fit it a bit to reach farther out to hide the blinds)
My entire house needs some spring cleaning, but my craft room is HORRIBLE!!!! I mean I can’t even walk through it. It has now become a catch all room :( I will have to post before and after pics. This room alone will take the whole summer, but I feel very motivated having an entire group of women doing it with me!
I think we need to have a craft room before/after shots as a separate challenge after the spring cleaning one!! I would participate! Something like the sites biggest Organizer LOL (knock off of biggest Loser)
I LOVE spring cleaning!! I’ve already been working for about 2 weeks around my house. That’s because it is in dire need. I have a 17 month old and a 5 month old so needless to say a lot of the “deep cleaning” has been put off since before I found out I was pregnant with my first. Sooo excited for my house to be back up to my standards…and hopefully keep it that way :) I have A TON of new “homemade cleaner” recipes and different tricks I’ve tried in the past month or so that are a lifesaver and make cleaning fun. Happy Spring everyone!!!!!
I not only want my home to be organized, but I want it to be SPRING kind of Clean!
I so need to spring clean!
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