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"Simplify in Style" with the Martha Stewart Home Office Collection with Avery

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Have I ever told you how much I love Martha Stewart? She is the Queen of all things crafty and pretty, and of course, yummy. She has amazing books, magazines, and a line of craft products that makes me want to spend every cent of my money. Yes, she is pretty awesome.

Well, to make me even more in love with her she also has the Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery products which are sold exclusively at Staples. I was very excited to be asked to review and receive some of the products from the line. Yesiree Bob, she is now feeding my organizational soul, oh me, oh my! A new part of this line includes a whole array of beautifully made Holiday Shipping products, just in time for the holidays!

The Holiday Shipping product line includes beautiful wrapping/shipping paper (I am loving the printed Kraft paper in the middle!), tape, padded envelopes, and printed mailing labels. Oh man, she is really taking the stress out of my last-minute holiday wrapping and shipping frenzy. Sorry about all those late gifts in years past, Mom and Dad; I swear it won’t happen any more!

The Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery also includes beautifully bound planning calendars like this one.

Included inside is a weekly and monthly format. The month to month section, seen above, even has bits of Martha’s classic to-do lists … love those little notes!

She also came out with a pretty line of Shagreen accordion files, pockets, and standing organizers. All available in various sizes and colors to coordinate with your office space perfectly.

I really love the Shagreen Pockets. They fit just right in the antique sewing cabinet I have in my studio. The pockets come with two ways to hang, via a strip of sticky tape to tape that removes cleanly or you can use the two push pins, included, and hang it up that way. The pocket is roomy enough for your organizational lists (Christmas lists!), letters, mail, you name it! And it’s super durable too!

The standing organizer sits on one of the shelves and organizes a whole bunch of the holiday shipping products … tape, ribbon, gift tags, gift bags, tissue paper, scissors and my monthly organizer.

I seriously am in love with all the Martha Stewart Home Office with Avery line. Martha definitely did it again in making me want every last piece from this line. Now that I have some of these products in place I feel like I will be superwoman going into the holiday season. I have everything I need all organized and in it’s place so I can wrap up all my pretty gifts and get them in the mail on time … yahoo!

Interested in seeing more from this line?
You can see more of the products, colors, and sizes, here.
You can order your very own products from the line, here. (Although the holiday wrapping and shipping products are only available in-store at Staples)
You can follow Avery on Facebook, here.
Avery and BlogHer are giving away a $100 Staples gift card to one of you!
Just tell me:

What is your favorite organizational tool in your home office?

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    Comments

    6. groovyonetoo says

      Eight small drawers with clear fronts that sit right beside my monitor. They hold pencils in one, pens in another, scissors, all my Sharpies (love those things!) and so much more. Easy to organize and they stay out of my way.

    7. Beth B. says

      I love my small cabinet of drawers that I can divide everything in. That way I can pretend I’m organized by stuffing it with all of my supplies! 🙂

    15. Suzi Wollman says

      My favorite organizational tool in my home office is a divided basket made to hold paper plates and napkins, and three spaces for forks, knives, and spoons. Perfect for a picnic, it moonlights as a holder for pens and pencils, scissors and such, and whatever project I’m working on that needs to be portable. Until it needs to go wandering, it sits on my desk and keeps my necessities within reach.

      My address is suzi@suziwollman.com

    19. Anonymous says

      I wish I could say I have a great organization tool in the office, but nope. All I got is my filing drawer in the desk and it isn’t that great. I totally need to revamp the office and all of my supplies. Working on it, but not at any rate that is noticeable.

      kellylynn (kelly72lynn at yahoo)

    21. Meredith says

      I love the Martha Stewart letter sized boxes – they are a lifesaver when it comes to storing all of my kindergartners papers I want to keep. That’s my favorite! Also, a tip-I bought a bunch of the shagreen boxes to use on my desk, and then mixed in old Tiffany boxes to hold more stuff. They are a perfect match.

    27. Marcie says

      I love old boxes, especially those with compartments–it helps me stay inspired to change up the look every now and then and not have everything matchy-matchy!!

    30. Wylie says

      I have a little Ikea stacking set of drawers, that sit on the top of my long crafting table. Each little drawer is labelled: cards/labels/scissors/pens. I make a point of replacing items into the proper drawers, and it keeps my work space uncluttered and neat!

    31. Nicole says

      Clipboards are my new favorite. I have a row on a wall (I think I saw it on MS site!) and I clip papers I need to follow up on – and not forget or loose there!

    35. Anonymous says

      My favorite organizational tool is my vintage mail sorter crate that sits on my desk!

      Lauraucf AT yahoo DOT com

    40. Jamie @ the Backless Shirt Blog says

      My pantry loves the Oxo Good Grips® Food Storage Pop Containers. Not only are they attractive and allow me to see if we’re running low on cheetos, they are fantastic for keeping our snacks fresh because the kids can easily put the lids back on (versus a half-hearted crumpling of the open bag. 🙂

    43. Brit says

      Definitely boxes/bins/baskets to keep everything organized. I think my recent favorite is a small container with four compartments I found in the $ section at Target for my little girls clips, pony tail holders and all her little hair supplies.

    44. Carol says

      My calendar keeps me organized…my schedule, my husband’s schedule, family birthdays and anniversaries, church activities, and such.

    48. mom to LaLu says

      Definitely my home management binder! Holds our monthly calendar, school handouts, activity forms, birthday lists, to do list and more! I would be lost without it!

    49. Stephanie H says

      My favorite Home management tool? I would have to say my files and cabinet. Although I find sticky notes and my calendar to be pretty important too! Difficult to say. But I would love to have a more organized system. Thank you Martha and Avery!

    50. Erin says

      i love my little wire basket from the dollar store. it’s not much, but it keeps all my pens corralled. without it, i literally would not have any idea where any pens were in my house!

    61. Nicki says

      I absolutely can’t live without my labelmaker. I adhere the labels to patterned scrapbook paper to organize my boxes, bins, etc!

    62. mamafrog says

      I love your blog and I’m a Martha fan, too! My favorite thing for my home office is a bookshelf and organizing baskets, for now. I do tend to change things around if they just don’t work after awhile!

    63. manmen says

      My fave organization tool is my calendar. I’d be lost without it! I could def see myself switching to a Martha Stewart one for 2013!

    73. Christine says

      I WISH I had a label maker! Our “home office” doesn’t really exist. I guess the most-used part of it would be a plate that we put the mail on!

    76. karenmed409 says

      A few small baskets and bins that we keep magazines, receipts and important papers, once they get filled I sort and recycle the magazines and the receipts and documents go in the filing cabinet

    81. sy says

      I love filing folders and post it labels. The shagreen pockets look awesome, they would save so much space and the walls look nicer. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
      songyueyu at gmail

    83. Becky Crutcher says

      My shoe organizer minus the shoes of course! Just got another one today from the big box store for less than $6 (It’s to store gloves and scarves in the coat closet, sorry I digress). Now the one in my “home office” a.k.a. Craft Room, Sewing Room, Scrapbooking Room, Knitting Room….well you get the idea, that one holds a gazillion crafting supplies like paint brushes, scissors, glue, glue gun + sticks, and so much more!!! Making the most of the vertical space even though my husband says “Please, no more shoe orgaziners!”

    90. MerMarty says

      I don’t have a home office, or even a desk designated for the business of life- pretty sure that’s half my organization problem! lol. I do love labels, though, for everything. It’s much easier for me to stay organized when there’s a place for everything.

    102. LAMusing says

      I have a small 2 drawer box that holds tape, staples, post it’s, etc. It’s the ONLY organized thing on my desk!
      adrianecoros(at)gmail(dot)com

    104. SamanthaD says

      I use alot of bins around my house to store items. No real organization to speak of though. I do have my dry erase board on my fridge which is a complete life saver for me!

      Samantha D
      dull2000 at cox dot net