Two minute tidy tip: use chalkboard stickers to label household items

Chalkboard stickers are great! They're reusable, and you can clean off whatever you 've written and start again - so they're really cost effective.

You'll need:

A set of chalkboard labels - I got mine for around £3 on Ebay:

 A chalkboard pen - this cost about £4 from a stationers, but normal chalk would be fine too.

 

Write out what you want the label to say - you can wipe it off with water and a cloth if you make a mistake:

 

Then attach your labels to wherever you want to stick them! I chose them to identify these boxes at the top of my wardrobe:

 

And you're done! Cost: around £7 - I already had the boxes, and they cost £2 each.

Two minute tidy tip: take photos of receipts and store them electronically

If you're anything like me, you'll keep hold of important receipts and every time you open your purse/handbag/desk drawer will see them and think: what do I do with these, and how long should I keep them for?

My quick two minute tidy tip: take a photo of your receipts with your smart phone, connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable, and save them into a folder:

Next, name and date your receipts so that they're easy to find:

What do I do if I need them again?

If you need to return or check something and want to be able to show the receipt, you can use one of the free, easy to use document sharing solutions available. You'll be able to quickly access your files from your smart phone, tablet, home or work computer, which cuts down the need for paper.

I use the free version of Dropbox to store my files and can open them at work, on my phone, and at home - but there are lots of free variations out there. They're simple and fast to set up and will save you a lot of time: you can store your to do lists, addresses, etc and any changes you make to your documents will sync and take effect across all of your devices.

Or, if you want a really quick way to access an important document, draft an email to yourself, attach it and save it! You can then retrieve it when you need it.