New Year’s Organizing Challenge – VOTING BEGINS

January was a fun filled month full of organizing our homes. The New Year’s Organizing PRIZE Challenge is over and now the voting begins. There were 3 winners from each of the 4 weekly challenges, 12 winners in total. We need your help to vote for the grand prize winners. (Winners are listed below). The top 4 votes will win. Voting begins 6 a.m. PST January 28, 2013 and ends at 9:00 p.m. PST January 30, 2013. Grand Prizes will be determined based on the highest number of votes accrued during the Grand Prize voting. 3 Grand Prize winners will be announced on January 31, 2013.

The winners of the week 4 challenge are:

1st Place

Casual Fridays won JOYS paper filing system

2nd Place:

Katy from Kate’s Great Crafts won a Scentsy gift pack.

3rd Place:

Vanessa who’s Pinterest pictures are here won a $100 Gift Certificate to Thirty-One {Jessica Wright, Consultant}

GRAND PRIZES

The winners of the 4 weekly prize challenge will have a chance to win one of the following grand prizes. You will help us decide who the winner is.

For First Place:

An Oreck Versa Vac

Oreck Vacuum Website

Value: $249.99

Paragraph (from their website): “The VersaVac™, a full-powered bagless vacuum cleaner that is also a steam mop. The ultimate multi-functional, multi-surface cleaner, VersaVac is powerful and is easy to use — on all floor types. With its incredible suction, an on/off brushroll and adjustable steam settings, the VersaVac has all the power and performance you expect from Oreck. With its dual functions, the multi-tasking VersaVac eliminates the need for multiple cleaning tools!”

For Second Place:

A Membership to Alejandra’s Power Productivity Program!

http://www.howtoorganize.tv  

Prize – $197 value Power Productivity Program

 Alejandra Costello is a Certified Professional Organizer who shows individuals how to become more organized and productive on a daily basis by setting up systems that work for their own organizing style. Alejandra started her company, Alejandra.tv, in 2008 at the age of 23 and to date has shared her organizing expertise with thousands of people in over 100 countries around the world. Formerly an IT engineer, Alejandra was named 1 of the 5 most organized people in America by HGTV. Her expertise has been featured in HGTV, The Washington Post, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, The Washington Times, CBS, NewsChannel8, and Mashable. Sign up for her FREE 7-Day “Jumpstart” Video Series  on her website to start getting organized today!

For Third Place:

A Cricut Machine!!!

Cricut website

Prize- Cricut Mini Prize Package- $129 value

Cricut is the family of products that will help you hear the three little words most creators just can’t get enough of: “You made that?” It doesn’t matter if you want to craft cards, scrapbooks, home décor, organizing labels and more. One thing’s for sure, Cricut will always craft a smile. Portable and lightweight, yet powerfully creative—what more could you ask for in a creative partner? The Cricut Min®i machine is perfect for the new and seasoned crafter alike. Designed to work in tandem with our innovative design tool, Cricut Craft Room™, your creativity will reach new heights thanks to this petite inspiration machine.

And for Fourth Place:

Office Depot $100 gift card

Get your gift card and get your home organized with all kinds of Office Depot products.

Office Depot Facebook Page
Office Depot Twitter

We want to thank all our sponsors for being a part of this challenge. Please go and visit them!

5 Dinners in 1 Hour
Alejandra TV
A Time for Everything
Clean Mama Printables
Clever Container
Closet Maid
Cricut
Fridge Coaster
Joys Paper Filing
Office Depot
Off the Floor Rack-It
Oreck
Organizables
Scentsy
The Neat Company
Thirty One {Jessica Wright, Consultant}

YOUR HOSTS

Who are these fabulous organizing bloggers that are hosting? They are listed below. We would love for you to stop by each of our unique blogs and say hi.

Grand Prize VOTING:

Voting for Grand Prizes will include the three winners from each of the four prior weeks.
Voting begins 6 a.m. PST January 28, 2013 and ends at 9:00 p.m. PST January 30, 2013.
Grand Prizes will be determined based on the highest number of votes accrued during the Grand Prize voting.
3 Grand Prize winners will be announced on January 31, 2013.
Winners have 7 days to respond to e-mail.

Here are the finalists. Vote on your favorite!! The winner will be announced Thursday so hurry and vote: