Organizing the Garage with Zink & A Giveaway

I finally finished whipping the tool area in my garage into shape!

organized garage tool area

Woohoo!  Do you remember how bad it looked before?  Here’s a hideous refresher.

Yeah, it wasn’t good.  But now, after lots of sorting & purging, the enlisting of slave labor and with the help of my Zink hAppy, I’ve got the tool area under control.

What can I say really?  Custom labels make happy – giddy even.  And the Zink hAppy makes it so easy to whip them out!  I mean, how cute are the red tool boxes?

Zink hAppy Garage Organizing Labels

Custom Garage Tool Labels with the Zink hAppy

I know, I know, it’s a tool area; it’s not supposed to be cute. But considering that I’m the main tool user around here, I think a little cuteness was in order.

If there’s one thing that drives me batty, it’s when things aren’t put back where they supposed to go.  When I’m in the middle of a project and need a flat head or a phillips, I want to be able to grab it in a hurry.

Zink hAppy Tool Organization

zink happy labeling  - garage tools

organized tools

The garage tool art pack on the hAppy app made it so easy to label the pegboard.  I made picture labels for the most commonly misplaced items.  So now if you misplace my scissors………I will cut you.  Kidding.  Sort of.

tool organization

Because my newly organized tool area makes me so hAppy (it had to happen)………….

I’m giving one of you the gift of hAppy-ness!

To enter this giveaway:
Leave a comment answering this question:  If you won a Zink hAppy what project would you tackle first!  
for an additional entry:
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Good Luck!  I’ll announce the winner on Facebook next Thursday! 
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  • I can't decide between my pantry or my craft closet. Both are in dire need of some organization. To be honest, I'd probably end up doing both projects simultaneously because completing one project at a time is just not my style 😉

  • What would I organize with a Zink hAppy??? My art closet, kids closet, laundry room, play room. The list goes on and on. Please pick me I am so in need of this items I can't even begin to tell you!!!!!

  • what a great product for keeping stuff straight and organized! It looks great! When my garage is disorganized it can put me in a foul mood! I think its because its the first thing I see when I pull in!

    Laura
    House Envy

  • Such a hard question to answer :). But, my husband and I are expecting our first child in February, and I am currently in the process of transporting my craft room (which will now be the nursery) to fit into my office (which was formerly a dining room). So, I think Zink happy would help make me very happy organizing my new office/craft space. Love how you can make the garage look cute, by the way.

  • I want a Zink hAppy so bad!!! I would use it all over the house, but the first place i would tackle would be our garage. With the addition of a new baby, our garage has become a dumping spot and needs some organization!

  • Seriously? This is too cute. And the rug?!?! Love it! I would definitely use it to tackle my tools, and my pantry, and my holiday decor tubs… endless! Thanks for the giveaway!

  • Thinking outside the box, if I had a Zinc hAppy, my first (of many) projects would be creating labels to organize the shelves and areas within our refrigerator and freezer! It's the one place that we all use every single day and I know ours could definitely use some organization to help us better find what we are looking for (in a timely manner). I can only image how much smoother of a process this would make preparing for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! {THEN I would totally borrow your idea of the garage organization labels. We just purchased some diamond-plate light switch plates and some Gladiator diamond plate cabinets for our upcoming garage transformation project, so labels just like yours would be PERFECT for our space!}

  • You have inspired me, Carmel! I totally need to organize hubby's tools because every time I go to get one, I can't find it! Love what you did with your labels! Hope you're having a wonderful week!

    ~Abby =)

  • You've inspired me! I would totally tackle my husbands messy garage! We have paint/tools/motorcycle parts and holiday decorations that are in dire need of organization.

  • I'm coming over just to hang in your garage!!! Doesn't that make you feel so good to have all that cleaned up!? My garage still makes me happy everytime I drive in!!! That Zink thing is pretty nifty!!

  • Totally need to organize the little boys' toys – do you KNOW how many different sets of Legos, Sk8r, Beyblades, etc there are in my house? 3 boys worth! And they are all over my floor (and in my decorative baskets, hiding in my bathroom drawers, my sewing box, and I even found IronMan under my pillow last night!)

  • We have a mini mudroom that I am attempting to organize and this would be great. I want to put up hooks for the broom, swiffer, etc. Labels would help!

  • I've been purging closets, junk drawers, and collect-all cabinets the last few weeks, and there were lots of moments, where I wished I just had a basic label makers. With the Zink, I'd go back to all those cabinets/closets/drawers and label all the new baskets, and storage spaces – especially in the bathroom, and my medicine cabinet.

  • I have a million places where I could use this in my house, but I'd be especially excited to use it for my Silpada business. Oh, the possibilities!

  • This tool would come to some great use in my home… kids toys, tool shed, pantry, office… etc. I cannot wait to see who wins – Hopefully me 🙂

  • When I win, I will start with my new garage!!! Thanks for this awesome giveaway. I have loved watching you use yours with all the projects lately.

  • Oh boy! I think I would label the kids' playroom. I would love to label the boxes and boxes of toys, crafts, games, etc so they can easily find things (and save me from this, "Mama where's….?") Thanks for this opportunity Carmel!!

  • I would start with the garage! It is a complete mess and anytime I need a tool out of there I usually have to search for a good 10 min to find it. I would also really like to get all my junk off the floor in there so I can actually park my car in the garage!

  • I would definitely tackle my kitchen/pantry and laundry room, move on to my daughter's playroom, the office, both bathrooms, the linen closet, master closet and my daughter's closet…I want my WHOLE house labeled and organized!!!

  • I'd label the boxes in the basement- some have ben labeled with a sharpie ( messy & hard to read) some have labels printed with my brother labeler ( better but too small to read from a distance). This would really do an awsome job.

  • I would so love to win a Zink hAppy !!!!!! We just found out my daughter is having twins!! This would be a wonderful tool to use to label everything in the babies nursery as well all of the equipment/clothing that goes along with TWO babies! Needless to say we are a little overwhelmed but this wonderful tool would help keep us organized in the soon to be chaos!!

  • I would label drawers in kids closet, bins in my laundry/mud room, and everything else that would be on my way:) My labels now are cardstock and markers:( So Much would love love to win!!!

  • I would tackle the kitchen first and get it organized. I spend a lot of time in there creating delicious foods!
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  • My playroom is the first thing I would tackle – no question. I need a little inspiration to sort and purge all those toys. We have 5 kids under 7 and sometimes when kids (or tired mommy's clean up) everything gets dumped together in thos misc. bins. A zinc happy would make me so happy to put each type of toy in its own neat and labled box and would make cleaning up for my kids so much more fun. Please pick me!

  • Moving into our new house around the first of the year!! Cannot wait to organize our new life with my New Zink Happy! 😉 Would LOVE to win this!!!!

  • I WOULD GATHER MY HUSBANDS CONSTRUCTION TOOLS, WHICH ARE SCATTERED IN EVERY ROOM OF OUR HOUSE, AND ORGANIZE IT ALL!!! PROJECTS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER, WHICH IS WHY I SO NEED THIS, TO MAKE ME HAPPY!!!

  • Hmmm…….Its a toss up between my sons room which is in the middle of a redo or the basement which is storage/playroom and is also in the middle of getting weeded out outgrown toys and getting organized with crafts and video games which is now their preference. Although I would label everything, everywhere so I don't have to hear that they "don't know where it goes"

  • I love to organize 'FOR' my man. He loves it too! LOL! Can't wait to organize his garage. He'll love my Zink Happy too! (Not!) 🙂

  • I would ⓛ ⓞ ⓥ ⓔ ♡ to takle my Craft Room first with a Zink Happy. Then move on to my kiddos toys, our garage, kitchen, bathroom, design gift tags, I better stop before I get too excited about organizing!?! ツ

  • We just organized our indoor supplies/tools and I would love to create labels for the drawers with the Zink hAppy! 😀 Thank you for this amazing giveaway!

  • I would take & print old family photos that commemorate my fathers life who we lost 12/1/12 after being blessed w/ 15+ wonderful years that gave us more time w/ this truly
    man. From his time in the German Death Camps, coming to America, 1yr US Highschool to graduate w/ honors, served w/ honors in th US ARMY, create a very successful business, Father of 3 & married to his soulmate of near 50 yrs. Giving always the best of himself, never concerned of his benifit or gain. He was truly thankful for the gift he was given via HEART TRANSPLANT, the heart he was given was as big & full as his own & he made sure that he made every one of his additional 15+ years matter for all he came in contact with <3

  • With 5 little kids I can think of a million photo labels I could make and all the ways that would me and my little people get and stay more organized.

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