Brother P-Touch Team Kitchen Organization

Many readers know that I am a Brother P-Touch Ambassador and read my original post HERE.  As part of our assignment, for our second post we were each assigned a room. My assigned room for this challenge was the kitchen. I had requested this because I needed to get my pantry organized DESPERATELY! This pantry is tiny and it is all I have. It HAS to be organized!
To begin, we started by pulling out the wire shelving in the pantry. It can only handle so much weight. We replaced the wire shelving with wood shelving that my hubby made and installed. He then painted the entire closet with a fresh coat of white paint. Wow! Did it brighten it up! After going through the contents that had been held in the pantry and purging old stuff…ummmm, really old stuff that got buried. We purchased storage organizers, what we thought was a lot of them but after re-organizing, it seems I need more!  After getting the containers loaded and organized we took the time to label everything with our Brother P-Touch Label maker provided by Mom Central.
Once we got started with the labeler, it was so much fun to use! A great thing about the machine is that you can select from several styles. We chose what we thought would be easy to read.You can make labels within minutes of turning the machine! They length will depend on how long your words are.
BEFORE:
(This pantry is my dirty little secret! So messy)
 

After:

 

Close-Ups:
  
 

As an added treat, my hubby made a custom spice rack!



The P-touch Labeler by Brother is available on Amazon for a mere $16.99. It is so useful and convenient, AND FUN! Now I want to organize and use it all over the house!

Stay tuned! I will have a follow up post in March.  I’ll share how the labels hold up with a hubby and three kids!


“I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Brother P-Touch and received a product and gift card to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.”

Brother P-touch Ambassador Test-It Challenge: Test #1

When I was presented with the opportunity to become a Brother P-Touch Ambassador, I jumped at the opportunity! As a mom of three, keeping the house organized is a job in itself. I have been wanting to organize the whole house, but in particular, my kitchen. My pantry is so disorganized. It is a mish mash of food boxes, bags of chips, cans, etc.

The first task as a Brother P-touch Ambassador is to take the Test-It Challenge kit that we were mailed and put the labels through the wringer and show how tough and durable the Brother P-Touch labels are.

Our first photo shows you the Test kit as it arrived. (Well, sort of. It came wrapped in caution tape but I was so excited I forgot to get that first photo).

The next couple of photos show what came inside the package. These are the items we will use to test the durability of the labels.

The extreme test kit included:

P-touch label samples

Plexi glass block

Nail Polish remover

Travel size bleach with palm brush

scrubber sponge

Finally, we have my video detailing what took place in my test.

First, I scrubbed as the label as hard as possible with the brush. I added the abrasive soap (mixed in water), letting it soak for a small time.  Followed by wiping it off with the enclosed sponge. With no signs of wear, I moved onto the scrub brush. Still, showing no signs of wear, so I continued onto the nail polish remover.

Have you ever seen what fingernail polish remover does to things besides polish? I have seen firsthand how it destroys furniture (no, not mine but my sister in law ruined my mother in laws dresser).

Besides smelling up my kitchen, the remover left no sign that I had applied it to the label.

The label held up showing no signs of wear or scratching. Could it be that these labels can stand up to the abuse of a husband and children? Stay tuned for part 2 as we use the Brother P-Touch Labels in our home.  I am excited to see the durability as they are put to the test by the kids and husband. 

I wrote this review while participating in a campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Brother P-Touch and received a product and gift card to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate.