Penn State Graduation Gift with Noodlehead Gathered Clutch

My friend's daughter just graduated from high school and is headed to Penn State.  This is what I gave her for a graduation gift.  Upper left is a basket that I made following this tutorial.  Lower left is a Noodlehead gathered clutch.  I also included a key fob, 2 pillowcases (from this tutorial) for her dorm room and a little bit of cash.  I think it was well received.

This is how it looked all bundled together.

The Simplest 3 Steps to Organization Ever!

1.  Pick a room in your house and get rid of half of the stuff in it.  Be ruthless.  Don't save it for a yard sale, just get rid of it!  This will bring you to a normal amount of stuff that will actually fit in the room.
2.  Once you have completed step 1, go back into the room and get rid of half of what remains.  Take it out of your house, off your property and completely get rid of it!
3.  Now that you completed step 2 you have only 25% of what you started with in the room.  It will now be easy to put away in an organized fashion!

Repeat steps 1-3 for each room in your house.  You will now be a minimalist with much more time for family, friends and hobbies and much less stress in your life!  This might sound like a sarcastic post but I have been doing this all summer and it is very freeing...  I have shifted to this thought - If my house burned down or blew away in a tornado, what would I really miss?  For me the answer is "not much".  Mostly photos and a few sentimental pieces.  The rest of it is just stuff.