I have had a love affair with bags since I was a child. There are so many colors and styles I love. Last fall, I realized I was a bit over the top when I figured out I had 31 Thirty One bags. So when I announced I was a Thirty One Consultant in March 2014, no one was shocked.
Now I LOVE bags, but I detest clutter, and the last thing I want is for someone to buy a bag and have it end up being clutter. 
So, over the next few weeks, I am going to share with you how I use Thirty One bags. I have 5 favorite styles, and I own multiples of each style. My very first Thirty One bag was a…
31 Organizing Utility Tote
The 31 Organizing Utility Tote makes a great diaper bag. I love big, open bags where I can put in what I need for the day.
Use the outside pockets for baby bottles, your water bottle, toys, snack cups and wipes.
I love my Organizing Utility Tote for scrapbooking supplies. I can fit my 12 x 12 albums, 12 x 12 pages and large scrapbook paper right inside of the bag.
The outer pockets are perfect for my water bottle, pens, tape, packages of photos and embellishments.
The 31 Organizing Utility Tote is perfect for the professional organizer. The large inner pocket holds big rolls of trash bags, my step stool, brown paper bags and my notes.
In the outer pockets, I keep my Label Maker, a water bottle, rolled up trash bags, Ziploc bags, protein bars and Windex.
I love the Organizing Utility Tote for my daughter. The big inner pocket is perfect for whatever crafty project she wants to take with her on the go.
I like the outer pockets for little things like her water bottle, craft supplies and other objects that would get lost in the bigger bag.
The 31 Organizing Utility Tote is perfect for my daughter as a swim bag as well. The bag has plenty of room for her towel and lunchbox. She can keep her sunscreen, pool towels, goggles, and pool money in the outside pockets. I bought her the matching large zipper pouch to keep her valuables and smaller items.
When I was a teacher, I used the Organizing Utility Tote to take files from my classroom to work on at home. I used the outer pockets as a traveling desk. That way, I always had my favorite sharpies with me whether I was at school or at home.
I love the Organizing Utility Tote as a mobile office. Using the Fold n File inside of the Organizing Utility Tote adds a hanging file option for your mobile office.
Often, mothers who work from home have to be able to move to another location to keep on working. Having the supplies that you use on a regular basis with you all the time really helps.
In my mobile office, I keep my computer alongside the Fold n File. I like that I can put my computer charging cord in the outside pockets. I also have room for my favorite pens, a water bottle, my wristlet and a few snacks or protein bars.
Often, I will use my mobile office without the Fold n File inside as well if I have different projects to do. I love how easy it is to either add or take out my file holder in one step.
While I love my mobile office for my daily tasks, I keep a second Organizing Utility Tote in my car stocked at all times as a mobile office resource bag.
This bag has in it anything that I would need for a new professional organization client, to give a 31 customer a catalog or hostess packet, any other information that I have for adding team members to my 31 team as well as information on custom closet installation.
The kids just asked me last night how many businesses I have going now, and to be honest, I don’t even know anymore! When you’re an entrepreneur and your office is wherever your mouth is, you need to have the paperwork with you to back that up!
I also use an Organizing Utility Tote on the days that I have TV segments. Often, I need more than just this bag for whatever I’m displaying on TV, but I am able to keep my lint roller in the outside pocket along with a water bottle and cough drops.
Once I get to the TV station, I’m able to put my sunglasses and my keys in the outer pocket of the Organizing Utility Tote along with my phone.
Having the large inner pocket helps me to swoop things off of the segment table and into the bag during the quick transitions between TV segments.
Current Styles of the Organizing Utility Tote
As you can see, I have a lot of different ways that I use the Organizing Utility Tote, and you can see that I have bought a few different styles over the years.
I currently have six of the Organizing Utility Totes in my house. I just got the brand-new Super Organizing Tote; it’s a little bit larger and has a zipper top to it.
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the two different size bags.
The Organizing Utility Tote fits 3 beach towels.
And the SUPER Organizing Utility Tote fits 6 beach towels with room to zip it closed.
When my kids were younger and I was using this bag is a carry-on for air travel, I would have loved the zip top feature. I also think it will be nice at conferences to be able to zip up my bag and not have everyone seeing everything that’s inside of it. But for day-to-day use, I love the fact that I could see everything in my bag without having to unzip anything or reach into hidden pockets.
I like to have my bags monogrammed so it is advertising for my business as well. Here is a list and pictures of the current patterns available for the Organizing Utility Tote.
The pictures that you’re seeing on Pinterest and in this post may not be current patterns that are available.
Additional items that I use with my Organizing Utility Tote.
I often will use the 31 zipper pocket bags to put things inside of my Organizing Utility Tote and in the outer pockets.
Another bag that fits nicely inside the Organizing Utility Tote is the Keep It Caddy.
To make a mobile office, I use a Fold N File.
Here’s a whole list of other ways people have used the Organizing Utility Tote.
- It makes a GREAT diaper bag!
- General toddler toy bag
- Gardening supplies
- Snack bag
- Kid’s bag for travel
- Hospital waiting room bag
- Knitting / crochet bag
- Cleaning supply bag
- Dress up clothes
- Picnics
- Car wash supplies
- As a gift wrap caddy
- Sports bag
- Gym bag
- Yard sale tote
- Game bag
- Housewarming gift with home essentials inside
- Pet supplies
- Laundry supplies for the laundromat
- Portable game storage for taking your gaming system to a friend’s house.
You can order your own 31 Organizing Utility Tote right from my online store. Just enter it as a retail order and it will ship right out to you. Thanks!!
Do you love Thirty One, too? I have been a leader in direct sales for over 17 years. Crazy, I know, but I am starting over and building a 31 team. I would love to grow our businesses together! You can join my team through the company website or contact me and I will give you a call to see if 31 and my leadership style are a good fit for us both!
Do you have an Organizing Utility Tote? How do you use your tote?
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