diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c2658d7..1ca9571 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules/
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/src/objectUtils.js b/src/objectUtils.js
index 755f23d..601b181 100644
--- a/src/objectUtils.js
+++ b/src/objectUtils.js
@@ -24,3 +24,17 @@ export function assignDeep(target, source) {
 	}
 	return output;
 }
+
+function alphabetizeKeys(target, blacklist = []) {
+	const keys = Object.keys(target);
+	
+	const usableKeys = keys.filter(key => !blacklist.includes(key));
+	usableKeys.sort();
+	const updated = {};
+	for (let i = 0; i < usableKeys.length; i++) {
+		updated[usableKeys[i]] = target[usableKeys[i]];
+	}
+	return updated;
+}
+
+export {alphabetizeKeys};
diff --git a/src/objectUtils.spec.js b/src/objectUtils.spec.js
index 78927aa..5e7269e 100644
--- a/src/objectUtils.spec.js
+++ b/src/objectUtils.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import expect from 'expect';
-import {ensureArray} from './objectUtils';
+import {ensureArray, alphabetizeKeys} from './objectUtils';
 
 describe('ensureArray', () => {
 	it('should put object in array', () => {
@@ -16,3 +16,30 @@ describe('ensureArray', () => {
 		expect(ensureArray([obj])).toEqual([obj]);
 	});
 });
+
+ describe('alphabetizeKeys', () => {
+ 	it('should alphabetize keys', () => {
+ 		const original = {
+ 			name: 'joe',
+ 			age: 35
+ 		}
+ 		const expected = {
+ 			age: 35,
+ 			name: 'joe'
+ 		}
+ 		expect(alphabetizeKeys(original)).toEqual(expected);
+ 	})
+
+ 	it('should remove blacklist', () => {
+ 		const original = {
+ 			name: 'joe',
+ 			ugliness: 'high',
+ 			age: 35
+ 		}
+ 		const expected = {
+ 			age: 35,
+ 			name: 'joe'
+ 		}
+ 		expect(alphabetizeKeys(original, 'ugliness')).toEqual(expected);
+ 	})
+ })