Product Review Friday:
Once in awhile there is a product that is so terrific I can’t wait to review it and today is one of those days. I was asked if I would like to try out 3 Pendeflex products. Of course I jumped all over that one. I have been using these three products for about 2 weeks and they are wonderful. The clips I have been using for 3 years.
Piler’s rejoice—this product is for YOU! This is not meant to be a long term filing system. (Use my favorite filing system for that—Freedom Filers). This is a system that keeps the papers you are currently working on in plain sight and organized so you can have your cake and eat it too. What a terrific way to get rid of clutter right before your eyes.
Product #1: PileSmart Desktop Organizer Tray and Dividers
This is an attractive (almost sensual) tray of durable acrylic. The cool thing is that it is slightly slanted towards the back corner to keep papers looking neat. (Now who figured that one out?)
It comes with six colorful (blue, red, green, purple, yellow, dark blue) dividers with write on and erase off labels. Honest—I wrote on them with a ball point pen and erased off with an eraser. It is amazing. (It doesn’t take a lot to get me excited does it?) The labels are visible from 2 sides which make it easy to identify different stacks of papers. Want to know more on how to get rid of clutter with these labels click here?
Product #2: PileSmart Binder Label Clips
I was sent two packages #51053 and #51052 of these label clips which I had already been using for 3 years and I love them. (But I can’t for the life of me see any difference between the packages).
These clips clip documents together and provide a quick and easy way to label them. All you have to do is write on the white label (on the clip) with a ball point pen and then when you change documents erase and you have a “new” label for the next documents. They hold up to ½” of papers together.
•They save time looking for documents
•Extra capacity for larger documents. Two sizes, with ¼” and ½” (I have used the ½” size). Holds up to 100 sheets of paper together.
•And of course it has the built-in write and erase labels that are visible even when documents are stacked in piles.
Product #3: PileSmart View Folders with write –on tabs
•Beautiful poly folders make desktop filing “an absolute breeze”. But remember—file on your desk temporarily.
•Textured surface prevents piles from slipping. I like the tab at the top that helps keep the folder flat. (Hard to explain, it is just neat).
•They include write-on labeling tabs to create custom category headings. Different tab positions keep labels visible to quickly find documents.
•Holds up to 75 sheets of letter size paper.
•Fits in hanging folders in your filing drawer.
These are products I highly recommend to get rid of clutter on your desk. I can’t believe I got to try these products and they are also giving me a $20.00 gift certificate to Target. (That is a good way for Target to make money—do you think I can go in the store and only spend $20.00?)
So, to get rid of clutter on your desk check out these products at pendeflex online or at your local office supply store. If they don’t carry them, ask them to order them for you–they are that good.
Free Giveaway!For my faithful readers who read to the end of this long blog. Leave me a comment with your favorite color by Aug 6th. I’ll put your name in a drawing for a package of the PileSmart clips.
I have a sad/happy story to tell today that has to do with clutter control. I was walking early in the morning while it was still dark outside. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a doe which is a female deer and this one was a mamma. She watched me as I passed where she was standing on the other side of the street. After I had gone about ¼ of a block she slowly walked across the street. I stopped and turned around to watch her. 
In my role as a professional organizer women often confide to me that they are discouraged about clutter control and reducing clutter in their homes because someone just comes along and messes it up again after they have decluttered. I was thinking about this problem as I was cooking bacon for breakfast the other day.
Do you have a problem with clutter control in your cupboards and don’t even know it? We were cooking tacos the other night and low and behold there wasn’t even one taco seasoning mix. There were a jzillion chili mixes which we don’t even use in the summer.
Are you wondering what earlobes and 
I learned about a challenge from Jana Eubank on her scrapbooking blog that I thought would be a fun challenge to do with clutter control. Think about a time in your life when you decided to get organized.
I was featured in the June issue of Woman’s Day. Actually my book was featured with one of my tips on clutter control. I didn’t even know it until my neighbor told me she had seen my book in the magazine when she was at the dentist’s office. I checked the local stores and they had moved on to July magazines so I trotted down to the dentist’s office with cinnamon rolls (homemade and oh sooooo good) as a trade for the magazine.
Do you have a collection of stuff that you loved when you were a child or even a collection you started as an adult but it doesn’t light you up and you aren’t connected to it anymore?
I thought it would be cool to write a blog on my favorite organizing magazines but then I realized I don’t take any magazines. However I can tell you what magazines I have subscribed to in the past that I have liked. And I found a post from unclutterer.com and I will share one of her favorites.
One of my faithful blog readers left this comment and gave me permission to use it on my blog. I read it and laughed out loud. This is definitely a unique and fun approach to clutter control.
