Most of you already know I’m on a quest to become organized this year. That’s going really well. This week I received the following Avery products from Shoplet.com to review…
I was thrilled to receive these items because I can organize all of my recipes that I’ve printed out over the years and currently have stuck in all of my cookbooks.
I wanted to start organizing my recipes in my new Avery EZD Heavy-Duty Reference View Binder right away but if you visit my blog at Totally Terri then you know we are fighting the flu here among other illnesses. And they are winning. To start off with I love having the vinyl pockets on the front and back on the outside of the binder and it makes washing it off so easy too. I looked for these type binders when I was in college; the ones having a front and back insert on them. I could stick a page with the name of the subject it was for on the cover and the back so when I was between classes and grabbing things out of my car, it made it easy for me to see which notebook was for each class no matter which side the notebook was on. This heavy duty binder has 4 pocket insets inside which works well for what I want to use it for. The recipes I’ve cut out of newspapers and magazines won’t fit on the rings but they will fit nicely in the inserts. Having 4 of them will help me to stay even more organized because I can group the recipes by types. The main thing that I love about this binder is that it is the easiest one I’ve ever had to open. I’m talking about the ring. One touch open, one touch close. I wish I had a dozen of these back when I was in college. Another perk to this great binder is that it holds 50% more paper than a round ring, more paper equals less notebooks or binders. I’ve already checked out the spine super good to see if it will hold up and it seems pretty sturdy to me and it has two inside inserts as well. The rings are mounted on the back cover. My new recipe binder is PVC free (hurrah it’s less susceptible to cracking) and the chipboard is made out of 100% recycled content. It is also an official Box Tops Educational brand! Other pluses include smooth page turning and the dividers don’t stick out.
I can’t find one complaint about this binder. Not one. I love it and hopefully I will still be using it for years to come. One day someone will inherit it along with all of my yummy recipes. I’m going to stick a note in one of the 4 pockets inside with a link to this post so who ever ends up with it will know where it came from and how I became it’s proud new owner.
*FYI Avery also makes extra-wide binders
The next product I got to review is Avery Custom Binder Spine Inserts. These are nifty inserts. Seriously. You can put the entire sheet in your printer to design them however you want to. Each sheet allows for 5 spine inserts, there are 5 sheets per pack. 25 Spine Inserts at your fingertips. This is another product I wish I had had in college. Having the name of the subject on the spine would have helped save me even more time. One pack would have worked for all of my different notebooks each semester and would have been well worth the money. AND you can customize your inserts at Avery.com/software using the templates there. It has the website on each sheet so you will have it handy when you want to customize them. It also tells you the product software number and the 1-800 number for Avery on each sheet. Handy dandy! I went to Avery to see how hard it would be to find and use the templates and the information was right there available for me. I’m going to make a insert with something along the lines of mimi’s recipes. I will have extras to use and I’ll keep them in the back in my protective vinyl cover. The binder spine inserts work in ALL Laser and Inkjet Printers. They are super easy to separate because they are perforated. These inserts are firm and sturdy.
I’ve tried to think of something I don’t like about these inserts but nothing comes to mind. They get a thumbs up from me. Way to go Avery.
The last thing I reviewed are Avery Note Tabs. Right off I’m impressed because these tabs are clear. See through. I can make little notes on the tabs and stick them anywhere. I’m going to be using them mainly for my recipes but these can be used in textbooks, notebooks, organizers and I could even use them to stick a message on my grocery lists if I wanted to. I do a lot of adjusting on my recipes by adding an ingredient or taking one away. It will be nice to have a note of that right on each recipe I adjust as well as a label so they will be easy to find. There are so many uses for these the possibilities are endless. The note area is nice and big at 3″x31/2″. The labels I bought in college were NOT made like these and I wish now they had of been. I had so many markings in my textbooks where I jotted notes down, or highlighted certain information. If I had these to use my textbooks would have looked a lot better by the end of each semester. I could have resold them for a lot more money than I resold them for that’s for sure. The NoteTabs are available in pretty colors. I’m a color coder myself. I invented a color system in college for each of my courses. It worked for me. The tabs are easy to see and use. They are also an official Box Tops Educational brand like the Avery binders! These work well with most pens, highlighters and pencils. They are thick, you can use the labels to turn the pages. If you put these over a textbook page or a written page the ink won’t lift off and damage the textbooks or your notes.
I love these. There is nothing I don’t like about them. Having them in different colors just adds the p to perfect.
WOW! I’m very pleased with all three of these products. When you can’t find anything wrong with something then someone somewhere is doing a super job. As soon as my fever breaks and I can sit up for any length of time, I’m going to get my rear in gear and start organizing my recipes. I’m thrilled that I was chosen to review these products by Shoplet.com. It’s always nice to receive items that are wonderful and work wonderfully. Please take the time to go visit each of the links leading to the items I reviewed, you will be glad you did. They offer many other office supplies not just these.
ƸӜƷ~ Terri
Disclosure:
I received the above mentioned products to review from Shoplet.com in exchange for an honest review. No monetary compensation was received.
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great review….I so need to organize my recipes, the stack of them are just stuck in another cookbook it’s hard to refer!
I have an Avery binder I use for all my coupons!
I love using binders for my recipes!
Thank you so much for your comments everyone. There are a lot of things these could be used for that is for sure. My grandson wants one to put his baseball cards in.
I just recently decided to start a “home management binder” a place to keep to-do lists, recipes, coupons etc. I have never used this kind of binder, but I think it would be just the thing I need in order to really get a customized organizational binder! Thank you for the review. I always feel better about buying products when I’ve heard or read good things about it from someone else!
I like Avery products. I do however need to get organized and get my recipes in one neat binder . So, thank you for the review as I can consider purchasing one.
Wow. This certainly would make my recording keeping a bit easier
I have always like Avery products. When I first saw them I thought the spine inserts were the best thing since sliced bread. Now you know what is in the binder without having to open it.
I love Avery products!! I always hated trying to cut paper to the right size and then trying to slide it into the spine, such a pain!! I will check all of these products out because I love organizing!!
Binders like this, rings on the back flap, are so much better than traditional binders. Fewer ‘curled’ pages and so much nicer to deal with.
Love the spine inserts and the Note tabs. They make organizing papers so much easier. I use a lot of 3 ring binders to keep track of my digital scrapbooking tutorials, and others for my own recipes
Who doesn’t have paperwork that needs to be organized? Great review!
I just love the info, I want to finish organizing my house in notebooks with lists. This will help me so much thanks to Avery. Now I can organize everything then start on some needed to complete projects
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I have to agree this is a great binder
Great binder…perfect for couponing!
That looks like a very sturdy binder.
Seems like a great binder,,I love binders for organizing everyting.
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I love my Avery Binders!
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Seems like it’s a great binder!
Avery has some wonderful products.
We use these at work and they are ten times better than any other on the market
this seems like a good binder
Very handy for Organizing
I have to agree this is a great binder. My daughter took it from my son. They are both fighting over it. They love the one touch open.
gotta <3 stuff for organization
I have bought these before, they hold up great!
I need a new binder. this seems like a good one!! :)
I have a ton of recipes everywhere i need to start organizing better.
I love these. I bought one at Walmart and they are so sturdy.
Thanks for the amazing idea. I also have recipes everywhere and this would be so great.
Binders are so useful for many things. This is great!
I love Avery’s sticky notes and tabs I use them for my Girl Scout and home business and I would love to try out the Binder as well it would help out so much to keep everything more organized ;)
I am so tired of how fast my boys goes through binders. Maybe these would last.
I have a binder but it is unorganized. I need to check into this! Great idea!
This is great, binders are perfect organizers.
I’m a binder nut. One thing I do is keep a binder of restaurant menus for take-out. I slip the menus into clear pockets and I keep any coupons in the side pockets. Really gets rid of a lot of our “mail-drop area” clutter.
I have a binder like this but its not an avery and I use it to hold and organize my coupons.But its also a good idea for recipes as well. thanks for the tip
I like Avery products. This binder would be useful for my office, my messy pile of recipes or just for homeshcooling. Thanks!
i love the binder
I really could use one of these!
I need to get organized. LOL
I used to use some of the products above when I worked as an Admin. lol…now that I’m home with a 6 year old, I’ve become a slacker. ;)
Binders and coupons or recipies are there a better much in all the world?
Note tabs like these saved my life in college. I used them all of the time to mark up all of the books I had to read (I was an English lit major).
thank you for the info. I’m always buying new binders for school and couponing!
I have a few Avery binders, and when I was in college I would you these binders. They are so useful and easy to use. Love the way I can organize with them!
I love these binders! I pick them up whenever I see them because the kids use them for school and I also use them to file bils, recipes, and all sorts of goodies.
I have ALWAYS used their binders for school, work, and now coupons. I love them!
Thanks everyone. I’m going to have to get a couple more of these. So sturdy!!
With 7 in the house, 3 being grandchildren I definitely need to get organized with my coupons. Certainly need the heavy duty!
this would be great for couponiing!
Avery is a great binder
I really need a better way to organize my coupons. This binder would be wonderful. Thanks.
I need to get a new one and this looks great. Mine has had too much use
This would make my coupons so much easier to use!!
My daughter would love these!
I like lasting and sturdy binders! Great review!
We go through alot of these , I have 3 kids in school and avery is always great, the tabs are great for school projects etc
I love everything Avery!!
In our house we go thru so many binders each year. My kids are brutal. I am always interested in reviews for binders so that I don’t have to test them all myself
This binder would really organize my coupons. Thanks for the giveaway :)
I use binders for everything since I began to organize my life about 9 months ago. They really keep me on track!
How wonderful to have this binder. I could so use one. Thanks for the giveaway!
love avery products!
Thank you!
I so love Avery products! Their binders and labels are the absolute best! This is an awesome review to show others what they are missing if they haven’t tried them!!
I LOVE Avery products and this would be great for a coupon binder
I am only organized at work never at home stuff lol. My important papers are stuffed in a manila envelope.
This looks perfect as a coupon binder.
I use binders for rescue and craft stuff. These look and sound like a must have!
They would keep my coupons organised.
Binders are awesome for receipes
I bet THESE binders hold up in the backpacks of high school boys!!
I love using binder to keep craft ideas somewhat organized!
Avery is my favorite offfice product :)
I LOVE using binders for my recipes!!!
I MUST get one of these! I need to find better ways to keep my business stuff organized and most binders just don’t last long enough. Will definitely be looking into one of these!
Very helpful information! Organization is very important when you are a business woman, mom of three, and the many other titles women have now days.
Boy could I use a boatload of these. Nursing school has an amazing amount of paperwork and I need reeeeeally heavy duty binders. My own are falling apart at the seams!
Awesome information! I love to get organized.
Nice review. You are right I should have kept it for my recipes. My kids are fighting over who gets the binder. I had to set my foot down and insist it go to my baby. After all he has to commute over an hour each way. I figure he will benefit the most from it.
Your son will appreciate this, and because it’s heavy duty it will hold up to the wear and tear of traveling too ha. I had to travel and hour and a half each way to college and I would have been thankful for these back then.
Hmmmm I thought I commented on this …. maybe it was another blog. Anyway, I need a new binder for my recipes. Years ago I did a binder with my Hubs favorite recipes in it. After about 17 years, it is falling apart.
Well I know just the website to buy a new one lol. I saw that Bonnie had received these products as well when I went around to check on everyone’s new posts so you are probably thinking of her review. I did get started on mine for my recipes earlier, I drug all of my cookbooks in the bed with me, and I’m getting more excited than ever about getting them all organized. I’m finding some I had forgotten about!