Organizing Quote

I'm guilty.

Guilty of not being able to keep up with reading my magazines. I'm now down to one subscription and I have a stack that I'm slowly chipping away at. See, even Professional Organizers get behind on tasks!

I just finished reading the March 2012 'De-clutter Your Life' issue of O "Oprah' magazine and really enjoyed reading an article called, "Journey to the Center of Gayle's Closet."

In the article, Adam Glassman, O Magazine's Creative Director along with a small team of helpers assist Gayle King (Oprah's 'bestie') with a closet intervention: sorting, purging and organizing her clothes closet.

It's a great piece written by the very talented Lisa Kogan. She is so funny, I'd read the phone book if I knew she wrote it...

There's a section at the bottom of the article showing products to help to organize a closet--that's where I got the following quote from...

Quote: "What good are boxes and bins if you can't easily tell what's in them?" says Adam Glassman.

"People can last a day or two without food and water, but no one can live without a label maker!"

Loved that. Had to share. Who is running out and getting a label maker?

SMEAD - Super Tab Folder

Last month, I started blogging about products from a company called SMEAD. If you haven't heard of them, just walk into your local office supply store and check the shelves. They create products for document management. If you have paper, you've probably seen or used one of their products.

In August, I talked about SMEAD's 'My Organizer' Products/MO File System. Today, I'm going to give you a tour of another one of their helpful products...the Super Tab Folder.

Have you ever started filing your papers and realized you didn't have enough room to write what you wanted to on the folder tab?  I know, I have. You can squeeze just so many words in a small space! I guess the people at SMEAD heard that complaint a million times and decided to do something about it.

Here is a photo of SMEAD's Super tab folder. (The reflection is of my light fight fixture and of me taking the picture.)

This isn't any ordinary file folder. When you open it up--it's also a folder with two pockets! You may be asking--what is that doohickey is at the top of the folder?

That doohickey acts as a clamp to hold your papers in place while the folder is being carried or filed in your file cabinet. Here it is open:

With a stack of papers in it...

The doohickey at the top of the folder is perfect for those prone to the 'dropsies.' If you accidentally drop this folder, your papers aren't going to fall out all over the floor like they would from a regular file folder. That's great news--especially for those who never put page numbers on their documents...

By the way--if you haven't figured it out already, THIS is why they call it the SUPER TAB folder... 

That writing area is almost twice the size of a tab on a regular file folder. Ever try and fit everything you want to write on a tab but you'd run out of room? Not anymore with the Super Tab folder! I could write a novel on that tab!

I think the concept is great--the file folder is a 2-pocket folder with a built in paperweight. The only drawback to this product is its glossiness. After handling it for a while, my fingerprints were all over it. Maybe the cast of CSI should use it to file their papers and catch criminals!

Check back in October for my next SMEAD product post! I don't know what it will be but I'll be sure to let you know about more of SMEAD's helpful paper organizing products as they come through my mail slot.