Andrea Dekker

Weekend Giveaway: DUO Binders

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UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed.

Congrats to:

  • Jesica (Jesica.dube@…)
  • Jenna (jenna.laine@…)
  • Maria (maria_fala@…)
  • Melinda (melinda.d.ott@…)
  • Natalia (oliviangramada@…)

Today is Dave’s birthday (he’s 31 — which is much older than me!) so in honor his birthday, I’m sharing one of HIS favorite organizing tools.

First of all, I do know that I’m extremely lucky to have a very clean, neat, and organized husband. And even though I take some of the credit for helping him to be more organized… I will also admit that he’s been neat and organized from the day I met him.

He’s actually so organized that he makes his own planner every year to use for school, coaching, and all his many other activities (looks like we are both quite particular about our planners!)

This summer, as he was preparing to head back to school, I got a package in the mail with a few Duo 7-Pocket Accordion File Binders.  I was immediately intrigued by the binders because they were essentially two organizing tools in one compact unit.

I showed Dave (who was equally impressed) and the next thing I knew, he had “stolen” the Duo binders from my side of the desk and proceeded to fill them with his homemade planner, school papers, student council information, coaching plans, etc.

My new organizing tools were gone — and I wasn’t going to get them back!

Thankfully I explained that my husband was hogging our Duo’s… and they sent me another one for an important project I’m working on — I’m planning to share more about this after the New Year.

See how full my Duo is already!

This multitasking tool is a fabulous way to manage all of your papers, projects, ideas, and more.

Binder Features:

  • 7-Pocket Accordion File with customizable tabs
  • Sized to fit papers up to 8.5″ x 11″
  • 1-inch 3-Ring Binder
  • Elastic bands hold the binder and accordion file closed

Here are just a few ideas of what you could use your Duo for…

  • Recipes and menu plans
  • Home improvement information (paint swatches, ideas, invoices, receipts)
  • Class materials for teachers, students, and parents
  • Holiday gift ideas and receipts
  • Travel itineraries
  • Photos
  • Coupons and shopping lists
  • Tax documents
  • Kid’s artwork, school projects, report cards, etc.
  • and SOOO much more!

Dave and I use our binders every single day — and there aren’t many organizing products I can say that about. Plus, the DUO retails for around $15, so I’m thinking it might just be the perfect little add-on for a bunch of people on your Christmas list this year!

If you or anyone you know could use this handy organizing tool, I would highly recommend entering today’s giveaway!

The Giveaway:

Today, FIVE lucky Simple Organized Living reader will win a Duo 7-Pocket Accordion File Binder — in the color of your choice! 

How to Enter:

1. {required} Leave a comment. What could you use the DUO for?

2. {optional} Like Simple Organized Living on Facebook, and then leave a separate comment letting me know you did {or that you do already}.

If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please visit the actual blog post to enter. Email entries, Facebook comments, and Twitter messages will NOT be counted.

Prize:

(5) DUO Binders as described above.

This giveaway ends at 10:00 pm on Monday, 12/12/2012 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I will use And the Winner Is to select the winning comments at random. Winners will be notified by email and noted at the top of this post. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize or I will choose a new winner. Please see my full disclosure policy and contact me with any questions you have. Good luck!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Hilda I says

    I’d love to use the Duo for my home management binder plus file my important papers. It’d be like having a portable home office!

  2. Donna says

    1. organize trip photos/souvenirs during the trip for scrapbooking
    2. errands/coupons/receipts/school forms by day of the week
    3. blog post ideas
    4. boat papers (or car papers), maintenance schedule, insurance, extra keys, etc
    5. holiday planning (lists, gift ideas, party ideas, dinner ideas…)

  4. Jori says

    I love the green DUO binder–I would use it as an all-in-one planner, right now I have one for home and one for work but I’d love to keep it all in one place!!!

  6. Courtney says

    This would be amazing to store all my kiddos school papers, field trip info, teacher letters etc. With 4 kiddos there are lots of things to remember and papers flying around so this would be perfect to calm my brain down a little and have everything in one place.

  13. Catherine Taylor says

    I would use it to organize my recipes or my budget. Not sure too many ideas come to mind

  15. Carmen says

    I would use this for organizing bills and other items I need to take care of

  17. Crystal says

    My husband just got accepted to grad school- this would be a perfect way to help him keep track of everything- school, home, work, kids, etc 🙂 I follow on twitter & like you on Facebook

  19. Ashley says

    Love this!! Would use for organizing the family budget/schedule. School papers, bills, important papers, etc.

  24. Katie says

    We are preparing to build a new house, and I know this would be great for all the paperwork, paint samples, photos, etc.

  26. Patti says

    I would use this to organize all the papers/notes/assignments/newsletters that my kids bring home from school!

  27. Chelsea M says

    Right now I need a lot of help organizing all paperwork – incoming mail and coupons especially! I have good intentions to find, print and use coupons but no system to keep track of them. This looks like a great tool! Thanks for sharing!

  28. Teresa Menzel says

    Wow this is probably one of smartest combinations ever!!! The purple flower one is absolutely adorable. So I recently went back to school after the medical equipment group I worked with for the past 11 years closed its doors. Now being involved in more activities, I find myself juggling more papers; from my schoolwork to everybody else’s schedules.

    With this DUO 7-Pocket Accordion Binder I would be able to:
    – organize & prioritize my assignments for my pre-nursing classes
    – as vice president of my HOA, have information readily available for questions
    – always have my volunteer schedule accessible
    – have my sisters dialysis schedule on me, pick ups & drop offs, and changes
    – have my monthly 8.5 x 11 calendar to look at for daily tasks/reminders
    – a less bulkier place to house my coupons for shopping trips
    – a ongoing reminder list of things that come up, but need to be taken care of later
    – project list for house, as we are in the process of remodeling ourselves :/
    – keep my health/workout reminders with me for when I feel weakness coming on
    – keep future design options with me to compare if a good deal comes up

    The tasks that I could accomplish with this would have me so organized I wouldn’t know what to do with all that free time (maybe be able to finish reading that book). It is my goal for 2013 to be more organized than I was in 2012. Maybe with this new DUO 7-Pocket Accordion Binder I can get rid of the many individual binders that I currently store things in. Either way, thanks so much for finding and sharing this great product with all of us.

    Teresa M.

  30. Deb says

    I would use this to organize my weekly studies – the combo would be perfect for them!

  34. Keita says

    WOW! What couldn’t I use it for? I have two jobs, a son in college about ready to go to Ireland for his j-term, an aging mother to keep track of, and, if nothing else….my recipes and knitting projects. 🙂 Great idea!

  36. Laura May says

    I would love to use this to help my husband organize fitness, blood pressure, & nutrition goals!

  38. Debbie says

    This would also be a good organizer for greeting cards for anniversary and birthdays!

  39. Dawn says

    I would use the binder to organize all of the paperwork that seems to take over my house. That is the one area that no matter how hard I try I can’t seem to get a handle on!

  40. Elissa says

    I would use it to organize the paper mess on my kitchen buffet! I’d show you a picture if I could. 😀

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