Pendaflex is a NAPO (National Association of Professional
Organizers) Premier Corporate Partner.
As a NAPO member, I am well versed in their product line as I have
attended their information sessions and visited their display booths at more
than a few NAPO Conferences and I am always impressed.
So when I was recently asked to review some of their latest
products (in exchange for a $20 gift card, thank you very much!) I was doubly
excited. I know it seems reaaaaally dorky to get excited about office supplies,
but hey, I'm an organizer. Post-it notes make me giggle like a school girl.
First of all, I love
that this is made of clear acrylic, which is a hot material in the interior design
world right now. Besides being trendy, it just makes sense as it disappears
wherever you place it, blending into any surface color or material. In addition
to being good looking, it also has smart design; it slants toward the back
corner to keep papers in line.
It does come with six
colored dividers with "write and erase labels" to help identify your stacks of
papers, but honestly, I don't think that even matters (it's just a bonus). The real value in this product as I see
it is this:
1. EVERYONE—even
professional organizers—have somewhere in their home that collects paper piles.
It may be active files on a desk in a home office, it may be mail on the
kitchen counter, it may be kids' artwork on their bedroom desk, it may be
magazines on top of the toilet.
This tray offers a designated area in which to corral said papers so
they don't end up all over the house.
2. The
corner curve of the tray is only about 3" high. This sets a boundary, creates a
LIMIT to the paper you can pile there. I do believe it's OK to have a working
pile. When it becomes NOT OK, is when "pile" becomes plural and out of control.
If you can commit to keeping your pile within the confines of this tray, you
will never be overwhelmed by your papers.
Anyone can dig themselves out of a 3" hole in an hour or so. Anything
more than that, and you should call me: www.YourHomeEditor.com
or a local professional in your area.
Oh! And P.S.: The PileSmart® Desktop Organizer Tray
won the "Organizer's Choice Award for Best Business Product at the 2007 annual
NAPO Conference (my first conference). BOO-YAH.
These clips allow for
writing and erasing on the clip labels. You may ask yourself, "Why would I need to label a binder
clip?" Well, the benefit here comes when you're working with others. Sure, you know what that stack of papers clipped together is and where
it's headed next. But if you're sick
or on vacation, could someone else step up to your desk and figure it out? With these clips (and your notes on the
label), they can. Labels are even
visible when papers are stacked in piles.
My Husband - "Honey, how thin can you spread yourself before you're no longer there?"
Me - "I don't know. But I'm in it to win it, so we may have to find out."
The Sartorialist This site appeases my hunger for all things New York, reminds me of my time there, and gives me great ideas for unconventional looks.
Toffee To Go They are located in Tampa, very near me, but they deliver/ship nationally. They have THE BEST toffee EVER. It's buttery, salty, sweet--all my favorite things in one bite.
The Container Store I know this is a no-brainer for an organizer...but this place really turns me on!
Michael Buble If I wasn't happily married, I might be stalking him. Bar none, the best voice and best sense of humor!
Quotes That Move Me
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf "The truth of the matter is, you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
Ivern Ball "Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."
Ralph Waldo Emerson "The secret of education is respecting the pupil."
Ralph Waldo Emerson "Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
Abigail Van Buren "The best index to a person's character is how he treats another person who can't do him good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
Dorothy Galyean "Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
Aristotle "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Mark Twain "To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich."
Jackie Kennedy "If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
Paris Spent only one day here (took the Chunnel from London when I was there) but it was one amazing, beautiful day where I walked the flea markets, visited the Louvre, people-watched and used all 6 senses to experience it.
Trinidad & Tobago My husband is from here, so we go several times a year to visit family.
Italy (Milan, Vicenza)
Jamaica
Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die
Run a leg with the Olympic torch before the games begin
See the monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico
Ride a horse on the beach (in the water)
See a prize fight (boxing) in Las Vegas
Run the NYC Marathon I ran the Disney Marathon in 2000 (pre-kids). Would love to run another post-kids, to prove I can.
Have washboard abs.
Eliminate self doubt.
Own an apartment in Manhattan.
Watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
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