Many moons ago I was a big coupon user and then I fell into a lazy trap and stopped clipping, saving and redeeming. There are several ladies
in an online group I am in who post their weekly savings and it has motivated me to try my handat it again.
We do the bulk of our shopping at Costco, but do frequent the grocery store for items we don't need a pallet of - you know, 500 pound bags of rice, a case of this, a ton of that. So I know I could be saving a little each week if I gave it a shot again.
I kept forgetting to get a filing system of some sort when I hit Target, Office Depot and the dollar store. Since I have the supplies here and had a bit of time before dinner today to make something, I went for it. Anyway, I needed something to store the coupons in that would not only fit in my purse when I am at the store, but that is functional, bright, and cute. :) As I am only going to clip coupons for items I usually buy, not every coupon I find, I just made it alphabetical style, 10 pocket pages total, plus the front and back cover have a pocket to store the shopping list and pulled coupons. I could have decorated the inside pages, too, but decided white was just fine. :) After all it really is just a functional item that will get beat up, I hope anyway, from lots of use! LOL
The book is made from rectangular coasters, covered in American Crafts Teen Honor Roll patterned paper. Tabs are made from the SU! Round Tab punch and stamped with Rough Edges Alpha. The word "Coupons" on the front of the book is stamped with Kim Hughes Playful Alpha by CHF, a few letters stamped on colored cardstock, the citrus images are SU!'s Tart and Tangy. Inks are Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Pear Tart and Cantalope. Tabs are Prism Intense Kiwi, Azalea, SU! Marigold Morning, Pink Piroutte, and Neenah Solar White. A scalloped black mat and pink mini brads complete the image panel.
The inserts are 3.75" x 10" and are scored at 5" before folding in half and corner rounding all corners. The pages are only glued on the bottom, the open end is where the Bind it All coils go though so no need to adhere them. A notch is made on each page to aid in the filing and retrieval on coupons.
I'm ready for Sunday now! :)
V.~
11 comments:
O...M....Word! I LOVE LOVE LOVE this Val! This would be an all day project for me...seriously...and you whip it up in the time you had before dinner? YIKES! FABULOUS!
ACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK! I love it Val fo Cal! I hope you save some big bucks!
This is fabulous Val!!! Almost enough to make me want to make one and start clipping coupons myself! (Notice I said 'almost'... LOL!)
I love this! Saw it on my email/reader thingy this morning and just about flipped! Love those inside pages/holders and am thinking of other uses for this idea.
Where did you p/u rectangular coasters? I'm guessing they're everywhere?
That is SO cute!
I just love how bright and happy this is...sure to get you couponing again! For me, if I throw them (well, maybe not Throw!) in the car right away, I am MUCH more likely to remember to use them. I just love how cute, organizational, and functional this is!! :>
Too cute! Great idea. I need to get on that bandwagon too. Super job!
Thanks for taking the time to help, I really apprciate it.
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Hi Val..my name is Val too hehe! I came across your blog and seen this great little coupon book! I wanted to know if it would be ok to teach it at my class next Sunday...they would LOVE this. I will give full credit to you if its ok? I had one more question where can I get rectangle coasters?
Thank you so much!
Hello again! Sorry to keep bothering you but I really wanted to know if I could teach this to my girls this Sunday? If you say no it's completely ok..I just needed to know at least by tomorrow so I can cut out all the kits? Thanks so much!
What an awesome project!!! Thank you for sharing. I am so glad I've found your blog. I will be looking at all your awesome tutorials this weekend.
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