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How To Organize A Coupon Binder

September 22, 2014 by jlpenner 3 Comments

 

Laura did a video in the past covering a coupon binder but she thought she would do an updated one for the series. You can see the whole coupon course here.

If you want a Coupon Clutch for yourself you can go here to check them out! Buy the pattern to sew your own or buy the full system.

How to organize your binder : (you can see our full post on organizing coupons here)

Step 1 :

Decide how to section off your binder. You can choose to incorporate different product types together in sections or do separate dividers for each type, it’s up to you and whatever works for you. Here are my suggested divider sections

  • Bread/Dairy
  • Deli / Meat
  • Canned Goods
  • Cereal/Boxed Dinners
  • Snacks/Drinks
  • Frozen Foods
  • Refrigerated Foods
  • Condiments / Spices
  • Desserts / Baking
  • Beauty / Razors
  • Personal Care (ie. shampoo, soap, lotion, facial, etc)
  • Medicine
  • Cleaning Products
  • Household & Paper Goods
  • Pet Supplies
  • Miscellaneous
  • Store (ie. Publix, Rite Aid, Taget, etc)

Step 2 :

Insert the dividers in and place about 3 to 5 baseball card inserts per section to begin with, you can move these around and adjust the amount as you regularly put coupons in and see typically how many of each product type you have.

Step 3 :

Clip your coupons! When inserting them into your binder inserts there are a few things you want to make visible – value of the coupon, size restrictions, if it’s possible you also want to try to include the picture so it’s easy to notice when flipping through and expiration date.


 

If you clip the coupons on Sunday or whatever day you’ve allotted to set aside time for, once you’re done carry the coupon binder with you in your car or whatever, so it’s on hand when you have time to stop by the grocery store or drug store. It makes it easier and saves gas when you don’t have to make a special trip just to go grocery shopping or grab some coupon deals.

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Comments

  1. Antonia Garcia says

    September 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Hi there! Thank you so much for all of the wonderful information! I have learned so much and am trying desperately to get the hang of things. I was wondering, where did you get the binder cover in the video? I shockingly never thought of carrying around the binder with me through the store. (Like I said, still trying to get the hang of things, LOL!) But, I have had so many occasions that I see a deal and don't have my coupons with me. A binder cover with straps would be so much more convenient! Thank you again!
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    October 7, 2011 at 12:56 am
    [...] Head over and find out how Laura, from the Thrifty Wifey, organizes all her coupons. [...]
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