Copy Organization: Binder Clips

So I've been crushing after this Lakeshore Copy Organizer for months now. When my school gave us some money to spend on our classroom (What?!? Money to spend?!?) I came thisclose to buying one, until my friend Jessica had the good sense to talk me out of it. After all, as she said, "there's gotta be a cheaper way to make something that can do the same thing."

Ah, Jessica. Such a wise girl.

At first, I thought that I would just buy some $1 magazine holders at Target and find a way to hold them together. Around $5 for the same idea, with a grand savings of about $45 dollars. Not bad. But then I realized that the only thing I ever seem to need to organize is my copies. I don't usually pull all of the week's books, workbooks, and supplies ahead of time, so the organizer might just take up space we don't really have in my too tiny classroom (you Special Ed teachers can probably feel my pain on this one.)

So, after stumbling across a similar idea on Pinterest (pretty much the source of anything cool I ever do. Like, ever.), I decided that I would simply make labeled binder clips to suit my purposes. This project was super siimple and cost less than $5, including the Sharpie I bough so that my clips and writing could color-coordinate. And who knew they made binder clips that were so pretty?

I wrote the full name on one side, but thought that was too hard to see quickly, so I made the other side with just abbreviations. I'm excited to use them this week! Should be a cheerful little way to organize!

What do you think readers? What else could we use these little suckers for?