Cutting Coupons

People cut their coupons different ways, and some dont cut them. If you plan on using a binder to file your coupons here is how I do it and it makes it easier. Once I have all my stacks of coupon filers I match them up. Make sure you put the same stack together. Look at the top of the book and match the pictures. Sometimes you will have to Smart Source in your papers, but with different coupons. Start with one stack. Using your counter, table or floor you want to seperate them. If you need to tear some apart hold one side down and gently tear the otherside away. Lay them all out from one stack and them do the same with the rest from the same pile. Think of it as playing the match up game. (example: if you bought 8 papers with one smart source filer that had 10 pages in it then you will have 10 stacks of 8 .) If you plan on stapling your coupons make sure your papers line up. Staple each coupon stack. When you staple all the coupons make sure you do not staple the bar code or exp. date. Once they are all stapled you can cut the dotted line. Making sure not to cut the exp. date or bar code. Stapling them will make filing easier.

If your plan is to cut when you need them. make sure you write the date on the front page or your file folder. Just place them in and when its time to use them pull them out and cut away just the ones you need.

This is all very easy, and once again you will find what works best for you.