Recently our friends over at Swingline released a new line of Fusion laminators.  As we get our hands on them, we hope to have reviews available soon! But for now, here is 101 things to laminate (with your Swingline Fusion laminator, of course!).

Business. What do you laminate in your office? Laminating can be a great way to ensure your materials last a long time and stay durable through daily use. Here are a few suggestions: Read the rest of this entry »

An age-old parenting battle is getting kids to clean up their toys and deciding appropriate discipline when they don’t. Once again, Tarragon and Chelsea have created a craft designed to remove the battle and focus on the fun. A rapidly circulating idea is the Ransom Chore Box, wherein one places toys that have been left out to be returned only upon the completion of a chore. So if we were picking up the toys anyway, why not get a chore out of our kids to get it back? It made total sense to us.

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With Summer winding down and back-to-school on its way, now is a great time to start getting your kids settled into a routine. For many parents, that can mean instituting (or reinstituting) a chore chart. Chore charts are easy to make and even easier to find online. The information added will depend highly on your child’s age, abilities, needs, etc. Recently two of our employees, Chelsea and Tarragon, got together with our children (six between the two of us!) and created individual chore charts. Here’s how we did it.

First, we went to ChoreCharts.com and picked out exactly what we needed. ChoreCharts.com has hundreds of styles and designs, and not just for chores. On this site, we found options for chore charts, behavior charts, and reward charts. Even with six kids of all different ages, we were able to find designs that matched each child’s personality.

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Roll laminators are very popular machines that can be found in offices and schools. They offer the user the ability to protect important materials such as brochures, posters, signs, photographs, and more. These machines can also cause the colors in a document to “pop” so that the item is more pleasing to look at.

Roll laminators are made by a variety of manufacturers including GBC, DryLam, Royal Sovereign, and Ledco, and they all operate in pretty much the same way. If you’ve been puzzling over how to operate your particular machine, keep reading because this Hub will walk your through the process. Let’s get started!

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A lot of people choose the laminate their documents and photographs. Laminating these items makes them last longer so you won’t need to reprint them, saving you time. Also, lamination can enhance photographs and documents, so they’ll look great. Although laminating your items might sound intimidating, it’s actually pretty easy to do if you use a pouch laminator or self-sealing laminating pouches. This Hub will take a look at these two methods and educate you on how to use them. Let’s get started.

Using a pouch laminator:

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