There’s never a bad time to get those handheld devices organized, but what better time than now? A time when family & friends are visiting and need a spot to drop their phone and charge it. It’s also a time when the kids are out of school for the holidays and using their iPad’s more than usual.

Personally, a charging station has been on my to-do list for a long time. But it’s felt more important lately with the kids home from school for the holidays. It seems as if they have been on their devices a little too much, to be honest. We needed a place for them to sit and charge, but also needed to create a family device agreement.

I have a new sponsor here on the blog and their timing couldn’t be better for this project…and for all of you! The company is called iDbeadz and their product helped kick me in the pants this week to get that charging station organized.

But first…let me show you my new charging station. In typical Sam fashion – it’s very simple. But need it be more than that?…

I’ve been sorting and working in the office quite a bit in prep for the upcoming gift wrap season, Christmas card writing, and that mountain of photos / movie reels I’ve been going through during my “one day” series. I wiped the slate clean on this end of the office and this small white shelf ended up being the perfect spot for a charging station…

This shelf is at the top of the stairs, which means the kids can easily come up to grab a device or put it away…

But you’ll notice it’s in my home office…which means I know when a device is missing. Or if I’m up here working, the kids will see me and be reminded to ask permission…and then we can set the timer together.

This charging station holds all of the iPads, iPhones, my laptop and my kindle…

In addition to having a landing spot for each device, I also added our family technology rules in a little frame…

And on the shelf next to it, I have a compartment organizer with extra headsets / cords / ear pieces and our solution / cloth for cleaning the device screens…

Everything is now together in one location. I couldn’t be happier to have a spot for each device – and a cord for each of them to charge! Which brings me to my new friends, iDbeadz. Did you spy the awesome beads identifying the charging cords?…

That’s iDbeadz!…

iDbeadz were created to help simplify your electronic life. Are you frustrated with losing device chargers? Tired of replacing expensive chargers? Confused by what a cord goes to?

iDbeadz has your solution!

These are a durable, attractive way to identify charger cords – or even color-code your household cords. Unlike products that just bundle, iDbeadz offer a way to personalize the cords most relevant to daily life. They offer a variety of colors and styles too. There are disc packs in either multi-color or solids…

There’s also tile packs in a variety of colors…

They even have bling packs for the little princesses in your life…or for you Mom!…

All you do is add an iDbeadz to your cord and then customize it with the included letters, shapes, or rhinestones!

These are a great gift idea for the holidays. Don’t forget – think stocking stuffers for those difficult to buy for (satisfy) teens in your life! As a holiday promo, iDbeadz is including free gold-foil gift giving bags to make wrapping easier too!…

And they’re offering free shipping when you use promo code holidayship at check-out.

I’m so happy to have iDbeadz on board with Simply Organized and am grateful they are offering a generous giveaway to one SO reader – $50 to spend in the iDbeadz online store! Thank you, iDbeadz!

As always, entry into the giveaway is easy – enter one way or as many ways as you wish to up your chances! Good luck!!