Hey…Hope you all have been doing well!!! I have been busy with a garage sale and home organization!!
Yesterday I was thinking about my whole issue with magazines/ cataloges…. and realized I can’t keep up with this pace of collecting ….so I’ve hatched a new and improved plan for myself.
I’m going to take close up pictures of favorite magazine/catalog pages with my camera and try and eliminate as much paper as possible. I know it won’t be as easy with recipes, but it will help me save special images online under specific file folders and eliminate the magazine piles from growing out of control.
The thing I realize is that even though I have good intentions of looking back at old magazines ….I confess…I rarely do. Now I can look ideas up and have the specific personal faves right in front of me on the computer!!!!
Example: Here are a few of Martha’s Fall ideas from old issues…. I would never have seen these had I not gone through the old issues in attempts to purge. In the examples below I just snapped the pictures of the magazine pages and filed them under fall….. Awesome!! I am loving this!!! Every time a new magazine / catalog comes in the mail and I see special pics I like, I can just snap a photo and toss the zine in the trash!!!…oops recycling bin!!!
PS. My husband told me I can just scan my recipes 🙂 my mom suggested I just go to the library to look at magazines and books and snap a photo of my favs while I’m looking. ….since I usually only need to save a few pics from the whole mag. that’s not a bad idea :)…
I’ve linked up to: 31 days to a less messy Nest
Old magazine inspiration from Martha……
Love these white sprayed urns!!
Pottery Barn Catalog:
Great idea!! I need to try and start doing this……….thx so much for stopping in today on my British Love blogpost, it’s always great to hear from you…
have a great wknd.!
Jeanette
What a great idea! Easier to share magazine finds and clear up clutter..love it:)
Thank you Raina! It is helping me with all my paper problems 🙂
Love the magazine idea. Double love your tagline. I also creeped around on your blog and laughed … you’re funny. I think we’d be friends. 😉
I’ve been working on this very thing as well. I really like the ideas that you clipped for fall too!
Susie thank you for your comment…and ditto to everything you said!!
Tiny Homestead… thank you for commenting!!!This process takes work…doesn’t it…but it is so worth it!!!
What a simple idea! Just yesterday I was sorting magazines & was having a hard deciding which ones to keep & which ones to recycle. Now the problem is solved.
Thank you;)
Rachel I’m so happy this will help!!
I am such a magazine hoarder! This idea has really helped me.
-Rene
You can also buy fall leaves from specialty online stores, I found one called botanicalart.etsy.com that sells these leaves, pressed and preserved. Especially useful if you live in an area with not much fall color, like me in Texas! 🙂
Thank you for the leaf tip