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Pam in Iowa
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So I'm spending my weekend decluttering. Yay. I have stacks (big stacks) and filing cabinets filled with SB mags and books. A couple years ago, I went through older mags and just ripped out pages I wanted to keep. My intention was to eventually scan those pages and upload them somewhere like Evernote and pitch the paper pages.
So now I have all the major publications from about 2009-2012.
1. I rarely have time to SB (but I'd like to from time to time)
2. I'm sure that things that I found appealing may have changed over time.
3. I don't really want to take the time to go through them all, and with things like Pinterest, I'm sure I have plenty of inspiration
4. I don't want to pitch them and then regret it.
SO, what would you do? Go through them and keep the pages I like, scan what I like and then throw it away, or just throw it all away without lookingbecause it will feel so good to get rid of it, and I need new inspiration anyway???
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shiny farmwife
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June 2002
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Loc: Indiana
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I started out going through mine but gave up and tossed them all into the recycle bin. I haven't regretted it so far (it's been a year or so). I also quit buying and subscribing to scrapbook mags and quit buying the books. I find more than enough inspiration online.
If you have the room, seal them up in a box and date it. Put it aside and if you haven't looked in it in 6 mos or a year, pitch it without regret. |
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Pam in Iowa
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| Posted: 2/22/2013 9:23:29 PM
They haven't been in a box, but I know it's been over a year since I've looked at any of them. 
eta: I haven't bought a magazine in that time either, and all of my subscriptions lapsed. My newest mag might even my 2011 | |
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domoo
OMG....Did I really say that out loud?
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May 2006
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Toss 'em. |
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Pam in Iowa
PeaAddict
PeaNut 152,452
June 2004
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| Posted: 2/22/2013 9:42:09 PM
Oh geez, I found a stack from 2007!
I think this would be easier if most of the mags hadn't gone under. I feel like I won't be able to replace them. | |
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Scrapbrat1
Sue Pea
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May 2003
Posts: 7,028
Layouts: 190
Loc: Dirtyland and Oilyland
| Posted: 2/22/2013 10:05:56 PM
I do still scrapbook, but I decided to toss magazines awhile ago. I'll keep a few current issues to look through, and that's about it. So far, I haven't regretted it. |
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perumbula
oooh, what you said!
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January 2002
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Loc: bedlam
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Toss them. All the ideas in them are available online somewhere, either in the gallery here or somewhere else, or even on Pintrest. You don't need those piles of glossy paper cluttering up your life. Let go and give yourself more room to breathe.
(Disclaimer: I have kept a very few idea books and magazines around. I definitely have kept the three or four I personally had a page published in and one or two other idea books that I found the ideas expressed inspiring, like Stacy Julian's The Big Picture. Whatever you may think of her, that's a great idea book.) |
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
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October 2011
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Loc: Illinois
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I don't have a lot but I have torn out the pages I liked and put them in page protectors and then in the report folders with the folding metal fasteners. Those are easy to transport and I like everything on every page. When I use an idea I take the page out and toss it.
I am not a fan of scanning bc I go to crops and I like my ideas to be portable. |
"We are NSBR. We talk about E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,534
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 2/22/2013 10:49:23 PM
I do keep a hard copy of everything I have been published in.
I also keep books by Becky Higgins and Stacy Julian since I still use their ideas. |
"We are NSBR. We talk about E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
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Long ago Barney
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 141,410
April 2004
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Layouts: 0
Loc: Arizona
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I go through mine and rip out pages I like. I do have some tried and true that have become classic but got rid of 3/4 of them. I do this with all mags and publications regularly. |
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Ca-Woman
StuckOnPeas
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June 2003
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Loc: Amongst the trees
| Posted: 2/22/2013 11:12:25 PM
I just did this. Gave away magazines, and kept the idea books. Don't regret it at all!
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ScrampingMomof3
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PeaNut 154,784
June 2004
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Loc: Texas
| Posted: 2/22/2013 11:21:20 PM
Just did this myself!
Recycled mags.
Kept books that were focused on techniques that that book was actually useful to have -- includes patterns, templates, sketches, step by step directions.
All other books (techniques I don't need a book to do, collections of samples/inspirations, contributor galleries, etc.) got donated.
Felt sooo good to get it out of the house!
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~SuburbanMom~
Wannabe FNPea!
PeaNut 82,318
April 2003
Posts: 9,016
Layouts: 35
Loc: In my garden
| Posted: 2/22/2013 11:22:52 PM
I would toss them all in the recycling. |
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SMayer
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Recycle! You'll need new inspiration. That's what I did. | |
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scrapper100
Budletsmom
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January 2003
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Layouts: 30
Loc: So CA
| Posted: 2/23/2013 12:12:49 AM
I only have a few left but I haven't looked at them in more than a year and was just thinking I need to put them in the recycle bin. I use Pintrest these days or the gallery here for inspiration. |
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LisaDorothy
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 12:25:48 AM
Been there, done that- and I say recycle them! I have some favorites ripped out and put in a binder, but the only magazines I keep are the last 4 current issues. I tossed probably 50 magazines/idea books once and I have never ever regretted it. If you haven't looked at them in a year, you will likely never miss 'em. |
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pynk E
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September 2002
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 1:23:23 AM
I went through the lastast year and pulled techniques/layouts I liked then I tossed them all. Only exceptions were the first editions of CK and MM and all the mags I was published in. | |
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leftturnonly
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I had hundreds of SB mags at one time.
My very favorite thing that I still is to cut out any layouts I like and glue them into a composition notebook. (You know, the black and white ones kids use in school?)
Anything with an included sketch has gone into an 8x11 binder in a plastic sleeve. If the sketch was separate, I cut it out and glue it onto the page, and if the back is something I don't want, like an ad, I glue other sketches and layouts over it.
I love love love the composition books I have filled. And.... if I decide I really don't like something any more, I can either rip it off the page, or glue something on top of it.
ETA - Technique tips, or things that don't work in a comp book, go into a binder.
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LovMelrose
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 66,686
February 2003
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Loc: Nebraska
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I recycled mine. I probably kept the last few years worth and got rid of the rest. |
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UkSue
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June 2009
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 4:00:11 AM
I couldn't bear to part with my memory makers mags and still have some of those, but with most of my others, I went through, scanned things I liked and gave the mags to a local church group who have crafting circles. I also give them any stash I am getting rid of.
I do still have some scrapbook trends as they usually have something every other page that I can draw inspiration from. I don't often buy papers anymore, so these old mags can sometimes help me, as they often feature the paper I still have! |
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P8onsmommy
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Gosh... I would love to have them. I'm like you, I tear out pages but I have a huge scrapbook "book'. I love looking at it. It gives me a lot of ideas
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look4angel
StuckOnPeas
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September 2002
Posts: 2,744
Layouts: 181
Loc: Tn
| Posted: 2/23/2013 5:52:16 AM
Give them to your local library! Then you can go back and look at them if you want to and other's just starting the craft can use them as well. My library LOVES it when I bring in my old scrapbook magazines, the high school kids use them a lot! |
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cropduster
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:18:56 AM
Two years ago, I was in your shoes. It was ridiculous how many magazines that I had. The elementary school in my neighborhood has one of those bins where they get like a penny for each piece of paper that is recycled. So that is where I took them and haven't looked back since. I also had some idea books that I donated to my local library. They sell used books to raise money. I kept a few back, but frankly, I use Pinterest and YouTube so much now and with my iPad, I don't think I have opened those books in a year, so those may be donated soon as well.
Donate/recycle. You will never regret it. |
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amythyst
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:24:03 AM
See if you can donate them to an elementary school art program. What about a seniors center (that's where I take my BH&G magazines) |
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WannaPea
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StuckOnPeas
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December 2009
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:41:39 AM
Goodwill takes and sells craft magazines so I think that is better than tossing them. Also like the idea of dropping them at the local Senior Center |
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Donna in GA
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:46:17 AM
I need to do this. I have several shelves full of scrapbook mags that I haven't looked at in ages. For a while there I got every one on the market. I stopped getting CK a couple of years ago. It would definitely clear up some much needed space in my room if I tossed them. | |
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NewfCathy
PeaFixture
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July 2006
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Loc: North of Boston
| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:56:30 AM
I just threw mine away as well.
I never looked at them.
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guzismom
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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March 2002
Posts: 9,341
Layouts: 59
Loc: southern new mexico
| Posted: 2/23/2013 6:58:13 AM
Toss them!
There are so many ideas online these days, I don't save a single scrap magazine for more than a few months anymore.
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matleavepea
StuckOnPeas
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July 2008
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:19:41 AM
i kept technique themed ones and my simple scrapbooks (layouts are kinda 'timeless'). the rest all went in recycling. that left me with less than 20 mags.... i've got room for that!
i want to say, i used to rip out specific pages and then realized that i never went to them for inspiration and was more likely to go on-line. | |
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andtyler
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:23:18 AM
I keep a few special issues and the rest went to the library. |
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Pam in Iowa
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June 2004
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:39:38 AM
Thanks everyone. I know you are all right about getting rid of the mags. I think I'll flip through the newest ones and then get rid of them all. They won't go to waste, I take all of my mags to the library. Most of them have a page or three ripped out so they don't lend them out, but they sell them in their coffee shops.
I have a pile about 1-2' high of stuff I've ripped out of mags over the years too. I used to put them in binders, but then I had three really big binders and I didn't look at them (thus my idea to scan). You've all made me brave enough I might pitch those too. | |
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houstonsandy
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:43:42 AM
I say toss...BUT!
Check books out on Amazon first and see if it has an option to sell the book to them.
(for an example, search The Best Of Becky Higgins Sketch Book)They are currently offering $4.50.
I sold that book and one of her sketches books and got over $90 in amazon credit for them. (They were worth a lot more a year ago for some reason)
If you have books they are looking for, you can make some money. You don't even have to pay to ship the book to them.
SWEET!
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Pam in Iowa
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June 2004
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:45:15 AM
(Disclaimer: I have kept a very few idea books and magazines around. I definitely have kept the three or four I personally had a page published in and one or two other idea books that I found the ideas expressed inspiring
That's what I am planning to do too.
I went through the lastast year and pulled techniques/layouts I liked then I tossed them all.
This is what I'm going to do, I think.
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Loydene
PeaFixture
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July 1999
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Layouts: 7
Loc: Kansas City, MO
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I went back and evaluated how I "rated" each magazine. If they were "rated" lower, ALL back issued were tossed. If they were rated "higher", all but the latest year were tossed.
I saved "idea" books and annuals.
That was at least a year ago. I still have a significant stack of magazines and the stack of idea books and annuals still exist.
I'm getting ready to go back and cull again.
Before I did the first go round, I checked eBay and Amazon for prices. I checked my local library to see if they wanted donations. I checked other donation sources. The consensus was that the old magazines were worthless to "others"
No -- I have not missed any of them. I hadn't used any of them in a long time -- with all of the other sources of inspiration readily available and search-able, and because of the vast change in style presented getting rid of the magazines has not been a problem for me. | |
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Pam in Iowa
PeaAddict
PeaNut 152,452
June 2004
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:49:16 AM
My very favorite thing that I still is to cut out any layouts I like and glue them into a composition notebook. (You know, the black and white ones kids use in school?)
How fun. It's like purging and scrapping at the same time! 
I don't often buy papers anymore, so these old mags can sometimes help me, as they often feature the paper I still have!
I have to admit, this is one of the reasons making me hesitate to get rid of them. In the day, I bought WAY more than I used, so I have enough stash to last for years. | |
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Maryland
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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May 2003
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 7:52:20 AM
It shouldn't be too hard since there really haven't been many magazines the past few years. I really miss all the magazines!
I always ripped out the page ideas I liked, and put them in page protectors. Then I put them in binders. That has really helped me to stay organized. I also try to go through the binders a lot and get rid of ideas I don't want any more.
It will be so nice to be able to get rid of magazines and have more space! Maybe you could donate them to a senior center.
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PierKiss
What if everything is an illusion & nothing exists
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April 2003
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 8:55:49 AM
I bought a big 3 ring binder. Then I went through each magazine and cut out the stuff I loved and put it in the binder. I only kept the whole magazine if it was a special edition dedicated to a specific topic. Ever5yting else got recycled. |
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auggieallen
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August 2003
Posts: 282
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Loc: Midwest
| Posted: 2/23/2013 9:08:41 AM
You are all an inspiration to me! I have years and years of mags taking up my precious space!! I'm going to ditch them!! | |
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*Delphinium Twinkle*
I'm just a pea:)
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August 2004
Posts: 68,288
Layouts: 236
Loc: *Sunny Southern California*
| Posted: 2/23/2013 9:19:00 AM
I tore a few articles I found interesting from my mags then tossed them.
I even had the premier issuer of creating keepsakes
And the first Memorie Makers and Scrapbooks Etc
All gone.
There's do much inspiration here and on Pinterest that if I need it I can find it |
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dottyscrapper
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April 2007
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Loc: UK
| Posted: 2/23/2013 9:31:26 AM
I ditched all mine in the recycle a few months ago too. I had some that were five years old or more. My style has changed quite a bit from those days, there was nothing in the first few mags that I flicked through that caught my eye. I didn't bother to look through the others!
I find enough inpiration on line now if I'm lost for ideas although I do buy the odd mag now and then.I just like something to look through when I don't have access to a computer.
Be brave take them to the library 
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Linda-H
StuckOnPeas
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February 2008
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I bought a big 3 ring binder. Then I went through each magazine and cut out the stuff I loved and put it in the binder.
I do this too.
For layouts I like, I organize them by # of photos in the layout.
Page ideas, techniques, etc. go into another binder.
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*melrose*
PeaFixture
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June 2006
Posts: 3,492
Layouts: 60
Loc: in the land of fruit, nuts, flakes & quakes!
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I give mine away to friends who don't subscribe. After all, you can find all the inspiration you need online! |
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benem
Yo, that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt.
PeaNut 526,154
October 2011
Posts: 5,534
Layouts: 0
Loc: Illinois
| Posted: 2/23/2013 10:53:34 AM
The most important thing for me was to not use a big hard cover binder for my torn out pages. It's too bulky to look at. I used small report binders and made 5-6 idea books of stuff I liked. Then I can tuck one in my rolling tote for crops and scrapbooking on the go. They are also super easy to flick thru and I don't need a whole table cleared to get it out. |
"We are NSBR. We talk about E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
Diva Cups Merkins Tub Girl Crock Pots Kitten Heels The Hoff HOF Obama Bush Kardashians Shopping Carts Shopping Trolleys Dead Aunt Cookies Trolls Not Trolls Garden Snakes Snails Stripper Poles with or with out Birds In-Laws Scoff-Laws Blogs Borg Paint Colors Dinner Books and Each Other"
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WingNut
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July 2001
Posts: 13,092
Layouts: 200
Loc: Maryland
| Posted: 2/23/2013 10:54:15 AM
There is enough stuff online that you get inspiration from that I wouldn't even bother with ripping out and saving pages. Pitch 'em all and cancel subscriptions if you haven't already or throw them away after you've gone through them.
It's pretty darn freeing to have the mindset that you don't need so much stuff.
Signed,
She who is still working on getting rid of stuff that's choking her daily life. |
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kjapeach
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January 2005
Posts: 1,981
Layouts: 92
Loc: southern CA
| Posted: 2/23/2013 11:16:59 AM
Thx for starting this thread! Our local librarian loves scrap mags! And I do have a binder started. Just like you I am not sure if I should go thru each one, or drive the entire stack(s) straight to the library to donate. |
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pennyring
Thrift Ninja
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October 2005
Posts: 22,413
Layouts: 40
Loc: Rite Aid
| Posted: 2/23/2013 12:20:25 PM
I am not a fan of scanning bc I go to crops and I like my ideas to be portable.
What? Everything electronic is portable. Ipad? Iphone? Laptop?
I sold most of my SB stuff in my garage sale. In the case of old mags, I would donate them to a thrift store. Value Village and Goodwill both sell old mags.
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NanaKate
My Grandkids Are Cuter Than Yours! ;)
PeaNut 135,321
March 2004
Posts: 9,741
Layouts: 0
Loc: Baytown, TX
| Posted: 2/23/2013 12:25:43 PM
I donated my collection to the library. They were happy to get them! |
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MetalDancer
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July 2007
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| Posted: 2/23/2013 12:26:02 PM
I spent a weekend a few years ago going through all of my SB mags and some of my idea books. I cut out pics of all the layout ideas I really, really loved (don't like the ones with one photo and $40.00 worth of embellishments) and recycled the rest. Did that with a few idea books as well, when I realized I only got the book for those two or three specific layouts.
I kept both of my Creative Companions and the hard back idea books from Close to my Heart and a few others that seem to be "go to's." I used my old blue plastic 3 ring CM binder to put all of these layout ideas in and have my own personalized idea book. It really cleaned out my craft room and I'm glad I did it. The man who lifted the recycle bin probably got a hernia! |
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