Getting Organized!! It Isn't as Hard as I Thought it Would Be!

Let's face it...  I'm a magazine collector.

I enjoy reading the articles, dreaming and planning for

my next craft or meal. I have a stack of magazines (current reads) 

and some in boxes that have awesome ideas in them!!

 I even have a few magazines that

were my mother's before me!

Can you believe that?!

A few friends explained how they are 'kicking the clutter'

habit. I decided to take the plunge too! After all...  in most

of the magazines that I've saved, there are only a few

articles that I really wanted to save anyways!!

I bought myself a 2" three ring binder and LOTS

of plastic sheet protectors!

I went through some of the various magazines that I've

saved and carefully tore out the pages that I want

to save. Now, I'm organizing them in the

page protectors. I'll cut some file folders in half to use

 as section dividers that I can label for

CRAFTS, RECIPES,

ARTICLES, IDEAS or whatever

else I come up with!

You thought I was kidding?? This Family Circle 

magazine was from

June 9, 1981 and sold for 65 cents!

Check this out! After maybe 3 hours of 'work' and a dozen

plus magazines later, I'm only keeping a few intact and have

a nice pile for the trash! One stack gone... lots more to go!

NOW, as one of my friends puts it,

I have a 'Happy Place Book' to look through with

all of my favorite 'feel good' things and ideas!

WHY DIDN'T I DO THIS SOONER?!

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