Magazine Sort

Ever get behind on reading your magazine subscriptions?

Or maybe you didn't pass up enough good deals on them? That's me.

And even though I have been going through the magazines to get them gone, I'm still an idea collector, a ripper and saver. And then I staple, sort and file, and sadly never usually use the ideas or look at them again. Well, except recipes.

One thing that has helped me reduce the piles of madness - a notebook. Instead of saving entire pages just for a website or interesting looking book title, I jot them all down in the same notebook. That way I feel like the idea is saved, but unlike the entire magazine or my file folders, it takes up just a tiny line on a piece of paper. And as I look at the links, try the ideas, or check the books out from the library, I can cross them off my list.

As for the rest of the magazine? A great way to keep the kiddos occupied while I sew.