Comments on: Question: How Do You Organize Magazines?

By: Dave Livingston

Dave Livingston — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:38:34 +0000

I have two things that I do/did. I had purchased a scanner for my business receipts that turned out to be perfect for magazine pages as well. I clip, scan, then toss….most of the time.
This is the scanner I purchased and love:
http://www.neatco.com/products/neatreceipts-for-mac
Here is the great program I use to catalog and keep up with all of my notes and clipped magazines articles:
http://www.evernote.com/

Also I recently started designed furniture and the magazine problem was the first one I had to tackle. I promise this is not self promotion, just how I solved the problem:
http://blog.staygreendesign.com/2009/09/26/magazine-storage-coffee-table/
Dave Livingston´s last blog post ..Legs for the reclaimed scrap tables

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:25:41 +0000

I clip and file, religiously. I keep magazines stacked by my bed, with scissors, a small box cutter, and my file box. I have files for the things that interest me – recipes, party ideas, decorating, gardening, travel, projects, gift ideas. I also have pens and sticky notes. I cut out the picture or article and put a note on it, and put it in the appropriate folder. Every few months I go back through the folders and toss what is no longer needed, but I find this really works well.
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By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:57:42 +0000

I used to clip and file ……… but I found I rarely went back to clipped articles, so I only clip things pertaining to a current project.
I keep magazines for a few months before I purge (some longer than others) ….. but while I have them, if I want to remind myself what I wanted to find again in each edition, I put a sticky note on the front or write on the front the page number and a few words of description (eg., mushroom omelette p.26) Then when I think, Oh, where was that recipe?, I have a prayer of finding it.

By: janet

janet — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:49:19 +0000

I read the mags and then scan the articles I’m interested in. Then I save them under different categories. So I have magazine articles saved under travel, food, beauty, home, health, finance, style and such. It’s a system that works well for me.

By: Sarahna

Sarahna — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:42:25 +0000

I love magazines as well, put they take up way too much space. I use two solutions:

For new information or advice:- I clip the info and store it in a large binder by category (eg. Travel, Recipes, Health, Beauty)

For images or pictures: I created a Look Book (a hardcover notebook that i covered in beautiful paper) where i paste my various inspirational and fun images.

The rest of the magazine I try to donate.

By: Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog

Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:24:05 +0000

I bought a bunch of those cheapo IKEA magazine files, labeled them, and keep them in the high up part of my closet that I don’t use on a daily basis. Once in a while, I’ll need a recipe or inspiration and I’ll pull down a magazine file.
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By: Shannan

Shannan — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:51:52 +0000

I used to keep articles and recipes etc in files but I realised I never go back through them and I can always find what I want on the internet on any subject anyway. So now I buy less and either throw or give them away when done. I just couldn’t justify keeping all the pieces of paper.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:33:46 +0000

I haven’t had a chance to read all the responses, so it might’ve been offered already, but I’ve begun scanning articles, photos, recipes into my computer and separating them into different folders. Same with catalogs with things I might want in the future. I have a stick dedicated for this which I plan on downloading these folder to so it doesn’t fill up my Documents section. I peruse them every so often and always find stuff I forgot about!

By: don_mae

don_mae — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:07:07 +0000

At one point I was getting so many magazines in the mail, I dreaded opening the mailbox door. Slowly I dropped a subscription here and there to get them under control. When going to the doctor’s or anywhere requiring waiting around, I grab up a couple. Read them while there and leave them behind.
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By: Claudia

Claudia — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:23:50 +0000

I clip a lot of pages and recycle the rest. Some magazines stay with me because they’re beautiful. I tried to scan some of them but that’s too much work to do it with more than one magazine.

If a cooking magazine has a register with the recipes I scan that and clip it to evernote. I can search the register and know in no time where to find a recipe I was looking for.
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