Is Anbody Else Doing This?

[Other People s Junk]

Thanx everybody you-all helped me some with this magazine thing, I want to get away from this certain addiction, now that I have the Internet and computer and can do all the reading I want on here, and surfing there really should be no need for me to (how can I say this gentley) HOARD (there I did it) magazines, I just think that if i give them up Iam missing something wonderful to read or ideas, any suggestions or help? lol!

I find that some magazines/issues have a lot more good things than others... some are full of great ideas and others just have one or two good points.  In the case of the first, I would say it's great to keep the whole thing.  In the second case, it would be better to cut out the great articles/pictures and put in an idea scrapbook.  You would probably get better use of the ideas, as they would all be in one place- and you could organize them by topic.

Not that I abide by that!  I keep MEANING to cut out just the good stuff and put in a binder, but alas!  I end up with stacks of magazines that one day I will go through and cut up. 

[valleythriftshopper]

Sometimes I scan interesting craft ideas I see in magazines or books from the library.  If you don't have a scanner you can get a basic one pretty cheap now, I've even seen a few at the S.A.  Then you can put them on a CD, just make sure to label them.  sometimes I don't,  then end up with CD's that I have no idea what is on them.

[dukek9]

I also always have a donation box going.  Actually, I usually always have a bag to put clothes in, a small box for books and a larger box for everything else,. 

I use thrift store books like a library, reading them and very often returning them to a thrift or to a lbrary for the book sale.  I like to always have a book with me, in case I have a moment free. But then sometimes books get damaged, or lost, but I don't worry about it since it's a thrift store book. And I don't have to worry about fees for over due books.

The clothing box--well I sorta have a problem with clothing. Occasionally I go through my clothes and realize that I have multiples of the same thing. For example, I was going through things and found that I had five red sweaters, all a tiny bit different but not so anyone would notice.  And of course, I didn't realize that I had five of them since I was always wearing only a couple of them. So it's usually things like that, or that I have upgraded to a better item. 

Of course, some are clothes that didn't work out for me.  The great thing about thrift shopping is that I can try different things and I really have expanded my wardrobe just by taking a chance on something. But if I get something, try it out and it doesn't work for me, I'm glad to take it to the thrift.

I like the rule about once in the box, it stays and I need to implement that rule!

[genuineimitation]

first, let me say that we usually have at least one bag ready to go to the thrift store. right now, it being christmas time, we have at least 2 bags in the garage waiting to go (we've been cleaning closets for year end). i just did the kitchen utensil drawer this morning and found more to get rid of, even though i did that drawer about 6 months ago.

next, about the magazines.. i give our away to our local branch of the library. they always have a free magazine box going. it is great, and i'd encourage everyone to ask if your library might start it. ours is filled with all kinds of magazines, and they are always moving. i recycle all my magazines there - except for DWELL which i keep for dreaming purposes...

for christmas my mother pulled out a december 1961 house and garden she had in the garage, one of many hundreds of magazines i'd guess! the crafts projects were so mid -century modern and wonderful! i think martha stewart must have researchers combing old mags looking for stuff to create and update.

[oceangurl]

Well everyone would be proud of me, I actually cleaned out the big mountain of magazines next to my chair in the living room today and I thought I just cleaned it out and you will never believe what the dates on them were...are you ready? .....drumrol please....2003, OMG! I cant believe that I hadnt cleaned that mess out earlier, I thought I had just done that, thats  how dates and times can play with your mind, and its not like it was hidden , like out of sight , out of mind, I saw this everyday, but after posting about it yesterday and with my husband being out of town this weekend, it was just me and my 3 indoor cats, I must have been feeling guilty because I got off my keester and just started pitching them into industrial contractor (mind you) garbage bags, I filled up two and just left them on my treadmill until hubby gets home, I cant possibly lift them, he might not be able to either, the sad part is I have MORE stacks in my guest bedroom that is going to need going thru, I did keep  a giant basket full next to my chair of more recent ones, but when I was done even my CATS clapped! lol! my motto is like alcoholics anonomysus: One day at a time, at least Iam making an effort..

[foutchie]

Martha Stewart - I bet she does have researchers that do that!

[Mattie]

I have a complete set of Inspired House (a beautiful decorating magazine that came and went too fast) and I've been a subscriber to Threads since it began twenty years ago.  I keep all my Threads in chronological order on shelves in my sewing room.

Other than that, I don't buy magazines and I only read them where I find them - the lunchroom at work, the dentist's waiting room, etc.  Well, I DO buy the occasional vintage magazine if I find one at a thrift store, but only if it's 1950s or earlier.  My oldest find is a 1903 Vogue that I picked up for two bucks at a library book sale.

[foutchie]

what is Threads - sewing, knitting or embroidery???
I've been seeking a couple of magazines from March 1959 (when I was born) just to see what fashion and home decorations were advertised as at that time!

[genuineimitation]

My oldest find is a 1903 Vogue that I picked up for two bucks at a library book sale.

OOOOH! that sounds wonderful! i bet the fashions are divine. my mom probably still has all her old vogues in the garage - from the 50's and 60's on up. (she's got LOTS of magazines out there).

i have the atlantic monthly from 1865 (inherited). it's pretty amazing to (carefully) thumb through. i bring it out to show the kids - it's got an article about abolition in it, written by a man whose father worked the underground railroad. pretty cool..

[Femme1]

FYI---Threads magazine started out in the 1970s as a sewing, weaving, and knitting magazine--a composite of the fiber arts. I'm not sure when it went to just sewing (I'm not at home to check my old issues), but it's the best sewing magazine around. I have a complete set of them (a lot of the older ones found at garage sales).

[genuineimitation]

i've skipped over threads. the projects got too involved for me. i'm getting CRAFT now. they have a website - check it out.