Yes, I am still organizing!! Tonight, I focused on putting all my freebies in paper protectors. I still have to place them in a binder by category. I still have several saved on a flashdrive that I have to go through too. Then I have to go through my floss that I have gotten onto bobbins and sort them by number. Sigh, this is a HUGE undertaking. Not to mention I have magazines and I still have to enter all my charts onto an excel spreadsheet!! I do have a magazine question but it down below....
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| Freebies to organize...sigh... |
I bought 3 new calendars this week. Most people are going digital and using their I-pads, i-phones etc to keep up with things. I am a little old school, I do like my outlook calendar for meetings at work. At home I like paper and pen. Strange I know...here is what I bought:
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| Book Challenges and Daily appointments |
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| Wall Calendar for the house |
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| Cross Stitch Calendar |
As I was browsing in Barnes and Noble today, I flipped through the new JCS issue and found this new building series that is starting this year. I bought this issue and went home and ordered a years subscription (7issues) from Magazine.com. They had a $5.00 off coupon and the cost was only $18.00. Cheaper than buying each individual issue and ordering a subscription from JCS
Magazine Storage Question:
Since I am organizing, I am finding I have a number of magazines that only have 1 or 2 patterns in them that I want to stitch. So here is my question: Do I tear out the charts I want and store them in a binder? or Do I just keep the magazine whole and just put the patterns in my database? There are a few I would keep whole because I just love them....but the rest, I could give or take. What is your opinion???
Since I am organizing, I am finding I have a number of magazines that only have 1 or 2 patterns in them that I want to stitch. So here is my question: Do I tear out the charts I want and store them in a binder? or Do I just keep the magazine whole and just put the patterns in my database? There are a few I would keep whole because I just love them....but the rest, I could give or take. What is your opinion???
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When I sort through my magazines, and find some that only have a couple of charts I want in them; I cut/tear them out, put them into a plastic sleeve (sort these loose charts out later);
and then cut/tear out as many of the left-over charts as possible, put all of them into a plastic sleeve and pop it into the charity bin the next time I have a bag full of things to donate....The leftover bits of the magazines go into the recycling...so it is like a two way win!
Liz :)
My goal for next year is to scan my magazines so I have them all in digital form. I wanted to give away my mags I already scanned but the postage is just too much... costs me 16€ to send 4 to the US. So I guess I will toss them once scanned and stored on my external hard drive. The mags themselves just take too much space :(
I love to keep my magazines whole, tastes change and you never know what you would like to stitch in the future, but it can be hard with the storage.
I think digital storage is a great alternative.
i so much wanted a bigger cupboard for my stitchy stash so next year i will collect money for my new big cupboard..
love for you
happy new year
cucki xx
love your calendars.....I agree..must have a paper & pen calendar!!!!
As for magazines, I keep mine whole...I have a whole 'stack' of storage bins......just the right size for magazines...I sort them by magazine..example: Just Cross Stitch, Cross Stitch & Needlework, Stoney Creek, etc...
I don't have a ton....but I do have all the old CSCC Better Homes and Gardens ones! And I bought the JSC subscription for around $12 just before the Ornie issue came out.I am redoing my room, so I appreciate this question so I can read the answers! I like the digital scanning idea! I might have to start doing that one and not save all my magazines and waste valuable storage space!!!
I like the idea you had of writing down books that you finished. I need to do this it is very for me to remember my books and after a while impossible. Trish
I love the calendars that you got!!! I too am old-fashioned. I like the paper calenders for Dr. appt's and such plus the pocket ones for my purse. I really like that new series. May have to check it out. What I have done with my Magazines is go through them & ask myself "Am I ever going to truely stitch any of these charts"? If not then I send them off to ILCS to be given away during the retreat. If there is one or two charts that I am going to stitch I tear them out & then pass the magazine on to another stitcher. So I am going with that idea of yours.
Hope that helps.
Betty in AZ (ILCS)
For me, I find that making a photo copy of the charts from magazines works best. This way you can mark on them without doing too much damage to the actual mag. For storing them, I like to use the magazine organizers you can find in almost any office supply store. Here's a link to give you an idea: http://www.staples.com/Bankers-Box-Maximum-Strength-Magazine-Files/product_SS998244. I cheaped out and got cardboard for now, but they come in mesh, wood, steel, etc. If you find that you want to save only a few designs, then copy or scan them onto your computer. Who knows, you may just find yourself having many giveaways this year, lol!! Happy organizing :)
I tear out chartsbwhen therenare only a few i want to stitch u should do that then send me the rest of the zine..lol just kiddin, but magazines do take up a lot of room so it really saves space so i would tear and file!!
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