fblog•me

When I was an art student living in Dundee, I collected magazines by the dozens. I had unread piles of them all over our tiny apartment and was always buying more. One day, after spying a shiny new issue in the newsagents, Tom asked "why don't you read the ones you already have first". Even though I knew he was right, I bought it anyway and was hit by guilt when I got home to face the existing pile that was waiting for me. I had intended to read them but I just never got around to it and realised I probably never would. It was going to have to stop and the following day, I bought myself two lovely new scrapbooks. I hunted out my scissors and started ripping out pages from the magazines. I didn't really know what I was doing at first but it felt good. Gradually my collection started to decrease as the pages of my scrapbooks filled up. The other day, my Mum was debating whether or not to get a subscription ti Gardener's World when my Dad said "why not read the ones you have first?". Inspired, I decided to put together a little guide to scrapbook to help my Mum and all you other magazine addicts out there!

Before you can start you need to get over the preciousness of keeping magazines intact so that you're not afraid to cut in to them. Remind yourself that they're intended to be disposable and that you didn't plan on keeping them forever when you first bought them. Also, how useful is a magazine if it's left intact, filled with adverts and unread?! Scrapbooking removes the clutter and leaves you with the most inspiring and important pages. I still have those first scrapbooks I created six years ago and they're still an amazing source of inspiration today. You'll be amazed at how quickly you'll turn a huge stack of magazines in to an organized scrapbook. It won't only save space but you'll love the end result!