Sorting through Crafting Magazines, Organization

I subscribe to LOTs and LOTs of magazines! Crafting, cooking, women's interests, gossip mags, current event mags, decorating mags, health mags... each month I look forward to each magazine arriving in the mail. When it arrives the first thing I do with EVERY magazine (regardless of topic) is turn page by page (pretty quickly) looking at the pictures~ yes, I'm that type of girl! Pictures first, articles second! Weeks may go by before I pick it up again - the second time I pick it up is read any article that caught my eye. And, this time I will tag pictures or articles, with post it tags, that I want to scrap lift of review again.

Each of my magazines has a own pile (lined up against the wall or at the foot of the bed on top of the chest) & this makes it easier for me at night (when I look at magazines), depending on my mood, I will pick up from the top of the magazine stack. Well, this has become a problem with my scrapbooking and card magazines- because, they are the only ones I do not throw away. (Other magazines will get tossed after a few months have passed and I've exhausted the article subjects).

I have managed to "collect" craft magazines from 2003-2008. My dear B.G. Figgy (A.K.A. Connie) requested me to pass along a few of my sb mags to her --after I am finished with them. The pressure was on! ;) I have mused what to do - I had intended to cut each LO that I wanted to save and put it in to a composition notebook. I knew this would take FOREVER so I never got around to doing it. A few weekends ago I was introduced to another, more time effective option, idea by Evelynn!

I spent 4 hours this past weekend sorting through SB mags years 2003-2006! I FINALLY finished. I am saving 2007-2008 so that I can actually read every article before pulling LO's out.

Unfortunately, SB mags rarely get read by me- I almost always just look at the pics.

So, Saturday DH took me to SAMS to purchase in bulk top loading sheet protectors (got a case of 200 sheets). I have 23 sheets left!! I'm sending DH next weekend back to SAMS to buy 1 more case for me so I can do years 2007-2008 AND all my card and stamping magazines! Also, my binder is over stuffed (and very heavy) and now I need to get another binder!!!

I do intend to pass along the torn pgs to BG Figgy (or anyone else who wants them) once I scrap lift them. So, I expect my folders to get smaller and smaller as time goes on- then maybe I can start on my cooking magazines and tear out recipes that I want to try! Oh, the folders I will have! I'll be magazine organized! I imagine folders of: recipes, plants, exercise, travel.... the list goes on and on!! Now, if I only had the TIME!!!