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Am I the only one like this? I haunt my mailbox as the month winds down in anticipation of the newest issue of my favorite scrapbooking magazine. When it come I’m ecstatic and I pore over it for the next two days.
During that time I have all kinds of thoughts; usually concepts for layouts or minibooks; sometimes techniques or something to check on the magazine’s website. But once I’ve finished and closed the magazine, it’s as if all my ideas stay behind in its pages. When I go back to refresh my memory, only one or two things pop back out at me.
It occurred to me how great it would be if scrapbooking magazines have the same insert that Real Simple Magazine has. Do you know what I’m talking about? Attached to each issue is a rather large bookmark with a calendar and a place to take notes. I never used it for Real Simple, but I’d definitely use it for my scrap mags!
If you have the same problem I have, of losing your ideas, you may want to try what I just started doing. I’m putting my own piece of paper in my magazine to use as a bookmark and to take notes.
To reduce waste, I’m not using regular paper. Instead, I pulled out those subscriptions cards from that always drive me nuts (from between the magazine pages), painted over the non-colored side, and jotted my thoughts on them. Not only am I saving paper, but I will have some yummy color to inspire me when it’s time to pull my notes out of the magazine and pin them onto my inspiration board.
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The magazine in the photo above is Creating Keepsakes.
