longhornmom
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Post by longhornmom on Aug 30, 2022 16:35:28 GMT
So I am currently destashing and downsizing my collection (and I mean collection) and I am staring at my collection of magazines. I subscribed to them, enjoyed them and cannot seem to let them go! Not because I refer to them but because they are out-of-print and seem special (my brain really finds a way to make every item sentimental!). I moved them into my current home 5 years ago and they take up valuable real estate.
My question to you is this: Would anyone want these? I'm not looking to sell them, but hate to just recycle them and would gladly try to put them in a priority box or ship at the book rate (do they still have a book rate? Haven't mailed packages in ages!) if someone wanted to pay shipping. They are a serious trip down memory lane for those of us who followed the industry.
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scrappinwithoutpeas
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Aug 30, 2022 19:36:06 GMT
While I share your sentimentality for those physical "vintage" SB mags, I have no real interest in acquiring more. Don't know if others would. I pared mine down to one magazine holder's worth of them and those are currently taking up shelf space, but they'd probably be the first to go if I needed more space.
At one time I was thinking that I'd just go through them and only keep the pages with layouts, ideas, techniques and/or sketches that I feel I might use for future inspiration and keep those in a binder (in sheet protectors). But that seems like so much work, and not sure if it'd be worth it...it would take up a lot less space though!
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Aug 30, 2022 22:22:29 GMT
I had all the Creating Keepsakes magazines. Every single issue.
I moved them all from place to place over the years. Bags and bags and bags of them.
Several years ago, when I began downsizing I gave them away. Once I read them and looked at all the layouts, I never looked at them again, so I let them go.
Haven't missed them at all.
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Post by natlhol on Aug 31, 2022 2:02:25 GMT
I'm in the same situation you are, OP. I have all of the magazines-even the first issues! I have lots of fond memories of the times that took place when I was receiving these magazines, and I think that is tied up in my sentimentality that I have for them.
I have three Rubbermaid bins, one trunk and a shelf full of magazines. I was considering separating them by year and magazine title and keeping one from each pile. If that seemed doable, then I was going to leave it at that. I think I will know by going through them this way that I will be okay to getting rid of even more of them.
Progress is better than perfection, right?
For the ones I was going to get rid of, I was going to offer them on my Buy Nothing group. People are always looking for magazines for projects on that FB group.
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Post by quinmm14 on Aug 31, 2022 2:53:33 GMT
Same here. I have a ton of them (or at least they weigh a ton, lol) that I kept because I just loved getting them every month and sitting and reading them cover to cover. My local scrapbook store was run by a friend of mine and when she went out of business she gave me a bunch of magazines. So I have a lot.
At one time I was planning to scan the pages that I wanted to keep but have never found the time, nor will I ever have time to do that. So they live in a bin in my garage for now.
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Post by rune2484 on Sept 1, 2022 18:44:54 GMT
I only got the tail end of the magazine run before Simple and Keepsakes went the way of the dodo. It is funny how I've always felt like I really missed out on seeing the industry in its prime. For the last few years I've toyed with the idea of cutting off the binding of the few I have and running them through my self-fed scanner. I guess I've just been hoping that they would release a digital compendium of all the back issues, but I guess it has been long enough now I can be sure they won't be making my dream come true  Your offer is making me reconsider the scanning idea, but I doubt there is an affordable way to ship those magazines. Unfortunately magazines don't qualify for media mail because they are advertising material. I suspect the cheapest shipping option would probably be a flat rate box, but I haven't done any research on the matter. |
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Post by scrapperal on Sept 2, 2022 16:08:05 GMT
I still have a ton (or totes) of magazines. I looked through them and marked the pages of articles/layouts I liked and if there were several, I kept the magazine. If there were just a few, I tore out those pages and gave the rest of the magazine to my LSS. The owner said she always has scrappers looking for ideas so if someone "borrowed" a magazine, she didn't mind. Definitely a win-win for both of us.
As for the pages I tore out, I didn't bother putting them in page protectors. I just trimmed off the ragged edge and hole punched the page to put into a binder. Oh, I also wrote on the page what I liked.
I posted the magazines on local buy nothing/for sale groups for free and didn't get any takers. Hopefully you will find a good home for your magazine.
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Post by infochick on Sept 2, 2022 19:17:47 GMT
The ones I just cannot get rid of are Cards and Scrapbook Trends. In particular, I loved the Cards magazine and have a whole shelf of them. I haven't actually looked through them in a very long time but this is a good reminder to actually pull some out and see how the ideas have held up over time.
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Post by Neisey on Sept 2, 2022 19:59:07 GMT
I moved bins of magazines at lest 3 times…I bought every magazine I could. Ended up free cycling them about 10 years ago…including all the sticky tabs I used to mark inspiring LOs. Sand articles (that I never did a thing with!) Now I only get 2 publications. Scrapbook and Cards today and what used to be Canadian Scraobooker. I think it is now called Creative Scrapbooker. I keep a few magazines around to flip through for inspiration but otherwise no more sticky tabs! I’ll take pics of pages and sort into a scrapping album on my phone…
(I have kept the few mags I’ve been published in.)
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Post by 950nancy on Sept 2, 2022 22:50:41 GMT
Years ago I sat down and went through every magazine. I made piles like Title, Themes, Colors, Techniques and I tore out each layout I loved. I then adhered the pictures to computer paper and put the paper in sleeves that went into two three ringed binders. I saved a lot of space this way and can look through my favorites and not have so much bulk. Kind of like Pinterest in physical form.
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Post by justintimedesign on Sept 3, 2022 15:11:10 GMT
. At one time I was thinking that I'd just go through them and only keep the pages with layouts, ideas, techniques and/or sketches that I feel I might use for future inspiration and keep those in a binder (in sheet protectors). But that seems like so much work, and not sure if it'd be worth it...it would take up a lot less space though! I did this years ago and recently have been thinking of getting rid of the binders because I never look at them and the take up valuable space in my scrap room. |
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Post by joblackford on Sept 3, 2022 23:48:44 GMT
I avoid buying magazines now (or even getting free ones!) because I know how hard it has been in the past to let go of them. They seem too precious to recycle but they often aren’t of interest to thrift stores or library book sales (you could call and check though). They also get dated pretty quickly, and they’re at least half advertising, which is nostalgic but pretty useless. I think there are 3 options: - go through and pull out the pages that you love and accept that you probably still won’t look at them in the future but at least it will be a lot less volume. Once you’ve torn them apart the remainder will feel like trash and will be easy to recycle. - offer them here and see if anyone wants them which I guess is what you’re doing! (but most likely they won’t because they’ve already decluttered their own). Flat rate boxes would be $20ish each. While they don’t technically qualify for media mail you could probably get away with it, especially since the ads are not current so they aren’t really commercial material any more. I’ve posted magazines by media mail without realizing it was breaking the rules and it’s been fine. It’s a lot cheaper but magazines are very heavy so you’d want to check the usps calculator to make sure flat rate wouldn’t cheaper. - thank them for how much enjoyment they gave you and how they’ve fulfilled their purpose and toss them in the recycling bin. It will suck for a moment and then you’ll forget about it and you’ll never have the dread of asking “what should I do with these?” again. KonMari would be so proud of you  |
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longhornmom
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Post by longhornmom on Sept 13, 2022 22:08:51 GMT
I really am among my people here.  You all get exactly why it's hard to throw away and why I moved and kept the darn things. It really is the nostalgia of it all. I used to love to pore through them when I got them in the mail. Reminds me of sitting in a lot of carpool lines! I think there are 3 options: - go through and pull out the pages that you love and accept that you probably still won’t look at them in the future but at least it will be a lot less volume. Once you’ve torn them apart the remainder will feel like trash and will be easy to recycle. - offer them here and see if anyone wants them which I guess is what you’re doing! (but most likely they won’t because they’ve already decluttered their own). Flat rate boxes would be $20ish each. While they don’t technically qualify for media mail you could probably get away with it, especially since the ads are not current so they aren’t really commercial material any more. I’ve posted magazines by media mail without realizing it was breaking the rules and it’s been fine. It’s a lot cheaper but magazines are very heavy so you’d want to check the usps calculator to make sure flat rate wouldn’t cheaper. - thank them for how much enjoyment they gave you and how they’ve fulfilled their purpose and toss them in the recycling bin. It will suck for a moment and then you’ll forget about it and you’ll never have the dread of asking “what should I do with these?” again. KonMari would be so proud of you This is perfect. Thank you. I actually did the pull and save in binders method with my old Cooking Light magazines. Like a PP, I ended up trashing those binders full of pages bc I never looked at them (and plus the internet made finding recipes so much easier!) The won't all fit in one box, so it would end up being more hassle and cost than they are worth (and I guess I'd just be passing along the same issues to another magazine lover!). So I will go with #3 and say thanks for the memories. This was great therapy, thanks!  |
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Post by huskermom98 on Sept 14, 2022 1:46:18 GMT
I recently finally recycled all of my scrappy magazines (mostly SB etc.) I contemplated going thru them one last time to pull out ideas I like, but I knew I'd never get beyond making a pile of ideas that would sit around until I finally got rid of them.
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Post by hoopsfn on Sept 14, 2022 13:44:43 GMT
longhornmom, it's so nice of you to offer to share your magazines. I hated to get rid of mine also and did exactly what 950nancy did: I cut out articles and l/os that I kept by theme and stored them in page protectors in 2 binders. Magazines that were still pretty much intact I gave to a friend or my sister. You might check with a lss or maybe an assisted-living facility or an after-school program locally to see if they could use them. Your magazines could be a treasure to someone else; so nice of you to pass them along instead of just throwing them away.
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Post by epeanymous on Sept 14, 2022 16:47:53 GMT
I moved about seven years ago and went through this process. I tried to give them away on a Buy Nothing group, but no one wanted them--I ripped out pages I liked and tossed the rest. Like everyone else who has posted, I have never used the binders of pages I kept--I should recycle those too . It is so weird -- those magazines were such a huge part of my life when I subscribed, but I also don't miss them now that I have tossed them. |
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Post by scrappyrabbit on Sept 15, 2022 0:30:49 GMT
A few years ago, someone in my neighborhood posted 2 boxes of these magazines for free online, and I picked them up. I went through them once, and never really looked at them after that. I pulled out pages I really liked, but even those I ended up recycling anyway.
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You all get exactly why it's hard to throw away and why I moved and kept the darn things. It really is the nostalgia of it all. I used to love to pore through them when I got them in the mail. Reminds me of sitting in a lot of carpool lines! 
