Looking back through Creating Keepsakes

I have some older scrapbook trends magazines plus idea/sketch books but every thing else was given away or recycled.

I didn't keep my magazines whole. I ripped out layouts that I wanted to scraplift. I still use those sometimes. I have a few 2 gallon bags full of ripped out pages.

I sold mine at a yard sale. I do have quite a few books. Love Becky Fleck PageMaps, those never go out of style!

You're not the only one. I have a whole collection of CK magazines, and then my favourites Simple Scrapbooks and Memory Makers sitting in magazine holders on my bookshelves in my scraproom. I also have a small collection of "Rubber Stamper" magazine. I wish I had more of those-they were great! Although I stopped buying CK about 2 years ago when they became so thin and not worth the money. Plus, the styles had changed so drastically from mine.

I never understood the idea of throwing them out-there is a ton of inspiration in them and my style is nothing like what is currently popular. I'm still a clean, linear, multi photo, two page layout girl so for me they are still relevant. When I realized all of the scrapping magazines were pretty much disappearing forever (the print mags) I made the decision to keep what I had. It's fun to pull one down off of the shelf, thumb through them again and get some new inspiration. It's sad to see so many companies that are now gone.

For now, I have the space, so they are staying. And I love having them.

Debbie in MD.

I'll never get rid of my Thena book!!! Signed copy as well!!

I also have all the QVC Lisa B books... I used a TON of layout ideas from those books. Those 5 books are the reason why I got rid of all my magazines. 

I kept most of the special issues and many of the idea books I collected over the years. I used to buy them with coupons back when that was still allowed at Michael's and JoAnn's so I have a lot of them. My "reference library" was the only thing I really unpacked when we moved 2.5 years ago. The previous owners left us some book shelves so I put all of my books on them, only to have the thing collapse about six months later. It killed me to have to pack all of them back up! That's what I get for unpacking any of my stuff before getting my permanent storage and shelving installed... 

IMHO your saved print magazines are a wonderful resource. Well-designed layouts never go out of style, only the materials we use to create them. Hope you enjoy the inspiration, & happy scrapping!

When I had ten years worth of magazines taking up space, I decided to rip out the pages I wanted to keep and put them into binders.  It saved a ton of space.  I haven't looked through them in awhile, but there were some ideas worth keeping. Thanks for the reminder that I should pull the binders off the shelf and look through them again.

the only magazines I've kept are the Somerset Magazines that relate to papercrafting and scrapbooking. at $14.99 a pop, I hesitate to toss them. but no, I have not looked over any of them lately.

I struggled to get rid of all my CARDS magazines. remember those? the square ones from Northridge publishing. I also had the scrapbooking ones of those publications. those I finally sold off on the old 2Peas FSOT board.

I recycled most of mine a couple years ago but still have quite a few on a shelf. I haven't looked at them recently but I imagine there are some articles and layouts that would still appeal to me.

What a great idea! I have almost all of the Creating Keepsakes magazines. I also have Simple Scrapbooks, Memory Makers, Paper Kuts, Scrapbook Etc, Stuck on the Edge.

I still have a few Paper Kuts, Memory Makers and Creative Keepsakes laying around. However, I have torn a few up just for layout inspiration and recycled the rest of the magazine.

It's kind of sad. I loved getting those magazines. Wish there was a resurgence of interest in scrapbooking. Between the death of the magazines and the closing of most LSSs, it just makes me feel like we've lost something great.