Reusing Magazines
October 7, 2006
jessiepaterson
In order to feel better about my mass consumption of mags, I’ve come up with a few ways to reuse them to ease the guilt:
- create an inspiration book with images/projects to create.
- cut out articles that you think friends would like and send them in a package.
- make a collage, perhaps a goal map of what you want to accomplish in life (whether it be a knitting project, a change in career or a day of relaxation).
- make envelopes out of cool images (just use a regular envelope as a template).
- donate mags to your local hospital, art school or vet.
- cut out words and create spontaneous poetry.
Anybody have other ideas?
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Leanne | October 7, 2006 at 5:47 pm
I especially like sending articles to your friends that you think they would like!
How about decopauge–collaging images to coffee cans that you can keep art supplies in, or kitchen utensils. I guess you could go as far as furniture, but it might look kind of tacky.
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nanners | October 9, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Jess, I always save all my Bust mags in their entirety, but I did start chopping up the Martha’s so that I can eventually make a binder of my favorite recipes and crafts. You could even have different pretty binders for recipes, gardening, crafts etc… Don’t feel bad about the mag consumption, I do the same (I subscribe to Chatelaine and LouLou and Today’s Parent as well and regularly buy Venus and sometimes Knitting mags) but I find I love the instant gratification of looking at magazine pictures-good for when I’m feeling too lazy to read a book or want something pretty to look at (sorry, rambling…)