Thus, every six months or so, I throw out up to sixty magazines.
That's a lot of paper, I know.
So this morning, I was quite excited to read Gala Darling's blog about what to do with all the magazines you buy.
The crux of her advice:
"Don’t be afraid to tear up your old magazines, or to keep the best pages & scrap the rest."
Here's the plan for my next day off, as per Gala's advice:
- Create a fashion 'lookbook' - a scrapbook of things you like... whether that be pictures of shoes, make up ideas or even design elements of the magazine.
- Frame your favourite covers/pages - I actually considered doing this with the October issue of Vogue... Gemma Ward in crazy bright Spring fashion! I think I will now...
- Make envelopes or do origami - fairly self explanatory! I think this would be an awesome idea to send out your Christmas cards in handmade envelopes...
- Donate them - Gala suggests giving your magazines to Doctor's surgeries or women's refuges. It's a lovely idea. I think some op-shops would probably take them too if they're in good condition.
Cheers to Gala for yet again blogging about something so obvious you couldn't have thought of it yourself!
I really love the idea of a lookbook.
I think i'll make one for fashion inspiration and one for design inspiration.
It's a shame you can't Ctrl-X and Ctrl-V in the real world!
I'm off to find some scissors and glue.
For more information about Gala Darling, visit this older blog.
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