 I have only two different magazine subscriptions {Real Simple and The Oprah Magazine}, and I have a spot to store each of them in my living room. So far so good. The thing is, after a while, you will end up with a pile of magazines you already {hopefully} read, and a lack of space. Does anyone relate to this?  So one of theses days I woke up feeling a little down, but somehow I got inspired. *What could make those days you feel low better?* With a list of things that includes drinking some wine, watching your favorite show, or a DIY project, I chose it all: Cheer myself up while de-cluttering, drinking wine and watching TV. Organizing things {of course} always cheers me up!  I started with my Real Simple issues. The goal is to toss the old ones, but I also wanted to save articles that I find interesting, plus use some images for my DIY projects. So if you also want to save some articles, rip them off. I will show you what I did with them later. My husband loves cooking, so he prints recipes and adds them to a simple white binder. I promised him I would make this binder look great, so I did! I cut out images related to food and cooking, I gathered them, and I started building what would turn into a cover for my husband's binder. I mean... Cookbook.  All you need besides old magazines is scissors, glue, a few white papers, and creativity. So easy to make, and it is such a therapy! And new cookbook? My hubby loves it now! <3  There are many DIY projects you can do reusing old magazines and newspapers. Pinterest for sure will bring you ideas, but I love doing this kind of work, so I have two more binders to decorate! #excited  The work did not stop with the DIY project done. Since I wanted to keep some {many} articles, I separated them by category, and added to another binder. One binder is more than enough {at least to start with}. What was left from the magazines went to the recycle bin, and I ended up with space for the next issues that are coming, a beautiful cookbook, and a better mood. Isn't it great?! Don't forget to subscribe to get notifications about the posts.
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