Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Book 'em!

Last July, I shared my system for organizing magazine clippings. Since then, my old college binder has gone from almost full,


to overflowing.


It was time for some damage control! I decided that my inspiration photos deserved room to breathe and much prettier binders. I started by gathering all my clippings and arranging them in piles by category.


From left to right: The massive “other pile” that includes everything from craft ideas to paint colors; bedrooms; living rooms; exterior spaces; kitchens; storage; and bathrooms.

Next, I planned how to divide the piles between my three binders. Once that was decided, I used scrapbook paper and labels to make the binders all girly.


I ended up with a bed, bath, and storage binder.

A kitchen, living spaces, and exteriors binder.


And a binder simply labeled, "ideas and inspiration." This big ‘ol binder ended up divided into 11 different sections: inspiration, room ideas, paint & color, art & photos, furniture, food & table, flowers, crafts, holidays, sewing, and resources.

Since I didn’t have any dividers on hand, I made some with construction paper and extra scrapbook paper.


A little label making, some fancy scissor and glue action, and ta-da! Coordinating section dividers.


I also made matching spine labels, just cuz.


Now all my pretty pictures,



have a pretty place to live!

How do you organize your inspiration photos? Do tell!

I'm linking this to Gina's party. Be sure to check out all the awesome projects linked there!


<3
Hattie

6 comments:

The Polka Dot Closet said...

What a great idea, i love my inspirations I have torn form magazines, what a great idea to put them in a binder...Thank you

I joined in the fun and came over from Transformation Thursdays

Carol

Sarah said...

What a great idea. I always see tons of things that inspire me but I don't take the time to organize. This would help me a ton!

The First Words said...

Oh! I did this too with all of my favorite homey ideas! It's so much fun to flip through the binders when I need some inspiration.

Val said...

Very cute! I scan mine and save them into a folder on my desktop or if it's something else (like a photo or notes) I use evernote to save it. Very techy but definitely not as cute as your binders!

Tracy said...

Impressive! And easy on the eyes to boot. :)

The Sisters 4 say MORE is more said...

Cute idea! I love organizing stuff and this gives me just the excuse to go crazy in the school supplies section... my favorite!