Clippings. Am I the only one that still practices the fine art of clipping? Don’t know what I am talking about? Oh come on.
In the days long ago when we all subscribed to multiple magazine subscriptions and newspapers I had lots of piles of clippings. This week I have piles of clippings.
One of my volunteer jobs is helping keep the Connestee Falls Library in shape. I popped up to the clubhouse this week to check in books and straighten things up. It was surprisingly a bit of a mess this time with books here, there and everywhere so it took me awhile to get things in order. One of the things that we offer our residents is the opportunity to donate books and puzzles for our library.
Sometimes we get great donations. Most of the time we do. But then there are other times when we get things that we really can’t use. We have no room for old magazines and this week there was a motherlode of old magazines.
Most of them were cooking magazines with glossy pages and lovely pictures of delectable dishes that I could re-create at home. Oh the recipes I could make.
So I clipped and cut and clipped some more. I have a lovely pile from my stack of discarded magazines to add to my already large stack of clippings. I may not make them all but it is fun to look at the possibilities and know that I have options.
Especially when I think about making the little sandwich below for Theo. Perfect, right?
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Leave a commentWell, at least you are not mailing the clippings to your kids. Are you?
None of these but I have been known to do that! My sister and I save clippings for each other and always have! I think it comes from our love of reading and from seeing our parents do it. 😊
I thought this immediately…my Mom still does (by mail) and she has reached the age where I treasure every envelope.
I had not thought about this. But , I do fold over corners in my magazines. And, I tear out recipes which end up in a folder that I need to dig through to recover one I want to use. This is. It efficient or organized.
Now, I need to think about that, too!
I tear out recipes from the Our State magazine. Honestly, I don’t usually make them but still might!
I love the recipes in that magazine!
I do digital clipping with an app called Pocket where I save articles, recipes, and other I retesting things I find on the interwebs.
Ooh I have to check that one out! Thanks for the tip! I know this is old school but hey–sometimes I am old school.
I have so many clippings, mostly of recipes but also of articles that might be useful in a book or story. They do tend to pile up though. Mom did the same and so did Gramma.
i like taking clippings from current fashion magazines and then try to make similar outfits from items i already have in my closet. helps me feel like i’m staying current. unfortunately, i no longer have a newspaper subscription, but back when i did i would always clip coupons, recipes, and local highschool sports articles (for my children’s scrapbooks). good memories!
Glad to know I am not the only one! I guess the popularity of print magazines and newspapers is waning but I still love to be able to clip those things. I come from a long line of clippers. :-). I have recipe notebooks of my grandma’s that are clipped recipes. Thanks for sharing your ideas! I love that you recreate from fashion magazines!
I had so many clippings that finally, during one long winter, I organized them by category into a three-ring binder. Let me tell you, that binder is fat!
You are SO organized? Come do mine?
Organization — it’s my ‘thing’! I’ll be right down! 😉
Very pretty sandwich…I wouldn’t be able to eat it! Someday I hope I can volunteer at a library like yours too.
Many years ago, I loved clippings. Not so much now that we can get them on our phones. What great sandwich for Theo!.
Clip away. While going through Mom’s photos, etc., I found inspirational sayings she’d clipped through the years. I added several to a photo board displayed at her visitation and funeral. They reflect her values, her faith, the way she lived her life. Just another way to tell her story. Now one is on my fridge.
Scrapbooks. Remember scrapbooks ? But I must admit thumb drives hold more and take up less space.