Just the two of us

Shannon, over at Rocks In My Dryer has started a new weekly feature called "Works-For-Me Wednesday. She has invited others to play along, so that's what I'm doing. You really need to take a look at her post so that you can check out all of the other participant's ideas. There are some really good ideas. Here is my contribution for this week:

I used to save magazines because there were one or 2 recipes or craft ideas in it that I wanted to keep. After a few years of that, my magazine collection was out of control. So I sat down with all of them one night and went to town with the scissors. I cut out all of the pages that had recipes, tips and craft ideas that I wanted to keep around. (works better to keep whole page rather than just cutting out the recipe itself) I bought a binder and package of those clear sheet protectors. I made 3 sections in my binder (recipes, crafts, and tips) and used tabbed dividers to seperate them. I put a piece of notebook paper in the front of each section and as I add something to the recipe or crafts section I write it down and use it as an index of sort. I don't have the pages numbered or anything, but when I refer to the book for something it at leasts gives me an idea as to where it is in the section (front, middle, back). I refer to it at least once a week and keep it on top of the fridge so that it is always handy. I also use it to keep small recipe cards that I pick up and the recipe cards that come with my pampered chef stuff. It's also great for storing all of the recipes that I find online. I no longer have a magazine collection, but I'm still a magazine fanatic! Now, I just keep the stuff I like and toss the rest.

Here is my binder:


While we are on the subject of great tips and ideas, I would also recommended checking out Parents Hacks. It is full of great ideas!!