I pull out the article or pattern and put them in sleeve protectors in a notebook. You look much younger than me, so take my advice and get rid of the excess now, or you'll be overwhelmed in 20 years! I saved magazines, then did the pattern tearout thing, and I'll bet you NEVER ONCE in all those years did I use a saved pattern! There's always new ones in the mailbox and in the fabric store. Internet wasn't there when I started to sew, so there's that resource for patterns! So now, our house is crammed with sewing stuff I KNOW I won't live long enough to use and am TRYING to get rid of. Just saying...