Have recently gone through all kinds of craft patterns and magazines with a critical eye - will I really do this particular pattern? If not - put it in a box and took it to the employee lounge at work. The boxes have been a big hit. If I want to keep it, I use 3-ring binders with plastic inserts for indiviudal patterns. There is also a plastic insert that when put into the center of a magazine gives it the 3 holes to put it into a binder. All my binders are labeled - cross stitch by subject, knitting and crochet by type (sweater, socks, afghans, etc) and quilting by style (lap afghan, wall hanging, table runner, etc.). If I have the supplies needed for a particular pattern, I put the pattern and supplies in a plastic zip-lok type bag. Those bags are put into storage box sorted by type of project.