I try to flag any patterns I'd like to make with a narrow post-it so when I'm looking for ideas, I flip to those pages first. Then periodically I go through the magazines again and if I've changed my mind, I pass them on to a girlfriend who then tears out the patterns she wants and puts them into a see-through notebook inserts, and then into notebooks. I do have a couple of small (6" deep or so) see through totes where I put magazines with 3-part mystery quilts, Christmas patterns I want to make, baby quilts, etc. Then when I go searching for a 3-part pattern, all the magazines are together. I do need to whittle down the magazines I have and perhaps scanning them into the computer might be a more efficient way to save patterns.