I know a lot of people cut out the patterns that they want to keep and put them in a binder and plastic sleeves. I or the other hand, hate to cut my magazines up. I have cereal boxes full of magazines and I can't bear to cut them up. Every so often, I get them out and go through them. Each time I do, it seems that I always find something new to interest me that I didn't see before. I love my mags and just cant bear to cut them apart.