Magazines and catalogs are a great source of inspiration for me. Whether it is a faucet, storage solution, or an entire home, I love seeing how other people do things. But you can only have so many magazines laying around at once. Eventually all of the dog-eared pages full of great ideas are no longer a usable resource (just a pile of stuff), and I end up tossing them.

I needed a convenient place to organize all of that great inspiration, so I created my “Dream Home Journal.”

Using a notebook with blank pages inside, I embellished it with scrapbooking paper and accessories (all of the hardware is by 7 gypsies) and added tabs for all of the categories. Now when I come across a great idea that I would like to implement in the future, I cut it out and place it in the right section.

While I use this for home inspiration, I would love to have more books filled with sewing and crafting ideas as well. Do you have any creative solutions for “idea storage?”

Kristin is a wife, mother, crafter, sewer, decorator, organizer, butcher, baker, and candle-stick maker; oh yeah, and a blogger. You can find more of her crafty ideas at Grace Violet.