I have found so many wonderful tips on ThriftyFun and know I can't remember them all so I came up with an idea. I print and cut out the tips that I like and place them listed by category in an old recipe box. Then I have them at my fingertips when I need them.
Tips I want to keep track of I email to another member of family (you could send to a friend) then they forward back to my computer, then I file them, I have files for "cakes and frosting," "breakfasts," etc plus "electronic tips" "clean it up" "Safety first" "Food Tips etc, I read many useful tips that I'll need "some day" so I do need to file them, like many of us who are only human. We're not all computer whizzes and so we need some lower tech method now and then.
I think the website has them organized just fine, and the search function makes it so I can find info pretty quickly. Any tip that I find to be excellent, I usually implement when I read it, so I have no need to file.
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Tip: Organizing Useful Tips (06/29/2009)
Readers share so many useful tips but often I don't need to save the entire article. Finding these tips when I need them is essential.
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Readers share so many useful tips but often I don't need to save the entire article. Finding these tips when I need them is essential. I solved this by buying a small 4x5 spiral notebook with the rip out pages. When tips comes along that I want to keep, I write them in the notebook. I keep the notebook right by my computer for easy access. It's a handy little reference book and doesn't take up much space! If I decide later to keep the tip in another room, I can easily rip out the small page. Now, all the tips are together!
By Lady Claire from Buffalo, NY
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RE: Organizing Useful Tips
I save the tips, recipes, etc. that I want to keep into a folder on my computer. Later, I download them onto a disc that I can use at a later time. (04/07/2006)
I forward the tips to myself, delete everything I don't want, forward it, and then put it in a thrifty tips file on my computer. In the subject line I put a word or two to let me know what's in that one. (04/07/2006)
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RE: Organizing Useful Tips
I keep all of my saved tips in a computer document file. I can easily look it up and generally do not print them, as they are almost all just one sentence tips. I put the subject at the beginning of the sentence, such as "Peeling Boiled Eggs " and underline it for quick reference. Keep all of these great tips coming, I have no end to my document which is 20 pages long so far! (04/07/2006)
I just 'copy' any tips onto a blank email and then send it to myself. From there, I have a folder in my Outlook Express called 'Tips' and file them in that folder. I also do this for all my emails from friends so that I don't forget things I've already asked or told them.
I also use this 'filing' method for any emails between myself with suppliers, etc. and it's been great when I've had problems with them later on, etc.
I can label everything in the folders and can always find everything I want quickly. It's also great for passwords, etc. for any web groups I belong to.
(04/07/2006)
By Wendy M. from Australia
RE: Organizing Useful Tips
I save articles directly from magazines, either tearing out the pages or copying the article at a local discount copy center. Then I assemble the the articles in a looseleaf notebook, either with hole punches or by sliding the article into a slash pocket. Then I can discard the rest of the magazine. (06/21/2006)
Go to www.azzcardfile.com. It is a free down load. A computer crafting group I belong to have used this for years. I use it for recipes, tips, all kinds of things.
(07/29/2008)
