Yes. I cut the pictures out and glue them on one side of an 8X5 index card. On the other side I write when I put the plant in the ground, where I bought it or who the seeds came from. Helps to see what the seed will produce while you're trying to be patient.
A friend of mine cuts out the pictures and decopages them onto old chairs and end tables then sells them. I have a low chair in my bedroom she did and it's lovely.
TrowelGal

Hello Friends:

That is a terrific idea TrowelGal, I bet it really looks great on an old chair!

Della

Someone brought some seed catalogues to our plant swap last spring. They were a great reference books - and very portable too.

Beverly

I keep a garden journal. In it I talk about plants such as what is blooming when, which plants are doing well, what combinations I like, etc. I take photos of the yard and paste these into the journal to remember how certain combinations and beds looked. When I buy new plants, I put the tag in the journal and will sometimes cut the picture out of the catalog to show how this plant is supposed to look and add any other info about the plant such as hardiness etc. Since I write the journal in date order, when I finish a journal, I make an index for the back cover of new plants in it that have info. on them so I can find it again. I find that I enjoy going back and reading the journals from past years to see what I did and how it looked then. The pictures add to it and I can also add comments such as "My Rozanne Geranium never did look this full but only had 3-4 blooms at a time."

I'll bet it would be fun to look at your garden journals from years past.

Cher

You can also make your own greeting cards by cutting out images from seed catalogs, or from old wallpaper sample books.

I met someone who uses them as seed packets. She was a dear and actually sent me samples so I could see what she meant. They were like works of art, and, of course, I save seeds...

(My daughter, 7, begged for some of "those beautiful pockets" when she saw them.)

I use them to make seed packets, too. I'm sure it brings a smile to the recipient's face when he/she makes a trade with me.

That's a great idea to use them for seed packets. Thanks.
And to NJCher, I do have some friends who like to read my garden journals. They do give me lots of pleasure.

You could use the the catalogues by cutting the pictures then glueing it to your seed packets so you know how they're supposed to look like. It also makes the seek packets look prettier

Birdannelady, I'm glad to hear someone else keeps a garden journal. It's my most useful garden tool. I hadn't thought of using catalogue pictures in there. Great idea.

All the ideas in this thread are wonderful.I'm going to have to try them.

I use the pictures from seed catalogues and garden magazines to help me design new beds. I save pictures of flowers and combinations that I like and I can arrange the pictures together to see which combinations I like. I use these ideas as an inspiration for planting my perennials.

I use mine as a reference guide. I also cut the pictures out & glue them into a book I keep of gardening notes along with the important informaion about the plant, growing requirements, etc.

I clipped a bunch to use at our 4-H club's rummage sale. We sell potted up perennials, as well as rummage The pictures really help shoppers make a decision for plants that are not in bloom.

I make envelopes out of the pages of mine. I got an envelope template at a craft store for about $3, but you could just take apart an old envelope of the sive you want and trace it. Then I use address labels or a black marker to address them. Friends have told me it's so much cheerier to get mail (especially at this time of year) in a pretty envelope covered with flowers.

I have 2 garden journals. One is for the ever day writing, (planted peas today, don't ever get lilac salvia again!, use 8 bags of 12/12/12 for the way back trees, etc) the other binder contains maps of the flower beds, with detailed infor, latin & common name, and behind each map I get pictures from catalogs, plant tags, internet pictures, etc, so if I die or sell, the next people will have an idea what is planted where, and how to care for it.