Magazine Research - Better Homes and Gardens

The final magazine we chose to research was Better Homes and Gardens. This magazine features holiday crafts and festive projects. While our magazine is not centered around the holidays, it is a craft magazine so it will still go along with our theme. The cover of this magazine features a picture of one of the crafts that is featured in the magazine. The title of the magazine is very big and eye-catching with subtitles on the left side of the cover photo. The picture is set up and arranged in such a way that there is little to no extra decorations where the subheadings are. This makes the magazine look organized and well planned out. The articles in the magazine are more centered around the holidays and craft and gift ideas. The table of contents is well organized and visually appealing with pictures above the articles. There are 14 articles in the entire magazine, which is 112 pages. Page 30 features a clay and fabric snowman craft, while page 70 provides a myriad of crafts for kids to do. Each of the articles will include some form of craft, but then at the end of the article there are directions on how to create each of the crafts in detail. There are not that many ads in the magazine and the ones that are blend in well with the theme and style that is repeated throughout. The only obvious ads are on the first page and the back cover if the magazine. They are for organization containers and page 5 contains an ad for craft supplies. The final ad in the magazine is on the back page is advertises clay used to create crafts. The distribution number of the magazine is on average about 7,600,000 magazines per month. It has earned an honorable mention for an Eddie for Women's Lifestyle on an article called Power of Purple.