Storing imovie projects for re-use

Hi there,
Could anyone tell me the best way to store my imove 06 projects so that in time I can re-use the footage to create and edit movies later?
I have imported my video footage into projects using imovie. Each project only contains footage for the topic. I.e birthday party, concert, holiday e.t.c.
My question is what is the best way to store these projects so I can use them later to make movies through idvd? My hard drive is filling up.
I am new to a mac computer so if possible could you use an easy description.

You can but they don't compress a lot.
I just did a ~210MB file and it compressed down to ~170MB.
In the Finder, go to the file, right click - *Create archive*.
You can also burn these to a data DVD.

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