Hobbies and collections you have given up

I could have written this word for word!

Is there a word limit to my response???

I keep saying I want to return to my scrapbooks, but the truth is I quit taking photos like I used to. I am sad about that. I still have enough supplies to open a store!

I gave up sewing when my kids got older.

I am pretty hard core at collecting Disney pins. I have THOUSANDS. But, I'm feeling the need to take a stand back until my kids are older. It's an expensive hobby and my kids are active in high school. So, I feel like I should be saving money more than spending it.

Princess Diana mugs. Dept. 56 village houses. Knitting and crocheting.  Quilting.  The list could go on and on and on....

I had to give up cross stitch because my eyes wouldn't accommodate, going from fabric to pattern. My daughter, who is a cross stitch professional , said there are lots of magnifying products that would help but it gave me headaches, so I gave her all my (tons) of stuff. I even had one sampler about 1/2 finished, she gave it to a friend and that friend finished it for me and gave it back!

I recently came across a box full of projects I had finished but never got around to framing. I got one framed that I finished in 1989!

I still scrapbook. In fact, I scrapbook more, now than ever! Time's awasting and I need to get up to date.

Janet

I stopped buying tons of hallmark ornaments.

I have collected all sorts of "stuff"

Pens and pencils in Japan
Little Twin Stars stuff
Marron Cream stuff
postage stamps
underwear
scrapbook supplies
Cherished Teddies Christmas tree ornaments
rubber stamps
altered art supplies
Kimonos
Perfume
Planner supplies (current hobby)

I never collected make up. I buy just what I use and I use what I buy. I should get another mascara on hand as the one I have is about 6 weeks old and they only last me 3 months max.

I was a big into needlepoint for about 20 years. I even self-published a needlepoint book called Patchwork of Peace that I still sell to stores across the country.

Next was scrapbooking. I have managed to condense all my supplies down to one closet. I haven't scrapbooked in about 5 years.

I still continue to collect jewelry & Kindle books. I wear different jewelry everyday and also read everyday. They both take-up so little space, I don't see myself stopping anytime soon.

Well I don't quilt, do mosaics, cross-stitch or embroider any more. Most of the time the only sewing I do is on layouts and cards, though did just make a cushion cover and some PJ pants.

Nail on the head!!  I had about a four year break from scrapping due to time constraints but I hung onto all my stash.  I'm so glad I did as I was able to restart last autumn and I have no need to buy anything, I still want to carry out the projects I originally planned and I am enjoying rediscovering things I bought when under their initial spell.   My granddaughters spend time with me during the week and love cutting and sticking so my unloved stash is happily used by them. 

I used to to collect stamps years ago and still have a couple of albums which I hope may be worth a little when I'm gone.  One is full of mint stamps from the Middle East that my brother put together for me when he was in the Marines and fighting in Aden in the 1960s.   Most of the countries represented no longer exist.  

I still have, and enjoy, my collection of glass paperweights.   I only stopped collecting because the company making them closed.   

I used to to collect and display China plates and although I don't do so any more, I can't bring myself to get rid of the handful I have left.  I know I won't miss them but I do get very sentimental when I see them!

I was an avid book buyer but since having a kindle I've got rid of a lot of books and it's only because I don't know what to replace the bookcases with that I still have some.  

I used to to buy a leather bookmark from every place we visited and got rid of them all - hundreds- a few years ago.

I still cross stitch and only the other day bought a fabulous magnifying light which has already made a big difference to me.    I have material and bits and bobs from when I sewed and I hope to start quilt making soon.  

I  still have all my knitting needles etc but I find my hands ache when I knit.   I intend getting back into crochet soon.   I envision myself surrounded by quilts, afghans and scrap book albums when in my rocking chair!

I think I'm not very good at the getting rid side but I still have plans for what I've kept.  

I was more or less forced to give up my collecting. I was a big-time collector of so many things- vintage toys, books, pottery, musical instruments, and hundreds of other things. I had so many collections that I started a year-long blog featuring one of my collections each weekday, and someone else's on the weekends. Shortly after the blog ended in the summer of 2012, we moved from our big house to a one bedroom apartment 3,000 miles away. We sold many things and put the rest in storage. I brought a few things with me, but obviously I couldn't bring much. Although it has made me sad to give up my collections, the thing that made it so much easier was the fact that I photographed everything for my blog. Now I have a visual record, and honestly don't miss much of anything.
Eventually we'll move back to California and I'll get everything out of storage. Most likely we'll move to a smaller house so I'll be happy to keep what I really love, and sell or give away the rest. There are so few things I've really missed!

I have multiple Rubbermaid totes full of Boyds plush and resins. I rotate a small number of them seasonally in a curio cabinet but most of the totes haven't been opened in a long time. The last time I checked eBay most Boyds items weren't selling for much so I may end up donating many of them. My mom recently gave a bunch to the nursing home where my grandmother lives and the residents loved them.

I've never really collected anything seriously, although I do have a few "Comic & Curious Cats" figurines, but not a 'collection" I just bought a few I liked and have them displayed. I haven't bought one in about 5 years though.

I used to knit quite a lot and took commissions and knitted for others too, problem is that I don't like wearing wool. I ended up selling off all my completed work many years ago and haven't knitted anything except a scarf in about 15 years. Got rid of all my wool and needles etc a long time ago.

I also used to do counted cross stitch and ran out of wall space. Plus that was in the 1980s when that 'country' look was big in home décor, but it doesn't go with the more modern look I have now, so I still have 2 hanging...and the rest are gathering dust under the spare bed at my mother's house. I have a box of floss and one 3/4 completed project, but that's all. I recently gave away all my patterns and magazines too.

I gave up paper scrapping and sold off about 80% of my stuff a year ago. I do still digi-scrap, but in a more moderate way. Now I don't feel the need to scrap every photo, when I recently did a photobook I scrapped about 6 pages and the front & back covers and incorporated those into the book along with just the pages of photos. Much more practical and achievable than an entire scrapbook.

Never got into collecting for the sake of collecting but had and do have hobbies and their related paraphernalia.

I have semi given up scrapbooking. I only make a page or card on occasion when the mood strikes. Like Lauren said the buying and organizing became the hobby, just too much. I have liquidated most of my supplies and materials and now just have necessities maybe a quarter of what I had. It was getting overwhelming. I had so much that I would have a hard time deciding what technique so I would do nothing. Too much pressure to use everything so not fun at all.

I did kind of give up action sports which includes skateboarding and BMX racing due to my work schedule and limited free time. I work crazy long days and many evenings so I cannot make it to the BMX track or skate park when they are open. Without regular practice it becomes frustrating due to slow progress. Have many bikes and skateboards with the hope of going back when I retire in a few years. Probably unrealistic since I will be 62 and not many racers or skateboarders in that age range, but if I can I will do it for fun and exercise.

Have slowed down on collecting Lego since I have found my nitch, concentrating on Lego photography and a few specific themes. Interesting though, in the beginning of this hobby/obsession I spent a lot of time buying and organizing and not building before it dawned on me it was the same behavior as scrapbooking, so I reeled it in and concentrated on building and photography projects and goals. So much happier.

hmmm...I play a psychic on the internet sometimes and in my "Madame Patricia" outfit, I look into my crystal ball....and the fog is clearing and I see you...in a white hospital gown and a white aura around your arm...I think it's a cast...

Ack, at 62 I think it's time to give up on the idea of skateboarding unless you want to get to know a whole bunch of doctors and nurses at your local ER really well.