Anyone else doing a massive clean out?

Gurrrl, so good to see ya! Missed you around here! 🤗

I know this is an older thread but how have you found your destash? I’m stuck on several projects and I actually think I have way too much stuff. I keep thinking I might use it one day but at what point am I just hoarding?

I have stacks of papers in various sizes and I rarely reach for them. I’m mainly a pocket scrapper who thought they were also going to do TN, but never did much.

Ren - I would normally say that I don't really do a big de-stash because as I come across stuff I'm not going to use, I set it aside to donate. And I do do that on an on-going basis. But as I was hunting for papers recently - and for embellishments - there are certainly ones that are taking up space and belong to an earlier version of scrapbooking-me. So I do need to do a bit deeper dive and move some of those out of the way and into the donation pile.

While I don't mind using older papers/embellishments - my layouts make that clear - not everything I've bought in the past fits me now and not everything I buy now does either - I love those Hot Buy paper pads at Michaels -but as an 8.5x11 scrapper, some papers just don't work.

I find it easier to scrap when I'm not overwhelmed by choices (or by having to dig through too much to find my choices).

If you're a pocket scrapper - embrace that. Keep things that work for pocket scrapping and rehome the 'good intentions' and 'good buys'to someone/someplace where they'll get used.

I am cleaning and purging. However not fast enough. My husband told me if I get rid of stuff in the garage and my sb room I can get a kitten. So now I want to through everything away. 

Well down here in Melbourne, Australia we go into lockdown again in two hours! It’s for 6 weeks at this stage, and this time I have scrappy goals! I’ll be doing that clean out I meant to do in March.

A kitten would motivate me!!

I haven’t had as much energy for cleaning up as I expected. I want to want to do it, but for most of the pandemic I just didn’t have the time or the energy. But my husband has recently done a MAJOR cleanup and reorg of the unfinished basement and sold a bunch of stuff we used to use but had stashed downstairs (I was very surprised by some things he was willing to let go of). So now I’m feeling a bit more inspired.

I don’t have much crafty stuff to get rid of but I might pass on a few of those things that work for other people but not so much for me - the corner rounder that doesn’t really work well, the Iris cases that take up half my desk space when they’re out and are too big to fit in any of my storage spaces. I’m also determined to buy less and use what I already have more. I’ve been on a bit of a freeze since “supporting small businesses” early in the pandemic and there are still things (stamps, dies) I bought several months ago that I haven’t used. That makes no sense to me. Clearly I didn’t “need” those things as much as I thought.

I better find that old frozen peas thread and bring it back to life!

I went through all my Christmas stash and combined everything. I sorted all the paper by color. I cut apart all the partially used sticker sheets and tossed what I won't use. I'm trying to use it all for cards. I used a great deal of it last year, so I can nearly justify buying a new collection this year.

Hoping for a good outcome for Melbourne (love your city!) and a productive lockdown for you. Whatever you manage to get done is a win, even if it's less than you'd planned. Lockdown is tough on the body and the mind. Don't be harsh on yourself if you feel the need to slow down and "just" make it through those six weeks. *safe distance hug*