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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2020 19:41:44 GMT
I do. I'm such a perfectionnist that sometimes scrapbooking is a struggle. I switch to digital scrap when I want to be able to stop and rework on a layout. After that, I wonder why I have so much stash! So far, I have always switched back to paper scrapbooking--new supplies make me happy, so does going through my stash, and I like my layouts/albums (after redoing them if need be). Also, I am single and have no kids, so sometimes I wonder why/ what I scrapbook for. I know it's not a popular opinion, but it's mine. And I wish I were like a lot of peas who don't care what happens to their albums after they die; but I do. It's so much time, money and memories invested that I hope it's all not for nothing. Ugh, sorry to be a Debbie Downer. In a nutshell, yes. Not a Debbie Downer! It is a time and monetary investment! Do you have any nieces/nephews that you could give them to? I've actually come to the realization that my kid may not want the scrapbooks I've made and now I just make them for me. It has taken many years to come to this and I have to say it's a bit freeing! My niece is five and we have an awesome relationship, but I'm not sure she'll want my scrapbooks. I really don't want her to feel she has to, either. I understand your thinking because I feel the same--it's just complicated.
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Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Nov 22, 2020 20:39:34 GMT
Well, I definitely get the mood to buy all the things, LOL! Not sell them
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Post by lynn0117 on Nov 22, 2020 21:10:38 GMT
I do. I'm such a perfectionnist that sometimes scrapbooking is a struggle. I switch to digital scrap when I want to be able to stop and rework on a layout. After that, I wonder why I have so much stash! So far, I have always switched back to paper scrapbooking--new supplies make me happy, so does going through my stash, and I like my layouts/albums (after redoing them if need be). Also, I am single and have no kids, so sometimes I wonder why/ what I scrapbook for. I know it's not a popular opinion, but it's mine. And I wish I were like a lot of peas who don't care what happens to their albums after they die; but I do. It's so much time, money and memories invested that I hope it's all not for nothing. Ugh, sorry to be a Debbie Downer. In a nutshell, yes. I’m single/only child/child free and I still scrapbook. I don’t except there to be anyone in my family who will want my scrapbooks. I will be dead though so that is not going to be my issue. However, I adopt lost photos and albums found at flea markets and thrift stores. maybe one day someone will adopt my stories as well.
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Post by scrappyem on Nov 23, 2020 16:32:27 GMT
I don't have any kids either and make my albums just for me. Sometimes I think about what will happen to my albums but in the end, creating makes me happy and reminds me how much I have to be grateful for, even though my life didn't exactly turn out how I thought it would. Even if I had had children, I'm not sure they'd want all the albums or if I'd want them to be burdened by it. My mother keeps diaries and has for years and years. Honestly, I have zero desire to read them. I'll keep them of course, but I'm not sure if I will ever bring myself to read them. No idea what will happen to them or my albums when I die but it's okay, and as lynn0117 pointed out, it won't be my issue. I do hope to keep my albums with me when I'm older. I feel like they will be a great comfort and help me remember. Perhaps that alone is enough of a reason for me to continue. For now, I do it because I enjoy making pages and love my books. In terms of stash, I do continue to purge. I have dreams of having a tiny stash only. I'm really trying hard to use things while I still love them and not "hoard". It's hard but it helps. I keep a bit of a mental note of how long things have been in my stash and if it's been more than a year or 2, and unless I still love it, I try to go ahead and let it go to a new home where hopefully it will get used. I find myself going more and more digital these days as well and try and remember that when I'm buying anything new. I've also started keeping track of the type of supplies I'm actually using and what I'm not. I've basically stoped buying AC's die cut packs because they are all huge. I don't end up using them since I'm primarily a pocket scrapbooker. I love a good puffy sticker and those almost always get used so I'll buy those instead. It will be interesting to see how 2021 shakes out.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 16:55:58 GMT
Yes! My dad died unexpectedly in August (my mom died last year) & I've only made a few cards since his death. I had to remove everything from my parent's home & settle the estate. I'm currently working with contractors to update their home so it can be put on the market. I decided to put my craft supplies away and to focus on other things that give me joy like remodeling our home, reading and spending time with my husband & DD. I purchased a bunch of board games for us to play as a family and we've continued our movie night tradition. I actually feel less stressed since I stopped crafting. Crazy because I always thought crafting helped me relax. It's almost like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can't explain it.
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Post by hmp on Nov 23, 2020 18:04:52 GMT
I’d like to get rid of everything in order to start over. I’m pretty sure I’d keep most of my tools. For some reason I’ve been able to purchase most of those wisely. It’s the papers, stickers, die cuts, ribbon... that defeat me. I can’t seem to purge those the way I need to or would like too. Unfortunately I don’t have the space in my home to move things out and bring them back in as I need them. At least I’ve been able to stop buying so much. Like me, it’s a work in progress.
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Post by katiekaty on Nov 23, 2020 22:58:55 GMT
No, I never get in the mood to sell everything nor in the mood to buy everything. I do sometimes get in the mood to just ignore all the products, vendors, classes, etc. I have scrapping for almost 27 years, have attended so many conventions, classes, watched the rise and fall of scrapbooking and realize it’s just a craft, just do it and enjoy! The vendors and manufacturers are just reinventing the same old stuff and making it all look new and pretty but it really is not. Try finding some of the older stuff at bargain prices and you might be surprised at how happy you can be. Dig around in you stuff and rediscover what you have!
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Post by craftgranny on Nov 24, 2020 15:07:07 GMT
I go through and clean out stamps and dies that I don't use anymore and sell them on ebay. Styles and trends change, so I put them up for sale and let them live on for someone's else's enjoyment. Then I turn around and buy something else! LOLZ!
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Post by jtmom on Nov 24, 2020 19:17:28 GMT
Not sell everything cause its too much work but close the door and walk away... yes at least once a year!
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 24, 2020 20:07:09 GMT
Not usually then I think of the money I have spent on supplies and that stops me in my tracks. I wouldn't take the time now to sell anyways, there is not much interest. What's out there for sale (in my case) is the older than crap stuff that people want a chuck of money for. Stuff I have is still current but I am not dumb enough to think someone will pay top dollar for it or even bottom dollar.
So I go in spurts.. right now, I am not since DS is living in my craft room. He's out of there Jan 1st.. so I will be in there cleaning and organizing!! That will be fun!
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Post by don on Nov 24, 2020 21:55:29 GMT
I started in 2000 scrapbooking, and did it for 5 or 6 years. Then the Queen decided she wanted to play with grandkids rather than make cards. So rather than toss all her supplies, I started card making. I also took some clever card making techniques and put them in my scrapbooks. Pop-ups, waterfalls, explosions, all became a part of my scrapbooks. I would get store bought cards from friends & relatives; I make boxes out of ones with the right kind of outer page and return them to the sender as a gift. A lot of times I lose my MOJO, but then something else comes up, like ATC's, inchies, twinchies, explosion boxes, and various types of folds, and these things put me back to the other things with new ideas. Once I had way too much paper (most of it ugly) so joined in an "Ugly Paper" monthly contest. One day I found I had a whole bottle of rubber cement, I made paper pads. Of course after I made them I had more paper pads than I would ever need because I already had so many from different places who feel everybody need their paper pads. I think what I'm trying to say is there is a lot of uses for paper.
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 25, 2020 12:49:34 GMT
No, i’m more likely to be in the mood to buy everything! (But I do purge periodically and move along things I no longer love.) Even when I am not scrapping, I am collecting ideas on Pinterest and collecting supplies from everywhere. Never know when some new toys or supplies will "spark joy" !
But seriously, as my dgk's grow out of the various kiddy stages, and as family situations change and evolve, I DO have alot of supplies I probably will not be using. Probably SHOULD get rid of the baby stuff, the little girl stuff, supplies to scrap hobbies and traditions no longer practiced. I need to clean up my wet media which has sadly dried before I had a chance to use it all (or even use MUCH of it). Haven't used my Cricut Expression II in months, and purging that and the cartridges would open up a whole cabinet.
But purging takes time and energy and planning, all of which are work. So far, I am happier to just stay in here and play. Or at least keep the options to play open.
Don't get rid of the baby stuff. My nieces and nephews are having babies now, so I am using it all to make cards. I actually need to restock my supply!
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 25, 2020 12:51:51 GMT
I do. I'm such a perfectionnist that sometimes scrapbooking is a struggle. I switch to digital scrap when I want to be able to stop and rework on a layout. After that, I wonder why I have so much stash! So far, I have always switched back to paper scrapbooking--new supplies make me happy, so does going through my stash, and I like my layouts/albums (after redoing them if need be). Also, I am single and have no kids, so sometimes I wonder why/ what I scrapbook for. I know it's not a popular opinion, but it's mine. And I wish I were like a lot of peas who don't care what happens to their albums after they die; but I do. It's so much time, money and memories invested that I hope it's all not for nothing. Ugh, sorry to be a Debbie Downer. In a nutshell, yes. You are doing your scrapbooks for yourself, so it's not a waste. I've told my kids to toss them in a dumpster, guilt free, if no one wants them. I enjoyed making them and looking at them. That's enough. I have spent a lot of money on them over the years, but it's brought me joy, made me friendships (hello, Peas), and has been way cheaper than 17 years of therapy.
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Post by joblackford on Nov 29, 2020 0:40:07 GMT
My mother keeps diaries and has for years and years. Honestly, I have zero desire to read them. I'll keep them of course, but I'm not sure if I will ever bring myself to read them. No idea what will happen to them or my albums when I die but it's okay, and as lynn0117 pointed out, it won't be my issue. Regarding diaries, there is a great project in the UK where they rescue and archive regular people's personal journals and diaries as a historical resource. www.thegreatdiaryproject.co.uk/From their site "The most remarkable details get recorded in diaries. The weather, movement of birds, the price of food, the regularity of the postal service and a hundred other matters ignored in the history books. Some people comment extensively on the politics around them, others take no notice of such things at all. Among all these come the excitement of children and holidays and remarks on religion, illness, death. All human life, in fact, is there, packed into small pages where every entry – for the future historian – is accurately dated. And what might seem today to be mundane and unimportant will, before long, take on quite a different significance. Imagine if we had hundreds and hundreds of diaries from people in Shakespeare’s time today!"Many people want to destroy their diaries before they die because they're often personal and painful, and for some people reading a parent's (or child's) journal might reveal things they didn't really want to know, or change their feelings about their relationship. But within a generation or so, or with no personal relationship to the diarist, the emotional impact fades away and the information becomes a fascinating record of everyday life. Secrets and shame lose their power. I would like to will all my journals and notebooks to them so they can be of use in understanding our times and lives. Not that it will matter to me when I'm gone. But I would pay anything to have the personal writings of my 3rd great grandmother (who I quite rudely call Slutty Maggie). I would love to know everything that really went on instead of just seeing out-of-wedlock birth certificates and newspaper reports of her children being sent away by the courts.
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Post by simplyparticular on Nov 29, 2020 2:14:07 GMT
I sort of did. 2010 I realized I hadn't actually scrapbooked in years, I was hunting and organizing supplies for some hoped-for perfection that would lead to finished albums. Hours I spent planning the craft spaces....even built a custom armoire out of off the shelf supplies, but not crafting. I realized I made more pages and albums when I scrapped out of a Cropper Hopper Jr tote at my apartment coffee table.
So I spent 2 years selling - all my Quickutz dies, all my cardstock, most patterned paper and lots of embellishments. Ran out of time and ended up moving about 25% of it - 4 large rubbermaid bins of Cricut, tools, supplies, empty albums to the new house's basement. They don't get unpacked.
Then I wasted 3 more years organizing digital supplies and photos, and all I have to show for it is a ruining photography for me. Then my youngest was diagnosed with autism and I just didn't have the passion to do anything except exist around therapy appointments and school conferences, and try to keep my oldest from getting lost in the shuffle.
7 years go by.
Early lockdown, in the basement to get old monitors for remote work, and found the scrap stash. I decided to pull all the stuff back out, promised myself to donate it all if it doesn't "spark joy." I also promised I wouldn't spend ANY money or much time organizing. I gathered every craft supply in the dining room. I wasn't done unpacking when it's clear the kids aren't going back to school and we need to set up more old computers for the kids. Bins got shoved aside.
And then summer came, and it got too hot to work up in our home office loft area, so we moved all computer equipment to the basement and dumped all the craft supplies and memorabilia and lots of other random items in the "loft." And fall brought scheduled remote school, so another round of re-arrange the house to setup Zoom corners for everyone.
So I've moved it around the house 3x this year. I'm trying to create order out of the chaos in the loft. I have a few specific kid projects to do, and a few albums to finish. If I do that, I'll be satisfied.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Nov 29, 2020 2:20:14 GMT
I get frustrated every once in a while and sometimes think that I should get rid of everything because I either have motivation and no time or time and no motivation. Sometimes it feels like a waste of space and money. I’ve tried to purge and only keep the stuff I would use. Even with that, I still have way more crap than I could ever use in a lifetime. Sometimes I like having the variety and sometimes I get frustrated and feel like it’s a waste of space taunting me that I never get anything done in my craft room.
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Post by artsyk on Nov 29, 2020 2:23:56 GMT
Yes! Especially when I had to move. I did try to downsize, but it's so hard! I have a lot of old stuff that I love and won't part with it.
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Post by scrappyem on Nov 29, 2020 2:51:38 GMT
joblackford That's super interesting. I'll check that out. It would be great to have somewhere to send them. It's funny, the family has some of my great grandmother's diaries and they are really interesting to me but she has zero feelings in them at all. They are completely factual about what she is doing, ie feed the baby orange juice today or whatever. I wish she had wrote how she felt about feeding the baby (who was her grandchild who she was raising when her own daughter was sidelined with depressing) orange juice but there's no feelings at all. I imagine my mother's are dripping with feelings, she's borderline, which is why I can't bring myself to read them. It would be lovely to have somewhere to send them though. Thanks for sending that my way.
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Post by azcrafty on Nov 29, 2020 3:07:09 GMT
@greeneyedcrafter I'm sorry for your loss. Its hard to lose a parent but to lose them so close together is even harder. We lost my in-laws in 4 months, it was really hard on my DH. Lots of hugs to you and family.
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Post by azcrafty on Nov 29, 2020 3:11:59 GMT
Whenever my craft room is over flowing with my stuff,I'm ready to sell or donate everything, but when I start going thru them I don't want to part with anything, Im afraid that I will want them later and will be upset that I gave them away.
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Post by wonderwoman on Dec 5, 2020 6:53:08 GMT
Yes! My dad died unexpectedly in August (my mom died last year) & I've only made a few cards since his death. I had to remove everything from my parent's home & settle the estate. I'm currently working with contractors to update their home so it can be put on the market. I decided to put my craft supplies away and to focus on other things that give me joy like remodeling our home, reading and spending time with my husband & DD. I purchased a bunch of board games for us to play as a family and we've continued our movie night tradition. I actually feel less stressed since I stopped crafting. Crazy because I always thought crafting helped me relax. It's almost like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I can't explain it. I am so sorry for your loss... My mom died just before Thanksgiving last year... really just don't have the motivation to craft anymore. I agree that I feel like I only want to do things that bring me joy and papercrafting doesn't seem to give me joy anymore..
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