amom23
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Post by amom23 on Feb 13, 2022 2:14:36 GMT
My scraproom is almost always pretty clean and tidy. However, I decided to do a little rearranging which ended up being a pretty decent purge. I still feel pretty overwhelmed from having to pack up my mom's craft room and find new homes for it all last Winter. It was so daunting and I won't leave my own space like that for my kids to have to deal with someday. I used to love watching craft room tour videos on YouTube and now they just give me anxiety LOL. I'm pretty happy with my less is more motto!
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Feb 13, 2022 2:35:57 GMT
I enjoy seeing what other people's scrap spaces look like, but it usually reinforces the feeling that my space is just the right size for me. That said, there is nothing quite like the feeling of a freshly organised space that you know holds only the things you're most excited to use.
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Post by camcas on Feb 13, 2022 2:41:43 GMT
ITA- I have several craft hobbies so my small room houses sewing/quilting gear as well as paper crafting stuff. And….I have PLENTY already
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Post by infochick on Feb 13, 2022 4:28:59 GMT
Congrats on your purge! I’m chilly this year and have started to really think about the amount of supplies that I have. I have decided that I want a smaller stash. I was going to try to achieve this through using more and shopping less, but I’m slowly coming to terms with the idea that I will be much happier if I purge what I no longer want.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Feb 13, 2022 12:29:07 GMT
Congrats on making your room more what you want it to be.
And I totally understand that feeling of anxiety when watching room videos with ALL the supplies.
Right now I'm chilly/mostly frozen. My goal is to only buy to accentuate what I already have. So far it's been two packs of Dollar Tree stickers in themes I didn't have for layouts currently on my desk.
I'm really trying to pare down my whole life, because I don't want my kids to have some massive amount of clean out to do when I die.
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Post by sleepingbooty on Feb 13, 2022 12:45:12 GMT
Congratulations on making your room feel a little lighter so that it suits you better!
Your anecdote regarding the burden of dealing with your mother's craft room reminds me of the Swedish tradition of döstädning AKA death cleaning. It's the idea of regularly cleaning out your home so you don't leave unnecessary stuff behind for others to have to handle after you've passed. I really like this way of looking at stuff: your possessions are you responsibility and you should not make it more difficult for the living left behind to deal with your passing than needed.
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Post by Loydene on Feb 13, 2022 15:40:35 GMT
I am not a "purger" - but I will suggest that your children would have less a problem with packing up supplies than you did. My child, as an example, would just toss everything. He has been instructed to invite all my friends in to take whatever they want -- but still wouldn't have any issue with getting rid of anything left. He wouldn't look at a package of Basic Grey and remember all other lines of Basic Grey and how many times I squealed over a new design with friends and what I've made or planned to make from each collection. He wouldn't laugh over having many personally trimmers because of the many times I forgot a trimmer on the way or at a weekend crop. It is like cleaning book shelves ... I get lost in the books. Same for my craft room ...
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Post by jediannie on Feb 13, 2022 18:21:02 GMT
I'm really trying to pare down my whole life, because I don't want my kids to have some massive amount of clean out to do when I die. Yes to this! I only have 1 kid and she's only 6 but I think about various family members who were hoarders and after they died the amount of cleaning/purging that needed to happen was insane. amom23 - congrats on your purge! Less is more is a perfect mantra.
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Post by amom23 on Feb 13, 2022 18:23:40 GMT
I got up this morning and kept going with my reorganizing and purging. My space is looking great. It's kinda surprising what I found to purge considering 90-95% of my stash fits in my Kallax 5x5 and I still have more than I will ever be able to use up.
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Post by amom23 on Feb 13, 2022 18:30:57 GMT
I am not a "purger" - but I will suggest that your children would have less a problem with packing up supplies than you did. My child, as an example, would just toss everything. He has been instructed to invite all my friends in to take whatever they want -- but still wouldn't have any issue with getting rid of anything left. He wouldn't look at a package of Basic Grey and remember all other lines of Basic Grey and how many times I squealed over a new design with friends and what I've made or planned to make from each collection. He wouldn't laugh over having many personally trimmers because of the many times I forgot a trimmer on the way or at a weekend crop. It is like cleaning book shelves ... I get lost in the books. Same for my craft room ... I actually didn't get "caught up" in my mom's stash. I kept very little for myself. My niece took a few things and the rest went to her good friend who kept some and passed on to others the rest. It was the sheer volume that was overwhelming to box up and haul away. While I agree my own kids probably won't have any emotional attachment to my stash I don't want to leave them in the position of having to pack up a whole house full of stuff when DH and I pass.
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Post by Elsabelle on Feb 13, 2022 18:47:50 GMT
I love a good purge of my scrap supplies and all throughout the house. I hate clutter. The pandemic has given plenty of time to go through the house a couple of times and I’m ready to do it again.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 21:01:53 GMT
I"m always purging and reorganizing my craft room. Sometimes that is more fun that crafting. LOL.
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Post by kmage on Feb 15, 2022 21:22:21 GMT
amom23 , I'd like to do a similar purge and I am really struggling with supplies I don't really love, but might come in handy someday. When you ran into supplies like this, what was your thought process? I had bought all this coffee themed paper, thinking I was going to make super cute cards, but then forgot about it and now don't know how much I *love* that paper. But what if I change my mind? And I want coffee paper back, but I've given it away...this happens all the time to me, I bought that stupid Marie Kondo book, went all in, purged a bunch of stuff and then got really sad because books that I had loved since childhood got given away. But Marie said we don't need books, because we can just get them from the library...Anyway, I am just nervous about purging stuff and then being bummed later because it has happened to me. (edited to add I also gave away most of my work clothes because they did not inspire joy in me. Turns out, nothing inspires joy in me that is not a t shirt and leggings or a sundress. I had to go buy new work clothes that also did not spark joy in me)
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Post by amom23 on Feb 15, 2022 21:49:41 GMT
I look at purging my craft room the same as the rest of my house. Would I buy this item again today? Why do I not use this item? Do I ever see myself actually using this item? My scrapbooking style has changed a lot over the years. For example... along the way I decided I really dislike making cards LOL so I donated my specific card making supplies to someone who did enjoy card making. Should I have kept a few things just in case I decided to make a card? Nope! I suppose I have regretted getting rid of a thing or 2, but at the end of the day I hate clutter and being surrounded by things I don't love and know I will probably never use.
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Post by Linda on Feb 15, 2022 22:32:13 GMT
kmage - I think Marie Kondo's method was pretty...extreme. I like this quote by William Morris much better as a guide - 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be beautiful or believe to be useful' sometimes if I'm on the fence about something - I give myself a deadline (6m/yr) and revisit it then...maybe pack the stuff you're not sure about in a box or tote and store it - if you miss it or regret it, you can go retrieve it but odds are you will find it easier to let go of later. Sometimes it's less letting go of the item and more letting go of aspirations it represents (cute cards)
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Post by 950nancy on Feb 16, 2022 4:13:59 GMT
We just moved after 33 years in the same home. There were 14 loads that went to the Goodwill and one was a trailer that could hold a vehicle. My craft room got bigger, so my storage changed some. I've made quite a few trips to the local second hand craft store, but I usually keep things I am on the fence about in my garage for a while. If I don't use it in 6 months, it goes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2022 18:33:18 GMT
Okay, now you have me looking around me room to see what I can get rid of. YEA! Fun for me.
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Post by malo on Feb 26, 2022 7:31:39 GMT
I did this recently too. Feels so good and I craft more
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