Things that everyone used that disappeared

Remember when zippers were all the rage? Also, all the shaped brads? I had Christmas trees, tennis shoes, even Band-Aid shaped ones.

Bottles of Prima flowers.
I had to have them all. Rarely used them. All those bottles took up so much counter space. Eventually donated them.

I remember dusting my display of Prima glass bottles and thinking “why on earth did I buy these?!”. I think I eventually threw them away.

Do you remember the Making Memories metal embellishments? I had to have them all! I used some but mostly donated my stash years ago.

Border punches (I still have and use mine) but especially the Drippy Goo border punch, finding one was a big deal. I do not own that one.

There was a phase where fibers were popular. Sticker sneeze and cutting pictures into shapes were trends too. Grateful I missed those but looking back, my earlier albums were mostly Cardstock, not a lot of patterned paper and the photos were matted, sometimes with a corner rounder.

I loved flair. Now, I find it too thick. I've even removed some from old layouts. I never had a problem with it rusting.

I have a whole box of cute flair I can't seem to part with.

I think I bought all of the things listed above - LOL! I also had a bunch of twine and twisted paper/fabric rope. II still have some MM metal embellishments and Prima Flowers, although I have found alternative uses for both. The Prima small daises I used to make mini Hoco mums for scrapbook mini books for my daughters drill team! They were so cute and perfect and it was one of those moments where you are so glad you kept something for ages. I also would add (things I still have that are 15-25 years old) after dumping a ton of old stuff): Heidi Swapp Giant flowers, MM alpha rub ons, American Craft Alpha rub ons (6x12 folder like books - I still have 8 or 9 of these and use them randomly and they STILL work!), tons of brads, old Doodlebug buttons and flowers from the 2000s.

The big bulky stuff I definitely tossed and often regretted using because it often ended up ruining the page across from it despite the paper protector.

I would like to add......naked chipboard.

I eventually threw mine in the recycle bin.

Marveling at how much makes its way back! Just look at Ali Edwards' work over the last year or two -- fiber, brads, eyelets. And I'm seeing rub-ons everywhere, too, which I haven't used since the early 2000s. I do still use one pair of deco scissors on the regular: the one that looks like a torn edge. I use it to make strips of patterned paper look like washi.

I can tell you it is ALL at out our craft second hand store. It is like going down memory lane going through the bins at that store.

vexedangel I used to flatten bottle caps in the old red Sizzix. They are really easy to flatten through.

So.many.flowers. But I still have them and love them.

Ribbon and lots of it.

Rub ons. I regret using them because some of the old ones have peeled.

I am finally pulling out my scrapbook supplies after 14 years of being sick of organizing and not using them. I have a feeling a lot of my layouts will have these old supplies that I couldn’t bear using because I didn’t want to waste them…it’s time!!

I still have quite a bit of the Making Memories metal embellishments and frames. I want to try to find a way to incorporate them into some layouts (maybe) LOL...

I also still have lots of buttons, fibers, ribbon, eyelets, brads and alpha rub-ons.

I did just donate some foam stamps as I never really used them with paint. I had alphas and shapes.

I also just donated a ton of decorative paper straws - what were we doing with these? I don't think I ever used them but I had several packages from Queen & Company.

Such good scrappy memories!

Anyone remember the company Magic Scraps and their magic mesh? It was basically dry wall mesh in lots of colors. Twizzles is another product that comes to mind. They were tightly rolled paper thread that you used as is or loosened up to reveal the paper threads and use the pieces as texture. Magic Scraps was one of my favorite embellishment companies back in the day.

Buttons were another big item. Autumn Leaves and Basic Grey had the most beautiful button collections back in the day. Some people bought shaped buttons (can't remember the company) and cut off the shanks to use. There were shaped buttons for any theme it seemed.

FurryP I *just* got rid of all of my straws, grrrr. I love those shaker cards.