80-year old's lifetime craft supplies (YouTube)

I'll have to check it out. Thanks for sharing.

Omg all the doll heads and beads on a string...that cracks me up. Although I did think it was sad when she said that this lady had to go and live with her kids and could not bring her crafty stuff. I hope she at least got to take some of it.

I stumbled across her a few days. I thought I had accumulated a lot of craft supplies over the years but that lady’s collection is amazing!  I would love to see some of the things she made with all those supplies over the years.

According to the shop owner, the 80 year old lady did get to keep a small amount of items, and the shop owner who bought the collection has promised to send her a card a month. She has also stated that she plans to sneak in a few supplies when she sends each card, but as you can see from the sheer number of bins being opened, going from a craft house to a craft drawer would be quite a loss!
The 50 or so matching tubs were purchased by the craft shop owner to transport the collection, this deal is a special one off as the store usually only offer store credit but the realtor of the 80 year old lady really pushed for the items to go somewhere where they would be appreciated- probably to curb some of the feeling of loss.
It is hard watching the shop owner be a little rough, however, I think that the alternate option was throwing the whole lot in a skip so I’m seeing it as the best of a bad situation?

this morning, i looked around at my accumulation of supplies and realized that no one in my family will be truly interested in my things after i’m gone. i’m 58 and need to start taking a hard look at my stash.

I started watching the first one yesterday and also was put off by the tossing and aspect ratio.
I was hoping it was just the first video, but I think they’re all like that. I can’t support a channel with views who won’t take a few minutes to set up a tripod for filming.
Thanks though for sharing, it’s too bad because otherwise I’d watch all of them!

this thread had me thinking the same thing.  all the stuff i covet will mean nothing to everyone else.  there is a non-profit second-hand craft store i found out about and i hope someone has the sense to drop off everything there but i doubt it.  <<sigh>>

YT wants me to watch that too, but I'm not a fan of vertical/handheld videos.

re: going through stash - even if someone recognizes or respect the value of them to you and other crafters, they're not going to love them the same way the person who collected them loved them.

And when someone passes away or has to downsize dramatically there's just no way not to be overwhelmed by the volume of a person's things, loved or not. I think of how overwhelming it is to unpack after vacation or to move a room's worth of stuff to replace the flooring... and that's a lot less stuff, a lot less random, and without grief weighing on you.

I cleaned out my MIL's (very organized but very large) crafty office after she died and wholeheartedly wished she'd blessed other crafters she knew with her precious things while she was still around. We did our best but we only had so much time, energy, knowledge, and contacts to be able to redistribute it.

no, it's actually in Pasadena. It's called Remainders. here is the link

I couldn't even watch one video. I am a little over an hour away if I use the 210. Hmm...might need to take a drive out there this summer and check it out.

 Actually i was thinking more along the lines of donating, but that wouldn't stop me from looking, lol