anyone else NOT a purger of supplies

I don't purge scrappy stuff. It makes me heartsick.

Twice in my scrappy lifetime I've had to sell off most of my scrap tools due to a financial pinch, and that made me very sad. I don't get rid of things to purge.

I'm not a purger. I look at every little thing I have and think 'Well maybe I might need it for something in the future'

I am in the constant purger camp....My friends owns a cropping space and people love when I come in with my "purge"...I used to wait and "sell" things at tag sales, but then the boxes of unsold things get buried in my basement and uncovered years later

I love to shop so I don't think I have time to miss what I purge!

I have to say that yes, I do purge. I've done a few big ones to get rid of stuff I bought back in '04 when I started and just didn't work for me. Then in '09 after a very large break I took (due to depression and personal issues) and I found I hated nearly everything I had. THAT was probably the depression talking, but also my style changing. And once again to weed out the last of the gifts that I had kept, guiltily holding on to things in case I could "make them work" but just said forget it. Now though, no, I don't purge. If I end up with a paper pack that has duplicates I'll split it with my nieces, but that's it. I purged my *packaging* and actually made everything I own fit into a small space. After that, there's just no need. I'll use it all, or get it smaller, eventually. I know I will. That's my goal this year: get the paper down to one Expedit cube!

I don't purge often. I too like what I have. I too find it funny when I'm watching youtube videos and someone states that they're using something "old" that's been in their stash for 6 months, lol. Try several years! It's a running joke between my BFF and I that I won't use something until it has "fermented" in my stash, lol.

I recently decided to use some of the Basic Grey kits and other older stash and I've created youtube videos. My link is below!

I haven't purged much during the 17 years I have been scrapping. I'm pretty attached to all of my supplies, and dig through them regularly for just the right thing.

Now that I have dedicated, organized studio, I scrap more than ever, but I have been adding more than I'm using. At some point, I might have to be willing to part with some Hot Off the Press paper pads and Mrs. Grossman stickers...

I had a whole ton of Fimo I bought at Michaels years, years and years ago. Yeah a LOT time ago. I gave that to my aunt for her granddaughters to play with. She daycares them one day a week. I also placed an order from a company long gone called Creations by Watts that used to buy up retired Jolee's from stores that were closing and sell them really cheaply. (They were like Peachy Cheap and Flowers to Flourishes etc but years ago...). I did place a few orders there and realistically I am not going to be doing that many CM albums with Mrs. Grossman's stickers, Disney Princess layouts (I have a son) so an Aladdin layout maybe??? He didn't like Aladdin like I loved Aladdin. He thought The Lion King was all right. I loved The Lion King. So I doubt I will be doing any Disney layouts anymore and won't need them. So I did purge a bit of stuff. I don't count that as purging. Purging is going through my sticker drawer and being ruthless. This was taking out duplicates and triplicates. (Yeah, don't ask maybe k? Thanks).