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Post by onescrappygirl on Jul 7, 2014 20:07:48 GMT
I don't want to think about it since I've been scrapping for over 15 years!
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Post by seriousscrapper on Jul 7, 2014 20:09:02 GMT
Oh my, it's scary to think about how much money I've spent since I started sbing 18 years ago!!! If I'm being really honest, I'm sure it's well over 25k!
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Post by berta147 on Jul 7, 2014 20:10:14 GMT
I don't know and I don't care. I have always been a crafter, starting with sewing doll clothes at age 7, to now 50 years later still crafting. Sewing, painting, scrapping, card making, knitting, crochet, needle felting. And more. It is who I am. So I don't apologize. I just wish I had more time!!!!
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Post by seriousscrapper on Jul 7, 2014 20:13:26 GMT
OMGosh, it's really scary to think about how much I have spent since I started sbing 18 years ago!!! If I had to make a guess, I'm sure that it would be over 25k!
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AerynK
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Post by AerynK on Jul 7, 2014 20:13:45 GMT
Gosh, I wouldn't even know how to calculate that. For some years I have a record, a good and proper one, but I don't have one since I started in July '04. $10,000 would be a totally low-ball answer. I think I'd have to go with $20,000+ to get anywhere near it. That includes albums, kits, furniture, tools, paper, Copics, machines, everything that I've ever bought whether I still own it now or not. Yikes!
But then I consider how much DH has spent on camera equipment, photography trips, video games, consoles, target shooting supplies, guns, ammo.... We might be even in our hobbies, I just buy more often.
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Post by missysauter on Jul 7, 2014 20:23:47 GMT
I would venture to guess at least $15,000 over the past 18+ years. I've purged twice and made some money back at a scrapping garage sale. But I just get so much joy out if that I don't think I could put an accurate value on my hobby.
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Post by scrappincolleen on Jul 7, 2014 20:32:49 GMT
Not a clue!
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Post by seriousscrapper on Jul 7, 2014 21:06:30 GMT
Well, at $100 per month for 10 years, it would be about $12,000. I figure it's cheaper than therapy~! So very true! ;-) |
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Post by ss on Jul 7, 2014 21:30:46 GMT
A really nice car.
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Post by scrappykindofgirl on Jul 8, 2014 0:08:34 GMT
Is it fair to say priceless? The first thing my son did when he got home from his dad's house this long weekend was look at my project table and check out a page I did on him this weekend. His whole face lights up which makes every penny worth it to me!  |
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Post by angel97701 on Jul 8, 2014 0:37:06 GMT
Count me as another who really doesn't want to know BUT would guess easily in the 25K range! I've been scrapping since 1996 so over 18 years of accumulation. One of the reasons I shop very little any more. But I come from a long line of seamstresses, crafters, quilters, etc. My mother, grandmother and great-grandmother taught me well!
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Post by caronpea on Jul 8, 2014 2:02:29 GMT
More than 20K, less than 50K. That includes product, tools, machines, scrap room furniture and debt from when I sold a scrapbook store I co-owned. I may be low balling that top amount by a little, but like everyone else, I would rather not tally it up.  |
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Post by mama2three on Jul 8, 2014 3:22:34 GMT
Some people spend money on cigarettes, lots of shoes or handbags or go to live professional sporting events. I spend it on fabric and scrap/craft supplies. I work full time, so I don't feel the least bit guilty about spending money. I need the creative outlet and it's a lot less than therapy (and less than DH has spent on his 3 racing bikes)
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Post by stefdesign on Jul 8, 2014 4:03:24 GMT
Zero on scrapping supplies. Thousands on Adobe software, Mac computers, printers, and scanners and ink through the years. Oh! And several external hard drives.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 8, 2014 5:09:04 GMT
I have no idea really. I can take an estimate from beginning in 2009-current at probably $2000 total. But it's really just a guess.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 8, 2014 11:10:10 GMT
With tools, machines, crops, organization, machines, camera, computer related stuff, consumables...I would say closer to $50-60k in 5-6 years.
I love my supplies, tools and space, but don't have a hoard of stuff that clutters.
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Post by woodysbetty on Jul 8, 2014 11:45:17 GMT
Oh good grief don't even want to think about it!!!! LOL! More than necessary for certain!!!!
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Post by st1tches1 on Jul 8, 2014 12:40:33 GMT
Well, at $100 per month for 10 years, it would be about $12,000. I figure it's cheaper than therapy~! This just had me pea-ing!! Yeah- I was a consultant twice for CM- that alone- for the "business" was $400 a quarter- Now I might have sold 20 % of what I bought- but the rest I used. THEN the Conventions, travel, EASILY $400 at that whack... The crops I've attended paid and non-paid- - usually ended up costing me some $ cuz someone was selling or off-loading and I couldn't let my struggling pals just DUMP that precious gold! THEN The hardware- Cricut carts, and the Expression, mat, blades..... Not to mention printing extra and lots of pictures!- EASILY $50 a week....<SWOON> BUT ..the friendships (and therapists) I have found, the memories I've made AND preserved... PRICELESS!!! I'd spend double what I"ve spent for that!! |
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Post by LisaDV on Jul 8, 2014 12:44:53 GMT
I was in to stamping and technique stuff first so I'm probably between $15,000 and $20,000 range. We're moving and trying to downsize things as the farm house is smaller. But I can't part with my goodies. They make me happy and I use them. Although I have been much more frugal this year and will continue until my paper stash depletes.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 8, 2014 13:15:41 GMT
Is it a cop out to say a LOT? LOL! I've been a crafter since I was five years old and my mom first taught me how to sew a button onto fabric, and have cycled through so many different crafts over the years. If you're going to count sewing machines, computers, printers, software, diecutting machines and dies it could easily run into the tens of thousands. I've been scrapping since 1997. I had a rubber stamp store back then and I started bringing in the printed papers and diecuts to complement the stamps and stuff I was selling. After I closed the storefront in 2001, I moved the business online and have been selling predesigned page layout kits ever since. In spite of purging and selling off extra stuff, I still have way too much both for my business and my personal stash. For what it's worth, DH has spent way more money on his free time pursuits (fishing, hunting, ATVs, snowmobiles, the cabins) so at least he can't criticize!
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Post by streetscrapper on Jul 8, 2014 13:16:00 GMT
I cringe whenever I think about this! Thankfully I don't think about it much!
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Post by donna on Jul 8, 2014 13:19:24 GMT
I am getting sick just thinking about it. I have a room full of stuff including a Cricut with many cartridges, a Cameo with thousands of cut files and many sizzix alphabets. I usually scrap a lot during the summer, but this year I have no desire to. Just thinking about it all overwhelms me.
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Post by Goldynn on Jul 8, 2014 15:01:58 GMT
Oh my, it's scary to think about how much money I've spent since I started sbing 18 years ago!!! If I'm being really honest, I'm sure it's well over 25k! This! Well over 25k for me, also. I'm so glad there's no real way of knowing how much I've spent! I don't regret it, however. I've scrapped in one form or another my whole life, and got serious about it in the 90's when it really broke out. It's a hobby I was born interested in, always searching through everyone's photos and scrapbooks even when I was very young. |
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Post by magenta on Jul 8, 2014 15:35:24 GMT
I am getting sick just thinking about it. I have a room full of stuff including a Cricut with many cartridges, a Cameo with thousands of cut files and many sizzix alphabets. I usually scrap a lot during the summer, but this year I have no desire to. Just thinking about it all overwhelms me. This is me, word for word. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2014 17:45:28 GMT
It's hard to say...but not too much overall. This year I've spent at the most $40. I probably spend $50-100 on an average year. I've been scrapping for about 14 years. I spent more the first few years of my dd's life, that was my scrapping heyday. But nowhere near the high numbers most of you are mentioning.
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Post by emhibb on Jul 8, 2014 20:41:26 GMT
I'm in the camp of 'I don't really want to know'. However, if we ever have to evacuate for a hurricane, I have a list of things that are coming with me! Good thing I don't have to worry about packing up kids or pets!
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Post by amandad74 on Jul 8, 2014 21:21:11 GMT
I refuse to even try to calculate it. Or think about it. Nope, not going there. Sitting on the bench with ya! My dh has his hobbies, and I don't want to know how much he spends! (golf, poker) |
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Post by craftykitten on Jul 8, 2014 22:04:12 GMT
Less than I tell my other half, but more than I should!
In fairness - he has his hobbies, I have mine. No-one counts and everyone is happy.
The general saying among his hobby (airsoft) is that players worry that if they get hit by a bus, their girlfriend will sell their toys for what they 'said' they paid for them. I guess the same is true of scrapbooking!
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Post by maryland on Jul 8, 2014 22:32:21 GMT
I don't know, but feel much better after reading this thread! I think I have spent less than many of you and I thought I spent a lot. But I haven't spent much in the past 7 yrs. Our stores have closed, and the one we have doesn't carry my favorite lines anymore. I don't like to buy online, so I save a lot that way! But I haven't scrapbooked in so long! I really want to get back into it, and I can justify spending more. Or getting over my fear of buying online. My husband also has expensive hobbies, so when we can afford it, we both are able to spend money on our hobbies.
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Post by chlerbie on Jul 9, 2014 3:04:53 GMT
I'm going to sit on the bench (without a calculator) with those who say that they don't want to know. I don't even want to think about it!!
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