tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Sept 23, 2018 22:55:28 GMT
About 10 years ago I made our finished basement in to my scrap room. I had space for 10 to crop and held monthly crops. We had our own kitchen and bathroom even. and I had so.much.stuff. So much. In my defense I did use it. My oldest graduated with 13 very thick books and my next with 14.  5 years ago we partitioned off the basement and made oldest DS a bedroom. The other half was split between a workout room and my scrap area. I had quit buying as much but still had so much. I kept scrapping.  2 years ago I split my ever dwindling space with DD so she could have an area to sew. She quilts. I wasn't buying, unless I needed a specific something and was working through my stash, which was a good thing because suddenly there was so.much.fabric everywhere, lol. I also did a major purge. I now have one kid left that I scrapbook. I just went through another purge and have all my scrapbooking supplies packed for a weekend crop next weekend. I LOVE the smaller stash. I think I'm going turn the entire craft area over to Dd and try to find somewhere upstairs to store my stuff. I only scrapbook at the retreats I organize 2xs a year now (once in while I'll go to a day crop).  The rolling cart is new and I am curious to see how it travels. There are also 2 shoulder bags behind the cream boxes that have the page kits I plan on working on. |
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Post by tduby1 on Sept 23, 2018 22:58:51 GMT
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Post by tduby1 on Sept 23, 2018 23:00:14 GMT
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Post by mich5481 on Sept 23, 2018 23:11:57 GMT
That is impressive! I am trying to reduce my stash, but I don't know if I can downsize by that much!
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Sept 23, 2018 23:57:59 GMT
This post is so inspirational. I am trying to downsize as I organize my room.
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Post by msliz on Sept 24, 2018 0:07:22 GMT
I'd love to get to that point someday. Not yet. I still love having so much at hand to choose from. But someday  |
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Post by Linda on Sept 24, 2018 0:43:50 GMT
wow!
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Post by amom23 on Sept 24, 2018 0:48:25 GMT
My scrapbook space along with my supplies has shrunk since we moved into our current house. I feel like what I have I love and I still have plenty of options. It's definitely a happy space!
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Post by dald222 on Sept 24, 2018 5:54:56 GMT
this is great
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Sept 24, 2018 9:30:59 GMT
That's an impressive downsizing!
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Post by Patter on Sept 24, 2018 10:25:52 GMT
Wow, so did you use that stash or donate it? That's impressive. I need to do the same but I just can't part with so much. It's a battle. |
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Post by joyfulnana on Sept 24, 2018 12:51:00 GMT
Wow! That's impressive! I have many times thought I wanted to downsize to a 3 tier cart and some iris cases, but I'm not really ready yet.
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Post by mikklynn on Sept 24, 2018 15:36:56 GMT
I'd like to downsize my supplies, by using a chunk of them.
But, I'd like to upsize my space!
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tduby1
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Post by tduby1 on Sept 24, 2018 15:46:56 GMT
Wow, so did you use that stash or donate it? That's impressive. I need to do the same but I just can't part with so much. It's a battle. I have used a lot of it. When I scrapbook during my retreats I complete A LOT of pages. I did donate two big 13x13 kit sized bags of partially used letter stickers stuffed full to some elementary teachers I know. And at our retreats we have donations bins that I have added to but once I quit buying and started using my stash really shrunk. |
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Post by lazytown on Sept 24, 2018 15:57:16 GMT
Good job using your stash!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 24, 2018 16:29:17 GMT
wow, that is inspirational! especially in that you USED most of it instead of just buying-donating-buying-donating... way to go!! It looks like you have a TON of stuff on your rolling cart; you're set to go!
what is the silver/gray hanging thing that's on the side of your cart, please? (where you have the paper cutter stored-- I wonder if my guillotine cutter would fit in something like that.) Did you just buy over-the-door accessories to hang off the edge of the cart, or did you find something else?
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Post by tduby1 on Sept 24, 2018 16:54:54 GMT
wow, that is inspirational! especially in that you USED most of it instead of just buying-donating-buying-donating... way to go!! It looks like you have a TON of stuff on your rolling cart; you're set to go! what is the silver/gray hanging thing that's on the side of your cart, please? (where you have the paper cutter stored-- I wonder if my guillotine cutter would fit in something like that.) Did you just buy over-the-door accessories to hang off the edge of the cart, or did you find something else? Actually, I was set to buy over the door accessories but just could not find any I was *sure* would work then I came across this set: www.amazon.com/dp/B077TK198Z/ref=twister_B076JKJM11The hooks are on one side and the other two piece on the other making up what holds my cutter. I used a recollections cart from Michaels. The trash can is zip tied on. The hooks on the side are command hooks. The trash can, command hooks and magnetic tins come from the Dollar tree. I also made my husband a grill cart using the same accessories and a paper towel holder, which may be nice if you are a messy scrapper or stamper.    |
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Post by anniefb on Sept 24, 2018 18:28:00 GMT
That's a lot of downsizing!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Sept 24, 2018 19:04:13 GMT
I'm a small stash, simple scrapper and I love it. A large stash just overwhelms me. I love that you used it.
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Post by mom on Sept 24, 2018 19:35:22 GMT
I'm a small stash, simple scrapper and I love it. A large stash just overwhelms me. I love that you used it. Me too. Oh, I LOVE to buy all the things, but I never get any scrapping done when I do. I get overwhelmed. Small stash = more creativity for me. |
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Post by stinkerbelle on Sept 25, 2018 4:01:05 GMT
definitely impressive!! my stash just keeps growing  but i'm really using a lot of it now by doing the team challenges, so i'm totally ok with it. i'm like mikklynn i would love to upsize my space too! |
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Post by 50offscrapper on Sept 25, 2018 7:10:58 GMT
Wow! I guess my hobby really isn’t scrapping but shopping for scrapping supplies.
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Post by catseatcheese on Sept 25, 2018 20:17:53 GMT
That is great that you have been able to downsize and still create a lot of pages you love. I am trying to do something similar as I know that we will be moving across the ocean sometime in the next few years (could be in 1 year or 3...not totally sure) and I want to have the least stash at that time. I have not stopped purchasing everything as I still need to get adhesive...also, I do not want to be on a total ban because sometimes I see something that I cannot live without. I do find that when I have less stash I feel better. Thanks for the inspiration!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Sept 26, 2018 2:46:36 GMT
That’s pretty amazing. And motivating. I doubt I could downsize that much but it’s inspiring me to get a bunch of my pictures printed and make a good sized dent in my stash.
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Post by bingcherry on Sept 26, 2018 18:26:34 GMT
Wow. You are definitely my inspiration. I went from a small craft room to a large larger one and am at the tail end of building a new house with an even smaller one. My scrap room was actually meant to be a laundry room that I had my builder move to the garage. I was not about to use my only spare bedroom as a scraproom. I am in the process of down sizing my stash as well and I do feel guilty about it however in order to be efficient, it needs to be smaller. There were times when I bought multiples of things; papers, die cuts etc. As a matter of fact just last night I pulled out the old Wonder Collection from Crate Paper to make a layout and realized I had three packs of die cuts, three sticker sheets, two wood veneer packs. What the heck am I gonna do with all of it!
I always hoarded my favorite collections but now I am on a mission to use things up. I even used stickles on my last two layouts. Go me!!! I cannot wait to be freed from the excess. I have never felt the satisfaction of using up and entire collection but hopefully one day I will.
Thanks for the post!!!
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Post by gmcwife1 on Sept 27, 2018 6:18:55 GMT
That is awesome!! I just told dh he could have half the family room, which is my scrapbook room. I hope to be as successful as you’ve been!!
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