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Post by titancia on Oct 2, 2014 19:50:25 GMT
This idea popped into my head on another thread because I was answering the question and went, "Um...do I really want to share that?" But the first step to fixing your problem is to admitting you have one, right? So, here goes... I am actually embarrassed by the amount of stickers I own. When I got a job in college it was like a lightbulb went off in my head that said, "Hey! You're an adult! You earned your own paycheck, and that means no one can tell you how to spend it." I was a sticker freak when I was younger, so I started buying stickers. Not like crazy, but when you don't use them, they tend to add up over the course of ten or so years...to bins. That's right, I have to store my stickers in BINS. You know, the big 9 liter ones from Office Depot. They're organized, but dang it, I have like 5 bins with stickers. WHY CAN'T I STOP? Well, you know, the stuff can't possibly match the new paper that's coming out... I have a stack of paper that is taller than me (I'm 5'6 1/2" and I have to reach up to get to the top of it--most of them are in bins, but it's a mixture of pads and single sheets), in addition to a couple of stacks UNDER a chair, then I ran out of room and had to put it on ON a chair. I...I...it's a sickness. I have no excuse. So, please tell me there are other people out there who are rightly ashamed of at least ONE crafty thing you've hoarded so bad you're embarrassed to tell anyone about it... |
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Post by workingclassdog on Oct 2, 2014 20:47:15 GMT
I understand the sticker thing.. I have always loved stickers from who knows when (I wish I had my collection from grade school!!) anyways, it's probably all the ribbon I have bought over the last few years.. when the ribbon craze started till about a year ago. I still find myself looking at ribbon but I will stop and not buy it either. I have two HUGE boxes full of ribbon. I love sharing it with my kid and friends!
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Post by kayk on Oct 2, 2014 21:11:12 GMT
I am embarrassed to say I have about 5 feet of paper. I can't stop buying pretty cardstock and papers.
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Post by myboysnme on Oct 2, 2014 21:45:29 GMT
I am embarrassed about paper. I have stacks and bins and piles and boxes, and totes, and bags of paper. Really great paper.
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Post by papersilly on Oct 2, 2014 22:08:32 GMT
paper. paper. paper. it's an embarrassment of riches and I bought more today during lunch. I easily have 6 feet of paper. gaahhhh.
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Post by Night Owl on Oct 2, 2014 22:11:22 GMT
I save everything, even the old CM stuff and Mrs Grossmans stickers I started with. I have started sharing some of my old stuff with my 10 year old daughter, but I worry about giving away something I might need later. It's a sickness I tell ya.  |
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Post by FurryP on Oct 2, 2014 23:09:05 GMT
Hoarding?  ? It's called: Planning for the future! Get it straight! On that note....I'm set on paper...lol  |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 3, 2014 1:14:31 GMT
Probably ribbon. I haven't bought any in a long time but heaven knows I really don't NEED any more! I have an island I made out of 16 CIS cubes. One WHOLE SIDE (as in, 8 full cubes!) is full of bins and bins of ribbon. It's a disease. Patterned paper would be a close second. I have more of that than ribbon, but my excuse is that I use it for work and buy it in bulk, then when I'm done with a design I don't purge the leftover paper quickly enough.
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Post by leeny on Oct 3, 2014 2:00:28 GMT
Stickers and initially it was always about alpha stickers. Couldn't get enough of those!
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Post by woodysbetty on Oct 3, 2014 2:28:33 GMT
Hmmmm....where to start...paper all shape sizes and pads.... moving quickly to stamps....followed closely by dies... and of course who can live without every type and color of ink......I refuse to count little bitty embellies like buttons, brads, and enamel dots cuz they don't take up much space.. There that's my story and I'm sticking to it......oops -forgot it's sort of a mystery so the story has twists, turns, and who know how it will end up!!!!! LOL!!
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Oct 3, 2014 2:38:35 GMT
The center cardboard from paper towel rolls. I hoarded them awhile back because you can cut them in half and make mini albums with them.
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Post by wonderwoman on Oct 3, 2014 4:59:33 GMT
Enamel dots.. I have so many its embarrassing.. I am totally addicted
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2014 10:36:55 GMT
Hoarding? ? It's called: Planning for the future! Get it straight!  |
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Post by titancia on Oct 3, 2014 15:33:29 GMT
Hoarding? ? It's called: Planning for the future! Get it straight! That's it...I'm saving for retirement. Which is about 35 years away at minimum for me, but that's my excuse from here on out! (I don't even want to think about how many stickers and how high my stack of paper will be by then!) |
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Post by mamakven on Oct 3, 2014 15:53:04 GMT
The center cardboard from paper towel rolls. I hoarded them awhile back because you can cut them in half and make mini albums with them. Can you elaborate? sounds like i need a new embarrasing thing to hoard, LOL |
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Post by mamakven on Oct 3, 2014 15:54:04 GMT
Paper pads, i never use paper pads yet i have a bunch. otherwise i'm pretty good at paring down
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Post by iammikki on Oct 3, 2014 16:38:43 GMT
I need to do an embellishment purge. Stickers, Enamel Dots, Gems, Sequins, wood veneers... I wouldn't say that I am embarrassed but I do need to go though and get rid of the embellishments I am not using, particularly because I have 2 bins of embellishments that I never even look at (most old, many themed). It's "Use em, or lose em" time.
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Post by mystuffandnat on Oct 3, 2014 17:06:18 GMT
all of the above...and there will never be a purge. I don't really care if I am mixing 1998 paper with 2010 embellishments and 2014 pictures. I live for variety!!!!!
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Oct 3, 2014 18:06:25 GMT
The center cardboard from paper towel rolls. I hoarded them awhile back because you can cut them in half and make mini albums with them. Can you elaborate? sounds like i need a new embarrasing thing to hoard, LOL I'm not good at explaining this kind of stuff lol so I got a pic off google. You flatten the cardboard out (a iron on dry heat works well to make it real flat) then ends stay open for you to insert tags. Example pic below. Attachments:
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Post by mikklynn on Oct 3, 2014 20:16:35 GMT
Paper! I use it, but buy it faster.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Oct 3, 2014 20:31:09 GMT
Can you elaborate? sounds like i need a new embarrasing thing to hoard, LOL I'm not good at explaining this kind of stuff lol so I got a pic off google. You flatten the cardboard out (a iron on dry heat works well to make it real flat) then ends stay open for you to insert tags. Example pic below. That's really cute. |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Oct 3, 2014 21:26:34 GMT
There's no one thing that I hoard in particular, but my compulsion is to 'have them all'.
To elaborate: I have every color marker Zig makes - both writers & brush markers. Slice has a cute little book to store the design cards in. I will not rest until I have filled the book. When I was scrapping 8.5x11, I went to a website (gonescrappin) and ordered one package of every color cardstock they offered. I've been able to stop myself w/Bazzill, but I'm thinking about it. While I don't have them all, I am slowly collecting TH Distress Inks & Adirondack alcohol inks. I rarely use them. I just like the idea of having them all. Get the idea?
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Post by mamakven on Oct 3, 2014 22:48:38 GMT
Can you elaborate? sounds like i need a new embarrasing thing to hoard, LOL I'm not good at explaining this kind of stuff lol so I got a pic off google. You flatten the cardboard out (a iron on dry heat works well to make it real flat) then ends stay open for you to insert tags. Example pic below. Thanks! I would have never thought of that!! |
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Post by Elsabelle on Oct 3, 2014 23:43:53 GMT
My first thought was paper, but I'm not embarrassed about how much paper I have. Just slightly overwhelmed by it. Very different. I am embarrassed by how much ribbon I have, though. I'm constantly trying to find ways to use it up that do not involve scrapping. I cringe a little when I look through my albums and my ribbon phase shows itself. When my kids are working on anything even remotely crafty I always pipe up with, "Do you need any ribbon?" |
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Oct 4, 2014 1:21:45 GMT
I just reorganized my paper, and stacked floor to ceiling, my 6'6 DS couldn't see over the top of it. I have over 100 untouched packages of Thickers, and at least that many stamps that have no idea what ink is. I'll just stop there.
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Post by LovMelrose on Oct 4, 2014 4:03:09 GMT
Paper. And stamps. I have so many unused stamps. I've never purged so I have some pretty old stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2014 7:26:02 GMT
I should be embarrassed by my washi collection, but I'm not. I once dumped them all into gallon plastic bags for a crop and it took two to hold my collection. Folks were ribbing me about it all weekend.
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Post by camcas on Oct 4, 2014 8:13:34 GMT
Just like Tiffany twisted I like to have "the complete set".......it's a colour thing!
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Post by love2scrap on Oct 4, 2014 14:14:31 GMT
Hoarding? ? It's called: Planning for the future! Get it straight! On that note....I'm set on paper...lol I agree! Paper, i have tons and tons of paper..... |
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Post by crazyrn on Oct 4, 2014 16:45:08 GMT
I am currently hoarding PL kits. I have almost every kit (2 of some!!). I was always addicted to journaling cards/tags so the PL kits are really feeding that addiction. I used to hoard... paper, ribbon, washi tape, sizzix dies.... the list goes on!
So I guess I am planning for the future.... if ever there is a shortage of journaling cards, I will be totally prepared!
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? It's called: Planning for the future!
