Another week of minimal de-cluttering for me ... and a photo fail with what little I did manage!As part of the preparations for last weekend's Bloggers' Retreat (organised by Lizzie) I have been setting aside patterned papers, embellishments, mini-albums and stamps that I have no intention of using. I stuffed a deep pizza box full with assorted papers as well as filling a bag with extras to give away or sell ... including two Clippy-Kit bags. I had bought three at once to save on postage and have yet to finish decorating one!!!
The front pockets of the bag were completed late in 2006 I think, but the back of the bag still has nine empty pockets! There's a matching 12x12 layout about my shopping addiction for my new (at that time) hobby.
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| Spiral, stamp, Corner, chipboard, Rub-on Alcohol ink, Punch, patterned paper Photo {Pete (Duel)}, Eyelet, embossing, Ribbon |
I was not the only person to arrive at the Bloggers' Weekend with unwanted stash and, on the basis of one scrapper's tat being another scrapper's must-have, we enjoyed a good root through each other's cast-offs.
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| My thanks to Julie for these photos |
17 comments:
well done on a useful de-clutter, how much stuff did you bring home?
I like the look of the grey and yellow paper you are thumbing through
Decluttering, minimal or not is STILL decluttering Jemma.
I must do the same with my stash, have so many old papers that I know I will never use but keep hold of it "just in case"
Sadly I think I came home with more than I took to give away!!
I have a granddaughter who loves the bright, and dare I say garish, papers I bought from QVC 12 years ago. She is also a Brownie Guide so I was able to supply them with a box of bits. This decluttering is infectious you know. I said I would cheer from the sidelines, but only yesterday I had a darned good sort out in "the Study" and I now have enough old CDs to make two books and have put seven old instruction manuals into the recycling - you are very persuasive!
I definitely came home with more than I took but then I didn't take anything due to the train journey :) Was fun seeing everyones bits and pieces tho'.
I certainly did come home with some treasure... I have some gorgeous new embossing stencils/dies, which I will put to good use! And a couple of sheets (or maybe 3, or 4, or 5...hum..) of nice paper... and a fiskars shape boss (as I already had some of the stencils, it just seemed rude not to have it, especially when it was given to me!).
So much for de-cluttering eh?
And it was lovely to see you at the weekend - thank you so much for coming along!
Aha! This is the first actual photo of the weekend I have come across so far - and I'm very glad to see it. I've been feeling really quite far away lol Good fun, I'll bet!
The last crop I organized we had a give-away table & it was fun to see what everyone brought & add a few things to my stash while getting rid of a few things I no longer loved.
I'm headed out today to drop off a small batch of donations, so I'm glad I saw this post to remind me to snap a photo to show I have actually done a LITTLE decluttering! :>)
looks like i missed that bit :) Good to see the photos of you all x
Oh I am so jealous - sounds like a wonderful getaway. I'm still driving around with a box in the back of my car that I must drop off to a local charity. It is funny how something can be tossed as "crap" to be redeemed as "scrap".
A great idea to take a photo of everyone looking at the stash - what a lot there was!! Hope you managed to make some space in yours as part of your declutter. I certainly came home with more than I took!! lol
What a great effort nevertheless - some is always more than none! Lovely to be with you again :) at the weekend and looking forward to the next one. Brilliant that you kept those little receipts - they already have a story to tell in our recessionary times!
A real win win really, crafting, chatting & decluttering, way to go :)
Ha ha, I was too scared to jump in with this bit of rummaging! I still picked up a few bits at the end though, and my daughter was especially happy with a pack of fairy papers and some butterflies I brought back for her - apparently it means I'm allowed to go away again!
Love your little working pizza-box!! x
A little bit's better than nothing Jemma..great pics!
Alison xx
De-stashing is still de-cluttering :-) I hope you had a great weekend!
Thought of you as we cleared and cleaned today - didn't think to take photos before but did take after shots to dh's amusement :lol:
DS took a bag to the charity shop and two boxes went out to the recycling. Have a promise from dd that the other recycling will be burned tomorrow as we don't have a shredder.
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