If you follow me on
Twitter you will have seen me tweeting about tidying the craft room. However I'm not just tidying it, I am using up stuff instead of just putting it away - so cardboard is being punched into tags shapes rather than being piled up and fabric is being made into chicken shapes or business cards rather than being added to the scrap pile or being put on the shelves. If I had tidied up conventionally then it would have been tidier a lot quicker but this is what still waits me this morning.
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| My Desk |
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| The other desk which hasn't been used for a while as it is piled high with stuff! |
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| View from my door |
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| Note you can't actually get in the door easily! |
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| Big pile of stuff that has been moved from the stairs |
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Don't judge me!! So I have come to the conclusion that I have far too much stuff (Matt laughed and said had I only just realised that?) so I am not going to buy any craft stuff for
two months. No buttons, no fabric, no pretty things! I am allowing myself some exemptions though.
1. I have been looking for a new sewing machine for a while - if I finally get round to sorting out what I want and find one then I am allowed to buy it.
2. I am excluding things like glue, thread, needles, sellotape etc as they are essentials. Buttons do not count as essentials!
3. I am allowed 1 thing a month - so if I see a roll of vintage fabric for 20p or a tin of buttons for 10p then I am allowed to buy it but I must use it/them (or part of) before the two months are up. BUT if I waste my 1 exception on vintage fabric and then see something else, tough!
Personally I think I could easily go for longer but we will see how I go with two months. Anyone else fancy joining me?
