I've been going through my craft room with this method. I was clearing out some tote bags that ended up in the room that didn't belong there. I went downstairs to put them in the box they belong in and found others laying on the floor. I put them all away at the same time and underneath those found some missing blankets that belonged to my daughter. She was so excited to get her blankets back! She took them to her house so they left mine! So the tote bags were cleaned up in 2 spaces, plus was able to remove 3 blankets that didn't even belong to me! All because of the Take it There Now step!
I've really enjoyed these prompts. While I watched the "Clear the Floor" prompt, I was able to get the last few items off my craft/dining room floor. I still have two big totes that are holding me back. One is full of my mom's pure wool yarn stash (I hope to knit this yarn into a sweater ... or five!), and the other is full of my kids' special children's books. I can't think where to put them, and I can't bear to part with them. No matter what question I ask myself, I still can't make a decision. But the rest of the floor is clear!
I think the frustrating thing for me with the limits of the container method is that I truly did not know how to make the decisions involved. It is obvious that space is finite, but the actual decision making process was difficult until I came to understand what I do, what I want to do, what I will do with the items that I have. I think, for junk journalers, it has to be MORE than seeing the possibilities of what we can do with all these items - ALL the journals we could possibly make. Before we make the decision of what to declutter - what to donate- our brain has to decide what we actually want to do. What journals we want to make and then we can decide which of the things will facilitate doing that! Then we can take the step of deciding if something that is trash IS actually trash, which of the things to give away or donate and then follow the process from there. But until our brain accepts a limit - that we cannot save everything - decluttering is impossible. I think most of us want to save everything and we’re not yet at a place where we can accept that the container is the boundary. Learning how to figure out what we want to begin with is really the beginning. I think it’s a mental thing. I can’t figure out how to explain it, but until my brain knew what I wanted to do as a junk journaler - which journals I actually wanted to make (out of all the possibilities) - I could not decide which items I could declutter. Once I knew that I wanted to make vintage journals, I could actually move out the things that wouldn’t fit that style and I no longer buy or collect items that don’t fit a vintage style. It’s definitely a limiting decision, but it’s a limit my brain understands and accepts. AND I can move on to make the subsequent decisions. I hope that helps somebody who may read this comment.
One thing that Natasa at Treasure books said that resonated with me is that there will always be more. Don't feel the pressure to keep or buy everything, because there will always be more. It may not be the exact same thing but there will be more of something.
@PatWalden yes! I think that’s true. I think we over collect, thinking of the future and what may not be available. A fear of scarcity drives so many of us, and a lack of confidence in our own creativity with what might be available.
Wow I think you nailed it too here !! Totally makes sense !! And yes there will always be more stuff to accumulate as well. I have a storage bin full of recycled things (cardboard, bags, cereal boxes etc …that my husband packed up and stored it)…I told him the other day; need to take out that bin and put it all out for recycling (there’s so much and I’ve since collected)…I committed to a container in my cube system for that type of stuff and it’s almost at capacity. So that extra bin can go !
Yes! I'm relying on the other versions of me in the multiverse to do those other things, live those other possibilities, make those other projects. *This* version of me has limited time and energy to focus on the things that *I* most want to do. That makes it a lot easier to let go of the supplies for those other projects or hobbies.
I have no problem decluttering most of my house, but I have a much harder time clearing out my craft room. Every item in my craft room was saved or bought because it can be used for some project or other. I can think of a purpose for everything. I got rid of a bunch of stuff related to crafts that I’m no longer interested in, and I still have too much stuff. I have to be realistic about how many projects I’ll actually be able to complete in my lifetime. In the last, I thought the solution was to buy more storage containers. Thanks to Dana’s container concept, I now know I can’t keep trying to organize before I declutter. I am loving following along with this craft room challenge.
My new insight is to prioritize even the things I still want to do. Right now, I'm letting go of the things that are low or medium-low priority. As I age, I'll start letting go of medium priority items, then medoum-high ones. Eventually, I'll only be left with the highest-priority projects to focus my limited time and energy on.
For scissors, my answer to “Where would I look for this first?” is the nearest possible drawer. I keep scissors multiple drawers in almost every room. I did this to avoid the problem of forgetting to put them away in only one spot when I finished using them. (Same with pens/pencils). I make sure to keep the drawers declutterred enough to fit a pair of scissors and a pen or pencil.
Thank you for this series! I have been very motivated to address multiple areas in my home including my craft room, which I have been very resistant to letting things go. I am more open now to think first of what I want to specialize on…. what I want to craft with going forward. I want to go back to my scrapbooking and card making roots. So I’m looking at my endless supplies with new eyes and plan to donate many technique supplies that I don’t plan to use going forward. I look forward to my goals being more accessible and actually knowing WHAT I have for a change! Thanks again for this collaboration and all the similar videos being posted lately on the One Hour Better concept!
So i did my bedroom closet. That had created a couple of empty shelves! So then i put small bins of “to finish” crafts on those shelves, which cleared the space under my craft desk! It feels amazing
I belong to 2 book arts guilds. At our monthly meetings we have a free table. It’s easier to let go of stuff knowing that someone else will use it. Dana, I’m addicted to your videos right now. And you should see how amazing my studio looks now! Thanks.
I just recently went through my digitals on my computer and got them really organized. I already had them named by the maker, but then I added to the name and put florals or grungy or forest animals, whatever, so it’d be even faster to look through them. I have a separate folder that’s just for Christmas with all the different shops in it and another one just for Halloween with all the different ones under it because those are my two main holidays that I make journals for. Also, when I’m going to make a journal, I sit down at my laptop and find whatever that will go with whatever theme that I have in my mind and only print those out. I don’t print out a whole kit when I buy it, that way I don’t have a lot of leftover digital bits and whatever is left over I send it along to the buyer with my journal.
Ok considering my entire craft space looks like a store room and I am rearranging it my steps are a bit out of order I still see how Dana’ steps will help me declutter and organize my things. Thank you so much for hosting this collaboration that I named “Challenge!”❤
The ongoing motivation is wonderful! My craft room is a work in progress and with Dana's no mess declutter method, getting my craft room the way I've always wanted it no longer feels like an overwhelming, impossible task. Inspired in Week#3, thank you Dana and Cara.
I love the finish projects is decluttering mindset. I do have a mindset I need help or thoughts on though. I am working through, floor, table etc along with this challenge. While I understand “finishing” a project counts as decluttering when can we start new projects? When it’s “perfect”? I’d like to start some new craft projects but I feel like I shouldn’t as craft room has shelves or containers that I should declutter first. 🤷♀️🤷♀️😞
Really good practical, real life questions asked (thank you), and answers! I appreciate how Dana directly answers questions so well, as opposed to "canned", general fluff answers. Very helpful ladies. ☆
This is a great series !! And maybe a collaboration that can be done yearly 😅 love Dana’s advice and Cara is a great journalist 😂 asking all the right questions junk journalers have to know the answers too!!
Thank you for this series Cara & Dana! I've really come to think about what I want to do going forward. I've been a crafter for years (ok, decades😂) & have a son in theater so it was always great to have lots of "stuff" to create last minute props with. Now I want to focus more on making journals so it's a shift for my brain to say. Yes this useful, but it's not fitting with what I want now. My craft space is so much more inviting and I'm only about a quarter of the way finished. I'm seeing everything I have and able to make those wonderful creative connections without so much "static" in the way. 🥰♥️
I cleaned out a filing cabinet drawer where I keep my coffee dyed things and colored papers the other day and I kept telling myself take it there now. I have hanging file folders of coffee died 8 1/2 x 11, coffee dyed cardstock, coffee dyed 9 x 12, coffee dyed envelopes, etc. I came across some doilies mixed in with other things. I think they were sent to me in a pack of coffee dyed papers and I put them on my desk and I thought I have doilies in a different place then I said NO, take it there now and I did. 😂
Third prompt and I still haven't finished 1st one Very motivated today, catching up on videos. My granddaughter and her parents are coming to do Christmas Sunday. ( Late. They were out of town). Last time they were here, they helped empty the room for the new floor to be installed That was 2 days before Thanksgiving. I have almost finished getting my late Mother-in-laws house ready to rent- major project progress Now I have to finish wrapping their gifts and get home not looking like total chaos. Busy while I watch and work. Making progress. Finishing the project was my motivation from Cara's ah-ha moment.
Great informative video 🥰 when I buy a paperpad, that has 4 of the same designs, I donated some of it, because I know I won't use it all. I hope it makes sense 😊 ❤️ thanks for sharing and happy decluttering Hugs xx
I just bought a paper pad, so I took out all the pages I could use for my current project, and I will give the rest to my friend -we are doing a collaborative journal thingy . We always swap what we buy or find, it is so much fun! But I have been regularly looking at shelves/boxes, and seeing what can be jettisoned from that. She has got her shed in a total mess, and I am actually looking forward to helping her “Dana-fy” the space. At some point!
I was one of the people (a person) who brought up deleting digitals and it was exactly what you talked about,Cara, I had piles and boxes of old leftover digitals that were literally years old that I had not used. Digitals are precious and being able to trash some of them is empowering for me
I would never delete them, in fact I have them backed up so I don’t lose them. But over the last 4 or 5 years I’ve printed out stacks and stacks of things that I may never get to use. I have given a few of sheets away but I now feel I can give myself permission to throw some of them away
Practical advice. For me, I am blessed to receive digital files weekly with a creator. I download only what I know I will use and is my style. I also put them into files by creator and rename the kits for seasonal journaling or type of ephemera. If it’s a kit I download and print all I want and decide on the project. I’m making more and enjoying my hobby more now.
If you have time, I recommend letting things go as you pack. Putting trash in garbage bags and obvious donations in donatable bags will mean you're boxing up, hauling, and unpacking less. 😉
Cara, I found you from Dawn @4GraceCreations and Darcy and I just want to say how inspiring and uplifting this series is for me! I’ve decluttered and moved all my things around in my craft room! I’m ready to purge! I understand the freedom that you and Dana discussed today and I’m working toward it! I’m hoping I can apply these skills to my clothes and my shoes in the closets! lol notice I said closets with an s! Thanks so much for sharing your journey! 😘 Trish
I am not home to do my craft room so i have been working on organizing my digital files. i have been tagging them by creator, color, theme, holiday, season etc. i want to be able to search by how i might recall them.
So switching to the no mess method. The pull it out/put everything back method really isn't working for me. Very little leaves and my storage is at maximum
I have to admit, I am still very overwhelmed 😂. I am trying to find the best way to store various items, but I have a bunch of storage containers but nothing really works. I’ve watched a lot of other people and how they store craft items, but I once I start to pull it all together, I realize, well I don’t have the same amount as this person did or I don’t have the room for that type of storage etc. There are so many variables. What I end up with is a whole other pile of potential storage containers 😂 none of which seems to be working. Most have to do with space. Anyway, I guess like Cori said, I will have to just keep trying. Meanwhile, things are getting more piled up and it’s becoming very expensive.😂 I am trying to stop on the excuses, but there sure seem to be many of them! I think I’m just a mess 🤣 Regardless, I will not give up! And clutter will not win! Love and light ❤🤗
I have a pile of empty containers that I have been swapping things in and out of while I figure things out. A lot of the empty containers are from consolidating items and from donating. I found the perfect containers at Dollar tree for my ribbon but they are out of stock everywhere. So for now I have the 2 containers holding 2 colors of ribbon until they are back in stock 🤞. The struggle is real! You’ve got this :)
5 minutes? Maybe 30 is more like it. But I have just waaay too long in my studio this morning, didn’t look at the time, and now am paying for it with an aching back and lots of fatigue. You would think that at 72, I would have learned that hard lesson by now!
Gayle Goddard at Clutter Fairy in Houston has a great webcast on this topic from 2020. I found her perspective really helpful. ruclips.net/video/SP1Rcr_n22M/видео.htmlsi=FStk-wqsmlnmhMR7
I think 5 minutes to clean up is unrealistic for most junk journal makers or mixed media artists. I think each maker should set their average cleanup time and be consistent with that, whether it be 5, 15, or even 30 minutes.
The 5 minutes is a good gauge for knowing if a space is "under control". After spending the last couple of years working on decluttering my home, it is simplified to the point that I can do a "5-minute pick-up" before bed & it's ready for the next day. A general rule is: (Dana's right! If an area (closet, kitchen, car, garage, craft room, purse) is consistently out of control/messy....there's too much stuff in it. I have found this to be true about all areas I've had issues with! 😊
I've been going through my craft room with this method. I was clearing out some tote bags that ended up in the room that didn't belong there. I went downstairs to put them in the box they belong in and found others laying on the floor. I put them all away at the same time and underneath those found some missing blankets that belonged to my daughter. She was so excited to get her blankets back! She took them to her house so they left mine! So the tote bags were cleaned up in 2 spaces, plus was able to remove 3 blankets that didn't even belong to me! All because of the Take it There Now step!
Take it There Now is so awesome.
I'm in the process of prioritizing which crafts(& the supplies needed for it) I will actually do & letting go of the "maybe-one-day" ones!! 😘❤
I need to do this, but it is sooo hard my fantasy self has sooo many things she wants to do.
I've really enjoyed these prompts. While I watched the "Clear the Floor" prompt, I was able to get the last few items off my craft/dining room floor. I still have two big totes that are holding me back. One is full of my mom's pure wool yarn stash (I hope to knit this yarn into a sweater ... or five!), and the other is full of my kids' special children's books. I can't think where to put them, and I can't bear to part with them. No matter what question I ask myself, I still can't make a decision. But the rest of the floor is clear!
I keep a notebook where I write where I've moved things to. It has saved my tail many times.
I wish I had done that earlier this year. We majorly moved around my room early last year and now I can't find anything.
I think the frustrating thing for me with the limits of the container method is that I truly did not know how to make the decisions involved. It is obvious that space is finite, but the actual decision making process was difficult until I came to understand what I do, what I want to do, what I will do with the items that I have. I think, for junk journalers, it has to be MORE than seeing the possibilities of what we can do with all these items - ALL the journals we could possibly make. Before we make the decision of what to declutter - what to donate- our brain has to decide what we actually want to do. What journals we want to make and then we can decide which of the things will facilitate doing that! Then we can take the step of deciding if something that is trash IS actually trash, which of the things to give away or donate and then follow the process from there. But until our brain accepts a limit - that we cannot save everything - decluttering is impossible. I think most of us want to save everything and we’re not yet at a place where we can accept that the container is the boundary. Learning how to figure out what we want to begin with is really the beginning. I think it’s a mental thing. I can’t figure out how to explain it, but until my brain knew what I wanted to do as a junk journaler - which journals I actually wanted to make (out of all the possibilities) - I could not decide which items I could declutter. Once I knew that I wanted to make vintage journals, I could actually move out the things that wouldn’t fit that style and I no longer buy or collect items that don’t fit a vintage style. It’s definitely a limiting decision, but it’s a limit my brain understands and accepts. AND I can move on to make the subsequent decisions. I hope that helps somebody who may read this comment.
One thing that Natasa at Treasure books said that resonated with me is that there will always be more. Don't feel the pressure to keep or buy everything, because there will always be more. It may not be the exact same thing but there will be more of something.
@PatWalden yes! I think that’s true. I think we over collect, thinking of the future and what may not be available. A fear of scarcity drives so many of us, and a lack of confidence in our own creativity with what might be available.
Wow I think you nailed it too here !! Totally makes sense !! And yes there will always be more stuff to accumulate as well. I have a storage bin full of recycled things (cardboard, bags, cereal boxes etc …that my husband packed up and stored it)…I told him the other day; need to take out that bin and put it all out for recycling (there’s so much and I’ve since collected)…I committed to a container in my cube system for that type of stuff and it’s almost at capacity. So that extra bin can go !
Yes! I'm relying on the other versions of me in the multiverse to do those other things, live those other possibilities, make those other projects. *This* version of me has limited time and energy to focus on the things that *I* most want to do. That makes it a lot easier to let go of the supplies for those other projects or hobbies.
@@theserendipitouscrafter3532 Yay! I’m glad you’ve reached an understanding of what you don’t need. That’s a huge step. Congratulations!
I have no problem decluttering most of my house, but I have a much harder time clearing out my craft room. Every item in my craft room was saved or bought because it can be used for some project or other. I can think of a purpose for everything. I got rid of a bunch of stuff related to crafts that I’m no longer interested in, and I still have too much stuff. I have to be realistic about how many projects I’ll actually be able to complete in my lifetime. In the last, I thought the solution was to buy more storage containers. Thanks to Dana’s container concept, I now know I can’t keep trying to organize before I declutter. I am loving following along with this craft room challenge.
My new insight is to prioritize even the things I still want to do. Right now, I'm letting go of the things that are low or medium-low priority.
As I age, I'll start letting go of medium priority items, then medoum-high ones. Eventually, I'll only be left with the highest-priority projects to focus my limited time and energy on.
Deciding what will fit in the container has been a difficult thing for me too. I think we can, I think we can
For scissors, my answer to “Where would I look for this first?” is the nearest possible drawer. I keep scissors multiple drawers in almost every room. I did this to avoid the problem of forgetting to put them away in only one spot when I finished using them. (Same with pens/pencils). I make sure to keep the drawers declutterred enough to fit a pair of scissors and a pen or pencil.
I have scissors in several places too :) on purpose.
I am also a former art teacher and suffer from seeing potential in every-freaking-thing. I related so much to the mouse costume story.
Yay!
Thank you for this series! I have been very motivated to address multiple areas in my home including my craft room, which I have been very resistant to letting things go. I am more open now to think first of what I want to specialize on…. what I want to craft with going forward. I want to go back to my scrapbooking and card making roots. So I’m looking at my endless supplies with new eyes and plan to donate many technique supplies that I don’t plan to use going forward. I look forward to my goals being more accessible and actually knowing WHAT I have for a change! Thanks again for this collaboration and all the similar videos being posted lately on the One Hour Better concept!
So i did my bedroom closet. That had created a couple of empty shelves! So then i put small bins of “to finish” crafts on those shelves, which cleared the space under my craft desk! It feels amazing
This is so awesome to have a dedicated craftroom decluttering series with Dana and Cara
We should do this yearly!!
I belong to 2 book arts guilds. At our monthly meetings we have a free table. It’s easier to let go of stuff knowing that someone else will use it. Dana, I’m addicted to your videos right now. And you should see how amazing my studio looks now! Thanks.
Great tips!
Loving this series! It has been so helpful!
I’m so glad to hear it’s helpful!
I just recently went through my digitals on my computer and got them really organized. I already had them named by the maker, but then I added to the name and put florals or grungy or forest animals, whatever, so it’d be even faster to look through them. I have a separate folder that’s just for Christmas with all the different shops in it and another one just for Halloween with all the different ones under it because those are my two main holidays that I make journals for. Also, when I’m going to make a journal, I sit down at my laptop and find whatever that will go with whatever theme that I have in my mind and only print those out. I don’t print out a whole kit when I buy it, that way I don’t have a lot of leftover digital bits and whatever is left over I send it along to the buyer with my journal.
Ok considering my entire craft space looks like a store room and I am rearranging it my steps are a bit out of order I still see how Dana’ steps will help me declutter and organize my things. Thank you so much for hosting this collaboration that I named “Challenge!”❤
Yay! I am so glad you joining in, you are making progress ! ❤️
The ongoing motivation is wonderful! My craft room is a work in progress and with Dana's no mess declutter method, getting my craft room the way I've always wanted it no longer feels like an overwhelming, impossible task. Inspired in Week#3, thank you Dana and Cara.
Yay! You have a great space !
I love the finish projects is decluttering mindset. I do have a mindset I need help or thoughts on though. I am working through, floor, table etc along with this challenge. While I understand “finishing” a project counts as decluttering when can we start new projects? When it’s “perfect”? I’d like to start some new craft projects but I feel like I shouldn’t as craft room has shelves or containers that I should declutter first. 🤷♀️🤷♀️😞
"Where would I look for it first?" Is great!! Really helpful to me.
Really good practical, real life questions asked (thank you), and answers! I appreciate how Dana directly answers questions so well, as opposed to "canned", general fluff answers. Very helpful ladies. ☆
I agree !! She is awesome 🤩
I can't let go of anything....LOL
This is a great series !! And maybe a collaboration that can be done yearly 😅 love Dana’s advice and Cara is a great journalist 😂 asking all the right questions junk journalers have to know the answers too!!
I am following along a my craft room is looking better every week!
So great!🎉🎉
Thank you for this series Cara & Dana! I've really come to think about what I want to do going forward. I've been a crafter for years (ok, decades😂) & have a son in theater so it was always great to have lots of "stuff" to create last minute props with. Now I want to focus more on making journals so it's a shift for my brain to say. Yes this useful, but it's not fitting with what I want now. My craft space is so much more inviting and I'm only about a quarter of the way finished. I'm seeing everything I have and able to make those wonderful creative connections without so much "static" in the way. 🥰♥️
Yay!! I love this ! I bet you also had “mouse fur” just in case :)
I cleaned out a filing cabinet drawer where I keep my coffee dyed things and colored papers the other day and I kept telling myself take it there now. I have hanging file folders of coffee died 8 1/2 x 11, coffee dyed cardstock, coffee dyed 9 x 12, coffee dyed envelopes, etc. I came across some doilies mixed in with other things. I think they were sent to me in a pack of coffee dyed papers and I put them on my desk and I thought I have doilies in a different place then I said NO, take it there now and I did. 😂
Third prompt and I still haven't finished 1st one
Very motivated today, catching up on videos. My granddaughter and her parents are coming to do Christmas Sunday. ( Late. They were out of town). Last time they were here, they helped empty the room for the new floor to be installed
That was 2 days before Thanksgiving. I have almost finished getting my late Mother-in-laws house ready to rent- major project progress
Now I have to finish wrapping their gifts and get home not looking like total chaos. Busy while I watch and work. Making progress. Finishing the project was my motivation from Cara's ah-ha moment.
@peggylenegar5462 with decluttering I've heard you are never behind, just start where you are and whatever you accomplish was more than before :)
I’ve really been enjoying this series. 😊❤
Yay!
Bless you a trillion times for speaking out re; container/mouse fur.Thats is how it all begins and ends boo hoo hooray to both you wonderful ladies.
lol yes … it does .. and then it becomes out of control, fast.
Great informative video 🥰 when I buy a paperpad, that has 4 of the same designs, I donated some of it, because I know I won't use it all. I hope it makes sense 😊 ❤️ thanks for sharing and happy decluttering Hugs xx
I just bought a paper pad, so I took out all the pages I could use for my current project, and I will give the rest to my friend -we are doing a collaborative journal thingy . We always swap what we buy or find, it is so much fun! But I have been regularly looking at shelves/boxes, and seeing what can be jettisoned from that. She has got her shed in a total mess, and I am actually looking forward to helping her “Dana-fy” the space. At some point!
That’s a great idea !
I was one of the people (a person) who brought up deleting digitals and it was exactly what you talked about,Cara, I had piles and boxes of old leftover digitals that were literally years old that I had not used. Digitals are precious and being able to trash some of them is empowering for me
@@dakielty don’t delete them. The beauty of a digital is you can print it again later. Donate, recycle the prints. 😊
I would never delete them, in fact I have them backed up so I don’t lose them. But over the last 4 or 5 years I’ve printed out stacks and stacks of things that I may never get to use. I have given a few of sheets away but I now feel I can give myself permission to throw some of them away
My biggest problem I have, not have enough storage. Let's go for it.
Yeah that is difficult. I was using a broken dresser in my closet and it was really frustrating.
Practical advice. For me, I am blessed to receive digital files weekly with a creator. I download only what I know I will use and is my style. I also put them into files by creator and rename the kits for seasonal journaling or type of ephemera. If it’s a kit I download and print all I want and decide on the project. I’m making more and enjoying my hobby more now.
That is fantastic!
I have not started yet but I'm moving to my own place and then the purging begins love your ideas.
If you have time, I recommend letting things go as you pack. Putting trash in garbage bags and obvious donations in donatable bags will mean you're boxing up, hauling, and unpacking less. 😉
Suggestion: purge first! You don't want to move anything you don't love or find immediately useful!
@@persephonebasilissa5109 thanks for the help
@@willenamoye thanks
Buy Nothing Group/Freecycle. Is what I think Cara was mentioning.
Yes.. that’s what I was trying to say lol
Love your communication, Dana! Expressive, clear and engaging 😍 Please keep it up.
Cara, I found you from Dawn @4GraceCreations and Darcy and I just want to say how inspiring and uplifting this series is for me! I’ve decluttered and moved all my things around in my craft room! I’m ready to purge! I understand the freedom that you and Dana discussed today and I’m working toward it! I’m hoping I can apply these skills to my clothes and my shoes in the closets! lol notice I said closets with an s! Thanks so much for sharing your journey! 😘 Trish
Great video Cara and Dana!!!
I am not home to do my craft room so i have been working on organizing my digital files. i have been tagging them by creator, color, theme, holiday, season etc. i want to be able to search by how i might recall them.
I have a tendency to try to add more space. As if I can keep everything.
Thank you for this genius collab! I just found three bottles of ink I love that I forgot I had.
Yay!! That’s awesome ! Finding forgotten treasures is the best!
So switching to the no mess method. The pull it out/put everything back method really isn't working for me. Very little leaves and my storage is at maximum
I'm really enjoying this series and it's helping me look at my storage in a new way.
Yay! I am so glad
I have to admit, I am still very overwhelmed 😂. I am trying to find the best way to store various items, but I have a bunch of storage containers but nothing really works. I’ve watched a lot of other people and how they store craft items, but I once I start to pull it all together, I realize, well I don’t have the same amount as this person did or I don’t have the room for that type of storage etc. There are so many variables. What I end up with is a whole other pile of potential storage containers 😂 none of which seems to be working. Most have to do with space. Anyway, I guess like Cori said, I will have to just keep trying. Meanwhile, things are getting more piled up and it’s becoming very expensive.😂 I am trying to stop on the excuses, but there sure seem to be many of them! I think I’m just a mess 🤣 Regardless, I will not give up! And clutter will not win! Love and light ❤🤗
I have a pile of empty containers that I have been swapping things in and out of while I figure things out. A lot of the empty containers are from consolidating items and from donating. I found the perfect containers at Dollar tree for my ribbon but they are out of stock everywhere. So for now I have the 2 containers holding 2 colors of ribbon until they are back in stock 🤞. The struggle is real!
You’ve got this :)
another great session thanks!
It’s your stuff. You decide what to part or not part with. However, she’s right. You can’t keep everything. Something has to give.
5 minutes? Maybe 30 is more like it. But I have just waaay too long in my studio this morning, didn’t look at the time, and now am paying for it with an aching back and lots of fatigue. You would think that at 72, I would have learned that hard lesson by now!
Uh oh, warm up the heating pad, and a cup of tea. Big hugs. Here’s to a happy crafting space.
Now you have a good excuse to rest without guilty feelings.
Amour Fabriques didn’t have a video yesterday did she??
No, I changed the calendar and posted DearJulieJulie’s video
@ where is the new calendar
Gayle Goddard at Clutter Fairy in Houston has a great webcast on this topic from 2020. I found her perspective really helpful. ruclips.net/video/SP1Rcr_n22M/видео.htmlsi=FStk-wqsmlnmhMR7
I think 5 minutes to clean up is unrealistic for most junk journal makers or mixed media artists. I think each maker should set their average cleanup time and be consistent with that, whether it be 5, 15, or even 30 minutes.
The 5 minutes is a good gauge for knowing if a space is "under control". After spending the last couple of years working on decluttering my home, it is simplified to the point that I can do a "5-minute pick-up" before bed & it's ready for the next day. A general rule is: (Dana's right! If an area (closet, kitchen, car, garage, craft room, purse) is consistently out of control/messy....there's too much stuff in it. I have found this to be true about all areas I've had issues with! 😊