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I had to share..I am reorganizing my craft room and cleaning my basement.
I had a 2 gallon ziplock filled to the brim. I threw it away...I even put coffee grounds on it to insure I wouldn't retrieve it. I have out grown: my area and really need to purge. This was a big step for me.
__________________ Bev
Organized People are just too lazy to hunt for things!!!
Good for you, it feels so good, doesn't it a note for future though, take your scraps to the craft centre in your nearest kindergarten or preschool. The little crafters love to clue pretty things!
For years I have given my scraps away to a day care near my work and to a senior group in my town. I also have given them to the art teacher at the elementary school near my home. I guess I'm not the only one with tons of scraps ( the big bag is the least of it)
No one really wanted them and I was hanging on to it to give later when they were more receptive. I decided that it was time for the to go.
__________________ Bev
Organized People are just too lazy to hunt for things!!!
If I were to take my scraps and put them all in one bag...well...I think they wouldn't quite fit in a quart freezer bag. Does that mean I don't have a "keep-the-scraps" addiction? ;)
Every time I open a new pack of paper, I throw away the scraps from the previous pack of paper. This helps keep the folders a manageable size - otherwise all the scraps collect at the bottom and the bottoms bulge and bulge... (I have hanging folders)
I keep my scraps with my full sheets and see if I can use them up before I cut into a full sheet. I noticed since I started keeping them together I have a ton less scraps. And I don't keep anything smaller then about a 3x3.
HAHA! Bravo - especially on the coffee grounds! I've been purging for 12 hours today - having a sale this weekend - so I feel your pain. I'm trying to go nuclear on the stash!
Tossed my entire big box of scraps into the recycle bin. Now there are a few pieces of current colors in it and I find I actually use them, much easier to see and use.
Mary Beth
Scraps bigger than an inch I keep. I also keep my scrap pieces with the full sheets of the same color. I use page protectors to keep them in. I find that I'm using far more of my scraps since I started keeping them with my full sheets.
As I've been purging my crafts supplies (on a really large scale), I did find a stash of LONG retired SU CS that I'm donating to my local rec center.
I have also decided that from here on out when i get to a certain amount of little scrap pieces I'm going to use them to make recycled card stock. I've been looking for a blender at thrift stores that i can use to make the paper pulp. It's typically too coarse to stamp on but works great for backgrounds.
__________________ Shellie G
Aspire to be a better person than you were yesterday
Well Done! I have found that unless it is a sizable piece of card stock, i.e. 4x4 or bigger and I don't use it immediately it will never get used...out it goes, I just do not have the time or brain capacity to store and hoard small pieces I will not use...when I have boxes upon boxes of uncut card stock.
I agree...it takes a lot of courage to dump coffee grinds on the paper to keep yourself from retrieving it. I have actually found some great inspiration on Pinterest for using scraps on cards....so, I guess I will continue to be hoarder!! LOL!!!
When I first started stamping about 14 years ago, my husband must have wandered around Michael's at Christmas looking for stocking stuffers for me. He was so pleased with himself when I reached into my stocking and pulled out.......a cellophane bag of scraps! Yep, scraps. I know all of you ladies are probably so jealous of me right now.
If you ever wondered who would actually PURCHASE scraps, well that would be Charlie, my husband.
__________________ Work is for people who don't know how to stamp.
we refloored the entire house last Sept and it was like moving. I threw out bags of scraps and a lot of other stuff and have not missed any of it so good for you!
Blessings
I cut mine into the sizes that I use most for PL and photo mats. Then I use my punches on the smaller pieces. I keep the punched shapes right on my desk and end up using them up this way.
__________________ "If you always do what interests you at least one person is pleased." -Katharine Hepburn
I try not to keep scraps under 3" but sometimes when I'm in a rush I'll just toss everything in it's applicable drawer (I store scraps in drawers). When the drawer starts to fill up I start tossing the small pieces because it seems they are just a little to small for what I want.
I just re-read Valerie Cathleen's post LOL. When my husband and I were first married we went to the hardware store and bought a bag of Rags...We only had brand new towels...
I am now the proud owner of a very large rubbermaid tub of rags ( 40 years worth of old towels diapers etc) Whem my kids were setting up households I made sure they were gifted with a large bag of rags LOL. I also took some to the Salvation Army..They told me they would accept them as long as I specafied that it was a bag of rags. I guess they get contractors coming in to buy old Clothes ect for rags. Hmmmm I wonder if they would take paper scraps?
__________________ Bev
Organized People are just too lazy to hunt for things!!!
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I destashed & sold a lot of my Project life stuff last month and made back almost $200 which was then used to buy card making stuff. I have decided I am going to destash abou every 2-3 months, I really end up with stuff I forgot I had or stuff I know I am not gonna use. As for the paper scraps, I haven't worked on that yet, I was actually thinking about it yesterday. I just don't like throwing my pretty paper away! (I know I am not the only one right?)
Threw away a huge bag of scraps
