With blogland offering so many fantastic ideas to really stimulate creative expression in your OWN crafts, I've found our house overflowing before with projects in the raw, half done, or complete, and it pains me. I love almost everything I do, but I suppose like the catalog stores, we have to rotate our goods in order to keep it fresh. But what do you do with all your old projects?
I assume there are some options, but I'm really actually curious what the consensus is- Do you give them to the local thrift store? Do you sell them in a store (such as etsy, or consignment)? Do you have regular garage sales? Or, am I going to be jealous to hear that YOU really get to store everything, and continually rotate your projects back into the decor every year?
I've made a lot of fun things in the last year, but some of them just can't stay.
So, this comes up for me, because finally, I have the mental capacity back to have the desire to craft, even though physically, I'm out of energy. The same cheery yellow wreath I made back in February is still on the front door. While cleaning out the garage, I came across a stash from my last thrifting trip I took- of course all with high hopes of re-vamp. Some of it made a trip in the back of my CR-V to Goodwill. Some of it ended up in the rafters.
Either way, I can't store it all. So I need to know... What type of storage solutions, purge solutions, or otherwise do you employ to keep your house in order?
Whatever you want to get rid of, you could do a giveaway to your readers! :-). I don't have any storage solutions for you! I do however, go to a Bible study with women and every once in a while we clean out and meet and do an exchange. That is super fun too! But of course it still leaves you with stuff! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI donate to Goodwill. My space will feel cluttered with items (some crafted some thrifted) and I'll go through and gather up a box and take them back to Goodwill. I used to feel bad about getting rid of my crafted or re-purposed items, but I also can't keep everything. And it's out with the old so some new can come in. Actually knowing that I prefer things more minimal and not having space to store items prevents me from doing a lot of the amazing crafts that I see out in blogland. What a waste to keep crafting and then donating them.
ReplyDeleteI've only been doing the crafty stuff in the last year or so, but I imagine you could deconstruct some of your decorations you don't want to use anymore and put them back in with your supplies? Otherwise don't feel bad about donating to a good cause. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great question! I would love to know what storage ideas people come up with. I don't know what to do with a lot of stuff that was made up. You are so crafty, you could use them as giveaways or better yet maybe put a couple up and see if you get any buyers. Just a thought.
ReplyDeleteOh your projects are so much fun....sell them on Etsy! smiles
ReplyDeleteHmm, I must admit I do a little bit of everything that you suggested.
ReplyDeleteFor the crafted items, there are plenty of times when I finish a project and realize that even though I like it, there is something about it that just isn't me. So I put it on etsy, or give it away as a gift. Christmas is just around the corner.
For the "maybe I'll re-work this someday" thrifted items, I think that if it's been sitting in my house for more than 6 months and I haven't been inspired to do something with it yet, then I take it right back to the thrift store. At least it was a low investment, and I know that if it keeps just sitting around then I'll start to despise it b/c I see it as clutter more than anything else.
Good luck!!
Hmmm. It must be fall-cleaning time in blogland! I just went through a complete purge. I feel so much better! My biggest thing is home decor and reupholstery fabric. I am a SUCKER for having fabric all around the house! If there is a project that I have sewn and I love the fabric, but I just don't want to display it anymore, then I will fold it up and put it in my fabric bin. I have found with fabric that I almost always end up reusing it at a later time. With other things, its just a matter of rotating them. If its something that I REALLY love, but I just want a change, I just store them in a box. If its something that I just kinda-sorta-like/love then I put them in a box, and if I totally forget about what is in the box within a month or so, then it goes to Goodwill. Everything else just goes to GW. I don't have the time personally to orchestrate a garage sale...so. Those are my solutions to staying organized!
ReplyDeleteI've been wondering about this, too. I think I'm going to 1) donate, 2) have giveaways, 3) open an Etsy store.
ReplyDeleteAw, I remember many of those projects that you showed here! That's what you get for being TOO creative, I guess! ;)
ReplyDeleteI've had to store some decorative things down in our unfinished basement, and in our guest bedroom closet (because we hardly ever have guests anyway). But I'm running out of room and am going to have to weed things out when we finally get around to finishing our basement.
It's a lot of work to have a garage sale, unless you have a LOT of stuff to make it worth your while. So either donating or Etsy-ing sounds good! Or, give them away as gifts! :)