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Declutter, use or purge, Electronic swap

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Declutter, use or purge, Electronic swap
Swap Coordinator:AZmom875 (contact)
Swap categories:
Number of people in swap:5
Location:Regional - Craft hoarders only
Type:Type 1: Electronic
Last day to signup/drop:August 29, 2021
Date items must be sent by:September 2, 2021
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

Yes, this is just an electronic swap.

To participate you must declutter something, hopefully in your craft room, but a medicine cabinet or closet is fine too, ESP is you are so ding dang organized in that craft room that you don't need to declutter.

Ok you declutter one area, one box, one drawer, or whatever

Then you either use or purge an item.

YOU COMMENT IN THE SWAP area below what you decluttered and whether you found something to use or something to purge.

When the swap closes please rate your partner for their comment. Please comment when you rate, don't be a silent 5 person.

This is 2 partners. Two ratings.

My two partners will be getting an envelope of purged items, listed in the comment below, Since I didn't want more of the said items I made this swap electronic.

Clear as mud. Electronic swap to mainly encourage us to declutter.

NO that is not my craft room

Discussion

AZmom875 08/20/2021 #

Today I found an big envelope full of memo sheets or notes that were written to me. I hoarded them to save the cute images on the memo sheets. I cut all the cute useable images out and they filled 2 business sized envelopes. I am purging them. The two partners I get will each get an envelope. I didnt want MORE of these so I didnt want to do a swap where I got MORE stuff.

All aboard? I might declutter more tomorrow.

Christopherpines 08/21/2021 #

Since my girls are in high school now, I decided it was time to declutter and purge their area of the craft room. They have long been getting into my stash, and left the kiddie crafts behind. I loaded 2 huge boxes with craft kits, foam kits, felt kits, kids paints, paint cups, melty beads and forms, coloring books, crayons, tracing boards, die cuts, wood frames and shapes to paint, stickers, glitter paints, puff paints, their rubber stamps, construction paper....all of the things!!! I ended with two large boxes and I offered them for free on our local buy nothing group and gifted them to two families with kids. I will be making another box soon!

AZmom875 08/21/2021 #

Awesome @Christopherpines

Jjean 08/22/2021 #

I have been collecting "paper" for all types of journals for many years and at one time I thought I would enjoy making full size quilts and of course bought lots & lots of fabric. I am purging most of my paper and all my fabric with supplies as I don't seem to be working crafts in this area......Also sending the quilt books, I have collected. All of my unused items will go to the Hope Center (the only thrift store we have)

Rabbitfreedom 08/22/2021 #

I have spent the past 2 days organizing my "finished project" pile in order to make room on my craft table to start Halloween crafting. I came across a random box that was unlabeled and I was thrilled to find a stash of Tim Holtz idea-ology items that I bought for 40% off at Joanne's last Winter when I was out of town (we don't have a Joanne's where I live). I have been itching to create an altered book rolodex, so I started it last afternoon and just finished it now.

I also found a stack of old CD label sheets (remember those?) that haven't been used in a decade, but I was saving them to make stickers - well, I kept a few but got rid of a lot of them by taking them into work and giving them to my crafty co-workers!

AZmom875 08/23/2021 #

@Rabbitfreedom I am so thrilled to hear about your Joann's Tim Holtz find. I just love stories like that.

AZmom875 08/23/2021 #

@Jjean

I too have an excessive amount of fabric. BOXES and bins excessive, but I do seem to go to an extreme with things. Hence my craft hoarder pack rack, label.

I am hoping to create quilts again, so I am not purging that right now.

AZmom875 08/24/2021 #

Last night I went through another very large plastic shoe box. I put the note cards, with envelopes, and the stuff in the right places. I made a new category. " I just want to keep this for later". It appears that this new category might be the occupant of the once full very large plastic shoe box. It is very empty now.

BUT I found in this box the Sunflower seed packets from my daughters Wedding in March 2020. I thought I had planted those already. I put them in my desk drawer. I will plan them this SEPT

AngelOH73 08/25/2021 #

I didn't declutter craft stuff. I have crafts, but not a craft room. Do you? I decided to declutter my boys dresser and clean their room. They share a room. It took awhile to get it all done, but it looks so much better.

We took them school clothes shopping. I knew they had clothes in their dresser that have been in there for awhile, so I cleaned it out and going to donate to the salvation army. 4 bags of the kitchen size. Yes, they had alot and now they have some empty drawers. I kept procrastinating and finally got it done. I kept some clothes items that still fit them and some of the clothes that the oldest outgrew went to the youngest. Only a couple though. Most donation. You know how things end up under beds. At our house things do. There is no more.

I hope there are more of these swaps. It will help motivate me to declutter more. Like a whole room, kitchen cupboards, hutch junk drawers, kids toy box....etc. We have alot of treasures that need to be donated or junk that needs to be trashed.

Have a great rest of the week and enjoy the weekend. We are going to a birthday party Saturday.

AZmom875 08/25/2021 #

@AngelOH73

In the past there was another host a few years ago that did a declutter swap. I remember cleaning out my make up and hair products area and the hall cabinet that has the meds, the bandaides, the back up bottle of shampoo, or lotion. Often it has items that my daughter bought and then gave up on. Hard to throw it away. But eventually we did.

I will think about hosting more of the declutter stuff, since this a craft hoarder group, I might do the declutter as a public swap.

AZmom875 08/28/2021 #

Today I cleaned out my closet and my dresser drawers. I got rid of anything, that didnt make me happy, I havent worn since I obtained it, or it didnt fit right. I kept all my jeans because I didnt want to try them on. Its too hot here.

I have 2 garbage bags full of clothes and a few pillow cases. I had room in the box, that I was packing to move, so I went to clean out the linen closet.

AZmom875 08/29/2021 #

It does look like the 5 of us that are in the swap have posted about decluttering.

AZmom875 08/30/2021 #

@Christopherpines and @jjeans are the two people who get envelopes from me.

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