stash busting - I will use my mountains b4 buying more!

CEW

Hi Craftingmad

I too have a large stash of craft supplies, although not quite on your scale.....Yet :rotfl:

I have to admit that I have not actually made anything for quite some time due to lack of time and space to craft. Hopefully this will all change now as my step daughter moved out recently leaving us with a spare room.

I will aim to make at least 50 items before buying any new stock.

My first items should be made over the weekend as I have a project in mind which is to make a little 'pillow box' to put some sweets in as small Christmas presents for family and friends.

Although I won' buy any crafting supplies I will need to buy the sweets and I am adding to my stocks by collecting all the empty toilet roll tubes from work to make the boxes. Hope this is okay.

Good luck everyone

Chez x

BlueDaisy

Can I join please? Target 50 items

moments_of_sanity

craftingmad wrote: »

3 Friendship Teabags (again made using items from my scrap box)x

What are friendship tea bags, these sound very interesting?

craftingmad

Welcome CEW and BlueDaisy - it's great to have you on board - happy crafting xx

Having to buy things like sweets to finish a project is perfectly acceptable in my eyes CEW as is getting crafting stash for free (I've seen the toilet roll pillow boxes and long admired them but just not got round to making any yet - please post pictures once they are finished so we can all admire and be inspired xxx

craftingmad

moments_of_sanity wrote: »

What are friendship tea bags, these sound very interesting?

Friendship teabags are basically just a tea bag packaged prettily (there are all sorts of ideas on the internet) with a little poem which basically reads something like "I wish we could sit down together and have a cup of tea, but as we can't have this and as you drink it think of me".

Hopefully I will get round to posting pics of my version soon x

emslovesmickey

I'm in the middle of my first item now, started it two months ago but,as it isn't finished, i will count it when it is done. It's a large cross stitch, and i just have the back stitch to do now. I wish i'd started this last week when i decorated 15 gift bags, did a decorative birdhouse, a die cut lamp shade and some image transfer coasters!

Some INS today, but i've allowed for these, as it's my craft subscription box. I won't post the contents in case anybody else subscribes and hasn't received theirs yet, but i'm very pleased with the contents.

BlueDaisy

Macma I like the sound of a Facebook group to help destash, might have to go looking for that :-)
I used to be self-employed selling handmade jewellery through craft fairs and the like, and selling beads on Ebay but now I'm working full time and need to motivate myself to make some stuff but also need to just get rid of stuff (I've got a lot of stuff) :rotfl:

I don't really have a lot of spare time so my target of 50 pieces might be a bit of a challenge... but that's what life's for, isn't it?

Scrapmate

Well I did think this was a great idea when I read it yesterday morning but then in the afternoon I saw that there were some stamps I liked on special offer so... just under £20 later...
I have been on a craft stuff diet for the past year - avoided going to the ally pally craft show and have asked myself if I really needed something before I bought it - many times I've had a look and decided I already have a stamp that's fairly similar or I could do something adapting what I have. I find challenges really useful to do as you tend to dig out old stuff you haven't used in a while. I'm currently coming to the end of a dictionary challenge where we have been given a letter every fortnight and we have to do something using our chosen word beginning with that letter. I'm doing it straight into a dictionary I picked up in a charity shop but others are doing journals, ATCs and someone is even doing a mixed media printer tray. Sorry I appear to have hijacked your thread but I just wanted to say I will be watching this with interest and good luck to you all.

susan42

Crafting mad - you made me chuckle 500 things by Xmas to buy some more stash ... If you do we have to set new targets in the new year lol

I made a Christmas card yesterday. I know one card don't sound a lot but I have a free day today so I'm going to craft :-) see if I can make a dent in my 500 things. I'll take pics later and blog them .. Fingers crossed

Hi scrap mate sounds intriguing straight into a dictionary.

*Jellie*

Hi!
I need to get back on track financially and hopefully joining here will help! There are 3 things it will help me achieve
1. Stop crafty spending
2. Get back to regularly making things every day if I can
3. Clear some space

I'll go for 500 makes- in the past my maximum rate for new makes was 1 a day so even if I get back to that I'm expecting this challenge to last over a year!
That means I'll have to make an exception of buying new glue when I need it!
Although I don't buy from the channel that should not be named I do watch it most days for inspiration. I might have to stop that as inspiration seems to lead to new stash!!
This is going to be a major challenge for me so I'll need support to stay on the wagon! :money: