Down sizing and reorganizing

Here we go again. Down sizing and reorganizing. DH just bought me a CIS navigator and Jr. tote. My other tool box and rolling bag is just too big and so heavy I couldn't lift them anymore.
I am in the process of going thru everything I have and putting it in three piles.
1 - use it all the time
2 - use it occasionally and can do with out
3 - never use it

So far pile # 2 is winning. Although # 3 is not far behind! I am actually finding the things I use the most are very basic supplies. The rest is what I though I would really like, but.... NOT!
Some of # 2 pile may end up in storage for a while until I decide if I can really do without.

I like your list but I truely believe as soon as I get rid of something I will need it.Happens all the time. I have DGDs that are starting to scrapbook so I give things to them that way I can always borrow it back. Good Luck on your parting with stuff. You are braver then me.....

sounds like a good game plan! Good Luck!!

I need to do that but I'm afraid of throwing anything out. I do have a small plastic bag that I keep throwing things in for my dd when she gets a bit older ... but honestly, it's pretty tiny!

I vote for giving it to charity without letting it sit in your storage. If you haven't used it by now, you probably won't even miss it. And in the meantime, folks could really benefit from your generosity!

Let it go! Be free of the clutter!!
And then scrap your feeling of success!

I recently realized that my short list of tools that I use all the time has gotten even shorter. Most of what I use over and over again are the basic items I got when I first started scrapping. I could get rid of a lot of stuff and still be just as productive.

Actually I find myself more productive with the less I have. That goes for my household too.

• Grandmommy Pam Said:

Me too! I have odd dreams of only having what can fit in like one or two of these totes... And then of course albums that are finished or have photos would be separate, but actual sb supplies and tools would fit in these so I could easily pack up and go.

I have the problem of too much stuff... LOL... although I did downsize resize last month...

I find myself overwhelmed these days because I have way too much "stuff". I started scrapping a little over a year ago and thought I had to buy everthing!

I organize and purge monthly (before I buy new supplies) bc i tend to forget I already have something.

The stuff I never use I give away as RAK to people here or friends of mine. OR I do the Tuesday/Saturday trade thing in teh swap forum.

If it's nothing special i'll donate to a local school or nursing home for art rehab

I need to clean up my scrap area (because it somehow took over the top of my husband's pool table). I think I will try to use this category theme. There are tons of things I have that I never use.

On the other hand, it might be that I am so disorganized. So maybe organizing things will help me to use them!

Oh, I can justify hording way too easily!

I just had to down size due to a basement accident and the possiblility of moving in the next few months. I lost most of my paper and quiet a few embelishments and a book of Alpha letters to water damage. However now that I have cleaned up and reorganized I can use so much more cause I know where it is!!!!

Downsizing sounds like such a great idea. I wonder what I wouldn't use. Ok, there are tons of things that I have that I haven't used for a long time. And then if I get rid of them will I start looking for them again? I really do need to get downsized to using exactly what I need and/or have.

I just recently had a building built for a scraproom and a gym so I'll go with reorganizing and not downsizing.

you are so brave for downsizing!!

I've tried it many times and actually had some success once; I had many really cute 3d embellishments, stickers and chipboard die cuts that I was so sure I wouldn't use, so I gave some away but then came the time when I worked on a LO and realized I'd have had the perfect embellishment

so having said that.... I can't purge too much LOL but I hate sorting through TONS of stuff I didn't even know I had.