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Do you have too much arts and craft?



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 It’s the age old question, do you have too much arts and craft? It really depends. 

Do you have a craft room or space for your craft? Not just to showcase it but to store all the resources to make it? 

To be honest, I am in a small space. Which is completely fine. Now it’s small, it feels cluttered and it makes me feel unsure which craft to work on because there are so many on display and it all seems a bit overwhelming. 

So I have been really tough and if I am no longer interested in a certain craft, I am going to sell it, give it away or chuck it. I can’t keep it here anymore. 

Plus, I don’t mind if my space is filled with craft and lots of it, it just has to be craft I like. And I believe over the years I have accumulated all these different types of arts and crafts. 

For Christmas, I gifted myself all different types of earring making equipment, tools and the beads to decorate them with. I went on YouTube on how to make earrings and to be honest, it just feel too hard and overwhelming. Although, I’m sure those who do it often find it truly easy and to be honest I didn’t give it much a go. But I just didn’t want to do it. I don’t know if the beads I had I just didn’t really like or if I just prefer to buy earrings than make them. But yes, nearly six months on, I decided to try and sell them. I have to let it go. I don’t want to do it and seeing it makes me feel guilty and slightly embarrassed. 

I also have all these miniature houses that I built years ago. They took me a decent amount of time to make and some of them I really tried and was very patient with them, as it is very fiddly.  I originally had them on display also, but I don’t want to see them. So I have put them up for sale and if they don’t sell I will chuck them. I have put them off display in my house and have replaced them with books. 

I do like reading and I find that if I can see the books, I’m more likely to reach for it to read rather than if it was sitting in some storage, waiting for me to go over and look at it.  No thanks, that is way too much effort. 

Craft is supposed to be relaxing, fun and full of self-growth. That’s why my crocheting sits on the lounge with me. So I can literally pull it across my body to continue making my blanket. Everything I feel that is in the space needs to be easily accessible and visible.

Everything else that can’t fit in the space, needs to go. It’s obviously not important. 

The problem then begins is, if you have items to sell it could take a couple of weeks to sell, so where do you put them in the waiting zone? It really depends what works for you. I either put them in a tub or bags under the table or any clear floor or even on top of a spare table.

Also, put a timeframe on when to sell the item. For example if it doesn’t sell in three weeks, then try to give it away to a friend or to a charity and finally if you can’t, chuck it out.

But to be honest, I have a whole room of things I want to chuck. If that’s the case, you could go to your local dump or chuck out an extra rubbish bag each week (if you have room in your bin). But if you do chuck out an extra bag each week, it is frustrating because you still have a mess where you are storing the rubbish and you can’t feel that feel good feeling of space. 

In the end, you do you. If you know you will most likely never do that arts and craft again, then maybe consider moving it out of your home. Fill your home with what you love and that includes all your hobbies. Why waste precious space, with things you no longer like or enjoy? 

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