#30days Home Organisation Challenge
DAY 24: No matter how much space you have to store your craft supplies, at some point, it will run out. Every craft supply you own should hold some sort of meaning, value, or use to you... if it doesn’t, it’s time to make some space! Decluttering your craft supply is challenging, as we may have been holding onto a few of those items for quite some time. And as crafters, you never know when that extra piece of paper or a scrap of fabric can come in handy, right? All those little scraps add up, and eventually, become more of a burden than a help. Let’s get decluttering!
JOURNAL:
Write a list of things you are most proud of.
TASK:
Declutter Your Craft Supplies
HOW TO DECLUTTER YOUR CRAFT SUPPLIES
1. Lay out your craft supplies and gather them all together in one place. If you’ve got craft supplies spread throughout various rooms of your house, bring them all together so you can see everything at once.
2. Sort through your supplies and group like items together. Fabric and sewing supplies in one area, paints and brushes in another, scrapbook supplies in another, etc. Keep going until all of your craft supplies have been categorised in groups.
3. Sort through your supply with an eagle eye and ask yourself these questions:
*Will I actually use this item for crafting in the near future?
*Does this item hold significant value to me, or have I just been holding onto it for no reason?
*Is this item in usable condition?
*Is this a craft that I am still interested in and enjoy doing?
*Do I have the right amount of this item, or are there duplicates and more than I’ll ever use?
If you answered yes to the questions above, then keep the item. If not, then put it in a discard pile and move on to the next item.
4. Find new homes for the rest of the supplies that are unworthy of your craft space!
Sell or Donate them. If you have craft supplies that are still new or in good condition and worth a little money, sell them! If you have some usable supplies that you can’t or don’t want to sell, consider donating them. If your supplies are appropriate for kid crafts, a teacher, school, or childcare might appreciate them.
Recycle or toss them. Those tiny little scraps of paper probably won’t be of use to anyone, but they can be recycled. If you can’t recycle it, into the bin it goes!
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”