Imagination in Other Crafts

I have two book cases full of jars and other containers filled with beads of different kinds, mostly glass ranging from #9 seed beads to crow beads that I use in my Native American crafts. I also will buy, trade or other wise become in possession of other objects that I might not have a use for now but in the future will come in handy for some of the crafts. I had purchased some unusual beads a couple of years ago and now I find them useful in crafts such as necklaces or dream catchers. So my craft room is getting so that I have to move things off of the table and onto the floor so that i can work on the table.

I do that with other stuff, but never with my craft stuff! I have 8 bins and miscellaneous baskets, boxes and bags full of buttons, trim, material, beads, etc., that I have collected to make dolls or decorate my own clothes with - whatever. It doesn't matter if I remember one specific thing I was going to do with something or not, everything that I have saved can be used for this or that or some other thing. I have a bunch of old wooden spools that had thread on them. I don't know what I'll do with them, but if I think of something I will still have them, hehehe.

Yes, yes and no. I save some strange things at times. I have a cone that yarn came on that I saved to make a miniature Christmas tree. It's been in the box for at least three Christmases, but if I throw it out, there will be something I really need it for. I have an old bookcase filled with yarn boxes of threads, knitting needles, embroidery hoops, etc. AND kits, patterns and projects that I planned so long ago I'm not sure how to even start them now.

i make a plethora of things from jewellry to cards to collages to weaving and crocheting, so i keep a ton of stuff but have my area fairly neat and tidy. the problem for me is, sometimes i misplace what i wanted to use at the time.

I don't throw them out, I put them in a box and store them.

My little corner has turned into a craft room. I gave up one of my bedrooms to have all my stamping, scrapping and painting things in...and I have a ton of it. My DIL was over one day and we were working on a project and needed something though...and I walked into the room and brought it out...she said..that's why you keep everything! So I am like you in many ways...I have stuff I can't remember what I was going to use it for but eventually I do find a purpose for them.

To answer your questions in order...Yes, Yes, and No/sometimes I never even had a plan for what I would use it for. I have so much "stuff"... little odds and ends, a few jars containing small quantities of beads that I'll probably never use in my crafts, less than half a skein of several colors of yarns, pieces of jewelry that I bought at yard sales, to re-work into new pieces, and the list of these odds and ends goes on and on. (maybe one day I'll pull it all out, just to remind myself of the "stuff" I have, in case I can use some of it one day) I do donate some of the supplies I've collected over the years to women's clubs, & my son's kindergarten class (when they needed crafty-type items for their classroom projects ) And yes, it does make me want to scream when I have given something away that I could have used in a craft a month or two later...what's even worse, is buying an item to finish a craft and then remembering that I had something tucked away in the closet that I could have used. Urrrrg!

LOL, well I actually use to be very guilty in this before I had kids....ironic I know... but we had a 2 bedroom apt and it was just hubby and I. I would go to flea markets, and yard sales and think oh I could put this with that and so on...next thing I knew, over a couple years I never did any of the projects and had a room full of things...when we moved most of it got trashed and my hubby will remind me of that and I tend to not buy much anymore....LOL