9.2.11

Tackling the scrap-heap...













A little scrap gatherer in the making...

Too many baskets of scraps, too many piles of paper,
too many projects and wips around here - so some
serious sorting, straightening, simplifying has to
be going on...













Which doesn´t keep me from thrifting fresh supply
for the scrap-heap...

I´m rather rapidly approaching post No. 500, can you
believe it? So it might be time for some blog reform,
too...
Anyways, there won´t be another post here this week
I guess...
Take care!


"I try to teach my heart not to want things
it can't have."

(Alice Walker, born February 9, 1944)

14 Kommentare:

Marie hat gesagt…

One can never have enough fabric "scraps"
: )

annell4 hat gesagt…

It is necessary to creativity.

deanna7trees hat gesagt…

sounds like my house--too much of everything. just love that delicate embroidery. now who could resist that?

jude hat gesagt…

500, just a beginning.

Lisa hat gesagt…

i hear you and I'm in the same boat..too many balls in the air. i wonder what happened to simplicity...it 's gotten lost in my mess!

Deborah hat gesagt…

There's always a good reason to search for more supplies! And you never know what you may find.

Cheryl Razmus hat gesagt…

It must be in the air. I just sorted out all my scraps from Jude's class. Seems like the more things I make, the more I have left.

Anonym hat gesagt…

weavers call it their stash--good luck at reducing the piles, sometimes they just get shuffled.

Joe Madl hat gesagt…

"scrap gatherer"!! yes! what an absolutely perfect naming! it sets my imagination a whirl with ideas... thank you!!

and, no, you can NEVER have too many scraps! (coming from one who is overrun by scrap monsters and still went out this afternoon and acquired more. perhaps i should see someone about this? ha!)

Anonym hat gesagt…

It's funny, I spent the whole of yesterday sorting through my scraps too, and was amazed to find so many. Your post really spoke to me today. I do want something I can't have - to move house - and I am trying to teach myself not to want it.

Anonym hat gesagt…

I'm feeling a bit out of control too. Working hard on getting things better organized this year. That's such a great quote...

gerfiles hat gesagt…

One can never have enough scraps, that´s true - but it seems to me some can get stale + have to be removed before they become a hindrance + contaminate the whole stash... - 500 just the beginning? oh my, can´t say that sounds like a promise to me, at the moment...;) - and I would like to move house, too... - thanks, everyone - + good luck with your own sorting...

Sweetpea hat gesagt…

I've been quite taken with each of your *keepers* over the past months visiting here...the whole idea of them is delightful. This little scrappy one is no exception.

My beeyouteeful silk scraps arrived and ooh, I'm making plans...thank you :>}

gerfiles hat gesagt…

Thanks, Christi...