Saturday, April 30, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Charity Shop Haul
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Blog Posts I have Enjoyed This Week
"Investment Clothing": Investments that aren't.
Top of the Tat: The best of the worst royal wedding memorabilia.
What to make with chipboard coasters (some great suggestions in the comments!).
Ribcage / Spine T-Shirt Reconstruction Tutorial - I have been looking for crafty things to do with old t-shirts, and I *love* this!
Top of the Tat: The best of the worst royal wedding memorabilia.
What to make with chipboard coasters (some great suggestions in the comments!).
Ribcage / Spine T-Shirt Reconstruction Tutorial - I have been looking for crafty things to do with old t-shirts, and I *love* this!
Friday, April 22, 2011
What's Gone, What Will Go.
The bag of stuff from a few days ago was donated to the St Luke's Hospice shop. And I again managed to go in and out without buying anything new, which is great. Though I did have a look round this time, and had I seen something I loved I can't guarantee I would have come home empty-handed.
Most of the stuff I've been giving away for the past few weeks has been things that have been ready to go for ages, and that I just haven't got round to. In the next week or two I am going to be getting to the end of that lot, and will have to start looking around more creatively at what, in my home, should leave.
This is good progress, but it makes the decisions a bit harder.
Most of the stuff I've been giving away for the past few weeks has been things that have been ready to go for ages, and that I just haven't got round to. In the next week or two I am going to be getting to the end of that lot, and will have to start looking around more creatively at what, in my home, should leave.
This is good progress, but it makes the decisions a bit harder.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Stash-busting April
Always a bit late to the party, i have just remembered that April is Stash Busting Month!
My craft stashes are certainly a big contributor to making my stuff levels too high.
There are various ways to get rid of your craft stash. Give it away! Schools, women's refuges, community groups, mental health support groups, friends who go to itch n stitch gatherings, and dozens more places like these would be really glad of your donation.
Another way to give it away is to donate the stash to a charity shop. This will partly depend on what the items are. Packs of craft stuff, at least mostly unused, and knitting needles and balls of wool, are the craft stash items i see the most in charity shops.
If the items of craftyness that need to go perhaps don't fit the bill for those, then freegle and freecycle type sites are perfect. Last year i had way too much gorgeous paper- handmade, printed, dyed, embroidered - and the time came to get rid of a good proportion of it, and i did that through freegle. I divided it between two women. One ran a craft group for people with mental health problems, the other's daughter was about to start her own business teaching card-making.
It worked out great for me because firstly they came to my house to pick it up, and secondly because i knew it would be appreciated and well-used.
So, there you have it. Loads of ideas on how to give away your craft stash this April!
My craft stashes are certainly a big contributor to making my stuff levels too high.
There are various ways to get rid of your craft stash. Give it away! Schools, women's refuges, community groups, mental health support groups, friends who go to itch n stitch gatherings, and dozens more places like these would be really glad of your donation.
Another way to give it away is to donate the stash to a charity shop. This will partly depend on what the items are. Packs of craft stuff, at least mostly unused, and knitting needles and balls of wool, are the craft stash items i see the most in charity shops.
If the items of craftyness that need to go perhaps don't fit the bill for those, then freegle and freecycle type sites are perfect. Last year i had way too much gorgeous paper- handmade, printed, dyed, embroidered - and the time came to get rid of a good proportion of it, and i did that through freegle. I divided it between two women. One ran a craft group for people with mental health problems, the other's daughter was about to start her own business teaching card-making.
It worked out great for me because firstly they came to my house to pick it up, and secondly because i knew it would be appreciated and well-used.
So, there you have it. Loads of ideas on how to give away your craft stash this April!
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Going to the charity shop today.
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Donation Etiquette
I'm trying to tackle my bulging wardrobe. Most of which has been in there in piles for so long that I am getting surprises as I pull things out, with little memory of ever having owned some of the things in there.
So, needless to say, this is prime territory for charity shop donations. I've got a huge pile already in front of the washing machine ready to be washed, then dried, then donated.
But most of it is not actually dirty, it has just not been worn for a long time. Washing the things would freshen them up, but I do wonder if I am creating extra work for myself, and complicating the situation. I could pull things out of the wardrobe and, if they are clean put them straight into a donation bag. It would also prevent them hanging around for long enough for me to get attached to them all again and want to keep them.
Giving clothes to charity shops is great. Giving plus-sized (I hate that term!) clothes to charity shops is particularly important because there is a lot less choice when you get to size 18+. I don't want to create extra work for the staff of the shops by not washing everything first, but I also don't want to create a huge electricity bill for myself and have days of many items of clothing hanging here, there and everywhere to dry. Especially when they weren't actually dirty to start with, perhaps just a bit musty.
I'm very clear that these are going to be donated. It's not worth selling them on ebay, and the charities, and other fat women will benefit from me donating them. It's just whether I chuck them straight into a bag, or make more of an effort first.
So, needless to say, this is prime territory for charity shop donations. I've got a huge pile already in front of the washing machine ready to be washed, then dried, then donated.
But most of it is not actually dirty, it has just not been worn for a long time. Washing the things would freshen them up, but I do wonder if I am creating extra work for myself, and complicating the situation. I could pull things out of the wardrobe and, if they are clean put them straight into a donation bag. It would also prevent them hanging around for long enough for me to get attached to them all again and want to keep them.
Giving clothes to charity shops is great. Giving plus-sized (I hate that term!) clothes to charity shops is particularly important because there is a lot less choice when you get to size 18+. I don't want to create extra work for the staff of the shops by not washing everything first, but I also don't want to create a huge electricity bill for myself and have days of many items of clothing hanging here, there and everywhere to dry. Especially when they weren't actually dirty to start with, perhaps just a bit musty.
I'm very clear that these are going to be donated. It's not worth selling them on ebay, and the charities, and other fat women will benefit from me donating them. It's just whether I chuck them straight into a bag, or make more of an effort first.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
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