So, March is over, I'm still keeping up with all your crafts, and live most of it! I didn't get to destash a lot of crabby stuff, but I made some things for my DD - a little mattress with cover, blanket and pillow (which used up some stashed for this purpose clothes) as some kind of trial run and I finally managed to convert & hem a pair of jeans, so I now have my first pair of maternity jeans. I still have to take a picture of tbucket, though, but it's after midnight and I tend to make too much noise when I'm tired. Sitting and typing I can just about manage.



As the kid keeps insisting on climbing into tbucket bed herself, it won't last long, and then we'll see about getting (or making) something sturdier tbucket is less pink, maybe.

On the other hand I didn't add to my stash, either. I didn't buy anything in March - well, no supplies, just tbucket one book on March 1.

Aaaand pro-tip for clothes destashing (only recommended if you really have too much and use at least two wardrobes): I had to throw out 4 large garbage sacks full of clothes because we put our new wardrobes too close to an as yet uninsulated wall (we thought 5cm would be enough). The really current stuff (i.e. warm and everyday) stuff was somewhere else, and I had my comfy light pregnancy & post-pregnancy (summer) stuff safe in two boxes, so I guess I was lucky. And we get to use up those 5 pieces of Lochwand (sorry! pegboard?) to make ("craft") new backsides! Maybe this will prompt me to finally sew up some of the things I've been planning to (and buying fabric for) and thus getting rid of some of the larger stash pieces?

Thanks, Belladune! I actually lost weight during my first pregnancy and with the birth, of course, but I regained nearly all of that. Even nursing doesn't help. Well, I'll see. Luckily, the kid loves fruit and veggies, I'm trying to match her...

Cannot wait to feel better again and actually tackle all my projects around the house, curtains, cushions, two quilts, ... toddler & baby stuff, of course... sorting through a trillion books, things like that.

What exactly is a bead weight loss thingy?

Always, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention.

I wanted to keep track of my weightloss with a visual aid, and I love beads. So the beads you see on that string are standing for all the kilograms I want to get rid of, starting at the top.

There are 55 beads (every fifth in teal, the rest wood, the hundred one a bit bigger), and the big square one on the bottom would be the 70 kilo mark that I would like to reach some day. So, looking at a sheet starting with a 125 is kind of depressing, but seeing pretty beads and being able to pull the ring down another notch from time to time is rather nice. A see the progress, not the numbers kind of thing.

You can see a little ring of seedbeads between beads 6 and 7, so that means 6 gone already, now on the 7th. Although the pregnancy is screwing this up alittle, I am not actually dieting right now, and as I still have about 6 months to go, I'd go over the top bead, anyway. But I'll have it in September!

I originally meant to do something like this http://pinterest.com/pin/171981279490894097/ but there was no space, and I tend to knock over and lose pretty little stuff not fastened down properly.

Oh, I amjust ever so delicate and sensitive, la.

I totally "heard" this as spoken by Kitty from Pride and Prejudice, heee. Needed this!

Destinking stuff for me usually means putting things outside or putting it through the wash again and again and again... until not smelly anymore (or ruined). I have issues with fragrances, too, funny.

All these great projects, and so many lovely pictures! And so many large projects.

In stashbusting news only I managed to destash some beads for a weightloss thingy, half a sheet for a crib sheet, some more towels for changing mat covers, and about two sheets of thick felt plus notions, a bit of ribbon and scraps for an easy busy book. That one was even made with pink! Didn't really make a dent, but they were all things I really wanted to get done.



The little busy book - four kinds of closures she meets with daily. I have to practise sewing on ribbon, I'm afraid.

And the beaded weight loss thing. I was planning to do something with two small jars, but then I didn't have the space to put those down. This is much more practical, I just pull own the little ring as I go along. Although, for the next six months, that ring will go up, no way around that.


February was very very busy, as was January, but the good thing about that is that I didn't even get a chance to buy anything crafty. (If you discount black paint for the handrail, that is. But we had to get that done before the steps get mounted and there isn't any left to be added to any stash that might or might not exist...) March is probably not going to be much better, but we are putting up our desk and bookshelves in the living room this weekend (please!), and that means lots of space in the craft room for me.

Aaand I bought a craft book today - on making lamp beads. So that is €0.00 for Jan-Feb, and €6.99 for March... All I can say is that book was put on hold for me by my husband, and it wasn't even full price. And I won't be getting any of the materials this year or anytime soon.

Oh well, this is going to be fun, I have another little distraction on the way! Good thing I joined up here in time. Maybe this time I really get around to making all the cute baby stuff that I meant to make for the first one - plus still making stuff for her, as well, of course!

I'm still in the cleaning & organizing (or rather avoiding cleaning & organizing) stage, but thanks to DH I can see most of the room's floor again by now. Let's see what tomorrow will bring. At least I didn't buy any supplies so far. Didn't go anywhere crafty, so that was easy.

Seeing all your crafting spaces is great, I wish I had more room!

I didn't really get to destash anything more, but the bookcase tops are gone and I got rid of two kids' chairs today that were sitting in the craft room (sold them).

And I fixed my camera! By myself. Maybe not completely professional, but it worked: I slammed it down on the desk and tugged on the lens thingy just this little bit harder than before, and it moved. (Just in time, when I had given up on it and was about to order a new one...)

Of course this means I can give you a slightly better view of the room (which is about 7 x 15 feet, I think):
   


Missing on the right would be a couple more feet of those shelves, also piled with (mostly) shoeboxes, right up to the ceiling. Which is about 13 feet high.

I think I'll be able to get rid of most of the green boxes on the left soon, the binders will have to go somewhere else, and I still want to go through the stash again and get rid of things I'm not interested in. And I can show you why I have to:

This is a corner of our living room today. This is where the stairs to the upper floor are going to be sometime in February. And the contents of about half of those big boxes will have to fit into the tiny little room. And there are still more, somewhere.

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This is weird, I hit preview a second time and now it has turned the second picture on its side and won't put it back... has never happened to me so far.

What gaudiknight said about loving your stash...

I didn't manage to tidy up anything today, but I destashed something! A little something. One towel and three pieces of ribbon into what I'd call a changing table placemat (because it stays in place). My dd loves thrashing around so I tried something new today. More to follow, I'll have 4 or 5 in the end.

carolmb, I think I'd love the contents of your beading corner. I put everything away so nothing shows, and I keep forgetting what I have. So I'm always in for a nice surprise when I open those drawers. Or boxes. Little makeup suitcase thingy...

One of my goals is to get rid of stash for crafts that I don't do (anymore) and don't intend to try, not even with the kids. So while I'll keep things for bookbinding, fabric paints & water colours etc, I'm getting rid of acrylic paints, silk painting stuff and hopefully lots of other bags and boxes. And not to think too much about it because then it would all stay. And I have to get rid of lots of doll house stuff I inherited from my mom. I only kept 8 rooms, will probably reduce further, and there is so much more! And guess where that is right now... But it is so hard to let go!

I, too, love the idea of stash shopping - and if any of you ever comes around here (which would be in Northern Germany), you are welcome to drop in.

Hmmm... just spent a few minutes in front of the (tiny) craftroom, planning. A bit crowded in there. I have to get some things out of there, clear the floor, and then I should start cleaning, and trying to find things.

As my camera's busted I tried to take a picture with the laptop (the telescope lens (?) met with a mirror the other day, the mirror won). I obviously need some practice here.


I promise to take a better picture within the first month!

At least I can see my desk chair again. Not pictured on the left side would be my sewing table (you can just about see the edge opposite the desk) along with a set of drawers (beads), a bookshelf for stuff, some shelves for books (how did that happen?), some bags & boxes and more stuff... And I think there is even an ironing board behind the door, but then again, that might just be a rumour. And I have some large boxes with craft stuff and books that have to go in there yet.

The DeStash-Along couldn't have come at a better time, I'm so happy I found it yesterday!

I'm in, too! I meant to join last year, and the one before, but I got kind of distracted. And as my little distraction is 16 months old now and running around all day, I have been able to get crafting again, mostly sewing and beading.

I love the themes and challenges, and I think it's great to have them upfront. While going over the first post I was already deciding when to do some projects...