I have come to the conclusion....

[BernardandMissBianca]

....that I have waaaayy to much scrap stuff!!

This is my space, not including my box of pics and the closet shelf where all my paper is.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/BernardandMissBianca/DSC_0002.jpg

This is the stuff that needs to go in said space:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/BernardandMissBianca/DSC_0003-2.jpg

So what do you think? Think I should stop swapping and actually use some of this stuff???

[piratesmate]

I hear you sister! :lmao: :lmao:

I was talking to DH again about the possibility of checking for a Circut tomorrow at ACM. (Yes, this story is related. ;)) He started talking about all the scrap crap I have that hasn't been used yet....like all the Sizzix dies I have. He told me that I couldn't get another machine until I'd used all the dies - and more than once. :lmao:

In the course of this conversation, he was explaining to me why he didn't think I should get a Cricut. "So you already know that the Cricut won't do everything that the 'new' one will do. How long will it be before you come home & tell me that you need a Grasshopper because the Cricut doesn't do everything you want? And then it won't be much longer before you'll need the Preying Mantis because it does everything! Just hold out & get the Whisper." (He meant Wishblade.) I'm sorry - but that has to be the funniest thing he's said in the 34 years I've known him!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[BernardandMissBianca]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I love your DH, the Grasshopper and the Praying Mantis. Tell him he'd better be careful, a Praying Mantis eats it's spouse after they are no use to them anymore. LOL

Are you going to sell your sizzix on ebay?

[Lisa]

Praying mantis....:lmao: :lmao:

Buffy, take over the rest of that space, have the kids downsize rather than you! ;) :laughing:

[StitchIsOurHero]

I'm not sure you can ever have too much stuff! Or at least that's what I told myself when I saw the WAY too much stuff I have in my scraproom! :rotfl2:

[ddavis860]

I'm a firm believer that "stuff" expands to fill the space you have for it...and then some...

Stop swapping :scared1: But it's so much FUN!!! It's been alot more fun than scrappin lately!

:rotfl2: piratesmate your DH is too funny! Join a few more swaps and use the sizzix on those...at least 6-8 cuts per die fills his requirements. As for the "whisper", he buying when you use all the dies? COOL!!!! :goodvibes

[Queenie]

OK now I want a Preying Mantis ROTFL!!!!

I know I have tons of stuff I never use but I just can't bear to part with it lol!

[Mickster]

My stuff has stuff. My piles have piles. Someday, I'd love to have it all organized, but I just don't think that is in my nature. I plan while I sort through my piles for 10 minutes (like I did this morning - looking for a single swap item). It is my zen time. :)

[AlexWyattMommy]

I want a preying mantis too. :rotfl:
That is the funniest thing.

Maybe after I make my bed today I'll show you all my stuff. I've only been doing this since last summer and you could go shopping my room (if you could find anything) and I'd never notice it gone (until I need for a swap).

[PrincessNancy96]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I love your DH, the Grasshopper and the Praying Mantis. Tell him he'd better be careful, a Praying Mantis eats it's spouse after they are no use to them anymore. LOL

Are you going to sell your sizzix on ebay?

:rotfl2: How funny, I was going to tell her the same thing about the Praying Mantis!! Which by the way we saw one here at the house yesterday! ;)

[PrincessNancy96]

I plan on cleaning my room today... maybe I'll take pictures.. but I'm embarrassed about my tiny area in the laundry room!!! But I'm there all the time anyway.. so I feel right at home!!! :)

[jennyL]

I have way to much stuff. My new craft room is overflowing which really if I organized it wouldn't look that bad but then I have some bookshelves still left in the spare room that have stuff on them too. I keep telling DH that whenI get time I'll sort through everything and we can get rid of the shelves but they really are holding good stuff. LOL He laughs since I seem to go in there and get what I need but then I just take it to add to the piles in the craft room instead of finding it a home.

I do have one good thing since its summer my little sister will be up and she's an excellent organizer so I can put her to work and she usually cleans me out of alot of my extra stuff. I really think to be 12 she has almost as much stuff as me.

I still haven't mastered the picture thing yet but maybe I'll actually give it a try this evening. What program did you guys say was the easiest to load to for showing on here?

[BernardandMissBianca]

I got all the stuff on the floor sorted last night. Disney and non Disney.

*Note to self- stay away from Disney swaps for a while!

I now have 4 boxes of Disney stuff and 5 boxes of everything else. I would love to get the kids stuff scaled down but until school is out that just won't happen. I did however take out the bench that was on the other side of the nook which gave me more floor space. The kids were supposed to use it to stand on to hang their stuff on but it just got piled on top of the bench. I am not destined to have horizontal surfaces in my house, ever.

Oh and in that space pic, 4 photo boxes will fit in the open cubbies, the rest are full and I only have 3 of the clear plastic drawers empty. Everything else is full, full, full.

Of course I will totally screw myself when we turn that space into a bathroom. Then what am I going to do????? (We don't have a bathroom downstairs)

[BernardandMissBianca]

I still haven't mastered the picture thing yet but maybe I'll actually give it a try this evening. What program did you guys say was the easiest to load to for showing on here?

I use photobucket.
I plug my card into the card reader and my computer, open the finder window, which is where my card shows up. I opened a free acct with photobucket.com and upload my pics to there from the finder. The you have to scale each one down to size, it says resize, scroll your mouse to that and select for message board. That will get you to the right size. Click in "img code" and then paste it in your post here.

That made total sense didn't it??? :rotfl2:
BTW the finder part may be different cause I use a Mac.

[jennyL]

I use photobucket.
I plug my card into the card reader and my computer, open the finder window, which is where my card shows up. I opened a free acct with photobucket.com and upload my pics to there from the finder. The you have to scale each one down to size, it says resize, scroll your mouse to that and select for message board. That will get you to the right size. Click in "img code" and then paste it in your post here.

That made total sense didn't it??? :rotfl2:
BTW the finder part may be different cause I use a Mac.

Well that certainly sounds easy enough. If I get a chance I'll try it tonight. DH is working a concert so its just me the tv and swaps.

I'm being good so far this year. I've been stearing away from the Disney swaps and doing some of the other ones like the rolodex and colors. I have so many disney items that I still haven't used that I had to take a break but with my trip in August now booked I'm sure I'll be on the band wagon again soon enough. LOL

[piratesmate]

:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I love your DH, the Grasshopper and the Praying Mantis. Tell him he'd better be careful, a Praying Mantis eats it's spouse after they are no use to them anymore. LOL

Are you going to sell your sizzix on ebay?


Yeah - I thought about the mantis' habits too. ;) Except that I was thinking the new toy would be eating my entire living room! That's where my work space is...and it's supposed to be isolated to just the end of the room (weird shape...9.5' x 20'). I'd take a photo to show you if I could just get it cleaned up a bit. :scared1: Every time I get things nicely organized & neat, I either join a swap or go to a crop thereby making a HUGE mess again!! :lmao: :lmao: One of these days I'll remember to take the photo BEFORE I start the swap stuff or packing for the crop. ;)

It was weird - DH was in such an...odd mood yesterday! He'd had a crown lengthening (oral surgery) in the morning and actually watched TV *gasp* for 3 hours! (I'd recorded the Poirot mysteries on Saturday.) He never watches TV and he never wants me to spend money in big chunks.

And sell my Sizzix?!?!?!? :scared1: Are you kidding?!?!? Actually I do use it a lot! I just tend to use the same dies over & over. I can't imagine not using it for things like tags & frames & stuff. :confused3

[Faerie]

I've been good about not buying more stuff than I need but I have so much stuff!

[maria34a]

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: Pass the wippies!!! I spit on the monitor AGAIN!!!
That is priceless!!!! A preying Mantis!!!! You need to send in THAT one to Cricut for a laugh attack!!!!


I hear you sister! :lmao: :lmao:

I was talking to DH again about the possibility of checking for a Circut tomorrow at ACM. (Yes, this story is related. ;)) He started talking about all the scrap crap I have that hasn't been used yet....like all the Sizzix dies I have. He told me that I couldn't get another machine until I'd used all the dies - and more than once. :lmao:

In the course of this conversation, he was explaining to me why he didn't think I should get a Cricut. "So you already know that the Cricut won't do everything that the 'new' one will do. How long will it be before you come home & tell me that you need a Grasshopper because the Cricut doesn't do everything you want? And then it won't be much longer before you'll need the Preying Mantis because it does everything! Just hold out & get the Whisper." (He meant Wishblade.) I'm sorry - but that has to be the funniest thing he's said in the 34 years I've known him!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[abbybeth]

wow! (to the OP) everything in the space looks so organized!

I would never be able to post pictures of my scrap space. I keep everything in my Jr. Crop in Style tote and a 12x12 paper holder from Wal-Mart. When I scrap, I just haul it out and craft on my folding table in the "dining room" of my apartment! haha:lmao:

[maria34a]

Wow! I have an entire room, that I have overflowed into the living room, the kitchen, overflowed a closet and it is even in my truck!!! I am pathetic, I have a problem and I need help!!!! Do I even know where ANYTHING is???? NO!!! That's my story and unfortunatly I have to stick to it... :lmao:

[MissBubbles]

Is this a confessional? Do we have too much scrapping stuff? Is Mickey the cutest mouse ever? The only way I seem to curb my scrap buying is to stay out of the stores otherwise if it's on sale or clearance - you know you have to have it, right?

My big plan for this upcoming holiday weekend is to bite the bullet and start to weed out the stuff I've had for a long time and figure out how to get rid of it or find a place to donate it. With gas prices being what they are - no road trips this weekend and it's supposed to rain almost the whole weekend, so no pool visits either. Wish me luck....

[AlexWyattMommy]

Okay, here is my mess.
Work space
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0643.jpg
storage above workspace
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0642.jpg
Paper & stuff
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0644.jpg
Cricket & more stuff
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0647.jpg
Hidden Swapping items
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0648.jpg

[AlexWyattMommy]

After I finish the color swap (just pink left) Disney Surprise & my trading elements; I should have the weekend to weed through my things too. That embellishment box should be here soon.

[Faerie]

I am almost caught up on my swaps - have one to mail, two to do and the paper bags to finish. I think I need a swap break - yeah right.

[BernardandMissBianca]

wow! (to the OP) everything in the space looks so organized!

I would never be able to post pictures of my scrap space. I keep everything in my Jr. Crop in Style tote and a 12x12 paper holder from Wal-Mart. When I scrap, I just haul it out and craft on my folding table in the "dining room" of my apartment! haha:lmao:

trust me it's a figment of your imagination!!! It took me 3 hours to get it that clean. Want to see what it really looks like most of the time???

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/BernardandMissBianca/housework2.jpg

:eek: :scared1: :scared: :crazy2: :faint:

[BernardandMissBianca]

Wow! I have an entire room, that I have overflowed into the living room, the kitchen, overflowed a closet and it is even in my truck!!! I am pathetic, I have a problem and I need help!!!! Do I even know where ANYTHING is???? NO!!! That's my story and unfortunatly I have to stick to it... :lmao:

but that's ok, you for the most part live alone! I live with 5 other people and 5 other people's worth of crap!!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Okay, here is my mess.
Work space
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0643.jpg
storage above workspace
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0642.jpg
Paper & stuff
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0644.jpg
Cricket & more stuff
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0647.jpg
Hidden Swapping items
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/IMGP0648.jpg

Is it sad to say I can see ways to improve your space so you can squeeze in more stuff??

[maria34a]

Yeah, but I don't live alone anymore... DBF moved in!!! AND we have his son on the weekends! OK so every other weekend. I just wish he was with us every weekend, actually I wish he was with us all the time... but I digress... I really need to overhaul my entire house, I think it is alive and taking me over!!!! It is actually turning on me!!! :rotfl2:

[BernardandMissBianca]

It was weird - DH was in such an...odd mood yesterday! He'd had a crown lengthening (oral surgery) in the morning and actually watched TV *gasp* for 3 hours! (I'd recorded the Poirot mysteries on Saturday.) He never watches TV and he never wants me to spend money in big chunks.




It's still legit, drug induced shopping clearance is still legit!!!! He can not go back on his word!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Yeah, but I don't live alone anymore... DBF moved in!!! AND we have his son on the weekends! OK so every other weekend. I just wish he was with us every weekend, actually I wish he was with us all the time... but I digress... I really need to overhaul my entire house, I think it is alive and taking me over!!!! It is actually turning on me!!! :rotfl2:

so how does it feel having a man in the house again???

Are we going to shop for a bigger space???

[AlexWyattMommy]

Is it sad to say I can see ways to improve your space so you can squeeze in more stuff??

Oh, I could squeeze in more stuff. :rotfl:

It's the finding it afterwards I need help with. Want to come over and help me?

[BernardandMissBianca]

Oh, I could squeeze in more stuff. :rotfl:

It's the finding it afterwards I need help with. Want to come over and help me?

sure I'll be there tomorrow!:thumbsup2

[AlexWyattMommy]

I'll make cheese enchilladas for lunch. :)

[maria34a]

I'll make cheese enchilladas for lunch. :)

I feel left out, Can i come too???? I wanna play!!!! :yay: :yay: Buffy and I can road trip together!!!!

[BernardandMissBianca]

I feel left out, Can i come too???? I wanna play!!!! :yay: :yay: Buffy and I can road trip together!!!!

sure it's not to far out of the way for me to swing by and pick you up first.

She would sooo freak out if we were knocking on her door tomorrow morning. :rotfl2:

[PrincessNancy96]

Heck, you can stop by her house in the morning.. snatch her and come on to my house to help organize my scrap room... I'm still trying to find things I bought just last weekend..and than trying to put things away I forgot I bought but ran acrossed today! What is with that??

[AlexWyattMommy]

Not too freaked out. My house is actually clean enough I would let you through the door.

So lunch at my house and dinner at PN96's.

[PrincessNancy96]

That's good.. tomorrow is a off night.. so I can visit!
What would you like for dinner???? I haven't set anything out yet...and by the looks of it... my kids will probably been in timeout so it will be a quiet night!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Meatloaf. I love meatloaf. I just hate the feel of it when trying to make it.

[PrincessNancy96]

I love meatloaf...that will be dinner tonight!!!

[aroyer]

Any chance ya'll could swing through Texas?? My little desk corner is really needing HELP!!! I keep finding Happy Meal toys under piles of paper!! :scared:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Hmmm, Texas.
Can you make fried ice cream?

[aroyer]

Hmmm, Texas.
Can you make fried ice cream?

Hmmm, nope, can't make fried ice cream. How about chicken fried steak, fried chicken, and some awesome Tex-Mex? The good news is that it isnt the "h" (hot) word here.... yet.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Sounds yummy to me.

So B&MB wanna swing south after Indiana?

[Lisa]

trust me it's a figment of your imagination!!! It took me 3 hours to get it that clean. Want to see what it really looks like most of the time???

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i125/BernardandMissBianca/housework2.jpg

:eek: :scared1: :scared: :crazy2: :faint:


Yup, that's how I see it.;) :scared1: :laughing:

AlexWyattMommy, that is the neatest scrapbooking mess I've ever seen. Come clean my scrapbooking room, puuuuulease!

[AlexWyattMommy]

It only looks neat because everything is in piles. I do piles well. Unfortunately then I have sort through them all because I don't know where anything is.

[jennyL]

I use photobucket.
I plug my card into the card reader and my computer, open the finder window, which is where my card shows up. I opened a free acct with photobucket.com and upload my pics to there from the finder. The you have to scale each one down to size, it says resize, scroll your mouse to that and select for message board. That will get you to the right size. Click in "img code" and then paste it in your post here.

That made total sense didn't it??? :rotfl2:
BTW the finder part may be different cause I use a Mac.

Ok I'm trying to get my pictures into my post. I do the resize for a message board but when I paste the IMG its still huge. Ideas?

[PrincessNancy96]

Mine did that the other day too.. just post them anyway!!!

I got one to post small like they were suppose to...the other was big!
Post away!!! I need some inspiration.. I just found out 2 of my babysitting kids are staying home tomorrow.. So from 7-10 I have scrapbooking time!!!! :)

[jennyL]

Well I cleaned up for over an hour earlier to get it looking like this and yes my scrap room comes with the kitty. LOL

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb253/jkholzme/IMG_9159.jpg

Since its so large I'll only post one but I have a couple more angles if I can get the pic smaller.

[Mickster]

I love your desk! I am about to be moving into our guest room (which has no furniture in it right now and is HUGE) and out of the old nursery(which is stuffed to the gills with my stuff and is SMALL). I will be in need of A LOT of space planning assistance. :)

[jennyL]

We had a company come in and we designed it with the them. You can't see it in the picture but going around the right we have a computer station and a couple move hanging file drawers and some book shelves. I have my paper in hanging files and I had them custom build a 12x12 hanging drawer but I don't like how the hanging files work in it so I have 12x12 vertical holders sitting in it with the paper in those.

[New England Eeyore]

Mine is just like yours Buffy - I can pretty easily get it so it looks really nice and clean, but then I have a pile of stuff in the corner that didn't quite make it in. I have never, not even once, not had a pile or box of "to be sorted."

And I totally need to stop swapping - I've known that for awhile, but it's an addiction, as you all know, and I can't seem to stop. We're all codependent enablers here!

[BernardandMissBianca]

Jenny I love your space!!! And the size of the pic looks ok to me.

I'm up for a road trip!!! Texas it is!!!

[aroyer]

Jenny I love your space!!! And the size of the pic looks ok to me.

I'm up for a road trip!!! Texas it is!!!


YAY!!! :cool1:

[jennyL]

hmm how do you get to Texas from up north? Maybe head down 95 and stop over here in Cary? My area is now full of glitter as I finish my rolodex swap. LOL but what else would it be when I'm working with Pixie Dust.

[party of 3]

omg that praying mantis thing is way too funny. i just read this and great way to start my day with a big laugh!!!!
thanks piratesmate.

ok scrapping area? what's that. mine is in the basement and i could never post a pic of it,you would all just fall over. it's awful. i am so jealous of you guys that have a room for it!

and i want in on the road trip. so when you pick up maria, cruise over to my side of rhode island and pick me up.
i wanna come too!!!!!

[jennyL]

Very weird I'm at work now and the picture looks alot better then it did at home. If it still looks ok when I get home I'll post a couple more with the extra stuff.

[Faerie]

I wanna do a road trip! I'm 3 hours from Disney

[AlexWyattMommy]

And we could pick up rlovew on the way, since she is close to WDW too.