Hi all,
Just taking a moment to share a bet with all you scrapbookers.
I am the worst when it comes to buying the newest and greatest items and my scraproom recently got out of control!! I could not even find things anymore and then there was all of the stuff where I could say "Oh, I forgot I had that - and went and bought at least two more (seriously!!)
Last September (2009), I was in my room and said to DH that I thought I could go a whole year without buying scrapbook supplies and still scrapbook. He said, "I'll take that bet" and so it began....
We had rules and judges and there was $50.00 on the line.
I was allowed adhesive, cricut mats and blades, and plain cardstock only. The cardstock had to be for a specific page, and I had to use it right away, I could not just stock pile it. I was alos allowed to replace any broken tools (for ex. Crop-o-dile) but it had to be with the same one, not the newest and best model. Thankfully nothing broke.
I was allowed souvenier items from the Olympics (postcards and pins only), but I could not buy scrapbook items.
I was not allowed to buy things and use them for scrapbook (like ornaments, etc). If it was for scrapbooking then it was a no.
The judges were consulted for a few items - like storage containers (which I was allowed) as I was cleaning my room throughout the year.
The bet ran from October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010.
I DID IT!!
I ran out of bling very early in the year as well as flowers. But I was forced to use all of those other things you accumulate and never get to using. For me it was buttons. They quickly replaced my bling.
I learned that I can make do and that is part of the fun of scrapbooking. Not every page needs bling and/or flowers and I still love all of the pages I did.
Now that it is over, I am going through all of the stuff that I never touched all year and realizing there is still a lot of junk!! I have made two boxes of stuff already that I am donating to the daycare and I am sure there will be a lot more. I am also going to try to sell a few things on Kijiji or Ebay.
So my first day to go shopping, with $50 burning a hole in my pocket, what did I spend???
A whole $8.93 - LOL!! I could not beleive it!! I really looked around and thought "Do I really need this?" and most often the answer was no!!
I did buy a Cricut Cartridge today so my $50 is gone, but again, I thought about it carefully before I bought it.
Thanks for letting me share!!
Just taking a moment to share a bet with all you scrapbookers.
I am the worst when it comes to buying the newest and greatest items and my scraproom recently got out of control!! I could not even find things anymore and then there was all of the stuff where I could say "Oh, I forgot I had that - and went and bought at least two more (seriously!!)
Last September (2009), I was in my room and said to DH that I thought I could go a whole year without buying scrapbook supplies and still scrapbook. He said, "I'll take that bet" and so it began....
We had rules and judges and there was $50.00 on the line.
I was allowed adhesive, cricut mats and blades, and plain cardstock only. The cardstock had to be for a specific page, and I had to use it right away, I could not just stock pile it. I was alos allowed to replace any broken tools (for ex. Crop-o-dile) but it had to be with the same one, not the newest and best model. Thankfully nothing broke.
I was allowed souvenier items from the Olympics (postcards and pins only), but I could not buy scrapbook items.
I was not allowed to buy things and use them for scrapbook (like ornaments, etc). If it was for scrapbooking then it was a no.
The judges were consulted for a few items - like storage containers (which I was allowed) as I was cleaning my room throughout the year.
The bet ran from October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010.
I DID IT!!
I ran out of bling very early in the year as well as flowers. But I was forced to use all of those other things you accumulate and never get to using. For me it was buttons. They quickly replaced my bling.
I learned that I can make do and that is part of the fun of scrapbooking. Not every page needs bling and/or flowers and I still love all of the pages I did.
Now that it is over, I am going through all of the stuff that I never touched all year and realizing there is still a lot of junk!! I have made two boxes of stuff already that I am donating to the daycare and I am sure there will be a lot more. I am also going to try to sell a few things on Kijiji or Ebay.
So my first day to go shopping, with $50 burning a hole in my pocket, what did I spend???
A whole $8.93 - LOL!! I could not beleive it!! I really looked around and thought "Do I really need this?" and most often the answer was no!!
I did buy a Cricut Cartridge today so my $50 is gone, but again, I thought about it carefully before I bought it.
Thanks for letting me share!!
so now I'm on a supply ban til I use most of it. LOL
I haven't fallen off to badly. Other than CKC I haven't bought anything!! till now and I'm about to do a SU order. I haven't even talked mom into buying me stuff.
