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Nanna2Five
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February 2012
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Daisy D's, Junkets, Karen Foster, Sandylion, PebblesInc, It Takes two, Deja Views, Carolees Creations, Flair Design... Just to name a few!
I have so dang much OLD paper! I know it is old because most of it is thin and one sided, and the companies are no longer in business! Do you think the Smithsonian would want it LOL
I have this HUGE stack of American Crafts monogram paper! Sheets and sheets of it, Why? because a vender gave it to me on a slow day working in the LSS. And that LSS closed many moons ago so I KNOW its old!
I thought ok Donna, what would Shimelle do? go through take just what you love, donate or throw the rest away. I went through one big big paper holder. My throw away stack... NONE I can NOT do this! Maybe I will get lucky and someone will come steal it all when I am asleep. |
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KBPea
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
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 | Posted: 11/10/2012 6:13:43 PM
I think this is a pretty common "problem" on this board!
Would you feel better about donating it somewhere, like a school, children's hospital, community center, or retirement home? Or could you use it to make cards for Operation Write Home or a similar charity? I'm not sure what the monogram paper looks like, but I'd think you could make some nice, personalized cards with that.
When I am only have full sheets of white cardstock and don't want to cut one up just to use a punch or make a journaling tag I use the white backs of paper I don't like any more. | |
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princesspaperlover
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Believe it or not, Karen Foster is still in business and still makes thin, super themey paper. I work at our LSS, and we stock it. Lots of ladies still want things to be super themed, and she covers EVERY theme you could think of. I wouldn't touch the stuff with a 10 ft pole, and don't even like putting it away it's so ugly (my opinion of course!)!!
One time when i purged a few years ago, i had a ton of this type of paper (thin, ugly, old!), and donated a ton, but I kept quite a few sheets and use it as scratch paper for stamping! It's a nice size to test a stamp, or stamp off ink when i'm done and not wasting other paper. I know it might seem silly, and expensive, but at least i'm using it somehow!  |
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jerseygirlanne
Stuck In The Bucket
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May 2012
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| Posted: 11/10/2012 6:41:00 PM
I think that Carolees creations is now called Adornit! |
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Leader of the Banned
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where do you live? and leave the door unlocked...
Never, EVER throw paper away!  |
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scrappycass
You Wanna Peas of Me?
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| Posted: 11/10/2012 7:21:42 PM
Do you have any scrapping friends you could give it to? Or they could go through your purged stuff and take what they want. I did this and it was good to get rid of it! Your trash could be someone else's treasures. |
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EllenPea
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| Posted: 11/10/2012 7:40:05 PM
Thank you for reminding me there is a chunk I need to get in my car ASAP so I can give it to my favorite preschool teacher tomorrow. |
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JannyGirl
BucketHead
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December 2002
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| Posted: 11/10/2012 8:26:00 PM
What about using it to mat your photos, even if you just use the white side? That's one of the things I do. You could also use it to make envelopes, with the white side either on the outside or the inside. Or use border punches to punch decorative borders or strips to use on layouts or cards. |
Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
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Nanna2Five
BucketHead
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February 2012
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| Posted: 11/10/2012 8:33:40 PM
If i used the white side I could never use it in a million years, but still a good idea thank you! I think I will see if a local preschool wants some, I just need to only kep what i REALLY love   |
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ScrapsontheRocks
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July 2012
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| Posted: 11/11/2012 1:39:19 AM
Believe it or not, have never thought to use the white side for mats (hangs head in shame and feels particularly thick...) I use the stuff for altering/ art journalling on top having covered the "offending" design with Gesso and a collage of stamped images. I could go on, but I am off to mat stuff on the white underside of some of my stash! | |
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shimelle
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Bless your cotton socks - your comment made me giggle!
Shimelle really would donate a giant stack and to be honest, if there was nothing in that first batch worth keeping, she would probably put all the rest in there too without looking. There is more amazing paper every week it seems and if I accidentally donated one sheet I really loved six years ago, I'm not going to notice and it's not worth the time of sifting it all nor the guilt of looking at every sheet and totalling it all up in my head!!
If you find a place you feel good about donating, it makes it so much easier to just let it go. I donate to the local children's hospital and after the first donation they sent me a note from one of the wards about how they had been making cards and little scrapbooks and had decorated the room and won a prize at Christmas. Oh my word, I never imagined a box of paper (they even take off-cuts) could be such a brightness in someone's day. I never for one second feel bad about giving them stuff - even good stuff that just isn't my favourite any more - because kids in that hospital deserve absolutely anything that will bring them a bit of a smile!!! So whatever it is that would make you feel awesome about giving your stuff away rather than guilty, find that and embrace it. We worked out a deal now where they have a big plastic box and when it gets a bit low, one of the volunteers lets me know and I refill it. Easy!
(And just for the record, I don't think everyone has to just let old product go - not the in the slightest. But I've never had the space to hold on to things I was unlikely to use and I use this rule around our entire home. Every time we move I am hugely reminded of how much stuff we still have, so I dread to think of what we would collect if we weren't ruthless. I know there comes a tipping point for me where too much stuff stresses me out, and then I don't work well, don't feel well, don't scrap well. So for *me*, clearing it out is a necessity. If you have room and sanity to keep more stuff, then go for it! It wouldn't be the first time I'd been the one lacking in sanity, after all.)
Donna, good luck with surrounding your creative self with the stuff you really love!!  |
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4dloveofscrap
PeaFixture
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| Posted: 11/11/2012 5:13:23 AM
You can always do what we did before card stock weight pattern paper, back it with cardstock.
Also when giving away scrapbook supplies, consider giving it to your local adoption agency, or foster agency. Many use scrapbooking as therapy, for keep sakes of the family they lost and adoptive parents sometimes are asked to create an album about themselves to present. | |
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scrapmomto5
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May 2007
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| Posted: 11/11/2012 7:33:47 AM
I totally agree with Shimelle. I recently donated a HUGE amount of scrap stuff to our local children's hospital and I also got a letter from them. It really made me feel good. I know that I had a part in being a bright spot in a very dark time of their lives. It was an awesome feeling!!! | |
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Scraplizard
BucketHead
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January 2005
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 | Posted: 11/11/2012 8:50:32 AM
I'm in the process of purging and donating and yes, it is hard, but I think of the benefit of my scrap space being lighter and less choices which in the long run can be better. That being said, I did use some old Daisy D Christmas paper last night. The layout turned out beautiful and I used it for some old pics of Christmas past when my kids where 2-6 years old. Made the pics come alive and I'm so happy with the way it turned out. BTW, who cares if it's flimsy??? Once it's in the page protector it's safe and no one knows it's flimsy but you! | |
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Paisleys Garden
StuckOnPeas
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Do you have a hamster, gerbil, mice, ferret, or bunny? I hear it makes great bedding for pet rodents.  | |
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tbearspea
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had to laugh about the pet bedding..........my girlfriend did this..... | |
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jerseygirlanne
Stuck In The Bucket
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May 2012
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| Posted: 11/11/2012 7:52:47 PM
I love the idea of donating to a local foster care/adoption agency. They can really use the stuff!! |
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FromtheGong
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August 2012
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| Posted: 11/12/2012 4:07:36 AM
I donated a bunch of my old unloved stuff to the local scout troop. The leader downloaded a gift bag template. The kiddies made gift bags to put their mother's day gifts in, some of the patterns were rather effective. | |
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Leader of the Banned
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October 2002
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| Posted: 11/12/2012 8:28:35 AM
Do you have a hamster, gerbil, mice, ferret, or bunny? I hear it makes great bedding for pet rodents.
Not if they eat it. You don't know what's in the inks that could make them sick or kill them. |
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Really Red
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 | Posted: 11/12/2012 12:48:14 PM
Daisy D paper still makes my heart go aflutter. When they went out of business I bought a TON of it. I was just using some for my Halloween album and thinking happily along to Christmas.
I still love, love, love that paper, but I am heartily considering getting rid of some of the giant stacks I have bought over the years.
Thinking a fun way to do this would be to make envelopes out of them? Or maybe a stack of note papers to put in a tin? I like that idea. I might do it! |
Andrea
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
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ruth.bonser
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| Posted: 11/12/2012 11:08:58 PM
I struggled with donating stuff until i gave some to a preschool and saw the little girls eyes light up at the pretty papers. They got so much more joy from it that it was ever going to give me. I had newer things i loved more, but they had never had paper so pretty before.
My new motto: Set your paper free if someone will love it more than you do. | |
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