Keep Less. Make More.
My office/studio/craft space always feels like a bit of a mess, but the worst space of all is the craft closet. It’s always overflowing with stuff! Here’s how to declutter a craft closet if you have one that’s out of control in your house, too. What is a Craft Closet? A craft closet doesn’t have […]
A lot of people who have problems managing their craft supplies, or anything else in their household, have the idea that they need to hold onto things because “I might need it someday.” This is probably particularly true of crafters because everything could potentially be of use some day, so we should just keep everything, […]
One of the many challenges that comes when decluttering craft supplies or anything else, really, is deciding how much is enough to keep. It can feel in the moment like we ought to keep everything, or like we should be able to keep everything, if only we can find a better way to organize it. […]
If you’re feeling overwhelmed and not sure where to start decluttering, here’s a tip for how to declutter fast. I haven’t yet read the book How to Keep House While Drowning by KC Davis, but I’ve had it recommended to me and heard a lot of good things about it. A post I was reading […]
I’ve been thinking about how to motivate yourself to use craft supplies you have or to declutter when you need to. And it occurred to me that giving yourself a challenge might be a great way to do it. The 100 Day Project What got me thinking about this is that the 100 Day Project […]
When I first read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo’s manifesto on decluttering, my reaction was “here’s a woman who has no kids or hobbies.” It’s easy to say everything needs to “spark joy” when you aren’t in the world of diapers, plastic toys and grubby play clothes. Easy to say you should […]
My actual word for the year is calibrate, but one meaning of calibrate (to me, anyway) is to make things a little bit better, and that’s exactly what usephoria is about. What is Usephoria? Usephoria is a word I made up a few years ago and I defined it like this: The joyful feeling derived […]
I’ve been working on cleaning my office/studio again (always) and I realized something I already knew: I have a lot of unfinished projects hanging around. That quilt I made my husband (of 20 years) when we were dating that I never actually quilted. The half-knit blanket I’ve been “working on” for years. The sweater that’s […]
Are you a minimalist crafter? Do you want to be? What does it even MEAN? The word manifesto has such terrible connotations, but I really like the idea of having a manifesto or a firm statement of beliefs about different things that I do. Writing a manifesto, or mission statement, or whatever you want to […]
Do you like to keep your old Christmas cards? It seems like something you ought to do because people you care about took the time to send them, but most of the time when we do keep them they just end up as clutter. These upcycled Christmas card crafts will help you put those cards […]