Thanksgiving Project

One of the best things about long, holiday weekends is all of that

unstructured, uncommitted time.  This past holiday I finally got 

around to tackling my black hole of a craft room closet.

Time to Purge!!!!!!

The first rule of art/craft/hobby "stuff" is that it's way too easy 

over buy and under use.  Thus, my black hole of a supply

closet.  The second rule of such stuff is that it's harder to

dispose of than regular household goods.  You can't just

send these items to the Salvation Army or to Goodwill.  Such

organizations don't know what some of these supplies are.  

It's much better to send them to people and organizations 

 who know what they are and how to use them.

Purging excess paper and projects

And, thanks to the Internet I found a great place to

send my extra and no longer used supplies. Camp to Belong

http://camptobelong.org/

is a non-profit organization that seeks to reunite "brothers

and sisters placed in separate foster, adoptive or kinship

homes through Summer Camps" where a big part of    

 the program is creating scrapbook memories

of these summer reunions.  

Testing markers and pens.

Now, the purging, packing and shipping really began in earnest.  

I managed to go through most of the closet and cupboards, shipping

nine boxes to Camp to Belong.  There's still more to purge and ship

but at least I have a good jump on the project.