Okay, My Friends, Let's Talk About....

.....the piles on my desk.  I know, you might have thought I was going to expound about something much more meaningful, like Easter, given that it's Easter weekend.  However, if I was going to talk about Easter, it would just go something like this.....

Mini Eggs, Mini Eggs, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, food, food, me lmao because my kids said they did still want to do an Easter egg hunt but I was to "hide them really good this year" (even though there's still one outstanding from last year that no one has found) and I will abide by their wishes except this time I'll make a list of where I hide them, and they'll give up after an hour or so, so that's more chocolate for me, chocolate bunny ears, Mini Eggs, food, food, chocolate, chocolate.

Yeah, and that's not much of a post is it?  The only thing it did for me was to make me wander into the kitchen to grab a handful of Mini Eggs.  So, I thought I'd talk a bit about the piles on my craft desk.  Most specifically, this pile....

and this pile......

There are other piles on my desk as well because I'm a Dirty Crafting Pig who likes to wallow in my supplies and craft in an 8" x 6" spot...but those other piles aren't pertinent to this conversation.

So, let me ask you, do you ever feel like you've reached the Maximum Level of Crafty Supplies Capacity?  You know, where you're like, "OMG.  There is not one other thing I could possibly need.  It's all right here.  All.  Right.  Here."  Like aside from the basic supplies, glue, tape runner, blades, pop dots etc., you realize that even if you buy NOTHING else ever, you will still have more supplies than you could ever use, even if you are suddenly able to quit your job(s) (but, dear god, not in a win-the-lottery type of scenario because that would basically render this topic pointless), and get hired as the exclusive cardmarker for the ruler of a small country who sends every one of her subjects a card on their birthday, you would still have enough materials to accomplish that feat.....like forever.

Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating a teensy bit.  But not much.  Thing is, even though I have THAT MUCH STUFF, I can't seem to stop myself from buying more.  And while I've put a moratorium
on buying 6 x 6 paper pads (because I have about 100 of them) and embellishments (because I never use them) that doesn't seem to have stopped me from purchasing dies and clear/rubber stamps....which then get put away, never to see the light again.  So, that basically means I now not only have cardmaking as a hobby, I can list buying cardmaking supplies (and never using them) as a hobby as well.

And that brings us back to the piles on my desk.  The first pile is a pile of never-used stamps I've bought/won/been gifted and the second pile is a pile of never-used dies I have bought/won/been gifted.  I've brought these out of the darkness and back into the light.  Which is to say that I've built these precarious jumbles on my desk, to not only be annoying (since one slight bump sends them avalanching onto the floor) but to force me to actually USE said supplies.  And that way, both my hobbies will actually have a purpose.

And speaking of that purpose.....

I used a Stamping Bella rubber stamp for this card.  I'll admit, I didn't use any dies for this card....except those stitched shape dies.  And those really don't count seeing as I use them on almost every card, and therefore, aren't a part of the die pile.  So now, according to the Crafty Pile Rules, I can put that stamp away, which makes that pile a touch smaller.  And, I've vowed to leave those piles on my desk, and only put items away once I've actually used them.  *glances over at craft desk*  *Sigh*, it's a daunting task but getting to it will certainly give me a sense of accomplishment, and I do like crafting for a purpose (other than my own enjoyment, that is).

Besides, Scrapfest is coming up in a couple of weeks.  It's something I look forward to attending every year.  I really don't want to be wracked with guilt every time I pick up something with the intention of buying it (especially seeing as there are both dies and stamps in their respective piles from year's past Scrapfests).  So, I've got to whittle those piles down a bit.

Well, enough in order to perch my new purchases on top without the whole thing crashing down, at least.  And then I can wallow away some more.

Oink, oink.

For:

Sweet Stampin':  bingo - sentiment, flower, cute
Deep Ocean:  Easter
4 Crafty Chicks:  anything goes
Aud Sentiments:  Easter sentiment
Star Stampz:  throw on the flowers
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie:  inspirational photo
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  spring flowers
That's Crafty:  spring into action
Always Fun:  Easter
Cutie Pie:  spring cuties
Make My Monday:  Easter fun
Library Challenge:  inspirational challenge:  Watership Down
Fussy & Fancy:  spring flowers
Animal Friends:  Easter
Hanna & Friends:  Easter
Sweet Stampers:  Easter
Bastel-Tram:  Easter
Crafty Catz:  use old stash