Thoughts on getting rid of scrapbooking room/supplies?

We have been house-hunting for awhile now and are now in the "hard core" phase of looking. Our goal is to be moved by August 1 no matter what - preferably sooner.

I have been going room by room organizing, sorting, donating, recycling, trashing stuff. I want to be finished with this process by the time that we move so that I'm not packing/unpacking AND getting rid of stuff at the same time. I'm now down to my scrapbooking room... I purposefully left is for last, and have been dreading trying to make a decision on what to do with it.

I don't want to get rid of EVERYTHING, as I love hybrid scrapping... but truth be told, I only use about 10% of the "stuff" I have since I started digi scrapping. Not including furniture, shelves and organization stuff, I'm guessing that I have well over $2000 worth of scrapping supplies - tons and tons and TONS of 12x12 paper packs, cardstock, embellies, rubber stamps, about 40 ink pads, paint, brushes, sealers, xyron in every size, albums and page protectors in every size, scissors, punches, glitter, embossing stuff... the list goes on and on.

The thought of getting rid of a bunch of stuff makes me sad, although I know that it would be so freeing to just DO IT. I'll keep the stuff I use on a regular basis and get rid of the rest....

Who has done this? And what did you keep? And HOW should I get rid of it - Craig's list? Ebay? Yardsale? And how in the world do I price this stuff? :cursing:

I have not personally done this but I have read very similar threads from people who have had to do the same thing. Most people kept anything they needed for unfinished projects, their basics (scissors, favorite punches, adhesives, albums for hybrid) it reallly depends on what you plan on doing in the future. I think the rule of thumb was whether 6 months down the line they would repurchase something they got rid of.

Now getting rid of the stuff, Most just had it a yard sale and priced it to move and what didn't sell was donated to a school. I think it really depends what you want: do you just want to get rid of it no matter what or do you what to recoup some of hard spent money?

I hope that helps some. Good luck with the move and everything!

I did this about 6 months ago when I sold most of our stuff and packed what was left and moved overseas.
For me I would make a must have list- and break it up: Tools, Embellishments, paper, cs, misc.
Then I would find that stuff. The rest would go. I didn't have a lot of room and wanted to really down size. I can now fit all my supplies into 10 Large flat rate boxes. I kept mostly tools, the rest was pretty replaceable. GL

Well I didn't want all the work of ebay or the likes ... so I sold my stuff in a local scrapbook store (LSS) ... they sold a "table" for like $20 for me to use and gave me stickers with a "number" on it...I wrote the price on it ... packed the items up in ziplocs or just priced packaged items. I took it there the day before ... came back after the sale and picked up what didn't sell (97% of it sold) ... and I received a gift certificate for 100% of the sold items ... enough to buy my Silhouette and have money left over!! I have purchased scrapbooks & sheet protectors with the extra money.

When I reorganized in the beginning of the year, I really tried hard to downsize. I had piles and piles of things that I was never going to use. I went through my boxes of patterned paper and honestly just threw stuff out. I have a large pile of things that I thought a friend might want or use (not that I've seen her since, to give them to her or have her go through them). I didn't have THAT much that I threw out, so I didn't feel guilty not taking it to a shelter or the like.

A year or two ago I helped out my local shelter and created 2 big fat baskets chock full of scrapbooking stuff I knew I wouldn't use. They included them in a silent auction, and I felt better knowing that their sale helped out a cause that's important to me.

I used to have STACKS of big fat paper stacks - those are waiting for a friend, if not I'll find a place to donate them. I kept only the basic ones (solid color cardstock stacks) and the ones with paper I just LOVE and couldn't part with. I sold my Cricut, and I'm putting the remaining cartridges I have on craigslist (one of these days). I got a Big Shot and have started collecting Nestabilities and the thinner dies. My shaped punches that are duplicates of the dies are going to my mom first, friend second, donations third. I use all of my other tools, so I won't be getting rid of them.

The biggest thing for me is that I need to USE my stuff. I'm SUCH a hoarder, lol.

try selling from your blog or facebook, as well as craigslist. I never paper scrapped, but I now do hybrid, and I am always looking for deals on supplies to build a small stash.

Ive seen it sold on craigslist alot. The upside of that is it costs you absolutely nothing to list and you can do a large bundle and sell it for one price so you dont have to worry about shipping it or having to break it into lots to be auctioned off.

domestic abuse houses and senior centers are always looking for these type of items, too...

I haven't gotten rid of everything, but I did purge a lot a few years ago when I gave up my scraproom for DS. I threw away a good bit, gave some to friends, gave some to DD who scrapbooks some and gave a LOT to DD's preschool. Not only do they do lots of crafts projects, but DD's teacher made a scrapbook for each child at the end of the year so I knew she could use the supplies.

I just did this in January. Over the years I have given away thousands and thousands of dollars of supplies (used to work for CK and manufacturers and got tons of stuff) to the elementary school for their silent auctions.

That was before I started digi-scrapping. So for awhile now I've been wanting to open up my scraproom/office again to the kids to have a place to hang out. So I got rid of everything except my favorites: cardstock, my very fav patterned paper, brads/eyelets, ribbons, chipboard letters, punches, and a few other tools. I held a sale in my house, then what was left I shipped off to my sisters and nieces - 80 lbs worth. I have a bunch of new/like-new rubber stamps I'm going to put on eBay some day.

I don't regret for a moment that I did it. I still have tons of supplies left when I want to pull it out and paper-scrap, and my room is now part den.

I recently went through all my stuff too. I was going to sell it online, but it was sooooo much work, I gave up. I ended up pricing everything and I'm going to sell them in a yard sale. Last year we had a sale, and I put up a ton of old stuff that I didn't want anymore and it sold super fast, so I plan on doing that again.

I got rid of a ton of stuff too -- just gave it to Goodwill. I was just happy to be rid of it. I kept stuff that I could use for general crafting, like adhesives, my paper cutters, some paper, puches etc.

ooh, i seem to be a hoarder of scrapbook stuff so this would be hard for me. plus i dont have a ton; my stuff fits in my china cabinet; top skinny drawer and the cubby door below. no matter how you decide to get rid of it, i'm sure there will be no shortage of people wanting it. if i lived near you i'd buy some, lol.

Scrapbook stuff goes quickly on Craigslist around here. Especially the furniture. It's free and all you have to do is meet somebody at a Starbucks or some place & hand the stuff over & then you have cash in hand.

I kept one box of stuff and then my books of course. Other than that, I sold most of it to a friend who ran a crop at our church and wanted to be able to supply things for the gals that didn't have it. I sold it all at a steep discount, but I loved that it would be used and appreciated!

I have other things I need to get rid of though (like my serger, etc...) and I'll be using Craigslist for those things. I've sold with them before and it worked out really well. I got a lot more for things than if I'd sold them at a garage sale.

What about your local church? If you don't need the money I would give them away - Its very liberating

Oooohhh, good luck with that!! I still have EVERYTHING even though I rarely use it. The basement is our office and my scrapbook room....I have TONS of stuff....probably over $1000 just in Sizzix stuff alone. I just can't bring myself to get rid of things yet.

Over the last 1 1/2 years, I have gotten rid of at 85% of my stuff. I kept basic scissors (a few shaped ones and all of my different sized regular scissors), some basic shape punches (but none of cutting systems- quickutz, sizzix, some other for which I don't remember the brand names), 2-3 sheets of my favorite cardstock colors, a stack of versatile patterned papers (a mixture of different styles- shabby, modern, cute, etc.), chipboard, my favorite stamps (especially alphabets, hearts, flowers, etc.), basic supplies (brads/eyelets, ribbons, chipboard letters, tags, envelopes, etc.), and supplies (colored pencils, pens, paints, different effects mediums, chalks, etc.). I still have tons of stuff, so I don't feel deprived.

I sold some at one yard sale (made $800- and then I called some of the people who bought from me and gave them more boxes), gave some to several teenage girls, NICU, senior center, etc.

Good luck!!

Boy do I feel your pain...I went digi nearly a year ago and have done a lot of hybrid, but have not paper scrapped since then....Reading this has me motivated though, I need to just purge! I know I will feel so much better! Good luck and let us know what you decided to do!

I need to do this too. I need to keep some stuff for the paper cards I make, but haven't touched a ton of stuff in forever. Maybe we should start a support group with daily challenges, Flylady-style: spend 15 minutes going through your punches/embellishments/ribbon/paper/ whatever!

I'm pretty much committed to doing digi. I went through and donated most everything, including card stock. I kept a few "special papers" which I will probably get rid of in 6 months. I kept my Cricuit because I use that to cut quotes for my walls. I kept the storage bins because I can store other stuff in them and I like that they close. And I kept most of my idea books.

I ended up donating because I didn't think I could make enough money to make it worth the hassle. I figure that it went to a good cause.

Good luck. It sounds like you're ready to get rid of it. You'll feel so good once you do.