get rid of clutter

I have discarded or otherwise removed all the valueless clutter. Now what’s left is the ‘good stuff.’ I can’t buy any more storage devices, such as shelves, as there is no place to put them (this isn’t my house). So, I have purchased some 24 gallon Rubbermaid containers to at least contain the yarn, fabric and stuff. I have beer boxes full of paper items to go through—patterns, old bills, etc. I need to be down to one box. I am thinking of getting a 2 door filing cabinet to help with the paper stuff. I did try to savage my quilt book collection. Only eliminated 20 books so far this year. Oh well, less every month is better. I have managed to reduce my spending so less stuff is coming in. There’s hope!

My crafts are really the source of the majority of my clutter. I have already rid myself of all the obvious clutter. I’m still overwhelmed.

I have 4 crafts that I work on regularly—Quilting, knitting, crocheting and scrapbooking, not to mention the cooking stuff. I’ve eliminated everything I’m no longer in love with, but still have too much in too little space. Reference books, supplies, fabric, yarn and paper…

Because I don’t own this place (my whole life is temporary, I swear), I can’t put in permanent stuff, like shelving, in the closet. We also have an occasional mouse problem.

The reality is that I need to pretty much give up two hobbies: very likely crocheting and quilting. I still need to work through a lot of these supplies though. I hate to part with stuff I spent a lot of money on!