I let go of some crafting dreams - and that's ok.

I just made a difficult edit - my old, thick decoupage folders! It must have been twenty years ago when I was making small decoupage projects: boxes, small Ikea drawer sets, pencil cups, etc. For these, I collected beautiful magazine tear-outs of luscious green imagery. In my latest file purge, they (mostly) didn’t make the cut though. In about 15 minutes, I sorted it all down to just four magazine covers!

In this collection were over a dozen vintage Gourmet Magazine covers that a client sent home with me. I had dreams of creating a beautiful collage or framing them in a grand pantry one day. With no collaging since, and no grand pantry in sight, it was time to say buh-bye.

The 3rd photo is of the only 4 covers I saved. The last photo is of how I saved them.

Sometimes letting go of crafting supplies feels like you’re closing the door on that crafter fantasy forever. In my case, I probably am and that’s ok. There comes a point when you realize you’re taking up space for a fantasy version of you, not the real, best, or future version of you.

Can you think of any relics from past projects that need to go? Do you have 15 minutes to make some tough, but necessary cuts? Please share in the comments!