How to Declutter an Overwhelming Amount of Stuff | Craft Supply Hoard
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2023
- In this episode while I’m decluttering the craft stash, I’ll be speaking about how to Declutter without feeling overwhelmed. I’ll be addressing the emotion side bc I’m hoarding disorder, everything in my house has an emotional story attached to it.
I had this concept pop into my head called my “Decluttering Toolbox” which was inspired from my son’s “coping toolbox” for his ADD, HFA and anxiety. We’re in the beginning stages of creating this and these are the concepts we cover in this video to cope with being overwhelmed:
1). Baby Step DeCluttering
2). Don’t force yourself to let go of anything you’re not ready to let go of.
3). Pick the easiest thing to let go of first
4). DeClutter by categories.
#home #declutter #cleaning
Watching you put back items from random bins into their designated box you previously made was soooo satisfying! Paint tube in the painting bin, washy tape in with the others… oddly calming and satisfying 😂😅
You’re doing such a good job ❤
YES! I agree. Thanks for another great video! 💜💜💜
I'm 62...my boys are in their 30's. They don't want my stuff. I need to get rid of most. I don't want to saddle them with my "stuff". I came into this world with nothing, I will go out with nothing.
The big reason to declutter craft supplies is so you can easily get to the stuff you love (and not have to dig through the stuff that is just ok) - then organize so you can craft easily and spontaneously, in a space that it ready for crafting.
I wacth and love all your videos. But I sort off miss, when you used to talk me through the decision making of each item, as you went through the boxes. I always loved that. Would you pehaps consider going back to doing that? 🌈🌷❤.
I feel so safe when I listen to your advice. When my own husband just tells me to throw away everything, and I mean everything, you are so much safer to listen to.
I wanted to share with you that this week, my 6 year old daughter and I started to declutter our rooms. I gave her a little chat about where to start and how we're going to do it and she jumped right in and did SUCH a good job, which got me motivated too. And we used your terms 'This is an easy tossy tossy' :) It was so helpful, and so cute to hear her say that, as well as being so keen to pass things on to other kids to make them happy. Thank you! : )
Yeahhhh!!!! :) I love your decluttering advice and this series is so exciting! I had a vision of your cleared out basement and you contacted Cas from clutterbug and you two COLLABORATED!! She made you the cutest zoned out basement with a workout area for hubby, an awesome toy area with gaming for the kids, a simple yet functional seating area and the most amazing butterfly 🦋 craft room ever!!! You've gotta get Cas to come and do the space after you've decluttered!!
That would be a dream! I'd want an hour long video!
Michigan Minimalist here! I got rid of ALL of my craft supplies (too much stuff gives me anxiety!) Plus, it was ALL 'Fantasy Self' items - crafts that were 'cute' when I purchased the supplies - but then never got around to making them. Now, I only allow myself to buy what I need to make ONE project at a time! For instance, I made new curtains for my bedroom today! (I still need to make matching pillow covers for my bed - but I'll get those made this weekend!
PS: Nursing Homes LOVE craft supplies!
Oh...the 3 drawer plastic 'carts' that I was storing most of my craft supplies in are...now in my closet holding my clothes! I decluttered so many of my clothes, I was able to get rid of my dresser! That has REALLY freed up space in my bedroom!
Good for you! Great tips!
Good job getting craft supplies sorted and filed in previously organized bins. Amazing “take it there now “
Omg Miss Heart ❤️ take a bow 🙇♀️ with the amount of craft supplies you are letting go, it’s a huge pile. Whatever direction you send it in, you have truly blessed them. Miss Pepper 🐈 was loving the paper too. Have a great weekend. Mary, Joes wife 🙇♀️👏💪🙏💐🐈🦄
I like how you’re tackling this project! A little bit at a time and mostly just focusing on sorting. I find it overwhelming to decide what to get rid of when you don’t know what’s in the other boxes.
Pepper is so cute 🥰
Thank you so much!! She really is a sweetheart 🐱🩷🐱🩷
Yes and she is a great decluttering buddy!
I am finding this craft sorting really helpful and supportive. I am gathering together and sorting all my sewing supplies and finding homes for them in my newly created sewing space. I have been going through boxes and sorting into categories and it is making it easier to sort the remaining boxes because I have a starting point. Keep up the good work, I'm already looking forward to next Friday!
Ohhhh, I just LOVE that you’re working on your sewing supplies!! I bet you have creative such beautiful items!! Please know that I am cheering you on every step of the way 🦄🌟🙏🏼💕💜
It's so exciting & satisfying to see you organizing your crafts! Working on decluttering the basement overall meant that your crafts got set to the side (literally & figuratively) for awhile. But here you are! Such progress!
I forecast that it will be like your Christmas cave decluttering; it'll take a few passes before you settle on what to keep long term & how to organize it optimally. In the meantime, though, you'll still have a much easier time finding things AND putting them away. Yay, you!
Love that you are organising your supplies as you declutter. I think this is a great way to create categories for the different crafting stuff you have. I also think you are doing a superb job in tackling this emotionally difficult section of your basement, Ms Heart. May I offer a suggestion by saying that it might be wise to only allow yourself one bin for each category of crafting supplies and that you declutter what doesn’t fit into each bin. That way you are creating a firm boundary. Plus, may I suggest you think hard about the final number of crafting bins that you would feel comfortable keeping (e.g. perhaps ten large rubber-maids and ten small plastic baskets on your crafting shelf), and then make a positive decision not to keep more bins than that number. By doing that you are stopping your mind from wanting to over buy items in the future, by remembering that you only have a designated space for your crafting items and only a set number of bins to store those items in.
I’m cheering you on every time you say “we can let this go!” It’s going to be wonderful when you get to a stage you can start crafting instead of sorting through all the boxes.
I am so glad I found your CZcams channel yesterday. I just finished up seeing my Psychologist for my ADHD and cognitive rehab. I am feeling good about tackling my mess one day at a time. It also makes me feel better seeing someone else working on cluttered spaces. When need encouragement I will just put on one of your videos. Thank you for bringing awareness to this problem of hoarding and adhd .❤
You are an incredible and understanding person. Thank you for sharing a helping process to deal with my decluttering. I'm so attached to many things that I've labelled many and all of my belongings the "someday stuff" that only seems to be a hoarding disorder. The fact that you walk us through dealing with the psychological aspect of letting go and being kind to ourselves no matter how small is the most gratifying feeling that it does take a reminder to be kind to myself even if letting go was small. Being kind to myself has been a problem because I feel guilty that I may have let go of something small and didn't with the rest of the stuff at a given time. Thank you so much for reminding me to be kind to myself and to remind me that cluttering did not happen overnight so eliminating will take some time and that's okay. Even though I don't feel good about myself for not decluttering huge amounts, you're helping me be kind to myself and so far, I've decluttered more than I thought. Still, I remember you saying that in 6months a person was able to see the difference. I desperately want to be decluttered and actually taking the time to do the crafts that have sat there for years to get started. Thank you again for your loving process of decluttering.
So much of our cultural language around hoarding disorder has been dictated by reality TV. I love seeing someone else who just has the disorder and is talking about it and what works and doesn't. 💜
👏👏👏You are doing soooo well! I think the decluttering of your crafts is probably the most challenging yet because it is such a part of your creativity. Yet I know that at some point you will have to give up some simply because you won't have enough time to do them all ... unless you vow not to purchase any more craft items for a few years. That would be hard. So maybe letting go of what is not tugging at your heart as much, would be good. So for example, if you got rid of 6 out of 20 un-started projects, you still have 14. Once the 14 are done, you will have the space to put the next 2-3 new projects. Continuing to training yourself to focus on working with what you have, and then later limiting the amount that comes into the house, will actually give you more mental breathing space. And also get rid of that 'guilt' that comes with not completing projects that we have held on to for a number of years that we aren't married to anymore. Hope all that made sense!
Makes PERFECT sense!
Here I am. I'm a level one craft hoarder. It's emotionally draining.
I also see these items as gift opportunities. Make homemade gifts for people and give them away! It's a running joke amongst my friends that I have too much crochet thread and yarn. Recently I have been frantically making gifts for people to get rid of my stash without throwing away things and have really gotten into cross stitching and embroidery. I saw those 1990s embroidery flosses! You have a treasure trove of crochet yarn and floss and so much. Your hands are your gift makers and also way to get rid of stuff!
i know your outro and intro by memory and love saying it with you like a goodbye and hello at the beginning and end 😊❤
Awe, you made my heart soooo incredibly happy!! Thank you for making my day 🦄💜🙏🏼🌟💕
I don't know why...but I'm super excited watching you declutter and organize craft supplies
This is so inspirational, Melanie. I love the way you talk through your processes & the feelings experienced along the way. What a great outcome from this decluttering episode, too! I look forward to each new video.
This is great! Maybe you can reward yourself by completing a craft project. I know seeing all those supplies brings out your creativity.
Oh yessss! Going through all the craft supplies definitely was giving me inspiration to creative something new!! Thank you so much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!
That is actually another way to declutter craft supplies by using them!
Love the decluttering toolbox! Thanks for always having informative videos that are happy and bubbly yet calming
It's brilliant to use the tubs to sort, you don't create a big mess in the basement. The checkmarks are brilliant too. Great job with both decluttering and make cathegories. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hats off to you for this beautiful and huge progress! I’ve been following for about 2years maybe and i’m loving the growth! The way you learned to let go of things at your own pace and detaching the emotions from it, is really a great accomplishment and very inspiring! ❤
I just went through my papers and used your tips to get rid of more than I might have otherwise. I didn't need old EOB forms, for example. I was able to let those go because I didn't force myself. Thank you for being an inspiration!
It’s comforting to see someone else’s craft hoard. I am not alone! We have some of the same stuff even!😂 I am moving to a new house and need to severely cut down my supply.
Yay!! You are slowly setting yourself up for that dream craft space!! So excited for you.
You did a fantastic job congratulations even putting things were the belong congratulations
You have such a calming and soothing voice. Love this video. I am new to your channel, but thank you for putting this out it is beyond helpful.
This week's bag of clothes is in the car. The box of breakable stuff for Goodwill is about a third full. I make crafts out of throwaway items, too. I just have
much less stuff. Tina, Al's wife
I love seeing you in this pre-sorting phase and knocking out tossy tossies! I hope you are able to really consolidate the next go round.
Consider matching like by bin color as you get to the next sort:
Greenery/wreath frames/flowerpots in green.
Fabrics/trim/ribbon/buttons in blue.
Paint/markers/glitter in red.
Multi piece kits/sets/projects(etsy) in purple.
Paper/pads/washi/stickers in yellow.
Wood/metal signs/ holders/ baskets in black (those "bones" you grab to essentially start some projects).
And, so on (colors to your choice), so you will know just which bins to go to when "shopping" and pulling projects together! If not enough bins, use some of that beautiful colored paper you have!
Your number of bins will shrink significantly, since many are only a bit full. Maybe occassionally take pics of bin contents and tape to the outside to see what's available. (Or, keep a photo file in your phone by bin number)...someway to see without opening each bin.
Start standing items up like in Konmari to just be able to look into the bin and quickly glance and see your goods. When stacking them, you have things "sight unseen" and may inadvertently purchase again.
That will allow you to access, assess, and have success (lol, I just made that up!)! Your opportunities will be efficient and endless.
Your laundry craft shelf organization, bringing up a few things to add at a time looks great! Thank you for inspiring me to be better! God bless you and your family!
Hoarder here… I’ve honestly gotten to a point where if i look at a box & I can’t remember what is in it and haven’t been in
It in over a year… I donate the whole box… or I throw away the whole box because i need the things out of my home to heal from my nervous breakdown that caused the hoard 😞❤️ otherwise it feels like it would be years of decluttering
Congrats to your son for his diagnosis! Glad to have him on our side ♾️!
Fun to start the crafts! Big washing down duvets, jacker, and coats. Cleaned and packed up the winter boots( we have to have many types). Then back to the garden this evening. I have garden items to drop off at the donation garden store and clothing for the Good Will.
When you opened the super organized drawer - wow! It must feel great for you. Thank you for showing where you put things, it is very satisfying for some of us😉
Thank you for sharing your journey. I am a hoarder and know I need to make some changes but have had a hard time. However watching your videos says I need to try.
Girl! You were on a roll! You go❤
I really need to do this. I had to put my crafting on hold for now because I’m going back to college. I will pick it up again someday, but I have things I’ll probably never do. I like sewing so I’ll keep those things.
Miss Heart! You content / stories and topics are so helpful… but I’m finding it difficult to learn how to “do it myself” as the reasons you’re able to let things go (individual items) is more often in white text and it’s harder to follow while there’s a different narrative on the voiceover 😅 might just be me, but it would be so so helpful if some of your new videos were going through the things on the white text (like your old videos).
I was so looking forward to the craft series, but I personally find it difficult to pay attention to the text while there’s different verbal words. I kinda miss both 😅 I have no idea how you’re making the decisions to let things go, I’m so lost! Your Tossy Tossy piles are ever-impressive, though, so whatever you’re doing I’m so glad that it’s working 💕💖
I don’t want you to change for my benefit/ at all, but I’d be interested to know if anyone else would find this helpful too?
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If you ever did a podcast I’d listen I love your voice ❤
I love Pepper!!
Awe, thank you so much, she is a sweetheart 🐱🩷🐱🩷
In the future I hope you make videos of creating some of your crafts every once in awhile. 🥰
What an excellent and motivating video! You are a #ROCKSTAR!!!
Hi, thank you for this video. I have so many things im holding onto just in case. Its so hard to get rid of those things because i may need them in the future which for the most part i have used them later on. This is what i needed. Ive come across many decluttering videos, none like this one. I thank you and made me wanting to come back for more. Feels likebyou ended the video too son. But i understand where you are coming from. Im sure i will watch every video you post. Something will eventually click and i will have a major breakthrough. Looking at your things is like looking in the mirror. Thank you also for addressing the emotional part. Very important.
I loved watching you put away right away.
Awesome job! So great that you were also able to start organizing and putting things away, too! 💪🌟
Thank you! I began to wonder about myself after watching episodes of hoarders. I related to their psychology and you helped me to understand how difficult it is for me to declutter and why I am so emotionally attached to things. I used Marie Condo's technique twice. The first time I got stuck at sentimental stuff and the second time I got stuck at craft supplies.
I started my own decluttering toolkit. OK, so I copied down everything you said. But, they all apply to me and it gave me courage to go declutter one box in my craft area.
2:20 minutes in and i know - you are a genius!!!❤❤❤
41.9 Lots of ribbon! And even some for the tossy pile. 😉
You did so well today. 💪🏻
That tossy tossy pile was definitely bigger than I expected it to be! Great job! Craft supplies are a pain point for me too- if feels like unmet potential, but I love that you’re dedicating space and time for yourself so you are able to use your things one day!
*Just getting to going hard on my basement craft hoard, I will try your methods; wish me luck!*
Even relabling everything yippie fantastic job 🦄💜🥳🎊
I did this not long ago and what a big difference.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Pepper loves decluttering too!😄
It amazes me how much stuff you still have after years of decluttering. 👀
Love your explanations and logic! Breaking things down and making sense of it is so helpful!!
It’s so great to only keep the best stuff! 👍
I love watching your craft series, it’s so fun to see the treasures you find!
You are becoming a pro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻good for you !
Wow, so much progress! I hope you’re enjoying being able to take stock of what you have and see all the beautiful things you can make. ❤❤
Thank you for the goog tips, even though i heard them before, i still need to hear them over and over again 😅. Because thinking about to start often overwhelms me . ❤💕🌸💖
Yesss! That repetition helps us retain it and eventually make it a subconscious habit. Just like how Dave Ramsey always talks about the 7 Baby Steps! They haven’t changed in 20 years! Lol But I am diving deeper into adding newer ideas to the Decluttering toolbox 🩷🙏🏼🩷
Such a pretty kitty! 💖🐱💖🐱💖🐱💖🐱
Amazing job, so love seeing everything grouped together
Your videos are helpful. Thank you for your love. ❤
Great job! I love seeing you using the categories made in your laundry room, and creating new ones as you find different objects! Always look forward to these videos :)
You are so helpful. I really look forward to your wise advice! ❤️🤗♥️
Wonderful job! Baby steps for craft items is a great way to go!
Thank you for providing so many helpful tips. We're in the middle of a PCS from one overseas location to another overseas location and I just received a wake up call when we received our housing options that we will have one less room to create an office/craft area/storage space so realistically I will probably need to pair down more items to feel comfortable in this smaller home. Im having difficulty accepting as this was unexpected I know I have excess items but because I don't have access to craft stores etc it definitely induces a feeling similar to hoarding a strong sense that I need to keep things because of all the "what ifs" I also struggle to let go of things because I've never had a good set up for my creative/crafty space I repurposed what was available to me but because its not what I wanted I couldn't instate boundaries so I allowed myself to keep bringing in more items and now find myself in this situation. I'm going to refer back to this video once we've moved into our new home and as I open each box or bin of our HHG (house hold goods) I will pair down as I go so everything can have a designated space.
Love watching the progress each week 🤩
Amazing!!! You are an inspiration.
This is great motivation for decluttering! I’ve been going through my paper work and school books I’ve had long time in boxes. I did away with a lot. I did keep some of the papers that I wrote about my favorite pets and places to visit. I’ve also went through my art drawings. I need to go through my decorations again. It does help to organize items. Have a good weekend.
This is my summer goal
Great job!!
How often do you get to do a craft? If it’s less then once a month maybe you should schedule time to do a craft so that you can do the thing you love. If it’s in the calendar then it’s something you need to do and you get to have fun yay! I schedule letter writing time. Haha
Great job! Crafts are so difficult for me to declutter…I needed this! 💜
Pepper is a big part of your decluttering toolkit!
Another excellent tossy tossed! Hope it felt good to put some items away in your organized craft area too ❤
I loved it!!
💜☕💜 Another great declutter session!
Have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you so much my friend!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend too 🦄💜🌟🙏🏼
I really needed to hear this because I do feel like not even starting because I’m afraid I might disappoint a loved one because although they may truly mean well in trying to get you to do a lot, they don’t understand what can cause a debilitating back set. I think the pressure of getting a lot done fast can do more harm than good. I forget to take care of my emotions, so thanks for reminding me!
How encouraging and helpful
I love watching your craft supplies. I wish I had all those things as well tbh? So many ideas of so many things that can be made! I understand also why it's hard to get rid of things that are in essence, perfectly fine. I do see that you have a LOT of things that can be categorized with the same things so you can get some overview, but I would LOVE to see some crafting videos in the future. I'm curious what you will make
I'm so glad I found this.
Such progress🙂!
Thank you for this video. Very much needed. I subscribed to your channel ❤
Goodwill must love you with all the craft stuff
😂😂 I’m their #1 supplier!!
Wow you did an awesome job!!
Thank you so much my friend 💜🦄💕🙏🏼🌟
Very helpful...TY
November 2023. I just got rid of more stuff. An empty photo box, a bag of hangers, some mugs, and a big bag of craft supplies are gone. I only made $5, but
the whole back seat of my car is emptied. Tomorrow, I'll make some papercrafts to sell, then find more for the food pantry. No new craft supplies til after Christmas. Tina, Al's wife
You got a lot cleared
Good job!
Very helpful
Thanks!😉👍❤
I want a video where you make a craft from your ribbon bins and maybe you could count how many you have and we can try to guess and someone could win your craft you made :) just something to make it fun! You are doing amazing, so proud of you! Been watching since you were still wearing sunglasses 😎
Thank you