De-Clutter Regrets

Doesn’t it always happen? You finally decide to get rid of something that has been hanging around for years and never used, then when it’s gone you suddenly need it or want it. That’s what happened to me.

In the last quarter of 2025, I decided it was time to go through my scrapbook paper pad stash (hoard) and let some of them go. I considered them all very carefully, and there was a lot to go through, selecting the ones I thought I’d never use. I gave them to my next door neighbour who likes to scrapbook. I gave her a LOT of paper pads. Both she and her daughter were delighted and they were gone from my house.

And as it goes, the greeting card making bug latched onto me late last year. Some of that paper I gave away would have been perfect for greeting cards. I lament losing it but I know in my heart that there would only be a few sheets in each paper pad with small enough designs suitable for card making. The rest would just sit here for another ten years. What is the point of that?

Much of the paper that I have left is good for journal making so that is great as I will definitely be making more journals, but not card making. There will still be multiple sheets left in each paper pad that I’ll never use, and store for years until I’m ready to do another big destash.

So I’ve decided to ‘try’ to avoid purchasing new paper pads and only pick up individual sheets with small patterns for my card making. I know it will get used, and I won’t have a lot of paper being stored and ignored. Good plan, right?