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Liar Liar Pants on Fire!

*She sheepishly walks into the blog room with cheeks flushed and head hung low*

I'm so sorry about not posting my garage sale items yesterday. After much resting, my roommates and I decided to push the garage sale back to the following Saturday, 9/19. The bulk of garage sale items are mine and I have yet to go through it all and price it; and here it is late afternoon on Friday. I have taken pictures of my vintage items to post in my Etsy store, so you can check those out early next week. I am slowly, but surely getting to the bottoms of my piles of stuff. No pictures today....just my apologies for not keeping my word in getting those garage sale items up on the site. Will be better about announcements next time. :0)

Take some time to pray for the families of those who died on 9/11/01 and let your own family, friends and co-workers know how much you appreciate them and having them in your life! 

Blessings to you all!

~creativebebe

Progress in the de-cluttering process

Yay! I am blogging again. Once a week. Sounds and is doable. Ideas ruminating in my head of different things to blog about, but alas, this clutter cleaning and simple life project is under way and is taking A LOT of time and energy! This is my respite time of year and I need to take advantage of this free time to get as much accomplished as I possibly can. What I have realized this respite period is that I was mildly to a little more than mildly depressed from staying at home in my new role as caregiver. I worry all day long and don't realize it. I have not let go of the worry and planning for an entire year....and the house has gone to pot! With the unrealized depression I went thrifting and garage sale'ing without moving things out to make room. Then my mojo was trapped in a house of clutter.....then fear gripping me with the thought of "Am I becoming a hoarder!?" Oh No! So this respite, with the help of my BFF/Roommate/Sister, we started tackling the mess I have made. The previous post pics are an indication of just how bad things had gotten. Here are some "In progress pics" to document the journey and keep me accountable to finishing the tasks at hand. 

Beads mostly organized now

shelf 1 of 3

shelf 2 of 3

Piles of some of next weekend's garage sale items

items inside new buffet cabinet for sale....not the cabinet! :)

New Design/Crafting Studio 

found this idea from a flickr site. next day saw a listing on craigslist for the exact same cabinet. i know, shameless copying of studio solution, but it is so brilliant....!

New dresser replacing fabric shelf

Getting there, but it sure is taking some time and physical energy leaving me walking like a tin woman needing her joints oiled! LOL My BFF is a little worse for the wear, but we will both recover after next weekend's garage sale. I will try and post pics of items onto my flickr account for you all to see what I'm selling, by Thursday, 9/10/09. If there is something you are interested in, please let me know and maybe we can work something out through paypal and the USPS. :)

Here's wishing you all a wonderful Labor Day week! Until next time....keep it sane, and simple! 

~creativebebe

I'm back....seriously.....I am

Okay, it's been over 1 year since my last post and it was my fifth one. Not a good start to blogging, but then, a lot has been going on since then. Okay, just another excuse. I am resolved to be consistent with blogging and am just diving in starting today! 

As I was thinking all year about what this blog should be about, I figured, why not let it be a sort of accountability to the projects I keep putting on the back burner. I don't know about you, but when I am tired, bored or overwhelmed I procrastinate. I also get bored very easily, and coming from working full time since I was 16 years old to becoming a stay at home daughter/caregiver has been quite an adjustment! Giving up a nice paycheck, the routine, the challenges, the social aspect....to waking up, getting breakfast, bathing, physical therapy, bills once a month, doctors and dental appointments all done before lunch.....it's such a huge difference! This entire year has been about taking care of Dad and then being bored out of my mind....sleeping or surfing the 'net. 

I have fabric up the wazoo  

bedroom closet...

craft shelf....1 of ?

creative storage....? hehehe

vintage fabrics trims....

more fabrics.....

and more fabric.....

ties for tie quilt and dress and purses.....

more ties, trims and decorator fabric samples......

batting and flat sheets for quick quilt projects.....

vintage buttons, tons of yarn and lots more craft supplies stored in pretty boxes....

Enough beads to open a store 

chains, czech glass, sterling silver findings.....

crystal, gemstone, and fiber optic beads......

silver and gold tone findings, earrings, necklaces and more czech glass beads.....

A house full of vintage thrift finds 

just one shelf of many vintage finds along with more beads....cloisonne, cane, pearls, charms, etc....

waffle maker, flower frog, mid-century baby clothes, dish cloths......

vintage tablecloths and fabric.....

dishes, coffee maker, boxes, toys, etc.....

All of this sampling plus more, sitting on a shelf in my garage, dining room, bed room and some other nook or cranny I've forgotten about! 

So here are my goals:

• Post my beads for sale
• Post my vintage finds for sale 
• Sew useful giveable/sellable things with all my fabric 
• Lose 100 lbs 
• Downsize all of my "stuff" aka "crap" to minimalist style 
• Finish my Bachelor's degree 
• Start writing a book....on something 

So there you have it. A huge list based on content and doability with some strategic planning and a whole lot of accountability! Here I am, putting myself out there to journal my journey into finishing what I've started and completing tasks that will make life easier and simpler!

Please comment and give advice, opinions, persepectives, encouragement. I will read them all. 

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and blatherings!

~creativebebe