Dec 17-18 card kits

I found these in my gift wrap bin.  I am slowly trying to use all that crap up too!  In fact, I'll count this as 2 days because i know i threw away some old bows and wrapping items. So, I brought these to craft group and gave them to Heather.  Heather has 3 kids and counting so she needs all the entertainment she can give them!

Dec 15 and 16- 2 handmade items

I made both items.  I really like the purse but it is too small for me.  I gave both items to Scott's cousin in the present swap.  I drew her name and well, she got extras.  Yes, I also got her stuff she specifically asked for.  Actually, this Christmas I got everyone too much!  EGADS!  My budget is blown. 

Dec 14- measuring cups!

 I found the silver measuring cups in the closet upstairs.  Like in the far back corner.  I have never seen them and I have no idea why they would be in the closet that has mostly clothes in it.  Hmmm.  Rats?  do they move things like measuring cups?  Anyway, i got rid of the grody white plastic ones with no markings left. 

Dec 13- nutcracker

I may have listed this before.  Amanda, if you read this, I am sorry.
So my sis-in law gave me this awesome nut-cracker.  Well, Scott tried to use it when his nutcracker broke.  Let me assure you that this is a bad idea because these things are decorative and maybe could crack a peanut but not much else.
I could glue it but really I need to let it go to more capable hands.

Dec 11-12 cleaning the scary CD corner

 Who listens to CD's anymore really?  Well, I cleaned the scary dusty computer room CD cabinet thing.  I am counting it as 2 days because I got rid of all the empty cases and I got rid of all the dumb shit I will never listen to again.  Really, Playaz Circle?  Where did that come from?  Scott probably bought it in a gas station parking lot and i am sure it is high quality with insightful lyrics but realistically we should give it to the thrift store so the needy can have music too.

 After photo!  now i can frame something and stick it on the wall!

Dec 10- ceramic tools

I took ceramics years ago in college when i was a baby.  In clearing out items i have come across a stash of tools and I have set them aside for a lady that does ceramics in the neighborhood.  she was excited but she really shouldn;t be.  It is about 20-30 bucks worth of perfectly good tools though. 

Dec 9- a shirt

This is too big.  Hillery gave it to me and its an XL.  a normal XL is okay but an old navy XL is close to being a walmart XL.  What does this mean?!!!!  Well, it means I am dainty by old Navy and Walmart standards and I am a cow by anywhere else.

Dec 8, laundry hamper

This thing pops open to be a hamper.  It was from the college stuff at target that pops up every August.  I'm sure this was in the clearance and I never ever use it.  So the thrift store can have it and put something in it or sell it or whatever. 

Dec 7- mardis gras memories

One of these is something I have never seen.  The other says Mardi Gras 1996.  I'm sure it is filled with some awesome stuff but I am more sure it is filled with terrible stuff.  I think that's pretty close to when i didn;t drink.  I DO know i had a grenade from somewhere and got super wasted.  I should save it but its been in a gross rat turd box for years and then in the gross mildewy basement before i got the de-humidifier.  Basically I think it would ruin the machine it went to live in.

Dec 6- exercise ball!

oh exercise ball...I hardly used you.  I thought about it.  I wanted to do more crunches and stretches and things but i guess we weren;t a match made in heaven.  For the past 6 years or so you've been hidden in the attic, with mice and rats nesting all around.  Your sheen is not so shimmery and well, you are GROSS! 

I kicked the ball out the door and hoped it would blow away.  Then i moved it closer to the street in hopes someone would take it with them.  Maybe it will be gone when i get home.

Dec 5 my memory of Andrea and Randall...

 No, not really their memory, but the trinket they gave.  Actually their wedding was awesome!  Simple, in a friend's backyard, bbq, cake, and well, it was fun and not a lot of stress!  I dont think i even gave them a present but maybe I did.  I feel bad if i didn't.  Well, they can skip giving me one! 

Anyway, i kep change in this for a while and then it had Q-tips and then it was in a drawer and then on a shelf being empty and hidden.  I need to send it on it's way now.  Bye little shot glass!

Dec 4- flip flops

You can't tell but the bottoms on these are like 2.5 inches tall.  so they're like giant geisha shoes i should wear with socks or something.  They are silly and i haven't worn them since the closet got buried.  I know this because they were in the bottom back corner of the scary closet. 

Dec 2-3 clothes swap!

 Erin had a clothes swap this weekend and I brought all sorts of stuff, but most of it crap.  A lot was too small for all of us due to the fact that clothes get tiny when you dont look at them.  I also brought a ton of bags.  Erin is a hoarder so she accepted almost all of them!  Bwahahahahahaha.

 This fleece body suit was particularly hard to let go of. 

Dec 1- kone vaccum

I ended up giving this to a coworker.  He just bought a house and is so sad and pitiful and without clutter that i had to help him out.  I make messes too big for this little guy so i let it go. 

Nov 30- closet cleaning find- curtain!

 Look how gross this curtain is!  When it rains hard and the window is open then the curtain would sometimes end up outside of the window.  You know, no screens, living in mideval times...Anyway, I was cleaning out the grody upstairs closet and I found a single curtain.  So now it looks almost classy again.  Almost. 

And while I am bragging, check out my closet!  Yes there is a bag of costumes on the floor but I plan to get a plastic storage bin for that.  The important thing is that you can see the floor! 

Nov 29- a really bad book

This has been in my house for years.  I have been meaning to send it to Kathleen for at least 5 years.  I think it came from a thrift store?  Anyway, it is funny because #1 it is poems by Jack Palance.  THE Jack Palance.  #2, there is a band that Kathleen knows called The Jack Palance Band.  so there you go.  I paid 3 bucks to mail this thing away. 

Nov 28- hot pink toilet paper

 Seriously, i have all this crap in my house!  So this is some toilet paper i got from Fab.com a long time ago.  They send too many emails so i broke up with them.  Anyway, I got all these credits for people signing up and i bought this for Olivia's birthday.  "bought".  It was mostly free.  Anyway, that was last October (like 2011) and I FINALLY got it in the mail.  Of course, I added her new borthday items and also of course she now lives in the UK where it is very expensive to send packages. 

Nov 27- a bug magnet

 So a long time ago i made all these bug magnets.  They were really cool but no one wanted to buy them.  So now I am putting them out in the world.  This one is on a windowsill high up at the ambient Studios space where they held the Indie Craft Experience. 

Nov 25-26 A shirt and some tissue

 So the top item is a shirt.  It was a nice shirt, simple structure, but time has caused it to shrink and me to grow so i have sent it to the thrift store box.  Below is a bunch of tissue paper.  I was at the Indie Craft Experience and my friend needed some tissue paper.  Luckily my mom gives me all sorts of stuff like bags and packing materials so I had a plentiful supply to give her. 

Nov 24- faucets!

Okay, this is the current faucet but it looks just like the old one.  I had a busted faucet and we couldn't get water.  So the boss-man came out and took it all apart.  It seems that all the rust in my pipes had caused it to become permanently disabled.  So we hooked up a new one.  I was supposed to return the old one but I felt dishonest since it was not a real product defect.  Well, it sort of was because we couldn't get the old one unclogged.  Instead I got all new copper plumbing and a new hot water heater.  Don;t rob me, it really isn't that much.

Nov 23 paint pants

I did not get rid of Turkey or my foot, just the pants.  Turkey is the dog by the way.  So probably in about 2007 or so i worked for a different company.  one day they had us help stain shelves for the fancy new library.  Well, a shelf fell and exploded all over my pants and they gave me money to buy a new pair.  They were just Gap capri pants but i loved them so i got the same thing.  This is them today.  I dont know why i still have them because they don't fit AND I have snazzy coveralls that are my paint outfit/work on the house uniform.  To get rid of these I actually put them in the trash and then poured the bacon grease onto them.  You know, instead of pouring it down the drain to cause disasters in the future.

Nov 22, glasses

These must be 6 years old.  Maybe more.  I keep getting glasses and I keep not wearing them.  So I put these in the thrift store box.  I also kept meaning to bring them to one of those places that gets glasses and gives them to needy people...but well, I think we know I will never get around to it.

Nov 21 Day of the dead bag

I went to brunch and a yard sale the other day.  It was right when i was thinking about cleaning out my upstairs closet.  I saw this and immediately thought of Jen.  So I gifted it to her because a) I never use it and b) it has the wrong strap/handle type for me.  So, after like 4 years of it sitting there, i let it go.

Nov 16-20 Mom's dishes

So Mom would probably hate that I let these go but I had about 8 pieces total.  4 plates 3 tiny plates and a bowl.  They were all super crackled and most had a chip or 2.  I brought them to the antiquey china spot in Avondale Estates.  They said "These aren't going to sell in this condition" so I asked if they knew anyone who smashed dishes and made mosaics or jewelry or anything.  Yes, yes they did so that is hopefully where they went to live.  I'm giving myself credit for 5 items even though i gave them more.  It kind of felt like cheating though.

Nov 15 coasters

So recently I decided to work on the craft room and finish a bunch of half done projects.  I finished these coasters that had been sitting there for about 3 years.  Then i gave them to one of my bosses because it makes her happy! 

Nov 13 and 14 socks

 So i wore the socks to work out the other day.  The pink ones...anyway, they kept sliding into my shoes.  Unacceptable.  I got to work and took them off and threw those jerks in the trash!  Also, the other day i brought silly Christmas socks to wear and couldn't even get them on my massive feet.  I gave them to a co-worker since they were brand new.  I think my sock drawer needs a major overhaul anyway. 

Nov 7-12, clothes and a camera and a bag o tapes

 A pair of jeans, a headband belt thing and a shirt.  also a bag of VHS tape and a polaroid.  These all go to live at the thrift store.  They've been traveling around in my car with me but I promise they will go away eventually. Seriously, i couldnt go to the grocery store right now if I had to.  Maybe after work...

Nov 6- shoes

I have one of those shoe organizer things on the back of the door.  This pair has been in the bottom right corner for about 3 years.  They never move.  They never do anything except hang there, taking space.  So they have gone to a new home (I hope) and that is the goodwill box that will go to the thrift store one day when i have time.  The boxes are getting pretty full!

Nov 1-5 BAGS!

 I loved you little silver purse.  But you know, it's time.  Time to let go.  You are old and worn out, which is not to say that i don't still love you, i just, well...its not you, it's me.

 Goodbye random bag of white men's undershirts.  You need to go live where you will be appreciated. I dont know why you are here in the first place either.

Goodbye awesome bags i was never able to let go of.  You all served a great purpose but it is time to go.  Green bag, you got me through Amsterdam and the UK.  I remember I took off the Tommy Hilfiger tag so no one would know i was american and not Euro-Lori.  Unicorn bag, i loved you.  but your lack of interior or exterior pockets made me hate you.  Tiny star bag, we had some good times.  you were perfect for galavanting.  But i have outgrown you all. 

Goodbye.

Oct 31 Damien

Theres a little naked boy mannequin in the bushes.  Scott's friend wants to adopt him so I used him for decor as one last hoorah.  It is nov 9 and he is still there in the bushes being creepy.  BUT, he is not in the house or basement nor is he allowed back in.  It is up to Scott o actually move him.

Maybe I'll hide him in Bobo's van.

Update- He went to Savage Pizza to hide in the walk-in.  heh heh.  His adoptive parent will pick him up!

BEADS! 2 bins through oct 30

You all know i have been purging the attic.  Well, i had these bins of beads.  I probably should have kept them but really we know i shouldn't.  I brought them up to homegrown for some of the artists to use.  I think the last time i made anything with beads was in about 1996.  There was a store called beads by shoshana or something.  What a long time ago.

Oct 28 candle

While I am planning a wedding I had the mental anguish over wedding favors.  We all get this stuff at weddings and really a lot of it is wasted or unnecessary.  I got hung up on it for a second trying to decide what to do without breaking the bank or making trash.  No one really needs a candle, or a shot glass or another coozie.  I was going to do lip balms from a favoriter crafter Mama Bath and Body here in Decatur.  I thought about match books with cute design.  magnets, pencils with funny sayings, etc.  Well, its mostly not needed and my friend pointed out that if anyone is going to get mad that they did not recieve a dollar trinket, do i really care if they are at my wedding?  I can put the money towards food and drink.  I can keep the budget within reason.  I can apply it to the honeymoon if i want.  Either way we won't end up with a bucket of pencils at the end of the night and a ton of matches.

This candle came from a wedding.  I have no idea who's.  It has been in the drawer for years.  So i lit it and burned it down and got rid of it.  Thanks whoever gave me that!