What I am doing with all my glitter from years ago, I have added it to clear texture paste and gel and have been using it with my stencils and making my own glitter gel for my mixed media.

Like yourself and many other crafters, I have a number of things in my stash that I am not using right now. However, I like to look at them as "Art that has not yet manifested". I rarely have the "oh why did I buy this" regret - I look at these things (my glitter collection for instance) and tell the glitter " it's not time for you yet, but I am getting there". Just surrounding myself with these things brings joy.

I questioned why I had so many products for card making when I only had so many friends and families to send cards to. However recently I got involved with a Facebook group whose members sends cards to ill or lonely seniors. Now I am really enjoying making cute cards and mailing them out. It brings me joy to make them knowing they will bring a smile to someone.

It's sad to hear you quit making cards. It's the one area of crafts that blesses others and justifies the expense. 😊

Very honest video- straight from the heart. I love and appreciate your honesty. I had to use all my strength to NOT buy the Minc and all the accessories and I'm so glad I held off. Ditto the Cinch. I have spent two years talking myself out of a Cinch. I put my hundreds of tubes of glitter (yes, I have twice as much as you) in clear salt and pepper shakers I buy at thrift stores and they look so gorgeous sitting on mirrored trays. I have at least five trays filled with salt and pepper shakers and still never use the glitter. Sigh, it's a disease all us crafters have. I do however find satisfaction in donating lots of my unused items to the library for their children's room and after school programs and they are very grateful for them. Makes me feel better about having so much stash. Hugs!

Karen, I enjoyed this because you explained why you wished you didn't buy them. I appreciate your journey from scrapbooking to cards and now mixed media. I am very much a mixed media artist, but I still make cards because they can make such a difference to a person who receives them. I no longer buy things that support card making, but do continue to make them for others. I find myself looking at things and thinking what if, or how could I use it. In those cases, I allow myself 3 of a new product. No more I then need to use it in 5 projects before I allow myself to add more of that line. Most of the time I find that I don't need, it because there is something similar or the technique just doesn't float my boat as I had hoped.

Thank you for sharing this. I have quite a few products myself that I really wish I hadn’t bought because I rarely use them. After watching this, I feel inspired to clean some of them out. Thank you again for sharing.

As I watched your video, I looked around my craft room and looked at all the things I am still keeping but not using. I think we all evolve and change as we experience more art. I have many things that I used to use but don't any more. I am trying to use up supplies and then not replace them unless I am sure I can use them. I share your frustration. If only we could go back in time. lol

I love videos like this it’s so interesting to see how different crafters craft. I see things that I think are amazing and I try them out but they just don’t work for me. And then I see videos like this where people don’t use things and sometimes I buy them just to try and I love them.

This is such a great video. I also understand the excitement of new product and wanting to get it. I also think twice before I get things now.

You were so sweet and generous for sharing ♥️..no shame!! Helpful tips too!!! Thanks 😊

we should have a giant online swap. so we know this stuff is going to a good home where it will be used. . . .

You guys are so blessed. I live in a small town in South Africa and apart from the fact that we don't get these products here, our salaries are just not enough to be able to afford them. I would love to try most of these! 😂 So I try hacks and save up to once a year get something nice. We don't have shops like Michaels, JoAnnes etc.

Please, if you have supplies that you know you will never use, it's easy to donate them. There are so many people who don't have access or can't afford them. Share the joy. I bought so much that I never used. I've learned my lesson (I hope).

I’m currently halving what I have. Scrapbook pages? Keep what I like only or halve what I don’t. Fabric paint? But some paint bottles from dollar tree and pour some of the less favourite colors into them, donate the main bottles. Whatever I have go by half of what I’m unsure of to have less to stress over.

I feel ya on the embossing powders.

Great video. I’m in a similar situation and I’m not buying new supplies for now just using what I have on hand. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing!!

I just saw Tiffany’s video before yours and I saw some of the same products that I have that I can relate to. I just created a video about things that I won’t buy in the next 5 years because I want to challenge myself to use them up. It is an investment, and I agree on how we purchase when we see someone else using it and want to try something new and never use it. Great video! Jen

This is so true also for me! After an initial spurt of buying almost everything I did stop myself and only bought certain things. However, I still have a lot of things I do not use and every now and again find myself putting things on my wish list. With me it is patterned paper, some dies, stamps and also embossing powders. I cut a lot on my Shilouette because I personalise cards and other makes. I also tend to make my own backgrounds with the colour preference of the recipient. So making a list and collecting the amount of ways to use items is a really good way to stop yourself from buying on the spur of the moment! Great idea!

Big thumbs up Karin ,dont feel ashamed , I have lots that I bought that I regret too ,But ha ho ,we learn from our mistakes .

I always think about buying something twice because don't want to accumulate too much. Its funny when you're at the store its so exciting tho.

Excellent video. Yes, I have many things like this and need to de stash. Wishing you a super week. Hugs Susan

Keren, thanks for another informative video. Of course you are not the only artist who has bought supplies that are rarely used. Can you see how many of us have our hands up? I’ve been trying to use some of my unloved supplies in projects and I have an idea for my future. I’m going to put the name of each product on a slip of paper and put it in a jar. Whenever I start a project, I’ll pull a slip and, somehow I MUST use that product on the current project. Dimensional letter stickers make awesome texture in an art journal. I’ve stamped images in black on an unused background and die cut or fussy cut - great focal images. Why not add foil to the art journal page? Of course it will take us centuries to use our supplies but at least we are using them so our guilt level should go down. 😊

I completely understand. When I got started I bought so many things I now don't use but I thought I needed to have. Now I am super picky about what I buy, mostly due to financial issues. I agree with others here that you could do destash videos as I know others would buy them.

Thanks so much for all your Creativation videos. I found you last year thro your show videos and stayed. You certainly made the most watchable videos this year too. I’m looking in my cupboard and thinking I can’t buy any of the new products you showed because I’ve got so much I’ve still not used. I do think there’s a temptation to buy whole sets when actually I only use 3 out of 40 colours. I’ve unsubscribed from all the store newsletters and luckily all the craft stores are quite a journey so I’m going to try to use what I have and de-stash things I don’t like. I think buying craft items can be a bit of an addiction! I’m going to take stuff I decide to get rid of to our local scrap store which allows schools & care homes & kids clubs to come & choose art materials. I volunteer at a local care home so maybe I’ll see some of the old folk having fun with them. I think I’d sell the machines & whole unused kits like the foil stuff though. At least then you could justify buying the new stuff. Great to hear you getting ideas as you reviewed the products. Sometimes we just have too much and then don’t even think of the stuff in the cupboard & just keep re-using what’s out. Don’t feel bad about yourself. It’s a journey and you’ve learned something- that’s wonderful!!

Hope you can sell them all as a one su lump. Good luck and continue crafting sweety.

I use my extra glitter in meditation jars - You can take old jelly jars or other jars, fill them with half and half water and clear elmers glue or glycerine, and add lots of glitter - I find this helps use up a lot of glitter and you have something pretty and relaxing!

EXCELLENT video!!! I agree with you on most of the 10 categories which you summarized wonderfully! I mostly stopped creating cards but since I NEED to CREATE and have been enjoying art journaling the last couple of years so much that now I look at my accumulated stamps, dies, inks, stencils, and supplies with fresh eyes and am finally using my stash instead of just collecting it. One of my top ten regrets is colored card stock and I wish I had known that various online companies have similar resources and just use different color names. RE: Colored Archival Ink - I use it all the time when creating my art journal backgrounds... TFS and have a great day!!! :-)

I’m new to ur channel, so I don’t know what ur fave crafting projects are. But with the Christmas ornaments being on sale, u could get some clear ones and do the polycrylic glitter ornament and gift them next year! They are so pretty, and not messy at all! It’d be a great way to use it up and get it out. 2 dozen clear ornaments are $2 at micheals right now!

Last year I did a major purge. I think it included over 500 stamps. Tons of paper, etc. I’m lucky in that there is a place where I can donate these items that allows teachers to collects items for the art classes. I had to throw out things like sticklers, acrylic paints and other things that went bad. So what I learned from my purge was that if I really want something, I pause and really think about whether I really need it. One other thing I don’t buy are things like paints or gels that may dry up if they go unused. So find an art school and donate!

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.

I’m the same I’ve stopped buying until I really think about the product and want to use what I have feeling overwhelmed by all the stuff I have

Oh I hear you on the glitter stash! I need to find a purpose for mine. One thing I do is to keep an evolving list of art journalling ideas on my phone. Plus I went through and made an inventory of what I already have with notes about how they can be used. Maybe that would work for people who want to start using up some of their lesser used products. Another idea would be to have a specific journal for a particular product or a colour, I'm currently doing a monochrome journal and it's encouraging me to to go through my stash and pull out all the materials in black and white, including the ones I don't often use. If you really don't use something and you can bear to get rid of it, you can either donate it (schools, youth groups and community projects are usually ecstatic to get art and craft materials) or you can sell it on Ebay. I recently got a load of embossing powders and a heat gun for a bargain price on there. That can also be a good way of testing out if you really want to get into something.

Companies would do well to bring out sample sizes to find out what we personally gravitate toward , then buy more what we use. I went through my craft room and donated to our local community centre and local school! Plus know many who home educate their children who always grateful for crafty stuff.

OMG thanks for the shout out Keren. Wish I had more money to buy some of your stuff. The shipping alone would be prohibitive! thanks as always for sharing.

I’m doing the same thing. I’m buying the things I see other people on KZfaq buy. I have no idea how to use them. I have NO CREATIVE IMAGINATION! Thank you for your video. I’m going to do some returning to Tuesday Morning tomorrow. Thank You 🙏🏼.

great idea (Tracy Carter) we all have some items that have never been used, of what fools we are at times. good video thank you

This true for a lot of us. Setup a share, swap or sell type of situation. I have stuff I don’t need but, I love glitter and would love all that glitter you have. Gather a list of people and create a giant swap, I would be very interested. It’s best to swap that stuff, make more room for the things you need.

For me, it is colored pencils. Sometimes, I will buy samples of a media and make sure I like it and will use it.

I totally agree that art and paper craft supplies differ from each other. I was really surprised that I had to spend a lot when I started paper crafting too. Using stickers in journals or on packaging, envelopes when you send things to friends or family is a good way to reduce supplies. Maybe sell the foiling stuff on eBay? Washi tape is something I have lots of but don't really use so am trying to add the new ones to giveaway prizes along with other stuff 😊 Tfs

Nice video. Great advise

I’m a little jealous! I love love love all the mini inks!! I have a few of those and love them so much better than the bigger pads. I have arthritis in my hands as well and for me it’s so much easier to use those than try and hold the bigger pads. I always drop them when I try and use them. I am hesitant to spend money on pretty much anything because I am scared I won’t like them.

Enjoyed video and agree on all which I have most of except Minc; 3 foil colors only - use in mini albums and art journal by adhering glue and making splotchy speckles. Bought all mini distress inks but I do use more as I no longer just think of them for stamping and now use with water brushes stencils etc. True I use the black browns grays most but don’t regret the minis since I can also watercolor with them in small quick images so I’ve realized no more additional inks besides the permanent black brown. I loved stamps, have a lot / now I stamp all over tissue paper for collage paper and give them new life but no more buying stamps! :)

I've never gotten into the foiling trend. To me it makes cards look like you bought them in a store rather than looking handmade. I always get inspired by watching videos with ink blending and mixed media techniques and I did buy a few Distress inks but I hardly ever do it as it's messy. I'm really thinking carefully about each item I buy now. If I get a stamp set do I really need to spend $50 on the matching dies? I can do a lot of fussy cutting for $50! Thanks for your honesty.

Keren, this is a great video. Maybe I should try to find new ways to use the products that are not being used in my stash. It's easy to get caught up in the collection of art supplies! When I first got started, every craft room tour included a whole expensive collection of copic pens. I don't like alcohol pens because they bleed through the paper. I try to just buy a few before a large investment. We all live and learn, lol.

Lol...I died laughing when you said "What was I thinking?" ... I bought the same products....lol... and like you there are only a few of each I actually use.

I feel your pain! I also have everything you show and agree 100% , why did I buy so much? Never used the minc machine either! And the cricuit....I have 3 cricuit machines and countless cartridges! It is a sickness, I tell you!

Boy, i’m glad i’m not the only one who bought more stuff than they use. I have 2 lifetimes worth of products. 😕

I've also been trying to use the idea of coming up with several different things that I would use say a particular stamp set for before I buy it. Or any product really. But then like you said you have to actually make the things. Sometimes things look fun and we think we'll use them and we just don't. I've decided with alcohol markers that I was determined to learn how to use them well. To that end I have taken a few coloring classes. I thought about 85 markers but about 30 of them I lucked out and got for $2 at Hobby Lobby when they were clearancing some out. I'm still not great at it but I'm a lot better than I used to be. I'm totally jonesing over your foils I do have some, but want to get some more of it. But please don't feel shame. We all have things we spent money on and have it used or haven't used as much as we should have to get our money's worth. It's simply a lesson learned but please don't feel ashamed. My son would probably get the heebie-jeebies just watching your video because glitter is his Kryptonite he hates it LOL I do like the idea someone said of making your own, or buying clear pastes and using the glitter in that. I haven't bought any glitter paste yet but I figure when I do I'll just get clear and then color them with my ink refills. I'm a card maker so I love all the colors of ink. I love these videos because it really does make you think about how much you will use something before you invest your money. We all fall into the "shiny" trap from time to time. I also have issues with my hands now so I love my Gemini Junior. I bought a big shot not too long after I first started paper crafting in 2005 so it has been well-loved and well-used but now I much prefer my Gemini Junior.

I love foil!

I was going to stamp + color in with alcohol markers too! 200 markers later + I have yet to do it! 😬

I would reccomend doing some destash videos. I would suggest using flat rate boxes and putting like items together and choosing a price. Some people on KZfaq are successful in selling individual items. Some people on KZfaq only do the larger boxes. The cost typically includes shipping.

The world has turned against glitter. I have given away my glitter, but I still have lots of stickles. Stickles don't come off, but I almost never use them so I have put them all in a plastic bag and shoved them to the back of my art closet.

Glitter is life.

I use specific stickles colours but you are right you don’t need them all and the same with embossing powders. I use some different colours other than white, clear, silver and pearl, but not many. I bought loads of NUVO drops and I just don’t use them, so I wish I hadn’t bought so many colours.

I believe we all are guilty of this. We see someone using these and we get excited and, before we know it, we have too much and might not use it. I'm trying to be on a no-buy thing this year...great video!!!

I love this video- every single expression you used is literally ME right now going WHY did I buy this? In every color! I never use any of it! How about challenging yourself to use some of those products before you give them away?

I like your honesty! I have way to much Tim holtz emphema

How about some giveaways? You’ll make your subscribers sooo happy😄!

At the beginning of my crafty journey I felt I had to buy everything and I bought lot. After some time I found me using way less than I bought. I had shelves full of patterned paper and found me always making my own patternd paper because I barely found the right paper in my stock that matches what I'm looking for. I stopped buying patternd paper and started giving away all the paper packs I don't use. I stopped buying stickers, because I don't use them. I started thinking about my way of crafting and what I do really use. I have round about 200, or more, ink pads and I realized I don't need colored embossing powders, so I don't bought them and stopped thinking about which colors I maybe would need. In the last 6 month I would say I haven't bought any crafty item. I realized I don't really need all the stuff that's on the market. They don't fit my needs and my way of crafting. Since I realized this for me personally I enjoy my crafting way more than I did bevore, because not longer beeing sad about not using this or that I had spend my money on.

Keene, I am. We to your channel. I loved this video but it left me wondering what are you going to do with all this product that you're not using? There were so many things that you had in your video that I WISHED I had! I was just wondering.......can't wait to see more videos from you!

I think we all buy things that we later wish we shouldn't have especially crafters! Lol. I am certainly guilty of it! But please don't feel ashamed of it. Just consider it a lesson learned. I would love to do foiling on my projects. I have a bit of foil but the minc machine I had bought off of someone on KZfaq and when they shipped it they just threw it in a box without even bubble wrapping it and needless to say it arrived all broken in pieces. 😞 Now I'm hoping I can just get a laminator or something cause my finances have decreased drastically. Thanks for your video!

BTW creationsbyjsheri just did a lovely video on using pigment inks on the gel plate - worth a try?

Just like my “collections” of thread and fabric!😁😁

Designers, artists, manufacturers all know that women are attracted to color, and pretty things. So we fall into their trap.🤷🏻‍♀️

New subbie now I want to see more

I hope I never quit making cards!

Nooooo - don't throw stuff out - send it to me ... lol ... I donate my "well loved" supplies that I haven't used a lot of to a local women's shelter!

Put the blame on Tim Holtz

Be the Halloween Queen with all these glitter Keren.LOL...I am sure that your kids and their friends will be very happy with all these incredible stuff..;)

I feel the same. I wish I could give away the things I haven't used for 3-4 years. But I don't know where to give it away. Friends are in our situation, and I CAN't Throw it in the bin. So what to do. 🤔.

I hear you! I think crafters tend to do exactly what you have done. I have pearl x that I'm not even sure how to use! I would suggest you give away some of these products. Public schools could use some of the glitter that you don't use. As a card maker, I've been buying the clear stamps lately. They are so beautiful! I'd suggest you cull your stamps and give them as gifts or incentives to your subscribers or students. I have a really old sizzzix machine the kind before the crank! I keep telling myself I'd like a big shot or the equivalent, maybe I should think about that! Your pearl glues I'd do the same thing, go through what is still good and offer it to students. If you send things in the mail just ask your selected people to pick up the postage. I find it much easier to get rid of stuff if I think someone else might like to use it, and enjoy it. Oh, your Nuevo type drops that could also go to schools. Some large school districts have a central area that art teachers etc. can come and get supplies. Other districts you just give to the school and let the art teacher distribute use the supplies. You can just ask!

i would love to buy your alkohol markers

You should donate your excess to a Boys & Girls club or similar organization. They are so excited to gt these supplies. Makes you feel good after you donae!

ya know, the alcohol markers are a true example of what really happened: lots of people love them. you need lots of them to get them to work, and you bought them thinking you would love them. On the other hand, I am the exact opposite: I bought the watercolor markers to try, and i never use them. I have the entire set of SN and now I also have Ohuhu and some copics. I probably use the alcohol markers at least 4 times a week. It's all about trying things. So, if you want more watercolor markers, I will trade for your embossing powders!! LOL

The stamp shammy i thought was a waste of money. I went to the garage and cut up one of my husbands car shammy things lol. I never used it.

are you going to sell any?

I can teach you what I learned in a spectrum noir coloring class.

Donate to your local elementary school. My daughter is a teacher and would LOVE everything

If uou get into resin, it’s useful.

I give them to my nieces that enjoy arts and crafts. I know the products are going to people that will use them.

Reach out to the ppl that want them they probably pay for them

I was evicted three years ago, Keren. I miss all the things that I lost. And yes it is replaceable. But only if I had the same money I don't have now. Shame is the last thing you should feel. You will use everything that you purchased. When I had money sometimes I bought things that I did not use right away or I that I had forgotten about. Finding them always made me happy. I hope you get to use everything that you purchased.

Dylusion paints are terrible because they all dried up. Sad

I think most of your products you just haven’t found a way to use it look it up on KZfaq for instance there’s many many creative uses for embossing powder

I don’t understand why you don’t take those products you no longer use to the classes that you seem to teach and give them away there. I’m sure there are many poor people who could really use a little bit of help with some supplies and would appreciate them. Not Everyone can afford to have a whole lot of stash that they don’t use at home

I usually think about how often I will use products before buying. Yes, I have products I wish I didn't buy.

You should sell your die cutting machines on kijiji or ebay or others.

Buyer's remorse is an epidemic problem amongst paper crafters. I went to a scrapbooking retreat this fall. We played a game of truths. If the statement was true to us then we remained seated. If not true then we stood up. The statement was have we ever bought something and never used it. Out of over 100 women,all remained seated. It was funny at the time but now I'm thinking not so much. The money wasted and absolute guilt and shame of doing such a thing is huge. We as parents teach our children this very thing. Don't buy things your not going to use. Shame on us. We need to doing something about this problem. But I am at a loss as to what. TFS,Heather

Hey if you’d like to sell some stuff let me know Thanks Havre a great day

If your stuff isn’t serving you, it won’t be serving you any better packed in a box somewhere. “ from Pinterest

It is so weird , I must have , I don't use but I can't give it away 😭

I’ll take your floral stamps off you hands. Lol.

Wow..there is a lot of wasted money there...especially as you are holding on to them! If you don't want to sell or do swaps...why not give it to a dementia hospital group or school or nursery..at least they will not just be sat there for you to moan about buying and wasting money and you will be helping others learn. 😊

Sell what you don't use anymore.

please don't use a disability as a reason not to use your crank machines there are people who wish for things like that and can't have them for any number of reasons.