Thursday, December 29, 2011

Stash Hoarding = Giveaway!

I know you are curious about this title, but like most stitchers we hoard our stash.  My hoarding got out of control.  I couldn't turn around in my craft room. The dogs and cats loved being in there with me but we all didn't fit...Take a look at everything that was in my little room:
Cross Stitch patterns
Jag hanging out in the empty box
Hoarded Stash
Cleaned out room

Stash
more horded stahs





furniture in room
So as you can see I have a lot of stash!!!!  I cleaned most of the night and all day today!  I am exhausted.  Tonight I plan on winding thread and watching movies.  Here is the final product of my cleaning:
Bert and Jag playing while I work

Sewing tools and thread all hanging on the wall

Bookshelves with empty spaces on them!!!!

Cross Stitch wall of exchanges!!!
As you can see I destashed quiet a bit!  So I will be having several giveaways in the next few days...Here is the first.  I  cleaned out enough fabric to fill a Glad trashbag full.  So I separated them into two boxes.  It has Aida, evenweave, baby towels and who knows what else.  To win:

1) One entry for leaving a comment
2) One entry for posting about the contest on your blog (you have to email me the link to the post)

I have Mark pick two winners on Sunday.  Someone will start the year as a winner.









114 comments:

Berly said...

Ooo, you need to come and do MY room next!

Vicky L said...

please enter me in your giveaway Thank you

Cheryl K said...

You've done a good job of organising.

Vicky L said...

i posted on my blog
nswvml.blogspot.com

Amanda "Stitcher Mom" said...

Please enter me in your give a way. I will also post on my blog stitcher-mom73.blogspot.com

Amanda

PrincessPolly said...

So long as we are stitchers we are winners - it's our secret world!
I would love, love, love to enter your giveaway...but I do live in Australia...
Liz

Shari said...

you did a great job Vickie and I LOVE the color of your room!!!!!!!!!! I would love to enter your giveaway!

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!!! That sure is alot of stash. You did a great job with the cleaning out your craft room. I would like to enter your giveaway.
Betty in AZ (ILCS)

Meari said...

Awesome! Throw my name in. I'm off to put a blurb on my blog about it.

Meari said...

Oh, forgot to say... That's some great organization you did! I need to do that with my stuff (again).

Sue said...

Vickie, I need someone like you to come to my house..LOL.....organization is the key! LOL

Your room looks great!

Sue said...

Vickie I left the link to your blog on my blog!

www.noahstitcher5.blogspot.com

Katie said...

Wow great job! I've been working on organizing too. Please add me to the giveaway. I can always use more stuff to organize haha.

Robin said...

What an undertaking! Wow! It is always almost like shopping when you sort your stash and find stuff you forgot you had. Great job and great way to start the new year.

Anonymous said...

You did asn awesome job. Vickie please enter me in your givbeaway.
Pamela James in Kansas

Birdie said...

Your craft-room looks amazing. Can you come over and help me? lol

Thank you for the contest.

hugs
-missy- ohio

Cindy L said...

I would love some of your stash for my craft room. Please enter me in your drawing

Cindy from NY

Nancy M said...

This is just too weird you posted this tonight! I just got back from Menards and bought $400 worth of organizing things for my craft room! I have to empty it, remove wall paper and paint before I can put the shelving in though. I will sure to post before and after pictures like you did. Doesn't it make you feel so much better when things are in their right spots??? Great mission accomplished!

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Please include me in your drawing.
Thank you.

I have added a blog post to your giveaway on my blog.

Sara said...

What a great job on cleaning your room, and thanks for sharing it with us, I would love to have a chance on your giveaway :D Thanks, Sara

lynda said...

I'd love a chance to enter your giveaway. Thanks so much.

EvalinaMaria said...

Sounds lovely! Please enter me in!

Anonymous said...

Great job organizing; I did some major sorting over the past few Weeks also. Please add me to your giveaway. Thanks so much!!

Sara said...
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Sara said...

Also I mentioned your giveaway on my blog: http://myxstitchcorner.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-ive-been-stitching.html

The Outgoing Introvert said...

Oh this would be just awesome to win . . . please sign me up! Thanks so much for this opportunity!

The Outgoing Introvert said...

Just posted about this awesome giveaway on my blog for my second entry!!!
http://stitchingkorner.blogspot.com/

Nancy said...

Hi Vickie, I just become a follower thanks to Meari who posted on her blog. I look forward to seeing your stitching now that you have found your craft room again. Please enter me into your giveaway. I would love to win fabbies from you. I hope you have a fabulously healthy happy and stitch filled New Year!

Bev C said...

Hello Vickie,

Well done on your big clean up. I would love to enter your stash giveaway.
Happy days.
Bev.xoxo

Musicwoman said...

Hi Vickie,

you did a great job. I am looking forward to do the same in the near future.
Aftre the Seasons holidays I will start.
Nevertheless , please count me in your giveaway.
I had such a fun in a very bad time when doing ornaments or RR.It helped me so much and made my days,
Love
Judith

Lee said...

I love your wall of cross stitch! thanks for the a chance at some stash!

Unknown said...

What a great job you did!, would love the chance to be included in your giveaway.

Cleejoow said...

wish I was this organised :)

cucki said...

hello dear, i am your new friend and follower too..please count me in this lovely giveaway..
thank you
love cucki xx

CJ said...

Wow, that is alot of stash. Please count me in your giveaway.

CJ

Parsley said...

I'd love to be entered. :)

I also read your post on putting your floss on bobbins. I'm currently doing that too. Got several done while on the road so since I can't stitch on a car ride, I can do this.

Cath said...

I'd love to be entered please, I will put it on my sidebar .X

Nan Davis said...

Vickie,
Your craft room looks great. I wish I had that much stash to de-clutter. You did a terrific job. I'd be glad to take some of that fabric off your hands....please add my name to your drawing.
Thanks,
Nan Davis

Anonymous said...

I guess its my turn to get organized! Looks terrific! Count me in on your giveaway.
Debbie B.

Kat said...

Great job organizing! Thanks for the generous giveaway, I'd love to be included!

~Kat

Elena said...

please add me to your drawing! of course now I need to clean out my stash!!

selene said...

You've done a good job of organising. Please enter me in your giveaway Thank you

selene said...

Vickie I left the link to your blog on my blog!
http://pinceladasdecolorenpx.blogsppot.com

~*Sharee*~ said...

My goodness you had quite a job...lol please enter me in your giveaway hun. I am a new follower.

Hugs, Shar

blueladie said...

Please enter me in your giveaway. Thank you so much! Your craft room looks lovely. :) Cathryn (blueladie at hotmail dot com)

Unknown said...

I would love to be entered into your generous stash giveaway. Thank you for the chance!

Terri said...

I don't want to be in the giveaway, but I did want to congratulate you on such a huge undertaking. It took me moving to another state to get my own room in order. It originally looked like your first photo before I packed it all up. You're a new "blog" for me and I've added you to my reader. Good luck with your stitching (and reading) in 2012.

Kate said...

I am now a follower and have posted on my blog about your give away as well. crazypurplemom.blogspot.com Thank you for the chance at your give away.

Sew Wilde said...

Sign me up for the giveaway. Great job on organizing. Wish I was as motivated as you.

Julie

Marcy said...

Excellent job! Please include me in your giveaway.

Grandma Luvs2DP said...

Thanks for the great give away. Please enter me.
Kim kimanncurry@yahoo.com

Pam said...

Wow Vickie~~ Fabulous job. Enjoy the fruits of your labor in the New Year! While you @ it would you enter me in the giveaway? Thanks! I'll post on my blog tonight, but don't have your e-mail address to send you the link. :(

Penny said...

Love the purple walls!! Please count me in on your giveaway. I'd love some evenweave to put in my stash pile.

Pennyb

Ellen Lee said...

Your stash room looks a lot like mine does, Vickie. Except yours is a bit more organized than mine, actually! I bought a four-drawer file cabinet at Goodwill, thinking that I could use it to file all my charts in subject order and to store my kits and fabrics and threads as well. And what have I done so far? Well, it's still sitting in the garage because I need help getting it into the house; it's too heavy for me to move by myself. Time to ask for help, right? LOL!! Thanks so much, sweetie, for your generous giveaways.

Ellen

Denise said...

I cleaned out my craft room about 7 months ago.
Who doesn't like more fabric for there stash. Please enter me in your fabulous giveaway.
I will post this give away on my blog - countrystitcher.blogspot.com.
Happy New Year
Denise

Kim Reid said...

Great stash clean-up, I need to organize too!!
Please enter me in your wonderful giveaway :)
Thank you!
kimberlybreid at hotmail dot com

SoCal Debbie said...

I'm a new follower of your blog thanks to a post I saw on GoldenAngelsWorks! I would love the chance to win some fabric to fill up with stitches! Your floss looks so nice on the wall. I will have to copy some of your organization methods.

mdgtjulie said...

I would love to win some fabby, Vickie. Please enter me in your giveaway! Thanks for the chance. (Please pick me as I can always use more fabby, lol.) Hope you had a great holiday!!

Katie Haskins said...

I've love to be entered in the giveaway. Fabric is the one thing I'm low on in my stash.

lesli said...

Great work on "de-stashing"! I'd love to be entered in your giveaway!

I've also posted a link to this giveaway on my blog - http://fabulousfrogger.blogspot.com/


-lesli

Peggy said...

I'm a new follower-thanks for a chance to win. I need to de-stash some items myself-it sure is hard to do though.
Thanks, Peggy
peggy_verdongibbs@att.net
http://keepmeinstitches-peggy.blogspot.com

Karen C said...

Vickie, your room looks great! Please enter me in your giveaway! I need you to come to MS and give me a hand.

blue star stitcher said...

Hi, Im a new follower too. I love your wall of exchanges, what a cute way to display them.

Linda said...

I just became a follower and would love to be entered in your giveaway.

Thanks, Linda

Blu Stitcher said...

I would love to be entered. What a big give away. I will also post on my blog for you.


Linda
linda_breault@yahoo.com
http://blustitcher.blogspot.com/

Kaisievic said...

Awesome organisation! I am a new follower, please count me in your giveaway.

I will post your giveaway on my blog, as well.

http://kittenstitching.blogspot.com/2011/12/12-days-of-christmas-in-blogland-day-7.html

Happy New Year, Kaye xoxox

lanybleu said...

Wouldnt it be a great to win one of these lucky boxes, thanks for doing the giveaway and hope you enjoy your decluttered room.

Unknown said...

Goodness what a wonderful give away I would love to be entered please.

I will also post on my blog and email you the link.

Thank you so much.

Lucie said...

oh wow - what a fantastic craft room you have and well done on clearing it and organising it - can you come and do my stash as well?

I would love to entered into your draw please x

Carin said...

Which girl isn't crazy about fabric ? Well I do ! So please enter my name in the give away.
Happy new years eve

Nima said...

Please do add me for the draw...let me see if i'm lucky on the new year's day

Marilyn said...

You are ambitious!
I would love a chance.
Marilyn

Michele T said...

A box of surprises... sounds like fun! Count me in!!

Kathy H said...

I am inspired to get my sewing and crafting space organized as well. I would love to be entered to win some of your stash. Thanks for the chance. and happy new year.

tpott said...

I'd love to enter your giveaway. Maybe I'll get into cleaning out my sewing room? Maybe! Happy New Year!

Jules said...

I can only DREAM of the day when I have enough stash to fill an entire room, lol! I would love a chance to enter you giveaway!

Oh, and those cats are adorable!!!

Julie
frggygrl@aol.com
julies-creations.blogspot.com

rockgranny said...

I would love to enter your giveaway and win of course, but I live in Europe...

laurawilson25 said...

I would love to win! I'm a new follower!

Ruffles and Relics said...

Oh. I would love to take some of that off your hands.. Have a wonderful new year!!
Tina

Laurita Hall said...

Oh I want to participate pleaseeeee!

Hugs,
Laurita

Susan said...

Wow! That's a lot of cleaning!!
I'd love to start 2012 as a winner, so please enter me in the giveaway. (I'm a follower.)

Laurita Hall said...

Hi Vicki, I want to participate. I commented few seconds ago but I can´tsee it!

hugs,
Laurita
http://laurahallisnearby.blogspot.com/

Love Of Quilts said...

Would love to win!

Cindy said...

Please enter me in the giveaway also. Can always use more fabric

Cindy in MA
ccflo3@gmail.com
http://homeofaflossjunkie.blogspot.com

Em said...

Wow, can you please come do my whole house?

Em said...

Wow, can you please come do my whole house next?

shazzump said...

I would love to join your contest here's my blog http://shazzump.blogspot.com/

I'm still kinda new to blogspot and havent quite figured out how to email someone from the site yet though http://shazzump.blogspot.com/2011/12/stitchers-blog-world.html

Shelley said...

I would love to be entered in your generous giveaway.

I'll get it up on my blog in a couple of minutes and email you the link.

Happy New Year!
Shelley

Shaunterria said...

A last minute entry! (It's still 10:20 here on the west coast of the US)

Carolyn said...

Wow! Thank you for having the contest and you inspire me to organize my house! :)
Carolyn
carolynnannettejacob@gmail.com

SueT said...

I hope I'm not too late to enter your giveaway! I'm a follower but don't have a blog yet.
I'm in awe of your tidy craft room! Would you like to come and sort mine out??? LOL
Sue T

thehappycrochetchic said...

Wow u have a ton of stuff...im jealous

Anonymous said...

Your room looks great, my space is a mess too...


Craftychica2011@yahoo.com

Lana said...

Hi, Vickie!

Please enter me. I have posted on my blog here: http://redspud.multiply.com/journal/item/9/Stash_Giveaway

Thanks!

Lana aka Spud

P.S. - I always get confused when I come to your blog, now that you have changed it, thinking I have never been here before. lol

Librarystitcher said...

I tried organizing my stash and it doesn't look nearly as nice as yours does. Wow! I think I fpind some great ideas for my stash room.

wichitastitcher said...

I need to do what you are doing, cleaning out my bedroom/needlework room. I keep getting sidetracked: I would rather stitch!
Would like a chance at your giveaway.
Paula Shelgren

Nanbon44 said...

Isn't it so nice to have a clean place to work in.. I do the destash quite often... Most times I give extra items to my Charity Stitching group, we have a blog and try to host a giveaway on there monthly which helps make stitches aware of the good work we do with our stitching.

Leah said...

You have given me hope that just maybe I can clean up my sewing room. Enter me in the giveaway

Anonymous said...

love the reorganization looks wonderful! one day when i get my own room again i am looking forward to having something similar! hopefully by my next birthday only 365 more days to go i got time!

Anonymous said...

love the reorganization looks wonderful! one day when i get my own room again i am looking forward to having something similar! hopefully by my next birthday only 365 more days to go i got time!

Niina said...

oo cleaning! Please come here too! (but don't destash) If I could join in too, it would be super :)

Anonymous said...

Great job! I'd love to be entered in the giveaway.
SUzanne
nauss AT telus.net

Taffy said...

Wow that room looks perfect. I love the idea of the give away.

taffy

margaret said...

I need to do that to my room. It is on my list of things to do over the holidays.

Rita Allen said...

Okay, let me know where you got the energy I'll send my chiuahua, English Bulldog and 3 cats to stay with you while I start on mine.
Rita

Baroness Bianca the Inquisitive said...

Great job on the re-organization! We have 3 cats that love to help us sew! My youngest daughter (22 years old) has just started cross stitching, and she's hooked! However, now that means I have to share my stash! Happy New Year!

Barb.

Anonymous said...

Don't have a blog but would love to enter your give away.

Marl
craftsnhobbies@rogers.com

Aussie stitcher said...

LOve to be in it, hope I'm not too late!!

take care, and well done you must be feeling really great to have a lovely room now!!

regards
julie
aussiestitcher@gmail.com

Ellen Lee said...

What an awesome giveaway, Vickie! And I'd love to have you come over and help me organize my stash, too. I have no talent when it comes to organizing! What's so wonderful about this giveaway is that it involves fabric! I have enough charts to keep me busy the rest of my life, but find that I lack fabric. So what a wonderful gift this would be to me. Thanks so much!

Lisastitcha said...

Would be happy to give your old stash a new home.

Patti-Rocky Mtn Stitcher said...

Holy smokes. I envy you. Moving down from Canada where one bought what she made I could only dream of having such a stash lol I will link your giveaway on my blog also

http://rockymountainstitcher.blogspot.com

JillMN said...

It's a little frightening when we go through our stash, right? Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks.

tina said...

Wow - I am so impressed with your destashing and organizing. I think I would cry if I had to sort out my stash, actually i know I would as i tried to reduce before but the charts got put back!!

angie stitchings n things said...

Hi I would love to give your stash a new home in Savannah GA at my house LOL
apres1428@yahoo.com

Happy New Year!!!