much to my customer’s benefit, my studio purge continues and i am unearthing all kinds of stuff i forgot i had. i’m taking my spring closet purge process to heart with this studio/art room reorganization and the culling of ‘crap’ [well, it’s not really crap… just stuff i’m sick of seeing LOL!] is going well.

my rule for the purge is that if i haven’t missed it, used it or looked for it in more than 1 year - it’s going either into the recycling bin, or will be sold at my studio/warehouse sale. recent finds and forgotten treasures include…

• these 1950s vintage bingo cards. i kept 12 for myself and will be selling off the remaining 100+ red, blue, green and orange cards for $1 each! ephemera and vintage hounds be warned… i suspect these will move fast on august 9th.
• also found was a gross of pale pink and white silk flowers. each bag in the gross holds 200 flowers which means i have 1000 flowers sitting around, being unused and unloved. these too will be going for a song at $2/bag. a steal of a deal if i ever heard! you can’t even buy one silk flower at the dreaded ‘big M’ for under $2 much less 200 flower heads alone!
• and then there are the 200 vials of 6 different coloured seed beads. yep… all these lovely beads will be sold for $1 each too… it’s madness!!
• and another unearthed treasure box showed up tonight… a whole whack of stampers anonymous, hero arts and other older personal stamps from my older collection was found tucked in a corner, under some other crap. there are about 50 of them. these are all going to be sold for $1 each. they are lightly used and many of the designs are no longer available and have been retired. they have been well cared from and living in a sealed box, so the rubber just need a god wipe with a baby towelette and it’s ready for stamping. get them while you can at the sale…

so now i’m up to 12 FACs boxes, stuffed to their capacity and i’m sure there are a few more to come. and i bet you’re all chomping at the bit for august 9th to roll around now aren’t you?

i’m definitely going to need help setting up in the morning and evening of the sale… anyone interested in helping out before the sale starts can email me or post a comment below… you’ll be paid in rubber and other supplies, BUT you must commit to helping set-up first, BEFORE you start shopping =)

oh… and here is some of the progress i’ve made in my ‘big dig’. its looking mucho better and i’m starting to feel really good about it.