I’m Stashing Again

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Mar 10, 2009

Because I’m a mixed media artist and am completely addicted to this type of creativity, I tend to stash a lot of “stuff.” Some of this stuff includes:

• Those return envelopes you receive with junk mail, or bills you intend to pay online.
• Catalogs I have no intension of buying from, but they have pretty pictures!
• Empty boxes (these are great for templates, book covers, 3D art, etc.)
• Toilet paper and paper towel tubes (craft projects GALORE with these babies!)
• Brown paper bags
• Empty tins, coffee cans, jars, and plastic containers.
• Tea wrappers (the Stash tea wrappers small yummy, and the insides add “bling” to your creative thing)
• Bits of what-not that make me think, “Ooooooo, I can make something with that!”

I never envisioned water coming into my creative space (despite the many dreams I had about this…involving a cow…don’t ask), so I kept most of my stash in paper bags and shipping boxes. I know it’s just “recyclables” to most, but it was “art supplies” to me . . . so it was really hard picking up these drenched goods and getting rid of them forever.

I’m stashing again, though. This time, I’m using plastic totes and keeping what isn’t in a tote up off the floor. Until we get our “dirt work guy” in here (well, until we get a loan for the dirt work guy), we’ll be experiencing many more of these water issues, and I don’t want to lose more “stuff” in the midst.

What sorts of things are in your stashes?