Survey #182 Response from Dawn
| Pronouns | She/her |
|---|---|
| Name the hobby, craft, art form, or other recreational activity that contributes the most stuff to your living space, including raw materials, tools, equipment, other supplies, reference materials, specialized furniture, etc. | Scrapbooking |
| Reflecting on your answer to the previous question, describe the part of the activity that contributes most to the clutter in your home. Your answer may be based on volume, size, complexity, or any other factor that makes it difficult to store and manage the stuff for your activity. | There are SO MANY parts to it: decorative papers, photos, embellishments (this includes my cutting words or pictures out of magazines or mail--I use everything I can!), tools (various scissors, punches, trimmers). In addition, I have a plastic crate underneath my desk with the 14 x 14 clear envelopes to house the beginnings of "spreads" (that's what I call the two face-to-face pages I'm doing) I'm working on as well as some for materials such as the remnants of pages used which are organized by color or various paper embellishments (alphabet letters, flowers, words, seasons/holidays. I have part of two closets giving space to all of this. Idealistically, I want to create an inventory as an aid to knowing where everything is because I have so much. The worst thing is sto start on a spread, no i have a particular item, and not know where it is. I use giving envelopes for small pieces of particular spreads (obviously I label the envelope of what needs to go in there and then check it off as it's supplied. |
| Reflecting on your answer to the first question, describe how the cluttered state of stuff related to this activity negatively impacts your ability to carry out or enjoy the activity. | I think I already stated it in the previous answer: When I'm working on it and I know I have a particular item, but I can't remember where it is or I look for it and can't find it. As a P.S. However many years before moving, I promised myself that I would organize it all before getting too heavily involved because the above scenario is so frustrating. I've made great progress. It makes the doing of it (scrapbooking) so much more enjoyable and peaceful...the way it's supposed to be. Sort of a funny thing...When my husband sees me jumping up and down (i do the scrapbooking in the living room) my husband tells me to relax. The thing I tell him which he still hasn't gotten after nearly 15 years is, "I am relaxing; doing this is relaxing to me." |
| About how much time do you spend on the activity in question in an average week? | Not able to get to it on a weekly basis since I have a lot of irons in the fire. I'm working on other creative projects. |
| What is the hobby, craft, art form, or other recreational activity that you think EVERYONE should try? | Since it sounds like we're talking about my personal preferences: scrapbooking, counted cross-stitch, writing (journaling - in college I did a persuasion speech on it), sewing (I plan to get into it again because I'm needing to get a new wardrobe), and cooking (still a bit future for me--can't do everything all at once). Did I mention photographu? |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). | I've recently realized I have a question for Ed, since he's "the cooking guy." I'm having trouble keeping my lazy susan organized. Are there any tips you can offer? I'm thinking I need to not think the bottom is for not used much but have the area be to the left for that... |
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