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| 11/30/24 Volunteer Park and Caffe Ladro, Capitol Hill neighborhood |
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| Chen, Ron and Roy grabbin'! |
As I’ve cleared out art-related books and art
materials from my studio, I’ve been setting them aside separate from the
general Goodwill heap. Although USk Seattle’s tradition is to have a Gab
& Grab event in January each year, I had requested an additional Black
Friday edition so that I could offload all the goodies I had been saving up. I
forgot to take a photo of all the boxes, but I know I made nine trips
(thankfully, not literally!) down two flights of stairs to get them all from my
studio to the car!
For the Black Friday edition, I brought only books, fountain pens and inks. I’ll have much more for the January edition, but this was all that I could fit into the hatchback.
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| Devin, David and Kim gabbin'! |
Of the things I brought, only about a boxful of books remained by the end, which I then donated to the library where we held the Gab & Grab. It was a satisfying and successful giveaway for me, and I was relieved to haul only empty boxes back home!
At the top of the post is a comics page in which I didn’t
leave much room for the all-important notations about my downsizing accomplishments, but they were nonetheless duly celebrated.
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| Paula, Kate and Dave perusing my inks! |
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| Ron, Jan and Tamra grabbin' my books! |
Nice to see that the art supplies are going to good homes. I admire your tenacity in downsizing. I am inspired by all your hard work, and will stop procrastinating! I would love to see what you are keeping (how did you decide?), and your work-space set up. Thanks Tina
ReplyDeleteGlad you are inspired, Cathy! The part I gave away at the Gab & Grab was such a small area/category that I didn't bother to document the process. But I do intend to document (with photos) the rest of the art supplies, which I have barely touched so far!
DeleteThanks Tina! I will only have a very small area to use going forward, including how/where I will draw, beside storage limitations.
DeleteI would also love to read more about how you made your decisions about what you didn't need anymore! This is super inspiring, makes me want to clear out my bookshelves!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear it, Veronica! With the inks, it was fairly easy because I didn't have so many that they were out of control. I chose just one of each color (one red, one orange, one green, etc) that was my absolute favorite (and it was easy because they were the most used) and gave away the rest. The fountain pens were also easy because the ones I gave away were all my "starters" that I hadn't used in years. Once I found my favorites, I stopped using the rest.
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