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| Two rows of tables for our Gab & Grab! I took up most of one row for my stash. |
Although I rarely make blog posts without including sketches, I’m making an exception here to follow up on my stated intention a couple of days ago. Seattle USk had a super-successful, well-attended Gab & Grab on Saturday, and I remembered to take photos of the stash I unstashed there!
The other admins and I had intended to take anything remaining at the end to Seattle ReCreative, the fantastic nonprofit organization that takes donations of art and craft materials to resell and give to schools. Better yet, we discovered that one of our members teaches elementary school and gratefully took all the remainders! It saved us a trip to ReCreative, and we’re all happy knowing that her students will make use of our stuff. Win-win!
Unexpected, exciting bonus: Given that the purpose of my huge de-stashing was to downsize, not make room for more, I was committed to keeping my hands off the goodies that others brought. Of course, I still looked at everything, and imagine how gobsmacked I was to spot something I had been looking for on eBay for years! And imagine learning that a sketcher friend had had it in his studio all this time – and that it is now mine! (You can’t blame me for grabbing that one, right?) Stay tuned for the reveal and full report!
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| A few happy grabbers! |
I am so impressed! Glad the not-taken art supplies will go towards students. I will tackle my art supplies today. Ok, I am now waiting to see what you did grab, lol!
ReplyDeleteHa-ha-ha!! :-)
DeleteLooks like a lot of good treasures there. I'm glad the remaining supplies will go where they can be of use.
ReplyDeleteYes, we all felt great about where our unneeded supplies were going!
DeleteI LOVE seeing destash pics! It inspires me to give stuff I don't use to people who will use it a lot! Great job!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're inspired!
DeleteSo drooling here! I have been tempted, for the sake of science, to get the Faber Castell Black pencils and the Renoir pencils. Have you blogged a review before? I don’t remember it. And HOW could you let go of the Woody pencils? They are so in tune with your chunky medium sketches! I am trying not to buy more sketchbooks until I use up the several dozen I have, but I’m not happy with what I have for colored pencils. This event looked like a blast to attend! Anne HwH
ReplyDeleteIt was definitely a blast! I've reviewed the F-C Blacks but not the Renoir. I wish you could have attended -- I would have gladly let you have them! I do like the Woodys, but they are so chunky that they take up too much space in my bag, so I never take them out with me for urban sketching... which means they hardly ever get used!
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