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Sorting out and cleaning my kitchen pantry.
Blogged at mesmericmay.blogspot.com/2010/09/decluttering-cupboards.html ....
"I have been trying to simplify my life. There have been a few pretty good ideas that I’ve come up with to find ways to reuse/recycle some of the things I have collected/horded over the years and use to make my life easier/simpler.
So here is one of my ideas. I LOVE coffee. Every now and then a thought fillers though my mind that maybe I should cut down a tad but life is sooo much better for every one if I have caffeine in my life. One of the by-products of my caffeine intake is my coffee jars, which have been sitting/pilling up in the bottom cupboard collecting dust.
My fantastic idea.
Donate my plastic multi coloured and multi sized containers to my classroom kitchen which has nothing and we throw out everything at the end of the lesson *gasp*
Throw out any old/out of date products thus cleaning the pantry
Use my empty coffee jars in a productive way.
Rearrange shelves in a more productive way to help find things and make cooking quicker.
Here is the end product. (3 hours later)
When it was finished the outcome was very good. The glass jars make it easier to see what and how much I have. Furthermore it made filling out my shopping list easy-peasy. My plan is to review this after a month and see if it has made my life easier/simpler. And if I does work then there is no shortage of jars as I empty a new one at least once a month."
A peek behind the scenes as I mount my latest effort to update my woodworking photos.
You'll notice, I'm sure, that my workshop doubles as my photo studio. You'll also notice that my lighting is decidedly NOT of a photographic quality. Well, as with my woodworking, I make do with what I've got.
And what I've got right now is a whole bunch of woodworks that have needed new photos for some time now. Shown here is a pair of wooden balancing wine bottle holders. I also got to take some new pictures of a wooden weekly pillbox I made last year, and some more of another weekly pillbox of a completely new design. I've got to admit that I'm very excited about the new one, and I'll have some pictures of it posted soon.
I chose this as my "favorite photographic topic" subject for the "111 Pictures in 2011" Group because roughly half of what I shoot over the course of a given year is my own woodworking, mostly for the purposes of listing them all for sale on Etsy.com (although I may very well be exploring additional venues this year too).
1. buttons
3. desert (as in food)
5. spicy
6. boat
7. memories
8. web
9. puddles
10. favourite season
11. old building
12. sad
13. handmade
14. blurr
15. Holiday/vacation
16. damaged
17. new
18. street
20. low viewpoint
22. black and white
23. Two/twins
24. the written word
25. bridge
26. happiness is :
27. fruit
28. vegetable
29. leaf
30. up
31. down
32. steps/stairs
33. fence
34. sky
35. bokeh
36. water
37. small
38. big
39. earth
40. wind
41. fire
42. glass
43. numbers
44. sand
45. hand(s)
46. useless
47. humor
48. spooky
49. lock/key(s)
50. rustic
51. candle
52. sugar & spice
54. view from the window
55. minimal
56. distance
57. wood
58. metal
59. texture
60. relaxation
61. body
62. books
64. vintage
65. flowers
66. hobby
67. still life
68. motion
69. night shot
70. blue
72. orange
73. green
74. black
75. jewelry
76. clothing
77. childrens toy
78. vehicle
79. bicycle
80. machinery
81. household appliance
82. sunset/sunrise
83. self
84. straight line
85. curved line
86. converging lines
87. square
88. round
89. food
90. drink
91. portrait
92. celebration
93. flag
94. seat/bench
95. drip/drop/splash
97. tree
98. stranger
99. family
100. friend
101. bird
102. pet
103. in the workplace
104. household task
105. hot
106. favourite photographic topic/style
107. in the water
108. reminder of old times
109. unusual angle
110. on the road
the whole bedroom had been emptied while I slept... even the waterbed was gone. The only thing left was the dirty carpet. I got up in wonder at how all the clutter had disappeared. Taffy, my friend and decluttering/organizing guru, stepped into the room and said that she had discovered a whole new section of house that I had overlooked! We walked through a previously unnoticed door and into a huge second living area with a gas fireplace. Beyond that was another master bedroom where Taffy had artfully arranged our stuff, while I slept. The Master had a "dreamsize" closet, and beyond that was a beautifully tiled mediteranean style bathroom. It had 2 hot tubs, which I thought was odd. But everything else was so awesome!
Then, I woke up :-D
Also found while doing some decluttering - foreign coins used on previous holidays. I was impressed with the amount of detail on them. Don't suppose I'll be using any of them for a while!
these shells were in a jar on the top shelf on our bathroom. today I have been 'decluttering' before we put the house on the market.
the jar was so dusty it went into the dishwasher leaving these shells on the counter.
They were BEGGING to be photographed.. they were shameless...
But, they are back in their jar now.....all is quiet in the shell world :-)
Close-up to the fly on the wall view. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
Best way to hang the speakers to the board. Screw or strong Velcro. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
Close look at behind the desk cables. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
open eye screw to hang the board from. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
This is the simple vision that always brings me peace. I shot this at a very slow shutter speed on a tripod to see the water's motion. It lets me feel the ebb and flow and hear it's softness.
Another way to see my workstation from the side. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
Another lot for the recycle bin...
As someone who worked in the printing industry for nearly two decades, I was musing of how the digital age has changed this aspect of travel. Kitty and I hanged on to piles of printed matter that we bought in advance of or during our many travels (it must be said that Kitty travelled a lot more than I did) and to what purpose? If I were to revisit some of these places I suspect that almost all the information would be out of date and should I want new information, I would simply Google it.
Wingnut to secure the board to the pegboard. More details and useful links @ www.willtoknow.com/workstation
I'm on a major decluttering kick. I'm sick of junk I don't use, think I might use one day, sentimental stuff that's really junk in disguise. I want it out. Today we started by cleaning up the baby/toddler/kid clothes. Down to one tote & a manageable amount. Then I tackled my closet. These are the items I found in 4 purses minus trash & toys. These 6 items were found in each bag plus my suitcase. I'm predictable. All 4 purses have gone to Goodwill & now I have one large, one casual, one clutch, & my Epiphanie bag. That feels good.
I'm even parting with hand-knits. That's how sick I am of junk.
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I got the leaf blower out and cleaned up all the dust and debris. We sorted through all our stuff and tossed out a lot of junk. My potting station was covered in dust. The winds have been awful around here lately. But it's all clean! What an improvement. Next we tackle the Herb Garden. It's so over grown with Garlic Chives, they will have to go. I'm going to offer them to my neighbors.
I was doing a little decluttering and took Rusty's old bed out of the closet. Someone claimed it almost before it landed on the chair.
The video lessons are so well done and encouraging. The course has a great online private group, that is also very encouraging.
Well, I made some progress in the kitchen, but then got behind. So, now I'm tackling the pantry, which is an awkwardly shaped little closet underneath the stairs. The stuff started piling up in there until it was 4 feet high. All sorts of things in that closet. Almost done emptying it to begin organizing, giving away, throwing away, taking auto & painting & other items to the garage, where they should go, etc.
But I thought I'd share one of my surprise pantry finds.
You tell me: Eat them, Plant them, or Throw them away?!!! :-)
love these photos of me...i think i'm about 9? at first glance i thought the photos were the same, the one underneath i'm laughing hysterically...maybe i'll post it
more from the decluttering.
nearly all of this tossed into paper recycling...
of course i am keeping the photos of me (hmm i'm 9? in these?)
and the little address book filled with names of high school friends and my family. i took this address book with me to europe -- for writing all the promised postcards.
This photo and declaration of intent are going to motivate me to clean this mess up.
There's about 15 other giant bookshelves in the house that look just like it that also need help. But here's where I'll start. I know, I just cleared it all out and made it lovely a year ago. It's horrible again. I generate a lot of entropy in the book and paper realms.
have been decluttering the house and found this lovely vintage gal in her original box. guessing about 15 yrs old for this doll release? cant really remember
she is now positioned on the mantel in full view of all that come to serve her ...
Lilac background totally not working with this outfit, but this is the best spot for light at the moment.
Dolly sale delayed a bit, my camera is playing up and stick stuck with my dying computer, so photo processing is a right pain in the **** at the moment.
Have been taken over by the decluttering bug and have decided I am going to allow myself only 2 drawers of dolly stuff - yes 2 drawers for dolls, clothes and re-ment, so I am going to have to make some hard decisions. I hate parting with stuff, but I am going to have to have the 1 in, 1 out rule even for clothing!
This outfit is incoming, from Atelier Momoni :)
Okay, so I've been either working or decluttering at home. I have just discovered 65 bottles of red, 5 bottles of champagne and a bottle of rosé in the cupboard under the stairs. A surprisingly nice Find.
Front view.
The pegboard with the peripheries and cables attached under the desk.
Cables are not connected to the PC.
Join the Use your Scrap Clay Challenge and start the year by decluttering your studio! Click on the link and get inspired! www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8rbmYA0bIQhttps://www.youtube.co...
As I've said before, neatness and organization is key no matter what you're storing! In this case, I think I better find another home for these soon or they might topple over!
90% of this is going to the recycling bin and a pet shelter or somewhere else to be re-used. Much to my husband's discontent, 10% will remain for crafts and future mess maintenance (I guarantee he'll appreciate that, he just doesn't realize it yet!!!).
Check out this photo in a very interesting article:
www.valeriezinger.com/selling-and-decluttering-newspapers...
One of the things that tends to hold people back when they think about getting organized is that they look around, see a bunch of clutter and think they need to put aside a whole weekend in order to do the whole project.
Read the full blog post at: blog.rubbermaid.com/home/2010/04/decluttering-and-organiz...
Currently stream-lining/decluttering my flickr.
Spring-cleaning is here!
If you want to be/stay/play in my sandbox, do give me a shout-out or something.
Changing family/kids photos into "Family&Friends", too.
Thank you!
Taken on 6 June 2013. Big thank you to Jerry Jones for the use of one of his fabulous textures. Image tonemapped and decluttered of street furniture, signs etc. perspective corrected, processed to mono. The building is Art Deco, opened in 1939.
Jerry Jones :http://www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/3601150616/in/set-72157619124744658
I'm in the middle of selling my home of 30 years, and the process of cleaning/clearing/decluttering and prepping for sale has been a giant undertaking (I had no idea!). So, with the listing going live this morning, I high-tailed it out of town for a few days while complete strangers invade my turf. Stopped at the overlook for Mono Lake as the sky helped me celebrate.
spring decluttering mini zone for mail and grocery lists and school papers next to the kitchen sink where the most traffic is.
I am participating in the great Workshop Aby is hosting on simplify 101: shop.simplify101.com/clutter-control-workshop-p/s101ws000...
The story is gonna be a long one.Please bear with me.
As almost every thursday, for the past few months, I've participated in the Utata.org "Thursday Walk" project.This thursday I decided to pay the birth village of my late father and consequently, my grandparents, a visit.After roaming around on the few streets of this small village (which lies in the province of Antwerp, Belgium, and is called "Hingene") and having taken some shots, it started to rain.I went for a coffee in a brown pub and waited for the rain to end or at least diminish slightly.It got dryer again and I packed up my camerabag and decided to hit the streets again.I didn't have much hope of shooting anything decent any more and was in fact heading back to my mountainbike.Now the village has some quaint little (uninhabited, or so I thought ) houses that date back maybe 150 years and on one of these little houses the door was open and I saw two people, an elderly man and woman, doing things inside this house.The man noticed me from inside and I said hello and asked him what they where doing.I asked the man if he was from this village or was born here and mentioned that my late father was also from this village and the man had known my late father well.In fact, they had gone out (partying) together when they where both young men (somewhere in the mid-fifties I presume) So the man came to know that I was in fact the son of my father and we started talking.The man's younger brother, age 55, had just passed away and he and his girlfriend where busy clearing out the little house where the departed brother had lived all his life.He (the departed brother of 55) had, I found out, had once lived there with a woman ( she to had previously, a couple of years before, been found dead in the house) that was well known in our community for her weirdness and awkwardness ; the woman's name was "Zotte Betty" (translated as "Crazy Betty" ) and one of her sons.The son of Betty, the crazy woman, had lived with the brother till the day they found him dead.
At that point I had to just ask if I could take some photos of the inside.This had to be a one time opportunity.A once in a lifetime chance.I appologized several times if I was being impolite or intruding ( after all, this man's younger brother had just died ! ) but the man and his girlfriend saw no objections.So I stepped through the little door and was immediatly struck by the ackwardnes of the place.How in earth people could have lived in such circomstances was beyond me.It most resembled the home of some horder who never in his live decluttered !
I will save you a detailed description of the state the place was in ; look at the photos and let your mind do the work.
On the other hand, the house was full of memories of a man who must have lived the live of a recluse and now his things, his memories where about to be thrown away, to dissapear.
The more I photographed the interior, the wallpaper with this frail golden color, the odd trinkets and old objects, the more the man and his girlfriend became at their ease and they let me share their thoughts and insights in the life of their brother( in law).The woman even let me take a couple of shots where she was on inspite of her being very wary in the beginning.
I am deeply indebted to these people who have let me in in their personal lives whilst in the midst of a beriefment.
I express my gratitude.
These photos where taken with love.Be so kind as to threat them that way.
copyright Ange Soleil ( a.k.a Tweng) 2008