Isn’t it funny how you see things from a different perspective when you’ve been away for a while. When we moved into our house about a year and a half (ish) ago we did what most people do, shove a few boxes away for unpacking ‘later’. Of course those boxes have just sat there waiting and gathering dust (and being tripped over) so the time came for them to be dealt with.

This house is quite small for a family of four so I’ve had to be resourceful and creative with space. Coming home one of the first things I realised is that I can do this much better and so I’ve been madly cleaning out and reorganising cupboards all over the house. So far the pantry, laundry cupboard, under the sink, the plastics cupboard, my polymer clay cupboard, the area on top of the pantry, the tablecloth cupboard, Miss K’s wardrobe, our ’smalls’ draws, boxes in our bedroom, the girls shoes and parts of the back patio have been sorted through. Phew, no wonder I’m tired.

In cleaning out of course I’ve been able to rid ourselves of a bit of junk and included in that are my polymer clay beads/pendants/experiments. For the first time since I started claying four years ago I THREW OUT SOME BEADS….AND IT FELT GOOD!

I really felt as if these beads have been holding me back, I have always learnt that in clay you never throw anything out as you can always recover beads or someone will love them. The only trouble is that I had held on to these and they were either flimsy, broken or not fit for public viewing.

In sorting through my cupboards and stash I have also been taking hundreds of photos (each bead/set needs to be photographed from at least 5 angles for listing in on-line stores). I am determined to sell what I already have made before really launching into anything new.

Sometimes I feel that its a good thing to rid ourselves of whats holding us back. Really dealing with all those little corners of our lives that are taking up space is important. I need to continue this cleanup but from a spiritual angle, there are plenty of ‘unpacked boxes’ in my life that I ignore (and trip over every day), eg: bitterness, anger, jealousy….things I push to the side and ignore. These only gather dust. It takes a bit of effort to sit down and deal with these things and one of my aims this year has been to sort some of that out. So far I’m probably only part way along that journey.

Anyway, getting back to the beads. Here’s a photo of some of the beads I’ve photographed so far:

And here is about two thirds of what I have to photograph yet (the rest being larger items or pendants);

If anything there catches your eye then either let me know or pop on over to my Etsy store as I’m listing every day.