Extreme Craft Hoard Declutter | De Stash | Self Identity 

Your positive self-talk and what you say to your eight year old self is exactly what my kid self needs to hear. “You have many talents… You have other talents in other areas as well. You’re a good kid… Don’t listen to the other kids…They are going through their own stuff.” Thank you for putting this positivity out into the world. ❤

I love your videos, Ms Heart. But I do miss when you spent more time narrating the individual items that you were decluttering, rather than just having a voiceover on a given topic overlaid on the decluttering footage. I find it’s kind of tricky to watch the decluttering and process the voiceover at the same time since they are so distinct. In the very least I like when you take breaks from the voiceover to kind of hone in on different aspects of your decluttering jobs, telling stories of individual items and discoveries you made along the way. You usually do this, but I feel like it was missing from the video. I’d love to get back to that!

Would be great to create a ‘Bring your own hoard arts & craft series’, where people would connect & create art together with all the joint resources, kind of like an art potluck, and each session with a theme. I would watch that!

I just love how Miss Pepper is always there by your side supporting you. Fur babies are the best! I have a Miss Pepper too except mine is a doggie. You are really bulking up your decluttering muscles and have made so much progress. So proud of you! 💖

Cannot tell you how wonderful this video is for me! I emptied my craft room into another bedroom and I love my (almost) empty craft room. But i have all this STUFF I have accumulated! So now I will only put back what I really want to work with and create, and the rest I will donate to a charity that I know welcomes craft supplies. THANK YOU for articulating what I couldn't get to by myself. You are so worthy and good and fantastic! Thank you again and again ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Great job letting some ribbon go!!! I thank you for relaying your progress, where you are the 2024 Miss Heart, not the tween/teenager that was hurt. Very therapeutic for all. Best wishes!!!

Pepper's not ready to let go of that pretty box!

Ive been watching you for years. I have a vision everytime i watch a video. I see a clear, clean, and dry basement. I see a basement that has a large sectional sofa and shelves along the walls showcasing your favorite 80s/90s memories. I see you collaborating with Clutterbug and having her transform your space to include a craft space of your butterfly 🦋 dreams!! Manifesting a lot for you and your channel. As a content creator myself who is healing from years of emotional eating, obesity, and many mental illnesses, I see how hard you work for us. You are amazing.

As a crafter myself I know decluttering craft supplies is hard and you did so good! For the future I recomend that you start to think what crafts are the most important to you and what might be the ones to let go. The decision making for that is hard and you might wanna prep ypurself for giving it some thought

The basement has opened so much! I still remember what it looked like when I first started watching.

Wow, I can’t wait to see how you turn your basement into your dream space over the next few years!!

"If I fits, I sits!" 😺💜😂 CONGRATS 🎉👏👏👏 May it keep getting clearer and becoming more and more easy to get to a resolution where you feel EMPOWERED and JOYFUL 🦄💜💜

Another great section decluttered. Pepper definitely approved of the bin you emptied.

SOOOO feel this.... that my good stuff=me!! I'm about to make another pass through my art and crafting stuff again...the harder stuff to part with. Sheet music, beads, and oil paint. (I mainly work in acrylics, and don't even like oil that much!) I am reaching out to friends (a singer and a budding bead entrepreneur) who can use what I have. I held onto some yarn and some very nice knitting needles for a year....I'm now ready to cast off that last project, and move on.

I love that you have motivated others to take their own healing journey. Some of those people now have their own channels showcasing that journey.

My favourite quote of yours is: "It's like I'm throwing away a piece of myself, but I'm not a broken mirror!" ❤ So true, Mrs Heart, so true!

Keep the best, toss the rest! 💖 I just know you will feel so much better having the supplies you want to use ready and not lost among the ones you don't. I find that getting rid of the clutter also is getting rid of any micro-negative feelings I may have had: about identity, about clutter, about any kind of guilt of waste, etc. It frees the mind and the heart ~ and gives us back control not to be distracted by these things. I remember a study that said that just having more things in the home and having to manage them all the time creates stress and cortisol in the body. So what you are doing is making a more healthy you (body mind & heart) too! I think you will feel more creative and professional in your art & craft-making when you are done! That was such a strong 💪decision to give away things you don't have an active project idea for. You are doing great!! I think your keep pile was a triumph! 🦄💟🎉

I love hearing you talk through your recovery. I can take a little bit from most talks and apply it to myself. Thank you. ❤

Your decluttering muscles have grown so much! 💖

its been nice seeing your transitions.. to clearer spaces. I always got satisfaction seeing empty totes, boxes or containers... full recycling and garbage bags so you can actually SEE the progress. and your kitty. life got in the way we didn't get to the garage for the spring clean out till this weekend... sorting some things into categories: THE GOAL... is as much as possible together chunks of it are... and some stuff is mixed junk totes, and tossed some more stuff. old straw, other garbage. we try to do a garage clean out twice a yr w sweeping and sanitizing the floor then sorting it back better. It definitely gets easier each time.. there is more organized stuff. less stuff makes it easier to clean. several days and several tries... to a weekend or a day or so... with drying time. as a kid I considered myself a pack rat , didn't have much but mostly school papers or stuffies/toys...every yr would go through my papers and usually had a garbage bag full.. it wasn't until moving here 2018 that we started to try minimalism rather than just decluttering... and upsizing here I thought OK decluttering is DONE! (LMAO)... but there were a few things that I didn't want or I wanted for my fantasy house but not here... so we decluttered more and more... some was super easy as the previous owners gave a lot of things.

Your videos are my favorite on youtube.

You are indeed an artist. Looking forward to what beautiful things are going to be created by you. 💛

Pepper is so cute in this video playing with that string and yarn and sittning in that box.❤❤❤

Omg that tossy pile was huge. Well done Miss Heart ❤️ Never doubt the amazing, talented person that you are. I can’t believe you emptied 3 bins and the put away was so easy. I cleaned out the bathroom press this week and got rid of a lot too with the help of a friend. It’s a wonderful feeling. Thanks for always sharing the emotions and thoughts behind your stuff. It certainly helps me process too. Have a great week. Mary, Joes wife 🙇‍♀️👏💪👍🙏💐🐈

Im 53 and have the same hoarding mentality. Ive craft stuff and i keep churning churning ... Its annoying at this stage but I cant get rid of much! ❤

Love the slow blink from Miss Pepper at the end of the video! Did you catch it? Obviously a very happy kitty who likes to support you. And quite a bit to ponder on this one!

As an ex-hoarder and I am still practicing CBT, the art of talking to our innerself, recognizing and accepting our emotions and then letting it flow 'out'. This was a beautiful commentary about how and why we hoard/can't let things go. The more often we declutter, the easier it gets. So happy to see you letting go over 50% of the boxes, such a huge achievement. 🎉 Don't forget to celebrate your achievements, everytime I let got like a small pile, I really reward myself. ❤

I have never had someone see right into my heart and put words to my feelings. Thank you so much for making these videos

You should sell some of your jewelry at your yard sales

Imagine, once you get that plumbing fixed you can paint the basement floor.

Very profound you are enough and you are amazing!

Yeah getting rid of stuff! Good for you

Thank you again for the motivation boost.! I’ve started dragging my basement craft hoard into my living room because I was doing a few embroidery/ sewing projects. However, clearly I do not need 2 laundry baskets of stuff cocked up in the corner. I’m going to leave what I’m actually using and put the rest back downstairs right now.

Thank you for sharing the psychology of hoarding. I can't wait to see the Kon Mari purge on the craft supplies. 💜

Amazing successful declutter!!!!🎉🎉❤ And Miss Pepper, excellent supervising and box sitting!!!😻😺

Hi, I've always been the artsy one in my family. I save very little, because there will be more. A new friend told a man who's known me for 30 years how amazing I am. The old friend nodded and said everyone knew I was amazing. Where were these people in my childhood? Tina, Al's wife

warm wishes and hope decluttering gets easiler and easiler

My sweet mother keeps everything. She has several started projects but never completed. She literally has enough stuff to start a craft store. All kinds of things from yarn to sewing items to paint and brushes. I had a bag of fabric scraps that I bought at a fabric store. I had not used it in years and a friend asked if I wouldn't mind donating it to a family that made homemade Christmas gifts. I gladly did so, I wasn't using it. Then in 2020 when everyone was making masks mom said to me, "I bet you wished you still had that bag of fabric?" My reply was, "not at all! Someone was able to use it then. I would have had to hold onto it for 5 more years or so in order to use it for masks!" I had it several years before that. Mom was raised in a time where everything was kept and used. It has progressively gotten out of control. I just remind myself that it is hers and keep my opinion to myself.

Look at that pile another great job.

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The craft area ❤ I love how you talk about creating things from scratch and repurpose and reuse what you already have. I always have a stash of miscellaneous craft items I got somewhere… But I try to use everything and only buy the staples like colored carton for birthday cards. I really would love another video about using up your hoarded stash like you did with the Christmas presents last year. I love to see your ideas. And for me it’s always very satisfying to use up craft products before they get too old. Well done with decluttering, btw!

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I really enjoy watching your videos ❤. My in-laws are hoarders and your commentary helps me to understand them more. My husband and I have been together 6 years and I have never been to their house. Hopefully one day they’ll realize they need to make some changes. In the meantime I can at least have compassion for them as I start to understand the psychology.

This is great!! I love sorting this way, i do it with my clients. It just makes sense!! ❤

Great video as always when they bullied you they were just jealous of you because you’re amazing as always.

You're doing incredible! It really motivates me to take a hard look at my crafting things. We have a small home, so most of the crafting supplies have ended up in the garage on shelves. I want to make my small Esty shop a success but to do that, I really need to clear the clutter and make myself a dedicated space. Thank you for the push to get it done.

Thank you so much!!! This is me, so me!!!

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Excellent start on the craft bins!!!

Great work my friend! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

Mini bin org. Great idea! I have a question for you. I’m interested in your being drawn to every color bin. It seems to me that it’s because you’re highly creative and the many colors feed your creativity. Have you considered having the same color bins for categories? I have all the same color in the garage, but I think it’s because I’m not visually creative like you are. I find the same color relaxing and restful, though. What do you think?

Fantastic job beautiful lady great video huge tossy pile congratulations 🎊 🦄💜

I know you've talked about not wanting to waste things or throw them into the landfill. I struggle with that too. I think it just goes to show we are not wasteful people. I wonder if you ever struggle with looking at all of the stuff you've bought over the years and thinking about all the money that was spent on it? That's something that I struggle with occasionally but I don't have as much stuff overall. I don't even have a basement. You are very lucky to have that space.

Thank you, today's episode really spoke to my heart today x

Can’t get enough of project manager Pepper…such a beautiful kitty girl ❤

That was a LOT! Fantastic! And i love how you go through the mental process to let things go! 💖

Oh my goodness I so relate with you! I also dealt with a lot of the things that you did. I was made fun of and also an abusive relationship. I understand what you mean about being talented in the arts and not wanting to throw those away. This gives me some courage to try to do that

Maybe when all the bins are organised you can do a KonMari declutter and reduce them down to what really matters and that truly sparks your creativity. The sooner you create that craft area the sooner you can fulfil that beauty creativity. Your creativity is innately within you not the external stuff. Sure you can use that to demonstrate your magical talents to the outside world, but what matters is that you, and anyone whose creative knows that it about the inner passion and the journey and not just the final result.

Your throwaway comment of "We're going to have to pay for someone to come in & fix it" at the start of the video, with no air of panic about it is testament to how far you've come in your recovery. Previously something like that would have terrified you & now it's said like it's no big deal. Amazing 😊 xx

I haven't watched yet, but I'm so excited I've been waiting for you to start the craft stuff and I think it's going to be fabulous! You're ready!! ❤❤🎉

Great job! 🩷

I am petting Pepper in spirit she is just so sweet. And look at that loving slow-blink at 11:39! So cute. I've been looking forward to the big craft declutters!! 💌

Look at the square footage you gave yourself back! Love it! I hope you can spend more time cultivating joy through your creations.

Loved seeing Ms Pepper Kitty enjoying playing and giving you emotional support. ❤😅❤

Yay! Making wonderful progress! 🥰❤❤❤

i am going through all my supplies this year and making all the crafts that I can think of before buying anything new, as my New Years Resolution. i didn't realize just how much i had stored until i started on the Sewing projects Lol!

Congrats on 50k

When I started watching your videos I felt detatched from your experiences but the more I've watch and heared you talk about your feelings and why you've kept your things I realised that I've had the same feelings, in some ways at least. There have been things in my life that made me keep a lot of things and had a hard time letting go of. The more I understand these things and the more I feel confident in myself, which really was my nature as a child that got damaged later, the easier it gets to let go. So thank you so much for helping me by explaining the feelings behind the behaviour! ❤

I like it better when you just decluttered instead of giving a speech every time you make a video

Your sharing of your emotions with us is so important and helpful! Thank you and God bless you and your family.❤️🌺♥️

Miss Pepper certainly loved the Tossy Tossy pile!!!

Maybe you should start to renovate a corner in the basement as a craft corner. Put a desk an some Shelfes up and sort the stuff in there instead of boxes, so That you can actually ist there an craft 🥰

Awesome Ms Heart ❤️ doing a great job letting go ❤ Pepper that box is beautiful 🙌 blessings from NZ🎉

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This really resonates with me, I can relate to everything you talked about! Thank you for sharing your experience with us, you’re an inspiration! 🦄 ❤🎉

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At least a 1000 items there! Good job.

Thank you😘🥰!

You are truly amazing!! So proud of you!!

I would love to have another update on the basement as a whole if you’ve done one recently compared to were you started??

Great progress. I hope you get the leak goes well for you. Im wondering if you have any future plans for the basement space? Are you planning to put up for shelves for the totes?

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Wish we could see you using up some of this craft stuff and selling it in your yard sales. That way you could actually enjoy it. You have a lot of good stuff and enjoy crafting but don’t seem to use it. Of course you have other things going on too. Are you still zoning these supplies or are you still waiting for inspiration to use them. Do you think you’re going to set up a craft area realistically Or do you actually like accumulating the stuff and not actually using it. In this way it still feels very much like a hoard not a craft supply, because it’s being hoardered not used and enjoyed. Its different then sentimental stuff. The one thing that’s nice about craft supplies is they will be used if donated. It won’t be a waste. Identity clutter is hard to part with. It’s so easy to watch a video and think how easy it would be to part with so much of the stuff or how if it was ours we’d organize it this way. Or what it would be like to see you dump it all in a pile on the floor kon mari style and see if you have any reaction to the amount of stuff you actually have rather then looking for trash box by box, but that wouldn’t be a practical way to declutter. Especially all this tiny stuff. In my mind you mentioned you wanted to finish decluttering this basement by the end of 2024. Will this basement always be a huge storage room or will it eventually be finished because a finished basement can only fit so many storage totes. I’m speaking from experience. Maybe you want to consider the shed becoming your storage space. Which would put a limit on how much you can store. I just wonder what the end result will be because I’ve been watching this basement series from day one. I’m happy to see you got a lot of the trash removed from the better usable stuff. It’s just that it is not being used. But it is your stuff and you have total control over what you keep and use or keep and don’t use. It’s not for the viewer to judge how much you keep. And I don’t judge you for that I just wonder what your end goals are by the end of 2024 and if you feel on pace. Does a 10-15 video take 10-15 min a week to declutter. Or is this hours spend decluttering weekly. What would happen to the amount of stuff if you decluttered daily. Would that over whelm you and make you shut down. You are home for the summer now right. Anyway I hope the comments help your channel. I am a recovering hoarder too but some times I’m still scratching my head watching your channel but I think about where I was years ago and I was probably closer to where you are now. And I have to remember that.

Churn churn churn yet again

I think if you think you might use it then keep it..that way you also don't have to go to stores just shop at your craft room for free.

July 2024. I'm re-watching your old videos. Did you ever go through your attic? Not to pressure you, just curious. Tina, Al's wife

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Pepper don't work to hard

We noticed that your piles of garbage are getting bigger, which means you are returning all the insults to those who tried to kill the inner light in you with garbage slaps. It makes sense to waste your emotions on the opinions of those who will never accept you. The realization that it is worth holding on only to those people and cherishing their opinions, who are always ready to accept the real you, brings mental and physical freedom from garbage. Clever. And by the way, have you noticed that your needlework baskets are almost always half empty, maybe you should put things from the workshop in smaller baskets so that they are full and do not take up much space, and use these large baskets in the cluttering of your husband's or children's things, or in other departments of the basement? Just a suggestion.

It is sad to hear that you go on with a leak, well for weeks, or months at this point? It surely is expensive ordeal, but i really think you should have ordered a plumbing service long time ago. Especially since i follow you since beginning and over the years you very repeatedly have water damage or leaks in the basement. Not to mention insulation issues there. In short, there is a lot of work to be done and to protect your things in the basement and the structure of your home you really should get a professional dealing with it once and properly, even if it costs much, as this is clearly a reocurring problem that is hard fr you and your husband to tackle on your own. And you shouldn't have to, but also please don't wait until the damage gets worse, cause leak is not justinconsequential water in your basement.

Tbh, I am not sure about the lesson of this video. I don't think it's bad to feel strength and confidence from having the physical tools to do what you enjoy doing. Maybe you are overthinking this, because it almost sounds like you are questioning doing art at all… just because you feel validation and pride from being resourceful and crafty. And in a healthy way, you relied on those to get through your experiences. But with your current focus on blaming past traumas, I fear you are at risk of associating your lifelong creative skills with those negative experiences. Don't forget that there were other factors too you have mentioned that led to keeping too much: such as being a busy new mom, having creative plans, having financial anxiety, etc. It makes sense in those circumstances to avoid decisions and toss an assortment of old markers and ribbons into bins for later. I just worry that you are dwelling TOO MUCH on traumas and on the negative past and diagnosing yourself, finding reasons for the clutter instead of just changing habits and focusing on happiness. Remember in the first 'Inside Out' Pixar movie how Sadness colored the little girl's past joyful memories? 🟡🔵 Well ~ maybe your focus on the past is making this a much harder and sadder process for you. I have gotten the vibe lately during these narrative videos, that you may be sad, tired, stressed. And I am worried about you. Instead of revisiting traumatic memories, maybe it would be better to literally forget and move on in lightness? Personally, I think you have successfully done enough soul-searching. And I think you should release any guilt you may feel that seeks to blame the past. Because why do you need those bullies anymore to blame? You are a lovely person! You are working on your skills and can stand tall! Focus on the incredible progress you are doing now. Making room for now and your future nows. Take care of yourself and your family, and work on brightening those past memories 'Sadness' may have tainted. Please don't let any bullies rent any space in you, Ms. Heart. I know from my own traumas, that dwelling did not help. It was time and letting go of associating with the trauma that helped me move on. I even put together a photo album with all the happy times of my childhood and onward to help re-record and reassert happiness to re-define myself without the blues of the past. Maybe that is a project that would be fun and helpful for you, too? Looking back at the photos of the past as an adult might tell you unlimited positive things about yourself you did not know of feel at the time. I am sorry to blather on so in this comment! But I am concerned. I don't want you to go down a road of associating everything (even things you love, like art, which has helped you in a healthy way all your life) with trauma, because you are set on finding 'reasons.' There is nothing wrong with your liking to do arts & crafts because you are good at them or that you are praised and feel good. The important thing is freeing yourself from the extra stuff and the stuff with negative associations that make you sad. Then you can really start to heal as needed… something nigh impossible with the constant visual reminders of stress all around you. I really think that focusing on the past sadness is making you sad. And it is not a flaw or your fault that you have memories associated with these things that has kept you stuck. That is human! All you need is the discernment, confidence and courage, to keep going and clear the debris. So please don't dive too deep into your feelings. If you feel negativity about something, acknowledge it as briefly as possible (Oh that. Goo-bye!) and tossy-tossy! You are working on skills and habits, there is no need to reawaken trauma every-time you go into the basement! (Ms. Pepper definitely wouldn't approve if you did! She is purr-oud of you and cares about your mental well-being. She wants you to be purr-oud and happy, too!) 🐱💛 Oh gosh, I have gone on too long! I hope anything I said was helpful. Have a wonderful weekend, Ms. Heart! Wishing you much Joy past & present! 🌼🌿

Invaluably validating. 😭🥹🥺🥹🥺😭 🦄🧡✨THANK YOU!!!✨🧡🦄

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