Day 84: Craft like in the GDR

This is a craft book for children I had while growing up in Eastern Germany,

given to me by my mother:

Actually it is not the original from my childhood, but one that I ordered second-hand from Amazon out of a nostalgic mood. Only to realize when it arrived, that we had the original in Clara's room - my mother had kept the original and had given it to Clara.

So I never unwrapped the ordered book and maybe anyone of you is interested in that book - I will give it away. Just leave a comment.

Thank you for filling that little girl with a love for craft years ago

and Goodbye!

Day 83: Sleep like a Baby

This week: books.

This book is about the Ferber method of sleep training for babies. I bought it at a church charity shop for a couple of cents, out of pure curiosity. Being an advocate of attachment parenting and co-sleeping I just wanted to know the arguments of the Ferberizers. And then this book just stayed in my baby books library, like an alien element.

There is only one place for this book: trash.

Or even better: paper recycling,

will make great toilet paper.

Thank you for strengthening my attitude towards parenting

and Goodbye!

Day 43: Inspiration Package

The packaging from my latest book orders still cluttered the studio floor.

Off to the paper recycling!

Thank you for wrapping the precious insides safely

and Goodbye!

For further inspiration I keep these stamped images:

(from an order of Phoebe Wahl prints)

Getting Ready

I am reading right now this bestseller by Japanese professional declutterer Marie Kondo (will also be released in English in April 2014, see here). You can always use a little magic with cleaning (remember Mary Poppins?), don't you? Will it be life-changing like the English title promises? Do I want that?

While reading, I changed my original plan of letting-go-of-one-thing-per-day. Marie Kondo doesn't advocate the "one-thing-a-day"-tactic and I want to keep my options open and try different decluttering approaches. I can get rid of one thing or more, whatever I feel like. This project is supposed to be fun.