Check-In Post January 6th 2024

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.

Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


This Week's Question: Do you have any crafting resolutions for 2024?


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[spacedogfromspace]

Made some invisible bookends out of cardboard to keep my books from fallimg over all the time!

[badly_knitted]

Those things are so handy! There's not always room for regular bookends, they take up too much space.

(I don't need them though, my shelves are so crammed with books they can't fall over).

[spacedogfromspace]

They are very handy! I always need bookends but I hate traditional ones because they take up too much space and are usually tacky... but these ones can be made of cardstock and take up no space at all! And they can't be tacky if you can't see them!

[badly_knitted]

So true! I almost envy you needing bookends. I have WAY too many books.

[spacedogfromspace]

well, actually the bookends are so I can put books on top of my bookshelves so... same problem xD

[badly_knitted]

I already have, lol! There just isn't enough room for all of them so I have boxes of books in a cupboard and more boxes under my bed... I'm trying to thin out the collection though. It's slow going.

[spacedogfromspace]

lolll! well, I guess you can always get more shelves?

[badly_knitted]

No more room for them. I've squeezed them in everywhere possible, so now I'm focused on clearing out books I'll never read and the ones I'll never re-read, plus the ones I start reading and lose interest in.

[spacedogfromspace]

oh yeah that's fair. Downsizing is always a good strategy too!

[badly_knitted]

It just takes time. A lot of time.

[spiralicious]

Nice!