I was very cross that they threw away my wisdom teeth. 
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Oh, me too. I specifically asked for them. They were SO disrespectful.
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I don’t think it even occurred to me to ask, because why wouldn’t they give me back my teeth? I grew them myself & everything. 
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That tooth pillow is so cute!
I kept two of Delia’s puppy teeth (the two we found) and the molars that she had to have extracted a couple years ago. I keep thinking I will make a reliquary for them.
My SIL was a dentist who owned a practice. They were big on Halloween and everyone dressed up. One of her hygienists made a dark-ish tooth fairy costume including a choker made from real teeth! It was pretty dang cool and creepy on purpose.
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Some bookmarks for the latest bookmark swap used up a little bit of stash!
They’re colored with markers and/or colored pencils. I would have liked to use more markers, but I didn’t have the right colors. 
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Oh, but I love mine. It’s just perfect.
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Finally listing some things for sale, I hope this stuff moves quickly so we can have our living room back!
I think we’re going to go get some boxes tonight, there is a lot of stuff still to go.
Maybe if I make a little room I can actually get some sewing done
ETA tapestry loom + stand & live-edge bench SOLD!
Also, drastically cut down the tins & “good boxes” collection.
Stamps, tape & stencils too, buh-buyyyeee
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And I just sold another small loom and 33lb of yarn. I’m going to have so much free space!
(I still haven’t taken pics of one of my big looms to sell)
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33 pounds of yarn!!!
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Weaving yarn is sold by weight, most commonly 1/2 or 1lb tubes/cones. I don’t even want to think about how much yarn I still have 
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You guys are making so much progress @Magpie and @photojenn !!
I came here to tell I used all stash in a cross stitch swap but all of that material together is maybe an ounce…
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Don’t worry I also bought a bunch of paint and canvases
My destashing is mainly to rehome the things I don’t use/want anymore to make room for my current interests.
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I used stash for this piece and it really didn’t reduce much, but having the stash made this possible. Can’t live without stash.
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Same 
I think it might more decades than I have left to get through all the embroidery stuff at this rate …
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Yeah, I have nearly a cubic foot of embroidery floss and crewel yarns. That doesn’t include any fabric, hoops, or patterns. Doesn’t sound like much, but that’s an entire cubby, 1/30th of my total storage space.
how do I even begin to reduce it?
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Weaving? I have my gran’s. I love it tho
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There’s an old weavers joke that everyone starts weaving to reduce their knitting yarn stash then proceeds to purchase a ton of weaving yarn.
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I almost never buy embroidery floss because I have so many deceased people’s stash… it doesn’t take up that much space though. Four or five boxes full of bobbins and a small drawer of fabric. I hardly ever buy supplies at all and I stitch a lot.
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This is where I find myself. I love being able to use stash for things I make - that I can wonder into my craft closet or the shelves in the shop to find something that will work or even that will be just right for a project. And still I need less stuff in the closet and on the shelves in the shop. So often even a stash-busting-specific project doesn’t really make a difference in the overall volume - like allllll those napkins I made in March (43, double-sided) didn’t really change my fabric stash. I really may have to take up old-fashioned scrap quilting to really make a difference there.
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I think we need to embrace the fact that many of us craft as we are inspired. When I see something or need something to make, it feels great to think about what I have on hand that I can use. It starts the creative process. I don’t consider basic supplies to be stash that I need to destash…things like fabrics for lining or using to back quilts, mugrugs, etc. I always have a stash of “neutral” fabrics.
For me, the destash has to be fabrics that I bought with no specific project in mind but no longer like or want the fabric (such as novelty prints, etc.). Same with yarn…I am almost at the point where all I have are supplies and things I have purchased for specific projects. Some types of fabric will always be available to me for inspired projects, especially Halloween and holiday fabrics.
I also can’t imagine my life without a “stash”.
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