Another Challenge to You All .......

Along the lines of Trash to Treasure and Spring Cleaning..... Maybe it's this time of year, when we all have this urge to "purge" our dens and caves from the remains of a long lazy winter .... But, not only have I had this itch to start some serious Spring Cleaning, but I've had a really strong desire to do things in a whole new way. no more wastefullness, no more binge buying or gotta have attitude. I know we live in such a time that our possessions seem to outlive their usefullness very quickly. I am guilty of this right along with the next person, but I've recently begun to take notice and I decided to make a change.
I'm not going to jump in head first and donate all my belongings to Goodwill and go be a missionary in some remote village on the other side of the planet, that is, unless I knew God was telling me to do so...LOL....
But, I am going to practice something that is hard for me and probably for alot of folks and that is simply this and simply put by St. Paul: " this thing I have learned, that whatsoever state ( condition) I am in, therewith to be content" ...Now , the word "content" is not to be mistaken for the word "complacent"...We can all constantly be striving to do better and be better, but at the same time being content with who we are, what we have, and where we live...Amen ???
So...as part of my own personal journey down this road, I have begun the task of thinning ( not chopping, hacking , deleting) my stash of fabric, craft supplies and what not.
I started going through my wool felt first, as I had been wanting to work on an older design of mine, but make another one for myself, and do up the pattern for it at the same time. When I began going through my many( 4 to be exact) large zip lock bags of scraps, it made me realize that out of sheer laziness I had over time, just grabbed at a new big piece of wool and wool felt to cut even a small piece needed for a project. So....over the course of time, I had acquired these 4 bags of scraps that I would probably have ended up throwing away sometime down the road.
Ok, so my task for myself was this.... To begin to go through each and every tiny scrap in those 4 bags and cut circles, leaves, or snowman noses out of it all. and....the really teeny tiny pieces left over, would not go to waste either, but are collecting in another bag and will be used in part to stuff a small wool pillow I'm making for myself....
So here is another challenge to you all .... Go through your scraps of fabric , wool, wool felt and do something similar. I plan to start on my fabric once I'm finished with the wool, and MAYBE even start a small quilt ( my first) or at least get started on some squares, possibly a log cabin design ....
So here are a few pics of what I've been doing...This was taken early yesterday, since then I've done quite a bit more.....