Morning came too soon and after a quick breakfast I checked the Christmas box where we store the stockings. Sure enough there were only 8 stockings and we are 9 this year. I had made stockings for the two older girls and felt I could not possibly buy a stocking for the little one, it might scar her for life if I did.
What to do, what to do? I checked the closet where I store my stash of fabric and what do I find, a beautiful plaid silk dupioni ( I have no idea what I originally bought it for), and the perfect piece of green silk dupioni to use as a lining. I checked the draw where I keep trim and found a piece of green and gold braid just the right size to use for the edging.
After a couple of hours I had a new Christmas stocking made and I did not have to buy a thing, every bit came from my stash of stuff!
This true story just goes to prove you can never have too much stuff!
As I was thinking about stuff The Rule of Stuff came to mind:
The Rule of Stuff (as revealed to Susanna Oroyan)
You can never have too much stuff.
The stuff you have is never as good as the other guy's stuff.
The stuff you have is probably too good to use anyway, better save it.
Any stuff you need is always too expensive.
Your stuff is never where you thought it was.
Stuff multiplies exponentially on its own.
Stuff cannot resist gravity, it prefers being in piles on the floor.
Stuff mutates, the stuff you thought you had is not the stuff you do have.
The natural state of stuff is chaos, don't even try to organize it in plastic boxes.
Stuff stored in closets will always fall on your head.
If you see good stuff, better buy it because you will never find it
again....always buy twice as much stuff as you might need.
Really good stuff is irresistible to cats.
Copywrite 1997 Susannah Oroyan.
You can never have too much stuff.
The stuff you have is never as good as the other guy's stuff.
The stuff you have is probably too good to use anyway, better save it.
Any stuff you need is always too expensive.
Your stuff is never where you thought it was.
Stuff multiplies exponentially on its own.
Stuff cannot resist gravity, it prefers being in piles on the floor.
Stuff mutates, the stuff you thought you had is not the stuff you do have.
The natural state of stuff is chaos, don't even try to organize it in plastic boxes.
Stuff stored in closets will always fall on your head.
If you see good stuff, better buy it because you will never find it
again....always buy twice as much stuff as you might need.
Really good stuff is irresistible to cats.
Copywrite 1997 Susannah Oroyan.
She who dies with the most stuff wins!!
ohhhhhhh what a huge laugh you got from me tonight. I thought I should check your blog and here I am laughing myself to bits....about the stuff and admiring you for having stuff to create that adorable stocking. It really is special. I love the shape of it but then you wouldn't have done anything 'simple'.....lovely work and great great journaling or blogging. Whatever. Yes, stuff. I am trying to go through mine including winter coats.
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