I have this habit as well. I think I picked it up from my mom. I have scrapbooking supplies I'll never use but can't bring myself to throw them away. I have finished the skids scrapbooks, but continue to pick things up from the clearance shelves at Michaels that I feel certain I will be able to incorporate into a project for them at some point in the future. I have quilting fabric/supplies. DH got me a quiliting frame for my birthday a year ago that I have yet to put together. I have crochet hooks & yarn & a few strands I've managed to stitch together. (I gave it up because I couldn't get anything to come out with square edges.) I have a load of foam shapes & wool for rug-hooking. I have a collection of rubber stamps I used to make embossed designs on candles. I, too, have the ridiculous collection of edging scissors. My latest kick is embroidery, & I just got supplies to take a go at making stepping stones for my flower gardens. I haven't tried the mosaics, but love to take a gander at the supplies on every trip to the craft store.

I think I hold onto all of this crap because my mom always had a stock of different things. I loved to go into her craft room & create. SD used to get so excited about crafting with me. For her birthday last year I spent months collecting a variety of different supplies for her, but we were univited to her party, so I still have them waiting for her. She's incredibly creative & imaginative. I do hope she won't "outgrow" them before I can give them to her. I find that the time I spend in my craft room is often devoted to memories of the time I shared with my mom in hers. Really, it's something I hope I never overcome.

Oh, I am a "crafter", lol, it's an inherited disease !

Rubber stamping lead to Scrapbooking. I've tried quilting, doll making, pretty much all kinds of crafy stuff. and I have to buy all the tools and supplies too !

Now I've created the next generation - my DD is an upcoming "crafter".

I think my next will be the garden stepping stones. I've been thinking of that.

Since you're creative, do you like to draw or create in Paint or Inkscape? I'm into this and now have a store on Zazzle where I sell stuff. This is my hobby. I just draw something in Inkscape - put it on their inventory (t-shirts, mugs, apron, binders etcc) and make money doing it. Best thing is that there are no craft supplies sitting around!

I've been doing this since about August of last year and have slowly built my store up to about 1100 items.

You should give it a try.

I've got a lot of craft stuff but no ROOM. I'm so jealous of people with craft rooms.

I've got scrapbooking (my mom is addicted to buying scrapbooking stuff, but has yet to complete a book. She's got about 4 pages to show for 10 years of collecting the stuff and she has burdened me with a great deal of it.) I have made one scrapbook and plan to start on a couple for the skids. All of the stuff is really handy. I can whip up a card for any occasion and when the skids have a project we usually have something around to make it with flair.

I've got beads, quilting material, every knitting and crochet needle imaginable and I have no clue how to knit and my crochet skills are very limited. I have never quilted a thing, but I'm planning to soon embark on a planned project that probably ridiculously surpasses my no skill level there.

I too have recently become interested in mosaic. My husband bought a piece of Hardybacker for a patio table I want to start with. I've collected several ceramic dishes to use that I got from garage sales and I've got my design in mind. That will be my next project.

I understand the time thing. I told myself I could do so much of that while the skids were at their mom's for a month, but here it is three days before they come back and I haven't done a thing. I did get to read a lot though, which is another hobby I have thoroughly missed.

DH does excavating for home building for a living. They tore down an old house last year & he told me about the old windows. I love old farmhouses & primitive decor. I told him I "needed" those windows & he brought them home. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them. They're taking up a lot of space in my craft room. Sometimes I just sit & stare at them waiting for an idea to pop into my head. I'm still waiting. LOL!