Goodbye, Summer Crafting!

I have been doing a lot of much needed cleaning this summer.  Now that the days of summer vacation are swiftly coming to an end, I have to start thinking less about organizing closets and more about organizing lesson plans.
I still have a week or so to straighten things up.  I am now in the process of desperately trying to organize and turn my daughter's old room into a craft/storage room.  She is married and hasn't lived at home since she graduated from college, but I always find it hard to throw away remnants of her life at home.  I have to get rid of things in increments.  The more time that passes, though, the easier it is to throw things away.  She has told me to just throw it all away, but it's not that easy for me.  Everything I find is a memory.  I came across the soda can lamp she made in middle school.  I'm sure everyone has something like that squirreled away in their closet that their child made in shop class with the little brass name plate with their name and date on it.  I took a photo of it and sent it to her asking if she wanted it.  I knew she would immediately text me back telling me to please pitch it!  I snickered, waiting for her response, and, as expected, she said just that. Later when I spoke to her on the phone, she asked if I thought she would want it for her living room table. 
But, someday when she is a mom, she will cherish those crazy little memories that will bring to mind  happy childhood days.

I digress. Back to my cleaning story.  So I replaced her old things with my sewing and painting supplies.  I now have room in the closet for my craft supplies and Artfire shop inventory.
As I was organizing my craft and sewing materials, I came across things that I had forgotten I had socked away.  I discovered fabrics, craft supplies and patterns.  Sometimes I pick things up that strike my fancy at a thrift shop or rummage sale and forget about them.  It's always fun to find things that I had long forgotten about. 
I was on a doll making kick a few years ago and I found a couple of patterns I never used for some rag dolls.  I have to be in the mood to make dolls, and I felt that feeling coming on.
 

After I finished putting my craft room together as best I could (there just is never enough room, though), I sat down at my sewing machine and stitched up a doll from one of the patterns I found.  I am faced with the realization that my summer crafting days are numbered, and soon my creative days will be limited to the weekends once school starts. Looking over the amount of things I made over the summer, I am happy to say that it was a truly productive time.  One more doll for old times' sake.  Goodbye, summer!