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Thank you @eternallove4bag for this amazing advice! This gives me the tools to tackle the task which felt crushing and insurmountable. I will not stray OT anymore, but I know that I will be using your practical and helpful strategy to help to organize and streamline my VCA collection and my closet in general. 🥰🥰
I used this and immediately gave away 2 pairs of earrings to my mom and 1 pair to my daughter who loved the gifts. I am happy that someone loves them and wears them when I no longer did. Thank you!Thank you for the love @Hlover88
First of all congratulations on your amazing VCA collection! You have received such great advice already but will add my perspectives too based on how I try to streamline my collection of anything - shoes, clothes, bags, jewelry etc. May not be a perfect way to curate but has worked for me so far!
Make three piles. I call them ‘gotta go’, ‘you will have to pry it out of my dead fingers’, ‘stop it’s giving me a headache because I am not sure what to do’
Anything that doesn’t get worn and gives you no ‘joy’ should go in the pile 1; pieces that you wear a lot or even if you don’t but hold sentimental value and makes you smile everytime you see them go in pile 2; and, pieces that you are unsure of for certain reasons (maybe it’s a hard to get piece, you got it and even though you don’t wear it you are scared you will regret letting it go in the long run) go in pile 3.
Pile 3 is probably the one most of us get stuck at for the longest time! Pile 1 and 2 are easy enough! Sit on pile 3 for a few months and see if you can force yourself to wear some of these pieces in the next 6 months to a year. Reevaluate after a year. If you are still not wearing them, time for it to be rehomed or gifted to close family members?
I am a firm believer in ripping that bandage off and not letting the pain fester soni give myself 6 months max to decide! Is that a fool proof way of avoiding regrets? Absolutely not but does minimize it to a great extent! I still have my moments of ‘oh darn why did I let go of this or that piece!’ But I just remind myself of all the reasons why it was on the chopping block in the first place and it’s all good after that.
I have found that I like to
I think in building any collection, it’s all personal preference so what works for others may not work for you. You just have to play around with different options till you settle on what works best for you.
- have sets of two (minimum),
- mix metals especially RG and WG so trying to build a collection that’s not redundant but more harmonious and can be worn together or separately!
- avoid repeating the same pieces in different metals,
- set numbers of each piece I want and type. For example, I want 4 WG rings - a classic, a showstopper, a BTF and a wrap around. Then I work backwards to see which pieces fit the bill.
Sorry for the long post! But, I hope my ramblings are somewhat helpful!
You have great collection and I feel you have some great options to provide variety. I would definitely consider reducing the HP collection and one of the signature perlees. I would replace the signature with either a sweet or full clover Perlee to provide some variety. The lucky set i would review and determine two pieces to keep and let the other pieces go. Never would I part with the Turquoise lol.
Yay! I am so glad I could be of help @Hiker4life The struggle to downsize and curate is real and I really wish we had a sub-forum to share our experiences!
