Annnnnd here I am a couple of months later having made good on my promise on some level!
I have "rehomed" several items from the craft room/office and have some actual projects in the works. Joining the Penpal thread was an awesome motivation to actually DO projects and has helped me with ideas on how to use some of the treasures I had crammed in various boxes.
Somewhere along the way I managed to sell a couple hundred bucks worth of stuff on eBay and get the closet cleared down to useable items