The HoarderRehab Blog: The Destiny of Things: Dessert Bento Box Puzzle Erasers Into Mini Jewelry Box: The Destiny of Things, Story 292

Dessert Bento Box Puzzle Erasers: The Destiny of Things, Story 292

An inspiring creative friendly Etsy buyer turned this into.....

Pink bento box with dessert puzzle erasers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

So I got this email this morning by a kind Etsy buyer who turned this mini dessert box into the cutest earring jewelry box I've ever seen! She didn't even need the erasers, she needed the box!

Here is her email:

Hello,

I just received my box of erasers in the mail today. I am very happy with it! I purchased it because I had one very similar to it that I used to store my earrings, but it broke. I made an insert out of oven bake clay that fits inside the box and has lots of spaces for my jewelry to be displayed. I attached some pictures below. I'm not sure what I plan to do with the erasers, they'll probably be desk decorations cause they're too cute to use! Thanks again :)

- Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore

photo via Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore

Isn't that just the cutest! What a transformation! The box is about a 3 inch square, so it's very travel portable and displays so adorably. And she used baking clay to make it a custom fit to her most used jewelry collection. So fun and yet so practical too!

Here is what I wrote back:

Hi there!

That is the cutest earring box I've ever seen! Thank you for sharing! I will use your story on my Hoarder Rehab blog today. Your story with photos has really inspired me to get back to my blog. What good timing because I've been in a dull lull and haven't been blogging and even though I'm supposed to get back to it today, I was really debating not to. Not anymore, thanks again for the inspiration! Your jewelry box is amazing!

I will leave you anonymous, but I will definitely use your photos, if that's okay with you! If I don't hear from by 3pm, I'll just assume I can use your adorable photos!

Many thanks!

Kindest regards,
Kennedy at JunkDrawerAndMore

Pink bento box with dessert puzzle erasers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

I am still in awe how this little box was transformed! Very creative idea and so fun! And it looks so cute. I hope some others, besides myself get inspired and charmed by the possibility of other handmade ideas from hers!

Her email has not just inspired me to return to blogging, but to be more creative too! So tomorrow I am going to have a project day, I wonder what I'll end up making?

How have you been inspired creatively today?

The photo is so cute with the erasers around it!

photo via Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore

Saying Goodbye: I am not attached to this little mini bento box, but I do love boxes and have quite a collection. I'd love to have a bunch of these stacked like a bakery! What I love are the kawaii cute puzzle dessert erasers! I've saved a box or two for myself, I think.

I found my Martha by Mail Soap Mold Kit and these would be cute floating around in some soap!

I just love the color combinations and mold shapes.

What do you think with the dessert erasers?

I wish I could make this tomorrow, but I don't have any glycerin soap.

What I Learned:

1. As a recovering hoarder, how quickly one creative idea runs tangent into another and another, until I end up doing nothing or collecting all the supplies for so many projects, but not doing anything with them!

I will need to remedy that!

2. A personal loss has really taken it's toll on me and I have spent weeks reflecting and stressing over some aspects of the entire ordeal. Very painful and sad, but at least my coping skills have improved since my last melt down.

I am trying to get back to my regular routines and add in some new healthier ones and goals, like more creative project days and more exercise. Some things gotta give, less dehoarding or blogging or something?

3. So nice that a random act of kindness of someone sending their story with photos to get me going again. It was a pleasant gentle nudge like a trigger that jogged some long lost memories back into reality.

It feels better than I thought to be back. I do need this outlet to continue dehoarding.

Pink bento box with dessert puzzle erasers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Thank you Etsy buyer from for sending me a surprise email with photos! It always makes me smile and feel good when someone takes the time to help me out! Much appreciated.

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab venue ever! I can't thank you enough! I am so thankful that my items are making their own new stories and making new memories wherever they are!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to visit my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!

Fast food puzzle erasers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

My continued dehoarding goal is to maintain at least 200 items at each shop!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 203 items, The Destiny of Things- 201 items, VintageToGoEasy - 203 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 205 items! Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too! Thanks for looking!

Thank you for taking part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!