Friday, October 23, 2015

Not My Mini Miss Dior Perfume Sample Bottle: The Destiny of Things, Story 328

Not My Mini Miss Dior Perfume Sample Bottle!  The Destiny of Things, Story 328

One of my favorite perfumes from my collection went to a new home!

I've had this since childhood and now it's long gone!
The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

I've loved miniatures all my life and family and friends have helped my miniature collections grow ever since!  Luckily now they leave them at my mom's house on a bathroom shelf that's getting quite overpopulated.

I can't recall how many vintage perfume bottles I had, but I only like the bottles, not so much the perfume inside them, so many were full bottles unless they were given to me from family and friends who used them up first.

As a kid, I didn't care if they were empty or not, I just loved the mini bottles that looked like the originals and most of the time filled them up with colored water using food coloring and had a grand time changing the display of them monthly.

Here's is a photo of some of what I had:

The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

Even my childhood classroom teachers gave me their perfume bottles, which reminds me one of them gave me an etched glass one with a sterling floral topper with a glass dabber.  I wonder where that is?  I'll have to go hoard diving again!

Another one gave me the tiny gold and blue in the cabinet on the right side of the knobs.  It's in the square a tad below the knob.  It's a gold filigree one with a cameo style cabochon and a blue jewel like gem that sits on top.  As a child I thought it was the fancy!

All my life I've received perfume as gifts and a family friend worked in the cosmetic department at Bullock's and she'd have a bag full of perfume samples for me every time she would visit.

Now I'm allergic to anything with perfume, even if it's laundry detergent, even if the neighbor is doing their laundry.  Some days are better than others, but most days any contact with perfume sends me to bed.

The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

This particular perfume I didn't like until perhaps my mid thirties or so and I suspect I was becoming allergic to perfumes back then because I mainly left it in my travel case and only used it when I traveled.

My last favorite perfume that I could use was Thierry Mugler's Angel perfume which someone gave me as a gift.  I used every last drop of that one, but I still loved it's star shape and very cool box!

Empty Thierry Mugler's Angel perfume bottle and box, available here

Interesting how one goes through life with different favorite perfumes for years and then a new one moves in.  When I first became allergic to any perfume I was too sick to miss them and I still don't miss using perfume.

I guess it's like my jewelry, even though I'm allergic to it, I still love jewelry, but don't miss wearing any anymore.  If I see a piece I love, it still makes my heart jump, but not with perfume, the scent will just leave my head pounding.

The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

I was a little anxious when my Miss Dior perfume left, but it went to someone who loves it and will use it and what a relief to get a story!

Here it is:

That is great that you are recovering from your hoarding - not an easy thing for sure. I have a weakness for jewelry, perfume, and stuffed animals, and I try to curb my own buying tendencies too.  

I do have an array of perfumes, but I never bought them for their bottles, just their scents. This little bottle is actually an exception for me. I'm positive it relates back to my subconscious, when I was in elementary school and had a tiny glass bottle of Tinkerbell cologne, and I was applying it to my wrist as I was walking down the hallway, and it slipped out of my hand and smashed to the floor, perfume and glass everywhere. I was so upset, and I never forgot that cute tiny bottle. Tinkerbell was such an amazing fragrance for little girls back then (mid-70s). 

I wish you all the best my dear, and I'll let you know when the bottle arrives. You have a great day too!

What a great memory to keep!  Her memory helped me know that I could let this perfume go because not only was I adding to her memories, but she to mine and I could totally relate to little incidences like hers from my past that I let get out of control and end up hoarding!

Oh and I used to have a hoard of stuffed animals too!  I wonder what happened to mine.  I used to sort and arrange them on my bed every morning.  I can still picture them in my head.  I think I had over fifty!

The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

I am so happy this went to someone who collects fragrances, unlike me who would rather have the miniature bottle and this one is so usual since it can't stand on it's own, unless upside down.  I just loved this bottle for it's uniqueness.

Also this person was very observant and read that I really only collected for their bottles, not the scents.  Knowing that also helped my anxiousness of having to let this go.

The rest of my childhood perfume collection, available here

Saying Goodbye:  Even though this Miss Dior left me with some discomfort, as a recovering hoarder I can now say I've come a long way!  Before and I'm not kidding, some things when they left felt like I was losing a limb.  It was terribly traumatic for me, until I started asking myself, "okay, little miss, would you rather lose this or a limb?"

Which would give me a reality check and help me put things in perspective, when being allergic to the thing wasn't enough!

 This was my favorite perfume when I went through my Victorian era stage,
This smells like a soft bed of rose petals, available here

What I Learned:

1.  A dose of humor goes a mile when the cut feels deeper!  And in the beginning I didn't find any humor in dehoarding and was only doing it for my health because I'm allergic to dust and was stressed out miserable with just listing my stuff and would hope no one would buy it.

2.  Today I am so grateful that everything has a silver lining.

I had a huge bottle of this which was a souvenir from France.  This was my favorite club perfume because it will overpower any other perfume by filling up the room and it lasts for hours.  This mini sample looks almost full, available here


Thank you Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things for sharing your story.  It's nice to know that I am not alone and how little incidences in life can be overcome with a simple little gesture or replacement buy.  Also, so happy to know that someone else thinks it's as cute as ever!

Thanks again for the trip down memory lane where old perfume bottles never die because they keep making memories!
 
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab I could ever imagine!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!
 
These are empty and my Uncle gave them to me.  I remember seeing them in his bathroom during visits and wondering when he'd be done with them.
Empty Hermes and other blue perfume bottles, available here

I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!  However this week, my computer is on the fritz and needs updates and servicing, so hopefully after this weekend I list new hoard again.

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 187 items, The Destiny of Things- 170 items, VintageToGoEasy - 190 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 177 items!    
 
Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
This sailor perfume since 1792 is so tiny cute and I had it next to my mini tiny Tabasco sauce sample bottle, even thought it's not perfume, I had to have it!
Vintage Glockengasse Kolnish Wasser No 4711 German miniature perfume: no 4711 mini Eau de Cologne Germany, available here

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8.  Perhaps my most painful of all:  The Destiny of Things:  Freddie the Frog Puppet, Story XII
 
 One of my other favorite bottles during my Victorian era collecting with mini talcum sampler, available here 
 
Happy  Friday!  Crossing my fingers for my computer getting fixed this weekend!  See you again on Monday!

Friday, October 16, 2015

Sweet Pink Mini Bunny Rabbit Porcelain Figurine: The Destiny of Things, Story 327

Sweet Pink Mini Bunny Rabbit Porcelain Figurine:  The Destiny of Things, Story 327

A bunny for Bunny!  Oh, so kawaii cute!

Sweet Pink Mini Bunny Rabbit Porcelain Figurine, available here 
photo via HoarderRehab

Here is the story:

This bunny is so tiny I can't stop looking at it. I got it for my five year old niece that I call Bunny. So sweet.

I got one for my niece too, but I could only find a box of 6 of them.  My old hoarder habits didn't skip a beat and I bought them all pronto!  It was during the time my niece was interested in my Grandmother's huge collection of animals in families and her birthday was around the corner.

I knew they were meant to be when I saw the familiar  "Made in Japan" stickers still on them because many of my Grandmother's collection still had stickers on them too.  That's how carefully we had to play with them as kids. 


 There's another one at JunkDrawerAndMore, available here
photo via HoarderRehab

Her collection was part porcelain and part Red Ball blown glass animals in all in families with a mom, dad and at least one baby.  As kids, we would sort them in all different ways, all dads, all moms, all babies, all zoo animals, all forest animals, all wild animals, all safari animals and so on and so on.  It kept us busy.

Later my Aunt taught us all the names of the families by groups, like herd of giraffes, pod of whales and dolphins, troop of monkeys, colony of beavers, rookery of penguins, pride of lions, etc.  Her collection was almost as extensive as Noah's ark.  Hmmm.... is hoarding in the genes?

These storage wheels are so handy!  They make a great gift box of giving lots of tiny mini things.  Available here

I put my niece's in one of the bead storage wheels, along with some different beads and other supplies to make bracelets and every year I give her a sterling charm to add to her charm bracelet, which I started when she was a baby.  

It all fit in the storage wheel and was ready for DIY fun!  Of course, she got a bunny charm that year too!

Sweet Pink Mini Bunny Rabbit Porcelain Figurine, available here 
photo via HoarderRehab

Saying Goodbye:  I had six of these, but can only account for five of them, so there is one missing.  I guess it's another thing lost in my hoard!  I found the box, but it's empty.  Just when I thought I was getting more organized!  Phooey!

Sweet Pink Mini Bunny Rabbit Porcelain Figurine, available here 
 
What I Learned:
 
1.  Not to be too hard on myself with set backs, like trying to find that one last lost bunny!  It will show up eventually.
 
2.  I have quite the collection of porcelain bunnies, many from my childhood.  Many of them are listed at all the shops, but the majority of them are listed at VintageToGoEasy and JunkDrawerAndMore

Just do a search using rabbit or bunny and you will find them in ceramic, porcelain and plastic.  I have many other animal figurines too from my childhood collection, many of them Hagen Renaker and Red Ball.  Most HR and Red Ball is at VintageToGoEasy, here.

I'd love to keep my collection and they used to be so hard to party with, but since I'm allergic to dust there is no point in keeping them boxed up and out of sight, so I hope someone else can enjoy them.  And they are!
 
 Yes, they even will arrive in a gum ball capsule!  This one is at JunkDrawerAndMore, available here
 
Thank you Etsy buyer from Hoarder Rehab for making my day by letting me know that two others out there love this tiny bunny too!  A bunny for bunny!  That's just cuteness overload!
 
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!
 
 Here is one of my favorite bunnies from childhood and I don't see this particular Hagen Renaker piece often at all, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
 
I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed! 

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 190 items, The Destiny of Things- 171 items, VintageToGoEasy - 186 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 177 items!    
 
Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 Here's another cute bunny that's a rubber stamp of itself on the bottom of it, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore  
 
See the tiny little pink bunny to the left by the baby deer?  That is my ultimate favorite bunny of them all and usually is a photo prop perched on his little red chair!
 
Speaking of pink!  Here is a Red Ball type glass deer in pink.
 
 Pink Deer Red Ball style, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
 
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Happy Friday!  Thanks for stopping bye!

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

DIY First Loose Tooth Locket Box Necklace: The Destiny of Things, Story 326

DIY First Loose Tooth Fairy Box Necklace:  The Destiny of Things, Story 326

Honk if you remember losing your first tooth!

DIY first loose tooth locket necklace kit, available here

Did you wait patiently or frantically for the tooth fairy?  I've had insomnia since childhood, so I thought I'd meet the tooth fairy for sure!  Never had the pleasure, but always found a quarter under my pillow the next morning and was never happier!

Even when my younger brother told me it was my mom and dad I didn't believe him!  However later I was dismayed that the tooth fairy wasn't fair with her visits because my cousins got a dollar for their teeth!  Suspicious!

 Unisex to hold your tooth safely for the tooth fairy with glow in the dark beads to help you stay up to meet them!  available here

Here is the story an Etsy buyer sent me:

Thank you so much. I have been looking for something like this for my daughter who is about to lose her first tooth any day now. I can't wait to give it to her. Shipping was fast and excellent price.  

So happy a child gets one because I know I had always wanted one as a kid.  I thought it would be so funny to have my tooth in a tooth around my neck!
The DIY tooth fairy necklace kit comes inside a diamond box, a diamond ring or a gum ball capsule, available here

Saying Goodbye:  I've had plenty of these stashed over the years for a classroom of third graders of 30.  These were so much more fun to pass out than an envelope when someone lost their tooth and great motivating tool for introducing dental hygiene week!

DIY Kit includes a choice of storage containers, carnival prize style necklace, plastic tooth locket box, heart pony beads and glow in the dark pony beads that are easy for little ones to arrange in their own patterns to get ready for their tooth to fall out!  Available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned:

1.  Since some of my teacher destash hoard items are being enjoyed on a regular basis we keep restocking them.  I would have never thought it possible!  My hoard keeping toothless grins happy around the country? Who would have thought?

2.  My dehoarding journey has been slow and steady, but the best part is I am starting to see some major progress.  There is a larger path now in the music art room and in most places I can walk around without getting snagged on a box or something.

3.  There's room for little stations now too, so there is a shipping area, packaging area and a take a break with view area, however I still have my dumping ground where stuff seems to magically pile up and multiply!

4.  I've come a long ways since I first started because my music art room basically looked like a some what organized landfill full of boxes and walking around in it was like step hiking over boxes of rocks.  It was impossible to get a vacuum cleaner in there because only a mouse could find a path and if anyone else besides me went in there I had to verbalize a disclaimer about entering at your own risk and warn about the falling boxes since I had them stacked haphazardly to the ceiling!

Same DIY necklace but with a treasure chest for the mermaids and pirates you know!  Available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for letting me know your daughter is going to lose her first tooth and has a tooth locket necklace for safekeeping it.  How fun!
 
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!
 
5 or 10 tooth fairy locket box necklaces, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
 
I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 192 items, The Destiny of Things- 174 items, VintageToGoEasy - 189 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 178 items!    
 
Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
6 or 12 tooth saver treasure chests, available here
 
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3.  Wearing one all the time waiting for a tooth to fall out:  Tooth Saver Locket Necklaces:  The Destiny of Things, Story 253  
 
 
 
 
"Be true to your teeth and they won't be false to you!"  My favorite teacher quote during oral hygiene week.

Friday, October 9, 2015

DIY Coroner Toe Tag Stickers Murder Mystery Party Invitations: The Destiny of Things, Story 325

DIY Coroner Tag Murder Mystery Party Invitations:  The Destiny of Things, Story 325

Surprise surprise for a surprise birthday party!

Coroner Tag Stickers, sold out
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Here is her story:

I received the toe tag stickers in the mail today and I love them. They are everything I was hoping they would be. I'm having a surprise 21st murder mystery birthday party for my daughter. I cannot wait to get the invitations made.

I'd love to see how her invitations turned out because I think these coroner toe tag stickers are so versatile and I've used mine in several different ways.

Coroner Tag Stickers, sold out
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Let me count the ways of how I've used them:

1.  Great ice breaker name tags for office meetings, especially for Halloween.

2.  Place cards or name cards for dinner parties or wedding seating arrangements.

3.  Fun stickers for plain paper party cups, so guests don't lose or use too many cups.  Everyone loves to name their favorite poison!

4.  Do you remember that party game where when you walk in the door you get a sticker put on your back of a celebrity or some other themed characters and you have to ask other guests "yes" or "no" questions until you figure who are for the day?

My family is big into that party games and these were great for a Dead Poet's Society themed party. 

5.  Kids love these and they make a great classroom tool for learning about dead presidents.  Each student can get one to research whichever President name they pool from a hat.

6.  I've given them away during Halloween in my "thank you" packaging for each order from our Etsy shops.

Coroner Tag Stickers, sold out
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Saying Goodbye:  I found a hoard of these on sale at a little shop during Halloween one year and could not pass them up!  I just love large amounts of a good bargain!  Unfortunately, buying every good bargain I see because I like it doesn't go well with my dehoarding.  I am so happy they are now sold out.

Fun and funny for a Walking Dead, Hannibal or Dexter Murder Mystery party, available here.
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

What I Learned:

1.  Bargains, deals and free stuff are such a nightmare for a recovering hoarder like me!  I used to just buy hoards of stuff "on sale" just because I liked it!  Thankfully, for the most part, I've kicked that bad hoarding habit!

It was one of the first things I realized about my hoarding ways when I started this blog.

2.  I also used to buy a lot of party items that were rejected by some family members.  I don't do that anymore without sending photos first now and getting the a-okay.

3.  Lastly, even though I wasn't teaching anymore I'd still find myself buying in teacher mode for all the little ones in the family.  I still buy them things, but not in bulk anymore.

4.  Just breaking the mentioned buying habits have really helped me cut down on accumulating more hoard.

Another fun prop for a Murder Mystery party, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore  for your DIY Murder Mystery birthday invitations.  I hope making them was just as fun as the party!  Love to see them!
 
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!
 
 Another clue to the Murder Mystery party... mini weapon of choice, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 193 items, The Destiny of Things- 173 items, VintageToGoEasy - 193 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 178 items!    
 
Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
Handy for holding mini clues of murder mystery evidence.
Mini human organ transplant containers, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

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Thanks for stopping by and taking part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!  Much appreciated!  Happy Friday!

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Gold and Bronze Pirate Treasure Coins: The Destiny of Things, Story 324

Gold and Bronze Pirate Treasure Coins:  The Destiny of Things, Story 324

A fun nostalgic pirateer story!

Shiny gold coins, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Here is the fun story!

These just came and they're great! I got these, along with another similar coin item, to have and to be able to hand out to any kids who might be interested. I'll explain. My girlfriend and I are going to attend some Renaissance faires and pirate festivals, and we're going as pirates. 

I know I was always drawn to pirates at these events when I was a kid and I've seen that hasn't changed. So now, me and me lady will have some pirate treasure to give the wee ones who fancy meeting a pirate captain and his pirate queen. Thanks again for a great, inexpensive product that still is of a good quality for such fun. 

I just love receiving stories like these!  Here are the other pirate treasure coins he ordered and I think these are more pirate style.
Bronze gold coins, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

What a great idea to inspire and fire the imagination by passing out some pirate booty at the Renaissance Fair and Pirate Festivals!  There are going to be some lucky wee ones getting a souvenir treasure chest coin from a pirate captain and his pirate queen!  What merry memories they will all be making! 

One side has a pirate skull and the other an opened treasure chest, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Saying Goodbye:  I'm not sure if we'll keep these in stock, but they do seem to becoming more and more popular.  I had a ton left over from a pirate party.  The little ones I know loved the coins with the pirate on them over the shiny gold ones and at the time I couldn't decide which one to buy, so I bought both.

These are shiny gold coins with heads on both sides, 
available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned:

1.  I used these for pirate and mermaid parties and had a ton left over 
because I tend to overbuy.  I used them for cupcake toppers, table confetti, pinata filler and of course, pirate treasure chests.

2.  I am buying less and less, but I do like to buy things in surplus.  I do not like to run out of my favorite things and obviously it got out of control with my hoarding habits.

3.  I also seem to buy similar items if I can't decide which one I like over the other, like these gold coins.  Now if the coin with the pirate skull on it came in shiny gold then I'd just buy those.... I think....

Know any pirates or mermaids with toothless grins?
Mini tooth saver treasure chests, available here

Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore  for your fun nostalgic story.  I hope you make some great new memories as pirates and build new ones for all the little wee pirates out there seeking treasure!
 
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!
 
 These make great cupcake toppers for school parties, especially for all the pirates and mermaids out there with tiny tiny treasures!  Also makes a fun teacher gift because as a teacher I always had some of these on hand for those that lost teeth at school.  In amount of 24 and 30, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab
 
I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 193 items, The Destiny of Things- 174 items, VintageToGoEasy - 192 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 178 items!    
 
Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 12 pirate treasure trinkets in a diamond box, available here
 photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 
 
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7.  For an actual treasure chest gift box:  Treasure Chest Filler Fun for Kid's:  The Destiny of Things, Story 309 
 
"Why is algebra important?  Finding "X" is only important if you are a pirate!"