Sterling Grape Brooch: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXX

Sterling Grape Brooch:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXX

It's always a pleasure getting a story from another Etsy shop owner!

An email with a story!

Hi Kennedy,

Greetings from another “collector” – as I describe my decades of acquisitions. Unfortunately, I haven’t succumbed to rehab yet, but have become more selective in my purchases. And, thanks to my Etsy shop, I, too, have been able to pare back a bit by offering some of my vintage finds for others to enjoy.

I purchased this lovely silver grapes bunch brooch because of my love of wine (chardonnay!) and antique/vintage repousse sterling silver. As I said, I have become more selective in my purchases, and this one’s a keeper! Thanks again for offering it and for honoring my shipping request.

Best Regards,
converde

Saying Good-bye:  I was hoping this would go to a wine lover and it did!

It's very easy to let go of items now, especially ones I bought in memory of someone or an event.  I bought this grape brooch many years ago because it reminded me of my grandmother. She used to wear a round grape brooch with pearls for the grapes. Now I am keeping less things that remind me of her to sort out my hoarding ways. 

I have so many items that I've bought in the past, as a reminder of my Grandmother. Which I find a little odd now, since I already have many things from her.  So many in fact, that many have already sold.  I still have many gifts from her and souvenirs from her travels around the world, but really how many do I need?  Especially since I'm allergic to most metal jewelry.

What I Learned:

1.  Take it from another collector like converde, take my time and be more selective.  I don't know if I'll ever go back to collecting certain items again, but I definitely will do more window shopping if I do!

2.  I do hope to go back to crafting and art, another thing I noticed converde does with upcycling shirts into pillow covers, using the front of the shirts with buttons as the closure.  Click on the for "Punched Up Pillow Covers"

Crafting is such a good outlet for me and time just flies!  As soon as the chiropractor says I can go back to lifting heavier boxes, I'll be back in the second room rearranging boxes for more dehoarding and making room for art and music!

Thank you converde for supporting my HoarderRehab with an email and story!  Also, thank you for the inspiration of doing something crafty while recycling!  Not only does her shop, converde feature pillow covers, but also a variety of cool vintage items from her collections.  Click on the link, here!

Thank you Etsy for bringing me closer to my dream of a music art room, instead of unused hoard storage!  One item at a time has added up to over 280 items finding new lives and homes!  Thank you!

Thank you US, Russia, Germany, Ukraine and Venezuela for stopping by today and taking part in my HoarderRehab:  The Destiny of Things!  Click on the links to see more hoard at VintageToGoetsy, HoarderRehab and The Destiny of Things!  Thank you!

Most Read Story This Week:  Christmas Memories From Santa

Top Story of the Month and All Time Favorite:  My 80s Louis Vuitton Collection

From Trinket Box to Wedding Day Ring Box: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIX

From Trinket Box to Wedding Day Ring Box:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIX

I love it when someone takes an idea one step further!

 

An email  from another kind Etsyian with a story:

Hi

I received the box and it's just beautiful!

So, I will be getting married in a few weeks and I had seen in the Martha Stewart Weddings the idea to get antique ring boxes to carry your wedding bands in. So I didn't want to spend a fortune at an antique store, so I looked around on Etsy. That's how I found your store and your box. Even though it's not a actual ring box, it will be perfect and will serve the purpose! I'm so excited to incorporate it into my special day.

Thanks!

 

As a recovering hoarder, I know now that my collections of "one thing or another" are much larger than I think! As with my box collection,  I thought I only had a "few" to "several", but it seems I have many!  I've loved boxes since childhood and it  most likely began with the decorative paper and wooden boxes from Japan.  The boxes that items come in are simple, yet functional and beautiful.

I used to collect boxes of all sorts, from refrigerator food storage boxes, record album boxes, handmade decorative boxes, trinket to jewelry boxes and pill boxes!  At last count it was 25, but the tally is higher depending one how one defines a box!  Not counting my Japanese wooden and paper box collection, which I use to store seasonal items.

 

Saying Good-bye:  I love wreath designs and I remember buying this trinket box back in the late 80s on a trip to San Francisco at a Japanese Antique shop.  I bought two of them for my collection and thought it odd that they were made in Portugal and asked how they came about in a Japanese Antique shop, but no one there knew.

Which reminds me, I also bought some 24k Chinese gold jewelry during that trip, which is lost in my hoard too!

What I Learned:

1.  My collections are always much larger than I think and I have more collections than I can remember.  Now I can add 24k gold jewelry to my list of collections and go hoard diving for them.

2.  If I don't even remember that I have these things, like the gold jewelry, it should mean I don't miss them.  However as a recovering hoarder, it doesn't seem to work that way.  These items hold memories, dreams and worries and it's time for me to work through them and let them go, so I can move on to the unknown.

3.  I keep telling myself that I'm moving on to the unknown, but I'd feel much more comfortable knowing where I'm headed... a life without hoard is all I know.  I keep telling myself it's going to be like an exciting surprise happy ending!

Thank you Etysian for taking a Martha Stewart Wedding idea one step further and making your way to my shop, HoarderRehab to help support my dehoarding in more ways than one!  Congratulations and Best Wishes to you and your fiance!

Thank you Etsy for taking me into the unknown as a recovering hoarder, shop owner, techless hoarder newbie and for helping me to make my dreams come true!

Thank you US, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, UK, Australia, Pakistan, Mexico, Russia, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden for your visits the past two days and joining me in my HoarderRehab:  The Destiny of Things!  Visit my three shop by clicking on the links and see my collections!  New hoard added daily:  VintageToGoetsy, HoarderRehab and The Destiny of Things!

Most of trinket boxes have sold, but here are the last two for wedding day ring boxes:  1925 sterling coin box, and 1934 sterling coin box.  And three small jewelry boxes:  mid century modern Alfaraz box, silk embroidered unicorn box and Chinese cork scene box.  Enjoy!

Other Related Stories:

1.  Another unique wedding idea:  Apothercary Jars for a Wedding Candy Bar

2.  Unique wedding gift from the office girls:  Supersized Pyrex Refrigerator Dish Set

3.  Seven Year Anniversary Gifts:  Copper Sacred Heart Nichos

4.  My first box story:  Dispersing My Box Collection

Hall China Golden Glo Sugar Packet Holder: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVIII

Hall China Golden Glo Sugar Packet Holder:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVIII

Such a handy nostalgic alternative sugar holder has found a new life and home!

 

I received this email from an Etsyian at VintageToGoetsy:

I'm Collecting Vintage Pieces to use with my other vintage gold trim Noritake Tulane china. I also have some other serving pieces (covered veg. dishes) that are 100 years old. This will be a neat piece on my server, to add at coffee/ tea time with my vintage cream, sugar, etc.

Thank you Etsyian for sending your story!  I am so happy to hear it's in good company and with a collection with some pieces over 100 years old!  And I can vouch for this being a unique neat piece to add for coffee or tea time for several reasons!

My aunts and uncles loved this piece because it not only brought back memories for them to share, but everyone was happy with their own types of sugar.  So although I had bowl collection, out of it all, I used this piece the most due to it's easy and versatile use.

Now it's with a Noritake Tulane China collection with gold trim, which matches better than with my Noritake Greencourt collection with silver trim.

Noritake Tulane with gold trim and patterned details:

 My Nortiake Greencourt which is similar, but with silver trim:

I'm sure the new owner of my Hall China sugar packet holder will make many new memories with it when the China is rolled out for every special occasion.  

Saying Good-bye:  This piece brings back many special occasions with family, but after having everything from the kitchen in the dining room and living room from the kitchen remodel, I am happy it's found a new home in a new collection!

It's also a good reminder of how much more of my hoard I need to clear out and organize since I have two China sets from my Grandmother somewhere!  I used to use my Noritake and Platinum Whites daily until I moved and now it's lost in my hoard! 

What I Learned:

1.  The more of my hoard that find new homes, it seems the more I still need to disperse!  Just thinking about my Grandmother's China sets lost in my hoard overwhelms me and I wonder how to make room in the kitchen when I find it!

Many kitchen items will still need to be listed to make room and store two large sets of China or I'll need to decide to only keep one of them!  And even then there isn't room for anything more at the moment!

2.  I need to remind myself frequently of how the dining and living room looked with all the kitchen ware in it during the remodel, so I can continue moving forward and let go of so much more of it, especially if I want use my Grandmother's China again daily and have both sets stored in the kitchen.

3.  Such a small container as the sugar packet holder is such a big reminder of how much further I need to press on with my dehoarding to reach my goals!

Thank you Kathryn for your order from VintageToGoetsy and story which in a big way reminded me to keep going and motivated me to store my Grandmother's China!  Thank you for letting me know that the Golden Glo sugar holder is with you and your antique China collection.  Nothing is as complete as a happy ending!

Thank you Etsy for bringing me closer to my dream of a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room and a life free of hoard!

Thank you US, Spain, France, Ireland, Mexico and Sweden for your visits yesterday in support of my Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy!  click on any of the three links to see my hoard!  New hoard added daily!

Other Sets I have that I hope go to collectors: click on the links to view them:  Russel Wright's Carnation Sterling China,  Midwinter Roselle, Fire King Azurite Charm and Akro Agate children's tea set.

Other stories of my hoard joining other collections:

1.  My Vernon Ware went to another collector who turned his collections into a museum!

2.  Sebring Ivory Porcelain Collector:  the end of my square tea cup collection is the beginning for another

3.  My 80s Sanrio Mugs:  went to a huge collector in Australia

4.  Room Service:  Doug Wilson's of Sigma the Tastesetter plates and egg cups

5.  Snack Set for Two:  went to a new home themed "clarity"

6.  Ecko Manual Hand Mixer:  now in Canada with a 50's kitchen collector

Pope Pius X Canonization Medals: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVII

Pope Pius X Canonization Medals:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVII

I was browsing on Etsy and  I found one of my items recreated into something more beautiful!

Interestingly, Sylvia had the other Pope Pius X religious medal for 10 years.  I've had mine for over 20 years and they came together to make these beautiful earrings here, at her Etsy shop, ChicFragments.

These medals are reversible and she used the other side of the Blessed Virgin Mary on heavenly clouds, attended by angels beneath to make her beautiful one of a kind earrings!  She also used Pikake flower hand carved beads to add a Renaissance design style.

Saying Good-bye:  My religious medal collection is extensive, it is much easier to let them go now than it was in the beginning.  Although I haven't listed my favorites, which are either aluminum or plastic, nor have I listed ones that I have in duplicates of over 5.  Not many seem to be interested in the aluminum or plastic, so I may keep them for some art in repetition projects.

At last count I have140+ religious medals listed and sold, with many more to be added to each shop weekly.  Many of them I started collecting in the 80s and by the 90s family and friends were collecting them for me.  I have one more Pope Pius X religious medal charm like the one used in the earrings here.

I was going to use them during my religious folk art period, but went on to collecting vintage textiles for quilting.   Some of my religious folk art can be viewed here, at the Etsy shop, The Destiny of Things.

What I Learned:

1.  It's so exciting to see what other creatives do with my hoard!  The transformation is amazing and I'm so happy to see their new lives and know they are making a lot of different people happy too!

2.  Some history about Pope Pius X:

1954 commemorated the Pope's canonization! "SANCTVS PIVS X" in Latin. 

June 2, 1835: He was born into poverty as Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, in Riese, Italy. Due to his holiness and intellectual aptitude, he was given a scholarship to attend the seminary at Padua.

In 1858, he was ordained a priest and became chaplain at Tombolo. He was well loved and highly successful. In 1867, he became arch-priest of Salzano. Made bishop in 1879. Made cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. From 1903-1914, he was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church.

He was responsible for lowering the age for the reception of communion, restored beauty to the liturgy, re-instated Gregorian Chant, upheld the role of the Church in state, and was a scourge of modernism in all of its forms. He was the first pope to be canonized since Pope St. Pius V and no other pope has been canonized since.

3.  Religious history has become more interesting to me since I've been dispersing my hoard of religious artifacts and I hope to learn more and see more creative endeavors concerning them, especially with Saints.

Thank you Sylvia from ChicFragments for transforming a piece of my hoard into unrecognizably beautiful one of kind earrings!  Also, the Pikake flower bead is like a bracelet that is still lost in my hoard from my childhood, so that keeps me motivated to keep digging in it!  

I found her shop, long before she purchased the Pope medals, when browsing for Lalique and found her simple yet beautiful Lalique Muguet here!  Thank you Sylvia for making such unique elegant jewelry!

Thank you Etsy for everything you've started and helping to transform my life on this amazing journey!

Thank you US, UK, Germany, Canada, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Australia and France for your visits over the weekend and joining me in my Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy!  Visit my collection of religious medals by clicking on any of the links to all three of my Etsy shops!

Other stories about Religious Medals turned into the more beautiful:

1.  A Mighty Circular Destiny as Infinity Story:  The Destiny of Things XLIII:  Saint Christopher medal turned into a symbolic necklace for studies in Africa

2.  Intentions for B. Maugerite Bourgeyeos Beatification Charm:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXVI : made into a beautiful bracelet for a daughter away at college

3.  Saint Patrick Trinity Clover:  for an Irish Rosary for St. Patty's Day

 

4. Made into a religious charm necklace: Hans Vilhelm Hansen's Version of  St. Laboure's Miraculous Medal

 

6.   Rear View Mirror Religious Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXXVIII 

 

7.  Pocket Rosary for Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story LI 

Native American Zuni Strength Bracelet: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVI

Native American Zuni Strength Bracelet:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVI

This Zuni sterling silver turquoise bracelet cuff was ordered as a "strength" bracelet for dreams to make true!

Bianca said she searched for hours trying to find the right bracelet to express her strength and only this one could come close to what she was looking for.  I am so happy she chose one of mine, since I've used these bracelets as various reminders for myself through the years.

Here is the email she sent me with her story:

This bracelet for me is a treasure. Ever since age five I have been fascinated with rocks/gems/ and crystals but always seemed to focus around turquoise (among others). In any case, I have had a great deal of hardships early on in life including losing my mom that led me off of the "classic" route to college and a career etc.

However, now that I am getting my life back in order I wanted a bracelet I could wear all the time to symbolize not only what I have been through but will continue to prevail in doing. As well as being a constant reminder to push forward even when things are hardest, to not let myself go backwards into such a dark space again.

-Bianca
MWACCESSORIES01

I've had a fascination with rocks since a young age too.  My grandfather had an extensive rock collection from his travels and my brother and I often entertained ourselves reading about them through his labels and descriptions. 

When I was in second or third grade, I was fascinated with the rocks in my first souvenir piece of a Zuni Sun God pendant.  The Native American behind the counter explained all the different rocks used to make it and told me about the artist.  He said the piece had a great strength and powers because the person who had made it had put some of himself into it.

When I asked him what kind of strength and powers, he said, "Magic."  When I asked what kind of magic, he said, "I'd have find out myself."  When I asked how to do that, he said "ask."  And with that I was satisfied and bought it.  From that day  forward my Native American grew and grew!

The last of my Native American collection, except for fetish necklaces I have yet to find in my hoard, can be viewed by clicking on the link to my shop, HoarderRehab.  Baby Zuni Sun God earrings are here.

 

Saying Good-bye:  In the beginning my Native American collection, especially the bracelets were very difficult to let go, but now it's much easier due to practice or it finally sinking in that I'll probably be allergic to sterling for the rest of my life!

I had over 40+ pieces in my collection and about a dozen still remain, however my hoard still has many boxes to sift through and organize and I know I have some Zuni fetish necklaces some where!

One of my favorite pieces is the carinated sun burst bracelet here.  I might keep my first Zuni Sun God pendant and list the other pieces when I find the Zuni fetish necklaces.  Just to hold on to them a little longer.

What I Learned:

1.  I find more joy with letting go of my pieces now.  I think collecting these stories, instead of more things has helped extensively in the process as a recovering hoarder.  I certainly buy less too.  And even more weird is that I don't miss wearing jewelry like I thought I would and rarely even think about it.

2.  I also think I rely less on stories to let go of my things but I still LOVE getting them.  These stories have helped me through my hoarder darkness and given me strength to keep pushing through to the other side, even if it's into the unknown.

It's also helped me to see the small flicker of light that is becoming bigger and brighter, so I don't find it as wrenching to list my items as much as before and do have a strengthened belief that all my items are finding better lives with new homes to people who will actually use them!

3.  As of today, 281 items have gone to new lives and it's starting to make a difference that I can see in my home!

Thank you Bianca from MWACCESSORIES01 for bringing me closer to my dream of a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room, rather than unused hoarded storage!  I love how your-my-our bracelet is a reminder of how far you've come and how much closer you are to making your dreams come true! 

Thank you for letting me know that it's so special to you that you'll never take it off!  I'd love to see it on you!  Check out her Etsy shop here, it's full of surprises and help her support her way through college!

Thank you Etsy for getting me started on this journey as a way to safely and gently help myself and better my life!

Thank you supporters from US, Mexico, China, Germany, Australia, Canada, France, UK, India, Netherlands and Sri Lanka for reading my stories at HoarderRehab:  The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy!  Clink on the links to visit my hoard at any of my shops, HoarderRehab, The Destiny of Things and VintageToGoetsy!  Thank you!

Other stories from kind Etsyians who have shared about Native American items from my hoard!
 

1.  Five Cross Bracelet:  one of my favorite bangle's new life in Australia!

2.  Native American Souvenir Barrette:  one of my favorite barrettes from the 90s

3.  Twin of Something Blue for you:  Native American turquoise sand cast bracelet

4.  Cloud 9 to Corn from Heaven:  a small Native American bracelet I never received and forgot because I had bought so much and came later with a bigger surprise!
 

5.  Native American stacked rings and bracelets:  more of my Native American collection!

6.  Native American Money Clip:  bought by another Etsyian shop owner!

7.  Little Native American Twin Cross Set for daughters

8.  More of My Cross Collection:  some of them Native American

Most Read Story this week:  Twin Saint Jude Medals

Most Read Story this Month and All Time:  My Louis Vuitton Collection

Twin Saint Jude Medals: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXV

Twin Saint Jude Medals:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXV

A kind Etsyian left this story for me!  New creative inspirational lives for twin Saint Jude medals!

This pair went to an Etsyian who is giving these a beautiful new life by turning them into jewelry for a high school graduate who has a heart for Saint Jude.  This high school junior volunteered her summer to raise money and collected gifts to insure patients at St. Jude hospital a Merry Christmas! 

What a memorable gift for both of them and myself!

Saying Good-bye:  My religious medal collection is dwindling at a faster rate than anticipated, but they all are going to good causes, so letting go is turning into joy!  Looking back, I couldn't have said that very often back when  I first began this HoarderRehab journey.

There's joy that someone is making a memorable handmade gift from something of mine as a meaningful way to show gratitude for another's kindness and dedicated volunteering.

This story brings back memories of when I volunteered in high school at a children's school for the deaf and of the many students who returned to their class to volunteer to help me and my students during their vacation time.

What I Learned:

1.  Letting go of my hoarded items has brought me and others more than I thought possible.  I feel more free and unburdened than when I first started October 11, 2012.  Now it's much easier to live in the moment, instead of holding on to the past.

2.  It was so nice to get a story after a short dry spell and so good to hear that young people in high school are volunteering during their summer months to help cheer up others for a future date.

Thank you Etsyian from VintageToGoetsy for taking the time to share your story and for creating something meaningful out of my unused hoard for a young hospital volunteer as a graduation gift.  Both stories of your and her kindness have come a long way to reach me and it's much appreciated!

Thank you Etsy for making all this possible!

Thank you US, UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Russia, Poland, Turkey and Slovenia for your visits through the week, as more stories from HoarderRehab:  The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy start again!  click on the three links to the shops to see my collection of religious medals.

Related Religious Medal Stories:

1.  A Mighty Circular Destiny as Infinity Story:  The Destiny of Things XLIII:  Saint Christopher medal

2.  Intentions for B. Maugerite Bourgeyeos Beatification Charm:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXVI 

3.  Mortician Religious Medals: The Destiny of Things, Story XXIII:  Notre Dame Lourdes Medals 

4.  Saint Patrick:  Irish Themed Rosary for St. Patty's Day 

5.  With information on the origins and designer of the Miraculous medal: Hans Vilhelm Hansen's Version of  St. Laboure's Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXXVI 

6. Miraculous Medal:   Rear View Mirror Religious Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXXVIII 

 

7.  Pocket Rosary for Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story LI 

Most Read Story of the Week, Month and All Time Favorite:  My Louis Vuitton Collection

My Louis Vuitton Collection Update from May 3, 2013:  2nd to the Last of Piece of my LV Collection

My Louis Vuitton Collection Update: 80s LV Eyeglass Case: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIV

My Louis Vuitton Collection Update:  80s LV Eyeglass Case:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIV

The second to the last piece of my Louis Vuitton collection sold and it came with a story!

My last three pieces of Louis Vuitton collection are my favorite.  You can read about my collection here and buy the last piece of my collection here.  This is one of my much loved and used LV accessories.  I used it to store my pens and my ever so favorite LA Eyewear glasses that had clip ons.  When I lost the clip on, I used it as a cosmetic bag.  It surprisingly holds a lot!

Back in the day, if you didn't have clip ons to turn your prescription glasses into sunglasses, you had two separate ones and kept them in an eyeglass case.  Or you kept your reading glasses on one side and your sunglasses in the other.

An Etsyian recently lost their vintage 80s Louis Vuitton eyeglass case and bought this as a replacement.  She said she feels like she got a piece of her life returned with all the memories with it!  And then she added, "It was destiny!"

I can relate with her too well about the memories in it, but will focus on the best part of "It was destiny!"  I was so surprised and happy to read her words!

Saying Good-bye:  For a couple fleeting moments I felt some tiny set backs, but they left quickly when I tried to remember the last time I had used this case and couldn't remember.

It does have many good memories in it, especially the day I received it as a gift for a milestone celebration!  And now I have it here as a reminder of that day with other special memories.

What I Learned:

1.  I do have a deep connection with gifts and used to have great difficulties parting with them, even if they were stored for decades and/or never used!  It's easier to let go now, when I remind myself of my goals and think about why I can't use them anymore or the last time I used it.  Or that I've never used it and most likely will never use it!


Every gift is special to me because someone put thought into it and gave it to me as a way to express their love, milestone celebration, kindness and other positive feelings.  It's such a relief now to take a walk down memory lane, rather than have unused hoard in storage!

2.  I used to love to buy and hunt down Louis Vuitton, but I'm glad I don't collect it anymore.  Although my LV has many recollections to my past starting from my teenage years as gifts and hours of shopping, I'm much happier spending the time with family and friends and making new memories, while remembering old ones with them.

Thank you Etsyian for finding my LV eyeglass case and telling me your story.  There are 268 less items in my life now to make more room for the unknown!  Thank you for helping me break my chains!

Thank you Etsy for another connection that supports my HoarderRehab and brings me closer to my dream of Minimalist organic home with a music art room, instead of unused hoard storage!

Thank you US, Canada, Germany, UK, France, India, Peru, Poland and Russia for reading my posts about my HoarderRehab: The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy! To see more of my hoard click on the links.

Visit the last piece of my Louis Vuitton collection here!  I hope I get a story for this one too!


Other Replacement Stories:

1.  Twin of "Something Blue" for You:  nostalgic bracelet from a childhood found

2.  Continuous Miraculous Mary Ring:   a sentimental lost ring found years later

3.  Waechtersbach Red "You Are Special" Plate: heart felt favorite dish for a family and my first story

4. "Happy Birthday" Hostess Hellerware Pastry Stand:  overwound replacement for a Godmother and my second story

5.  Pig "Oink" Glass:  surprise replacement gift from Santa to a Dad

6.  US Puzzle Maps:  just like grandma had!

7.  Freddie the Frog Puppet:  heartfelt childhood replacement many times over

8.  Must de Cartier Perfume:  Discontinued scent for a traveling couple's annniversary

9.  Large Refrigerator Dish:  2nd generation holiday dish replaced by third generation daughter

10.  Graduation Watch Replacement:  a replacement story within a replacement story!

Most Read Story of the Week, Month and All Time Favorite:  My Louis Vuitton Collection

1970s Children's Spanish Picture Dictionary: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIII

1970s Children's Spanish Picture Dictionary:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXIII

I was secretly hoping this wouldn't sell, but it did and it came with a wonderful "destiny as infinity" story!

Here is the story emailed by a kind Etsy supporter:

The book will be a gift, to become part of a child's library. The little girl loves picture books and her parents are teaching her to be bilingual. They adore vintage items and so this becomes a gift for them as well.

I am so thankful this book found it's way the right gift giver!  This is one story where my "destiny of things" wish came true!  Here is the wish from the listing:

Untold Destiny: I hope this finds it's way to a home with or without children that speaks many languages and enjoys these pics and learning Spanish too!

This is one of the many books I found looking for a different book for a birthday gift and ended up buying a load of books!  I called that day, " My Hoarder Mishap!"  It felt like I went backwards a mile to take one step forward.

There are so many reasons why I had to have this book: First, all the illustrations reminded me of my own childhood, then the small details, like the alphabet on the bottom corresponding  in bold with the dictionary words, the rounded corners, the simple layout and all the picture gazing without having to read!

Saying Good-bye:  I used this book daily to brush up on my third grade Spanish, which lasted about two days. It was quite fun and I love the Richard Scarry type illustrations. I wanted to keep this book for myself and use the illustrations later for other art projects, but I have so much material already.  I have to ask myself, will I remember this book in six months?

I hope not because I don't think I'll come across another one like it again!  On the bright side it's going to make at least six people happy: a little girl, her parents, the person who's giving it, mr. oz and myself.  Again, I wish I could be a fly on the wall and see all the happiness when this is opened!

I know that this is going to have a better life and new home in a child's library, where it's not only going to be productively used as a picture book, but for a bilingual family teaching their little girl!  And there's more!  It's going to a family who values vintage! Now I feel as though I hit the jack pot with this order!

What I Learned:

1.  Last November when I bought a pile of books, I was debating whether to buy these books or a pair of boots as part of our celebration of selling our first 100 Etsy items.  In hindsight, I don't even think I would have worn the boots and at least the books, but one have sold.  See the book here.

2.  Also looking back, it was so fun looking and finding these books, but at the same time I was in such conflict about buying them and adding to my hoard.  I am so thankful it all worked out!  At least I know, I could make Hoarding into a Business, if need be!

3.  It suits me best to focus on my goal of a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room, rather than unused hoard storage.  After I get there, I can move into the unknown and try many other things without being surrounded by hoard.

Thank you Etsyian from The Destiny of Things for your thoughtfulness in buying such a unique gift for a little girl and her family who is learning Spanish and love vintage.  Also, thank you for sharing your story!

Thank you Etsy for another random connection full of kindness, support and insight towards my Hoarder Rehab!

Thank you US, China, Ireland, India, Germany, UK, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates for supporting my HoarderRehab:  The Destiny of Things via VintageToGoetsy!  click on the links to visit my hoard!


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2.  Hoarding as a Business:  I've been considering this---more off than on, but I did consider it today!  And when I do, it always reminds me of the story of Nancy and her collection of English Transferware turned into a successful business!