Monday, April 27, 2015

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

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

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

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

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!

I love these as much as kids do!  Let's play again!
Fast food puzzle erasers, available here

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"Onwards and upwards!" ---MDF Club
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Keroppi Best Friends Forever Heart Cord Necklaces: The Destiny of Things, Story 291

Keroppi Best Friends Forever Heart Cord Necklaces:  The Destiny of Things, Story 291

Two Keroppi friends are sharing one heart now!

photo via VintageToGoEasy
Keroppi heart friendship necklaces, available here
NEW Matching 90s Keroppi Friendship Book, available here

I've been a Sanrio fan since the 70s and mostly collected any kawaii Japanese stationery to boot!  Once I found kawaii cute Japanese stationery it could not compete with Holly Hobbie or Precious Moments one bit!

Unfortunately I was a heavy duty snail mail writer back then and also had many world wide pen pals, so much of my 70s stationery was used up and later for some reason, I would save the last sheet and envelope with stickers.  I collected well into the 80s and 90s and wrote less letters and still have a couple junk drawers full of stationery.

However, I can not seem to part with any of it!  Keroppi was my least favorite of all the Sanrio characters, so this is my attempt to let go!

photo via VintageToGoEasy
Keroppi heart friendship necklaces, available here
NEW Matching 90s Keroppi Friendship Book, available here

These two were new and still in their package and came with with a matching Keroppi Friendship book, which I bought for myself during my teaching days from the Scholastic Club.  I loved the Scholatic Club and Troll book monthly catalog newsletters as much as my students and we'd spend days of Sustained Silent Reading time oohing, awing and drooling over it all!

Also back then, I would often buy one book for myself and one for classroom use, which is probably another reason why my hoard grew and grew.

photo via VintageToGoEasy
Keroppi heart friendship necklaces, available here 
48 pages of fun with 34 friendship activities
This matched the necklace 90s Keroppi Friendship Book, available here

I received a kind email note saying:  

I needed the item for a special occasion and was not let down. Thank you from the bottom of my heart this meant a lot to me.

I am so happy it went to a new life for a special occasion and is appreciated from the bottom of someone's heart!  I am also so curious, did it go to a collector? or are two friends sharing one Keroppi heart?  Are they wearing them?

photo via VintageToGoEasy
Keroppi heart friendship necklaces, available here
NEW Matching 90s Keroppi Friendship Book, available here

Saying Goodbye:  Well, it wasn't so bad letting go of some of my Sanrio collection.  At least not even close to nearly as devastating when my two Sanrio style college mugs found a new home, even when I knew they were going to a huge collector that might have a museum by now in Australia!

 Baikin-Kun "Let's clean up around here!" mug, read the story here
One or two of my college mugs are still available, here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

What I Learned:

1.  My hoarding ways go way back into my past and may have gone in short bursts and long spurts through out my life.  Hoarding and buying are definitely connected to my stress levels.  I am experiencing high levels of anxiety over parts of my life that I have no control over at the moment and it's taking a toll on my pocket book, even though I am doing my best to accept what I can not change.  I am not feeling much serenity yet, but at least my retail therapy isn't as "out of control" as my last melt down.

2.  My alternatives to hoarding, like mending and making art aren't helping me much at the moment because it seems I'm more interested in buying more supplies for my art projects, rather than making any art.  I did spend a couple weeks window shopping, so that slowed me down some!

3.  Writing what I just wrote in the last paragraph has helped me because now I feel as though I should turn to my alternatives, like mending and my art and at least give them a good go at it!

Not my "Frivolous" mug, read the story here
One or two of my college mugs are still available, here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you Etsy buyer from VintageToGoEasy for sending me an email note! It always makes me smile when I read that it came from the bottom of your heart!

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab outlet 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!

I also used to collect kawaii cute Korean Sanrio style items!
Panda tin box with mini whale erasers, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

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

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily or weekly: HoarderRehab with 200 items, The Destiny of Things- 202 items, VintageToGoEasy - 204 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 203 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!

 Vintage 80s Tuxedo Sam "out of context" art card made by me, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

4.   More stuff with books from my teaching days:  Good-bye Mr. Happy:  The Destiny of Things, Story LIV  

5.  Best Friends Valentine Precious Moments:  The Destiny of Things, Story XLIX    

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change.  The courage to change the things I can.  And the wisdom to know the difference."---Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)
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