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.
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!
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!
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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