Art scholarship charity fund, one quarter at a time!
50 or 100 empty gumball vending machine capsules, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab
Here's the email I received:
Note from Buyer We have a little vending
machine that is funding a community scholarship for the arts one quarter
at a time.
Incoming!
50 or 100 empty gumball vending machine capsules, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab
How cute is that? I'd love to be part of that community! I wonder what they are filling them with? Art, perhaps? There is a gumball machine at the MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art shop and it sells art from a gumball machine.
It's not a quarter though, it's $20, which is paid beforehand and then they give you a special token to put in the gumball machine. I've always wanted to try it, but I'm the type of person who likes to know what I'm getting for that amount of mula!
I sent them an origami crane that I folded in one of the gumballs! I wonder if they'll notice.
Most of them have frosted tops, but some are clear.
50 or 100 empty gumball vending machine capsules, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab
Saying Goodbye: I use these in my own art and use them in a couple of on going projects. One is for a gumball machine my brother and I fought over when we found it thrifting in high school and shared through our college days and I finally ended up with it because his wife does not like a lot of old things in the house. Lucky me!
It holds all my childhood toys and other stuff I just can't seem to let go of yet, like my famous champion hopscotch chain throwing bracelet and old toy prizes from Botan Rice candies. I was so sad when they started giving out stickers, instead.
We usually have 8 different colors in stock, but we do take custom color orders for themed parties, teams or wedding, so some colors sell out fast!
If you need smaller amounts, like 20, 25 or 30, they are available here
photo via The Destiny of Things
What I Learned:
1. Surprisingly a lot of my hoard has become very popular! I've been collecting these since college, when my brother and I found them at Venice Beach and since then I've been collecting the harder to find colors, like pastels and marbled ones and pass on the others.
Yes, sometimes it's very difficult for me to distinguish between my hoard and my repetition art and my art supplies! At least now Etsy has provided me an outlet!
2. These have many different uses! Many of these are from Etsy buyers sharing their use: cupcake toppers with different sprinkles inside or prizes, bento food containers, candy favors, wedding exit containers for confetti, rice, seeds or other fun sending off items, pinata fillers for fiesta or birthdays, party favor containers for small things that might get lost in a larger package, jewelry or bead storage organization, jewelry shipping packaging, fairy lights, cat toy rattles, classroom writing prompts and more!
3. Examples of theme colors: baby shower pastels, Dr. Seuss, carnival, circus, patriotic, Ninja turtles, all pink, all yellow, all blue for Batman parties, Mardi Gras, fiesta, gender reveal parties and more!
3. I'm still burnt on Etsy. I guess it's mainly with the promoting. I conduct a lot of Etsy experiments to keep things lively for myself and now I wish I had written them down because I can't keep track of them inside my head anymore!
4. I haven't been blogging as much because we've both been either under the weather and/or getting ready for other things, like emptying my hoarded up long bed truck with double passenger cab!
So we hope to get back to taking photos for new listing next weekend!
5. Maybe it's time to move on from dehoarding!?!
Halloween colors: orange, green and purple and now we have a new color BLACK!
The combo color above is available here in the amount of 10
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Thank you Etsy buyer from Hoarder Rehab
for sharing your story as it really helps me stay on track with mine. I wish your gumball machine was closer because I'd use a roll of quarters to help fund your scholarship for the arts, one quarter at a time! I love little surprises and I'd hope for tiny art!
Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab
ever! And for all the kind people I'm meeting who are helping me
indirectly and directly in so many ways with my Hoarder Rehab! I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways!
Thank you readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things by taking part with your visits!
Thank you readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things by taking part with your visits!
5 or 10 empty gumball vending machine capsules in Ninja turtle colors, available here or request your own color combinations and we'll see what's available for you!
photo via VintageToGoEasy
If I can get up early enough, I'll be listing new items tomorrow.
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 176 items, The Destiny of Things- 181 items, VintageToGoEasy - 190 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 179 items.
Looks like several shop needs some new listings for next week!
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too! Thanks for looking!
Email us, if you need them in all one color or theme colors and we'll do our best to see what's in stock!
Love themed color combinations, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
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