Friday, March 31, 2017

Baby Chenille Easter Chicks in Gumball Capsules: The Destiny of Things, Story 447

Baby Chenille Easter Chicks in Gumball Capsules:  The Destiny of Things, Story 447 & 448

Peep, peep peep!  Spring is here!

 Perfect the for Easter egg or Easter baskets, middle prize in Easter surprise balls, toppers for your Easter cupcakes or for your Easter pinata filler fun!  Available here.
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab

I have received two cheery notes about these!

First one:  Super cute, great for Easter/spring decorations!

and the second one:  So fun! Just like the chicks I received as a child. Shipping was fast, highly recommended!

 Perfect the for Easter egg or Easter baskets, middle prize in Easter surprise balls, toppers for your Easter cupcakes or for your Easter pinata filler fun!  Available here.
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab

I use mine for Easter spring decorations too!  They are fun and funny to hang on flower arrangements, terrariums, bonsai trees and other plants upside down and standing up, if the branch or stem is thick enough to hold them place between their legs.

I also use them on the rim of cups, vases and my science beakers and vials.  My favorite are the ones I call rejects!  because they have much more character and quirky personalities.

They have a lot of detail for being so mini, like tiny black bead eyes, a little beak, tiny wings and orange feet.  Some of them came without eyes, so I just glued on wiggle googly eyes and they are even more silly fun now!

 They come in four cute colors, yellow, blue and almost neon pink and green!
The capsule bottom colors will vary and the capsule protects them from excess frosting on the cupcakes and become perfect pocket toys for children and the young at heart!  Available here.
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab 

I remember these from fun childhood memories too!  Every year, I loved my Easter basket filled with the plastic Easter eggs filled with prizes and candies!  Mine had these baby chicks in them too and I loved keeping mine as a pocket travel companion.

I also loved to rearrange my Easter basket.  I would take everything out and then put it all back in just so!  Kept me busy for hours!  So fun!

 I just love how each one ends up look like it has it's own personality and can't wait to get out and run wild!  Available here.
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab 

Saying Goodbye:  As I mentioned before, I save all the cute little runts that someone might not want due to little defects, like missing an eye, beak, wing or has difficulties standing on it's own.  Sometimes they arrive to me very squashed too, so I have quite of few of these around the house.

I just love the pop of color they give as plant jewelry, a little seasonal addition to my hanging mixed media art or as a fun unique way to decorate a cupcake!

They have arrived in a truckload just in time for Easter and spring and are ready to peep their way into the hearts and memories of all ages!  Available here.
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab 

What I Learned:

1.  Hoard smaller things!  Seriously, as a recovering hoarder, that used to be my mindset, but I have evolved since then into someone who is no longer buying random impulsive items that I love or just have to have!

However I used to hoard furniture, especially antique and vintage Japanese tansus or storage cabinets.  I have about 9-10 ranging in large to small from my step tansu, kimono tansu and sewing boxes, etc.  I should take a photo of all my tansus, but here is the closest example I could find to my step tansu.

So evolving to hoarding smaller items, like the baby chicks was like winning a small battle in the beginning of my rehab.

 I had wanted one of these since my college days, when I saw one in a window display, but it was way out of my budget.
I just love tansus, but my tansu shopping days are over!
 I use the steps as shelf display areas.
Photo via Michael Scarborough Designs here

2.  I read something today that reminded me, how scary it was for me to admit to myself that I was a hoarder!  It started one day when I made a list of my collections and the list became pages!  See my list here.

I still wasn't convinced I was a "total" hoarder, until one day, it was like I got hit in the head with a boulder and I asked myself, is my hoard getting in the way of my life?  Is it taking up space and time, I could be using more productively and creatively?  Yes, yes and yes!

3.  Here are the words, I read today that reminded me of how far I've come from one of Louise Hay's books, "We cannot reject a part of ourselves and still be in harmony within."

4.  I used to totally reject myself as a hoarder, which just fueled my fire to hoard more.  Yes, it was like pouring gas on a fire to try and put it out!  but now I embrace myself as a recovering hoarder and I now feel more and more harmonious as each day goes by.

If you need empty capsules to fill with your own items, here are some in all pastel colors for Easter, baby showers or other spring celebrations, available here.  Photo via The Destiny of Things

Thank you Etsy buyers from Hoarder Rehab  your short and sweet notes cheered me on and I am so thankful when these bring back old memories, while making new ones!
 
I hope everyone makes some wonderful Easter memories this year!
 
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.
 
What are some of your favorite Easter childhood memories?  I remember learning how to make some huge sugar eggs with my Aunt.  The kind with a peep hole with a scene inside.  
 
I spent hours making my scene and learning how to make beautiful frosting flowers!  and kept it forever without one nibble.  Which by that time, I think my brother had eaten most of his outside frosting.
 
"Giggling Eggs of my 5th Easter"
As you can see, I fell back on those memories with my students as I made examples of how to make abstract Easter art with a sponge, back during my teaching days in the 80s or 90s, print available here
 Photo via Hoarder Rehab  
 
I am rested, back on track and motivated to list new things this weekend!  I have reached my goal at two shops with 180 items listed at each shop!  Two more shop to go!
 
Anyone out there have any suggestion or ideas on how to use the new Etsy format and new Etsy Studio to their shop's best advantage?  and if it has helped bump up your sales?
 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 174 items, The Destiny of Things- 180 items, VintageToGoEasy - 185 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 174 items.

Looks like JunkDrawerAndMore and HoarderRehab need a refill first!  I'll be listing for sure tomorrow!

Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 "Sweaty Eggs in the hot sun"
As you can see, I fell back on those memories with my students as I made examples of how to make abstract Easter art with a sponge, back during my teaching days in the 80s or 90s, print available here

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4.  Stamp your fresh egg date at your chicken farm:  2017 New Year Date Stamp Mechanical:  The Destiny of Things, Story 426 
 
 
 Sweet pink cute bunny rabbit inside a gumball capsule too!
Available here. 
Photo via The Destiny of Things
 
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."  Tom Robbins from his novel, "Still Life with Woodpecker"  
 
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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Simplistic Sterling Cross Pendant: The Destiny of Things, Story 446

Simplistic Sterling Cross Pendant:  The Destiny of Things, Story 446

Very cool and beautiful!  BEFORE:

I have and had quite the cross collection from the 80s to present, so thankful this one found a new life with just the right person!
More cross jewelry available here
photo via VintageToGoeasy

Here is the short and sweet note I received with an update photo!

Perfect size and wonderful simplistic details. Goes very well with my style.

It wasn't until she mentioned that this piece had wonderful simplistic details that I finally took a good look at this cross and could see them myself!  She has a great eye and style!

I love how beautiful it looks around her neck!  I am so thankful a piece of my hoard matched up with the right person!

AFTER:

As a recovering hoarder, I am so thankful this cross found a new life and I can see from the photo, it went to just the right person!
More cross jewelry available here
photo via VintageToGoeasy

Saying Goodbye:  After taking the time to appreciate this cross and see the details she is talking about, I did feel a little FOMO, fear of missing out, which used to happen a lot to me as a recovering hoarder and now, less and less.  I did have to remind myself that I can not wear metal jewelry due to allergies before more FOMO set in!

More cross jewelry available here
photo via VintageToGoeasy

What I Learned:

1.   As a recovering hoarder, it's getting so much easier to let things go as the years go by, like 5 years!  Yes, it's taken 5 years to be able to let my hoard go little by little painlessly and now happily.

In the beginning, it was extremely heart wrenching to let go of my hoard at each shop.  I would get high anxiety, get overwhelmingly nervous, my heart would pound, my stomach would ache and worst of all, I felt like something horribly terrible and devastating was going to happen to me if I let it go and finally, I'd procrastinate with shipping it off to it's last minute!

Seeing it go off into the world of mail didn't help me feel any better either.  Only practicing letting each piece go one by one and letting go of it's memory or whatever it was that was holding me back helped me, eventually over time.

Then one day a kind Etsy shop owner passed me a tidbit of information, I forget what the therapy is called, I think it starts with an H and I have it written down somewhere, lol.  But it gave me hope because basically she told me it was going to get easier and easier with each item leaving until one day it would it wouldn't bother me at all and I'd be over it!

I think I'm almost there now!

 Here is my latest favorite cross that I have recently listed, available here
It will be interesting to see how I feel when this piece finds a new home!
photo via VintageToGoeasy

2.  Another thing that has helped me to stop hoarding is to find alternatives and other things to get interested in.  It's taken me awhile and I've gone through some alternatives that just gave me another excuse to hoard in a different manner, but I think I've finally found something that is going to stick!

It's the complete opposite of hoarding and is called, "saving money!"  Ha!  Eureka!  Well, actually the bigger picture is to help others and other living things, like feral cats in our community and to do that I will need to save money.

Right now I'm working on my small dreams of helping others with donating 10% of profits from all the shops to charities close to my heart and I want to build on that 10% until it's a much larger amount.

 My love for crosses started in the 80s and I didn't stop at jewelry!  For some reason, I loved to collect sick call cross shaped boxes too! available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

3.  So right now, I am very excited about closing the door on my hoarding ways with my new dreams and projects and look forward to see where they take me!

Which doors would you like to close and which doors will you open next?

 I loved crosses so much, I even made some!  Which did not help my hoarding ways because I have an accumulated amount of charms and trinkets too!
The garden milagro helped me turn my black thumb into a green one, available here.  Lover's cross helped my brother find true love, available here
 
Thank you Etsy buyer from VintageToGoeasy your short and sweet note with my favorite, an updated photo made my day that day and today!  I appreciate the time and energy you took to do this for me!  Thank you!

And even though I felt a tinge of seller's remorse because of what you said about the cross and how good it looks on you, it gave me a good reminder that I needed to remember that I can't wear metal jewelry anymore!  So double thanks!

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.
 
 Here's a standing cross from a famous Peruvian artist, Claudio Jimenez, who makes his crosses from local items, like plaster, paint, paper mache, family cat hair and cactus needles for his paintbrushes, boiled potato, peach and agave juice, gypsum, available here.  His art inspired me to make my cross art!  Thank you Mr. Jimenez!  Photo via VintageToGoeasy
 
I had some stressful Etsy setbacks yesterday and was wiped out for the rest of the day.  I want to learn how to better handle retail setbacks and issues too! 
 
Anyone out there have any suggestion or ideas on how to use the new Etsy format and new Etsy Studio to their shop's best advantage?  and if it has helped bump up your sales?
 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 174 items, The Destiny of Things- 179 items, VintageToGoEasy - 184 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 171 items.

Looks like JunkDrawerAndMore and HoarderRehab need a refill first!  I'll be listing for sure tomorrow!

Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 This would be my favorite bracelet if I wasn't allergic to metals!
 Instant 20 religious charm bracelet, it has a cross medal to the far right of the bracelet on the very end of it, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy
 
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7.  This Etsy buyer shared an update photo with her huge collection of charms she made into a necklace and it has many religious medals, including a cross:  Spirit Dove Religious Medal Added to Huge Charm Necklace:  The Destiny of Things, Story 442 
 
 If I wasn't allergic to metal jewelry, I'd be wearing this as one of my favorites too!
 Instant 18 religious charm necklace mostly sterling silver, available here
It has a cross scapular type medal, 5th charm from the upper left side
 
"Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time." ---Lyndon B. Johnson.  
 
I am so thankful that I took my first steps 5 years ago!

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Monday, March 27, 2017

Pressed Flowers Reversible Float Frame: The Destiny of Things, Story 445

Pressed Flowers Reversible Float Frame:  The Destiny of Things, Story 445

A pleasant two year old surprise came today!  BEFORE:

 I love these float frames because they are reversible, as you can see two photos can be placed back to back inside it and can be seen from either side!

Here is the email I sent over two years ago from around September 2014:

Hi there! 

Thank you so much for the happy feedback! and especially for letting me know how you are inspired to use the float frame.  

I'd love to see your pressed flower arrangement in the frame! My flowers are being pressed again because my first batch the colors faded. 

Best regards and happy Wednesday!
Kennedy 

 This is the same frame turned around to show the other side of the back to back photos, which are from photos from my Grandmother.

Here is the email I received this morning with a photo update too!

I just realized I never responded to your message - attached is a photo of the frame and my pressed flowers! 

How cool is that!  This act of kindness made my morning and day!  I am so excited that someone has a great memory and didn't hesitate to write me back!

AFTER:

Photo via kind Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things

How beautiful!  I just love it and of course, wonder what memories this holds for her.  Flowers from a first date?   from a corsage from a milestone event?  Something special enough to keep the flowers, take the time to press them, buy a frame and arrange them just so!  Wonder, wonder, wonder!

And then she wrote me back saying I might get another photo update later this summer or fall after she presses her wedding bouquet flowers!  What a treat!  and I bet she'll remember too!

The best thing about these float frames is that not only are they easily reversible, but it's easy to switch out a photo or art work or a memorable post card, especially if there is writing on the back.
photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  I said goodbye to too many of these!  and didn't save enough of them for myself!  I thought I would have an endless supply, but they ran out and I haven't seen them again in a year or so.

What I Learned:

1.  Don't let go of my own stash!  ever!  I can think of several times where I let go of my own stash and didn't have a chance to replace my own.  As a recovering hoarder, it's very regrettable!

2.   I just love these to see what my art will look like framed.  It's the last step of a finished product and it even has a little ledge to add some fun mini items to blend in some mixed media art.

Washi tape art card, I made one like it for my Dad for Day of the Dead, print or original, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

3.  I haven't been sleeping for the past 3-5 days and sure could use some coffee today!  However, since I am practicing discipline this Lent I am fending off the temptation and feel quite good about it, since Lent I am half way through the time period.

4.  I have noticed that without sleep, my cravings for caffeine and fried foods go way up!  Finding alternatives has been successful with baked gluten free chicken nuggets and baked fingerling potato fries!  Tasty and much more healthy too!

5.  I've had insomnia for most of my life and now I wonder how I survived all those years.  I am so grateful that I don't have insomnia anymore because I have less comfort food cravings now and can withstand them better, I am more graceful without small klutzy accidents happening and overall just feel so much better and better prepared for each day!

I have found other float frames since, but they are not as simple or as versatile as the table float frames.  Neon pink washi tape Gee's Bend quilt inspired art, available here.  Tissue paper money art, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab 

Thank you Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things for remembering me after all these years!  I am so astonished with your memory and kindness.  And most of all, it's given me hope that it's never too late to make a connection even if it's been years!  Love your story and how you used the float frame for your pressed flower art!  
 
It has inspired me to press some flowers, just like I used to do with my Grandmother during walks through her backyard garden.  And seeing your update photo has inspired me to be creative again and to press some red rose petals to spark an idea that I've had rolling around in my head!  
 
Thanks again for the nice surprise today and for all the inspiration you've sparked for me today!
 
Lastly, Congratulations and Best Wishes to you and yours for your summer wedding!

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.

 Even paper ephemera looks great in a simple float frame, small vintage NRA Official targets, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy


Over this weekend, I returned to my new experiment of Etsy of listing items until I got to 180-185 items listed on each shop.
 
And it took me about a day to try out the new Etsy Studio on one of my shops  I'm interested, but will have to figure out how to use it to my best advantage! I am waiting to see if that one shop does better with the new Etsy Studio format. 
 
Anyone out there have any suggestion or ideas on how to use the new Etsy format and new Etsy Studio to their shop's best advantage?  and if it has helped bump up your sales?
 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 176 items, The Destiny of Things- 180 items, VintageToGoEasy - 184 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 174 items.

Looks like JunkDrawerAndMore and HoarderRehab need a refill first!

Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 Brightly painted Chinese tissue paper cut art looks exceptional in a float frame and can be seen from both sides!  Cut tissue paper water color art, available here.  Love birds like the one shown above is perfect for one year paper wedding anniversary!  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

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3.  Another Etsy buyer using it for pressed flowers: Float Frame for Pressed Flower Art Display: The Destiny of Things, Story 285

As you can see, I use mine all the time for a photo display prop as well, since this frame can be used horizontally and vertically, I also use them for my favorite prayer cards too.  Czech Olympic stamps available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

"Onwards and upwards!"  mdf club

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Friday, March 24, 2017

Simple Mechanical Library Date Stamp for 2017: The Destiny of Things, Story 444

Simple Mechanical Library Date Stamp for 2017:  The Destiny of Things, Story 444

This story comes with an update photo!  BEFORE:

 Simple easy to use mechanical library style date stamp, available here

Here is the note I receieved:

Thank you so much for my library stamp! I'm using it in my bullet journal and travelers notebook. Such a great find from a great shop! 😊

Of course I'd want a full tour of her travelers notebook and especially her bullet journal because I'm not even sure what a bullet journal is, so I googled it!

Interesting!  I use something like a bullet journals to track my habits, daily supplement intake and exercise, but mine are just on graph paper.

I wish I could see more of how she uses hers, but what I can see is cool!  Love the little details I can see, especially the cute hand drawn flowers and the diamond clip.

AFTER:

 Love her handwriting and the March flower design!
photo via kind Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore
Simple easy to use mechanical library style date stamp, available here

I keep a lot of journals myself, but none of mine are fancy or decorated or even colorful, like the ones I googled.  I have one to keep track of our feral cats, that journal is named, "Catlandia."  I have one for finances, budget and investments, which I call, "Multiple Streams of Income" and I have several "self developement" journals.  And the journal I use everyday, is my Etsy journal.

My Etsy journal keeps track of our hours, "to do" lists, ideas, profits and fees, my favorite quotes, reminders and tons of other stuff.

Maybe this will inspire me to use colored pens, stickers or at least draw a little design here and there, like the flowers in the Etsy buyer's journal!

 Above is an example of what the date looks like stamped.  I use my stamper almost everyday, at least 3 times a week, when I write out "thank you" note packaging for all our outgoing orders.
Simple easy to use mechanical library style date stamp, available here

Saying Goodbye:  When I was teaching, this was a life saver!  I don't know about you, but my students would have difficulties remembering to write their name and dates on all their papers and this simple tool would help them to remember and it became fun to remember their name and date!

So I would pass the date stamper and ink pad around or the date stamp monitor or team table leader would before journal writing and other assignments and everyone would get to stamp the date on their papers, which would also help them to remember to put their names on the assignment too!

Now that I am retired, I use it for many other things, like my art!  Well, on the back of my art.

 Example of the back of my washi tape Gee's Bend quilt inspired art, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned:

1.  I do love to stamp!  And everytime an Etsy buyer shares their date stamp journaling, I do start one, but it only lasts about 3 days.  So let's see what happens this time!

2.  A bullet journal or date stamp journal could be an alternative to help my hoarding ways.  I wonder if I should add a Hoarder Rehab journal to my self development journals or just incorporate it before I have a hoard of journals!

3.  As a recovering hoarder, this is how my over thinking begins and I end up doing nothing about the Hoarder Rehab journal except thinking about it over and over or starting one and not keeping up with it.  I think it best if I just incorporate it into some of my other self development journals.

How many journals do you have?  This year, I'm already on my second Etsy journal and right now at my desk, I have 3 other journals, not including my Etsy ones.  Some of these journals are tabbed, for example my self development journals are divided into different areas, like heart, mind, body and soul.

Here is the front of that last piece of my washi tape Gee's Bend quilt inspired art, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
 
Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for taking the time to share your story and how you use your library date stamp!  It has inspired me once again, to start using the date stamp during my journal time!
 
Also thank you for the best part, your update photo! 

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.

 Here is another set of rubber stamps I use plenty for my "thank you" packaging, especially the bunny rabbit one, since Easter is coming!  I use them to make thank you stickers as closures for Etsy orders.  Cute wooden animal rubber stamps, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Next week, I am returning to my new experiment of Etsy of listing items until I got to 180-185 items listed on each shop.
 
And it took me about a day to try out the new Etsy Studio on one of my shops  I'm interested, but will have to figure out how to use it to my best advantage! I am waiting to see if that one shop does better with the new Etsy Studio format. 
 
Anyone out there have any suggestion or ideas on how to use the new Etsy format and new Etsy Studio to their shop's best advantage?  and if it has helped bump up your sales?
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 175 items, The Destiny of Things- 178 items, VintageToGoEasy - 183 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 175 items.

Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 Examples of how I use these cute stamps to make closure stickers for our Etsy orders and packaging. 
Cute wooden animal rubber stamps, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

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"Be curious, not judgmental." ---Walt Whitman 

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

500 Swami Madame X fortune cards for Carnival Wedding: The Destiny of Things, Story 443

500 Swami Madame X fortune cards for Carnival Wedding:  The Destiny of Things, Story 443

Honk if you love carnivals!

Each stack is about 500 vintage fortune cards! They are vintage new old stock, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

Here is the note I received:

Note from Buyer: I see that you collect stories- These will be used at my carnival themed wedding next year and this is my very first purchase for it! So excited about these! Thanks

 The fronts have your fortune and there are 52 different fortunes, like a deck of cards.  Then you ask a yes or no question and the back of the fortune gives you an answer back.  Each stack is about 500 vintage fortune cards! available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

I am excited too!  I don't know why I get so excited when it's someone's first purchase for their celebration, but I do!  A carnival wedding must be so much fun and certainly memorable!

 The backs answer a yes or no question and also has a definition to a vocabulary word that is funny, however since these are vintage from the 1950s to 60s, they may be out of date and somewhat politically incorrect, but still fun!
Each stack is about 500 vintage fortune cards! available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  I love these!  These are in our "thank you" packaging for fun and so others get a sample of others things in our shops.  In college, I used to get them all the time at a little cafe diner with my brother for a penny each in their napkin dispenser Swami machine that were at each booth!

 Here is what a complete set of 52 looks like, each one has a different fortune, answer to your yes and no question and funny vocabulary of the day, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned:

1.  As I said, I use these all the time for our "thank you" packaging that we give with every order.  I try to give "fortune" related items because when I first started my Hoarder Rehab, it was really scary for me to let go of many of my items because I was so attached to them for various reasons, so I decided to turn the scariness of the unknown into something more positive with the thoughts of "good fortune."  

It was a positive reminder for me that even though something was leaving me to a new life and new home that it was going to bring the buyer and me good fortune!

2.  Due to the punched hole in them and the tiny slash, they are easily slipped on to string or ribbon or twin.  So I also use them as gift tags for plain wrap packages for all kinds of celebrations.  They make easy impromptu mini garlands, since they hang on ribbon or string so easily by just slipping them on.

3.  I am so happy with myself because not only did I give up coffee and fried foods for Lent, but I haven't bought anything for art supplies or for retail therapy either!  And it's been a very stressful past 2 weeks with a family matter that ended sadly.

How are you doing with Lent?  I am so surprised that not only did I give up coffee, but I gave up all caffeine as well!  I do miss fried foods and fell off the wagon on the day I got the sad family news and ate fries as a way to comfort myself, but I found out that meditating was more comforting than the fries.

If you need smaller amounts for surprise balls and holiday cracker snaps in amounts of 6 or 8 or 25 or 50+ NEW OLD STOCK vintage 50s Fortune Teller card slips collage mixed media art scrapbook, available here

Thank you Etsy buyer from Hoarder Rehab for taking the time to share your story and excitement!  It certainly rubbed off on me and made my Etsy day more fun and exciting too!
 
I can't thank you enough for taking the time to do that with kindness!

 
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.

 Another fortune related item that is great for carnival themed celebrations are the fortune teller fish, inside each package is a dancing fish that will tell your love fortune!  In smaller amounts for surprise balls and holiday cracker snaps in amounts of 8 or more, available here

I haven't had time yet to return to my new experiment on Etsy of listing items until I got to 180-185 items listed on each shop because it took me almost a month to change all my shop to the new Etsy format.  I hope to be listing new items this week.
And it took me about a day to try out the new Etsy Studio on one of my shops  I'm interested, but will have to figure out how to use it to my best advantage! I am waiting to see if that one shop does better with the new Etsy Studio format.

 




Anyone out there have any suggestion or ideas on how to use the new Etsy format and new Etsy Studio to their shop's best advantage?  and if it has helped bump up their sales?

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 176 items, The Destiny of Things- 178 items, VintageToGoEasy - 182 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 175 items.  


 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
Another fun interactive fortune related item for carnival themed weddings and table guest ice breaker, especially for those waiting for their dinner to arrive. 
NEW 30 or 50 or 75 or 100+ lot Retro Fortune Teller Fish, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

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 Visually fun place setting!
 Example from an Etsy buyer and how she used them at her Carnival themed wedding.  Thank you kind Etsy buyer!

Thank you for taking part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!
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