An Etsy shop owner sent an update photo of bath bomb jewelry surprises! BEFORE:
SALE 20 25 or 30 EMPTY gumball vending machine capsules cracker snap filler carnival birthday party favor candy container, available here
photo via The Destiny of Things
Here is the note I received:
Absolutely Love these little gumballs! I have used them inside my bath bombs to store hidden goodies. They are quality, fast shipping, and amazing customer service!
How fun! To take a nice relaxing bath and in the end get a little extra surprise! I think kids would love these too with a toy inside, especially those that don't like to take baths.
AFTER:
And how fun, she does have one with a toy inside for kid's baths! Available here! Check out her Etsy shop, Squishy Mushii her bath bombs are adorable, she takes wonderful clever photos and her packaging is very cute!
And she has fun and funny names for them, like Block Head Bath Bomb, with a lego toy inside it, here or Naughty List Bath Bomb, available here for all those naughties on your list that deserve some naughty coal, but instead of their stocking, can get it in their bath and wash off all their naughtiness! Better yet, you can put it in their stocking as as a stuffer and it has double duty use!
Saying Goodbye: These are quite popular now for holding a jewelry surprise in bath bombs! Michelle is the 3rd or 4th Etsy shop owner to use these to hold surprise jewelry in bath bombs, but the first one to send me a photo update, so I am quite thrilled to share!
What I Learned:
1. The bath bomb business must be good because I get a lot of repeat buyers from them! They are so fun and easy to make, but Michelle must put in a lot of time and creativity to make her bath bombs look so fun! She has many themes and the photos are so good, I can almost smell them! lol
2. My hoard is dwindling down due to the sale that Etsy is promoting and I am quite thankful that I might be more than half way through my hoard. At least most of the big pieces are now gone and some progress can be seen in the art music room, in the sense that the stacks of boxes are no longer shoulder high in areas and are waist to knee high now. And I'm slowly emptying out my hoarded up truck!
3. Every year, the winter holidays are stressful for me and I usually buy, buy and buy more as retail therapy, but this year I've bought very little, however I feel this big itch to buy coming over me and I've got a huge wish list and been spending a lot of time window shopping! Only time will tell, but this year is definitely better than last year!
4. Every year at this stressful time, I am in conflict over if it's better to stuff my face or buy stuff to release panic and anxiety, which in the end, I manage to do both! But this year, I'm not stuffing my face so much with comfort foods, like chips, fried chicken and chocolate and I'm not buying hoards either.
Instead I've been finding and trying out other creative outlets and activities, like mending, doing yoga, reading in the morning or late afternoon sun, taking slow walks in wide open spaces and meditating in the morning and before bedtime. It's taken a lot of baby steps to do these things almost daily, but now I can feel it's helped me a lot.
How do you stay at peace during the winter holidays? Lots of sugarless hot chai cocoa for me!
SALE 20 25 or 30 EMPTY gumball vending machine capsules cracker snap filler carnival birthday party favor candy container, available here
photo via The Destiny of Things
photo via The Destiny of Things
Thank you Michelle from Squishy Mushii for ordering the plastic gumball capsules and sharing your story with an update photo! I am thankful for your inspiration, especially for today because I see you bought a ton more capsules yesterday from our other shop, JunkDrawerAndMore. Thank you! What a gentle reminder that I need to blog post because all the stories are starting to pile up!
Everyday is such an adventure dehoarding on Etsy! I never know who I'll meet and I have met so many Etsy buyers who share their stories with me and every time I glean some insight about where my dehoarding journey is taking me.
I've been spending more time in my junk room that is going to transform into a music room for my husband and an art room for me. Also the truck is getting worked on in teeny tiny baby steps each weekend. I've been sorting out a box a week out of the truck!
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.
If you need 50 or 100 plastic capsules, which are very fun to hold your wedding exit confetti of choice or as cupcake toppers with different sprinkles inside or organizing your jewelry or so your small gifts don't get lost as part of your stocking stuffer fun, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab
I am new listing weekly on all the shops, until I reach my goal of 180 items listed on each shop, which I'm having a difficult time keeping and catching up due to the Etsy sale.
Yes, I am very thankful that a lot of my hoard is finding new lives and homes due to the sale and perhaps a little more anxiety than usual because stuff is leaving so fast, but as I've learned, if it happens enough, eventually I'll adjust to it for the better!
We've joined the Etsy sale that is taking place from November 20 to December 1, we started it earlier, so get some Christmas shopping done ahead of time this year! Also, our Etsy sale ends December 2, instead of the first.
Anyone out there have any thoughts, suggestions or ideas on how the new Etsy free shipping promotional is working for you at the moment? Has it helped bump up your sales? Do you foresee any complications with returned items and refunds?
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 178 items, The Destiny of Things- 177 items, VintageToGoEasy - 180 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 175 items.
Yipee! I've met my goal at one shop! And oh so close, with Hoarder Rehab! Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!
Need these capsules in all one color for a themed party. An Etsy buyer just bought 150 of these in all black bottoms for her gumball machine and we still have plenty more!
Available here in all black or half white and black. Etsy email us if you need all one color in a different color or a combination of colors to match your themed party or wedding.
photo via Hoarder Rehab
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