Someone shared a new use for these with photo updates! BEFORE:
In the "note to buyer" it was added that she wanted all colors we had in stock.
6 or 8 Little Mermaids pirate sailor Peter Pan cocktail drink cake topper decoration wine charm marker Harry Potter 2nd Challenge fiesta beach birthday bon voyage reunion retro party July 4th supply, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Here is the kind fun note I received:
I love her patio oasis mixed media assemblage art!
I just love this curly roofed house with the bird on top and the two little cats on the bottom. I think the mermaid is protecting the birds! Can you see the blue rhinestone stickers?
photo via Etsy buyer
What a great way to use a bird house! The red rhinestones do add a pop of color to the bird house and the blue mermaid.
photo via Etsy buyer
Saying Goodbye: I used to collect these cocktail mermaids that I remember from my childhood Shirley Temple drinks. They used to be difficult to find, so most of mine are vintage. I have all the animals too. Now that I'm a recovering hoarder, I'm not sure what to do with them. I used to use them on my mixed media assemblage nicho art, but I haven't done so in a couple of years now. What to do with them now? Any suggestions?
I remember these toppers on my Shirley Temples from childhood.
These are the 9 colors we usually have in stock. Off the top of my head, the true green is sold out. We are running low on some of the other colors, but I get the colors in stock mixed up with the cocktail monkeys we also sell. Get ready this summer for your pool parties, beach parties with these fun little mermaids! Order them in 8 different colors, here.
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
What I Learned:
1. I come from a family of four who bought in bulk whenever possible. So my family was a big fan of all sales, Fedco and now Costco. I'm not sure why we bought in bulk, but I guess it was because it was less expensive? buy everything needed on sale? or had to go shopping less times a month? I don't know because it was one of my chores to do the grocery shopping every week as soon as I could drive!
But I have learned from Etsy buyers to only buy what is necessary! I get a lot of requests from Etsy shoppers for just one or two of this or that at our shops and even this Etsy buyer only needed a certain amount of blue rhinestone stickers and asked if I could just mail her some extras and she'd pay for them and the postage for their dragons.
At the time, she said that after she added the rhinestone stickers to it's eyes, it would freak out dogs and walkers! And they still do!
photo via Etsy buyer
2. Lately, I seem to be living in an age of abundance, yet need very little! I've bought sandals for this summer and some books that weren't at the library and that's about it.
Even our grocery bills are less. I've been using all the money I used to spend on my hoarder and donating it to causes close to my heart. I save some for what I have no idea. I've been making care packages for my friends, especially those that need some cheering up and some "just because."
3. Since I don't go out shopping, like thrift stores, garage sales or craft places, like Michael's or JoAnns, even Target when they have sales or shop around for the best deals online, I've been using all my extra time reading. Mainly reading for enjoyment and lots of sorting and organizing of the rest of my hoard. Some mending.
What's on your summer wish list this year? I am thinking about getting a bike. Not sure I'll use it though, but I guess there's only one way to find out!
When I was a kid, I'd play with these until their tails broke off and with the mermaids, usually an arm or two fell off! Let me know if you want mermaids and monkeys for pirate parties. We usually have these in 9 different colors, but now we only have 7 colors in stock, available here
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
Thank you Etsy buyer for sharing another way to use these for a patio oasis of mixed media assemblage art! I really appreciate the inspiration! Maybe too much! because I think it's a great way to used up my hoard of charms, millinery and other small stuff I have waiting to be let go! Thank you for the updated photos!
My purge pile is still growing. I add something every week, which is good for me because before I had to keep everything. More and more goes into the recycling bin too! Before I could not throw anything out because I thought I'd recycle it myself in some way.
Every weekend, we've been trying to get over to the King Tut Exhibition, but have been watching the World Cup instead, so hopefully I'll have a substantial pile to donate by the weekend of end of June! I hope I remember to take a photo of my hoard pile.
I'm not a big fan of sports, but I am enjoying all the sport snacks! This weekend it's air fried wings, popcorn and butter and who knows what else! And it's usually the time, I start new listing too!
Speaking of snacks, well, it's not a snack, we tried Costco's all organic burger from their food court on Monday. It's supposed to be all organic, the bread, the patties, you get 2 patties!, cheese, tomato, lettuce and sauce. It reminded me of In and Out, but the Costco burger was not as juicy. At least it's all organic!
Speaking of snacks, well, it's not a snack, we tried Costco's all organic burger from their food court on Monday. It's supposed to be all organic, the bread, the patties, you get 2 patties!, cheese, tomato, lettuce and sauce. It reminded me of In and Out, but the Costco burger was not as juicy. At least it's all organic!
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.
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!
If you like to use these for indoor gardens, hanging plants and terrariums, here is a party pack of these in 24 count of every type of drink or cake toppers in stock, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
My goal has changed to list more, so my new goal is from 170 to 175 items per shop. I've been working on 170 items per shop and new listing, at least 1-2 times a week. It looks like I have a lot of listing to catch up on!
Sales are up! Strange, since the Etsy birthday sale is over. I think it might be from adding at least one new listings almost every week to each shop. I'm still trying to narrow down my crafting options because I have way too much craft supplies, but I keep flip flopping about it. I think I'm going to start listing my washi tape because now I have made so many paper quilts, I'm not sure what to do with them all, except to start using them as postcards.
Etsy is raising their fees across the board, except for the listing fee. So I might be adding a dollar or more to each listing and/or add a few coin to shipping to cover the new fees. Here are the new fees, as I understand it, correct me if I've gone overboard.
Transaction fee was 3.5%, but it's going up to 5% on July 16, 2018.
New shipping fee, all shipping fees get charged 5% on July 16, 2018.
Processing fee is staying the same, I think, which is 3% plus .25 cents per transaction
Listing fee is still the same of .20 cents for 4 months, or .05 cents per month.
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 167 items, The Destiny of Things- 166 items, VintageToGoEasy - 169 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 172 items.
Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home! Thanks for looking!
A couple of Etsy buyers have shared with me that they use the cocktail monkeys and mermaids as plant jewelry. They didn't send me a photo update, so I used my own plants as examples, monkeys available here
Photo via Hoarder Rehab
Related Stories: Some other uses for mermaids, monkeys and other cocktail animals!
1. Dragon Eyes and Mermaid Cocktail Drink Toppers: The Destiny of Things, Story 472: original story from Patio Oasis and Dragon Eyes.
2. Little Mermaid Grotto Terrarium Inspiration! The Destiny of Things, Story 276: some have mini dragons added to them!
4. UPDATE on The Little Mermaid Party with Ursula-tinis: The Destiny of Things, Story 259: traditional way of how to use these as drink toppers with updated photos.
5. One of my favorite stories from an Etsy buyer: An Etsy buyer had her mermaid for over 50 years and then found it broken: Retro Plastic Mermaid Cocktail Drink Charms: The Destiny of Things, Story #116
6. How my love for these started: Retro Cocktail Animal Figurine Drink Marker Charms: The Destiny of Things, Story 181
If you just need a small batch of these for your own personal use. 6 Shirley Temple cocktail Sonic drink cake toppers mermaid animal figurine wine markers decorations birthday, available here.
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Happy Independence Day! Happy Birthday America of 242 years! And many more! Thank you for visiting my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!
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