Mini Mermaids for Wild Caribbean Poison Headdress Cocktail Hat: The Destiny of Things, Story 527

Mini Mermaids Wild Caribbean Poison Headdress Cocktail Hat:  The Destiny of Things, Story 527

Such an amazing imagination!  Nothing typical about this fish bowl headdress!  BEFORE:

We have 8 different colors of mini mermaids left in stock, which are usually used to hang  on your cocktail drink or to decorate your cupcakes, but this story and use is beyond the imaginable!  Available here, photo via VintageToGoEasy

Hold on to your hat, sit pretty with your cocktail poison of choice and put your feet up, while you read this fun email description of the incredible Caribbean Poison Headdress!  AFTER:

I intend to have this ready to wear to Latitude 29 in New Orleans--while looking up the reviews, i TOTALLY saw some drink photos with our mermaids on them!!!!! how terrifically fabulous is that!?

In any case, here is my description so far... let me know what you think ;)

Caribbean Poison - Fishbowl cocktail is resting in a bed of glittered coral accompanied by two kitsch crazy straws, a retro style swizzle stick, a sweet maraschino cherry pierced by an over sized cocktail umbrella and an ACTUAL Beachbum Berry tiki cocktail pick! All adorned with other fun items such as a tiny retro mermaid cocktail charm, colorful seashells, orange slices, and lots of multi-colored flora. Can’t find a local tiki bar? Problem solved!

The sky is the limit with what can be done with your fish bowl! Add water colored flowers, water/oil/petroleum jelly—depending on the weight/how much is used—with brightly colored fishing lures, blue or clear gelatin cubes with candy fish to be consumed later, a happy little mermaid, a terrarium, blue or clear crystals with your favorite aquarium accessories and/or lights/glow sticks, liquid bubbles with a bubble wand, or even a fun bubbly carbonated drink of your choice; the possibilities are endless!

Please note that the fish in this piece were temporarily used short term for the shoot and is from my personal aquarium; I do not suggest nor condone the mistreating of pets/animals.

What? what and what?  My imagination is running wild over here!  A fish bowl tiki cocktail headdress hat?  I've got to see this!!!!!  Please update us with photos!  And if you want to a little fix to calm your curiosity of such a proposed headdress, check out Jezebel Lobelia shop, JezebelsFascination and get blown away with her creativity, quality and uniqueness!  There is a fascinator, headdress, headpiece hats for everyone with playful themes in mind!

UPDATED PHOTOS may arrive in November!  I can't wait!  Sure wish I could be a fly on the wall in New Orleans for Latitude 29!

Beachbum Berry is reviving the tiki bar at Latitude 29 in New Orleans!

Check out in full detail, here.  Photo via Beachbum Berry Latitude 29

As for Latitude 29 Beachbum Berry's drinks, their cocktail menu spans the entire 80 year history of Tiki drinking, from the lost vintage recipe's that the Bum has unearthed.  Can you believe that?  I wonder what drink this is called, Pearl Diver?  It's one I found with a mini mermaid decoration!  Gotta have a historic drink in the historic French Quarters of Louisiana!

I'm guessing this is their Pearl Diver drink, which looks like plenty of giggle juice for more than one mermaid!  And it may give a clue to as to what Jezebel's fish bowl headdress may look like!

Photo via Beachbum Berry Latitude 29

Saying Goodbye:  I have a large collection of vintage cocktail mermaids and animals, like two shoe boxes worth and as of now, I'm not sure what to do with them.  I was saving them for my mixed media art, but at this point in time, I'm more interested in other things.  Any suggestions?

What I Learned:

1.  My hoarding ways have taken a turn for the better, except now, when I spend money, I feel guilty about it.  Very strange, it's like the table has totally turned in the complete opposite direction and now I can't spend a dime without feeling weird, almost guilty about it, like I should be holding on to my money for dear life!  I'll just go with the flow until my spending reaches a a feeling of balance and I can trust my spending decisions more and more.

2.  I've been spending my time reading and improving my health.  I had a tooth issue.  It healed itself with some help from me, like keeping my mouth super clean, gargling with thyme oil water, coconut oil pulling, following Dr. Schulze's tooth protocol, while adding my own tooth remedies here and there.  Basically an experiment that worked.  I also found a lot of home remedies for tooth ache that worked well too!

3.  I've also healed my sciatica.  Mainly with a lot of meditation, gentle yoga and pressure point massage.  I can now walk 1.7 miles without any pain!  Next I'm working on my adrenal fatigue, but I'll have to go off being a raw vegan to vegetarian for awhile, but I've been flip flopping about being a raw vegan and now the choice has been made for me, since my adrenals need a lot of protein to recover.   More on that later.

Anyone else out there working on their adrenal fatigue?  I'd love to hear what is working for you!

I've let go of all my cocktail glasses on Etsy, so here are the glasses I have left as an example of what they look like on champagne, kids cups and tumblers.

Available here, photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you Etsy buyer, Jezebel Lobelia for sharing your story!  I love it and your wild imaginative description of what you are going to do with the mermaids!  I'm thankful to be a tiny part of your fish bowl headdress and wish I could be a fly on the wall to see how everything goes at Latitude 20 when you have it on!

And check out her shop, JezebelsFascination and see her creativeness at work!  I am an introvert, so here's the one I'd wear here, but if I were an extrovert, I'd be wearing this one here.  It even lights up!  Actually if I were an extrovert, there are too many too choose from!  Looking forward to seeing the fish bowl headdress sometime this November!  Thank you Jezebel Lobelia!

I've given up on doing something with my purge pile.  I'm going to let it sit there until I have a definitive unwavering answer one way or another.  I'm going to focus on my physical and spiritual well being until something clicks.

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!

These look great arranged on a cake like above or a few on cupcakes or even just one, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

I still want to list until each shop has 180 items, but now I mainly list on the weekends, due to reading so much.  I was waking up at 3 am and I feel so much better when I do, but now that my adrenal fatigue has kicked in, I need to sleep as much as possible.  I've had insomnia all my life and have tried so many remedies and have several more to try, but one of the adrenal fatigue solutions is to sleep whenever I'm tired, which is really hard to do because we were not allowed to nap.  More on that later.

Sales are still steady, but have slowed down this week due to everyone getting ready for Halloween.  It usually picks up right after Halloween as everyone gets ready for the next holiday, Thanksgiving.  We ship out on Monday's, Wednesdays and Fridays, almost routinely, unless a holiday falls on one of those days and then we ship out at our next shipping date.  For example, if a holiday falls on a Monday, we will ship out the next coming Wednesday.

I've let go of the Etsy fee changes that were bothering me.  I've been working hard to change my thinking lately and this is my new thinking towards Etsy sales and life in general, "I am willing to forgo all perceptions of gain, desire or profit and thereby be willing to be of selfless service to life in all it's expressions."  

For me, this is easier said than done, but I keep saying it.  I will need a lot practice and evaluate my old thought patterns that come up and let go of the ones that do not benefit me anymore, until this affirmation rings true for me.  The quote is from "Transcending Levels of Consciousness" by David Hawkins.

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 175 items, The Destiny of Things- 176 items, VintageToGoEasy - 177 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 170 items.   Wow!  I need to list more to reach my goal, I'll try and list an hour every Mon, Wed and Fri and see how that goes.

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  Thanks for looking!

Maybe someone out there can do something unique with these monkey cocktail or cake toppers, available here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

“When you stop living for luxuries, you understand the real meaning of life.” ― Abdul Sattar Edhi

Anyone out there, know where to find Abdul Sattar Edhi's autobiography, A Mirror to the Blind?  That's less than $100?  Thank you!

and Thank you for visiting my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things! 

Easy Fortune Teller Themed Halloween Treats: The Destiny of Things, Story 526

Easy Fortune Teller Themed Halloween Treats:  The Destiny of Things, Story 526

Inexpensive too!  Great alternative to passing out candy!  I package mine in glassine bags!

These are a complete set of 52 Swami and/or Madame X fortune teller cards from napkin dispenser's in vintage cafes.  Also can double up for Twilight Zone parties, since the Mystic Seer was part of the main feature in the episode, Nick of Time, starring William Shatner.  

Available here at The Destiny of Things.

Here is the note I received:

Oh that is great about the shipping! As for Halloween goodies, I try to find items other than candy. It will be fun to table these with a fortune telling theme. 
All the best!

Many Etsy buyers use these as table confetti, so maybe she is too!  These are more inclined towards ice breaker conversations because you are supposed to ask a "yes" or "no" questions and see how it the fortune card answers you.  Great to slip inside cocktail napkins and dinner napkins for a little conversational fun!

These fortune telling fish are a little more interactive, since they tell your mood for love by placing the fish in the palm of your hand and seeing how the fish moves and then matching the movement to what is says on the back of the Fortune Teller Fish envelope.  

SALE 50 or 100+ Magic Love Fortune Teller Fish vintage retro style fun cracker snap surprise ball filler wedding birthday, available here.  Photo via The Destiny of Things.

She also bought a game set of loteria cards.  It's a game of fortune and plays a lot like American bingo, but from Latin America.  Try your luck and see if you win!  It's easy to play and includes instructions on how to play!  Learn Spanish too!  Also, good for Day of the Dead parties!

The game board pieces can be cut up and made into cupcake toppers, just tape or glue on a toothpick!  The calling cards can be used as gift tags, floral centerpiece additions, table confetti, place cards, garlands, even art!  If you click on the link here, you'll see examples and get ideas.

Almost everything is included:  instructions on how to play, 10 game boards for 10 players, 52 calling cards and how to win, all you need are markers, which we use pinto beans, but we've also used pennies and if played at the beach, shells and pebbles.  In the classroom, we used scrap paper!

Available here, photo via The Destiny of Things.

Saying Goodbye:  I use the loteria game calling cards for my mixed media art, which is my alternative to hoarding.  I use the game boards to make boxes to hold the loteria art cards and also have them listed on my shop for Etsy buyers to use as larger centerpieces with prizes in side or party favor gift boxes.

One can use the box as a nicho or niche to add to your ofrenda or alter shrine.  The one above is Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Love Story themed and available here.  Photo via The Destiny of Things.

The listing will have a brief story of Frida's life with Diego of love, betrayal, despair and healing.

What I've Learned:

1.  I've been MIA, missing in action, on the blog for awhile because I've been learning so much about myself, especially as a recovering hoarder!  For example, I've been learning to look inward, instead of outward and have found my life more peaceful, productive and joyful!

2.  Meditation has been a big tool to help change myself because it helps me to stay more centered and grounded and not be blown all over the place by outside circumstances.   It helps me to take responsibility for every aspect of my life and enjoy life's experiences more fully.

3.  Other tools that have been helpful are books.  I've been trying all kinds of diets to improve my physical health.  The Keto diet was tasty, but I didn't lose or gain weight, but I sure did gain more fat!  Now I'm reading Dr. Gundry's books and his pre biotics took away most of junk food cravings!  I do not crave organic chips, pop corn, fried chicken to name a few, like I used to.  The only craving I still have is french fries, but now I can pass them up and just say "no!"

4.  Also, my mind has improved from several books, but mainly from Brad Blanton's book, "Radical Honesty," which has really helped my communication skills and confidence.  I feel much more free now.  

These are the boxes for party favors or centerpiece surprises and are about 4 inches by 3 inches.  They are handmade by me, so sizes may vary a bit, available here.  They fit a lot of candy, enough for two people or other treats inside them.  Photo via The Destiny of Things.

5.  I'm still doing the daily lessons in "A Course in Miracles," which I started to read because of one of David Hawkins books, where I read that if I could get to lesson 175, negativity would be freed from my mind and it has really helped me to deal with life's experiences in a more healthy manner.

6.  My most favorite book of all is Sadhguru's book, "Inner Engineering:  A Yogi's Guide to Joy, " for some reason that book is really balancing out all areas of my life, like my physical health, mind, emotions and energies.

7.  Also my art has been selling more at the Etsy shops, so I've been doing more art lately too!  I don't have one bone in me that wants to hoard anymore!  Not even for art supplies!  However I do know my true test will be this coming winter holidays, which is usually the most difficult time for me.  "If you think you are enlightened, go visit your family!"  I forgot who said that, but it always makes me laugh!

What have you been up to lately?  I've also been doing more mindful yoga daily or taking walks in large open natural spaces, like parks, so I know I'm getting a stronger body too!

Here's William Shatner's character getting his fortune card, which we have listed from the Mystic Seer in Twilight Zone's, Nick of Time episode.

Thank you Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things for sharing your story!  I love it!  I'm happy to feel like I'm part of your fortune telling themed Halloween and wish I could be a fly on the wall to see how everything goes!

My purge pile is still around, but growing!  I hope I can get the nerve to drop them off without going inside the thrift store and just be a lookie loo or even not go in at all!  I went to Ikea for some frames for my art that has been showing at our local coffee shop.  Ikeas could have been a hoard trap for me, but I got out there rather pleasantly.

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!

Here's a photo of the Mystic Seer machine and Etsy buyer's husband made for their Halloween party last year!

I still want to list until each shop has 180 items, but now I mainly list on the weekends, due to reading so much.  I've also been waking up at 3 am, so I can read and meditate more and waking up that early has also helped my insomnia.  Mediation also heals my sciatica when it flares up, which has been less and less.

Sales are still steady and usually one day a week, it peaks past 8 sales per shipping date.  We ship out on Monday's, Wednesdays and Fridays, almost routinely, unless a holiday falls on one of those days and then we ship out at our next shipping date.  For example, if a holiday falls on a Monday, we will ship out the next coming Wednesday.

I've let go of the Etsy fee changes that were bothering me.  I've been working hard to change my thinking lately and this is my new thinking towards Etsy sales and life in general, "I am willing to forgo all perceptions of gain, desire or profit and thereby be willing to be of selfless service to life in all it's expressions."  For me, this is easier said than done, but I keep saying it.  I will need a lot practice and evaluate my old thought patterns that come up and let go of the ones that do not benefit me anymore, until this affirmation rings true for me.  The quote is from "Transcending Levels of Consciousness" by David Hawkins.

Here's a photo of an original or refurbished Madame X napkin dispenser machine where you put your penny in and the fortune comes out of the slot.  The Swami machine has instructions on how to ask a question and example questions.

Etsy has been adding a lot of new features, but I haven't had the time or inclination to check them out yet.  One new Etsy feature I wanted to talk about was "notifications," which lets you know if a shop you favorited has listed new items.  

Many people have found this feature annoying because it kind of blends in with your email notifications and it's difficult to tell if it's a notification or an email you've received, so they have been unfavoriting shops, I would never have the heart to unfavorite a shop that I've favorited, so I just let my notifications build up to the max, which is 50 and when I get an email, it will turn to 51.  Problem solved for me!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 176 items, The Destiny of Things- 177 items, VintageToGoEasy - 176 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 173 items.   Wow!  I need to list more to reach my goal, I'll try and list an hour every Mon, Wed and Fri and see how that goes.

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  Thanks for looking!

We won't be restocking the Swami Madame X fortune cards anymore, so get them while you can!

"What you accumulate can be yours, but can not be you!"  Sadhguru 

This quote means more to me than my hoard.  It also means all the knowledge I've accumulated, all the thoughts and patterns that have been ingrained and/or made into habits by me and more!  They are not me!

Thank you for visiting my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!  Thank you for stopping by!