12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes DIY International passport travel bon voyage theme birthday party invitations vintage retro style stationery, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Here is her note:
Later she ordered more letting me know that people had written thank you notes to put inside the envelopes and she was going to pass them out during the Honor Flight.
What is an Honor Flight? An Honor Flight is conducted by non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials of the respective war they fought in Washington, DC, at no cost to the veterans. Wikipedia
That is so cool! I wonder which non profit Honor Flight she was volunteering for? We had several WW2 Veterans in our family, but they have since passed. One of my Great Uncles was a soldier when Dachau was liberated and was able to record his story at a non profit center and his name and other family Veteran's names are on the "Go For Broke" monument in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California.
I wish he was able to go on an Honor Flight, but I'm thankful that other Veteran's are being honored with flights to see the memorials of the war they fought for us and receive personal thank you letters for their services.
12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes DIY International passport travel bon voyage theme birthday party invitations vintage retro style stationery, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMoreHere is another great idea on how to use these from a different Etsy buyer:
I purchased these envelopes for my mom's 60th birthday. I'm having people from her past and present.... a total of 60 people write memories and or birthday blessings for her and stuffing the letters in these envelopes and putting them in a decorative box to give to her on her special day. Thank you so much for having these available to help this come to life 😀
What a heartfelt and unique way to remember someone for their birthday with memories and/or birthday blessings. I've only used these for pen pals and haven't done so since childhood, but if I ever need to throw a birthday, moving overseas party or bon voyage party, I'd want add memories, well wishes and thank you's too!
12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes DIY International passport travel bon voyage theme birthday party invitations vintage retro style stationery, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Saying Goodbye: I used to have a stash of these for myself, but not anymore! I just use 1 or 2 a year for International mail and sometimes use them as pocket pages in a homemade journal to hold little things. So thankful I'm not hoarding these or other airmail envelopes anymore, however.... I am still hoarding used envelopes! especially the kind with neato security designs on the inside!
I'm saving them because one day I think I'm going to either make more collages or make a garland with them!
What I Learned:
1. I have more ideas than time to complete all the projects whirling around in my little head! So I better get going! But that means less blogging, which is my time to share all the creative things from Etsy buyers combined with my Hoarder Rehab therapy.
Cut down on my Etsy time. I wouldn't mind eliminating some of my Etsy chores, like cross marketing, but maybe there is a way to cut down on the Etsy chores. I like new listing, except I do take a long time researching my items and inspecting for flaws and such, but I could spend less time writing descriptions! Let's see what gives!
2. I could hire some people to complete my projects, like the guy in "Exit Through the Gift Shop" did. I wonder how he found those people and how did he have enough resources to pay them? Maybe I could hire a cleaning service to clean my house and spend less time cooking, so I have more time for my projects!
3. I did spend this Sunday, cleaning up the living room that looked like Pandora's box exploded, just so the floor could get vacuumed and one could sit on the couch! And I did the same with the second room, that is one day going to be an art music room, instead of the hoard storage space!
Now as a recovering hoarder that is a huge feat! because the first sign of when my hoarding is getting bad is, "where is the floor?" If I am walking through little pathways through a maze to get through the living room, then it's time to reevaluate!
4. I did open my own Pandora's box of hoard when a family member suddenly passed and I was looking all over for his childhood art that he had given me as a kid. And guess what? That was a year ago! It doesn't seem like it's been a year, but I had to give up looking for it last Sunday and put everything away and off the floor to get ready for the end of Chinese Lunar New Year.
5. The American and Japanese New Year have the same date and I'm never ready for it. I'm usually ready it for by March, which includes spring cleaning, burning all the unnecessary important papers, and starting my resolutions that I usually write by the New Year. This year I'm compromising by trying to get it all done by the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which ends this February 19th, so far I'm ahead of schedule!
How do you make more time for yourself? I think I'll try cutting down on some Etsy time, look into a cleaning service and get less sleep and get back to waking up at 3 am.
I still haven't done anything with my purge pile except to decide to let it go to a donation station. It's on my "to do" list and it's got to go soon!
"Learning how to use it, instead of being used by it." as it relates to my hoard. Author unknown.
Happy Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year officially begins on February 5th, 2019, and ends on February 19th. You've still got time to get ready!
I'm saving them because one day I think I'm going to either make more collages or make a garland with them!
Here is a triangle or rhombus garland made from the inside of security envelopes. I prefer the round ones, but this one fits in a matchbox! If you need an ek rhombus triangle paper puncher to make these, there is one available here. Photo via google
What I Learned:
1. I have more ideas than time to complete all the projects whirling around in my little head! So I better get going! But that means less blogging, which is my time to share all the creative things from Etsy buyers combined with my Hoarder Rehab therapy.
Cut down on my Etsy time. I wouldn't mind eliminating some of my Etsy chores, like cross marketing, but maybe there is a way to cut down on the Etsy chores. I like new listing, except I do take a long time researching my items and inspecting for flaws and such, but I could spend less time writing descriptions! Let's see what gives!
2. I could hire some people to complete my projects, like the guy in "Exit Through the Gift Shop" did. I wonder how he found those people and how did he have enough resources to pay them? Maybe I could hire a cleaning service to clean my house and spend less time cooking, so I have more time for my projects!
3. I did spend this Sunday, cleaning up the living room that looked like Pandora's box exploded, just so the floor could get vacuumed and one could sit on the couch! And I did the same with the second room, that is one day going to be an art music room, instead of the hoard storage space!
Now as a recovering hoarder that is a huge feat! because the first sign of when my hoarding is getting bad is, "where is the floor?" If I am walking through little pathways through a maze to get through the living room, then it's time to reevaluate!
This looks like a cute airmail adventure journal for someone who went to Oahu! I like the daily tabs for all her voyage days! Photo via I'm not sure due to the language barrier, but you can visit here.
12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes for your nest travel journal, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
4. I did open my own Pandora's box of hoard when a family member suddenly passed and I was looking all over for his childhood art that he had given me as a kid. And guess what? That was a year ago! It doesn't seem like it's been a year, but I had to give up looking for it last Sunday and put everything away and off the floor to get ready for the end of Chinese Lunar New Year.
5. The American and Japanese New Year have the same date and I'm never ready for it. I'm usually ready it for by March, which includes spring cleaning, burning all the unnecessary important papers, and starting my resolutions that I usually write by the New Year. This year I'm compromising by trying to get it all done by the end of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which ends this February 19th, so far I'm ahead of schedule!
How do you make more time for yourself? I think I'll try cutting down on some Etsy time, look into a cleaning service and get less sleep and get back to waking up at 3 am.
She looks like she has closed the envelopes and are using them as pages to write her adventures. Photo via I'm not sure due to the language barrier, but you can visit here. 12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes DIY International travel bon voyage journal or make one for a bon voyage gift available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
Thank you Etsy buyers from JunkDrawerAndMore for sharing your stories and inspiring and motivating me to spend more time making my ideas come true! I love your Honor Flight air mail envelopes for thank you letters to Veterans to read while they fly to their perspective memorials.
And your Mom must have had a delightful 60th birthday party with 60 airmail envelopes full of letters with memories, blessings and thank yous, as keepsakes and to read over and over for the rest of her her life! I am thankful to be a tiny part of your way to make your Mom's birthday so special!
I'm still loving my new vocation, but it seems with the clearing the floor and cleaning for the Lunar New Year, I haven't had much time for it much, except for the buying part! lol.
Also I've been doing a lot of laundry because most of it's either dirty or smells like heavy duty laundry detergent and/or must. Luckily it's been raining a lot over here, so it's possible to rain wash and air dry some of it. I'll be trying Quilter's Rule soap soon and Odoban and I hope Odoban isn't one of those sprays that just masks the smell with another smell. Oh, the things I can buy out of desperation!
Fun place cards or name cards for wedding or dinner guests. Inside, you could add a menu and thank you note for your guests and some little wedding favors, like photos, fortune fish, here and raffle tickets, here to keep them busy, especially children, til food is served.
My goal of listing on each shop until each has 180 items is back on! Sales for January and February are still a roller coaster ride, but I haven't really been paying attention anymore, since I'm busy getting ready for the Lunar New Year and my new vocation.
We are having 20% off sales at all our shops at the moment. They are kind of rolling shop sales, which just seemed to happen, so I think JunkDrawerAndMore's sale will be ending soon.
I'm still struggling with taking little baby steps to change my thinking about abundance, profits and how much my time is worth and pricing, etc and my new thinking of being more of service with labors of love towards Etsy and the world in general and I feel as though it's in conflict these past few weeks.
I still find myself backsliding to how much my time is worth, especially when I'm new listing and researching the item. Pricing and our hourly wage is the hardest for me to set and it fluctuates between volunteering my time to what used to be my teacher hourly wage, lol. I need a new or no reference guide now, but I'm not sure how to figure that out yet.
My new love for making textile art automatically sets my priorities for me in a way I never imagined. Some of it's on Hoarder Rehab in the handmade by me section, here. And the best part is that it's been finding "forever homes." I am so thankful the 2 custom listings were happy sales and have already come and gone!
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed weekly: HoarderRehab with 181items, The Destiny of Things- 178 items, VintageToGoEasy - 175 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 174 items.
Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home! Thanks for looking!
Need a date stamp for your travel journal, you could pre date stamp it ahead or International letter writing? Available here, photo via Hoarder Rehab
Happy Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year officially begins on February 5th, 2019, and ends on February 19th. You've still got time to get ready!
Wedding invites or your Lunar New Year thank you notes! 12 or 40+ Airmail envelopes DIY International passport travel bon voyage wedding party invitations, available here. Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
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