Mini Display Shelf for Vintage Mexican Kitchen Miniatures! The Destiny of Things, Story 548

Mini Display Shelf for Vintage Mexican Kitchen Miniatures!  The Destiny of Things, Story 548

Another creative Etsy buyer!  And the handmade mini display shelf turned out so amazingly cute!  BEFORE:

 The order included a rolling pin and rustic old style egg beater (molinillo), 2 green glazed clay mugs, 5 terracotta nesting bowl, one broke during childhood, 2 little baby mugs that fit into basket, a metal sifter and a teeny tiny vinegar bottle.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Here is the email I received:

I was so pleased and felt they deserved a place of honor in my dollhouse so I made this special shelf in which to display them as a set. It's nice to have unusual items, and these are exactly that. Thank you so much.

 AFTER:

Wow! What a beautiful unique display shelf for a dollhouse! It's totally amazing! Thank you for giving my childhood miniatures such a special home and new life! I totally appreciate it! 

 photo via Etsy buyer

I can't believe it!  An Etsy buyer thought my miniatures were so unique they built a special shelf for the set?   Yes, they did indeed!  And look at all the details and nooks and crannies!  I am so honored that my childhood mini's found a wonderful new life and home!  Thank you Etsy buyer!

When we were kids, every time we took a trip to Mexico, I'd get some miniatures for my collection.  I especially loved nesting dishes.  I had 3 different sets and this was my last one.

photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  I am getting down to the last of my childhood miniature collection and I'm not sure how I feel about it.  I'm conflicted if I just sit and think about it.  BUT, if I think in gratitude then I'm more on the joyful side that they have found a new life on the cutest little display shelf in an Etsy buyer's dollhouse!

What I Learned:

1.  Just when I thought I was comfortable about letting go of my hoard, some odd strange feelings about it return, like conflicted feelings, a tad of sadness and even a whole lot of anxiety!  I wonder what that's all about?  It's time to do some deep digging! 

2.  I think I know what it's about.... on one of our childhood trips to Mexico there was a stranger danger incident and I got away unharmed by hiding in the middle of some hanging clothes until the coast was clear.  I was separated from my parents for such a short time that they didn't even notice I was gone.

Maybe it was on the trip I got these, but I don't remember feeling this way about the other sets of nesting dishes that sold.

3.  That was a scary memory.  I am safe now and if anyone tried to kidnap me now I know what to do!  Just like I taught my third grade students about stranger danger!  Scream for help and run to a safe public place with people, if they take hold of your wrist, move your arm in a full circle to break away, if they are trying to get you into a vehicle hold on to your bike, so you won't fit through the door.  That's all I remember.  Time to brush up on safety and self defense class.

What do you do to feel safe?  I start off with focused breathing and then move to self talk and assess the situation for real danger or something that's bubbling up from the past....

These Mexican bolsa wood furniture pieces are about the last of my childhood doll house miniature collection, available here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Thank you Etsy buyer for taking the time to send me an update photo on the special shelf you made for my our your unique Mexican kitchen miniatures!  It's so amazingly cool!  Thank for your sharing and especially for the inspiration!  You are so talented!  And I love all the details you put into the shelf to make each piece have a prominent space in your unique doll house home!  I'd love to see the rest of your doll house!

 

Etsy buyers have been so kind about sending me update photos of how they give my hoard new lives and homes!  I have more to post and lots to catch up on!  Thank you Etsy buyers!  I just got another story about one of my textile art patches with a photo update from someone who's never hand stitched before and her mending turned out beautifully!  More on that next week!

Need some winter holiday floor cleaning miniatures?  Available here.

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

 

I've been working daily to add new listings to reach my goal of 185 listed items per shop. I've reached my goal of 185+ with 3 shops, almost 4.  Keep a look out at all 5 shops, I will be listing the rest of the next week! 

 

My goal for our new shop, Mending Ways was 24 listed items and I've listed 25, so my new listing goal for that shop is 40 listings total!  I have at least one new patches to list in the next week. 

 

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed weekly: HoarderRehab with 186 items, The Destiny of Things- 183 items, VintageToGoEasy - 187 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 186 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 25!

 

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

Maybe your doll needs some reading material after all that winter holiday cleaning! Available here.
Photo via Hoarder Rehab

 

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