Native American Butterfly Money Clip: The Destiny of Things, Story LXIX

Native American Butterfly Money Clip:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXIX

A new life being used as intended with it's new home in Texas!

Heirmont was very kind and happy to send his story and said, "It shall crack a happy smile once it arrives and bites into a thick big stack of BUCK$ sandwiched for me to remember you next time I return to shop in your nice store next..."

Too funny!  That made my day!  Thank you!

He's an etsy buyer turned seller and just opened his shop, Heirmont, check it out here. 

I bought this because it reminds me of the money clip my Grandmother used when I was a child.  It has the same type of butterflies in coral and turquoise on it, however I never used it to the extent she used hers and it ended up in my curio cabinet with my perfume collection and other things from my maternal and paternal grandparents. 


Now I'm allergic to metals, so it became part of my unused Native American hoard!  Not anymore, thanks to Heirmont!  Much of my Native American jewelry has sold, but there are several more pieces left here.

Saying Good-bye:  This piece tugged a little at my heart strings, since it reminds me of my Grandmother.  I had to remind myself that I can no longer use it due to allergies and that I've kept other things from my Grandmother that she used and then my mother used and now I have, like her key chain clip for her purse and her favorite scarf brooch.  You can see them here, scroll down about 1/3 of the page.


Also, it's becoming more of a habit to ask myself, what will I think or feel about this in six months?  There's hardly anything I remember selling from my hoard half a year ago!  I can think of just a couple of items!


What I Learned:


1.  As a recovering hoarder, practice does make letting go a whole lot easier and using two main questions as a tool to cope have helped me tremendously!  The other question being, "Does this bring me closer or further away from my goals?"  I started using these questions again in January 2013 after an long about epiphany I wrote about here. 


Everything in any of my three shops, VintageToGoEtsy, Hoarder Rehab, The Destiny of Things, need to be let go to bring me closer to my goals of a minimalist organic home with a music art room, instead of unused hoard storage!  I have to remind myself this as I list and package items from each shop daily!


2.  As a matter of fact, I must be a lot more focused on my goals now because a couple months ago, I could recite many items in all three shops that I didn't want to let go of despite my allergies or practical reasoning, but now there's only one.  And it's wishy washy at best!


Thank you Heirmont for your fun and  funny story and giving this Native American butterfly money clip a new life with you that will give you a big smile!  I love your shop, such eye candy photos!  especially the vintage games, in particular the Game of Scrabble in French!


Thank you Etsy for another funny and fun connection that has improved my life!


Thank you US, Russia, Germany, Indonesia, Poland, Qatar and Ukraine for stopping by!

Post Notes:  It's helpful to me to count my hoard collection!  So let me see about my Native American collection. Just from the shops it's approximately 40 counting pendants, rings and bracelets!  I have more that I can think of that's lost in my hoard.  I haven't counted my Taxco jewerly collection yet, those pieces are scattered about at each shop!


Other Stories about Native American items from my hoard!


1.  Five Cross Bracelet:  one of my favorite bangle's new life in Australia!


2.  Native American Souvenir Barrette:  one of my favorite barrettes from the 90s


3.  Twin of Something Blue for you:  Native American turquoise sand cast bracelet


4.  Cloud 9 to Corn from Heaven:  a small Native American bracelet I never received and forgot I bought due to hoard buying is replaced with a huge one!


5.  Native American stacked rings and bracelets:  more of my Native American collection!


6.  Native American Cross

Ethiopian Coptic Cross: The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVIII

Ethiopian Coptic Cross:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXXVIII

A story from EA with it's new life and home in France! 

EA said he'd been looking for this cross for a long time and if we ship to France.  When I asked him for a story, he said that the round crosses are rare and that it has important meaning to him.  He also mentioned that he hoped it will carry luck for him.

I have several Ethiopian type crosses, but this one interested me the most because of it's double circle and it's hinged. It looks like a cross with a star entwined around it and then enclosed with a halo. The outer design looks like people with joined hands around the world.

After I rediscovered it in the hoard and listed it, I thought it would make a great statement necklace with some African beads I have from childhood that were souvenir gifts from an aunt and uncle who went around the world for two years.

This cross inspired me to hunt down my childhood African bead collection which I haven't found yet.  I pictured this cross with green and cobalt blue beads with a tiny splash of red, but EA beat me to it!  Funny, just as I had written in the listing's Untold Destiny.  Read the original listing here.

Information I found interesting about the Ethiopian Coptic Cross:

1.  The original Coptic cross may have been influenced from the Coptic ankh^[1] symbol and was adopted by early Christian Gnostics, most notably Valentinus of Alexandria, Egypt or Eyptian ankh.  Today's cross has many different forms. The circle represents the eternal and everlasting love of God Christ's halo was commonly depicted with cross-based halo in the early and especially the eastern parts of Christianity. The full cross symbolizes Christ's crucifixion and resurrection.--wiki

2.  Ethiopian crosses are invariably made from elaborate lattice work. Hand crosses usually include a square at the base, which represents the Ark of the Covenant and both the Ark and the Cross bear the Shekinah (see Prince of Peace Cross). Geometric patterns are common in Ethiopian art and there is order and meaning in the intertwined lattice style. This represents everlasting life and also relates to the nature of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.----seiyaku.com

3.  The Etsyian who bought this wished me a lot of "Jah", so I looked that up too.  I found this:  Jah (pron.: /ˈdʒɑː/; Hebrew: יהּ‎ = Yah) is the shortened form of the divine name YHWH (also spelled Jehovah or Yahweh), an anglicized version of the Tetragrammaton (YHWH, Latin JHVH). The name is most commonly associated with the Rastafari movement or within the word hallelujah, although Christian groups may use the name to varying degrees. The name is used in some English Bible translations which reconstruct the Tetragrammaton. Other versions sometimes use the academic Hebrew reconstruction "Yah".---wiki

I also found that it means, "God" or the name of God and loosely translates to "I am Who I am". Yahoo answers.

Saying Good-bye:  I didn't have any memories, worries or dreams in this item, but it did remind me to dig up my childhood African Trade bead collection, which now reminds me of my Yoruba and Masai items that are also in my hoard.  I also have a camel doll from camel fur from my aunt and uncles travels too.  My brother got a handmade cross bow that had an attached small wooden or bone container that had a tooth topper and we were told it was for poisoned arrows.

What I Learned:

1.  It is getting easier to let go of things and I was able to painlessly donate some items!  However, since I've caught the stomach flu and experienced another negative transaction on etsy I've come to a standstill.  It's become clear to me that the negative transaction has nothing to do with me personally, but the person must be dealing with outside forces and reflecting them on me.

2. It's been scary and although I've reported the harassing incident, it was a trigger to disguised gifts and it has given me the opportunity to deal with some of my past.

3.  Even though I'm at a standstill today, I know I'll be able to move forward soon with more strength as I get well and move past bullying, insults and threats.

Thank you EA from France for your story and I hope the round cross you've found after looking for it for so long brings you the all the luck and opportunity you seek!  Thank you for giving this hoarded item a new life and a better home in France!

Thank you Etsy for another positive and interesting transaction that not only helped me let go of some of my hoarder history but provided many lessons to help me improve my life!

Thank you Russia, Germany, US, Ukraine, Belize, Ecuador, China, France and Mexico for being around the past several days while I recoup my health and supporting Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things!

Mending as a Creative Outlet, Story 1

Mending as a Creative Outlet, Story 1

In mid December I mended my favorite jeans to wear to the Autry Museum that had an exhibition curated by Bill Stern of the Museum of California Design.  His story is here and the Autry Museum one here.

 

This is the only picture I could find as a "before" picture with them ripped.  That's my Aunt's mink sweater that was handed down to me.  It has since sold, but her silver fox fur stole is still available here.

I had mended them several times over several wears, but each time they ripped the hole just got bigger!  Finally spent a good amount of time on them and it holds now.

Mending seems to be a creative outlet that calms me and takes my mind of my hoard and other stressful circumstances in my life.  It makes time stand still and feels quite the accomplishment afterwards!

I've patched this up many times, so this time I spent over a half hour making it super durable!  My sewing skills seem a little rusty and it looked like a patched up scar to me! 

I've always remembered Catherine McEver's  mend writing from her blog:  Stuff you Can't have  of Oakland, California.  About five years ago, when I was bed ridden sick I read her entire blog and was inspired by all her interesting projects, many with directions using found objects, stuff around the house and recycling art.

So I added this word:

These jeans not only remind me of how good it felt to do create with my hands, but also of the Autry.  I really got a lot of the California Designing Women, curated by Bill Stern who turned his collection of Vernonware into the Museum of California Design.  He emailed me his story--- from Vernonware Collection to Museum. 

I still remember how I had just that morning mended my jeans to wear to the Autry and I was too busy looking at everything to spend time listening to the video interviews.  I saw mr. oz listening to quite a few, but then someone blurted out to no one in particular, "Oh my god, that's my neighbor.  I didn't know she was an artist!"

So I went over there and started to listen.  Before I knew it, I had paper and pen and was taking notes! I had just mended my jeans to wear to the exhibit and it felt so good.  And to top it off, Gene Kavanaugh's words hit home when she said something like, "making things with your hands teaches your inside person something that's not explainable but transpires really being connected with yourself." I really wish I had spent more time listening to to all the artists.

Here is a shorter example of one of the interviews with Deborah Sussman here who loved and photographed Street Graphics.  She worked many years in the Eames office and later branched out with architects, like Frank Gehry using Super Graphics, as an Environmental Graphic Designer or Urban Brander.

---Insert picture of me wearing jeans here----

It's a challenge for me to do creative work because for some reason I need a lot of space and tend to leave incomplete projects out to rest or work on later and then the next day turns into a week or I start another project.  However, I can still remember how good it felt during and afterwards to mend those jeans!

Since mending my jeans, I have a small growing pile of other clothes to mend that I've been meaning to work on for the past four months. I'm going to set some time away from dehoarding the music art room and working on etsy, at least once a week to do some more creative work with my hands until the music art room is ready! 

I'll need to set up small projects that can be completed in an hour or two.  Wish me luck!

Thank you Germany, US, France, UK, Indonesia, India, Bulgaria, Canada, Israel, Pakistan and Poland for your support and visiting Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things!

What do you do that's so pleasant time just flies by?

From Hoarder to Hoarder: Chocolate Milk Caps: The Destiny of Things Story LXVII

From Hoarder to Hoarder:  Chocolate Milk Caps:  The Destiny of Things Story LXVII

I don't even know where to begin with this story!  I feel like I hit the jackpot with an abundant well of help!

These sets of chocolate milk caps sold like hot cakes and by accident.  Key words: chocolate ephemera or chocolate paper goods.  I just happened to choose these by color and they just happened to be mostly chocolate.

I have a large milk cap collection and I picked through and kept the ones I love, even though I have no idea what I was or am going to to with them.  I usually include one with the various other ephemera inside my "thank you" packages for etsy buyers, but there's a whole lot to either use or give away.  To make room, I decided it's best for me to let go of items I love but have no idea how to use.

I know it' sounds odd, that I have things I can't remember how I was going to use, but at the time I bought them I might have and now as a recovering hoarder these remind me of my grandmother and mother and the old days when their was a milk man who delivered milk to our door step every morning.

Which I can't actually remember, but vaguely remember through photos with the empty bottles by the door steps.  I have the photos some where in my hoard!

Imagine that happening now... boxed up with ice packs and who knows how many warning labels.

I listed these by color choice and my favorite is the Lime Punch Drink with the ingredient list, but they sold because they were chocolate!  Anyways...

The best part of this story is that another recovering HOARDER bought them for a chocolate collage project inspired by her brother for his blog!  So these chocolate milk caps will eventually have not one but two new lives and homes! and I more importantly I have a met a kindred spirit who is helping me by answering a litany of questions I've had brewing inside me!  Thank you Lin!

You can see her collage work at her shop, Rhody Art here , which she uses as therapy and you can read how she does that partly in her profile here or mostly on her blog here, On the Rhode to Art.

Here are parts of her email:

I myself am a recovering hoarder. The only way I could start my recovery was real cold turkey almost two years ago. And in the process ruthlessly abandoned at least 80% of what I had.

I wasn't as bad as what you see on the hoarding shows. But it was close in that I really did have only paths thru the clutter. And things were piled high. And I had to keep buying stuff because I couldn't find what I already had. And I couldn't clean adequately.

Anyway, it is still a battle but at least I am winning it. 

Kudos to Lin!  for overcoming the struggles and keeping an upper hand on hoard and for talking to me about it, answering all my questions and sharing so much with me these past several days!

Saying Good-bye: I had no attachments to these milk caps, since I had put aside my favorites and had even debated about asking for a story, but I'm so fortunate I did because I've found another recovering hoarder to talk to and I think it's like being in a support group!

What I Learned:

1.  I was going to sell my milk cap collection in mega amounts, but since Ashley from "Toothy Tooth Locket Necklace" showed me that some people are out to just buy what they need, I decided on six.  Also, milk caps seem to sell by topic, not by color scheme, but I'm still unsure about that.

More sets of 6 milk tops by color scheme here at The Destiny of Things.  Let me know, if you'd rather have some by topic, orange or grape juice, milk, buttermilk, etc. and I'll make a different listing.

2.  I felt a little weird asking for a story over six bottle tops, but no story or thing is too small to have meaning because I never know what might come out of it.  For instance, I got so much out of six small bottle tops, like another recovering hoarder to talk with, perhaps a better way to group and sell my bottle top collection, another story collected for my own recovery and who knows what else!

3.  I need to stop buying things because they are nostalgic and subconsciously remind me of an experience or someone.

4.  Her story and my story sound familiar, however I've tried the cold turkey many times and it just keeps boomeranging back, sometimes in greater amounts, like a bad diet gone wrong!  The last time I purged 90% of my things.  I had decided to start fresh and new and only took 10 things with me... but that's another story in back draft.

Currently my boxes are stacked with tiny paths to barely maneuver around in the music art room.  I don't have to re-buy stuff I already have because I can still  find it, but I can spend hours searching for something, which ends up taking more time because I organize along the way, sometimes expanding the clutter!  It can get like Pandora's box in there!

All in all, I feel like I'm winning the battle too!

Thank you Lin from Rhody Art for sending me more than a story!  Visit her shop here, she makes something for everyone, collage art for under $10, funny cards, fridge magnets and more!  If anything you'll find a smile on your face as I did!

Thank you for the book recommendation I will definitely check it out, "Overcoming Compulsive Hoarding: Why You Save and How You Can Stop!"

Thank you Etsy for yet another connection and insider help towards my Hoarder Rehab from another recovering hoarder, as well as dispersing my hoard to new lives and better homes and bringing me closer to my dream of a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room!

Thank you US, UK, Germany, Austria, India, Poland, Australia, China, Mexico, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Canada, Ukraine, Philippines, Italy and Slovakia for your visits the past several days and supporting my Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things!


Other Stories from Self-Proclaimed Hoarders and Not:

1.  Day of the Dead Calavera Skull Beads

2.  As a Hoarder I am Not Alone, Today's Hoarder Rehab Epiphany #3

3.  There are plenty more I've read in Etsyians profiles, but I didn't keep track of them!

4.  The Peterson Museum:  Garages for American Clutter

5.  Hoarding as the New American Epidemic! at least in my neighborhood

Ecko Manual Hand Mixer: The Destiny of Things, Story LXVI

Ecko Manual Hand Mixer:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXVI

It's always a surprise to find how and where a story is going to come from!  So much for so little!

I was sick as a dog moping around the house in a kind of bump into the walls-pounding head cold-zombie stupor, when I finally made myself go check my etsy shops with promises of non stop window shopping for anything to my heart's delight!

I went from each of my shops and favorited stuff left and right for about three days straight.  I couldn't even blog.... when Leanne knocked me out of head cold stupor by thanking me for favoriting her shop, rubydog's art house!  and was yearning for the manual hand mixer in VintageToGoetsy asking if I ship out of country!

That got me going and I asked for a story and she gave one and said  that I could use her "no" story!

So ordered item #238 of my Hoarder History's new life is a member of her 50s kitchen with a better home in a cozy kitchen in Canada!  What 50s kitchen, isn't cozy?

Thank you Leanne of rubydog art house for your "no" story!  I love it!  A little goes a long way for me!

I never know what memories are inside one of my hoarded items until I let it go, at least so far----it seems to work that way for me, I don't seem to think about it while I have it, but when it's about to leave or I talk to the person about it, their story reminds me of mine!  Emailing Leanne about various subjects, let out all these memories!

It spent hours and years in my classroom.  It's probably taught every subject possible!  From recipe instructional reading to step by step writing instructions. Math: as in how long is 30 seconds or one minute because that's when your time is up and it's the next student's turn!  And if we all take a turn how many minutes did we mix?

To several chemistry lessons on a liquid to a solid with green eggs and ham! and a liquid to a solid as cream to butter.  It's even been in races!  Which is faster making ice cream with a manual beater or shaking it in a zip loc bag for 5-10 min? Mechanical science of gears and wheels, to how does this work without a battery or electricity?  History:  how did people live without electricity and batteries?

I could go on with my handy dandy hand mixer, but there's one more different memory!

After teaching and I parted ways, I kept on using it!  This was not just well loved in the classroom, but in my kitchen too!  I used it at least once weekly when I had a care free life full of gluten!  It's made me years of countless batches of Rice Crispy cookies, chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, poppy seed cupcakes with lemon butter frosting and pancakes galore, that is....until I became gluten intolerant!

Saying Good-bye: I was so happy when I found out it was going to be an addition to a 50s kitchen and reminded someone of being a kid!  Made me start calculating how many students will remember that egg mixer in the same way...

What I Learned:

1.  I never know who I might meet on etsy or where a story is going to pop up!  and talking to Leanne helped me realize that I will most likely not return to teaching, at least not in this life!  I had basically made up my mind about it, but talking to someone else was like smoothing out a tiny wrinkle on a table cloth.

2.   It's so weird that my memory doesn't really get kick start until I start writing about the item that is leaving.  So Leanne's no story turned into my big story!

3.  How has this helped me end my hoarding ways?  I've had my suspicions about being gluten intolerant for over 10 years now and the past three have been gluten free.  When I accidentally have gluten, I get several to many symptoms depending on the dose and one of them is anxious nervousness!

I know consuming gluten doesn't help end my hoarding because I now know that one of my hoarding triggers is buying when I'm too stressed.  Buying whatever catches my eye or I love at the moment or brings back a good memory just to release the stress and take it all away.

4.  What do I do now when I'm itching to buy?  I try and wait at least a week.  I am so surprised at how some stuff I thought I couldn't live without for a day aren't nearly as appealing in a week or two.  And if I still want it in a couple of weeks, I set it up as a reward for dehoarding or any other bad habit I'm trying to quit!

So here's my future rubydog art house rewards, which sent me somewhere giving me a clue into my unknown life:

This is the Artist Trading Card pack I love!  There are 15 patterns to a package already pre-cut for me to use!  See the rest of the samples here!

I already know which 15 I would use too!

She has many different sets to ooh and ahh over!

I love these zodiac envelopes and found them while I was searching for my latest obsession... Daruma stickers or fabric!

I know, I know... I've been asking myself, how will I use them and where will I store them?

After posting my top favorites, it looks like the Universe is telling me that I may enjoy making Artist Trading cards!

She gives information on where to see how to make them and where to swap them!

Yes, I  looked over almost everything in her shop!

Look what you can do with a blank slide mount here !  Yep, slide mounts are on my list now too!

and sushi grass here!

The envelopes come with these stickers or you can buy them separately.  Either way they are priced right with compatible shipping to the US!

You know me, a bargain can be my downfall as a recovering hoarder!  So watch out over there!

There's so much more on my wish list, but I'll end it here with this Asian mixed package of hell notes and Joss papers.  Which to me is a "must have", since I know I'm going to be burning some of these at my Hoarder Rehab's last good-bye!

It's traditional for some Chinese to burn these at a funeral to bypass Hell!

I could have used some of these earlier to bypass some of the pain of letting go of my hoard!

Although it looks like Artist Trading cards may be in my future now since my music art room is getting more tangible and way more doable!

Take a visit to rubydog art house, there's so much to see with ideas included.  There's a whole lot of inspiration going on over there!


She told me there's a lot more not listed and takes requests, like postage stamps from everywhere and every time, 1800's court documents, early 1900's ledger pages, old invoices and playing cards and postcards coming out of her ears and Victorian trade cards and microfiche and origami paper and tiny playing cards and all kinds of Bingo cards Letraset sheets and odds and sods and bits and pieces.

Thank you Leanne, your "no" story turned into my ever long story.  I guess I'm feeling better now!  Maybe I just had to release a few more memories, or get inspired by Artist Trading cards ephemera or smooth out the last wrinkle in a lingering decision or find some bargains or be reminded how close my dream of a music art room is becoming!

Also, thank you for the "Happy Dehoarding" wishes and that I'm your new inspiration!  I never ever thought that would happen on my journey!

Check out rubydog art house here and her wide eclectic selection of desirable vintage artifacts and paper, just as I did a few days ago!  She not only has experience as a stock broker, but has 8+ years in the mortar brick store life while running workshops with collage and altered art artists.  Such daring contrasts creates inspiration!  Her eye for color, pattern and the curiously interesting is in tune with mine!

Thank you etsy for another remarkable connection that gave me so much and I in return gave out some dehoarding inspiration!  The recovering hoarder days just keep getting more positive as the dark spots become tiny spots of the past!

Thank you US, Germany and Australia for your visits as my Hoarder Rehab adventures via VintageToGoetsy bring more stories about The Destiny of Things!


Other Kitchenware From the 50s:

1.  One never knows where a collection will take you, from dishes to museum:  Vernonware Plaid Mix and Bill Stern

2.  "Happy Birthday" Hostess Hellerware Pastry Stand: and my second story

3.  Large Refrigerator Dish:  my first emailed story from out of the blue and heart felt

4.  Square Tea Cup and Saucer: from one Sebring Ivory fan to another

5.  Grandmother's Measuring Cups: my mistake turns into joy

6.  Tea for Two :  50s snack plates to symbolize clarity

7.  Supersized Pyrex Refrigerator Food Storage Dishes:  took me years to find all these thinking I now had a complete set!

Most Read Story of the Week:  The Nautical Wallet Birthday Gift

Most Read Story of the Month:  Miswak Stick, the Organic Toothbrush Review

All Time Most Read:  My Louis Vuitton Collection:  the end of mine to the beginning of hers

Small Miraculous Medal: The Destiny of Things, Story LXV

Small Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXV

I asked for a story and I got one!  Thank you DR for answering and giving a piece of my Hoarder History a new life and better home!

The story by email from DR:

I have a very good friend who has an online shop. She makes beautiful vintage style jewelry, so I love to find her little trinkets that she could use. I will revisit your shop again and thank you for parting with some of your treasures.

Saying Good-bye:  Another Etsyian taking the the time to share a story, give a gift to a good friend, leave me some encouraging words and thank me for parting with my hoarded treasures!

Even better this is from one good friend to another and one of them is going to breath new life into this Miraculous Mary medal!  I wonder how beautiful it's transformation will be turned into vintage style jewelry.

What I Learned:

1.  This is the best therapy ever!  My hoard leaves at a slow enough pace, so I have time to reconcile whatever it is in it.  It's less expensive than conventional therapy by far!  And best of all, not only does my hoard get new lives of better use and homes of appreciation, but I get thanked for my little hoarded treasures!  I would have never dreamed of someone else being thankful of my hoard and I don't think it would have happened in conventional therapy.

Nor did I think my hoard would become gifts, but now they've become many different things.

2.  I am so thankful and happy with my hoard at this moment!  I think I've finally realized how my hoard is giving me a positive side as I move through to the other side of my Hoarder Rehab!  I am moving through the darkness into the light now and it feels better than I ever imagined!  It feels like joy, grace and gratitude all mixed into one place!

How many new lives and homes will this little Miraculous Mary medal discover?

Thank you DR for your story that fell into the right place at the right time!  I would welcome an update on the little Miraculous medal's transformation after your good friend works her magic on it!

Thank you Etsy for my adventures through my Hoarder Rehab and giving me so much!  Like connections with other kind people, new lives and better homes for my hoard, lessons for a better different way of life and meeting such interesting supportive non judgmental people!

Thank you US, Finland, Germany, India and Singapore for your visits and being part of my Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things! 

All three of my etsy shops have various religious medals and crosses from my hoard of religious artifacts to jewelry collection.  To see them click on each shop name, VintageToGoetsy, Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things.  Thank you!

To see my handmade religious folk art made from sterling silver charms, milagros and beads, click here!


 Other Miraculous Medal Stories:

1.  Pocket Rosary for Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story LI 

 

2. Miraculous Medal:   Rear View Mirror Religious Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXXVIII

3. With information on the origins of the Miraculous medal: Hans Vilhelm Hansen's Version of  St. Laboure's Miraculous Medal:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXXVI 

 

Stories about Saint medals:

1.  A Mighty Circular Destiny as Infinity Story:  The Destiny of Things XLIII:  Saint Christopher medal

 

2.  Intentions for B. Maugerite Bourgeyeos Beatification Charm:  The Destiny of Things, Story XXVI 

 

3.  Mortician Religious Medals: The Destiny of Things, Story XXIII:  Notre Dame Lourdes Medals 

 

4.  Saint Patrick:  Irish Themed Rosary for St. Patty's Day

Small Windowsill Planters: The Destiny of Things, Story LXIV

Small Windowsill Planters:  The Destiny of Things, Story LXIV

Signs of Spring are here!  An Etsyian shared her story about my, her, our planters!

An email about shipping brought this one sentence and the one sentence went a long way as a recovering hoarder letting go of my stuff:

"These will be great on my kitchen window sill for my sprouting seeds for salads."

Thank you DF for the tidbit of information.  I am so happy to hear that two of these planters new lives will be growing a salad!  with their new home being a kitchen windowsill!

I've used these in many ways over the years, originally bought to use in team tables to grow from seed to bloom with each group in charge of taking care of it.  I did try these at home before I was going to use them in the classroom.  I used egg shells as little pots with drainage holes, used cotton as soil and added some seeds so students could watch them take root and sprout.

Later as coffee table decor displaying my shell or rock collection.  As desk organizer for pens, pencils and other doodads.  Also as simple table decor for any occasion.

Saying Good-bye:  I am happy these have found a new life growing sprouts for salad!  Maybe in the winter they'll grow sprouts for soup toppings!  I love the idea of them being a kitchen windowsill planter!

I have a large area for growing plants over my kitchen sink and it's not a very lovely sight, since it's overcrowded with many white planters.  I just counted 10 planters! 

They are growing chives, cilantro and tomato.  I never noticed how unsightly and overcrowded my sink area looked with all the planters until DF indirectly brought this story to my attention!  Thank you!

I can imagine how beautiful hers will look in their new home with a useful life of holding baby lettuce, arugula and herbs!

What I Learned:

1.  Letting go is still easy and painless and I have moved on to spending more time clearing and organizing the music art room to be able to put some shelving up!  (Until this TKO head cold knocked me out!)

2.  It's so much easier for me to concentrate on my "hoarded" items new life and home now and how it's bringing me closer to my dream of a Minimalist Organic home with a music art room, instead of dwelling the loss and pain of it leaving!  No more heavy hesitation and doubts!  No more seller's remorse!  Now my memories, worries, dreams and loss in the items are processed and dealt with almost instantly.

Thank you DF for leaving me with a tad of information of how these will add beauty and function into your life, especially your kitchen and salads!  Everyone can use a little changing green view while doing the dishes!

Thank you Etsy for your support as I seem to be moving into a new phase of my Hoarder Rehab adventure where letting go is no longer a woeful process, but as I dreamed it's becoming instant straight full gratitude, instead of conflict and bittersweet seller's remorse!  Just as I wrote in my first posting, paragraph 5 here!

I've come a long ways since October 11, 2012 and want to express my gratitude to everyone involved!  Thank you!

Thank you US, UK, France, Poland, Ukraine, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Finland, Japan, Latvia,Thailand, Russia and anyone else I might have missed--- for joining me the past several days keeping my Hoarder Rehab:  The Destiny of Things company, while I battle out the flu!

PS.  Four more planters are still available here at The Destiny of Things and some my vase and planter collection is available here at VintageToGoetsy!