Friday, January 20, 2017

Flamingo Party & DIY Pineapple Favors: The Destiny of Things, Story 431

Flamingo Party & DIY Pineapple Favors:  The Destiny of Things, Story 431

Etsy buyers are so creative!  Here is another example......  BEFORE:

 20, 25, or 30 ALL YELLOW or mixed color empty gumball vending machine capsules, available here

Here is the fun creative note I received and photo:

She is having a flamingo pool party & I thought these little pineapple things are too cute to have in the party favor bags! Will probably fill them with yellow skittles!!!!


How inspirational are those cute little pineapples? and I love all the details, like the tiny Thank You tag added on to it!  Is it a sticker?  Also love the little "x" details on them too!  The one sitting in the very front looks like it's so happy!

The pink and yellow make such a cool color themed flamingo pool party, as seen with the skittles.  One would need the pink skittles around the pineapple party favors to make them stand up as they are shown for table confetti. 

All one color in amounts of 10 or 20, red for Valentine's, pink for Easter and pinch proof green for St Patrick's day, available here
Let us know if you need a different color option.  Right now, we have 9 different color options: blue, white, black, yellow, red, pink, green, purple and orange.

Saying Goodbye:  More of my favorite hoard that has become one of our popular items.  I've been collecting different colors since college and used to use them for storing my jewelry by color, all earrings in blue capsules, rings in red, etc.

However, since I am now allergic to most metal jewelry I started to let them go and others have found many different creative ways to use them too! 

If you need larger amounts in mixed color of 50 or 100, they are available here.  If you need a large "all one color" amount of over 30, please email us and see if we have it available, right now we do, but these sell out fast, so it's best to check with us first.  Right now, we have 9 different color options: blue, white, black, yellow, red, pink, green, purple and orange.
photo via Hoarder Rehab

What I Learned:

1.  I am so grateful that some of my hoard have become our top selling items!  And many of them are my favorite things, like these gumball capsules.

2.  These could be turned into all kinds of fruits, besides pineapples, another Etsy buyer turned them into little apples for her Back to School bento lunches.  Another painted them into Pokemon balls and one used blue capsules for her son's Batman themed birthday party.

3.  Since I've been collecting all different colors and shades since college, I have my own stash and have been using them to hold much of my childhood jewelry that I can't let go or actually no one would want, like my champion hop scotch throwing bracelet!

One day I'll remember to take a photo of them in my gumball machine.

4.  I use these all the time at all 4 of our  Etsy shops, mostly to ship out jewelry because these seem to be indestructible while in the care of USPS!  And most people find it fun to open while it bring back nostalgic memories and makes new ones!

  St Patrick's day colors of "Kiss me I'm Irish" green and orange or Mardi Gras colors of purple green and orange or purple green and yellow, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Thank you Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things for taking the time to share your story with an inspirational photo for others to get ideas from.  Happy Birthday to your daughter, sounds like this will be one to remembered forever.
 
Also very motivating for me to continue on my Hoarder Rehab journey and to keep trying different things until I find alternatives to my hoarding.
 
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!  I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways.
 
 10+ Ninja Turtle color emtpy gumball vending machine capsules, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

We just got some pastel color gumball vending machine capsules in today!  We have capsules listed at all our shops but the pastels are listed at Hoarder Rehab and JunkDrawerAndMore.  Just click on the shop names and do a search for pastel capsules or whatever color theme available or email us and we will do our best to make your color theme come true.
 
They also are perfect for wedding exit containers for confetti, rice or seeds, pinata fillers, table confetti, the middle prize for surprise balls, cracker snap filler toys, fairy lights, to hold your cupcake sprinkle toppers for parties with those with different food needs, like nut topping for those that can't have sugar sprinkles, gluten free cupcake sprinkles, etc.

I am diligently new listing and relisting daily!  With a lot more coming soon!
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 173 items, The Destiny of Things- 179 items, VintageToGoEasy - 179 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 174 items.  
 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 Dr Seuss: Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, patriotic, carnival, circus, Thomas the Train themed colors, available here

Related Stories:  Other creative uses and ideas with update photos!

1.    Gumball Capsules into Kawaii Cute Bento Box Accessory:  The Destiny of Things, Story 240 See an update photos of these made into little apples!








4+ chenille Easter chicks in gumball capsules, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab 

Thank you readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things by taking part with your visits! 

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Loteria Card Art Mexican Folklore Ancestor Nicho: The Destiny of Things, Story 430

Loteria Card Art Mexican Folklore Ancestor Nicho:  The Destiny of Things, Story 430

An Etsy buyer is building a small nicho for her ancestors with my loteria art!

Loteria art cards, one or more or all, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Here is the kind note I received:

Hello,
I just wanted to thank you again for the package! I want to build my own small nicho for my abuela and my dad. I am spanish but have always been fascinated with mexican folklore. Thank you again.
Best,
S

I've made another loteria art card set and they come with a box,
in case you want to make your own shrine or store them, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Here is what I wrote back:

Hi S!

Thank you so much for sharing your story! I am so happy to hear that my art might be included with your nicho for your abuela and dad. What a great way to honor your ancestor

Best to you too!
Kennedy 

PS. I'd love to see your nicho when it's done. I've made many in the past too, incorporating all the religions in my family. 

Of course, I wish to be a fly on her wall to see her nicho completed for her abuela and dad, but I understand some things are private.

Back in the 80s to 90s, I made Day of the Dead nichos and ofrendas for many years to honor and remember my ancestors.  We have many different religions in our family, at least 5 off the top of my head and used their artifacts to make nichos, ofrendas, shrines and alters to honor my ancestors and events.

I've made another loteria art card set and they come with a box,
in case you want to make your own shrine or store them, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Saying Goodbye:  I hope to find my handmade ofrendas again one day, but most of the copper ones I bought back then have sold, however I have not found my handmade nichos (shrines) and ofrendas (like a shadow box to hold a collection of objects and photos of your ancestors things).

Copper nicho ofrenda with glass door with interchangeable loteria card art and loteria gift box, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

What I Learned:

1.  I wanted to explain how to use a nicho or ofrenda and their differences, but I am not feeling well and will have to do it for a later blog post.

2.  I used to make shrines and alters all the time back in the 80s and 90s, especially for Veteran's and Memorial Day because I had so many relatives who fought during World War II and would place their photos with special objects I had from them.  

3.  I still make little impromptu alters and shrines, but they are more like little temporary mixed media art collections or vignettes.  Right now, I have one for my favorite and happiest pet, Spidey.  It has a framed photo of him, his leash, some cute dog erasers, mini bone bead, an angel card and burning candles.

4.  These little shrines and alters help me work through my grief and remind me of happy memories.  They are fun to make and beautiful to look at with all the special meaningful photos and keepsakes.

How do you honor your ancestors?  I honor mine with shrines and alters I make and whatever religion they were, I honor that too with a prayer, affirmation, burning incense, a lit candle and what ever else I can remember and honor them with.

Perhaps you'd like to make your own loteria nichos, garlands, gift tags, boxes cupcake toppers and more, here is an entire set of 54 loteria cards with the traditional riddles on the back and 10 game boards, available here

Thank you Etsy buyer from VintageToGoEasy for sharing your story and leaving me inspired to start making nichos and ofrendas again.
 
Also very motivating for me to continue on my Hoarder Rehab journey and to keep trying different things until I find alternatives to my hoarding
 
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!  I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways.
 
 Here is a slightly different loteria set because they don't have the riddles on the back of them, they just have plain plaid background, available here

Most of the ofrendas (decorative copper wall art shadow boxes with glass doors and interchangeable art cards) with my loteria art cards in them are at VintageToGoEasy here, in the category of religious artifacts or here in the category, handmade by me for you or at HoarderRehab in the category of Mexico to you, here.

All of my loteria art cards and mini art can be found at all 4 shops in every "Handmade by me for you," categories.

I am still new listing and relisting daily!  With a lot more coming soon!
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 173 items, The Destiny of Things- 178 items, VintageToGoEasy - 177 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 173 items.  
 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 I call this my deluxe loteria heart card art with loteria box for storage or to make into a DIY shrine or alter, available here
 
Related Stories:
 
See examples of Day of the Dead table centerpieces, cupcake toppers, wedding garland for place card seating and more here:  Day of the Dead Wedding Loteria Box Centerpiece Idea:  The Destiny of Things, Story 409
 
 
2.  Loteria Mexican Bingo Game Wedding Crafts:  The Destiny of Things, Story 188, here
3.  Day of the Dead skull beads cake topper:   The Destiny of Things:  Day of the Dead Calavera Skull Beads, Story V

 
Thank you readers from all over the world who continue to support my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things by taking part with your visits! 
 
 Happy and Healthy Wednesday!
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Friday, January 13, 2017

Vintage 70s Mustard Yellow Cameo Choker: The Destiny of Things, Story 429

Vintage 70s Mustard Yellow Cameo Choker:  The Destiny of Things, Story 429

Some people can visualize so well!  GNO?

The cameo choker above has sold out, but here are some DIY jewelry parts with a different cameo, so you can make one yourself, available here.
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Here is the imaginative note I received:

Thank you so much for my necklace I absolutely love it! I was looking for something unusual to go with a burgundy velvet dress I was planning to wear for our girls night out next month. This will be perfect!

The cameo choker above has sold out, but here are some DIY jewelry parts with a different cameo, so you can make one yourself, available here.
photo via VintageToGoEasy

If I remember correctly, I think this went to the UK and she made a short internet visit all the way to the US to find something unusual for her "Girls Night Out!"  The first time someone told me they were going to use one of my purchases for a GNO, I had no idea what it meant!  How fun it must be to make special purchases just for your "Girl's Night Out!"

And I would have never guessed that a mustard yellow choker would go so well with a burgundy velvet dress!  but ever since she mentioned it, I can imagine the most perfect unusual match ever!

The cameo choker above has sold out, but here are some DIY jewelry parts with a different cameo, so you can make one yourself, available here.
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Saying Goodbye:  I've never been a fan of cameo jewelry and were given these pieces.  Now if someone made personalized cameos of my mom or my grandmother's or even Frida Kahlo (or other women I admire) I might find them more interesting, but until then, I think these are the last of the cameo jewelry and/or findings I have left in my hoard.

I think the pink sisterly love cameo fits perfectly on top of the white filigree metal piece and then that can be sewn on to a length of velvet ribbon, however I forgot to take a pix of them like that.
 DIY jewelry parts with a different cameo, so you can make one yourself, available here.
photo via VintageToGoEasy

What I Learned:

1.  Some people have such a good imagination for matching things.  I do not, until I see them together, so that might be why I have so much hoard.  I think pieces are going to go well together in my mind and then when I go to try it, they don't go well at all!

I'm usually just slightly off when matching different color shades or it just doesn't feel right once I have the items together.  I'm a trial by error type, but I have been practicing visualization techniques, especially since I've been spending more time meditating, so there is hope for me! 

2.  I have a never ending supply of jewelry and jewelry parts in my hoard of hoards!  I was trying to match pieces with others in sets, but I think I'll have to save time and just start listing them in bulk!

3.  I'd love to make jewelry with all the parts I have, but since I can't wear jewelry due to allergies, nor do I wear jewelry that's not metal, even though I've tried ( wearing jewelry just makes me feel heavy or in the way ) so I'm caught up in a never ending conundrum with jewelry making and myself.

Large 2 inch sisterly love cameo locket, available here

Thank you Etsy buyer from VintageToGoEasy for sharing your story and leaving me inspired with your matching unusual items together in perfect harmony!  I'm going to give up with being able to do that one day too!

Also very motivating for me to continue on my Hoarder Rehab journey and to focus on my conundrum about jewelry, jewelry parts and how to use my own accumulated jewelry for art, or bulk listings, as an alternative for my hoarding ways!

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!  I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways.

More vintage bone jewelry parts waiting for a new life, available here

I have been new listings and relisting daily!  So check out the shops now for new items, ideas and inspiration!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 171 items, The Destiny of Things- 176 items, VintageToGoEasy - 181 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 170 items.  
 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

5 mix matched vintage lingerie or vintage diaper pins, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

Related Stories:

1.  I had this real hand carved cameo since college.  It was from my dear college buddy's Mom.  Ever wonder why some cameos face to the left or right?  I did.  Find out why here: Left Facing Cameo Pendant Brooch:  The Destiny of Things, Story #136 

The story above also has a Louis Vuitton steamer trunk, that I had found thrifting for 10 dollars, during college and used as a coffee table as a starving student!

Now that I think about I'm kinda surprised that I don't miss my Louis Vuitton collection, however I should have never given my Louis trunk away!


3.  My Louis Vuitton Collection Update from May 3, 2013:  2nd to the Last of Piece of my LV Collection Good-Bye 

More vintage mix matched jewelry parts waiting for a new life, available here

Happy Friday the 13th!  How superstitious are you?  I am not superstitious.  Some interesting trivia, the fear of the number 13 has been given a scientific name: "triskaidekaphobia"

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

St Therese Lisieux Holy Card for Mini Altoids Tin Art: The Destiny of Things, Story 428

St Therese Lisieux Holy Card for Mini Altoids Tin Art:  The Destiny of Things, Story 428

I wonder what her shrine looks like as a finished product......

1+ NEW vintage St Therese of Lisieux Holy Card, available here

Here is her note:

Great item and seller - fun extras too! I'm using the holy card(s) in miniature shrines made from Altoids tins. The extras (Love the fortune especially) have joined my collection of treasures that show up in cards, tags, etc. what a fun transaction! Thanks much.

I wonder which fortune items, she loved because there are several I put in each "thank you" packaging, but I'm so happy that they joined her collection of treasures!  I wish I could see her other creations also, like her cards and tags!

I've always wanted to make religious shrines and other pocket travel mixed media art boxes from Altoids tins, but I've never really liked Altoids, so I don't have any of their tins.  I wonder what else I could use instead of an Altoid tin!  Any suggestions out there?

I've added St Therese Altoids tin shrines to my 2017 New Year project list!  So fun!

1+ NEW vintage St Therese of Lisieux Holy Card, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Saying Goodbye:  I had a whole box of these, but I'm not sure how many I have left because I give these away often, but I'm sure I stashed some for myself!  I've always loved St Therese Lisieux, ever since I found her book in my chiropractor's library or waiting area, titled, "Saint Therese of Lisieux, The Little Flower"

I've always wanted to read her book of poems too.  Where's my reading list?

What I Learned:

1.  Most of religious items have found new homes and lives, but my religious collection seems to go on and on with a never ending stack of boxes!  I don't buy any religious items anymore, even though I still love the way they look and I haven't made any religious art in decades!

2.  I do seem to be hoarding bed sheet sets lately.  Our microwave conked out and we ended up at Target and they were having a sheet sale and I bought 3 sets (and one microwave)!  Yikes!  I just couldn't pass up some flannel denim colored sheets, flannel snowflake sheets and organic summer floral design ones!

I forgot to take pix of them last weekend and will do so this weekend and blog about it.  

3.  I have forgotten how much I LOVE Target, but I guess I should only go there once a year! until I learn how to control my love such good deals!

I have or had a huge collection of religious cards, but I'm not sure if they are lost in my hoard or I ended up giving them all away, but here are some I have a lot of, available here
Vintage Holy Mary, St Patrick and St Therese one or one of each
photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for sharing how you will be using your religious cards and for inspiring me to try the same!  I bet the Altoids tin is the perfect size for a Saint card. Maybe I'll make an interactive one, where the cards can be changed out for holidays and Saint day and such.

Also very motivating for me to continue on my Hoarder Rehab journey and to use my own accumulated things for art in finding alternatives for my hoarding ways!

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!  I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways.

Here is another one of my favorite Saints.  St Cecilia Eusepi, who I call the "The Little Clown" or "The Saintly Clown", which is named after her book, "The Story of a Clown"
Mini mixed media art, handmade by me in the 80s - 90s, available here

I have been relisting daily and started new listing almost daily too!  So check out the shops now for new items, ideas and inspiration!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 173 items, The Destiny of Things- 175 items, VintageToGoEasy - 181 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 169 items.  
 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

Here is a little DIY St Therese Lisieux kit to make your own shrine or alter, available here
photo via Hoarder Rehab

Related Stories:






Another DIY little shrine kit of St Therese Lisieux or DIYjewelry assemblage with gift tag, available here
photo via VintageToGoEasy






“Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing it all for love.” St Therese Lisieux

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Friday, January 6, 2017

Classic James Bond Gun Cake Toppers Sean Connery Style: The Destiny of Things, Story 427

Classic James Bond Gun Cake Toppers Sean Connery Style:  The Destiny of Things, Story 427

Get them while they're hot!

10 mini guns Peaky Blinders Sean Connery James Bond long barrel pistols, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Here is the kind note I received:

Worked perfectly as cupcake toppers

That's all it takes to make my day, a kindness from an Etsy buyer with a short and sweet note!  Of course, I wish I could see how these decorated the cupcakes and wonder what flavor the cakes were and the color of the frosting with these on top!  And wonder if it was a James Bond or Peaky Blinder or other themed occasion.

For now, I'll let my imagination run wild!  I picture chocolate cupcakes with white cream cheese frosting and in the middle of each is a flat round piece of chocolate with these guns on them with tiny gold candy balls sprinkled all around the tops!

 10 mini guns Peaky Blinders Sean Connery James Bond long barrel pistols, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Saying Goodbye:  I wish I was saying "hello" to the cupcakes I just imagined instead!  Luckily I have my own stash of these put away for my mixed media art, but sometimes I do dig into my stash to fill an order!

What I Learned:

1.  These sell out so quickly that we can't keep up with the demand.  One minute we'll have many sets of these, but most of the time they sell out within a week.

2.  We get these in bulk, but never know which types of guns will be included, so it's just hit and miss, but most of the time, we end up with tons of the less stylish or not so popular guns.  Which tend to be the ones below:

10 or 15 mini gold gun steampunk narco thug life spy guns DIY Murder Mystery Detective military partners in crime, available here
 Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

3.  I've been wanting to write about how I've faired this year, during the winter holidays because I don't usually do very well and get high anxiety.  My stress level used to shoot through the roof and before I knew it was I relying on retail therapy and collecting so much hoard, most of it would remain unopened for months following the entire ordeal.

Not a good way to let go of stress!  Expensive and messy!

4.  This year I stayed within the boundaries of my modest budget and even sent some of it off to my new favorite charities!  As a matter of fact, I've always wanted to give 10% of our proceeds to charities important to me and will start doing so this year!

5.  One of them is Fixnation.  It's where we take all our feral cats (so far we've taken 15) to get a general check up and fixed for free!  So all proceeds of the instant download of our kittens, who are now a year old go to Fixnation.  You can read more about them (Fixnation and the kittens) at the link below:

INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 3 images of our rescued feral kittens, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

6.  So that's one of my 2017 Resolutions!  To find and donate 10% of our shops monthly proceeds to a charity dear to my heart.  Some of them I found years ago and have forgotten where I put all the information I had on them and need to find again.  One was a foundation that gave refugees an invention that cleaned water, so it was drinkable and another gave them solar cooking stoves.

Some are closer to home, like a medical clinic at Venice beach and a local neighborhood community library and local beautification.  I'd also like to try some volunteer work this year.

What will you do this year to help others?  I'd love to hear yours and get inspired from other ideas!

These James Bond guns are our most popular of them all and sell out like hotcakes!  available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

Thank you Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for your short and sweet note!  I remember these mini guns from my childhood and play fighting with my brother!

Re enactment of fun from my childhood!
10 mini guns Peaky Blinders Sean Connery James Bond long barrel pistols, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore
 
Also very motivating for me to continue on my Hoarder Rehab journey and to use my own date stamper for art in finding alternatives for my hoarding ways!
 
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!  I've been gleaning so much insight about my hoarding ways.
 
 Here they are in key chain size, available here
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 
 
 
I have been relisting almost daily and started new listing almost daily too!  So check out the shops now for new items, ideas and inspiration!
 
I have plans to list new items on JunkDrawerAndMore tomorrow!  I had plans to new list today, but have a terrible headache and neck ache from sleeping weird last night and decided that blogging was easier than new listing for now. 
 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 169 items, The Destiny of Things- 167 items, VintageToGoEasy - 175 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 163 items. 
 
Maybe you'll find something to adopt and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!
 
 10 Walking Dead Rick Grime's mini guns or Westworld pistals, available here
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore  
 
 
Related Stories:
 
 
 
 
  
 
  10 Silver mini assorted gun mix, available here
Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore  
 
"Too many people miss the silver lining because they are expecting gold."  Arthur Yorinks 
 
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