Vintage 48 Alphacolor Pastel Box Set, The Destiny of Things, Story 316

Vintage 48 Alphacolor Pastel Box Set, The Destiny of Things, Story 316

This is a destiny as infinity item!  From a childhood artist to a new one!

My last box of pastels.  Photo via The Destiny of Things

Not the same, but I do have this box of colored chalk, available here at JunkDrawerAndMore

I have had these since I  won them in a library art contest from the early 70s.  That is over 45 years! I'd find them every once in awhile in my hoard of hoards and think that one day I'd use them, but never did.

By the time I graduated from college and was in a classroom, it did pass my mind to use them on my classroom chalkboard when our school ran out of chalk and I would get desperate for any chalk to use, but then I'd read the little note inside the box and remember it's not chalkboard chalk.

Now they are going to used to make more scenery art for sunsets!  My "untold destiny" for them has come true!  Here is my destiny wish for them:

Untold Destiny: I hope these are used by any artist, adult or child, who loves the juxtaposition of contrasting colors and likes to spend endless amounts of time matching them up, inventing or doodling! And the art goes on to be saved and past on until the pastel art becomes an heirloom! May destiny as infinity be yours!

Some of my destiny wish has already come true and I think some more will because Herb is going to start sharing his art by making it available to others at a park in Coronado, California!

My last box of pastels.  Photo via The Destiny of Things

Not the same, but I do have this box of colored chalk, available here at JunkDrawerAndMore

I am so happy these are going to another artist!  And he sent me his story!

Note from Buyer:

The original price on my set was $3.79. from Kmart/Kreskies in Michigan. the set was well used and the price tag fell off about a year ago. I am anxious to have a complete set with the daytime fluorescent orange and pinks. again. I'm 56 and just now want to create more scenes with this set, mine is pretty ragged. thanks. nice return on your art award! Herb

How cools is that?  And he even sent me a photo of his pastel set!

photo via Herbert Rohde

I wrote him back:

Hi Herb aka tourguyherb!

Thank you so much for your order and especially for leaving me a story about how you've had your set just as long as I have had mine, but you actually used yours!

As a recovering hoarder, I wish you knew how happy I am knowing that my prized set is going to another artist! I'd love to see your art with the neon oranges and pinks from my our your set of pastels!

Your order will be carefully packaged and shipped out this Monday.

Many thanks!
Kennedy

And he sent me some art work showing using the neon oranges and pinks! So beautiful!  Thank you so much Herb!

 photo via Herbert Rohde

Scenes from Tecate peak.  It's so beautiful there!

 photo via Herbert Rohde

Herbert is due to be juried in by Coronado art association to sell in the park there.  So if you are ever down there, check out his works!

 This must have been created after he ran out of the neon pastels!  

Love this too!  Photo via Herbert Rohde

Saying Goodbye:  I must say that when I first saw that my childhood pastels had been sold I felt a twinge of panic, but when I looked at the order and saw the note to buyer story the panic turned to joy!  I couldn't believe my Untold Destiny came true for this listing!

If you look close enough I think you might see $13.15, but since this was an award I don't know how much it really was.  Photo via The Destiny of Things

Not the same, but I do have this box of colored chalk, available here at JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned: 

1.  As the years pass, it is getting easier and easier to let most of my hoard go and I am very happy with my progress because usually every 10 years I purge almost everything and then start hoarding all over again! 

2.  It took 30 years to see my hoarding and purging pattern and so this time I've tried a different approach and even though in the beginning it was scary and full of anxiety it's been worth it!

3.  Thanks to Etsy and kind Etsy buyers my Hoarder Rehab journey has been much more enjoyable than I ever expected.  First, I didn't think any of my hoard would sell and now I can see over 1000 items of my hoard have found new lives and homes!

4.  And through this blog I have figured out why I hoard, when I hoard and have found alternatives to help stop my hoarding habits!

I have so much to be thankful for!

My last box of pastels.  Photo via The Destiny of Things

Not the same, but I do have this box of colored chalk, available here at JunkDrawerAndMore

Thank you Herbert Rohde from The Destiny of Things for ordering my childhood pastels and for leaving me with a story.  I am so happy that you are going to share your art with the world now and that my pastels will be a part of it all.  I wish you the best with many happy sales!

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

 This is the chalk I'd buy out of desperation when our school would run out and teacher had to buy their own or use markers on butcher paper!  Or I was tempted to use the my box of pastels!

Box of colored chalk, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 199 items, The Destiny of Things- 181 items, VintageToGoEasy - 194 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 182 items!    

 

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 Since we are on the topic of art, our first ebook sold today!

Oshibana, a Japanese book on How to Press Flowers, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

 

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Mermaid Wedding in September: The Destiny of Things, Story 315

Mermaid Wedding in September:  The Destiny of Things, Story 315

These were ordered in April and will be used some time this month!

Little mermaids in 30 or 50 or 100 count, available here

photo via VintageToGoEasy

I am so happy someone is celebrating with these for their mermaid wedding celebration!  There have been several mermaid wedding I've been told about and I can't remember if this is the one where the bride works as a mermaid or not!  How cool, fun and memorable!

These are very versatile because Etsy buyers have told me they use them as drink or cake toppers for many different kinds of themed parties.  From Little Mermaid to Peter Pan, Day of the Dead fiesta la sirena (mermaid), nautical bon voyage, pirate mermaid fairy and Bohemian beach parties!

Oh and a biker party and reunion party too!

Little mermaids in 30 or 50 or 100 count, available here

photo via VintageToGoEasy

Saying Goodbye:  I've been collecting these for decades for my art and finding red ones used to be difficult, but now it's pink and light blue that are more rare to find.  So I ended up with many of the green and blue ones which seem to be more common and started to list them on Etsy and now they are one of most popular items.

Mini mermaids in smaller amounts from 6+, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

What I Learned:

1.  There is a silver lining to everything and even my hoarding has some silver linings, like I would have never thought that some of my hoard would become best sellers at our shops!

2.  Etsy and many Etsy buyers have made my dehoarding more fun and more enjoyable than I ever thought possible.

3.  Even though I'm probably only half way through my hoard I am making progress and it feels so good!  I used to get so upset and feel guilty when I had a hoarding relapse, but I've learned to not be so hard on myself and go with the flow.

 All green mermaids are very popular and I do not know why!

Anyone out there know?  All green available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

Thank you kind Etsy buyer from VintageToGoEasy .  Congratulations and best wishes towards you and yours this September on your wedding day!

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

 A mermaid mixed with animal drink or cake toppers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 198 items, The Destiny of Things- 180 items, VintageToGoEasy - 189 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 182 items!    

 

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 Bulk mix of 24 drink or cake toppers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

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Circus Themed Birthday Party Vintage Clown Flag Toppers: The Destiny of Things, Story 314

Circus Themed Birthday Party Vintage Clown Flag Toppers:  The Destiny of Things, Story 314

Vintage clown flag toppers for a circus birthday party!

Vintage Happy Birthday clown flag toppers, sold out.

Vintage USA flag cake topper picks, available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

I was wondering who was going to buy these and if it was going to be for a circus or carnival themed occasion.  I had over 100 of these and she bought them all!  I am so thankful to her!

I had a box and half of these left over from my teaching days.  Some classes celebrate student's birthdays by the month, but we celebrated each of ours all on one day!  It was everyone's birthday that day and we spent months planning it with committees and meetings.

We made wish lists, discussed and voted for a theme, colors, etc.  It was complicated and time consuming, but worth it because it taught students organization, planning and execution of how to make a big shabang that includes everyone and their wishes!

It was a fun way to learn how to throw a party for 30 people from making wish lists, planning, forming committees, working on a schedule to make the designated party date, etiquette, economics (students would be very surprised to estimate and then add up how much food and supplies for a party will cost), making invitations, decorations, deciding on games and how many people can be be invited on a budget and working within a budget, etc.

It was a great classroom reward too because we would need to stay on schedule and get the rest of the academics done, so we'd have party planning time by the end of the day!

I don't really miss teaching, but I do miss buying all the stuff for all the different parties we'd plan!  Even though I donated most of the funds for party decor, favors and games, we did have a classroom money system to offset some of the costs.  Everyone contributed in some way and everyone would be so proud after the party and our classroom was back to normal!

Such memories....

Vintage Happy Birthday clown flag toppers, sold out.

Vintage USA flag cake topper picks, available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

Saying Goodbye:  Today I am glad these went to a little guy's circus themed birthday party.  I used to find myself in conflict when some of my school detash found new homes, but now I think I'll be very happy when all of it is gone! 

Vintage Happy Birthday clown flag toppers, sold out.

Vintage USA flag cake topper picks, available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

What I Learned:

1.  Immersion Therapy does work!  Although it's a slow and scary process, it is working for me.  The slow but constant repetition of letting go of things is helping me overcome my hoarding fears, anxiety and panic every time something of mine finds a new home!

2.  Also I find my hoarding relapses are becoming less and less as I have found other activities to take it's place, although sometimes my alternatives are not comforting or comfortable, it does feel good to be trying my best to change some bad habits!

3.  For example, this month I'm focusing on more exercise.  I have severe health issues due to allergies, insomnia, etc, and am usually to exhausted to work out on a regular basis, but the past two months have been different for me and I'm sleeping more regularly.  I am feeling stronger every day in more ways than one!

Fun circus or carnival party decor, available here

Kids find it very curious that this what people played with before video games! photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you kind Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things and VintageToGoEasy letting me know these are for your son's circus themed birthday!  I hope he and everyone else enjoyed them!

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

 Simple yet interactive fortune teller fish fun, available here

In amounts of 50, 100 or more, available 

photo via Hoarder Rehab

I am adding new items weekly to each shop until I have 800 of my dehoard listed!

Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 198 items, The Destiny of Things- 177 items, VintageToGoEasy - 190 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 187 items!    

 

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 These toppers are always fun for drinks or cupcakes and all ages love them,

available here.  photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."  Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

UPDATE Photo from Mixed Media Artist of 100 Mini Guns: The Destiny of Things, Story 313

UPDATE Photo from Mixed Media Artist of 100 Mini Guns:  The Destiny of Things, Story 313

I just love it when someone takes the time to send me a photo update!  So these guns went from  this.....

100 random chosen color gun mix, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

A mixed media artist who ordered these guns sent me an update photo of how he uses them in his art:

 Looks like someone had a lot of fun arranging them around!

photo via Etsy buyer artist 

How fun!  They look so cool arranged like that with the color block background and remind me James Bond for some reason.  I could spend hours sitting around arranging them too.

He said he's over the moon with these gun trinkets because they are so colorful and have excellent details and the perfect size for his assemblage collage art!

They are fun to play with as you can see below:

If you need these in smaller amounts of 15 or 25, get them here

photo via VintageToGoEasy

Saying Goodbye:  These are selling out fast, so I have my own stash of 100 or more put away.  I was tempted to keep them all, but since it seems I have more ideas for art projects rather than actually putting my ideas into action, they are listed on all the shops in different amounts.

These are most of the colors available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

What I Learned:

1.  I am so happy there is another repetition mixed media collage artist out there!  I just love art in repetition and it seems to go right along with my hoarding ways!

2.  Other Etsy buyers have let me know that they use these for jewelry to make earrings and charm bracelets, some use them as cupcake toppers and some use them as party favors for their rockabilly themed parties.

3.  I'd like to hang mine all the way around a bandanna as a scarf or quilt.  I just love dangles.

4.  I think I am doing less hoarding with more dehoarding and moving towards doing more art projects and focusing on my health now a days.  I like the difference in the way I feel too!

Here they are with matching boots and guns, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Thank you kind Etsy buyer from Hoarder Rehab for making my day by remembering and taking the time to send me a photo and sharing with me how over the moon you are too with the 100 gun trinkets!  I just love them too.  So happy to hear another artist is using them in repetition.

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

 

 For the past month or so, these have been the most popular guns!  It's not easy keeping them in stock!  10 gold mini James Bond guns, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

 

I am working on my dehoarding goals and am starting to list new items at each shop!  My goal is to list 200 items on each shop again!  I am challenged with Etsy's new listing formats and also I'm getting used to a new computer system, so the listing is happening slowly, but surely!

 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 198 items, The Destiny of Things- 181 items, VintageToGoEasy - 193 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 188 items!  

 

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 These used to be our most popular mini guns until Etsy buyers requested the middle guns and calling them the James Bond guns! Available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

 

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Small Plastic Mini Jars 2 oz: The Destiny of Things, Story 312

Small Plastic Mini Jars 2 oz:  The Destiny of Things, Story 312

I just love these mini jars for organizing my hoard!

6 small 1.5 - 2 oz plastic pop top containers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

and an Etsy buyer loves them too for all the little things you don't want to get lost from jewelry to stamping.

I also use them for sorting all kinds of embellishments from bells, beads, rocks, wiggly eyes, buttons and shells, etc!  I love to sort and usually use them to sort by size or color.  I have several art projects going at once, so I usually keep them organized in little boxed kits and inside these kits are these jars of embellishments.

For example, I keep my mini origami paper, gold thread, needle and bells sorted by color in these containers and usually make my mini hanging origami cranes for garlands and gift toppers while I get my daily Vitamin D sitting outside or watching our latest show on netflix.

10 hanging mini origami cranes with bell, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

I just love these plastic jars and use them often when I find a box of mixed junk to sort while I'm dehoarding.  These smaller 1 oz jars are the ones I use most often for bead embellishments, especially beads on thread because I can just use the lid for a few without losing them or losing track of them.

8 mini 1 oz containers with pop off lids, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

I also use them to send gifts through the mail or in care packages when I don't want something cute and small to get lost in a larger package.

4 small screw off top plastic containers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore 

We have several quilters and teachers in the family and I often make them little sewing kits with these containers, as you can see a little spool and thread, buttons, needle threader and needle will fit inside for those little emergencies.

6 small 1.5 - 2 oz plastic pop top containers, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Saying Goodbye:  I reuse these from project to project and keep my own stash ready to organize on the days I dehoard.  

8 mini 1 oz containers with pop off lids, available here

photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

What I Learned:   

1.  I am so happy that others love to use these too and find them so handy!  Many Etsy buyers have also told me they use them to hold samples of their cosmetic products and paints for crafting, but I do not know how waterproof or spill proof these actually are because I do not use them to hold liquids.

2.  I am partial to any clear container and recycle almost all  clear food containers to hold my various projects and keep them organized.

Do you think perhaps I'm hoarding clear containers?  I don't think so because I am recycling and it's helping me organize my life rather than disrupting my life.  Although I do not like the thought of having to throw them away.  Hmm....

I love to organize my jewelry finding with these wheel boxes, available here

 photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

Thank you kinda Etsy buyer from JunkDrawerAndMore for taking the time to send me a few words of how you use your containers.  I always find it comforting to find something common with a non hoarder! 

 

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

 

 Here is how I use my mini origami cranes as gift toppers, available here

photo via The Destiny of Things

I am working on my dehoarding goals and am starting to new list and relist at each shop!  My goal is to list 200 items on each shop again!  I am challenged with Etsy's new listing formats and also I'm getting used to a new computer system, so the listing is happening slowly, but surely!

 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 198 items, The Destiny of Things- 181 items, VintageToGoEasy - 193 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 189 items!  

 

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 Mini love cards to add as gift toppers or care packages, available here
photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

 

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Hoarding disorder is a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them. A person with hoarding disorder experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. Excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value, occurs. 

DIY Fairy Lights with Gum Ball Capsules: The Destiny of Things, Story 311

DIY Fairy Lights with Gum Ball Capsules:  The Destiny of Things, Story 311

Need a fun activity to do with the kids's this Labor Day weekend?  From this:

50 to 100 gum ball capsules, available here

20 to 30 gum ball machine capsules, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

To this!  I received a short note with a photo update of a DIY fairy light project from an Etsy buyer!  How fun and cute!  Here is the photo:

photo via creative Etsy buy from Hoarder Rehab

Who knew that these could turn simple plain Christmas lights into fun bedroom fairy lights for a child's bedroom.  Or take them out into the backyard this Labor Day weekend gatherings or for some Back to School fun!

50 to 100 gum ball capsules, available here

20 to 30 gum ball machine capsules, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  Here is another one of my hoarded collections that have become popular items on Etsy.  We weren't allowed to spend our money on gum ball machines back in the day, not even we used our own allowance or baby sitting money!

So when I got my first summer job, I started to buy them and ended up liking the gum ball capsules better than the toy prizes!  I did end up collecting all the things I wanted as a child when I was a teen, like an adjustable birthstone ring where the stone breaks off in a week, a compass ring, googly eyed monster pencil toppers and my favorite was a mini version of Van Gogh's bloody ear!

50 to 100 gum ball capsules, available here

20 to 30 gum ball machine capsules, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

What I Learned:

1.  As a child, I just loved all the kitschy toy prizes, even if my friends had them but I didn't and some of them made it through time travel as a teen and I still have them!  Some I think I still have may be lost in my hoard, like Van Gogh's ear and my Botan Rice Candy prizes that were toys before they replaced them with stickers.

2.  I have quite the collection of gum ball machine capsules too.  Some colors are more rare than others and I collect my own stash for my art project that mostly has my childhood jewelry that I can't part with or no one would want, like my prized champion hopscotch chain bracelet!

3.  My students loved to make rings with these and put there favorite things inside or keep their money safe or their lunch ticket close by them.  Great for mini traveling pocket toys.

4.  They also make great containers for confetti to throw at weddings, especially carnival, circus or zoo themed ones.  I've used them with erasers and coins inside for pinata fillers and also with candy inside as simple table confetti for many party celebrations.

3.  These bring back such good fun memories and I hope they make new ones for others out there too!

50 to 100 gum ball capsules, available here

20 to 30 gum ball machine capsules, available here

photo via Hoarder Rehab

Thank you kinda Etsy buyer from Hoarder Rehab for taking the time to take and send me a photo with a few words of your fun fairy light project! 

 

Thank you Etsy for the best Hoarder Rehab ever!

Thank you all readers from all over the world who have stopped by to take part in my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things with your visit!

10 vending machine capsules in Halloween colors, available here

 photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

I am working on my dehoarding goals and am starting to new list and relist at each shop!  My goal is to list 200 items on each shop again!  I am challenged with Etsy's new listing formats and also I'm getting used to a new computer system, so the listing is happening slowly, but surely!

 
Click on the shop names to visit new hoard listed daily and/or weekly: HoarderRehab with 197 items, The Destiny of Things- 183 items, VintageToGoEasy - 195 items and now JunkDrawerAndMore - 193 items!  

 

Check out all the shop for fun treasure chests fillers for pirates and mermaids, like stickers, gum ball capsules for you to fill, trinket gun charms and more!

Maybe you'll find something to take home and share your story too!  Thanks for looking!

 

 Ninja Turtle colors, available here, we will switch out the yellow for orange

photo via VintageToGoeasy

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 Patriotic or Big Top Circus Carnival colors, available here

photo via The Destiny of Things 

 

Happy Labor Weekend to you and yours!