Tooth Fairy Halloween Costume Accessory: The Destiny of Things, Story #598

 Tooth Fairy Halloween Costume Accessory:  The Destiny of Things, Story #598

 I wish I had an updated photo for this one!

First loose tooth locket saver necklace in pink, red or green, available here.

Photo via VintageToGoEasy

Here is the email I received:

My granddaughter wants to be a "Tooth Fairy" for Halloween. Besides the crown, wings, wand, I thought it would be cute to wear a necklace with some teeth. I am a little confused: do I order the string and then a certain number of teeth? Any help is appreciated!! Thanks so much, Kennedy!

www.etsy.com/listing/190355707/5-tooth-fairy-locket-pendant-necklace

She wanted all pink ones! 

First loose tooth locket saver necklace in pink, red or green, available here.

Photo via VintageToGoEasy

This is what I wrote back:

Hi there! Each tooth locket comes with a plastic necklace, just order the amount and color you want and your granddaughter's "Tooth Fairy" Halloween costume will be complete. Sounds so cute! Let me know if I can help you with anything else, Kennedy

Random color necklace mix is available here, usually 2 red, 2 green and 1 pink or 3 reds and 2 greens.

Photo via VintageToGoEasy

Saying Goodbye:  These were some teacher destach that have turned into one of the items that Etsy seller's keep ordering!  So I call them, "re hoard" and I can keep buying them, since they keep selling out!

What I Learned:

1.  Kids love these!  or at least my third grade students did back in the day!  I had an entire stash of these when I was a teacher and handed them out like candy (plus they are better than handing out candy!) especially during tooth falling out season, which is practically weekly teaching.  Other students from other classes would even come to me at recess wanting one!  Everyone whose tooth fell out got one!

2.  Actually in my class you got to choose, and what a difficult choice to make!  So much for me, that's why I had these toothy tooth lockets and the mini tooth saver treasure chests.  The mini tooth saver treasure chests don't come with a plastic necklace, but you can add them to the tooth locket necklace like most of my students did.

These are on sale right now, probably until the end of the year of 2021.  They arrive in six different colors, available here.  Photo via VintageToGoEasy

3.  My teaching days may be over, but I'm still selling a lot of my teacher destash and teacher re hoard!  I don't miss teaching one bit!  Kudos to all the teacher out there today!  I can't imagine how you all do it now with all the covid and curriculum changes that must be in place now.  I hope one day teaching gets to be easier for you all!  It's the one main reason I retired, the teaching life always got more complicated with more time consuming mandates and more admin demands, meaning more paperwork and less student orientated priorites that just didn't make sense to me!  Either join 'em or leave 'em.  So I left!

4.  Oops, never get me started on the crazy demands of teachers!  I am thankful for all the teachers out there and it's never ending job!

     These used to be simple tie one necklaces, but now they come with a plastic closure. 

First loose tooth locket saver necklace.  Choose an amount of 1, 5 or 10 and color in pink, red or green, available here.

Photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you Etsy buyer for sending your inquiring inspiring note and cute idea!  I would have loved to see how your granddaughters Halloween tooth fairy costume turned out!  I bet it turned out really cute!  How fun!  Many thanks!

Sales have been up again!  I've been grossly distracted by Etsy's new "star seller" status policies and wonder what kind of statistics they are using because what is happening doesn't make sense to me.  One of my shops had a 95% feedback rating according to the star seller criteria, but my shop star rating is at 4.9 out of 5.0 when you see it on a listing.  

The other day an Etsy buyer left a 4 star rating and then I got 2 other 5 star ratings and my feedback rating according to the star seller criteria my feedback rating went down to 94%, so that shop most likely won't make the star seller criteria for Nov.  Very strange statistics that aren't matching up!

I could say the same about the star seller email statistics too!  At that shop, the star seller email response is at 94% and if click on why, it says it's because out of 18 emails received, I didn't answer 1 email in 24 hours!  Does that make any sense?  Stuff like that riles me!  and it's why I left teaching and it's probably going to be why I leave Etsy!  My countdown is still counting down and I have 16 more Etsy months to go!

I won't leave Etsy completely, but I'm not sure what it's going to look like.  Probably keep two or so open for my handmade.  It's really helped me as a recovering hoarder because I've totally stopped buying items, even the ones I know will re sell at a high profit margin.  Instead I've been cleaning and organizing my hoard and finding more stuff to list anyway!  Will it ever end?  I hope it will in 16 more months!

Are you ready for a new adventure?   I am!  I am thankful for everything that Etsy and the online retail world has taught me and it's time to move on and learn something new!  Perhaps archery, fencing, ribbon flower making, an edible flower garden, so much to choose!

Even Sugar Gliders love to forage and find treats in these mini tooth saver lockets, treasure chests or tooth lockets?  Decisions, decisions!   These are on sale right now, probably until the end of the year of 2021.  They arrive in six different colors, available here.  Photo via VintageToGoEasy

I do my best to new list weekly at all the shops.  My goal is to keep 180 items at each shop and I've been close to making that goal, but things keep selling!

Click on the shop names to visit my hoard: HoarderRehab with 172 items, The Destiny of Things- 179 items, VintageToGoEasy - 164 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 171 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 77 items!  My current goal is to list 180 items on each shop and to keep a full 3 pages on Mending Ways.  I am immensely grateful, thank you all who are supporting my alternative to hoarding!

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  All pleasant lookieloos are appreciated!

 

Thank you readers for your visits and support from my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!

Eat, drink and be scary!  Happy Halloween!  Boo!

PHOTO UPDATE: Small Black Shank Buttons for Summer Yellow Vintage 40s Dress for a More Sustainable Lifestyle: The Destiny of Things, Story 597

PHOTO UPDATE: Small Black Shank Buttons for Summer Yellow Vintage 40s Dress for a More Sustainable Lifestyle:  The Destiny of Things, Story 597

 Creativeness overload from Etsy buyers!  BEFORE:

10+ small vintage black facet shank acrylic domed buttons, available here.

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Here is the note and photo I received:

Perfect buttons to add this button less 1940s rayon dress! thank you! 

How she could eyeball these buttons to look so natural and proper on this button less dress amazes me! I am not a yellow dress or rayon person, but dare I say, WANT, WANT!

An amazing AFTER:  What a wonderful way to promote a more sustainable lifestyle!

Would you wear this dress too?  It's so cute!  I'd wear it with black boots!

It was listed at her shop, but I don't see it anymore!  Sold out?  Bummer!

Check out her catchy named shop,  vintage109online, here.  Every piece of clothing is so dang cute, it would be difficult to make a purchase of just one item!  How does she do it?

Photo via Etsy shop owner, vintage109online

 

I love that her shop supports a more sustainable lifestyle by bringing these vintage outfits back to life by cleaning and restoring them!  And if you support her shop, it goes to a great cause because she's renovating an old brick and mortar building in Madison, Wisconsin, which will eventually be a vintage store. This has been a dream of hers for a long time and she says it will be wonderful when/if it actually becomes a reality. 

 

I would love to see her shop and just wonder how she is restoring both!  I mean, restoring all those beautiful outfits and restoring a brick and mortar shop?  How does she do that?  I need some of her non stop energy!

 

Saying Goodbye:  My mom has been giving me buttons for years now!  I have boxes full of them!  I have so much sewing quilting hoard from her, it's going to take me years to list!  Did I just say that?  I only want to to do Etsy for 17 more months!  I'm going to have to list like crazy!

Here are some more buttons from my quilter mom!  I am so thankful they are selling!  She's given me enough buttons and neckties to open another shop!  Hoarder Rehab's button shop and Hoarder Rehab's necktie shop?  Don't get me started!  50 shank hunter green or dark purple acrylic plastic toggle one hole button sewing craft buttons, available here.  Photo via VintageToGoEasy.

What I Learned:

1.  I've stopped taking stuff from my Mom and family due to having just too much to list now and very little time because I'd rather be stitching!  First I have to organize all my crafting and fabric hoard of hoards!  And stop buying more!  I have been much better at not buying, but sometimes I see things I just can not pass up!  Like this beautiful fabric from kimonomomo!

 

I wish I knew why this piece of cloth speaks to me joyfully or should I say sings to me joyfully!  Either way I had to have it in this blue.  It only sells in half yard but my arm got twisted and I bought a full yard!  I'm thinking of making a halter top, a simple draw string one with this at the border and then make textile art patches and collages with the scraps!  I bought the last of the blue, but it's comes in cream and black, here.  Photo via kimonomomo, thank you!

2.  And I just didn't stop at the one above, I kept on going and bought a lot of skinny and fat quarters from this shop for my textile art.  Every time I go to her shop I find something new and some of my other favorites have already sold out!  Danger, danger for this recovering hoarder.

3.  I'm doing my best to life a more sustainable lifestyle too, but I fell of the wagon big time at kimonomomo.  At least I have some projects in mind for them, instead of just buying them because they are singing joyously to me!  

 

Most of everything I own is second hand or recycled from thrift stores or given to me.  We don't even buy our clothes or computers new, nor any of our cars.  I'm trying to think of the last thing I bought new and I guess it's fabrics from kimonomomo.  The last other thing I bought new were some non gmo and organic heirloom seeds for this year's spring garden, but next year I won't have to buy any because I'll just collect the seeds from this year.

How do you live a more sustainable lifestyle?  I am quickly losing the battle of the bulge and on the verge of having to buy clothes in a size medium, instead of extra small.  If I do, I'll buy recycled clothes, luckily I mainly wear jeans, shorts and t shirts, but wearing tight clothes has reminded me to walk more and eat less!

Here is one of the many skinny quarters I ordered from kimonomomo.  See that little piece of dark red in the middle, it has a single loud joyous voice of it's own and the rest are a beautifully conducted chorus!  Available from kimonomomo.  Photo from kimonomomo.

Here is the project I'm going to include them in!  I make these little tiny boro scrap books.  The pages are hand torn from a Japanese children's book and then I sew the spine together.  I gather some of my favorite boro scraps and assemble them in a collage on each page, so someone else can use them to make their own boro sew on patches!

These take a long time to make and are a labor of love.  I have two listed at Mending Ways here and am making more with less pages and will be listing those on Hoarder Rehab were they have sold out.  Photo via Mending Ways.

Thank you Etsy buyer for sending your inspiring note and especially for your photo update!  It's just amazing what 8 little black buttons will do for repurposing a vintage dress!  It's notes and photos like yours that make my day and keep me de hoaring!  I hope you continue with much success and I'd love to see your brick and mortar shop renovation too!  I bet it's going to be awesome! I am so thankful you and I can help others live a more sustainable lifestyle, while living it ourselves. BIG heartfelt thanks!

Here is a sample page of the boro scrap fabrics on every page of the book.  There is a video too, I just can't remember which book I videoed.  Available here.  Photo via Mending Ways.

Sales have been up and down with mainly crazy busy on the weekends and slow on the week days.  Etsy's Labor Day Sale wasn't as good as last year, I'm not sure what happened, but I do know that the discount wasn't showing on all the items or on all the shops, it was haphazard and random.  We tried re newing the sale several times with the same poor results, so we finally just left it.  We usually run a sale for a month, but since this one was messed up we ended it when Etsy did.

Etsy has also started a "Star Seller" badge or I don't know what to call it on shops that fit their criteria as successful.  Out of our 5 shops, two have the star seller badge and it's not the shops I thought would have them!  One shop, Mending Ways has 100% in their 3 main criteria, but needs 10 sales and a top dollar amount to sell monthly.  Mending Ways is one sale and 40 bucks to making "star seller" in October.  Another shop supposedly needs better star reviews, it shows up as having 5.0 star reviews, but according to Etsy's star seller criteria it's only at 83% star review so I'm not sure how they are calculating that.  

The last shop needs better star reviews too and faster email answering.  I stopped answering promo emails because I was getting too many and they would keep writing me back, but I guess that was an Etsy star seller no-no.  Now I'm not getting any emails, so I'm not sure how to raise that one.  That shop only has a 4.9 star review and it's because someone left us a one star review because they only looked at the photos and did not inquire about certain color pompoms before they ordered, instead of after they got delivered.  I just keep telling myself I don't have control over Etsy buyers who only look at the first few photos and do not read the listings and then leave one star reviews.  Rant done!

Here are some patches I made from the leftover scraps from the last batch of mini boro books I made.  These patches are available here, the mini scrap books are here.  Photo via Mending Ways.

My simple plan to have the 2nd room organized by next year is still on schedule!  Daily, I was setting a timer for 20 min to organize in that room, now it's up to 30 min!  I'm still clearing the two tables I dump on, but I can tell I'm making progress and feel so much better knowing it will be organized little by little.

I've started walking again daily too.  I started out with 10 min walks and I'm up to 30 minutes now.  I still get out of breath easily, but that will change for the better too and I feel like my clothes might be fitting a smidget better, so I won't have to buy size medium clothes!

Click on the shop names to visit my hoard: HoarderRehab with 163 items, The Destiny of Things- 165 items, VintageToGoEasy - 163 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 173 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 82 items!  My new goal is to list 170 items on each shop and to keep a full 3 pages on Mending Ways.  I am immensely grateful, thank you all who are supporting my alternative to hoarding!

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  All pleasant lookieloos are appreciated!

 

Thank you readers for your visits and support from my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!

Mend & Patch Your Denim Jeans for a More Sustainable Lifestyle: The Destiny of Things Story #596

Mend & Patch Your Denim Jeans for a More Sustainable Lifestyle:  Mending Ways, Story #19

Don't throw away those old jeans because they ripped or you are tired of them!  Upcycle!

An Etsy buyer ordered patches #2 and #4 earlier this month and then I received an email about them!  There are two patches left in stock in this set, patches #1 and #3, available here.

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Instead upcycle your jeans and other clothes as they need mending or change the way they look by adding patches and stitching for a more sustainable lifestyle!  Here are some ideas!

Here is the kind email:

Hi Kennedy,
The boro patches are beautiful. I have a pair of jeans in mind to sew them on. You are so generous. I can't believe you sent me a 3rd patch and all those other little goodies.
Your work is really detailed and beautiful. I need to read your note more carefully and will respond to your request for input for your blog. Thanks so much again!  Best, Etsy buyer

I'd love to know if she is repairing her jeans or adding this patch as an embellishment to upcycle them!  Patches left in stock in this set, patches #1 and #3, available here.  

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

It's always so nice to get an email of appreciation from a kindred spirit!  Here is what I wrote back:

Hi! Thank you for your inspiring email and compliments! I appreciate every word. I am so happy you can use all 3 patches. I'd love to see how you use the patches on your jeans! Kindest regards, Kennedy

Of course, I'd want to be the fly on the wall and see what she did with this patch too!  Two patches left in stock in this set, patches #1 and #3, available here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Saying Goodbye:  I don't mind letting these go because I know I can make another like it, if I wanted one for my own projects!  As a matter of fact, stitching is my alternative to hoarding!  Hoarding takes up a lot of time and once I slowed down and/or stopped buying so much, I have/had a lot of extra time on my hands.  Who knew?  

What I learned:   

1.  Who knew hoarding is also a time hoarder!  All that window shopping, price and quality comparing and zooming on photos and reading descriptions, etc was so time consuming!  Not only did I let go of all that but I gained blocks of time.  At first I didn't know what to do with myself, I watched a lot of shows, read a lot of books and started a backyard farm!

2.  Hoarding was also my stress valve reliever through retail therapy.  Any time I felt a bit stressed, I bought something, a little pick my up.  Until all those pick me ups turned into piles.  Now I know it's time to re think what I'm doing when when the little pick me ups go into a pile unopened!  If I don't put it away, it's my own inner alert letting me know.... sometimes I don't always know, but it's the alert to start digging.

On the other hand, my alternative to stop hoarding and buying little pick me ups went to comfort foods!  Instead of stuffing my house, I started to stuff my face, which isn't always kind to my ever growing love handles!  Anything fried, salty, creamy and crunchy will do!  I'm not talking healthy stuff... more like junkie junk foods!  Why doesn't hummus and carrot sticks take away stress like french fries and thousand island dip?

Okay, so I still have a ways to go to finding alternatives to hoarding, but so far, stitching, gardening and reading has worked, but I still need more alternatives because I'm ADD like that!  Hoarding and eating comfort foods are so instant.... Anyone know other healthy alternatives out there that are instant?

I think these would be good for hiding stains on clothing.  These take a long time to make due to the tiny stitches to make all the curves.  They were a request from an Etsy buyer and I ended up making around 20 of them to try and make the one she wanted that was on a t shirt I had sold.  My needles seem to have a mind of their own.  Frayed and tattered, available here.   

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Thank you Etsy buyer for sending your inspiring email  It's emails like yours that make my day and keep me stitching!  Wish I could see your up cycled patched up jeans!  I am so thankful I can help others live a more sustainable lifestyle.  Hope my patches helps save time, so you can spend your time making your clothes more aesthetic and last longer!

 

This patch I added to upcycle a t shirt sold long time ago and an Etsy buyer requested a custom order of this patch and it took me 20 patches to get one too look like this one! 
Frayed and tattered patches like the one above, available here.   

Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Sales have been up and down with mainly crazy busy on the weekends, but today we've had two sales, so here I am! I have been under the weather lately, actually for about a month.  I'm hoping I'll feel better soon and start new listing, stitching and organizing again.  I've been misplacing stuff and spending hours looking for them.  Yesterday it was a religious medal and some Spider Man toilet paper that sold and I could not find them.

The religious medal I hunted down, but it took me two days!  The Spider Man toilet paper was lost for a couple hours.  A great reminder for me to put things back where they are destined and can be found again and to organize and clean daily!

My simple plan is to have the 2nd room organized by next year!  Right now I'm just taking baby steps and working on the room for at least 20 min a day, yes I set a timer and usually go over 20 min, and to specifically organize and clear the two tables in there!  Sounds so easy!  Not so!  Those two table are my dumping grounds for everything else found around the house!  So keeping them clear is like hoping to see the bottom of the kitchen sink!  Wish me luck!

This was one of my favorite teaching and then gardening t shirts and I upcycled it with the abundance of patches I made to complete the custom order request.  It has six scribble doodle patches on it.  Five are on the front and one is on the back.  Available here.  Photo via Hoarder Rehab

Click on the shop names to visit my hoard: HoarderRehab with 162 items, The Destiny of Things- 162 items, VintageToGoEasy - 153 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 170 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 80 items!  My new goal is to list 170 items on each shop and to keep a full 3 pages on Mending Ways.  I am immensely grateful, thank you all who are supporting my alternative to hoarding!

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  All pleasant lookieloos are appreciated!

 

 One of my favorite pair of jeans that I no longer wore because I only wear flat shoes now and I wore these with wedges when I was teaching.  They are now experiencing a more sustainable lifestyle with an Etsy buyer!  I am inspired by the embroidered flowers and did my own thing on another pair of jeans, they will be washed this weekend and hopefully listed next week!  So fun!

Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore, but will most likely be listed on Mending Ways.

"Although the word is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it." ---Helen Keller

Thank you readers for your visits and support from my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!

PHOTO UPDATES 2021 Library Mechanical Date Stamp USES by Etsy Buyers: The Destiny of Things, Stories 582-595

PHOTO UPDATES 2021 Library Mechanical Date Stamp USES by Etsy Buyers:  The Destiny of Things, Story 582-595

So many uses, let us count the ways.... I stopped counting at 13!  BEFORE:

Shipped so quick. All sorts of little kitschy surprises included and packaged with care! Put a smile on my face. Very kind and thoughtful.  I’m using this stamp for my creative journal notebook & beyond! Thank you.  Photo via Etsy buyer  

Retro Rotating Library Date stamp and/or in pad available here.

Here are some of my favorite Etsy buyer ideas!  AFTER:

 Back of Etsy buyer journal using the library date stamp.  Thank you Etsy buyer for the inspiration that leads to other ideas!  I love how she used different color inks to make it look authentic!  Very cool.  I love that idea, makes me want to start and art journal today!  And if I did, under borrower's name I'd either add the title to the art page or a short list of supplies used.

Photo via Etsy buyer

Save the date rotating library stamp available here.

 

Email from Etsy buyer:   

 

Thanks! It was just what I wanted and I left a 5-star review. I really appreciates the minimal packaging! And the extra gifts. I’m attaching photos of how I’m using the stamp right now, which you can feel free to share without my name attached. Someone sent me a vintage-style library-book pocket with card and I decided to putt he card in the back of my art journal and stamp it every time I play in the journal. (Photos attached.) I’ll also probably use the stamp in my regular journal at the beginning of each entry.   Thanks again! --Etsy buyer

 

I love the front of her art journal, it's very simple yet inviting!  I just want to turn to the first page and then the next, and the next...  Love that purpley ink, reminds me of old school library days!  Reminder, the mechanical library date stamp we sell, is a little different than the one on her art journal.  It starts with the numerical day, then the abbreviated month and lastly the year.  Save the date rotating library stamp and/or ink pad available here.

Here is another favorite use!  She said on her next batch, she's going to use the date stamp on these beauties! 

These look like a lot of fun to make!  Look at all the different stampers she must use!  Want, Want!!!  Must go looking for those tiny circular stamps, love the wreath one!  Thank you Etsy buyer for all the motivation and eye candy!

Unexpected Uses!  Who would have thought so many would use them to date their eggs!

Fantastic item! lots of little goodies and it made me so happy to open my simple purchase to a hand written note.  Photo via Etsy buyer.  

Retro Rotating Library Date stamp and/or ink pad available here.

 

Bought this stamp so I could start dating my eggs as I collect them. Came in a pack with a bunch of other little fun things. I loved the hand written personalized note as well.  VTG

Loved the rotating date stamp! It reminds me of working in my dad's office decades ago. It works great for stamping our fresh chicken eggs. Fast shipping too - thank you!  

All these date stamped eggs, makes me want to start raising my own chickens!  BTW, you can order a small ink pad as seen in the first photo with your order, all I know is it's not permanent ink.  I found this photo while looking for something else, not sure which Etsy buyer it's from yet.  The rest are from Etsy buyer from our shops, VintageToGoEasy and The Destiny of Things.  (Center alignment not working again)  Photo via Etsy buyer.  Retro Rotating Library Date stamp and/or in pad available here.

I haven’t used them yet but thEse look like they will work perfectly for stamping my egg cartons, salves, jams and more! Thank you so much for the note and extra goodies! Good luck on your cleansing journey! 

Thank you for all the extra goodies. I'm so thankful to be able to date eggs from my chickens.  

This is exactly what I needed to keep my eggs dated correctly! Love love love this! Works so well!                                                             Photo via Etsy buyer.

The above are all the five star reviews for using the date stamper on eggs, but not everyone thinks so, below is a four star review, so you can make your own decisions, if using this on your eggs.

This print is pretty tough to get right on an egg without a ton of smudging. I guess I'll need lots of practice. 

ALL TYPES of JOURNAL USES, even SNAIL MAIL:  from scrapbooks, Bible journals, etc.

The date stamp is easy to use, small enough to carry around and super cute. I am going to use the date stamp in my journals (one for books, one for brain dump, and one for podcasts). I love the "library aesthetic". Bonus! The best thing about my package was the unexpected bonus kit of junk stuff!! Super cute. Will be adding those in my journal as well!

I was looking for a date stamp to date my Bible journal pages. This was just perfect. Quick service and delivery. 

Can’t wait to use my date stamper on my scrapbook pages! Great quality! Fast shipping! Thank you 

i love this! came quickly, very adorably wrapped. i'm using it to date all my outgoing mail. thank you!

Seems fine. The stamper will hopefully last me a long time. In the package the shop owner asked what we were using them for, and I am using mine to keep track of the dates I draw. I know I could just write it on the page, but something about the act/ritual of stamping the date on the page after each drawing struck me as something I would more likely remember over adding more lines to the page in writing. We'll see if it works. I had stopped drawing for over a decade and am now trying to get back into it, so this was a very low cost "perk" to try to keep myself motivated.  

This date stamper will last many years!  At least 8 years, most of the date stamps can date from 2020 all the way to 2030.  See you again in 8 years!  Save the date rotating library stamp and/or ink pad available here.   This date stamp is on sale with more than 10% discount for the month of August 2021 or until they sell out,here .  Photo via The Destiny of Things.

GIFT GIVING USES:  According to Etsy buyers it also makes a great gift:

This is a gift for my stepdad that is always giving away farm fresh eggs from his small Nebraska farm! He writes the date on the egg carton, thought he’d like to put a date stamp on each egg instead!

 

Wrote back:

 

Hi! What a great story! Your stepdad sounds very down to earth and generous! Thank you for sharing it with me! I'll use it on my blog and leave you anonymous and see what kind of insight I get into my hoarding ways. Thanks again, Kennedy

 

Perfect for "just because" gifts, low cost perk me motivational gift for yourself and friends, stocking stuffers, artist and writers gift and care packages....

 

I loved it soooo much it’s for my sisters birthday I know she’ll treasure it forever!! 

 

OTHER USES besides snail mail, journals and library cards,

 

What a perfect stamp! We are using it to addend my wedding "crash cards" (guests can come drink and dance with us after all the formal wedding things) which somehow made it through multiple proofs with out our wedding date on them! This stamp is great! 

Not sure what category this goes under, except it was very disappointing for me, but I'm adding it for transparency:

This is our lowest review for this item, it's 3 stars, not sure what the person was expecting, but here goes!  So please don't order this unless you like the date format, we can't change it!

 

I am quite disappointed with the stamp because its in the European format. I know it was shown in the item pictures, but I somehow figured because we are in the US, it would be US format. My bad! However, the extra gifts that came a long with it made it a little less painful. I spent that whole day playing with the Fortune Telling Fish, when I should probably have been doing some work! Well packed and addressed. I would totally recommend seller again and will not hesitate to buy from again! 

  

I'm not sure what to think about that one!  I can't even explain it or say it's user error!  Here is one to hopefully counter it!

Super cute works like a charm.   Etsy buyer from The Destiny of Things.

 

REVIEWS from Etsy buyers about it's vintage library style:

 

Great vintage-style date stamp, and super-fast shipping!  

I was looking for a date stamp and found one that reminds me of the school library. Delivery was much faster than expected.

 

Wow, this turned out to be a long one!  And I have a lot more ideas and photo updates from two other shops!  Next time I hope I remember to add all my Etsy buyers thank yous at the beginning, but right now I'm quickly running out of time because I've gone into over time collecting all the inspiration, photos and ideas and don't have much time to comment on the ones I want!  Plus this is so long already!

Thank you Etsy buyers for all your help by sending emails, comments and photos of how you use this library style date stamp!  The hoarding insight you all helped me get today is that some hoard never dies!  or what I call re hoard!  Long story short I used to hoard these when I was teaching because it would save a lot of time with 30 students!  From grading papers, letting them use it for their daily journals and paperwork, like field trip slips!  What a time saver!  Hope it saves you time or makes your creations more aesthetic!

 

Like I said,  "Save the Date" rotating library stamp and/or ink pad available here.   This date stamp is on sale with more than 10% discount for the month of August 2021 or until they sell out,here.  Photo via The Destiny of Things. as an extra thank you for all those who will continue inspiring me in more ways than one and my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!

Stay tuned for more Etsy buyer inspiration!  I'm going to go look for those circle stamps to create the postal stamps!  BIG thanks to all those from around the world that support me and my Hoarder Rehab!

PHOTO UPDATE: Sugar Glider's Foraging Treat Box Toy Mini Treasure Chests: The Destiny of Things, Story 581

PHOTO UPDATE: Sugar Glider's Foraging Treat Box Toy Mini Treasure Chests:  The Destiny of Things, Story 581

What a creative way to use these mini treasure chest lockets!   BEFORE:

 I love it when Etsy buyer's let me know of new ways to use something!  Usually these 4-6 mini treasure chest lockets are ordered to hold a kids until they get home from school, available in 6 different colors here.  Photo via VintageToGoEasy

Here is the note I received:

Super fast and just what I was looking for.
Will buy again! I use these treasure chests to put treats in for my sugar gliders. They love opening them and getting goodies

Sugar Gliders?  Never heard of them, have you?  Googled!  They are a type of possum that can glide like a flying squirrel and known for their sweet tooth?  OH my!

Introducing a sugar glider with his little treasure!

That's the cutest little thing!  And look he/she has opened up it's mini treasure chest treat!  Wonder what kind of goodie that is, maybe a piece of hard sap or nectar?  Photo via Etsy buyer!  Thank you!

Saying Goodbye:  I'd love to say "Hello!" to a Sugar Glider!  Well, I'm not sure if I'm ready to have one as a pet, but I think I'd go for babysitting one!  As for the mini treasure chests, as a third grade teacher has to have a lot of these on hand for all the loose teeth that end up falling out during the school year and I ended up with a hoard of them!  Now they are one of our popular items and I see, not just for safe keeping teeth anymore!

These are simply made, so I check each one of them to make sure the hinges aren't broken and each one closes and opens properly.  These aren't made to last forever, just so long enough for a child to hold a tooth until they get home for safe keeping and get tired of playing with it, available here.  Photo via VintageToGoEasy

What I Learned:

1.   Again, I've learned something new today!  I know what a Sugar Glider is, looks like,  their foraging habits and penchant for sweets!  I've also learned, I'd rather house sit one, than have one.  Plus, I don't think you can have just one, they are very social and need at least a mate or they can get depressed in isolation.  I guess they aren't the only species!

2.  We have backyard full of critters.  Here is the list and the babies usually come in threes this year:  A family of possums, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, lizards, all kinds of birds and of course, the feral cats.  So far, they all get along with each other and the rest of the garden, except for the cats, they love the lizards, mice and gophers.  Occasionally we get visited by coyotes and falcons.

What did you learn today?  I hope whatever it was, it was awesome and eye opening!  And just as fun and meaningful as what I learned!

These tooth lockets may be good for Sugar Glider treats too and a little more challenging for them to open, since it doesn't have a tab.  Keep your critters curious!  Available here, photo via VintageToGoEasy

Thank you Etsy buyer for sharing your educational story and letting me know a new way to use the mini treasure chests!  I get the backyard squirrels would love them!  I wish I could be a fly on the wall and watch your Sugar Gliders forage!  I'd like to see them take the foraging challenge of all different kinds of lockets to open!  So fun!  Thanks again for the your thoughtfulness.

Sales were crazy during Memorial weekend and most weekends, but today we've had one sale, so here I am!  We had some set backs last weekend, so not much going on at the shops this week, but hopefully next week, things will get back to normal and I will power list again next week!  On to stitching today!

Click on the shop names to visit my hoard: HoarderRehab with 166 items, The Destiny of Things- 158 items, VintageToGoEasy - 164 items and JunkDrawerAndMore - 160 items.   And now, Mending Ways with 76 items!  My new goal is to list 170 items on each shop and to keep a full 3 pages on Mending Ways.  I am immensely grateful, thank you all who are supporting my alternative to hoarding!

Maybe you'll find something and give it new life and a new home!  All pleasant lookieloos are appreciated!

 

Here is a teeny tiny metal pumpkin locket with a hinged closure.  I wonder how long it would take for a SG to get into one of these!  This pumpkin locket is so tiny it only holds grains of rice!  Available here, photo via VintageToGoEasy

  

"Better to write for yourself and have no public than to write for the public and have no self."---Cyril Connelly

 

 And these!  I wonder if the SG's could open these!  A lot of treats will fit in there, maybe a whole meal or a live insect, which is their main nutrition! 10 or more, available here.  Photo via JunkDrawerAndMore

 

Thank you readers for your visit and support from my Hoarder Rehab and The Destiny of Things!