Btw I washed those tabs. Here is some more parts that will sell from a large paper shredderthese are pretty sharp but maybe I'll advertise them as ninja stars
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Btw I washed those tabs. Here is some more parts that will sell from a large paper shredder
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Nice! I see you have the blue and green tabs pulled aside.
Where are you planning on selling?
I like the 'ninja stars'. Clever name for them. And "steampunk" gears for the last pic?
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I plan on trying the ETSY thing. My Mom sells purses and other fabric creations there but when I give her something to sell she keeps it for herself! She complains at me about my junk but she is just as bad. Don't even get me started on my father. Half of his garage is dedicated to building robots. I need to do a scrapping purge. It is getting bad. I'm worried all 3 of us will be on the show hoarders one day.Originally Posted by Jillyenator
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Can I have cookie jar?
An nice collection. the stars/gear thinamajigs are cool to.
Sirscrapalot - having fun playing spot the item with pictures
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You can have the jar. I just want the COOKIES.
People may laugh at me, but that's ok. I laugh all the way to the bank.
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Heh. It looks like fortune cookies but I'm sure their not.
We gotta be careful Mick, those stars look sharp. S4E might have just come up with a way to deter cookie thefts.
Sirscrapalot - Me want cookie! - Cookie Monster
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LOL! and yes you thought right they are fortune cookies- IDK even why they are in there. Need some regular cookies
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Woohoo, I should get points for this!
I think I just came up with a new game/contest for sometime in the future.
Still nice tab collection, you can tell you cleaned them up real nice you'll make some crafter quite happy.
Sirscrapalot - Don't think I don't see the candy to.
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Dun.. Dun.. DUUNNNNNNNNNNNN
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I always save my fortune cookies to eat. It bothers me when people open them to get the "fortune" and not eat the cookie. They are actual cookies that taste good!
I just found an old clothes pin - the vintage wood kind that was made before they put springs on them. Crafters love those.
Along those lines, buckets of clean popsicle sticks, if anyone likes popsicles or has kids that do. People actually buy them new. Better to buy them used from us; save a tree, give us money.
And was thinking about bricks. Those are sellable to lots of people, and concrete blocks. Stepping stones, tiles. I might have said tiles before, but crafters paint those.
Finials. Tops of baluster spindles. The metal thingies that screw on tops of lamps; pull cord metal things on light fixtures. Lamp harps.
Old fishing poles. Old fishing anything, I think - great wall decor for cabins. Old snowshoes and skis, same thing.
Last edited by Jillyenator; 03-28-2014 at 09:20 PM.
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So would that be a Siamese twin fortune cookie? We keep ours in a drawer..heh.
Sorry for the double post, S4E posted while I was hitting post on my last one! I blame him.
Sirscrapalot - People have got to learn: if they don't have cookies in the cookie jar, they can't eat cookies. - Suzie Orman
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Oh! Big glass jugs. Home brewers buy these. The kind that the cheap wine comes in with the handles: growlers and carboys. I think apple cider also comes in these, although I'm not sure they haven't all switched to plastic yet.
Beer bottles with the caps that are attached by metal things are in demand by brewers too. The Grolsch beer kinds. Those are actually pretty cool little reusable jugs. I might have to drink more of them so I can sell the bottles.
Home-brewers want any beer bottles that have screw-on or lock-on caps.
Wine brewers want the wine bottles with screw-on caps too.
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I keep thinking of more things. Mint tins, like the Altoid containers. Any little closable metal containers are in demand. They are getting rarer; a lot of companies are using plastic containers now. Of course, the little vintage metal snuff containers and stuff like that are sellable. One small, simple snuff box is selling on Esty right now for $1,250.00
Even the bigger tins, like the round Danish Cookie gift ones. Metal candy containers in heart shapes from Valentine's Day, or the rectangular ones from over the holidays. The big popcorn tins. New tins sell to crafters, old ones sell to collectors.
And Sir will like this one - metal coolers.
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the luckiest fortune cookies ever 2 in 1 pack! No joke
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Heh..My facemunchers get the cookie part after I get the fortune. I'd give them the fortune to, but they can't read. Just sniff it an try to eat it.
Popsicle sticks rock, especially if you get to eat the Popsicle!
Add to the list..multitude of bottles if your like me in a state the doesn't do a deposit. I save my cool beer bottles, mason jars, an other neat looking glass for a couple people I know who use them for various things, including candle making.
Beer can's an soda can's to. Make neat projects for some folks, tho I usually end up taking mine to the yard when I get a bunch of bags. The cool ones tho I save for others.
Here's a link on things you can use the cans for.
10 Cool Things Made Out of Beer Cans :: Drink :: Lists :: Paste
an another for bottles..
12 Things To Do With An Empty Beer Bottle | Cool Material
an one more for jars..
15 DIY Ways How to Reuse Glass Bottles |
The Christmas light one I see regularly at our local craft shows. They are pretty cool in person. An the solar beer bottle light is something I think I'm going to try next time I have clear ones. Most the ones I have are dark.
Sirscrapalot - Amazing what one can do with just a simple item like a glass jar, bottle, or can.
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P.S. my sincere apologies for hijacking
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No apologies - this is an awesome contribution. LOL about Hoarders. How many of us could be on there, I wonder?
And the robot thing is interesting - what materials is he using for the robot making? Maybe that could be a category here too.
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Sir, great links! Some of those bottle ideas are neat. I like the idea of having a soap dispenser at workshop sink from a beer bottle. I'd have to use Fat Tire, my favorite bottled beer.
This, of course, is in my imaginary workshop with a sink. While we're renting in NC, my workshop is a corner of the living room. Need to find a nice house with property so I can do my thing in peace.
Wax, any old candles, candle stubs, wax in old jars where the wicks are buried. My MIL gets testy when I don't save my old candle wax for her. She melts the bits down into new candles. She also melts down old crayons into the wax to make colors, so I save crayons for her too. I recently found a huge bag of old crayon stubs in someone's trash. Also a container of colorful never-used pencil erasers, which I gave to a teacher.
There's a technique to get wax out of glass jars - freeze the jars. Use flathead screwdrivers to get the wax out. The freezing makes them uncling from the glass walls of the jars. Bag the wax, add more wax to the bag as you get some, and sell it.
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Go to google images and type in botigans the first 2 images are my dads
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Wow. Those are freaky good.
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