Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 151 - Vintage Cast Iron Receipt Wall Hook With Distressed Green Paint

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 150 - Vintage Metal Monopoly Game Pieces

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 149 - Bakelite Charcoal Black 2 Hole Coat Button 1 5/16 Inch Diameter

I used to collect Bakelite buttons but I only sew CosPlay costumes now. I guess I could use them there but I never think of them.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 148 - Vintage Velvety Christmas Gift Folders Bear Stocking

The stockings have flocked stripes. I sold them and now they can stay in someone else's drawer.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 147 - Turquoise Blue/Green Plastic Dog Food and Water Dish

I bought this cute vintage dog bowl for the cabin. It seems like a  good idea but it doesn't work well. When you put in fresh water the food gets wet. When you dump the water, the food falls out.

I kept it over 10 years hoping it would mystically develop better function or I would find another use for it.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 146 - Beistle Happy Halloween Banner MIP 9 Feet dated 1989

The orange and yellow crepe paper banner has 7.5" high, black card stock letters embellished with silver glitter. The package header reads - 9 foot banner, A Beistle Creation, copyright 1989 Beistle CO. Shippensburg Pa. The banner was made in the USA and was never opened.

I never did open it since it was sent to someone to use in a Halloween photo shoot.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 145 - Oh Henry Candy Bar Vintage Halloween Candy Box

Now I want an Oh Henry candy bar. The candy box predates modern zip codes and the graphics appear to be from the 1950s or 1940s. The girl looks like she's dressed for Easter with her Mary Janes and bonnet. The boy is costumed in a witch hat, scarecrow jacket and pants that won't appear again until the 1990s as Zubaz. They are strolling through a field of pumpkins and corn stalks.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 144 - European Flintstones Pebbles Pez Nurse Body Parts

My daughter went almost as crazy with PEZ as I did with Halloween. There's more to come.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 143 - Witch Stirring Cauldron Styrene Plastic Halloween Cake Decoration

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 142 - Vintage Halloween Cake Decoration Set With Witch Flying Backwards

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 141 - Large Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World Pin

It is one of a series of 3 sizes; small, medium and large. This is the large one. The illustration shows a smiling jack-o-lantern and the text is, Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World, Pumpkin bowl, Halloween Hop, Queen Pageant, Grand Day Parade.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 140 - Ghostly Reading Club Pin Halloween Colors

Anoka is the Halloween Capital of the World so it makes sense that a library reading club would have a Halloween motif.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 139 - 1958 Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World Pin Pumpkin Bowl

The illustration shows pumpkin football player and the text is, Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World, Pumpkin Bowl October 31 1958.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 138 - Anoka MN Halloween Capital of the World Political Pin

Anoka Minnesota is the Halloween Capital of the World and this local candidate appreciated it. Pierce ran for office when my children were young but I don't remember the year.

The 2.5" diameter pin shows a skeleton tipping his top hat while standing in a boiling cauldron. The text reads For a Happy Halloween vote for Pierce.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 137 - 1984 Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World Pin

The illustration shows a smiling ghost hugging a winking jack-o-lantern.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 136 - Vintage Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World Pin

This witch on a broomstick is also painted on the floor of a local antique shop.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 135 - 1987 Anoka Minnesota Halloween Capital of the World Pin Pumpkin Bowl

In 1937, a twelve year old boy named Harold Blair was one of 200 newspaper carriers who won a trip to Washington DC. Blair was asked to carry a proclamation to Washington declaring Anoka Minnesota the Halloween Capitol of the World. Here is one of the pins commemorating the ongoing Halloween festivities.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 134 - 6 Vintage Chipwood Fruit or Produce Baskets

Yes, I really have a room that is painted orange.

We found these picket fence pieces in an abandoned lot and saved them from a bulldozer. We added boards to the support spaces and had instant picket fence shelving units.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 133 - Vintage Plastic Fox Halloween Mask With Jaunty Hat

The smiling fox is wearing a striped scarf and motorcycle cap. The fox mask is child sized.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 132 - American Fruit Jar Rings Kitchen Graphics

I bought this box for it's wonderful color and graphics. The motif is appropriate for the 4th of July.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 131 - Vintage Yellow Canary Figural Christmas Bulb

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 130 - Shawnee Chinese Laundry Planter

 I bought this vintage planter for storing clothes pins in my laundry room but I never felt comfortable with the Chinese laundry imagery.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 129 - Baseball Player Chocolate Mold

This made a cute mold for paper but I haven't done that in years so "You're out!"

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 128 - Tin Lion Cookie Cutter with Red Handle

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 127 - Agatha Christie Audio Cassette

The spine on this well performed audiobook looks like a tiny book.

It was a pain to make the old audio cassettes digital but I'm glad I did it. I didn't bother with music since CDs have better sound.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 126 - Vintage Post Card Antoine's Restaurant

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 125 - Keep Them Flying Matchbook

This fun tailoring graphic is on the inside cover.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 124 - Mackenzie-Childs Tissue Napkins

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 123 - Art Deco Airplane Bridge Tally Card

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 122 - Piper Cub Matchbook

The illustrations show a happy couple loading luggage in their pretty red plane.

Text:
Piper Cub easy to fly...easy to buy Outsells all other light planes combined Dealers at leading airports For only $333 down you can buy a new Piper Cub and learn to fly free Free! Mail this cover for beautiful new free catalog of latest Piper Cub airplanes. And if you want your pilots wings as pictured here enclose ten cents in stamps or coin

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 121 - Vintage McCoy Hand Base

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 120 - Vintage Witch on a Motorcycle Cake Decoration

The styrene witch has a stylish green scooter.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 119 - Vintage Piper Cub Airplane Matchbook

The down payment for a Piper Cub plane was $333.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 118 - Vintage Halloween Magazine

Coronet is was a magazine for young people and the cover graphic of costumed kids playing a party game with an apple is lovely.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 117 - Green Spun Tinsel

Dept 56 makes wonderful retro decorations. I bought this to use on vintage style Christmas decorations.

I need a 12 step program for holiday decorations since I also bought this in red, purple, gold and silver.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 116 - Squeaky Gardening Shoes

These gardening clogs predate Crocs. They don't breathe, fill with dirt and squeak like crazy.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 115 - 1 Million Dollar Bill

These fake bills were popular several years ago. You can't take them to the bank but I've lost interest.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 114 - Decorative Zig Zag Scissors

They only cut two inches at a time and don't work consistently; that will teach me to buy an off brand.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 113 - Ugly Basket With Purple Ribbon

I can tell baskets are natural, they breed like bunnies in the laundry room.

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Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Day 112 - Wire Fish Shaped Roaster For Campfires

You open the handles to insert the fish you want to roast over an open flame. I loved the sculptural look of this cookware but it's been propped in the cabin's kitchen window for 15 years.

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