I love Seattle - the 4879th edition
Nov. 9th, 2020 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisYears ago, used to make stuffed stuff. Bears and dolls mostly. Then the place where I donated them closed up and finding a new place became a problem and I was really losing interest anyway. Stuffing, back then, was expensive. About $30 for 10 pounds and I went through 10 pounds in a month. Every month. Soo when it was on sale, I grabbed it.
So that's how I managed to end up with 2 10 pound boxes of fiberfil.
They have been taking up space in my outside storage bin forever. I can barely fit one in my car so taking them to Goodwill or any place else was problematic. Someone suggested Freecycle so finally yesterday, I logged in there and was underwhelmed.
Then I got a bright idea... I went to Etsy and searched for handmade stuffed toys in Seattle. BINGO! And I found this shop. And I sent the shop owner a note with the photo of the fiber boxes and asked if she wanted them. Three hours later I got a reply with an enthusiastic YES!
Last night I drug them downstairs and met her at the front door. I handed her the boxes and she was delighted. Then she gave me a gift back 'to say thank you properly'!
In it, nestled gaily in tissue paper were a dozen of her adorable greeting cards and two expensive locally made chocolate bars one of which is called Many Thanks!
How classy is that??? Wow. I could not have been more delighted. I have beautiful and clever cards - 6 Christmas cards! - delicious chocolate and storage space! Win win win win.
The whole thing is amazing to me.
So that's how I managed to end up with 2 10 pound boxes of fiberfil.
They have been taking up space in my outside storage bin forever. I can barely fit one in my car so taking them to Goodwill or any place else was problematic. Someone suggested Freecycle so finally yesterday, I logged in there and was underwhelmed.
Then I got a bright idea... I went to Etsy and searched for handmade stuffed toys in Seattle. BINGO! And I found this shop. And I sent the shop owner a note with the photo of the fiber boxes and asked if she wanted them. Three hours later I got a reply with an enthusiastic YES!
Last night I drug them downstairs and met her at the front door. I handed her the boxes and she was delighted. Then she gave me a gift back 'to say thank you properly'!
In it, nestled gaily in tissue paper were a dozen of her adorable greeting cards and two expensive locally made chocolate bars one of which is called Many Thanks!
How classy is that??? Wow. I could not have been more delighted. I have beautiful and clever cards - 6 Christmas cards! - delicious chocolate and storage space! Win win win win.
The whole thing is amazing to me.
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Date: 2020-11-09 05:27 pm (UTC)Very nice.
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Date: 2020-11-09 06:18 pm (UTC)That's so neat!!!:
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Never leaving the house
Date: 2020-11-09 06:32 pm (UTC)RE: Never leaving the house
Date: 2020-11-09 06:35 pm (UTC)And, I never realized you were in High Point! When I was a teenager in Winston-Salem and we wanted to do something wild and crazy that our parents would never approve of, we'd drive to High Point. Humble beginnings...
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