I found a beautiful Marcia herring painting at a thrift store it was marked 275 on the back. It was an 11 x 11 painting small and square but very beautiful red floral art on rice paper. I resold it for 60 on eBay. Marcia herring is a Sotheby s artist .
Journaling can benefit us in the long run because it can help people see something that they couldn’t see on their own and they can improve upon. Journaling can improve a person’s life by aiding in many areas of their life. Journaling can be anything that the person wants to write about. Some people keep a journal about what they eat during the day to help them lose weight. Some people use a journal created for the arts, either with words or with drawings. Some people keep a journal as a record of their activities during the day. Some people journal for fun and create a scrapbook from their journal.
Journaling for weight loss
Journaling for weight loss can help the individual examine how much they eat during the day. Some people can make decisions on what to eat or the amount of food they've had. By journaling, it helps the individual change their eating habits as they look back on how much they ate in a day.
Journaling for art.
Some people journal for the creation of art whether it be for writing poetry or short story ideas or even drawing art. Creativity flourishes in the journaling process because it helps the individual and improve their craft. One great poet, Dylan Thomas started journaling when he was 14 years old. He became a great poet laureate. Writing is a form of expression that flourishes as a creative activity. Journaling allows the freedom of creativity to grow and increase their skills.
Journaling as a historical record,
There is journaling as a daily record for events for a person. People like to jot down events or daily activities as a record kept. It keeps the individual looking back at the record, in case they need the information that records the events attended. It allows the person to write about their thoughts, and opinions about different experiences. A more detailed record than a calendar. A Diary of events as a family record that could be used for genealogy purposes.
Journaling for fun
Journaling can be a fun experience if the person decides to create a scrapbook of events or of a family log. It is fun to create a scrapbook with die cutouts of Cricut to include on the pages. Creativity is really utilized when creating a scrapbook journal.
Journaling for Mental health
Journaling for mental health is another benefit for people to use as an outlet to destress, lower anxiety, let out frustrations and pain in their journals. It helps a person to express themselves and for up tensions that prevent a person from being happy.
Journaling for goals
Journaling is a benefit that can help individuals in their endeavors. A journal can be an outlet to write about your goals, your ambitions, your inspirations and aspirations, even new year resolutions.
Journaling for self-reflection
People who journal for these main reasons can examine themselves with their own writing. Journaling allows for self-reflection on what they did during the day, how they felt about it. Journaling helps the person to take a step back and reflect on themselves to improve on what they could’ve done differently.
Journaling for better writing
The more a person writes the better their writing improves. Journaling helps to improve writing skills as an additional benefit. The craft of writing takes practice and brainstorming ideas to create interesting writing. Brainstorming ideas is a difficult part of writing because it is the idea of creating interesting topics to write about. These are the main reasons why journaling is a benefit for anyone that decides to journal.
Top 8 reasons to journal journey.cloud.com
Thrifting is so popular because everyone likes to treasure hunt especially with pre owned items. Everyone likes a deal and many like to haggle over prices at sales.
Yard sales, garage sales and estate sales are especially popular for people searching for specific items or for spontaneous finds found to either keep or flip on sites like eBay.
"Another man's trash is another man's treasure" that saying is so true today.
Thrifting started in the 60s when people started to purchase vintage clothing and vintage collectibles. There has always been a market for antiques items more than a 100 years old. Vintage items were considered junk until recent history . in this era of climate change many people are choosing to reuse, recycle and repurpose items to save the environment and at the same time save money.
The reasons why shopping At at thrift shops are popular are because: it's affordable.
At thrift shops you can pay anything from a few cents to a couple of dollars for clothing and household items.
Thrift shopping helps the local economy by guaranteeing people with low economic resources find items in their price range to shop.
Many people choose to shop thrift but there is a segment of population that rely on thrift shops for their needs such as clothes shopping and furniture shopping. They have budget constraints that make them have no option but to shop at thrift shops.
Thrift shopping helps charities that provide jobs and job training as a service to the disadvantaged and disabled like Goodwill. Many thrifts are non profits and help the community they are in. There are some that are for profit but they also donate to charities and causes in the community.
Thrifting is popular because Gen z tend to buy sustainable. Clothing and items and are making thrift a billion dollar industry.
Thrift shopping is popular because we are saving the environment by reusing and recycling these items as we give them a second life and take them into our homes.
Thrifting will always be popular because people will always search for deals and amazing rare finds and treasures.
Vintage Old Treasures
IS an online eBay store that has many unique one-of-a-kind finds, many out of print books, German dishes, artwork, ceramics, teacups and saucers, toys, plush, household items, weird and unusual items, vintage tins and etc.
These items were sold and are examples of the different unique items I have acquired and sold.
I have a Facebook page which has a growing following.
I posted my video on Facebook showcasing the many items in my inventory,
Check out video if anything interests you in my store link, make an offer
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Have to go there to enjoy the history and scenery.
Here are some photos from trip.
On August 1 1967 kennedy space Center opened on merritt Island as a bus tour since then it has grown to the many exhibits offered at kennedy Center visitor center.
Here are some of the photos taken at the kennedy space Center
Many of the exhibits were very interesting and fun to learn about.
There have been some items that have sold for large sums of money that you wouldn't believe would sell for that amount due to the item itself. According to CNN, in Auckland New Zealand a rare houseplant named Rhaphidophora Tetraspema sold for 19,297 dollars. This is the highest amount ever paid for a plant in history. I hope the buyer has a green thumb.
Some other unusual items that sold for large sums of money are an original Leonardo DiVinci painting named "Salvator Mundi" for 382 million. It was believed to be a fake originally when bought in the 1950s.
According to Catawiki some of the other items that sold for large sums of money were the world's smallest bible printed in 1727 for 2,400.
The oldest meteorite on earth sold for 16,000.
A rare porcelain 1,000-year-old bowl from the Song Dynasty in China (960-1127) sold for 31.9 million.
A lock of hair from Elvis Pressley sold for 8,000 dollars.
A diamond ring found at an English car boot sale (yard sale) in the 1980s sold for 737,716 in London.
A letter written by a passenger on the Titanic sold for 141,000.
A bag used for collecting samples from the moon by Neil Armstrong sold at auction for 1.5 million in NY.
A solid 14K gold lego brick sold for 18,498.
A large bluefin tuna sold for 580,000 at the Tsukyi market in Toyko.
The most unusual items ever sold for large sums of money at auctions ever. I am sure there are more items that will sell for higher amounts depending on the rarity and the uniqueness of items placed on auction.
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