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Letter press printers drawers and collecting

These printer drawers come in various sizes depending on the size of the cabinet that the letters were originally stored in which were used by printers for printing presses.  Most cabinets are wood and there are also metal.   The drawers can used to display collections of anything you can think of that would fit into the small sections. I use mine to display school photos, jewelry, marbles and buttons. My grandchildren spend hours arranging the buttons and marbles by color and or size.   I also use them to take pictures of the vintage items that I sell on sites such as Poshmark and Facebook.  Here are just some examples which you can use them for: Source: Etsy.com

Re-opening of my Etsy shop

So it is time again to think about down sizing. I own a lot of things. I love things....but if they break, I can live without them. So I have started taking pictures of my various things that I make and things that I collect either from auctions or garage sale, or even the curb where I clean everything and then re-do something with it. My kids and a couple of friends are worried that I may land up on the show "Hoarders" but I sell so much and give back to charities that I will be okay.....I do however want to be able to simplify my stuff and I have been posting and selling quite a bit on Craigslist.ca and now on my etsy account. Hopefully I can keep a list of all the stuff on each of the accounts and mark when they are sold accordingly. Beautiful light green (Bakelite) costume jewellery from the early 60's.  2 necklaces, 3 pairs of clip on earrings and one(Bakelite)bracelet.  I am sure that the bracelet is (Bakelite) but the earrings and necklaces have not been tes...