Don't waste the corporate gifts.

When the former company I worked for changed its name, we still had stock of corporate gifts printed in its former name. And if you have attended corporate events or exhibition, you would have noticed that you can collect quite a fair bit of corporate giveaways.

These items are usually have the corporate logo printed on them. What do you do with those that you don't need or won't use because of the ads or logos? Check this idea out for some inspirations.

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Discards are not waste if you can find someone else to treasure them.

Treasured discards? Thanks for the memory.

I have asked earlier if there are ways to make a living out of treasured discards that has no value to others to consider selling.

Shannon Batson has the answer when she made memory bears out of her grandfather’s favourite clothing after his death, for each of his children. That is how she started her business, Create Treasures.

See how she recycles fur coats that grandmothers loved so much.

Here is a Camo Bear she created.

These were created for the family of servicemen who have died protecting her country. Out of gratitude, she did not charge them for her creations. I cannot think of a better way for anyone to show appreciation or remember someone by.

Can you?

Treasured Discards? Start a business.

Things your love ones have been keeping maybe be deemed “junk” to you but to them, they are stuff that they have been growing up with. Is there a figure you can fix on the price tag for things of sentimental value that will allow the keeper to gladly release them?

If they are trinkets, one can consider making gel candles with them embedded to keep as keepsakes. But what about the big items?

My uncle's house in Malacca is full of antiques and looking at the lifestyle of his children they are not likely to decorate all of them in their own homes. I remember driving pass a house in Singapore and I saw lots of beautiful old furniture placed outside the house. You may think that the owner has so much antiques that he has no place for them in the house. But then, it could be that his children do not appreciate them and have left them out of the house!

I have offered to write a blog for my uncle about his collections. I would like to write about his knowledge about them and the feeling and thoughts they awakened in him. I am sure that when my cousins are able to read his attachment to them, they will treasure his collections as much. A few generations down the road, these items may become national treasures.

Come to think of it, my uncle should consider selling some pieces of his collections, that his children will not be keen to hang on to. At least he will be assured that items sold will be well kept and appreciated.

So, maybe you should start looking at the stuff that you have been hoarding and see what you can do about them before they become discarded treasure, when you are no longer around.

Are there ways to make a living out of treasured discards that has no value to others to consider selling?

Watch out for the answer in my next posting.

Treasured trinktets? Make candles out of them!

Dig into your drawers and I am sure that you will find some trinkets that you have outgrown. You are not throwing them away even though some may no longer be complete or may have been broken. In whatever condition they may now be, these trinkets hold special memories for you. Some may even be gifts from long lost friends from your childhood days. So, what can you do to hold on to them for their sentimental values?

Have you heard of gel candle? The clear gel used in making the candle allows you to embed your trinkets inside it as a decorative measure. There are ways to make them either with a microwave oven or stove as your heat source.

You may like how your trinkets look in the gel candles that you have no reasons to discard them after all. Long live happy memories.

“One man’s meat is another man’s poison”

“One man’s meat is another man’s poison”.

With that in mind you would most likely think that the best way to get rid of stuff you no longer require is to hold a garage sale. The problem is, this principle applies in the family even before you can start the sales. Things your love ones have been keeping maybe be deemed “junk” to you but to them, they are stuff that they have been growing up with. Is there a figure you can fix on the price tag for things of sentimental value that will allow the keeper to gladly release them? Be fair, that applies to stuff you have been hoarding too.

Also, do you really want strangers walking around your house or your compound? What if they brought their kids along and they start messing around and breaking stuff you, suddenly decided, you do not intend to sell after all. And most importantly, who is going to help clear the “pee”, “poo”, “spills” and “splats” when “accidents” happen?

“Treasured Discards”, how can we merrily reduce them and still maintain peace in the family?

My 3rd incentive: Benefit from reducing “Treasured Discards” and live happily ever after.

Look out for my postings of solutions under "Abundance from Abandoned", before your “Treasured Discards” becomes “Discarded Treasure"