Bamboo Rainmaker #2

Yay, my first sale in years. Shortly I shared the link to my revived sales account, today I received order and payment for this rainmaker. I had it for years. It doesn't look great, but the damage at the bottom is of no influence. It sounds great and all it really needs is a new coat of varnish. Addition to my bank account €10.

I had a smaller one that was way prettier that sold in 2016 €5.

Just The Right Box

So I had to ship the rainmaker. Wrapped it in double layer of a thin sort of foam that I still had, once curb found. Then went lookin for a box. Nothing that was large enough in my house! Started thinking about alternatives like just plastic, maybe trash bags but didn't like the idea. Then my eye caught someting in the corner of my living room. A still wrapped small Christmas tree, I had never even opened the box yet, that I found earlier this year. Pulled the tree out and it looked almost good as new. Stored unwrapped now to sell later or to keep to replace my large tree that I haven't used in years because I have no place to set it up anymore.

The long narrow box was the exact size that I needed!

Clearing Up

Sold yesterday after less than a week. Found at least a year ago across the street. Brand new. So I wanted to keep it. When last week I finally set about to use it for a cute print I found, I discovered I still had this old IKEA frame the exact same size but in poorer condition, and used that instead. The new frame made me double the amount I could have asked for the old one.

Equally following the rule ‘if you haven’t used it…’ last December I listed this percussion instrument the Man had brought home many years ago. It’s called a rainmaker and if you hadn’t seen one before, it’s filled with grit and imitates the sound of the rain as pegs in the side slow down the falling. We kept it as décor, but it ended up in a corner in his flat. I gave someone a great deal, but I was glad it went.