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Organic Japanese loose green tea (Dow’s Lake) Promised Organic Japanese loose-leaf green tea 100g package. Best before 08/2024. Though past its peak, should be just fine still.

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Take-away / storage containers (Dow’s Lake) Please help confirm my decision that it was worthwhile to save this assortment of plastic and aluminum foil containers, all but one (front left) with matching lid. Squeaky clean. Maybe good for packaging holiday season treats, crafts storage, seed starting? I’d prefer that they all go together.

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Fabric (Dow’s Lake) Ancient thin velour-ish fabric. Approximately 140 x 280 cm Perhaps useful for lining pet bed, wrapping things for moving...

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Gift Box (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Very sturdy gift box with cushioned, satin-lined interior. Outer cardboard sleeve as well. Approximately 18.5x7x5 cm. Originally held crystals.

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Ring binders (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Two used but quite tidy white ring binders, 1.5 and 2.5 inches. Both have numbered dividers, and sheet protectors.

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Vintage Moulds (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Vintage (at least 40 years old) rigid plastic moulds. Angels, courtiers, snowflakes... I have used them with salt dough and beeswax. I don’t know what other materials would work. Example of finished ornament not included.

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Hallowe’en Decorations (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Vintage inflatable bat, fabric cat wind spinner, feather mask, stickers, window clinger web... Fluffy cat not included.

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Hair comb assortment (Dow’s Lake) Gifted An assortment of 15 hair combs in clear, blonde, brown and black plastic. I couldn’t figure out how to use them, even after watching a few tutorials. 🤷‍♀️

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IKEA SMÅSPORRE Twin size duvet (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Twin bed size IKEA Småsporre warm duvet with polyester filling. This duvet is nice and warm and I’m sure will be welcomed by someone who doesn’t mind that it has a tiny hole, currently covered with a patch for down coats. One channel of the stuffing refuses to smooth out, as seen by the lump in the picture. It has been used for less than a year.

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Oxi-Clean White Revive pods (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Opened package of Oxo-Clean pods for brightening laundry. I think that I only used one or two of them. Not for those sensitive to fragrances/odours.

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Catit Creamy Lickable Cat Treats (Dow’s Lake) Gifted 4/5 of a package of chicken and liver flavour lickable cat treats. Cat NOT included. They weren’t to her taste.

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Notepads/Pages (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Five partial lined notepads - some yellow, some white. One remnant of a coil-bound notebook. PS They are fully lined, partially full pads.

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Greetings Cards (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Eight assorted greetings cards with envelopes. Size about 4.5 x 6.5 inches. They feature paintings done by holding the brushes by mouth. Made in Canada on recycled paper.

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Clear loot bags with 🎈 pattern (Dow’s Lake) Gifted About 16 loot bags roughly 13cm / 5.25 in wide (plus gusset) and 29.5 cm / 11.75 in tall. Clean and unused, but I would not recommend to use for unwrapped food as they have been in storage for a long time.

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FabriCraft peel’n’stick fabric (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This ‘Nurturing Garden’ pattern is 18” x 42” / 46 cm x 107 cm of craft fabric with repositionable adhesive. The roll has been around for many years. I don’t know if the adhesive qualities may have changed. It is unused in its sealed packaging.

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Vintage Scrabble®️Supplies (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This is a complete set of vintage wooden Scrabble®️tiles and four tile racks, plus the deluxe purple Crown Royal pouch to keep them in. There are also three score pads. Some of the tiles and the racks show signs of wear consistent with their years of use.

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Vintage Stamps etc (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This grouping includes a booklet containing two remaining 5¢ stamps featuring young Queen Elizabeth, and a separate 1¢ stamp from the same series issued between 1954 and 1968, I believe. There’s a small packet of ~8 assorted postmarked international stamps. Next are prepaid air letters. There are four 88¢ ones in like new condition plus one stained, and one stained 74¢ one.

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Vintage Brocade Skinny Tie (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This special brocade narrow tie has no label, but I believe the fabric may be silk. Depending on the light it can seem off-white, silvery, or ivory with darker accents. It is roughly 4.5 cm / 1.5 in at its widest and about 138 cm / 54.5 in long. It is in very good condition.

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Vintage Silk Tie (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This vintage silk tie is roughly 8.5 cm / 3.25 in at its widest point and about 153 cm / 60 in long. It is ivory with garnet red dots that have black squares inside. It is in very good condition but could benefit from a cleaning (see near the point and on the right edge).

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Vintage Wide Silk Tie (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This silk is roughly 10 cm / 4 in at the widest and is about 146 cm / 57.5 in long. It is predominantly purple with woven tiny bands of accent colours. It is in very good condition.

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Magnolia print dress w/ pockets (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This is called Magnolia Flower Japanese Linen Blend Maxi Dress on the elevenforest.com site. It is listed as size 3XL, but see the size chart image. It is comparable to about two sizes down. It is listed both as mostly cotton, and as linen blend, but it isn’t either unfortunately as that’s what I wanted. No actual fabric content label. It might be a mix of viscose and nylon? It’s brand new. A first washing might remove some fabric sizing and make it softer.

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Floral Purple Gradient Dress (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This is called Classy Hanging Flowers Gradient… on the elevenforest.com site. It is listed as size 3XL, but see the size chart image. It is comparable to about two sizes down. It is listed as a cotton/linen blend, but it isn’t unfortunately as that’s what I wanted. No actual fabric content label. It might be a mix of viscose and nylon? It’s brand new. A first washing might remove some fabric sizing and make it softer.

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Van Gogh Almond Blossom Tunic/Shirt (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This is called Floral Painting Art Woven Tunic on the elevenforest.com site. It is listed as size 2XL, but see the size chart image. It is comparable to about two sizes down. It is listed as mostly cotton, but it isn’t unfortunately as that’s what I wanted. No actual fabric content label. It might be a mix of viscose and nylon? Could be that a first washing will remove some fabric sizing and make it softer. It’s brand new; I didn’t even try it on.

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Canvas tote (Dow’s Lake) Gifted This sturdy canvas tote is about 33 x 33 cm / 13 x 13 in plus a small gusset and the handles. Maybe you could find a use for it for some Canadian man. The symbol is actually from the now defunct Canadian Retail Hardware Association.

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Carrier bags (Dow’s Lake) Gifted About 36 non-woven grocery carrier bags. Clean, with perhaps a stray cat hair. Only used once. (I have things delivered, please don’t judge!). Also two larger sturdy plastic carrier bags. Same condition.

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M&S Tank Top (Dow’s Lake) Gifted White cotton (with spandex) ribbing tank top from Marks and Spencer. UK size 24 Appropriate dimensions 117 cm / 46 in at chest. Armhole to bottom 48 cm / 19 in. The fabric is fairly heavyweight so suitable for an under layer in cold weather or a discrete outer garment.

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Jones New York Shell with Ruffles (Dow’s Lake) Gifted White cotton with spandex shell with ruffled buttoned front. Size L Approximate dimensions 96 cm / 38 in at armholes 56 cm / 22 in top to bottom

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Vintage Jewellery Box (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Wooden jewellery box with metal handles. Approximate dimensions 26 widest x 17 tall x 12.5 cm deepest / 10.5 w x 6.75 h x 5 inches deep. Drawers are lined in yellow flock and felt. There is a music box component which isn’t currently working, but I think could be brought back to life by someone who knows about such things.

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Pet Carrier, soft-sided (Dow’s Lake) Gifted Suitable for a cat or small dog. Approximate dimensions 49 deep x 25 wide x 29 cm high / 19.25 deep x 9.75 wide x 11.5 inches high. Padded liner has washable cover. Inside has a clip to attach to a collar/harness. This would be useful if your cat learns to open the zippers, as mine did. Only used occasionally by a healthy cat.

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