…for the love of old things
I try to be very selective in what I buy for my store, but every once in a while I still choose items that causes my family to shake their heads…like this one. I’ll admit I went out on a limb with this strangely shaped beaded thingy. But I’m drawn to folk art items and I…
March was the best sales month ever in my online store, both in number of sales, revenue and likely profit (though I haven’t calculated that yet). It was exciting. Then as March rolled into April, sales plummeted, the crickets moved in and I was left scratching my head. Two weeks into April and my sales…
I’ll admit I often buy things based on a visceral response rather than intellectual one. My heart and gut rule my head. Which is fine if you are buying for yourself, but as a person who buys things to resell for profit perhaps it’s not ideal. Still for the most part it’s worked out great! 🙂…
Yes, I caved. I was going to go two weeks without buying anything for my store (because of my backlog of unlisted inventory), but a few days ago I went into my neighborhood thrift store. Okay, in my defense it was my birthday and I played “the birthday card.” Found a couple of good things.…
I knew the mystery linen lot I won a few weeks ago would have some items that would be decidedly out of favor with today’s trends and buyers. And it did! While I am thrilled with the scarves in the box, I’m lukewarm about some of the other bits. Read on… Doilies Crocheted doilies were once commonplace…
While I have been lamenting that my neighborhood thrift store has been thin on the ground with the kinds of things I like to buy, I still do find stuff from time to time. A few days ago, I found this small brown Canyon Outback leather backpack. The leather is soft, strong and the backpack is clean…
Some of you may remember that I bought a huge lot of linens online based on some very vague photos. Even the title was vague: “Various Assorted Linens and Handkerchief.” But I saw bits of things in the photos that looked intriguing and that’s why I took a chance. No one bid against me and…
