…for the love of old things
So far this year I haven’t purchased anything for my store! Not one thing. I’m only allowing myself a few sourcing trips this month and the two I’ve done so far were total busts. I considered going to a rather posh estate sale about 10 miles away but most of the items were large (furniture,…
The start of a new year always presents a wonderful opportunity to make changes and shake up the status quo…so that’s what I want to do. For my business, I’ve decided to start with a change that’s going to be hard, but necessary. Here’s the story… Most folks who resell online and/or have an antique…
Our little 2018 family Christmas was low-key and lovely. Just perfect. Then Boxing Day dawned and I got to work catching up on a few chores–washing dishes, starting laundry and making turkey soup with leftovers. After lunch I was going to putter around in the garden pruning roses and raking leaves. Then my body thought…
I kicked myself about this one. Days later. Usually I just shrug my shoulders–que sera sera–and know that the next good score is just around the corner. But I can’t stop thinking about this one. And it got away because of sheer arrogance on my part! Here’s the story: I source for items for my…
I adore hunting for vintage things for my store. Always. Yard sales, rummage sales, estate sales, thrift stores, online auctions…they’re all good and all fun. But I realize some other parts of the biz aren’t so delightful. And sometimes I cause my own mayhem. My own pointless drama. Like in these cases. May my mistakes not be yours!…
Over the decades I’ve worked for a number of companies (high tech and non-profit), in a number of positions, all of which involved sitting behind a computer in a fluorescent-lit office. They were good jobs, till they weren’t! Nowadays I am happy to be out of a cubicle and working for myself doing something I…
