Ever since Caleb put the idea in my head to design estate sale t-shirts, I've been day-dreaming about creating adorable shirts with witty adages that even the infrequent estate sale goer would fall in love with. I assumed there would be plenty of t-shirts out there to...
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Show and Tell Friday: Cat Figurine Collection, featuring Allie Cat
For Show and Tell Friday this week, I would like to show my cat figurine collection and tell about Allie, my gorgeous yet cantankerous, spoiled rotten cat. 🙂 Above is my cat figurine collection that I keep in my kitchen window. I have a special place in my heart for...
Getting Ready for Toad Suck
Toad Suck is a yearly 3-day festival in Conway, Arkansas that happens the first weekend of May. There's pretty much something for everyone. For example, kids can enter their toad into 'The World Championship Toad Races', adults can attend the awesome free outdoor...
Show & Tell Friday: Antique Postcards
For Show and Tell Friday, I would like to share part of my antique postcard collection. Each of these is from the years around 1900-1910. I recently purchased these off of eBay so I can use Paint Shop Pro to create original header logos and cutesy images to decorate...
Shipping Insurance Isn’t Always What It’s Cracked Up To Be
I finally received my UPS insurance claim check yesterday after four long months of uncertainty whether I would get it or not. In early December, I listed a gorgeous milk glass Westmoreland punch bowl set with stand, ladle, and 12 cups on eBay after watching a couple...
Show and Tell Friday
This week for Show and Tell Friday, I'm showing off my super neat serigraph called "Modiste" by Mark Coomer. It was love at first sight when I found this at an Estate Sale by Katherine last year. If you're like I was, you're wondering what the heck a "serigraph" is. ...
Why I’ll Never Completely Leave Ebay
So last week you read my rant about how I regretably closed my eBay store due to eBay's fee hikes that shaft the "little guys" like myself, but you also got the scoop about how I listed the Quimper dishes I won at the amazing Saugey's Antique Auction. The results from...
Show & Tell Friday
This week for Show & Tell Friday I want to show off my yellow pottery dishes collection. I have this secret thing for yellow -- my truck is yellow, my wedding colors were red and yellow, and now my kitchen is red and yellow. I didn't want my kitchen to be...
Bye, Bye, eBay Store
I actually closed my eBay store on Monday before the fee hike went into effect on Tuesday, but I'm just now getting around to posting about it because, ironically enough, I closed my store on Monday and listed live auctions on Tuesday -- Shows you how angry they made...
