Listings End, Listings Begin...the great cycle of eBay..

I always get so antsy the day before auctions end. I check ebay at least once an hour looking for questions and seeing how many bids/watchers my items have. I learned a long time ago that having watchers doesn't mean you're going to have any bidders. I've tried ending auctions on every day of the week and starting anywhere between 6 pm and 10 pm trying to find the best time to get bidders...finally I learned you have to have pieces they don't want to let get by. Something they remember. I don't have nearly the inventory I used to because I only get what I think is a "show-stopper" as I like to call them. A "statement piece" the ultimate. Something they can't live without...and all that for an average of $15 per item (including shipping...cuz shipping is always free). I try not to spend too much because I don't want to charge too much. Being unique and "green" shouldn't cost you more! You're recycling and looking amazing...its a win-win. All on the cheap. I love my job.

I'm also trying to teach myself how to sew (better) so I can start making reproductions..or made from vintage pattern pieces. I have a ton of patterns and I know where to get more patterns from my treasure hunt this weekend. I'd love to look like I came straight out of the 50's every day but finding (and affording) pieces in my size is very difficult..and most of the time when I find one I end up having to sell it. I've already sold 2 of my very favorite pieces. One of them I don't even have pictures of anymore. It was a cherry print dress the zipped up the front and had a sailor collar on it. I was in love with that dress...but of course the first things to go when we're short on cash are my valuable clothing...well I don't have any left...all I have is my wedding dress and Its not worth NEARLY as much as I paid...I even sold my reception dress (which I didn't even wear to my reception) *pictured* I found that dress locally (which is super rare) and it was gorgeous! I'm still mad at myself for getting rid of both the dresses...but not like I can buy them back..unfortunately. So if I could re-create them it would save me a lot of heart ache because my repro's aren't worth as much as originals.

New Inventory Preview!

Ooh I love new inventory! Here are some of the beautiful finds I got on this week's treasure hunt. These items start TUESDAY at 7pm PACIFIC! :D Lots more to come!

Phew, What a day!

Went so many places and saw so many fun things. I'm glad we're finally getting some good vintage furniture round here. I saw some jaw droppers today. Well even after all the different places and new things I saw today I ended up going to my "old faithful" and found a ton of cute new items..doesn't that just figure. ;) Well either way, the new inventory is fantastic. Shops always bring out the best clothing items around fall because of Halloween. Its very exciting. Coming up is cool weather, bright colors and bold patterns. Yay for fall!
XXOO Bettie

1/2 way through this week's treasure hunt...

I had to take a rest to wait for a dear friend to get her lazy bum outta bed...hehe. So i thought I would post some pix of the great things I found so far...I'm not going to post inventory pix until I'm through shopping. :) enjoy!

I just couldn't wait...

I HAD to clean my spare room! I started about an hour and a half ago and just finished...whew, you should see the bags and bags of donation items I have! Its a sad day when no-one loves a vintage treasure but I like giving back to my community too. Maybe one of the locals will fall in love with the vintage my buyers left behind.
I've included pictures (starting at the top) The desks (one with sewing machine is packing/shipping desk and one with random stuff all over is my desk) next is a close up of the shipping desk, I'm so proud I found a place to put all the junk that was all over it..HA! Bottom pix now, the built in and inventory closet..pretty empty right now, inventory is only up to the white skirt, everything else is extra hangers and finally the last pic is the view from the doorway. YAY So happy to finally have it done. Things should be much smoother now and shipping should be faster, lately its been taking me a few days to get things out because it was so hard to find everything. I was packing things in my living room!
Its funny to look at these pictures and see all these things that are so important to me...like that "interesting" mustard shirt. A dear friend gave it to me, it was her mother's. I think its fantastic but I'm sure not a lot of others feel the same..hehehe. Mustard is a hard color to wear. The pink bag hanging from the shipping table was made for me for my last birthday. Its super cute! It has vintage buttons on it! ;) In the closet I can see the veil from my wedding..and I know my wedding dress is in that closet too. Its lovely :) I bought it from a vintage store on ebay..oh gosh I can't remember the name...vintage vortex? something along those lines. I know I overpayed for it but the whole wedding dress story we'll save for another time. Anyways kids. I have to get to getting. I have plenty of shopping to do for your treasures and tomorrow I'll try to have a preview for you
XXOO Bettie