A Day Late and A Dollar Short LOL Here is the feature!

SORRY everybody! I fell asleep last night before I got the feature done, so here it is today instead :o))

RED And BLACK is BACK!

Time to promote again! RED AND BLACK tonight!

Heres the link to the thread where you can post your item that is RED or black!!
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6115192

Posted by midnight tonight :o)

Meet and greet!

From left to right:

Kayla age 9, Noah age 8, Joshua age 11, and Breahna age 13

LoL thats actually a retail sales phrase, but this is regarding my children, here they are, please excuse the girls hair, dad had to fix it as mom had to work :o)

Happy Easter!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter today, and celebrates life with their families! I am thankful for the family that I have, and to be able to have another Easter with my children!
Cheers!!

Beth

Happy Easter!!

What kind of plans does everyone have for Easter?? I have big plans!
WORK!!

No really, I do have to work lol! But what can I do?? I gotta make a living. Oh well, there will always be another Easter I guess.
So I hope everyone else has fun, and enjoy spending time with your families!

OH and Im having a half price sale today through tomorrow at midnight!! check it out!
www.avidhunter3.etsy.com

happy weekend!

Is everyone ready for Easter?? Im not ready lol but its coming anyway! I hope everyones weekend is off to a grand start, and that all the treasure hunters found something good at the yard sales today. I didn get to go, I had to work :o(( I sold my cherries purse that I showed on here last week !!
What about you guys, anyone doing anything special this weekend?

regarding bonanzle and a cute cherry purse!

Just an FYI, I joined bonanzle a couple of weeks ago, and I have already sold some items! Might be a good idea to check it out if you are trying to test waters other than ebay!

I listed some really neat vintage stuff last night! Isnt this cherry needlepoint purse the bomb??

And a super cute PINK sewing machine!

Also, if you love vintage, check out my aunts shop, she is having a 25% off sale all week this week!

www.vickifoundatreasure.etsy.com

Heres mine!

www.avidhunter3.etsy.com

What has everyone else been listing??

My sale was a good one!

Just an update, my huge sale was paid for so it was legit! Yay!

Great week ahead!

WE are in for a great week! WHY ? Because I said so! LOL, we gotta stay positive right?? I am in limbo here. Last night I made HUGE sale of 40 items to one person. On one hand I was excited, and another scared. I havent heard back from the customer yet. I convo'ed another seller that the seller had bought a lot from and she emailed and told me she was good for her money, and she didnt think I needed to be worried yet.
SO. We will see! But won't that suck to have to relist 40 items if its not a legit transaction??? Its really sad, that we have reached a point online, that fraud takes away our joy of selling. Know what I mean? I mean back in the good ole days of ebay you would be have been ecstatic to have sold that many items to ONE person. And never questioned it validity! But today, with fraud runnning rampant, every transaction can at any point raise red flags.
I hope hope hope it was a good transaction! Not for the money, but because I REALLY REALLY REALLY dont want to have to relist 40 items!!!!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Anyone else having a good sale right now? If so post it here for all to see!
Mine if 50 percent off through tomorrow!!
www.avidhunter3.etsy.com

HI all! Do you treasure hunt?

I hope everyone is having a great week! Just wondering how many treasure hunters are out there! By that I mean, do you go to yard sales, flea markets, antique shops, and resale shops, in search of the ultimate treasure? Well, I am the biggest treasure you will every find. I LOVE love love, to look for things, and find things that are worth money. Because I love money? NO! LOL, I just get a thrill out of learning about new things, especially antiques and collectibles, and then going to a sale and finding a piece of gold for a dollar thats worth 200. I have had many many home runs, (a home run is something you buy for a dollar, and get at least 100!) but havent really found much lately. But I thought I would share with you something I just recently found. As you may know, if you ever look in my Etsy shop, I LOVE jewelry.
Not any particular brand or line, I like it all! Well, a couple of weeks ago, I went to a little resale shop in Nacogdoches Texas. I bought 30 dollars worth of jewelry that day, and came home with a pretty big bagful. One of the things in the bag, was this sorta cute, sorta ugly, sorta gaudy fertility looking God plastic and rhinestone pin. I thought it was neat as it had tons of rhinestones, and was just DIFFERENT. Original price 2.00, on sale half price LOL. Cant beat a dollar right??



So, I go through my new jewels and list my newly acquired vintage pieces on Etsy, and even sell a few right away. My cute little pin sits to the side, just beggin for me to say "HEY why dont I look you up today?"



Today was the day! My little pin man was happy, as I searched for the marking that was on the back of the pin.



Hattie Carnegie



So I always choose ebay as my first search option. Looked on there, and was pretty astounded, couldnt find MY little man, but some sorta gaudy and such.

This is an example of a Hattie pin!
To make a long story short, she was a famous designer, and designed jewelry from the late 20s to the 1970s. Most of items are all worth money. But the pins and bracelets that are figural with the lucite plastics on them and clearly signed are worth a bunch!
Here is a link to some pins, to show you what to look for the next time you are out treasure hunting!
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/debra/item/RL80914230
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/debra/item/RL80914231
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/judysgems/item/1924-x20Hx2eCx2ex20Lionx20Inx20Bushesx20Pin
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/judysgems/item/1607-x20Hx2eCx2ex20Kingx20ofx20Junglex20Pin

Ok, now that you have seen what Hattie looks like, let me finish my story! So my sorta cute little man has now been researched, and the total of his value is 600-800 dollars!
So he is now listed to go to a new home through a popular venue called RUBY LANE.
Here is a link :o)
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/atreasure/item/hcwdoc
Pretty interesting stuff huh?
Have a great weekend!
Beth

Giving a shoutout!

Have you ever heard of Bonanzle?? I hadnt either, but another Etsy member referred, and I must say, I LOVE IT! Now, its different than Etsy, I wasnt looking to replace Etsy by any means, I love my ETSY! BUT I have been looking for a place similiar to ebay to sell items that I cant sell through Etsy such as kids clothing. Have a look at it wont you?? Everyone is super super nice, they have this live chat feature, and to list is FREE, there is just an end of item charge, so its way cheaper than ebay, AND there is a lot of traffic!!
Here is my shop web address:
http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/avidhunter3
Let me know what you think!!

Black is BACK!! Thursday Night Feature :o)

I won an award!!

Thank you! I won an award from Audrey's Country Crafts!

http://audreyscountrycrafts.blogspot.com/