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Etsy

I opened an Etsy shop quite a while ago and have pretty much ignored it ever since.  I've had multiple people tell me I should be listing there, but I'm a bit boggled by it.

I want to shop there, but I find it confusing,  which I'm sure is due to the fact that I don't understand how it's supposed to work. For example, I'd like some new earrings, and I really like pink tourmaline. If I type "pink tourmaline earrings" into the search box, I get 319 items on 16 pages. That's more than I want to start clicking through, so I want to narrow it down.

The info on the right suggests I change the category on top to items:tags only and not items:tags,titles.  I do, but now I get over 200 options and 10 pages. So I can come up with more specifics or I can start looking at 200 different pairs of earrings.

Can I see a list of standard tags the seller may have used?  Are the choices truly endless and ill-definded? I don't know if that's the point, or if I just don't know how to search in Etsy. It seems perfect if you'd like to wander around, just looking. Reminds me of reading blogs.

I'm also confused as a seller. Because I don't sell original art, I can list in either the supplies or vintage categories. (I'm not allowed to pick anything else) After that, there seems to be no structure. I'm not sure Etsy really is a good place for a seller like me. There may be a market there, but I'll have to figure out how to find things, if I want people to come and find me!

It rains, it pours...

I told you I found another set of cool price tags & would eBay them soon...and yesterday (antique-ing again) I found a third set! These are blue on white & CUTE, CUTE, CUTE. So I have 2 sets of price signs posted and some of the first set left. I may have 3 kinds posted within a few days. Here are the new guys:

And, for yet another bonus yesterday, I came across some very cool cards with what I thought were city names printed on one side. They have incredible vintage color along the edges. I was disappointed to find pencil or ink notations added to some sort of abbreviations on the back of about half.

Well, I did a bit of research and they're actually a kind of flash card. They were used by new-hires of the railroad mail cards, to learn the names and locations of the various post offices along a route. The notations on the back are basically study notes. The things you learn...

Anyway, they're on eBay too.

 

It's the little things...

Funny how thrilled we can be over something silly...tonight I picked up a skin for my i-pod with a place on the back to hang onto the earphones. And because the i-pod earphones won't stay in my ear, I am trying another set. They already seem better and they're pink. (I'm trying to add more colors in my life)

If you look closely you may see that the screen says 161 podcasts. There are just 4 songs. Only I could turn a cool toy into a work tool.

On a more familiar note, I found some more vintage price signs...these are black type on a kind of orange/butterscotch background. They're a bit smaller than the others and have a wider range of prices. I'm thinking 1940s, maybe 1950s.  Also very fun, and not as pricey as the others.

I'll have them on eBay by the weekend I think.

Old work and a quick new one...

Something else I found in the old computer's files, it's mixed media on a book cover:

To even things out, here's a quick ATC I did last night:

Cool Stuff on eBay

They're grocery store price tags, possibly from about 1930. About 3" wide.

I added more links, finally. If you have a minute check some out.