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I’d certainly count movie posters as ephemera. Magazines too, but I wouldn’t count books. I think it would be cool to do a book challenge at some point but I think they need their own challenge. I will also say that as far as Arts & Crafts goes…..broad interpretation is grand, but I wouldn’t include fabric. Primarily because at least half of what I list most weeks is fabric and it would give me an unfair advantage.
VT…it’s up to you! 🙂
I hereby nominate VT for the October challenge…..you are on! It could be an Arts & crafts challenge…..or it could be a paper/ephemera challenge. Heh heh heh. Gauntlet thrown.
Sharyn don’t be embarassed! You are a listing rock star and we should all join you in celebrating such a worthy accomplishment! 54 is HUGE. I am so impressed! Great job!
45 listings for me and none were silver. But the good news is that we had RAIN a couple of days ago and we finally can breathe without smoke again!
52 listings for the week and 1 was silver for the monthly challenge. I’ll have to scramble OR get creative to list more silver items but who knows what will turn up? That’s the silver lining to having big death piles. (see what I did there?)
Hope everyone has a good week and that y’all have better air to breathe than we do here in Oregon. It’s wretched.
Thanks everyone for your well wishes! It was so lovely to have something wonderful happen, after such a rough summer. No date set yet…we want to honeymoon in England so we’ll have to wait for things to sort themselves out and see.
33 listings this week for me and none in the silver challenge yet. Way to go Sharyn….you are kicking into high gear!
As far as sales go, mine have been quite brisk but I sell lots of harvest and Halloween and those compose the bulk of my sales right now. I do think things will pick up generally in the next few weeks.
I am glad fall is finally here and Summer 2020 is in the rear view mirror. Onwards and upwards. Hoping everyone has a good week ahead.
Here are the totals for the August challenge:
1st place: Junque Redux- 32 listings – 4 points
2nd place: me- 23 listings – 3 points
3rd place: Vintage Treasures – 20 listings – 2 points
Sharyn, Amatino and ChristineR get one point each for participating. Good job everyone! All in all, the group listed 98 textile items!
I don’t have anything to report on the Woe challenge but I do have a WOW report. Charlie proposed to me today and we are now engaged! Woot! If you google search Vista House Crown Point Oregon, you can see the VERY romantic spot he chose for a proposal. Happy dance!
50 listings for me and 5 were textiles for the August challenge. My total for the August challenge is 23 and that’s my final tally since I won’t be doing any more tonight.
Hey congrats Libby on hitting the 2020 goal last week….and in August no less! I bow down to you!
Love all the kitty pics. I too had a calico. Her name was Penelope and I named my brick and mortar shop for her, way back in 2004. She was sweet and quirky. Just a wonderful cat. My last cat Coco used to like to lie across my feet while I was listing. I finally got a little bed for her in my office/studio so she could hang out with Mommy and not be underfoot. I’ve been really lucky with the cats who’ve blessed my life.
58 listings for me this week and 17 were textiles for the August challenge. Slowly trying to get back on track. One week left to list textiles….so will try to get more done this week. My grand total for the August challenge is 18 so far.
My big project over the weekend was to start to put new shelving in my storage and get more organized. Got about half of it done.
Hope everyone has a good week ahead.
47 listings for me this week. It felt good to get back to reaching my weekly goal, although I have a bit of catching up to do. I didn’t get any textile listings done this week, but the month is only half over.
My answer is super boring. I just had 5 pieces of blue fabric lined up to list. Actually I had a stack of 15 blue pieces, but thought I could get 5 done that day. I list fabric by color in my Etsy shop so it’s easier and more aesthetically pleasing to peruse.
I’m feeling guilty for getting a participation point when I didn’t actually get any listed. Is the point because I posted? 🙂
I had the very best intentions and five items lined up for the BLUE challenge…but somehow the day got away from me, so it’s a zero for me. Such is life.
Amatino, I really want to let you know how much I appreciate all the time and effort you put into our Trash Elf Challenge. You have a busy life and this just adds another layer to your work day so please know that being part of this group has made such a difference to how I approach listing. It’s always fun to source items and fun when they sell, but the listing is always the drudgery part for me. My mindset has changed completely over the past couple of years because of the challenge and the support of the group. It’s inspiring and motivating and I am listing WAY more than I would be otherwise. My numbers keep going up each year…which is exciting! And most importantly, you make it fun. What a gift. Thank you Amatino. You are the best. 🙂
I agree with LBH and VT. I like the idea of more people getting points for effort. Perhaps the reason that we had such great participation in the July Holiday challenge is because one could get a participation point even if they didn’t win 1-3 place….? It’s also a way for people to get points if life doesn’t allow them to be big listers.
Now I’m really going to throw a spanner in the works…..what about giving first, second and third place points for the weekly listing challenge? Instead of just one person getting a point and winning the week? Just a thought. 🙂
That being said, life threw me a curveball last week….. and so…..
5 listings…and one was a textile listing for the August challenge.
Christmas in July challenge results:
I win 3 points with 28 listings
Vintage Treasures wins 2 points in 2nd place with 15 listings
Sharyn, LBH, Junque and Amatino each get one point for participating…good going all of you. Chime in if I’ve forgotten anyone.
I have a feeling the competition in the August Textile challenge is going to be fierce!
19 listings for me this week which is less than I had hoped for but I have a good excuse. Do you believe in serendipity? I sure do. Charlie and I were out for a drive a week ago Sunday morning and we saw an estate sale sign…last day everything half off. It turned out to be a hoarder house, with tons of cool vintage goodness, from vintage toys, old kitchen stuff, lots of ephemera, vintage Christmas, ancient little girl petticoat collection, and on and on. Things were a bit pricey, even at half off, which is probably why there was so much left. Both of us still managed to find some bargains and Charlie ended up with one stuffed bag and I had two. Did I mention there was a shed chock full and a barn/garage?
Out of curiosity, I asked the estate sale promoter what was going to happen to everything that was left? She said….why, do you want it? I didn’t even pause to say YES. She said, you understand this means you take EVERYTHING. Gulp. Of course I understand, I said.
It took us two FULL days, in 97 degree weather to empty it all out. Two full 20 foot U-haul truck loads and several full pick-up and car loads. But we got it. My best friend came to help and Charlie’s 16-yr-old son, and I paid his son enough so he was able to buy himself a new skateboard with the proceeds. Win win win.
Now we have to sort it out and decide what to keep to sell and what to donate or recycle. There’s MUCH more work ahead. But man it was fun (in a sweaty back-aching way) and the Grange will get the lion’s share of the proceeds and we’ll do well with it too. I’m so glad I said yes.
My final total for the Christmas in July challenge was 28 items.
Junque Redux, as far as backpacks and the like, if they are made out of canvas or polyester or something like that they would count. I don’t consider leather, fake or real, a textile, if that make sense.
