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A Gift from Sandy & some yardsale finds…..

May 16, 2007 By Rhoda 32 Comments

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I’ve met so many interesting & unique bloggers since I started blogging (how can it be just since February..it seems so much longer!) and Sandy McTier is one of them. If you haven’t visted her website, Dream Create Inspire, please do so! Sandy lives in GA and is a very talented painter & had a blog giveaway a couple of weeks ago. I was the lucky recipient of a beautiful hand-painted glass coffee cup & saucer. It arrived last week, so I wanted to share it with all of you. It’s hand-painted with hydrangea blooms. She also had in the top of it a silk hydrangea bloom, along with a little birdie (which you can see in the link above). Thank you, Sandy, for a very thoughtful & creative gift! You can also see behind the above cup pic, the address label that was on my package from Sandy. This gal doesn’t just write an address on a package…she creates & paints it on there! Have you ever?!

And, for all my fellow yardsale junkies who are wondering….did she go yardsaling last weekend? Yes, indeedy, I did! A friend called & told me there was a church yardsale happening on Sat. a.m. not far from my house & did I want to go. You know I did! So, we went there bright & early & I snatched up some pretty neat things.
Oil painting of Venice in a nice frame for $6.00. I put this in our master bedroom. Looks good with all the other paintings I have in there with blue in them.

Silverplate covered sugar dish, $1.00. It’s pretty tarnished & I think I’ll clean it up & see how it looks.
Metal leaf/acorn tray. This needs some touch-up paint, but it’s so cute… 50 cents

Very pretty & finely stitched needlepoint picture, $1.00

All these linens were $10.00. There’s actually 7 pieces, but this collage repeated 2 of them. There’s a sampler, a yellow rose, and some other pretty vintage things. I don’t really collect these, but they were too pretty to pass up, so I’ll probably resell some of these items.

I’m seriously thinking about starting some sort of resale business, where I buy yardsale items, fix them up & resell them. I find so many great things, but simply cannot house them all at my home! I’m running out of space!!

I checked at a local antique mall for prices on their booth spaces. The smallest booth they had was $160 a month. I know several of my fellow bloggers have an internet business, Ebay business or an antique booth. I’d love to hear some feedback from all of you who do have businesses & let me know how you got started, what you do to sell things & how it’s working for you. I’m just mulling over some ideas, but would love some down-to-earth feedback from any of you who are doing this. I have sold some things on Ebay, but the shipping & packaging on larger, heavier items is really prohibitive on trying to sell small furniture items this way or items that are very fragile. So, I’d really like to do something….just not sure how to get it off the ground. I’m doing a small amount of decorating consulting & that’s just getting off the ground too & I’d love to do more of that, but it takes awhile to build a business & get your name out there. I would love to combine my decorating abilities with reselling yardsale items & make a go of that. Any ideas for me? I’d love any feedback from all of you fine women out there who are so creative & talented!

I also want to say to all of you who stop by & visit my blog…thank you SO much! I’m honored to have made so many new friends in such a short time & I’m having a ball doing this. Your comments mean so much to me & I love it when you do take the time to let me know you’re here. So, to all my new & old friends, thanks a bunch!

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  1. Simply Me Art says

    May 16, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    Rhoda, First of all the tea cup and saucer are just beautiful. Lucky you. I think the resale idea is Great. I am a big Garge Saler and Flea Marketer too. I love to buy and put my own twist on the item. I opened my Etsy site because I am too running out of room for all of my Goodies. I am sure if you decide to do this you will be successful! From what i see on your blog you are very talented. Good Luck Jamie

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  2. Susie Q says

    May 17, 2007 at 12:28 am

    I adore your hand painted cup and saucer! What a precious gift!
    Sweet finds as always too…
    One of my dearest friends jjst opened a booth in a local flea market. She and her husband are selling re dos, as you mentioned and her floral arrangements, etc. They love it and are doing well. She says it is a fun side thing to do.

    I am betting you would have great luck at any endevour you take part in!

    Hugs,
    Sue

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  3. Sheila says

    May 17, 2007 at 6:22 am

    Dear Rhoda, thank you for stopping by and leaving a comment on my blog..!
    I got lots of helpful hints.
    You found some pretty things art the yard sale, & the painting is lovely.

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  4. annewithane65 (Kim) says

    May 17, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    Congrats Rhoda, the cup is beautiful!

    Love all of your yard sale finds…you’re a girl after my own heart!

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  5. ShabbyInTheCity says

    May 17, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    Booths at our flea market are $43 a month and it is open friday-sunday every weekend. I get mine free since my brother in law owns it and only clear $100 a month. It is a way though that I can sell what I don’t want and upgrade the things in my home 🙂

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  6. Remark-able Family says

    May 17, 2007 at 8:11 pm

    Hi Rhoda,
    Loved seeing your pictures. It’s always nice to drop by and see what you are up to. Your sister’s backyard is beautiful. Sometimes I miss the South so much. It was much easier to garden there and I had a far lovelier garden. Have fun at the beach. We’ll go to the beach in June. A much needed vacation.
    Amanda

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  7. RealEstateGirl says

    May 18, 2007 at 8:33 am

    girlfriend, EBAY is wonderful, but why don’t you just post things on your blog too, that you want to sell?! You have plenty of us out here that would be shopping!

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  8. Lizzie says

    May 18, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    The vintage linens are my favorite find! Love those, I hope you find a perfect place to display them!

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  9. Lynne says

    May 18, 2007 at 4:58 pm

    The tea cup is lovely. Congratulations!

    You always find the neatest stuff at yardsales. All I can seem to find are baby things – and I’m WAY past that stage. I love that you can manage to see something in the things that you buy – they may be old and worn but you manage to make them bright and new. You’ve got a great eye and a great talent.

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  10. Betty says

    May 19, 2007 at 12:00 am

    Rhoda, Your hydrangea cup and saucer is beautiful as are your ‘finds’.

    I can speak from experience about renting a booth. Our daughter lives in Madison, GA just our from Atlanta. It has lots of tourist traffic. We decided to rent a space in an antique-flea market. I went to quite abit of expense fixing and decorating my space. After paying the rent, commision and shop lifting I decided after a few months to give up my space.

    At one yard sale I cleared $800.00. I think if you did it on your blog or a once a month sale you would clear more money….

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  11. Thrift Shop Romantic says

    May 21, 2007 at 11:44 am

    Gorgeous finds, Rhoda! You and I really do tend to look for similar things. I actually have some silver-plate leaf plates very similar to the one you found. Should clean up beautifully. Hope you have a great beach trip!

    –Jenn

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  12. Barbara says

    May 22, 2007 at 8:51 am

    American Yard Sales. How I wish we had those in England!!

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