Before I
went on line locally with larger objects, I occasionally listed small easy
shippable vintage and curb found items on Etsy. Not for big money but just to
keep things going and every sale is one that adds to your ranking.
Now I’ve
sold only two handmade items this whole year and I’m listing more and more
vintage and supplies. Upping my prices too! It’s too cool seeing it all go overseas
and why not make more money of it when the competition in hand made is just too
hard.
Not all is
really curb found – I have other free sources now – but here are some that I
really picked from the garbage.
Somewhere
2007-2008 I found two flat boxes with tiny animal figurines. Quite primitive,
probably from India. Priced by hand and likely someone’s flea market leftover
stock. I listed the birds on Etsy as the package was, still covered in plastic.
Sold fairly quickly but only at $5.
The
slightly larger beasts from the other box had hang up wires and I kept them for crafting. Never
happened and in the end I sold four at the indoor market place in 2013. The
remaining six sat for ages on the lower plank of my coffee table. Finally got
tired of looking at them last August, listed, sold $10 within days.
Which
inspired to list more crafting supplies. I had dragged a horrible blue
chandelier home years ago, spent hours cleaning and getting the beads off,
created some earrings, not a success, sold the beads within a few weeks at $10.
Not the
most spectacular examples, but these are fun for me and I would’t have sold the
stuff anywhere else but on Etsy.
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