My family is gone and I am headed to Palm Desert to gather up some treasures for the store & eBay!

More about that later, but for now let’s check out the Christmas Window at night.  It is a lot fuller now so I will have to take a new picture.  Hopefully, I can do that before this ezine goes out because it is super festive!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #31…

December 5th
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday! or SATURDAY!
Volume I  Issue 31

 

In fantastic news, we have turned the corner with Cha Cha!  Let me tell you, those first two months were BRUTAL.  Having to keep her at home and away from other dogs because of the Parvovirus was NOT fun!

She really loved having Houston, Emma, and Indy home.  They took her on a run and we have been walking her around the neighborhood every day.  SHE LOVES it!  And it wears her out.  She also goes to “Puppy Play Time” daily from 9 am to 11 am at Send Rover On Over.  It has been a Godsend.

It really is just like having a baby.  You have to wear her out before she wears us out!

Here are Houston and Emma with Cha Cha at Arroyo Verde Park.  Literally, 5 minutes from our house!

In more Cha Cha and Carlos news, I attempted the unthinkable.  I decided we should take our Christmas Card photos at the Store with both of the pets!  HAHAHAHAHA

So on Thanksgiving day, before our festivities began, Mor Mor, Indy, and I loaded up my SUV with the Cha Cha.

Houston and Emma had more of a challenge as they took Carlos in Emma’s car.  Carlos does NOT like to travel in cars.  Not many cats do and he was whining.  Luckily, it is only a 5-minute drive to the store!

Here are some of the outtakes.  I promise you that no animals were hurt during the filming :)!

OMG, this is so funny!  I just realized that I keep saying that everything in Ventura is only 5 minutes away.  My house to the park 5 mins and my house to the store 5 mins.  When I lived in LA for years everything was 30 minutes away.  Do any of y’all remember that?

“You live in the Valley and you need to get to Santa Monica (30 minutes), LA to Manhattan Beach (30 minutes), Brentwood to USC (30 minutes).” Hahahaha, it is probably more like an hour now!

OK time for an eBay score!  I list and sell a TON of regular coffee mugs.  My average sales price for coffee mugs is in the $25 range.  Yes, you heard that right!  Check out this mug that recently sold for full asking price of $42.59.  How can that be?

Well, if you have a favorite coffee mug and it gets broken, what would you pay to replace it?  I currently have 1,273 mugs listed for sale on eBay!  I pay between 5 cents and $4.00 for each one.

One of the coffee mugs that I sold for the most money was this Gonzo Muppet mug by Sigma Tastesetter.  It sold for close to $300.  They still sell in the $200 plus range.  If you see one of these…grab it!

Here is a set of Gonzo and Animal Muppet mugs also by Sigma that recently sold together for $385.  I don’t think I would have positioned them this way on eBay.  I would have sold them separately.   Seller started the auction at $99 and it got 26 bids.  Check it out and the bidding history here.  Pretty fascinating!

Let’s check out what is going on at the store!  Indiana went in on Monday and redid the yellow room…just when I thought it couldn’t get any cuter it sure did!

BTW, that darling dog figurine that I bought in Palm Springs last month sold a few days ago for $125.  How cool is that puppy?  Now, you understand why I keep heading back to the desert.  Great finds and great friends.  Doesn’t get much better than that!

A HUGE THANK YOU to those who shopped with us on Black Friday.  It is VERY much appreciated!  We had our highest volume sales day ever in our 2 3/4 year history soooooooo THANK YOU!!!!  Shopping local and helping to keep all of Ventura in business is very much appreciated!

Speaking of local, I want to share a few of my favorite businesses.  First is Coastal Pedicure.  Have you EVER been there?  It is unbelievable, you recline in a massage chair, take a little nap and get a pedicure.  One of my favorite things to do!  Rebekah recently purchased it and is the new owner.

Please show her some love.  Phone is 805-705-9644 and is located at 1416 E. Main Street.  Even if salons have to close (fingers crossed they don’t) a gift certificate makes a great gift!

I was there for a pedi this week and LOVED that Rebekah had purchased many of her ornaments from Lynn’s Consignments.  Thanks girl!

I posted some close-ups on Instagram (please follow me @LynnDralle and @LynnsConsignments) of the ornaments from my store and I LOVE that Old World Christmas who makes the stunning mercury glass ornaments reposted it!

Another of my favorite local businesses is Mupu Farms in Santa Paula.  We have gotten our Christmas Tree there every year that we have lived here in Ventura.  This is year #3!  Yay!  They get their trees fresh from Oregon and you will not be disappointed!

After Jack loaded our tree, Indy took him to meet Cha Cha in the back seat!  BTW, dogs are NOT allowed on the farm as they can scare the farm animals.  We should have checked that out before we took Cha Cha with us.  In any event, it is a super fun tradition for Indy and me!

Mupu Farms 3710 Ojai Road Santa Paula 805-625-0018

Here is the tree set up in our family room.  Guess what you have to do with a puppy in the house?  Put a fence on it or is it around it?  LOL!

OK, gotta share some more fun outtakes from our Christmas Card photoshoot.  It was actually a really fun day!  Doesn’t Cha Cha look huge?

My final favorite local business for this ezine is Tupelo Honey (right next door people!). Watch for more of my favorite local businesses in the next newsletter.

Indiana decided she wanted to have her hair colored darker. She was born with much darker brown hair, but it started getting sun-streaked (which I LOVE) when we moved to California when she was 3 1/2. Fast forward, set up an appointment with Joey Villegas (we LOVE Joey) and the rest is history. Check her out! Love the pic Joey! That’s my kid!

Tupelo Honey 1987 E. Main Street 805-628-3075

Let’s get back to the store!!  Sooooooo many great consignments coming in and some of them only last a day!  You MUST stop by often if you are in the market for a specific piece.  I don’t even have the time to get them photographed before they sell!

These amazing end tables or nightstands retail for over $1,300 each.  They are spectacular and available at only $395 each.

This killer Mid Century Modern Burlwood Side or Coffee Table just arrived.  It is not going to last!  1950’s Vintage!

The store is PACKED…. I say PACKED with amazing gift items for Christmas!  It is soooooo exciting…..with new stuff arriving daily!

Which reminds me….look what is in stock!  Hurry in and get yours before they sell out!   2020 Toilet Paper Ornament is only $14.99.  Santa Claus with mask is $21.99.

There are ONLY 9 Toilet Papers and 22 Santa Claus Ornaments left in stock.

If you can’t stop in to pick one up, you can always order here.

Check out these other darling Blown Glass Old World Christmas Glass Ornaments that are also in stock from $12.99 to $44.99 for the snowman set.   Again, they are all available on line with more coming in next week.

Here are a few fun furniture pieces that just came in.  I love this turquoise secretary that one of our consignors brought in.  She is super talented!  She used one of the Iron Orchid Design Transfers the “Sea Queen” that is no longer being made.  This piece WAS for sale at $495.  It sold on Black Friday!

My grandmother ALWAYS said, “The time to buy it is when you see it” and that advice has never been so right on as it is for MY store!  Things go quickly…don’t miss out!

But back to our Christmas Card Photo Shoot! I have to keep sharing the outtake photos because it is the only proof I have that my mom and Emma were actually here for Thanksgiving! LOL. Here they are!

Our HOLIDAY HOURS will be as follows:

Tuesday through Saturday 11 am to 5 pm
Sundays 11 am to 3 pm

We will also be open on Monday, December 21st from 11 am to 5 pm

We will be closed the following days:

Thursday, November 27th Thanksgiving
Friday, December 25th Christmas
Friday, January 1st New Years

CLOSING EARLY at 3 pm on

Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24th
New Year’s Eve Thursday, December 31st

Before I forget, I was able to swing by the store a few nights ago and get a newer more updated photo for y’all.  Check it out!

Time for an eBay score!  I bought this crazy vintage calculator/check writer recently for a couple of bucks out in Palm Springs (see why I keep going out there to source!).  Just an FYI, vintage calculators can sell for big bucks!  This one sold for the best offer of $45 yesterday.  I realize that $45 isn’t big bucks, but wait until you find one that sells for $500!

Check it out here to see why it sold for so much more than I paid!

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Christmas Season.  Check out these amazing kitchen utensils that retail for $9.95 (well the spreader is $6.95 and the Spurtle is $12.95).  These are selling fast and may sell out!   Time to shop!  Also, Free Shipping and available for sale on our website.

With the new Covid announcements from the Governor, I just want to reassure you that we are taking this very seriously and following protocol.  We sanitize, wear masks, request that you wear a mask (unless you have a health issue that exempts you), and have a very large store.

With over 5,000 square feet our max capacity is 88 people.  WOW, I wish I could have 88 customers at once when covid is over!  Wouldn’t that be amazing?  Just kidding, but kind of serious.

Bottom line is this, even at 20% of capacity (which the Governor is suggesting), there can still be 17 of you in the store.  We never get that busy, so please feel safe and please ask us if you have any special requests.  We are more than happy to make your shopping experience a great one!

OK, now for my final eBay score.  This one cracks me up because even though I misspelled Fruit, Furit anyone?…it still sold for the full asking price of over $200.  See, it is OK to make mistakes.  You can still do O.K. in this life!  Don’t sweat the small stuff!

Check it out here.

OK, this section is probably going to get smaller and smaller since basically, my entire newsletter is about both pets.  Am I Right or am I Right?

BTW, I am packing tonight to leave for the Desert and Carlos is not happy.  He is a bit smarter than Cha Cha and is also 8 months older than her.  He knows that I am leaving and he is pissed.  He is not taking his eyes off of me.  A little creepy?  Yes, I would have to say so.

Whenever I pack to go out of town, I hang all of my clothes on my canopy bed frame.   I know that is the correct term, but it sounds so childish…like I have a princess canopy bed.  LOL….not the case, but in any event when Carlos sees that he knows what the 411 is and that I am leaving.

Check him out! Poor baby.  He doesn’t know that Indy and Cha Cha are staying here with him.  He will survive.

When Houston was home for Thanksgiving he really worked with training Carlos on his “Fast Cat” Wheel.  Sooooo much fun!  Carlos has been “secretly” practicing (well at least I think he has been) because last night he shocked and amazed me with his SKILLZ!

I literally had to post on Instagram and tag “Fast Cat” and they reposted it!  I LOVE it when this happens.  I secretly want to be Instagram famous, but can’t get over 848 followers.  SO Please follow me @LynnDralle @LynnsConsignments.

I know this is Carlos’ Corner, but I must end with Cha Cha trying to help me list on eBay AGAIN!

And finally my beautiful Indy girl with her ESA (Emotional Support Animal) Cha Cha!

Oh and I was wrong!  I have way more pics of the kids here from Thanksgiving, but not that many of my mom and me.  Oh well, love these photos.  Here are the kids with us at Brunch at another one of my favorite LOCAL Ventura businesses Cafe Nouveau!

Indy and Emma were saying that Houston is looking a lot like a famous actor in his mod clothes, sunglasses, and trucker hat.  Which actor do you think he most resembles?  LOL!  I can’t wait to hear your responses.

Check out these amazing chairs and matching tables by OFS we just got in.  The chairs are like new and retail for $2,500 each.  Priced in the store at $695 each.

Since I am burning the midnight oil writing this ezine, I was lucky enough to get a text from Sandy with a photo of a desk she just finished.  IT IS AMAZING….all Annie Sloan…Aubusson Blue, Svenska, Old White with a Royal Design Stencil and Bubble mermaid knobs.  This piece is a WORK of art!  I LOVE IT!

Can’t wait to get it priced and in the store…

Before I forget, I have so many wonderful people helping out at the store…not just my employees, but my consignors, my customers, and my friends.  You ALL are amazing and I am so grateful for you.

Here is a little peek at Adolio (who is available to hire to move your items) helping to put together a lamp.  My grandmother would comment…” any old port in a storm” as Adolio puts together this lamp by standing on the stairs!  Gotta love the ingenuity!

Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business! You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Until we can travel again, I will be around. Stop in and say HELLO! Finally, a great photo from back on March 1st, 2020 before all of this madness began and we could all be together.

My team, from left to right. Emma, Val, my mama, me, Indy, Cindy, and Peggy. Sandy, where are you?????

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

P.P.S.  If you have a friend who wants to sign up for this newsletter.

 

With Covid still hanging around, I have really been missing traveling the world…even though most of it was with my ex-husband and my ex-boyfriend.  LOL, but seriously yes.

More about that later, but for now let’s check out the new Turquoise window at night!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #30…

November 13th, 2020
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday!
Volume I  Issue 30

OH CRAP…Happy Friday the 13th, 2020
What could possibly go wrong?

In the last ezine, I asked y’all which front window color you liked the best. I heard from many of you that you needed to see the choices again. So here they are in ROY G. BIV order.

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and the Blue above.

Hit me up and let me know which one is your favorite?  I want to hear from you!  Thanks 🙂

In Super Awesome news, Indiana came home from Pepperdine to watch Cha Cha for three days so that I could go to the desert and get some sleep!  Just Kidding, NOT!

It was seriously AMAZING to not have to get up during the night to let the puppy outside.  I would get a doggy door, but I have to worry about my King Carlos.   Anyone have any ideas?

BTW, Cha Cha is getting HUGE.  She was born on August 5th (so is a Leo like my mama) and is currently only 3 months old.  I am not kidding, she has doubled in size since we got her!

This past Saturday, Emma (Houston’s girlfriend) flew into Santa Barbara from New Jersey.  She has been holed up in NJ with her mother during Covid.  Here she is meeting Cha Cha for the first time!  Carlos was soooooo happy to see her as well.

It was great to see her and I had the pleasure of taking both Emma and Indy out to dinner at Casa Bella. How fashion forward are these two?

Time for an eBay score, don’t you think?  I do!  Well, actually I am hoping that this is a score in the making.  I spent this past Sunday through Tuesday out in Palm Desert hitting a few estate sales.  I got some pretty cool stuff!  Including this original oil painting that I paid $75 to acquire.  What do you think?  Check it out here.

We redid the yellow in-store vignette yesterday.  I think it turned out super fun.  That little yellow sectional is for sale for $449.50.

I did a super fun interview with Griff for the eBay for Business Podcast last week.  We always have so much fun during our chats!  We got on the subject of Cha Cha and how incredibly insane I am with taking on a puppy on top of owning Lynn’s Consignments, selling full time on eBay (15,000 items currently listed baby!), writing an ezine, and actually having to do the shipping while Cindy was on vacation last week.

Just typing that out makes me exhausted!  Anyway, Cindy had her vacation scheduled for quite some time, it just turned out to be terrible timing for me!  It is ALL about me 🙂

Check out this table full of stuff I had to ship on Monday she was out of town.

Here is a link to my episode on the eBay for Business Podcast with Griff.

You may have to look for episode #115. Check out the graphics for the show. Cha Cha is FAMOUS!

In case you missed that tiny photo of Cha Cha and me doing “Cindy’s” shipping.  Check it out here.  And yes, those 15,000 items listed on eBay are behind my office at the store.  Does anyone want a tour?  Just ask!

Let’s get back to the store!!  Last Thursday evening we had an employee tree trimming party.  Super fun!  Here is the crew in front of our gorgeous trees.  Left to right, Val, Sandy, Cindy, Peggy and me.

The store is PACKED…. I say PACKED with amazing gift items for Christmas!  It is soooooo exciting…..with new stuff arriving daily!

Which reminds me….look what is in stock!  Hurry in and get yours before they sell out!   2020 Toilet Paper Ornament arrived today and is only $14.99.  Santa Claus with a mask is $21.99.

If you can’t stop in to pick one up, you can always order here.

Check out these other darling Blown Glass Old World Christmas Glass Ornaments that are also in stock from $14.99 to $22.99 each.  Who doesn’t want a sloth ornament for Christmas?  LOVE these!  Again, they are all available online with more coming in next week.

Here are a few fun furniture pieces that just came in.  I love this turquoise secretary that one of our consignors brought in.  She is super talented!  She used one of the Iron Orchid Design Transfers the “Sea Queen” that is no longer being made.  This piece is for sale at $495.

But back to the Christmas Trees!  I am so excited for the holiday season!  It’s time to celebrate……

Here is our Kazi tree decorated in handwoven ornaments that pay the men and women of Rwanda, Uganda, and Ghana a living wage.  Please help us support this amazing company!  In the back, you can see the trees all decorated in the Old world Ornaments.

Here is a close-up of some of these amazing ornaments.  These pom pom lidded basket ornaments are only $11.95 and you could put a special gift inside…a love note, a promise, a gift certificate or a special piece of jewelry.

Before I forget, we have a VERY special chair waiting in the front window for a VERY special guest.  If you have any youngsters that would like to see where a special guest will be visiting us closer to Christmas, please bring them by!  The little ones that have seen it so far, are filled with wonder and excitement.  Never too early to get in the spirit!

Just a reminder of our current store hours…..THESE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 11 to 3 pm.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11 to 5 pm.
We do stay late if there are customers so if you are in the area check us out to see if we are still open after 3 pm.

Time for an eBay score! I bought this Papier Mache Angel last December at an estate sale for $2.00. Sold it for the best offer of $66.00 yesterday. It is my goal to always make 10x my money when selling on eBay. I guess I did it!

Check it out here to see why it sold for so much!

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Christmas Season.  Check out these amazing kitchen utensils that retail for $9.95 (well the spreader is $6.95 and the Spurtle is $12.8=95).  We just got in a huge reorder!  Time to shop!  Also, Free Shipping and available for sale on our website.

We got in the most hysterical line of greeting cards. The artist is from Seattle and I have followed her for years. Super fun to have these cards in stock in the store. You can shop for them here…Free shipping within the continental US.

Got a group text on Sunday morning from my son in Oklahoma City…..Notice how I immediately use the “S” word and then my 84-year-old mother says she would rather use the “F” word.  LOL!

Thank God he is fine!  Houston will quarantine for 10 days and then take a Covid test.  If he tests negative he will be able to join us for Thanksgiving.  If not, I am going to be so upset that he can’t join us for Turkey day.  Ughhhhhh!  Can 2020 please be OVER!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of me and the Goose!  He was practicing cheering for the USC football game that we were going to be attending.  LOL.

Time for an eBay score?  I think so!  But, this time I am going to share ANOTHER one of my mom’s scores.  What?  Yes!  My mom has been selling on eBay for almost as long as I have.  She is 84 years old and still pulls down about $3,000 a month.  She is a rock star!  AND you all seem to love hearing about her success in the last ezine, so here we go again!

This listing is for some flatware that she bought recently.  These 3 pieces of flatware sold for $150!  Yes, you did hear that correctly.  Check it out here.

My mom is my biggest fan and I so appreciate her!  Thank you Mor Mor! I LOVE YOU!  She also thinks that I need to stop writing these newsletters and put my energy towards writing a novel. So do my kids BTW.  They all believe in me!  It is quite nice!

I have always wanted to write a novel, but never carve out the time.  I have been quite successful with non-fiction (Wiley, McGraw Hill, and Scholastic have all published me) so maybe I am afraid of fiction.  Thoughts?

Here I am with my Mama “fake” reading a book.  Maybe this can be motivation, inspiration or whatever it takes to get me fired up and started on my FIRST NOVEL!

Tons of great furniture has been coming into the store.  This puppy has drastically changed my life and I am only in the store for two action-packed days lately.  That doesn’t give me much time to get the furniture photographed and uploaded to the website.  Soooooooo please stop in and check out the new inventory as most are NOT online.

Here are a few of the new pieces.  This one is a beautiful Lockland Canova Grey Door Cabinet / Armoire that comes with clothing rods as well and a mirror inside the one door.  57 x 21 x 72″.  This piece retails for $2549 on Wayfair.  Our price, $595.

Here are some of our great dressers in stock.

I mentioned at the beginning of this ezine that I miss traveling the world.  My love for travel started when I was a small child.  My parents and my grandmother used to drag us along for every international adventure.  I went to Europe for the first time when I was 6 years old and my brother Lee was 3.  My sister wasn’t even born yet!

Here is one of my favorite pictures of my dad with Lee and me in front of Buckingham Palace.  My brother and I were so scared we didn’t want to get anywhere near that horse and my dad made us….and he was sooooooo mad!  I miss you, Wayne Dralle!

Then there was that trip to Hong Kong with my grandmother when I was in High School.  Here is more about that from story #23 in my 2nd book in the 100 Best Series, “Money Making Madness”.

Do you love my perm?  It cracked me up when I pulled this photo from the book archives…my brother had named it “HongKongpoorlydressed”….LOL!  I just text him, who was he saying was poorly dressed?  Me or grandma?

He just text me back and said that I was the one that named the picture.  Sounds about right, I do think that I am pretty humorous.

There were so many “World Travel Adventures” over the years.  I lived in Valencia, Spain for the entire summer after high school graduation.  I did the USC Spain Semester in Madrid in 1984.

There were about 50 of us from USC in Madrid for those 5 months and we became super close.  Here we are at a Spain Reunion party somewhere in Westlake Village back in 1986 or 1987.  If you know anyone in this photo, please let me know!

It was at Debbie Kessler’s (I think she married someone with the last name Allman) home and I have lost touch with her.  My friend Joanne (who appears in lots of my newsletters and her daughters have all worked at the store) is pictured in the front.  She still looks exactly the same.  I put an arrow over me since I don’t look exactly the same.  LOL!  Good times people!

My ex-husband and I traveled a lot, even spending our honeymoon in Bali at the Amandari and the Four Seasons.  First-class all the way baby! Thank you Cheryl Leaf!   I couldn’t find any of our Bali pictures so here is a photo of us at our wedding, the day before we left for Bali.

I traveled a lot with my kids as well.  Missions in Mexico, Disneyworld every other year, Disney Cruises, and summers spent in Bellingham.  Here we are on a spur of the moment trip to Puerta Vallarta….Nothing better than a “surprise vacation”.

My ex-boyfriend and I also traveled extensively. Cozumel, Cayman Islands, Cabo, Catalina, Florida, New York, Nicaragua, and Roatan to name a few.

We even purchased a property in Nicaragua.  Here is the view from our Lot 35 in San Juan del Sur.

I miss all these travel days. I miss my dad, my grandma, and my sister who were always up for a travel adventure. Can’t wait for Covid to be over so I can get back to my globetrotting ways. LOL! But I am totally serious.
OK, now for my final eBay score. Not a huge dollar amount, but hard to find Audio Compact Disc from the Langley Vineyard Church. It sold for about $35.

Check it out here.

OK, this section is probably going to need a new name.  Thoughts?  Or should Carlos still have his own corner?  And Cha-Cha gets her own space…The Challenges of Cha-Cha?  The adventures of Carlos and Cha Cha?

OK, this is hysterical.  One of my ezine readers (Valorie Huston) wrote in with this….

How about….
“Cha Cha-ing with Carlos”    EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!

This could be it….thoughts?

Here is my Carlos cleaning Cha Cha’s chin.  How funny is this?

I also got some super cute pics of the two of them today as they were snuggling on Cha Cha’s anti-anxiety bed.  This may soon become Carlos’ bed since Cha is soooooo big!  Check them out, are they not darling?  It looks like it is Cha Cha’s turn to clean Carlos.  LOL!

I know this is Carlos’ Corner, but I must end with a 4 part photo set of Cha Cha helping me do eBay.  At least she thought she was helping me.  LOL!  I posted this on Instagram (follow me at LynnDralle) and FaceBook and several of you want to know when I get these patch boxes (that belonged to my grandmother Cheryl Leaf) listed.

One of our favorite vendors at the store is Baggu.  They make those incredible “on-trend” reusable bags that are all the rage.  Just last week they came out with an entirely new line with new designs.  They announced that ordering was open at 6 am and guess what?  I actually happened to be awake because I HAVE A PUPPY!  LOL, but not really.

I went a little bit crazy with ordering for the store, but check out all these amazing new items!  Puffy laptop sleeves…WOW!

Then there are the new Zip Sets.  OMG!  I am getting some of these for Christmas Gifts.  Great for TRAVEL (which I LOVE and will talk about later)!

Then there are the darling Ear Bud Puffy containers.  These will make great stocking stuffers and make you a huge hero to the younger generation.  Who knew you could be so cool?  Check out all the new Baggu here.  Remember, free shipping.  Order now!

Finally, the awesome new mask designs!  Constellation and Forest Floor…..WOW!  We will be getting more of these in with the loops instead of the ties, so please check us out for all of your Baggu needs!  Thank you for letting me over-share.  I LOVE this company!

I am going to wrap up this ezine with a quote from my Gary John Bishop Calendar that has made a HUGE impact on me.  Wow….I just noticed that it was from October 2nd, what should have been my sister Kiki’s 51st birthday.  Check it out…..

I have taken this quote to heart. I started to examine what was taking up a ton of time and making me frustrated. First, my computer was out of hard drive disc space. I was spending hours every day deleting photos, documents, and anything that would let my computer run faster.

I wasn’t ready for a new computer so after reading this quote, I called Mitec here in Ventura and took my laptop in for an upgrade. $600 later my computer is working like a dream. Thank you Mitec! THIS DEFINITELY MADE MY LIFE BETTER!

I have many more examples but will save those for later ezines. But, I sincerely hope you take this suggestion to heart. REPEAT!
Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business! You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Until we can travel again, I will be around. Stop in and say HELLO! Finally, a great photo from back on March 1st, 2020 before all of this madness began and we could all be together.

My team, from left to right. Emma, Val, my mama, me, Indy, Cindy, and Peggy. Sandy, where are you?????

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

P.P.S.  If you have a friend who wants to sign up for this newsletter.

 

There hasn’t been an ezine for 3 weeks….My dog ate my homework (now I know that this could really happen) and my computer was in the shop for a week!

It has been a challenge to get anything done with a Puppy in the house.  But she is soooooo worth it!  We love her and she and Carlos have been having a BLAST!

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #29…

October 30th, 2020
Watch for it every Friday or every other Friday!
Volume I  Issue 29

We have had Cha Cha for 4 weeks now!  And she is 12 weeks old.  She seems so much bigger already.  When we got her she weighed 11.1 pounds and today at her Vet appointment she weighed 17 pounds!  What is the World?  That is something my dad ALWAYS said.  I miss him!  I think he would love Cha Cha and Cha Cha him.

In June of 2016, Indiana and I flew up to Bellingham to see my mom and surprise my dad.  Indy and I had a bet riding on what he would say when he saw her.  Hands down, we knew it was going to be “What in the World?” and that is exactly how she reacted when he said it!  I LOVE THIS PICTURE!  Miss you Papa!

I think it is time for an eBay score.  Don’t you?  This is another of those “What in the World?” moments.

Every once in a while you stumble upon a set of dinnerware in an extremely desirable pattern.  That is what happened here.  This Mikasa High Spirits pattern is very 1980’s and quite in demand.  I took the best offer on these three little sauce bowls of $100!  Check them out here.  As my grandmother would say, “I laughed all the way to the bank”.

The Palm Desert girls were out to visit twice in October!  Do you get the idea that they may like Ventura?  Or is it just too hot in the desert?  Probably a bit of both.  And they actually had ulterior motives.   My best friend Mo was moving into a new condo and they came out to help her pick out furniture from………ME and my store!

It was super fun to see them so much and over the course of those two trips, Mo managed to find a leather Natuzzi sofa, two mid-century style rocking chairs, dining table, dining chairs, oversized armchair, end tables, lamps, buffet, outdoor furniture, bed, dresser, console and accent chair, etc., etc.  Amazing, but TRUE!  You can furnish an entire home at Lynn’s!  Check us out!

Candy’s husband Ron was a darling and drove a borrowed trailer that they pulled out for us to load on a Wednesday.  They would load Wednesday, spend the night and return Thursday.  It would have been way too much to do in a one-day round trip.

Thank goodness Wayne was there that day as he used to load trailers for the movie industry for a living.  The trailer got packed incredibly well.  Here are a few shots of the “during”.

Here is the gang once it was all loaded.  It does take a Village!

From Left to right, Candy, Adolio, Val, Sunny, Mo, Ron, and Wayne.

Unfortunately, that Wednesday was a super busy one for me (Hahahaha what day isn’t super busy?).  We had gotten in two truckloads of furniture that morning.  Praise the Lord that Indy came home that day to stay with Cha Cha because it was “all hands on deck”.

Luckily, the gang showed up around 1 pm to finish shopping and load up.  That way I could be there to help them.  I had to leave the store at 4:30 pm to head out to my friend Denise’s house for our monthly cocktail party which we hadn’t been able to have since March!  There was no way I could miss this special event.

Denise Angelini (interior designer extraordinaire) hosted us at her Camarillo home which is drop-dead GORGEOUS!  I was able to hang with the girls in this amazing setting until 6:30 when I had to leave to meet the Palm Desert bunch for dinner at Casa Bella.  Crazy day!  Here we are in Denise’s backyard.

The Palm Desert crew left on Thursday morning and arrived safely back in the Desert in about 3 1/2 hours.  Crazy…right?  Mo didn’t move in for another few days, but here is a photo of her living room with all NEW furniture!  How cute is that?

The store is PACKED…. I say PACKED with amazing gift items for Christmas!  It is soooooo exciting…..with new stuff arriving daily!

We have SIX Christmas trees up and are getting ready to get the new ornaments all to put out on them.

1. The upside-down white flocked tree is in the “Beachy” room with “Beachy” ornaments on it.

2.  There is a 7.5′ traditional green tree in the Kazi room with Kazi ornaments ready to adorn it.

3.  There is another 7.5′ traditional green tree in the gift section with Recycled Magazine Ornaments on it.

4.  There is a 9′ traditional green tree in the front window that will soon have mercury glass blown Old World Christmas ornaments on it…..

Which reminds me….look what is in stock!  Hurry in and get yours before they sell out!  For those of you who pre-ordered they will ship out on Tuesday.  and THANK YOU for your pre-orders!

If you can’t stop in to pick one up, you can always order here.

Check out these other darling Blown Glass Old World Christmas Glass Ornaments that are also in stock at $19.99 each.  LOVE these!  Again, they are all available online with more coming in next week.

But back to the Christmas Trees!  I am so excited for the holiday season!  It’s time to celebrate……

5.  There is a 7.5′ traditional green tree in the front window that will soon have bells and chime ornaments on it.

6.  There is another 9′ traditional tree in the front window that will have Ventura Spring Inspired ornaments…birds, hummingbirds, butterflies, etc.

Here is what that window looks like so far.  I am bummed that we haven’t been able to get the top of that second 9′ tree to light up.  Ughhhhh!  Hopefully soon!

Before I forget, we have a VERY special chair waiting in the front window for a VERY special guest.  If you have any youngsters that would like to see where a special guest will be visiting us closer to Christmas, please bring them by!  The little ones that have seen it so far, are filled with wonder and excitement.  Never too early to get in the spirit!

Just a reminder of our current store hours…..THESE HAVE BEEN MODIFIED
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday 11 to 3 pm.
Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 11 to 5 pm.

We do stay late if there are customers so if you are in the area check us out to see if we are still open after 3 pm.

So, we bit the bullet and changed the front window to Turquoise Blue. Still looking for beachy turquoise items to fill it up. It isn’t quite there yet, but I will share a glimpse. This is NOT my final product!

In the last ezine, I asked which front window is your favorite so far?

Plain
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Turquoise

Not many of you responded, but the few who did all picked red!  Isn’t that crazy?  I wonder why?

OK!  Time for a potential score in the making.  This is currently at auction and the starting bid price is $59.99.  It has 38 watchers so far!  I bought it at our local Goodwill for $2.99.  It is seriously turquoise and should go in my new front window, but I will get way more for it on eBay!  Check it out here.  Don’t be afraid to bid on it 🙂

Soooooo many great things arriving in the store for the Christmas Season.  Check out these amazing kitchen utensils that retail for $9.95.  Almost sold out of them, but a new order arrives tomorrow!  Also, available for sale on our website.

Here is what this new line of Bamboo looks like in the store. Love the Cutting Boards in the shape of Surfboards and California!

Really missing my son these days and I think that is why I use y’all so much!  He is super busy teaching high school in OKC so I rarely hear from him.  I had already purchased his Thanksgiving plane ticket home…and then the airlines CANCELLED IT!  Ughhhh.  I had purchased him a direct flight round trip for $300 and now when I try and rebook the tickets are $600 with multiple layovers.  Not happy about this!

A year ago today, my mom and I were in OKC visiting Houston.  Isn’t it crazy how much can change in a year?  Here is Houston at the Gala celebration at his high school a year ago in front of the school mural and also with my mom and I.  Miss you Goose!

Houston successfully completed his first marathon last week.  He ran the 26.2 miles at 5:23:35 and burned 4,670 calories.  Seems to me that you would burn a lot more calories than that!  Emma was there and ran the last three miles with him  Congratulations Goose!

Time for an eBay score?  I think so!  But, this time I am going to share one of my mom’s scores.  What?  Yes!  My mom has been selling on eBay for almost as long as I have.  She is 84 years old and still pulls down about $3,000 a month.  She is a rock star!

This listing is for some dinnerware that she bought recently.  It is a very well-known brand and she has made a bank on it.  This listing sold for over $200.  Check out the listing here to learn more.

Tons of great furniture has been coming into the store.  This puppy has drastically changed my life and I am only in the store for two action-packed days lately.  That doesn’t give me much time to get the furniture photographed and uploaded to the website.  Soooooooo please stop in and check out the new inventory as most are NOT online.

Here are a few pieces that I was able to get photographed.

Here are a few more of the items that I was able to take some photos of and get to Emma for the website.

The high point of my October, besides getting a dog, was to be an employee retreat at Faria Beach.  It was my hope that Val, Sandy, Peggy, Cindy and I would spend a few nights bonding and resetting before the upcoming holiday season.

Enter Covid…..uggghhhh!  Way to put a monkey wrench in EVERYBODY’s plans.  Val could only be there for an afternoon….couldn’t risk taking any bug back to Ron.  Even though Ron has beaten cancer he is still doing some maintenance treatments and any risk is too big of a risk.  Totally get it!

Peggy and Wayne stepped up to keep the store open on Sunday over the retreat weekend so that we could enjoy.  We, being just me and our dog, LOL!

Sandy and Cindy were troopers and showed up for two of the days, but no overnights.  With my employee retreat up in arms….I enlisted some of my other Ventura Peeps and the evening one’s dinner was a success!

Check us out!  We did don the “Faria” Beach apparel for these fun shots.  Left to right Sandy, Steve, Gina Cole (Bless my Soul), me, and Joanne!  Joanne’s husband Jeff joined us for dinner later that night.

I have to say that my friend Steve is seriously the “dog whisperer”.  Cha Cha LOVED him.  Hopefully, he will dog sit someday.  Fingers crossed!

The next day was Cha Cha’s first beach walk with Sandy and Cindy!  Super fun.

On the last day, Monday, Val came out for the morning.  Darn it!  Did not get a photo of the two of us.  That afternoon, Wayne and his wife Donna showed up and hung out with Cindy and me.  Yay!

A few hours later, Indiana showed up with her friend George.  Sooo much fun!  George and Indy spent the night and my “dashed” employee bonding retreat turned out just fine!

OK, now for my final eBay score.  Not a huge dollar amount, but a collector’s plate from the early 1900’s by the same firm that made my mom’s great selling dinnerware.  Does anyone know the maker?  or do you have to peek at the listing to figure it out?  This plate sold for the best offer of $90 and I had paid $5 for it a few months ago.  Not bad!

Check it out here.

OK, this section is probably going to need a new name. Thoughts? Or should Carlos still have his own corner? And Cha-Cha gets her own space…The Challenges of Cha-Cha? The adventures of Carlos and Cha Cha?

Not sure if I have ANY photos of Carlos all by himself. That is pretty sad, isn’t it? Well, let me give you an update on King Carlos. If you recall, he always thought he was a dog. He plays fetch, pretends that he is a lap dog, and wants to go on walks. Here is an older photo of him retrieving a hair tie that I shot down the hallway….such a dog.

Now that Cha Cha has arrived, he has become even more of a  DOG.  I am not kidding.  He steals all of Cha’s toys from her and parades around the house with them.  He eats her food before she can and he is a sucker for dog treats.  I know I know, not a good idea!  I finally found some treats that are good for both cats and dogs.

I fill up the Kongs that I have and Carlos takes them first.  He literally fights (hisses and growls) at Cha Cha to keep the Kongs for himself.  WEIRD is all I can say.  I really must get some of this on video as it is UNBELIEVABLE.

Here is a photo of the two of them cuddling with Indiana.  How cute is this?

Here are Carlos and Cha Cha with George and Indiana back at our house.  Such silly new friends and soooooo cute!

Indiana has been trying to come home a few times a week to bond with her puppy.  Cha Cha is her ESA (Emotional Support Animal), but it has been really hard with her at Pepperdine full time.  The burden of training and taking care of Cha Cha has fallen to me.  I am doing a good job of taking care of her, but not such a great job of training her.  HELP!  We hired Stacy Ayud for a private lesson a few weeks ago. Stacy is INCREDIBLE!  I just need to have the time to work with Cha.  Not enough hours in the day, unless I stop sleeping….not gonna happen!

Anyway, check out this darling photo that Indy text me when she arrived home from Agoura Hills a few days ago.

One last photo that I took of Carlos and Cha Cha chilling in Indy’s room.  I had to share this one because it is SPOOKY!  Look at Carlos’ eyes.  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I am going to wrap up this ezine with a photo of Indiana and her roommate Syd during a PIT show….Pepperdine Improv Troupe that took place last Friday night.  LOVE this image to send us off to a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Let me wrap this up with a HUGE thank you for your continued support of me and my small business!  You are keeping us going and my gratitude is immense! THANK YOU  THANK YOU!!!

OK, but wait.  As I was finishing this up they really did start to cuddle.  Cha Cha was cleaning Carlos’ paw and Carlos was cleaning Cha Cha’s paw.  I am totally serious.  Check it out!

Thanks for reading my ezines!  I appreciate it….as always!

eBay with Heart & Design with Heart……Lynn

 

P.S.  All of the professional photos I use on Instagram, Facebook, and in these newsletters were taken by my friend Denise’s daughter, Jaclyn Sabo.  She is amazing!   To learn more about Jaclyn….https://www.jaclynszabo.com/

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