Pictured Indy, me, and Mor Mor (my mom)

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #15…

April 23, 2020
Watch for it every Thursday or every OTHER Thursday!
Volume I  Issue 15

 

Today is my nephew Zach’s 14th Birthday!  He is such an awesome kid and we miss him and his brother so much!  They are social distancing in Oregon with their Dad.  Hopefully, this will be over soon and they can visit us this summer. Fingers Crossed!  My sister would be so proud of you Zach!

So, it’s a new week!  How are y’all doing out there in sequesterville?  We are hanging in there, but we have had quite a few FUN distractions!

Speaking of birthdays, it was Indy’s boyfriend’s (Brandon’s) birthday back on April 6th when he turned….drum roll please….21!  We weren’t able to celebrate with him then, but knew that he would be in Ventura on Saturday, April 18th for our celebration!

Indy and I brainstormed on how we could make it super special.  We had recently celebrated both Emma’s and her 21st birthdays and let me tell you…they were epic!  But we weren’t being quarantined then.  Indy and Brandon met on the Pepperdine Buenos Aires Summer program last summer and one of their favorite places to go was a bar named Chupitos.

Indy and I decided to recreate Chupitos in our barn.  The “mini” barn is in our backyard and houses a bunch of my eBay overstock.  It was a mess!  I will now share some photos of the barn through the years.  Here is it before we moved in and I was showing it to Indy, Carmen, Noel, Houston, and my mom.

Here is the barn after I had moved in a TON of boxes and my friend Tiki Jason came to visit.  He and I have been friends for over 20 years.  How is that even possible?

Jason sells on eBay as TikiPugMusic.  Check him out!

Jason sells Hawaiiana, Tiki Mugs, and CDs/LPs.  Here is one of his recent scores!  Sold for $81.99.  I LOVE the background he uses to photograph his Tikis.

OK!  Back to the barn.  When the Woolsey fires shut down Pepperdine two Thanksgivings ago, I ended up hosting a ton of the Theatre kids at my house.  Here they are hanging in the barn.  From left to right, Joe’s brother (name unknown LOL), Indiana, Houston, Emma, Julian, Joe, Bailey, and Julia.

To turn the barn into Chupitos, Indiana and I ordered a ton of red mini lights and some LED lights that would change color for around the top edges.  We also cleaned it up A LOT with Houston and Emma’s help.  We also printed out faux currency from around the world and ordered clothespins.  It was a family project!  Here is a screenshot of what the actual Chupitos looks like.

Here is what it looked like before Brandon arrived.  Pretty fun huh?  Houston had had his train set up in the barn for the past two Christmases so we left it.  I think it adds to the festive vibe.

Before we get to the actual birthday celebration (which btw Brandon said was the best Birthday of his life!) let’s check out eBay for some more good news.  That “make offer” tool is still working like CRAZY for us.  I am so grateful for our eBay sales during this time of closure for the store.  I sent an offer for $250 on this patch box that belonged to my grandmother.

The buyer countered with $188.05 and I accepted.  By reading my grandmother’s code on the base of the box (I will never tell the secret formula), she had paid $44.50 for it in 1974 and purchased it from her good friend Martha.  For some reason, it is really comforting for me to see my grandmother’s handwriting.  Does that make sense?

But not a very good ROI on this purchase.  She usually did much better than that. I did some quick calculations and that $44.50 in today’s dollars would be worth $247.52.  So not too far off, but about $60 short of what it should have been worth with inflation…… In any event, the patch box is going back to Washington state where it had lived with my grandmother for many years.

Do you know what a patch box is?  I was hoping that one of my stories from my “100 Best” books would tell you, but no….I am going to share a story that talks about patch boxes, but I never explain what they are.  Darn it!

So here goes, a patch box is usually a small decorative box used to hold black patches.  These black patches were used much like a beauty mark on the faces of Victorian women to draw attention to their best features.  For example, you may put one close to your eyes if they are exceptionally pretty or next to your mouth.  Crazy!  Huh?

And now here is story #35 from “Money Making Madness” that talks about patch boxes (without a definition ugh!).

Time to talk about what is going on at the store!  Lots of cleaning, sorting, rearranging, pricing, and reordering all in anticipation of opening soon!  Fingers crossed.  We have also been working super hard out in our new “She Shed” putting together outdoor vignettes.  Again, for any of you out and about, if you time it right you may be able to drive by and take a peek from your car.  We will definitely be working on it this Friday.  Here is a sneak peek.  I LOVE the way it is turning out.

Here is another shot of some of our hipster outdoor furniture.  LOL!  Can’t wait to fill up those shelves with fun stuff!

Now for an update on that furniture that Peggy has been painting. I LOVE how this little cabinet turned out in Chateau Grey. It will be finished soon (waxed and hardware put back on) and priced in the store at $195.

Don’t forget that you can always order your paint supplies on our website, by text at 760-880-3535 or by phone at 805-628-3289. We are offering curbside pickup and free delivery in Ventura. You have no excuse to not start that project! LOL! Thank you to all of you who have placed orders! I really appreciate it!

Shop Annie Sloan Here
https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/store/category/Annie%20Sloan?sort=HL

We will be fully stocked. An Annie Sloan order is arriving Friday. For those of you who haven’t tried her gilding waxes, I highly encourage you to give them a shot. They are incredible and the small tube goes a long way!

We also received an Iron Orchid Design order this past Friday.  We are now fully stocked on all things IOD, including all of their wonderful floral transfers.  Check some of them out here.  You can shop them online in our webstore here.

My mom and her friends haven’t seen each other in weeks so they decided to have a “sad” hour.  The opposite of a “happy” hour since they had to stay 6 feet apart.  Here they are (my mom, Anita, and Isabella) in Anita’s driveway having some snacks and wine.  Gotta love their ingenuity!

Let’s get back to eBay.  Seriously, that “send offer” tool has changed my eBay business for the better.  It is doing what “markdown manager” used to do for us in the old days.   Because of the increase in our shipments, and Cindy and me going in on Mondays to work, we are now slated to get our “Top Rated Seller” status back during our next review.  Whooooopppppeeeee!

With my new outlook on eBay (Thanks to Jordan Sweetnam new SVP of eBay) we had our first Queen’s Court call yesterday since we stopped doing them back in August of 2018.  More on that later in the ezine.  Crazy!  Here I am at eBay’s 20th birthday party back in 2015 with Jordan.

Thank you to all of you who watched Indy perform Live with Pepperdine! Here is more info about the show……

In a special performance hosted in collaboration with the Pepperdine University Office of the President, students, faculty, and staff of the Seaver College Fine Arts Division will unite Waves around the world for an evening of art, music, and fellowship. For one night only, the Pepperdine community is invited to come together to enjoy dynamic presentations of art history, theatre, guitar, and the vocal arts led by a lineup of Pepperdine’s best and brightest performers.

Here is Indy getting ready for her live performance. Check out how Emma is walking away with Carlos after the little guy gave her a good luck smooch. LOL!

Here is the title screen right before she comes on!

For those of you who missed it, you can watch it here.  She is introduced at minute 37:00 by Professor Hollace Starr.

Here she is doing her thing!  She cracks me up!

If it is too hard to wade through the entire Pepperdine Performance, they had her do a pre-recorded monologue just in case there were problems with the live feed. You can view that here.

Let’s share another eBay score, because, why not? I used the “send offer” feature again and it sure did work again. These sold for over $80! Check out these tumblers here. I paid $1 each. Now, that is a great ROI (Return on Investment), and thank you Grandma & USC for teaching me about that concept!

Don’t forget that we are still working on getting most of the store’s furniture up on the website.  This way you can shop from home!

AND in super exciting news!  We sold our first piece of furniture from the Website today!  Thank you, Amanda!

The website is looking awesome and when you click on an item it will tell you how many are available, and sometimes even the dimensions….check out the Furniture here.

https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/store/category/Furniture?sort=HL

In my last newsletter, some of the links were not working.  I will share a corrected link here so that you can check out this Butch Cassidy and Sundance Sheet Music.  Did you not love that movie?

Raindrops

I love this new graphic!  Thank you, Robin!  How many of you noticed that there is a cat with ears in the C?

Here is Carlos just being his darling little self during his daily “cat nap”  LOL!

Here is Carlos chilling on Brandon’s Birthday presents….waiting for the Birthday boy to arrive!

Here is Carlos chilling in Brandon’s arms, once that Birthday Boy arrived!  Apparently, Carlos really likes Brandon :)!

OK!  Enough about cute Carlos….time to tell you how Brandon’s 21st Birthday played out.

Once he arrived, we had him open his gifts.  He got a lot of really cool stuff…including a crown and a birthday sash.  Before we took him into the “faux” Chuptias Bar N, we headed down to the beach to order take-out dinner.  This also gave us a chance to parade him around a bit in his crown & sash.

Once we grabbed our pickup/takeout dinner, it was time to take Brandon to the next Birthday “event”.  This would involve a blindfold and Houston driving all over to confuse him.  Houston and Indy did such a great job even stopping at red lights that didn’t exist and getting on the freeway.  We didn’t want Brandon to know we were taking him back to the house.  Here is Indy putting the blindfold on Brandon and Houston looking like a bank robber in his mask.  And we were in my dad’s car……awwwwww!  I miss my dad.  When he passed away he left his Mercedes Sedan to Houston.  I LOVE riding in this car!

Next stop, Houston dressed as a Bouncer and carded Brandon before his entry into Chupitos…now known as the Bar N.  Lol!  Unfortunately, even with the blindfold on, Brandon recognized Houston’s voice.

Here are the kids behind the bar making shots.  Sandy even stopped by to bring Brandon a present.  Soooo sweet!  We had Kamikazes, Lemon Drops and Irish Car Bombs.

The next event for Brandon was a pinata.  Indy and I bought it at the $1 store and filled it with a bunch of crazy candy.  Check out that swing!

Such a fun celebration!  And it continued the next day with Bagels from Bagelicious.  Then it was Slip-n-Slide time.  Our backyard has become a summer paradise (since we can’t go anywhere….like to the beach).

Carlos was soooooo freaked out by the slip-n-slide….can you blame him?  That he curled up next to me on the swing and took a little nap.  How cute is he?  He has to be part of all the festivities.  Love the harness that we got for him at the Wharf. I need to get in there and buy a bigger one since this one is getting too small.  However, the only color they had in Medium was Hot Pink and I just don’t see him as a Hot Pink kind of guy.  Do you?

The last event for Brandon’s epic 24-hour birthday shindig was for the kids to hop in the Jacuzzi.  I had bought this blow-up Jacuzzi a year ago for my nephews and we never got around to putting it together.  Houston worked on it for several days and I must say it is AWESOME!  We love it!

And that was a wrap!  Brandon headed back to San Gabriel and told Indiana it was the best birthday he had ever had!  Aaaaawwwwwww.

Sorry, but in the last ezine, the link to the Patagonia jacket didn’t work. So here it is again for you to check out.

Here is a photo of the store all cleaned up and ready for you to shop!  Can’t wait to see you all here someday SOON!

With so much time on my hands and eBay performing so well, we decided to bring the Queen’s Court together for a Zoom call.  I started the Queen’s Court back in 2007.  At one point we had hundreds of members who would post on the forums and meet monthly for a Queen’s Court voice-only call with Questions and Scores.  It is currently running as Queen’s Court Lite with the forums open and I am so happy about that!  Check us out on the Zoom Call that we had yesterday.  It was sooooo much fun to see these smiling faces. And so much better than a voice-only call!  I could even share my computer screen!

A lot of great scores were shared on that call!  Here is one from Marsha…you won’t believe what this wooden puzzle sold for and it got 16 bids.  Check it out!  Marsha bought a box of these old wooden puzzles (circa the 1930s) for not much money and hauled them from Pennsylvania to Texas.  With shelter in place, puzzles are a hot seller!

OK!  One last photo of Houston, Emma, and Carlos playing Corn Hole in our backyard oasis.  Seriously, this looks like a Ralph Lauren Home Photo to me….or am I delusional from sheltering in place?

One last potential eBay score.  When we cleaned out the barn, I found a HUGE box of Brenthaven computer bags.  Brenthaven is a Bellingham Company and their products are amazing.  About 10 years ago I bought $8,000 worth of their overstocks and have been selling them online ever since.  For some reason, I still had some left and I am excited to get them listed.  Here is one of them. Check it out.

Again…..A Happy New Decade from Lynn’s Consignments team to you and your family!   Just so you know, this will get better.  This too shall pass.  God has got this.  We hope to see you soon!

Pictured…Emma, Steve, Indy, me, Cindy, Joanne & Val! I Miss You, People!

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.

 

Pictured Emma, Val, Mor Mor (my mom), me, Indiana, Cindy, and Peggy

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #14…

April 16, 2020
Watch for it every Thursday or every OTHER Thursday!
Volume I  Issue 14

 

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter.  Since these times have been so strange, I decided to whip up some Easter Baskets for my kids and do the full-on egg hunt (like we haven’t done in YEARS!).

Since the store is mostly closed (except for by appointment) I was able to work on the baskets at the shop.  I ordered a bunch of fun stuff off of eBay.  With the Corona Virus, Amazon has gotten out of control with its pricing.  I highly encourage you to shop on eBay first since eBay sellers are a mostly small mom and pops and are the epitome of small businesses in America.  Let’s support them!

Also, they will not be required to shut down or only ship essential items like Amazon has been forced to do.

PAAS egg kits on Amazon were running at $10 each before Easter.  I found 2 sets of color cups and 3 egg kits for $4 on eBay!  Plus $5 shipping.  What a deal!

Check it out here.  https://tinyurl.com/ebaypaaseaster

I hard-boiled 24 eggs (once I waited in line for 30 minutes at Trader Joes to get them) and we all had such a blast coloring them.  We haven’t done this in about 10 years, since Houston was 13 and Indy was 11.  Of course, Carlos joined the fun!

OK, yes that is a Christmas Tree in the background.  I keep it up year-round with white sparkly lights and it is beach themed…sea shells etc.  I LOVE IT and it makes me happy so why not?

We all colored 6 eggs each and they turned out sooooo cute!  Well, I think that they did.  Check them out 🙂

And that was all before Easter….we still had Easter to look forward to!  Crazy, but in my time hop this morning, was this photo from just five years ago.  Wow!  That was all I could say!

It was admitted student’s day at Pepperdine and Houston was still a senior in high school and had not made his final decision.  Wild!  Here is a photo of my kids with their friend Gil on campus that day.

That was such an incredibly fun day!  This year’s new student admit day wasn’t held on campus because of the Corona Virus.  That makes me sad for all of the incoming freshmen this year.  I am praying so hard that school will begin this Fall just like normal for all of us.

When I saw that photo, I decided to go back to the original ezine that I had written on April 15th, 2015.  I love glancing through my old ezines just to reminisce..  Here is a link if you want to check it out.
http://www.thequeenofauctions.com/articlepages/ezinev11is06.html

As I was scanning the ezine, a section really stood out to me.  It was a speech that Indiana had given to her high school as a Freshman.  It is really amazing to me that a 14-year-old wrote this and really helped me to see the beauty and grace in what we are all going through right now.

Here is what I wrote in that ezine….

Indiana did something super brave this past week at school.  On Monday, she got up in front of the entire student body (about 600 kids) and gave a personal five-minute reflection.  Indy wants to be a youth minister someday and I would have to say, she is on her way.

Here is a photo of her practicing her speech.  A reflection at Xavier is a person’s personal thoughts regarding a subject that is chosen by their pastor/priest.  Indy’s subject matter was thanksgiving.

Yikes!  When I just copied this photo from that old newsletter, I got goosebumps.  Her shirt says “Corona Frosh Slowdown….”.  What the heck?  Corona Slowdown…Isn’t that what we are all going through right now?  I see signs from God in my life all the time and I truly believe that this is one of them!!!!  I was meant to share this with you all.  Here is the rest of that section from my 2015 newsletter.

I asked Indy if she wouldn’t mind sharing her reflection with you all and here it is if you would like to read it.  I will tell you this much….I will never look at a crow the same way again.  Thanks, Indy Girl!

 

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.

 

Pictured Emma, Houston’s Face, Indy, me, and my Mom (Mor Mor)

(Guess who is home?)

Welcome to Lynn’s Latest #13…

April 9, 2020
Watch for it every Thursday or every OTHER Thursday!
Volume I  Issue 13

 

The most important thing for all of you to know for this week is that Houston (my son) returned home from Oklahoma City last night!  He is getting his Masters in education at Notre Dame and attends classes in South Bend in the summer.  For the program to be tuition-free, he teaches at Mt. St. Mary’s in OKC during the school year.  Oklahoma was way behind with social distancing and I was a very worried Mama.  But he is in the HOUSE!

In my time hop this morning, a picture from a year ago showed up with my nephews Zach and Kai.  They were visiting Ventura for their Spring Break.  I miss these little guys!  My mom and I took them to see the Reagan Museum.  They loved it!  I can’t wait for them to visit again.  This year (definitely) did NOT work out for their annual trip.

Let’s start this newsletter off with some more positiveness!  Gotta keep the good Ventura beach vibes going!  I was on a recent influencer call with eBay corporate.  They called it a “Check-in Call with eBay Leaders” and it was awesome!

With so much uncertainty for brick and mortars, the fact that eBay is stepping up makes me really happy! eBay finally realizes that they are not Amazon or Walmart, and doesn’t want to be.  They are committed to focusing on eBay and its original strengths….Unique one of kind sellers.  Yay!

We also discussed a new selling tool that Jordan says is one of the most robust and well-working that he has seen during his tenure at eBay.  It is the feature that lets you send offers to watchers of your items.  I tried it over the weekend, and boy did it help my sales!

We have been shipping out 20 or more packages a day!  Just like the good old days.  Cindy, my shipping assistant, couldn’t believe it!

Here is one of the items I sold on eBay today using the “send offer” tool.  It is a Swedish Dala-type candleholder in dollhouse size.  BTW, dollhouse collectors are a crazy bunch and they will pay big bucks for items.  This sold for $20.53 and is going to Denver.

https://tinyurl.com/daladollhouse

Couldn’t resist….had to sneak this photo of Carlos in because it is too long until we get to his special section…Carlos’ Corner.

We have been working super hard at the store to clean up the back garages.  The walls have been painted a very bright white and it is looking great.  Still trying to decide whether to paint the ceiling white….Thoughts?

We are going to paint the floor one of Annie Sloan’s greens.  I am leaning towards Firle….Thoughts?  Please let us know what you think!  This will be our outdoor furniture showroom soon!!!

The new normal for my workers at the store has been quite strange if I do say so.  We have all been working, but not at the same time.  Does that make sense?

Emma has been going in and taking photos to put up on the website.
Sandy has been going in to clean and jeuge (to spruce up, add style, flair, pizzazz).
Peggy went in today to paint some furniture.
Cindy goes in almost daily to ship eBay stuff.
Val hasn’t been in as she is taking super good care of her husband Ron.

Here is the before of a piece of furniture that I asked Peggy to paint.  Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Don’t forget that you can always order your paint supplies on our website, by text at 760-880-3535 or by phone at 805-628-3289. We are offering curbside pickup and free delivery in Ventura. You have no excuse to not start that project! LOL!

Shop Annie Here
https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/store/category/Annie%20Sloan?sort=HL

We are fully stocked….just got in an Annie Sloan order last Monday!

Also, some new great news from Annie Sloan.  It is her 30th Anniversary this year!  Yowza!  She is the original Chalk Paint inventor and in honor of this, she came out with a new product that is for sale now!

Place your order online and we will put it out curbside for you. I can’t wait for someone to try this Pearlescent Glaze! $19.95 per tin. Click here to order.

https://tinyurl.com/lynnspearlescent

My Timehop app from this morning also showed a photo of Houston and Indiana four years ago when she was playing Mama Mae Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie. OMG, she was soooooo good in that roll! Houston had driven to Palm Desert from Malibu (Pepperdine) to surprise her! It was awesome 🙂 She still has some of her stage makeup on in this photo!

Indiana was nominated for a Desert Theatre League Award for her performance.

Outstanding Supporting Actress-Musical-Youth Theatre
Leyla Dilig – Copacabana – Cathedral City High School
Kaley Doherty – You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown – Palm Springs High School
Lauren Malestic – The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – Palm Desert High
Mackenzie Naylor – The Lion King Jr. – Hi-Desert Cultural Center
Emily Sanchez – Urinetown – Desert Hot Springs High School
Indiana Wilson – Bye, Bye, Birdie – Xavier College Prep

Sorry, the photo is so bad.  I wasn’t supposed to be taking any…..LOL!

She didn’t win, but I was soooo proud of her for the nomination.  Strangely enough, Leyla (another of the gals nominated) ended up going to Pepperdine as well.  They didn’t know each other in Palm Desert, but are now really great friends!

With this whole new Zoom classroom and virtual learning, how does one actually audition for a role?  Well, let me tell you, it isn’t easy.  Indy had an audition for “Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids” (now that is one long title) that was due on Monday night.  She had Emma play the husband Peter role and Indy was the wife Maggie  She had to videotape herself.  It was crazy to listen to as I was working in the other room.  They cracked me up.  After about 12 takes, she finally had it in the can!

Time for what I hope will be an eventual eBay score!  Thank God for eBay…at least that store is still fully open and operational!  This listing is for a portrait miniature on Ivory that my grandmother brought back from Europe in the 1960s.  She collected these.  Actually, there wasn’t much that she DIDN’T collect.  It is illegal to sell Ivory on eBay unless the item is less than 5% ivory (think keys on a piano) or was made prior to 1900.  This definitely was pre-1900 as we had Christie’s look at it for us and they dated it to 1820.

https://tinyurl.com/grandmaspmoi

What is even crazier about this piece, is that I found a photo from the 1990s that shows it hanging on the wall in my grandmother’s living room.  I never realized how pretty the walls were in her house.  Wow!  See if you can spot the portrait in the photo.

Enough about Indiana and my grandma, time for some news about Houston!  Unless you have been living under a rock (which quite frankly this sequestering has felt like), you must have heard about the Netflix series, Tiger King.

OMG, it is AMAZING!  I LOVE Joe Exotic….I mean who wouldn’t?  He is a serious train wreck.  His zoo is in Oklahoma City, so before Houston and his fellow Notre Dame classmates left, they had to check it out.

In more good news of the week, check out this graph of my eBay sales by day.  I have drawn an arrow to show you when I started using the “send offer” feature…keep in mind I didn’t use it every day.  The days with the spikes were the days I used it.  It is crazy how big of an impact that this has had on sales.

OK, but back to a “feel good” story, because that is the ONLY way we are all going to get through this…by being extremely positive. Indy text all of us in our group chat this picture a few days ago with the caption…..”He’s finally sleeping in my new chair!  Yay!!  I’ve been waiting for this moment haha”

Many of you have been asking so here is how our new normal will work at the store…..

1.  I will be at the store several days a week from 11 am to 3 pm working on eBay.  This means that the store is available for private showings and curbside pick-up.  Text me at 760-880-3535 or call the store during those hours at 805-628-3289.

2.  We have stopped ALL 30-day automatic Markdowns until we are able to reopen to protect our consignors.  This means all Merchandise has reverted to its original pricing.

3.   Once we reopen, the clock will start and 30 days after reopening the first markdowns will be taken.

4.  It is our goal to get all of our furniture up on the website.  This way you can shop from home!  Emma has been working on it like crazy and it is really coming along.  It is looking awesome and when you click on an item it will tell you how many are available, and sometimes even the dimensions….check it out here.

https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/

Here is what came up when I searched by “painting”.

5.  Website is also set up with lots of great gift items…Annie Sloan Paint, Iron Orchid Stamps and Transfers, Baggus and Gurgle Pots.  It all ships free!

6.  We will not be taking in any new consignments until we reopen.  We are super full right now and are working hard to get it cleaned up and shoppable for when we can open those doors!  Can’t wait 🙂

7.  We are using this downtime to clean out the back garages.  If you are a consignor and some of your items have been in the store a long time, we may be calling you.  Please get back to us ASAP whether you want to pick up the items or donate.  Thank you!

Here is a photo of Wayne hard at work painting those garages.

OK, time to share another eBay score!  This one is fun..I got this out of a bag of clothes that my son was through with.  I had bought it for him originally at a thrift store and he wasn’t a fan.  His loss, my gain.  I love selling men’s clothes because they RARELY get returned.

Just a heads up on this one…I took the picture on my female 1/2 body mannequin.  The way to get the shot without the boobs is to just turn it around.  Problem solved.   Who needs two mannequins?  Not me!  LOL.

Check out the listing here.   It sold for the best offer of $35.00.
https://tinyurl.com/lynnstommybahama

Yes, I have a graphic for his corner!  One of my long-time ezine readers (since 2008), Robin Sweeney from North Carolina made it for us.  Thank you, Robin!

Carlos has LOVED having us all home all day long!  Not sure what is going to happen when we all go back to our “real” lives.

Here he is just chilling through the day.

Here he is on one of his many outdoor adventures.  He loves being outside when the kids are exercising.  If he can’t be outside with them, he literally paws at the sliding door like a dog.  I am not kidding.  I have a video.  Not sure if I should share it or not…Thinking about it.

Enough about King Carlos!  I am so excited that Emma is working on the website and getting so many of our unique products listed.  Check out this search for Mirror….

We will be uploading more photos of mirrors, desks, outdoor furniture, paintings, artwork, throw pillows, and many more things. Please keep checking the website. https://lynnsconsignment.ricoconsign.com/

One last POTENTIAL eBay score! All of this “at home” time is getting me to go through boxes and boxes of stuff that should have been listed on eBay ages ago. Oh well, it is getting listed now. I was going through one box and found a total score! A flat-rate padded envelope full of African Trade Beads that my mom had shipped me from my inheritance from my dad.

Long story short, even though my grandma Cheryl Leaf was my mom’s mom, Cheryl Leaf loved my dad. She gave him a huge box of African Trade Beads years ago, and before my dad passed away three years ago on Cinco de Mayo, he wanted me to have them to sell on eBay. I couldn’t take them home with me on the plane, so my mom shipped them to me bit by bit. I had no idea I still had any left to list. Here they are all written up with my “I Sell” sheets (I invented these back in 1998 and if you sell on eBay you need these) waiting for photos.

Here is one of the listings that I just put up on eBay.  I always start these auctions at $49.99 per strand.  This one is starting at $249.99 because it has 5 strands all tied together.

Check it out here.  https://tinyurl.com/gstradebeads

Here is another glimpse at some of the furniture already up on the website.  Check out this search for “table”.  Never know what you are going to get!

Just so you know, this will get better. This too shall pass. God has got this. Both my kids are home safe and sound. God is Good! Happy Easter!

OK! One last fun photo. Indiana and Emma with their homemade masks getting ready to hit up Trader Joe’s.

Again…..A Happy New Decade (We will get through this!) from Lynn’s Consignments team to you and your family!   We hope to see you soon!

Pictured…Emma, Mor Mor (my mom!), me, Val, Peggy, Kathy, and Jo Dallas! I Miss These Gals!

One last fun photo of Carlos in our backyard…in his new harness…checking out mother nature. Which I encourage all of you to do during this time. It is so wonderful to just hang out in my backyard with my kitty (His 6 month birthday will be April 13th)…crazy! And in the “old days” I would never have just sat outside and listened to nature holding a cat. Times are strange, but yet kinda good! Gotta look for the silver lining folks.

 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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