ForgetMeNotsDailyDiscoveries on ETSY: Vintage Finds, Handmade Treasures and Crafty Bits

ForgetMeNotsDailyDiscoveries on ETSY: Vintage Finds, Handmade Treasures and Crafty Bits: Vintage New Year's Postcard TheOldBarnDoor https://www.etsy.com/listing/117497316/forget-me-nots-and-ivy-with-golden Need a purse m...

So how does a simple girl like me wind up selling on Etsy?  I blame my father.  Let me backtrack a bit here for you.  He grew up during the depression so, to him, everything  had value.  He rarely threw anything out, I suppose he made re-using and re-cycling popular before it hit the mainstream market.  Yet despite the fact his VCR always blinked 12:00 he was able to successfully sell stamps (his hobby and passion) on-line.  He started me on Ebay many years ago with some success.  I figured if he could do it then so could I!

Fast forward about 10 years and to a time when my mother-in-law needed to go into a nursing home.  I inherited her fairly large “eclectic” jewelry collection.  Since, like my father, I couldn’t just throw it out (and I certainly wasn’t going to use any of it myself)  I needed to find a way to share these “treasures” with others.  Ebay wasn’t going to work for this venture so I needed to look for something else.  ETSY!  When I joined, Etsy had recently begun to allow Vintage items.  Ah ha!  Just what I needed.

Many of my early sales were accidents, since I was just learning the ropes I had very little idea of what I was doing.  Tagging, descriptions, titles, good photos – I knew nothing of these.  What I quickly learned, however, is what a wonderful co-operative  community Etsy was.  People helped me, often without even asking. 

Here are a few of my first sales

Since that time I have learned a lot about vintage jewelry and it has led me to seek out new items to learn about and offer for sale.  It has been quite an enjoyable journey which I hope to continue on.

Just like back in school, the blank page staring at me insights fear and instant writers blog.  My first blog post.  It should be meaningful and memorable, shouldn't it?  Well they say the best place to start is at the beginning.  

Where did the name MagpieSue come from?  The first part is easy, my name is Sue.  The second part took a little bit of thought.  I wanted to open an on-line shop to sell vintage items and needed a shop name.  So I began some research. The Magpie is a bird that is known as "one who collects odds and ends".  Perfect!  I have a hard time letting go of "stuff".  Not quite into the realm of hoarding but definitely you can call me a keeper.  I find comfort in things that bring me happy memories, makes it hard to let go of things. So since I collect things just like the magpie bird the name seemed to fit.

So thus began my adventures in online selling.  Now, what can I actually part with from my home. 

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