A BONANZA of Games! + Special Thank You For My Followers, and an Etsy Peek

As much as I love a vintage kitchen find, my first love is and always has been vintage toys...and by "vintage", I mean things I probably played with as a child (lol), but my love goes back much further than that, if I'm lucky enough to come across any.

Some of my blog topics will be repeated, but never the items included, unless it's a new find. It will get better as my blog grows in followers, because then I can entice some amazing seller's I know to let me include their favorite items and vintage knowledge to this blog. You'll just have to make sure to check back often so you don't miss a thing! ; )

New On ETSY!

I had to include this new Etsy listing, and not only because it fits the theme, but because it's such a unique find! If you want to know what it is, you'll just have to visit my shop ; )

Now for something fun! As a Canadian, I'd like to spread a little Canadian trivia around. I'm going to have 4 questions, and for any followers that send me the correct answer, I will offer you a 10% discount on any item on any of my sites. Once you have sent me the correct answers, you have the entire month of July to take advantage of the discount. Questions and rules follow.

CANADA ROCKS Trivia Rules: 

Eh) Runs from July 1, 2011-July 31, 2011
B) Follow my blog! : )
C) Email me your answers at any time from now until July 31st, and then post "Canada Rocks!" in the comment section
D) After you make your purchase, just put the words "CANADA ROCKS" with your shipping request so I can make the proper adjustments to your invoice.

EMAIL: jewelsthings@bell.net


TRIVIA QUESTIONS:

1) How do you like your Timmys?
2) What is Poutine?
3) Name at least 3 Canadian hockey teams
4) What and when is Canada Day? 

Good Luck, eh!

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Vintage Kitchen Gadgets On Etsy Plus Vintage Tips

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Knife Sharpener

Here I am again, just blogging away...lol. Vintage kitchen items are some of my favorite things, right behind vintage toys, so I thought I'd showcase a few things I have listed on Etsy. I remember when I was little my mother would pull out HER mother's old hand mixer to make some of her favorite recipes. She would only use a hand mixer for scrambling the eggs to make French Toast or the yolks for scrambled eggs. She said it gave true meaning to the expression "Made With Love", and she would always let me help : ).

Jelly Press-Coming Soon!

I found this vintage aluminum jelly press last fall. It was love at first sight! I made sure to keep busy so I wouldn't have time to list it, but the time has come, and it will be going into my Bonanza Booth at some point this weekend. I'll miss it dearly, but I just know whoever buys it will get tons of enjoyment from it!


I like the look of old glass, but containers let you get a glimpse of the way things used to be. In a world built on plastic, it's nice to come across a GLASS vinegar bottle. I like to call it Retro-Eco-Friendly ; )

Currently Listed On My Bonanza!

VINTAGE TIPS #1:
Vinegar...not just for fries! Plain old white vinegar is one of the cheapest household necessities you could purchase and most likely one of the most useful. Here are 3 of my favorites : )
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Currently Listed on My Bonanza

1)  put it in a spray bottle and use it as you would an expensive, chemical filled spray cleanser
2) use it to kill weeds - spray it on the weeds full strength until they have starved, and you won't have to worry about harmful chemicals around your children and pets
3) Clean your tea or coffee pots by boiling a mixture of water and vinegar, then just rinse




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New Listings On Bonanza : )

Newly listed on Bonanza!

Retro style metal bread box

I am just about to list this beautifully vintage canister and bread box set on Bonanza, so I thought I'd give my blog another try.

I absolutely love the look of vintage metals, and I go out of my way to find old bread boxes. We have this great turquoise one in our kitchen, but this milk chocolatey brown color is very warm, and looks great with other earthy tones.

 I had another set in a deeper brown, but my college bound son snagged that pretty fast. Luckily I had this pretty hard to find single loaf one hidden away. I love the retro lettering! : ).

 

Bonanza Bound!

May and June are great months for Garage Sales, Estate Sales, and Yard Sales in my small local area. We have entire communities that get together and make a Garage Sale Week End! This year, I missed every single one of them. My brother John recently passed away after a long illness, and my heart really wasn't in it. Fortunately, I came across this GREAT group of sellers...The Fireside Girls, as I secretly call them...they offer online sales help, information, marketing advice, humor, encouragement....just about anything you can think of to help each other along. I'm hoping to add their links as my blog GROWS (hint-hint)..so follow me on Twitter, add me on Facebook, check me out on Bonanza and Etsy, or drop me a line... : )

JewelsThings on Bonanza
http://www.etsy.com/people/gem6691
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jewels-Gems-and-Things/203331309704714
http://twitter.com/#!/JewelsThings

Me and John

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Why I'm Blogging...or at least trying to ; )

I started selling online in 2003, back when there was really only one game in town. I was an early childhood educator at the time, and with my own children being younger, I had very little time to spend online at all, but a friend of mine asked me to help him out selling some BSA motorcycle parts he had. I've always loved anything vintage, anything with a history, and I had accumulated so many things, online sales was a great way to not just "get rid" of things that I loved, but to actually pass them along to other people who appreciated them as much as I did.
My addiction to garage sales and estate sales had a purpose! : )
Recently, the rules changed, and with new policies in effect, it wasn't so easy to get the exposure needed to sell anymore. I looked for new venues, found a GREAT group of people to help me along, and started learning new terms (for me, at least) like "bounce rates" and "hash tags".
I'll use this blog as a showcase for things I sell, and write a little something here and there, maybe share some things I'm learning about, and try to help others along the way.

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