I've been gone too long!!

15 years ago

And I dont know exactly why! Well, OK, I sorta do know why...I was lured away to a much smaller, private group on yuku, which has been great to share my info and ideas with etc. but then it occurred to me, that I have completely neglected THIS awesome group and then I thought well heck, I need to come back here and get reaquainted with this group again. I have missed you ladies.

I have been SUPER busy this past year with my now FOUR rented booths at my local antique mall which has been doing great, despite this economy! I sure can't complain. I have had a whole bunch of projects that I've completed and sold and I still have a storage unit full of furniture waiting for minor repairs, painting, beautifying etc. And of course, I find DAILY awesome deals online on CL and our local yardsale site, so the flow of wonderful vintage pieces of furniture, from cyberspace to my house seems to keep on without interuption!!!

It has been so long that I have almost forgotten how to post pics here, but I'll try to get some pics up of my booths etc. soon.

I also hope to get back into and start interacting once again with all of you ladies and gents!!!

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Comments (13)

dorothy9_gw
15 years ago
welcome back.......
tuesday_2008
15 years ago
Good to see you back. I always enjoyed your projects. Perhaps you could show us some "before" and "afters" of some of your pieces that you have sold in your booths. It might give us some inspiration.

Tuesday
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leafy02
15 years ago
Yes, I hope you'll share before and afters, or at least afters!

And welcome back :)
ttodd
15 years ago
Good to have you back!
rjinga
Original Author
15 years ago
Thanks for the warm welcome.

Here are some b/a of several projects, I hope that this link will work. If not I can put them on here individually.

click on "view all"
deeinohio
15 years ago
I've wondered where you were. Welcome back.
Dee
User
15 years ago
*waving* Hi! It's nice to have you back.
cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
15 years ago
Welcome back! Thanks for sharing the pictures. My favorites are the stools you redid! Fun!
haley_comet
15 years ago
Welcome back Rjinga!
mitchdesj
15 years ago
I too was wondering where you were, it's nice to have you back !!
neetsiepie
15 years ago
I've been thinking about you and wondered how your mall booth was going. Sounds like it's going great guns!! Thanks for the pix.
patty_cakes
15 years ago
Hey, how are ya? By the looks of those pictures, you've been VERY busy, and must work a lot faster than I do! You're before/afters are amazing, and I hope you're charging enough. I've been painting off and on, but took a lot of time off during the summer to visit the kids in CA, best friend came to visit for 2 mos., then went to IL to visit her for 3 weeks, so not as much got accomplished as I would have liked.

Have been out in the garage the last two weeks working on furniture as well as a lot of small things. Bought a lot in IL(for cheap!!)and had it shipped for not too much.

I'm hoping to keep very busy during the winter months.....after I get back from Christmas in CA!

It's good to have you back! ;o)
rjinga
Original Author
14 years ago
Hey Patty, glad to see you are still here! Not sure when or how we lost touch. I have really missed emailing and chatting with you and keeping up with all that you have been up to, sounds like some fun get aways you have gone on!!! Are you still keeping your booth at the Antique Mall where you are?

I have stayed very busy over the past year (it's been 2 years this December that I started my first booth at the mall). I have had a really great time at it all and it's been overall very productive which is also good. My sales have been pretty consistant this past 12 months which really helps.

I do feel pretty good about my pricing, I have always been very aware of the importance of the right pricing and even when it's tempting to drop things lower, aside from occasional sales etc, I try to keep things priced a bit higher than most others. I also have inventory that is (IMO) better than most and I take a lot of time and effort to make the pieces I work on extra special. So people are paying for custom work when they buy from me. And pretty much to date, I'm still the only one who has painted furniture, there are a few others, but they only keep one or two pieces in their booths.

In the PB link, I only showed a fraction of what all I have worked on. (my photo organization is sorely lacking and it was really hard to find older pics). I'm selling anywhere from a couple to a dozen or more pieces of furniture every month, so I have to stay on top of things in order to have other pieces ready to go in when something sells.

FYI: as I add new pics and b/a's I'm using that same albumn I listed above, so it should stay updated with new projects.

Thanks to all for the warm welcome back, and I hope to get re-acquainted with everyone.