Etsy: Kitchen Confidential

New items up on Etsy! They're all kitchen items I've had for months but was just too lazy to put up. My scale is also too small for glass items and I don't have appropriate size boxes so I kind of winged it on the shipping estimates.

Set of 5 vintage Jacksons of Picadilly tea tins.

Vintage James Kent Old Foley "Eastern Glory" sandwich tray.

I'm always coming across gorgeous Cutler glassware but whenever I do an online search, not a lot pops up. All I know is they were based out of Toronto in the 1970s and they made a lot of really cool custom drinkware. It's unfortunate they're not more coveted by collectors because nobody is snapping up these cool pieces. Popularity kind of dictates interest and when nobody knows about a great brand, nobody wants to pay money for it. 

Set of 6 vintage Cutler cherry blossom highball glasses w/ wood and glass tray.

Set of 6 vintage Cutler pussy willow tumblers

Set of 4 vintage striped tumblers

Vintage rustic wood bread box

This next item I haven't listed yet because I think I might want to use it once before getting rid of it. I've always wanted a Le Creuset dutch oven and this is the closest thing I have to it (it's enamel-coated cast iron). I got it from Memory Lane years ago before I had a booth there and I can't put it up in my booth because of the unsaid agreement that you don't resell/mark-up items from a fellow vendor (and I know that vendor's still there because I saw her re-organizing her booth). 

Vintage Polish dutch oven

-J

April Tulips

The weekend is over and I only sold one thing from my booth. But that's ok! I wasn't expecting much in the first month and it was only my first week. I went in today to swap some items and rearrange what was there. According to market research, moving things around on a display shelf and taking things away for a week or two, will increase interest in buyers.

1) People like to see new stock; it keeps them coming back for more. It also foments desire in the indecisive buyer. Say they don't know if they want that plate set because it's a little overpriced. When it's gone, they feel a sense of loss, but when it comes back, they realize how much they wanted it in the first place and snap it up in case it goes away again.

2) Different placements appeal to different people. Putting a glass next to a picture frame one week might not do anything for a buyer but putting that glass next to a vase the next week might spark inspiration in a buyer who has a similar vase.

It's all mind games. Anyway, some minor changes I made.

Moved the enamel kettle and Hemingway up, brought in my midcentury Fred Press turquoise and gold "Trojan" carafe (top chelf) that I love, and also added some cuffs (bottom left)

Put the Cutler cherry blossom glasses on the middle shelf to catch people's eye. The black stands out. Also replaced the New Mexico mugs with the Pyrex lemonade pitcher.

Rearranged the blankets and swapped Mexican blankets. I call this red and pink one Valentine.

After grocery shopping, I picked up some tulips. Fresh flowers always brighten my day.

I brought back the pastel-hued Cutler glasses and repurposed the cracked blue one to make little vases.

Blixa's curious. She's probably wondering if she can eat them.

Pink goes on my desk with my Navajo wedding vases.

Green goes on the tray on the coffee table.

Broken blue goes in the kitchen, in case any further breakages necessitate a quick clean-up.

- J