Month: February 2018

What are some different designing styles that you will run across?

On By wisdomlaneantiquesIn Beginning to collect, Styles, Tips for the beginner, Vintage, Vintage, Vintage!Leave a comment

Through the years, there have been some designing styles that have come about that have been very popular.  Art Deco, Mid-Century Modern and even Art nouveau are some of these, but what are some of the other styles that you will find?

Egyptian Revival—this style came about in the early 1920’s when the discovery of the King Tutankhamun was found.  This style ran at the same time as the Art Deco Style, and the Egyptian Revival influenced a number of items from architecture, jewelry and even furniture (the style has an Egyptian flair to it).

Baroque—this style is highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, décor and even music.  The style flourished in Europe from the early 17th century to the late 18th century, and this style evolved into an even more flamboyant style called “Rococo” when the 1740’s rolled around.

Streamline Moderne—this is a late type of the Art Deco Era, and it’s sometimes called Art Moderne.  It emerged in the 1930’s and it has emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes it even has nautical elements to it.

This is only a small handful of the great styles that have come about.  What kind of style have you seen?

How do you take a photograph of an item that’s round?

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When you get to selling items online, you will run across a wide variety of items that are different sizes and shapes.

Round items were always a problem when I needed to take photos of them.  I was afraid that they would start rolling around (and eventually fall and break) before I could take the photo.

Because of this, I would have to hold the item and have to take terrible photos.  That is, until I came up with a simple (and very cheap) way to help take the photo.

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The trick is to put a rubber washer under round item.  I know it sounds silly, but it works.  The washer helps prop up the item to keep it from rolling around, and the center of the washer is open to accommodate for the round surface.

The washer that I have set aside for photographs didn’t cost me much at all—it was a couple of bucks (the good thing about it is that I have used some of the other washers around the house).

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The trick works on a wide variety of items, just like the lamp shade in the picture above (you can barely see the washer at the bottom of the photo).

What kinds of tricks like this do you use to help you take photos?

Great news about the Wisdom Lane Antiques shop on Etsy!

On By wisdomlaneantiquesIn Sale at Wisdom Lane Antiques!, Vintage, Vintage, Vintage!, Wisdom LaneLeave a comment

Here’s some great news about the Wisdom Lane Antiques shop on Etsy!

Over the last couple of days, some of the categories that have the items for sale in my Etsy shop have changed.  Now you will have an easier time finding all of the great items up for sale.

Advertising, home decor and even a category just for Fenton have been created, and old classics like glassware and pottery are still around.

There are two new categories that you will find interesting, and the first is full of items that are on sale.  One such item is this great hand painted burmese piece from Fenton.

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This great piece with a sea scene can be found in the sale category here.  As a matter of fact, you can find the rest of the items in the sale category here.

The other new category that’s interesting is called TOTALLY DIFFERENT ITEMS.  This category is full of fun items that you would never expect to find in my shop.  A bride’s basket, a hat form and even a hand made art pottery tea pot with a raku style glaze can be found items in this great category here.

As a matter of fact, you can find all of the new and revamped categories in my Etsy shop here.  Head on over and check them out!

Simple things to remember to help keep the cost of shipping supplies low

On By wisdomlaneantiquesIn Selling tips, Tips for the beginner, Vintage, Vintage, Vintage!, Wisdom LaneLeave a comment

When you start to sell items on the internet, one of the things that could eat up any profits are shipping costs.  There are plenty of ways to help keep costs low, and here’s a few of them:

Grocery stores like Wal-Mart will set aside some boxes for you if you ask them to.  They will give you a wide variety of sizes so you can pack any number of items.

If you have a paper item (like an ad or even the cover of a record), you can use plastic bags from stores to help keep it from getting wet.  Make sure that you also put a piece of cardboard with it to help it from not being bent.

When you are packing an item, a good substitute for packing peanuts is newspaper.  Make sure that you use plenty of it so that the item you pack with it doesn’t move around and get damaged while being mailed.

This is just a few of them, what kinds of tips have you heard of?

Hey, there’s a sale going on here!

On By wisdomlaneantiquesIn Sale at Wisdom Lane Antiques!, Vintage, Vintage, Vintage!Leave a comment

2017 was a great year at Wisdom Lane Antiques. So great, in fact, that I wanted to share my gratitude with my customers…in the form of a sale!

Sales don’t have to be for merchandise that’s not moving.  Sales don’t have to be for items no one is willing to pay full price for.  Nope, right now at Wisdom Lane, I’m holding a “sale” on just-listed items.  Quality pieces that I’m pricing lower as a thanks for your continued support of Wisdom Lane Antiques.

You can see the full list of sale items here.

As always, thanks for shopping Wisdom Lane Antiques!