Recently cleaned and in perfect working order, these 2 clocks are from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. One is a large German kitchen clock and the other is a Sessions Clock. They keep perfect time and have lovely voices as they chime away. 
Collecting doesn’t have to be expensive!
Jim took this photo of the front of the store today - we are getting ready for the holidays!
Laura in Georgia purchased a DreamWorks heart pine table on 11-20-07:
She wrote:
Don, It looks fabulous!!!!We are so pleased. We sat out ont he patio last night for hours, just admiring it. We plan on having Thanksgiving Dinner on it tomorrow,(Steve said even if it rains). I will send you a picture so that JoAnn can add us to her book at the store.
You are truly a craftsman.
Hope ya’ll have a joyous Thanksgiving,Laura
In my physical shop I have always kept a Customer of the Month program. Send out a letter to your favorite customer. This title can be determined any way you like! Easiest to get along with, most fun, spends the most money, comes in and buys a little, LOTS of times, shares my political ideas……. Just send the note and offer a little something, a gift, a discount, but mainly what they receive is a little acknowledgment.
On Saturday a woman and her friend came in. They were going to shop in a town near ours, but since she had been sent a note saying she was that Customer of the Month, last year (!), they came to our town and my shop, instead. Between them they spent approx $700. AND she got her 10% discount. What we got was a devoted customer, a promise to come back sooner and a hug as we packed her car full of our merchandise. We all liked it!
I am now implementing a Customer of the Month program on my Etsy.com site. My first selection was offered Free Shipping on her next order, no matter how big or small. She, after proclaiming she had never been chosen for anything before, immediately purchased 8 items! I loved it and she got a bargain in the shipping. We are both happy!
Can’t wait to choose the next Much-Appreciated-Customer!
I don’t really know how this addiction began. My mother taught me how to sew at a tender age. Lots of us learned to sew, but not all are fabric junkies. Oh, Lord, why me?!
To be a fabric junkie you have to love to feel, the smell, the look, the POTENTIAL of fabric! A large bolt of something textured and nubby could potentially be a tufted chaise lounge or fabulous club chair and then, and then….we will have enough left to cover that vanity stool, oh and possibly a pillow or two for the bed.
Or that fish and seaweed print I bought in the seventies, if I can find it, it would make the cutest backdrop for your project!
Or, remember that Indian print bedspread that I had when I was in college, those have come back in style and, you will believe this, I still have it!
When I was a young mother, I could purchase a remnant for 50 cents or so and in one afternoon, make my toddler son 2 pair of elastic waist shorts. That seemed so economical and sensible, that it made those purchases of dozens of remnants almost plausible. Right now in my shed I have carefully folded pieces of fabric, treasures really, with which I plan to do something, someday! A trunkful here, larges unmarked boxes there.
Back to the subject.
A support group for those of us who are Material Girls, of another type. There is a site, Etsy.com, where folks who make wonderful handmade items, sell there unique wares. These talented people can actually use, and do purchase what I have always gathered. Fabric, scraps of grand antique lace, barkcloth, fabulous Chenille bedspreads, vintage patterns. On Etsy.com one may only sell handmade or vintage. And just having this wonderful place available to me, well, if I were to sell my hoard, I could do so there. AS IF……But, you know, I can see a case where I might need to go and round up new fabric and trim, because I really am planning on selling some. Yup, I can see where this is just a great plan! Etsy.com here I come!
This estate contained 76 boxes of we-don’t-know-what! We have done this kind of thing before and it can be the good, the bad and the ugly. One box full of treasure after treasure! The next box full of slightly rusted rolls of steel wool! We will start unwrapping these boxes and put them in In Due Time Antiques and Collectibles. Keep checking with us at 118 S. Main St., Moultrie, GA 31768. Give us a call at 229 890 8476 and we will tell you if we have opened #2 or #34 of these boxes!
If you run an antique shop, you can learn a great deal. A good working knowledge of furniture styles and kinds of wood would be helpful. Looking at a piece of pottery and knowing what decade it was made could be an asset, too. There is as much information out there, as you would like to gather. BUT, what I have learned is how to clean a whole lot of stuff!!
One thing I have learned to clean is Hammered Aluminum. I can’t remember where or when I got this tip. It was probably from a customer. My best information comes from my customers.
In the automotive section of any ‘Mart’, you can find Mother’s Mag Wheel Cleaner. And I know that this sounds crazy, but you follow the directions. Rub on and keep rubbing until it turns black. Keep rubbing that black off, turning the rag, until you feel like the surface isn’t giving off much more black. Now you do something that is not on the instructions! Spray the entire surface down with Windex and keep wiping the black with paper towel until it comes up clean. Wow! What a great look you will have on your vintage 50’s and 60’s hammered aluminum!
Great find! Savannah & Statesboro Railway Co. Number 137 valid until December 31st, 1906. Super condition! These folks saved EVERYTHING. Can’t wait to see what’s next!
As always, if you would like more or different photos, just ask. Note: I need to point out that I don’t take checks - haven’t for years, yet I continue to get them from folks who assume I do not mean “their” check. I do accept PayPal , Cashier’s Checks, money orders and credit cards and I want you to know this before you bid on any of my auctions. Sorry for any inconvenience. Buyer pays actual s/h/i. See my “me” ebay page for fine print. Save on shipping by shopping my other auctions.
Thanks for looking and Good Luck!