Etsy Vintage Team Fall Homecoming Promotion!

 The Etsy Vintage Team is having a Fall Homecoming promotion through the entire month of October! Here is the description from the EVT blog, which is much more eloquent than anything I could have written for sure:

 

With falling leaves and harvest time comes the great American tradition of Homecoming, when alumni are welcomed back to campus and celebrations are centered around the big game with dances, parties and parades. For the Etsy Vintage Team and our love of all things retro, Homecoming means Varsity "V" for vintage!

We have gathered a fun and fabulous group of treasures for your shopping pleasure, all related to the Homecoming theme: including party dresses and accessories, sports clothing and memorabilia, books and ephemera, and fall party essentials.

 

I listed a few old yearbooks last night as part of the promotion:

 

 Vintage Parkersburg High Yearbook - 1948 - West Virginia Parhischan

 

 Vintage Parkersburg High Yearbook - 1947 - West Virginia Parhischan

 

 Vintage Parkersburg High Yearbook - 1950 - West Virginia Parhischan

 

 Vintage Parkersburg High Yearbook - 1949 - West Virginia Parhischan

 

Follow the fun by searching the term evthomecoming on Etsy - check back often, as new items will be added all month long!

Connect With The Etsy Vintage Team!

The Etsy Vintage Team is having a coming out party of sorts - after months of work regrouping and revamping our team and its mission, we are ready to rock and roll!

Not only is our website and brand new blog up and running, but we have our Social Networking presence up and running now too. If you want to follow all of our vintage loving shenanigans, just click on over - we would love to have you!

EVT on Twitter - twitter.com/etsyvintageteam

EVT on Facebook - www.facebook.com/pages/Etsy-Vintage-Team/104375582943641

EVT on Flickr - www.flickr.com/groups/etsyvintagestreetteam/

Our Mission:

The Etsy Vintage Team (EVT) is an organization of Etsy sellers who are passionate about vintage, as well as items that are handmade with vintage components. By vetting members to ensure their shops maintain high standards of professionalism, integrity, and customer service, the team provides a "stamp of approval" - reassurance to buyers that they are purchasing authentic vintage goods from a knowledgeable, trustworthy dealer.

EVT is also involved in promoting the sale and appreciation of vintage on Etsy on other venues, including Flickr, our website, Twitter, and other social networking sites. EVT members serve as resources for one another - sharing information, answering questions, and providing support on all aspects of selling vintage on Etsy.

Antique Week asks - is vintage on Etsy the future of the antiques trade?

I just found out about a truly amazing article from Antique Week about the vintage sellers on Etsy! I am so happy to have the hard work that all the vintage sellers are doing on Etsy finally be recognized... Most people still don't even know that you can sell antiques and collectibles there - it is kind of the site's best kept secret, really!

My favorite quote from the article:

"The growing legions of Etsy sellers and buyers are establishing an important Internet marketplace for vintage – as well as handmade – goods. This young and vibrant set may be the future of the antiques trade"

This is a very thought provoking idea - just like every other market, the antiques market changes and evolves over time. (The people who are active within it, as well as the items they buy and sell.) What worked 20 or even 10 years ago may not work now, and what no one was interested in then could now be the new hot thing...

Are the vintage sellers on Etsy helping to shape the market for the future? Have they tapped into what a younger generation of collectors are interested in, maybe things that older people (who have been in the trade for longer than some of us have been alive!) would never look at twice?

I guess only time will tell, but as a vintage seller on Etsy and a member of the Etsy Vintage Street Team, I can tell you that you will not find a more passionate and committed group of dealers - hard working, forward thinking, and completely in love with what they do!

This might be a good time to remind everyone that the Walking In A Vintage Wonderland holiday promotion from the EVST is still in full swing - we are giving away a $10 gift certificate to a different Etsy shop every day- click here to get all the details on how to enter!

Win a $10 gift certificate to my Etsy shop today!

Today is my day to be the featured shop in the Etsy Vintage Street Team's "Walking in a Vintage Wonderland" holiday gift certificate promotion!

All you have to do is head over to this post on the EVST blog and leave a comment that includes the url of one of the items that you like in my shop (it doesn't have to be the one you will use your gift certificate on) and your email address so we can contact you if you are the winner! Easy peasy.

So run over there and enter right now! Seriously, don't wait - you might forget, or your internet might go down, or you might suddenly stop loving vintage (ok, maybe not that one)...

EVST Shop Of The Day $10 Holiday Gift Certificate Giveaway!

As part of the Etsy Vintage Street Team's "Walking In A Vintage Wonderland" Holiday promotion, we are giving away a $10 gift certificate to a team member's shop every day for the next 30 days!

Here's how it works:

Starting on Friday, November 28th, the Shop Of The Day will be posted every morning on the blog, and all who wish to enter have until 9pm EST that night to add a comment on the post linking to one of their favorite items from the Shop Of The Day. (Don't forget to also leave your email address in your comment, so we can send you your gift certificate if you win!)

After 9pm we will use a Random Number Generator to pick that day's winner, who will receive the $10 gift certificate good to use toward any order placed in the Shop Of The Day!

Here is the first post - run on over and enter!

And don't forget, just search the tag EtsyVintageTeam in the Vintage category to check out all the fab items that are available 24/7 from team members - vintage makes a great (dare I say, the best?) holiday gift!