I love the way you style your booth!!!! ❤❤❤ It’s so good to see you every day ❤

What a fun idea for the display area to include the whole mall. You would be perfect to do that❣️👍🏻🎄

It’s so cool that you get to style the front table for the Christmas season! Have fun!

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m very excited about 🤗

What a fun project. I can’t wait to see more tomorrow.

So glad you kept the black coat!! Perfection ❤❤❤

Love your daily vlogs...btw, your booth always looks so beautiful and enticing!!! You've got amazing taste!!! Glad to hear that you are keeping the black coat and I was so glad to see you wearing the black and white sweater in one of your recent vlogs. It looks so good on you!!!

❤your booth is so nice, you have a good eye for design and detail.

I think it would have been a whole lot easier if the mall owners had sent out a message to all booth owners in advance to ask who would allow their stuff to be up front. Then, based on the responses, they could have marked a map for you with which ones were okay with it, making your job easier because you'd know which ones to go to.

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Agreed but this was all kinda on short notice. Maybe next time!

I like the cottage look😊 but anything you decide, will look great❤ your creativity shines through😊! Happy for you!❤😊

That display would be a lot of work but you are so good at it!

Such fun! Yes keep the coat! Made for you!

❤I really appreciate you including all of us, sharing your process, thinking out loud, showing us the steps. You are literally doing all the heavy lifting, for real. Am I pretend helping? yes! Is it super fun? Yes! Thank you!

Set up of the Christmas table in the front of the store sounds soooooo fun. A LOT of work, but fun! Can't wait to see it. I think once you find something you love that jumps out at you, the rest will follow.

I like to watch you work. Your music is always wonderful too. Keep it up girl, u got this!!

Life is so upbeat for you now Count your Blessings It’s contagious

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate it ❤️

@ambermoy8147

7 ай бұрын

Yes, it absolutely is ❤

I agree about the Grinches. Just went to our local parade last night and there was a Grinch in over half the entries!

Our dog barks when we kiss goodbye, too. I like where you're going with the mall display -- can't wait to see your creation!

You have the SAME problems in your mall, that I have in mine...... Customers who won't leave things as they found them, AND Cashiers who won't type what I write. We do not get our tickets back, so I tell my shop owners that IF I get paid for an item that isn't mine, I have no way of knowing!!!! Also, I have ALWAYS LOVED P. Buckley Moss!!!! I have a few of her prints in my booths, but customers in the two southern states where I have booths, do not know who she is. I would Love to visit her museum, there in Virginia!!!!! ....... Also, YOU AND MIKE A--R--E MY FAVORITES!!!! I wish we could see more of Mike helping you!!!! I am sure he is busy too.

Was on a long drive up from Southern VA and got my husband to stop at the antique mall on our way to DC yesterday. Your booth was fantastic and the mall was HUGE with great stuff for everyone! It was so fun to browse and such a good break from a long drive. Highly recommend for anyone driving by. Thank you for all the great content and doing this during the most chaotic time of year. Happy Holidays!

So glad you kept the coat!! 😊

I put on the tag “key #5” (or whatever number that item is) under my written description so that they name it the # and that corresponds to my inventory log that I keep of items in my booth. It helps speed up the checkout for them and then I know exactly what sold. I used to be at a place that you printed out tags with sku numbers and it was so fantastic- I miss it! But the number system is better than guessing!

Love your creativity with the mall display and can't wait to see the finished product 😀. Might just have to drive over the mountain to see it in person ❤. I can't imagine how you could select items with so many great treasures to choose from ❤!

Our area we put christmas out the day after Halloween at least as far as anitque retail is concerned. Im surprised tgat the christmas open house is so late into the season there.

Probably a Hazel Atlas glass tray maybe

@wishonbish

7 ай бұрын

Yes that's what I thought too. The person entering must know glass pretty well.

People like natural Christmas, rustic, cottage, Scandinavian

Love watching how you decide the mini staging of the mini vinette.

Can't wait to see the final set up!

Love seeing you often❤🎉❤🎉

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Bev!

Hazel Atlas? I thought I saw you pick up a green glass dish/tray once.

I’m on your wavelength….when u said funky Christmas the table with all the ceramic Christmas Trees I saved that same pin to my Christmas booth board….ive started hoarding trees to replicate

Our Christmas Parade only allows one Santa!! The Santa 🎅 😂😂😂

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Ahhh maybe that’s what it was.

Ok I’m totally in love with the Dutch storage chest and the rug!!!! I hate that I’m so far away. Sad in Louisiana😩

I vote lodge look!

Love the black coat on you. The display in front of mall will be so neat.

How cute would that Honor System money box be in a laundry room for spare change!

I picked up a print of Moss’s Fledgling at Goodwill several months ago.

That was fun, walking around in there picking out treasures. A dream come true

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

it’s a Christmas Miracle 😂🤗

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You're lucky you get sales emails! My place doesnt do that and I never understand their descriptions. I started taking photos of my booth and then comparing to my next weeks photos. Its the only way I can figure out what sold.

Vintage Christmas please!❤

Would love to see you do a Q&A during vlogmas! (Also hoping one day to get to travel from Texas to see your booth)

"Hazel tray" maybe Hazel Atlas glass tray?

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Correct! “Snack tray” would have made me remember

At my antique bazaar they take off the tickets and we collect at end of month. The not knowing of what I’ve sold would drive me bonkers 😂

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

They do that at the FAM as well, so we do eventually know what it was that sold but day it’s just 🤷🏻‍♀️

We still love Santa figurines!

Keep the black coat!

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

I definitely am now 🥰

I didn't notice any of Sadie's fur on your coat 😉

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

Camera magic 😂

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What about having a number (as well as a brief description) on your price tags? When an item is purchased, that number is entered into the system. You, having a clear description and price allotted to that number in YOUR records, can see what exactly what has sold. 🤗

@treasureseeker8489

7 ай бұрын

Numbering items is a good idea; But for me, it would be Extremely Time Consuming. Also, Cashiers in my shop, make Sooo Many Typos!!! Also, being a long-time Dealer, I find that Long descriptions cut down on ticket switching.

We can only have one Santa in our local parade🤷

@amandasmercantile

7 ай бұрын

That could have been it! I think I was just shocked by how many people dressed up as the character, people in the crowd too!

Just a thought maybe you could number your pieces and have some kind of inventory system? Maybe apparel, Home goods etc have a different sku system. And you would know what you sold. Based on the sku? Probably more trouble than it’s worth just thinking with my retail brain lol. Love your videos!

I think that there was only 1 Santa because there is only one throughout history, St. Nicholas. The Grinch is well, the Movie (animation of the book) was made in 1966, he's kind of "new" ; think older Vintage vs true Antique. Not a fan of Jim Carrey but they do put that version in the Christmas rotation of movies and I think that it came out when most of the parents of the current littles where little themselves. Just a guess. Yes, keep the coat! The booth will look lovely with some Christmas in it...can't wait.😊 This project is perfect for you to be driven crazy by and yet feel so proud of...have fun with it.🎄

I'm so excited to see the front table reveal! Why does the Grinch to Santa ratio not surprise me. There's some kind of correlation to current society but it's too late at night to think about it.

Great video ! I get sooo much inspiration from You and your booth. I am a vendor at a much smaller antique mall (Blue Door Antiques/Fairbanks,Alaska). We have about 20 dealers in an old house with three floors. I am in the basement :). So for inventory - I use a different capital letter per the month and then add numbers so that I can keep track of my sales. November Q100 - Q179 (79 items).

I'm considering opening a "fleatique" booth locally but want to amass as much info as I possible can before taking that leap. One of my biggest hang up's is how I would keep track of my merchandise. Do you have a system you use? I'm learning from watching the videos you're putting out, thank you for giving us a close up look into your booth.

I’m interested in the tapestry purse if you still have it.

How much is the gold ornate mirror in the corner of your booth?

Hi Amanda, we never hear you speak of your other job...are you still selling real estate? Best wishes and happy holidays!

Amanda I don’t know if you talked about this segment before. But I have a booth in an antique mall for a year and I sell steady but of course I’m not making much right now, but do you pay your booth rent out of of the money you made or just pay full price and get Back what you made? I’m trying to figure out what’s best and what’s profitable ?

So do you buy or borrow items from other booths? Did I miss that part? Your booth is definitely the most high styled😊😊😊😊😊

@Alexandra-jj2qh

7 ай бұрын

She just borrows (subject to owners permission) and all the display items can be purchased as usual.

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My booth peeps just put my booth name in the description so I’m west wondering what the heck sold

Am I mistaken, did you used to be a real estate agent? Do you still do that? In addition to the antiques?

Mike, get a haircut Dude!!