dog hair: you can get faux fur in small pieces at wal mart (the colors where black and white and brown and black and tiger colors), also they have leather pieces... you use the fur and cut to the size you wanted and then trim after you have applied to the animal? just a thought! Jennifer KY |
Ertl animals- We have lots of those around here, basic info- two scales 1/32 ( Big Farm ) and 1/64 ( they make tractors in 1/ 16 scale but haven't seen many animals) They are very realistic. Teresa from Canada |
Show Security: By all means cover your table when you are not behind it. Some Dealers too are not to be trusted. We are a cross section of the rest of the world. And although 90% of the people I have been privileged to meet through this hobby/and business, are wonderful, interesting, honest people- there are a few lemons. A cover which is in some way either long enough that it would take some lifting to get under it, or an attached to the table some way - pins or whatever. Carols see through fine netting is wonderful. People can see your lovely things as they exit, but they are safe and they can make note of the table and come back the next day. Especially dealers - we are mostly avid shoppers too and cannot get to all the tables we want to while the room is open I have made many purchases this way - spotted something wonderful on the way out and could return directly to that table the next day. Paddy Culhane |
Table covers for shows: All the years I did shows, I took nylon net to cover the table at the end of the day. That way people could still see the miniatures, but hopefully keep sticky fingers away. It could be wadded up in a suitcase taking very little room, and puffs out without wrinkles. I used two pieces, one for back, one for front. I also took a few clothes pins, the kind with a metal spring, to help hold it in place. By using the net, before I got there the next morning, other dealers could see the table and made lots of sales that way as they may not be able to get to the table during the show. Dean Jenson |
Ebay: Ebay is like any other auction. I've been ripped off at auctions too. The rule is ; "Caveat Emptor," buyer beware. It is up to you to make sure everything is kosher. If the seller then sends you something that wasn't like the photo, or is broken, then you have the option to put a negative comment on their record, which is more than you can do for ordinary auctions. And yes, I've had the odd rip-off. I just don't deal with that person again. All I can say is the majority of transactions have been great fun and I've got some real bargains. There was one person who delivered a dh to my door and didn't charge me postage for it! Just remember to check the prices with a catalogue and check the seller's record, if you haven't dealt with them before. Remember that every transaction is a risk. Lynne Connolly |
The Source: Spencer-Little is publishing The Source - A Worldwide Guide to Dollhouse Miniatures, and listings are free. I don't know the deadlines. The mailing just caught up with me at my new address and I'm sending my info today. If anyone else is interested, their website is http://www.spencer-little.com Dona Vaughn |
Sales Tax: Here's how they explained it to me. Our business is in NH which doesn't have a sales tax, so we don't need to collect sales tax from anyone, UNLESS we deliver it in MA (I assume the other states are the same) then we have to collect MA tax. If we ship to MA, we don't have to collect tax, UNLESS we have sold at a show, or a retail establishment in MA, then we have a "Business Presence" in MA, and we have to collect sales tax on all orders shipped to MA regardless of where they are placed. We keep our "Business Presence" confined to NH, so we don't have to worry about sales tax. Tom Berkner |
Neat Free Shopping Cart: I just came across something that I think will benefit so many of us. I just found a shopping cart FREE that works with PayPal so that you don't have to have a merchant account!!! Just a PayPal account. YEAH! The BASE shopping cart is totally free and is fully functional, but for $10.00 a YEAR, yes, that's right, not a month, but for the YEAR you can get a few more features that are nice. The nice thing is that you don't have to be computer software engineer to do it. Plus, you don't have to have anything but the buttons ("shopping cart buttons" and "check out buttons") which is all I have on my website because I already had the site all set up and didn't want to start from scratch. So if you want to see what it looks like with just the buttons, you can play around on my website at http://www.teenietinystitches.com. And, Well, HEY, if you see something while playing with the buttons, that you simply must have...Well I won't argue with you!! LOL : ) You can get details for the shopping cart at http://emartcart.com/cart/ I'm willing to, to help if you need it...I had to do a little debugging, because Netscape browser doesn't something weird with the info, but the website for the shopping cart does discuss this problem in FAQ's and that's how I fixed it. Teresa |
Clay: A few digests ago someone wrote to ask about Fimo stone. I have used it to make kitchen tiles and loved the results. In Mary Kaliski's book on Making Miniatures from Polymer Clay there is a whole section on flooring. I have also made a really great marble floor ballroom using her method. Marje |
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