Apple Barrel Collective

10/10/2026

Such a great day, and it’s only 1 PM! Scott and I met up with a friend for breakfast and then hit some garage sales, estate sales, and a Facebook marketplace pick up. We spent $107 at the sales and our treasure for resale includes two ornate gold picture frames, a cutter quilt, a plush goose, a plush swan, a large pottery bowl, a pottery chicken roaster with a matching tray, two different sets of Christmas napkin rings, vintage bar of soap, vintage pillowcase, vintage Tupperware Mix N Store, brass napkin rings, a southwest vase, southwest canister, a Portugal pottery cabbage teapot, 10 severed finger candles, baseball cap, and a granny core Christmas apron. Not included in the photo is also several pots for our cactus on Etsy. From Facebook marketplace we picked up a good size lot of Disney plush for $75. The overall temps are starting to cool off, we’ve got some clouds in the sky, a kid stopping by later in the afternoon, and leftovers for dinner!

09/12/2026

To whomever purchased these curtains and valances as a wedding gift for us in 1996: thank you again! We used them for seven years, put them in a box for 23, and just sold them for 100 bucks.

09/07/2026

In 2014 I was delighted to be part of this group of sellers featured by eBay in a Labor Day marketing campaign. eBay remains a huge part of our lives, and I ❤️ it! Twenty-three years after my first sale, there is still a great thrill in picking something up for $15 and selling it for $675; and the smaller flips keep the wheels turning day after day. One thing I never anticipated in the beginning would be the satisfied feeling of knowing I am keeping things out of the landfill. I am HAPPY to be home from the 9-5 today, laboring for myself from 7-6, instead!

08/02/2026

Being an online reseller ain’t always sunshine and roses … sometimes it’s onions and tri-tip. 🤷🏼‍♀️

07/12/2026

Scott’s working conditions got a significant improvement this week, with the addition of a mini split air conditioner. We do all of our shipping and the majority of our inventory storage from our workshop, which he converted from a carport about 10 years ago. Here in Southern Arizona, the outside summer temperatures are consistently over 100° for months on end and at times the workshop was unbearable. It is surprisingly cool out there now, even set on 85°!

05/03/2026

Happy eBay anniversary to meeeeee! 23 years now, still chugging along. Forever thankful that my success on the platform allowed me to be a stay-at-home mom for 18 years, as just a hobby / part-time seller. Now I also work outside our home in order to have family health insurance and build a retirement fund. I can’t wait until eBay is my only “job” again!

04/05/2026

Will it sell tonight?!

Wide, horizontal stripes. Length down the front center, neckline to bottom hem = 26". Length down the back center, neckline to bottom hem = 29.5". Shoulder seam to shoulder seam, across the back, laid flat = 21".

04/04/2026

Congrats to my favorite local coffee shop on their 7th anniversary! It’s been fun to watch them grow and develop over the years.

03/29/2026

Scott and I recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary at Disneyland. So far we’ve sold about $80 worth of swag we collected along the way! We still have a couple of trading pins and the hotel toiletries left to go.

03/26/2026

A fun surprise awaited me when I clicked to get more info for the upcoming eBay Open event in San Diego - Scott and I are in the advertising photo! 🥰