Stuff crafters will buy / Etsy Thread

I wanted to add a few things to the running list:

- Sheet music. Any of it; even ripped pages are in demand by crafters for decoupage. Old dictionaries, encyclopedia pages, maps - same thing.

- Vintage office supplies, like metal those metal staplers, rubber business stamps with wooden handles, the metal business stamp stands, old hole punchers, postage meters, scales, anything industrial looking.

- Old photos in black and white. Old letters, etc. Old postcards from anywhere in the world, used or unused. Vintage holiday cards. Paper is big with collectors and crafters, as Sir mentioned above. The keyword to use for sales is "Ephemera".

- Pretty liquor bottles, like many of the ones better vodka or tequila comes in. Top shelf stuff.

- Glass water bottles - the cool modern looking ones, like Voss Water, in either still or sparkling. I know people who buy Voss water, just for the bottles.

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How about the split key rings, I get them some times from the thrift store too

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Yes. They sell packets of 50 of them for ten dollars new online, so I imagine if you have enough of them, people will buy them.

Just to make things easy to navigate, here is the link about cleaning soda can tabs, since we've discussed the pop tops here:

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/more-...bs-resale.html

And keys. Old ones, new ones, whatever. Crafters make cool rain chains with keys, and wind chimes, jewelry, and other things i can't imagine without googling for it.

Okay, after googling:
CRAFTS - Recycle Keys on Pinterest

Of course, any older keys - separate those out - they are worth money individually to collectors and Steampunk people.

Charge a premium for brass ones, of course. :)

Another: weathered wood. Barn wood, anything with worn features or that gray look from being out in the sun. The pieces can be in really cruddy shape, too.

My husband saves old icky looking wood pieces whenever he finds them, and turns them into really pretty shelves, frames, bookcases, end tables.

Seems people on ebay are buying christmas light bulbs that aren't burned out. Here is a whole thread about what to do with christmas lights:

http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...#ixzz2xfGLe3jf

It's good timing for me, as I found a string of orange lights that someone used on halloween, and most of them work. I bet off-holiday bulbs have a premium market somewhere. The hard-core Halloween people go nuts these days with the decorating.

They can have the usable bulbs and i can scrap the wire.

Globes. I said maps earlier, but globes are also in demand by the decorating crowd, and some people even decoupage stuff over them. So don't just rip off the metal stands - sell them whole, even in shabby shape.

Was at an antique shop in NC today and saw some outdoor faucet handles for sale at $10 each.

And here's one on Etsy for ten - that seems to be the resale price for the vintage ones -
1 vintage faucet handle blue vintage valve by anythinggoeshere

3 for $20 - 3 vintage faucet handles old valve handles by anythinggoeshere

...seems like the rustier the better, although clearly they all sell.

I about choked on the Pepsi I was drinking. I've got several of those old faucets sitting on my work bench. Been there more than two years waiting for me to get around to them. I know what I'll be doing tomorrow.

Selling 6-7ft lengths of old corrugated metal for $10 a pop.

I don't know if it has been said yet but gauges for anything, like broken oxy/gas ones.

That faucet knob thing is crazy. I understand vintage hand pumps but those are just silly. Between the garden, yard and barn I could retire. lol

and old license plates!

When we moved in to our house I added legs to this built in buffet to make it look like a piece of furniture, also changed the knobs to these faucet handles on the doors. All the changes were the wife's idea...I just provided the labor.

http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/...psffdbac91.jpg

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has anyone signed up for the referral program? If so send me a PM with the invite link and I'll sign up. Also is it possible to check for sold listings on Etsy? Sorry if this has already been addressed, but I didn't see it in any of the old posts.

KZ, love it! the legs help a lot, and the handles are very cool. i like the whole look of it.

Thanks Jilly.

I got some old windows and took the AL off of them and posted the glass on CL for free and got like 10 calls. I'm sure someone might buy it.

fan grills
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Quick we need a code ninja to program us a terapeak for etsy!

Sirscrapalot - Collecting ideas like it's 1999

old windows are hugely valuable from a reuse stand point. I'm now specifically looking for them for my own use. Anything to do with passive solar could use old windows. They are reuse and crafty gems.