Jenni Hunts Holiday Toy Guide - Free Info Day 3

How To Get Those Visitors Bidding

Well, so many people wrote in after yesterday’s report that Jenni put up another one today.

This report explains 6 quick tips for listing during the holidays and you can get it here:
http://www.holidaytoyguide.com

In today’s report, you’ll learn how to get your visitors bidding by:

1.Making yourself stand out
2.Using your store to test your market
3.Not completing with yourself
4.Watching those listing fees
5.Following up

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy sharing it with you

PS. If you feel like it, you can leave your opinion on today’s report in the comment’s section! I’d love to hear from you.

*Please note that any and all commission earned on this will be used for our upcoming Operation Santa Claus program.

Jenni Hunts Holiday Toy Guide - FREE info Day 2

How To Research For Toys That Are Selling

Here is another report that was just put up on the Holiday Toy Guide website:

http://www.holidaytoyguide.com

In it, you’ll learn 5 keys to researching eBay for hot items… even toys that aren’t toys.

You can get it right now by going here and downloading it:

http://www.holidaytoyguide.com

Let me know how you like it

PS. I’ve gotten so many nice notes from people who really enjoyed the last report. Thanks so much for your kind words.

*Please note that any and all commission earned on this will be used for our upcoming Operation Santa Claus program.

Jenni Hunts Holiday Toy Guide - Free Info Day 1

2009 toy trends for the holiday selling season

Jenni from the Holiday Toy Guide just put a new report on her website and I think you’ll like it.

You can see it here:
http://www.holidaytoyguide.com/

You’ll like it because it shows you an easy way to know what some of the most popular toys are expected to be this holiday season.

Enjoy!

*Please note that any and all commission earned on this will be used for our upcoming Operation Santa Claus program.

Operation Santa Claus

OSC - begins its 4th year!

We collect donations, stockings, dvds and more - than ship them overseas to soldiers away from thier families for the holidays. We also send packages home to the families to give them a little extra treat while their loved ones are away.

Last year blew me out of the water with all the stockings and donations sent to the soldiers and families back home! We truly appreciate all efforts to make this a success and look forward to this years Operation Santa Claus.

You can send anything on the suggested list, FULL stockings with a note inside from you, Buildabear gift certificate, BuildaBear items, Letters of encouragement, letters/picture from the little ones (let me know if you have a classroom that would love to do this!)… Email me for my mailing address if you would like to send your donations by snailmail - aserpe@mchsi.com

We are working with BuildaBear this year to send bears to the kids at home waiting for their loves ones to come home safely. *More information to come

Everything will be shipped out November 23rd so that it arrives in time!

Our Troop this year!

Captain Steve Pressley - 7th Engineer Battalion

70 soldiers over in Iraq

Pictures Coming Soon!

We want to thank you so much for every little thing you do! We couldnt' do this each year with out you and your support. The list below shows all the families that have supported us this year:

Mike, Amy and Amber

To see the items needed or to make a paypal donation go to

http://www.gymbohaven.com/operationsantaclaus2009.htm

CONTEST CONTEST CONTEST!

Carrie from Emily’s Little Treasures is offering a special just for you ladies AND a chance to win her Minnie Mouse Custom Peasant Dress, which will also include a matching headband for the winner…

Specials

The Peasant Dresses she has listed on Etsy are available for our readers for just $16!

And any of the Peasant Tops for $12 (these can be done in any of the fabrics shown for the dresses). Just email Carrie before purchasing at cmcraver@rochester.rr.com

Minnie Mouse Custom Peasant Dress - The dress is available in 12-18m, 2T, 3T/4T, 5/6, and 7/8. There is an option to have a long sleeve or a short sleeve. All the seams are completely finished and top-stitched for a nice finished look. *I really do take care in the items I make and I love to share what I do with others.

Love the dress? I knew you would! Below are several ways to enter the contest to win the Minnie Mouse custom Peasant Dress and matching headband.

1. Join Carries Facebook page or fan page and post below that you’ve done so!

2. Post your favorite item from her Etsy page

3. Subscribe to my Facebook

4. Subscribe to my Blog above

5. Subscribe to my Gymbohaven Newsletter

Halloweens of the past...

I was reading my BigCrumbs newsletter and couldn't stop giggling... they were talking about the old costumes where you had a huge mask and it had a rubber band on the back to hold it on, you know that once that night you were going to have to tie it back together and then the rest of the night when the other side of the band broke you were walking around holding it up on your face. LMAO - I turned to my husband whose two yrs older than me and asked if her remembered those. I remember being Strawberry Shortcake and Rainbow Bright. He remembers GI Joe and one I can't recall (bad memory lol). It was the kind you picked up by looking through a thin plastic cover on a box and all you saw was the mask inside, the plastic costume (which really wasn't all that badly made) was underneath. You wore your clothes and threw it over. I even had to wear my COAT one year underneath! (NY weather lol) I think they cost like 5.99 - 9.99 depending on the character and size.

What happened to the quality, ease and familiarity of the costume you were getting??

Now... ohhhhhh my golly gosh... last yr we took an afternoon of going to costume stores trying to find one that fit my daughter that wasn't snug, too low, cut off at the wrong places... and ended up getting it at Spirit Halloween store. It was in the womens section of Leg Avenue costumes. It was a vampire velvet completely covered costume... the killer was the price tag. I think it was $49.99. My husband died on the spot but knew we couldn't get any of the kids ones to fit her. She's not fat, she's not short, she's average! She wore it for school and the zipper broke. That night we pinned it and made it more goth looking to wear it again for trick or treating. I swore that wasn't going to happen again!

So this year, I made sure there was no hassle, no store shopping and the darn thing was going to be cheap, last the nights she needed it and still have it after wards. I'm sewing my little fingers out (actually pinning them to death right now!) making her costume from scratch. My gf asked why I didn't just spend $9.99 at walmart... I laughed and said I need it to last her Halloween Dance, TrickorTreating in WI for my MIL, Her school parade AND Halloween night here! I would have had to get a new one each night by the time we were done.

Did you know my little monster ain't so little anymore?? I had to adjust the costume already. We went to the doctors and she got weighed and measured. My mom gasped (love it) since Amber was taller than her! She's 5' 1" and 123 pounds. Not bad for almost 13. Solid little sucker... made me go up a size on the pattern lol, thankfully I hadn't cut it yet when I found out. I was going off old measurements from back to school shopping this summer.

I do wish Disney costumes were cheaper - I LOVE those and actually got Mike dressed up one year as Tigger. Now those suckers hold up and keep you warm!! Wanna See??
OK enough halloween talk... off to do some housekeeping before the real spiderwebs take over here lol