Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 7, 2015

This week I reached a major personal milestone on eBay. My eBay store at www.Patchblanket.com went over 9,000 live items. I have nearly completed rolling everything over from the store I shut down. This week the push has been over 1600 shoulder strips including FOS, JSP and more. Before NOAC the project will be complete and the total should be...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 5, 2015

Well this is my weekend project if you can believe that. The panoramic photo shows part of my 10 year accumulation of buying collections that never got sorted. I am staging everything and trying to process each plastic bin you see in order to get ready for the NOAC TOR. Wish me luck! So the goal is to come to...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 3, 2015

I have used my boy's only week to get a lot done while the girls were off to Scout camp. That's good because I've realized that with some more vacation and a church mission trip I volunteered for my time is getting short in July to get ready for NOAC. I've had several conversations with people over what is the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter June 30, 2015

Well today I was going to roll out another fun "unboxing" video of a collection that I got in from Ohio...but. This time I tried using a nicer DSLR camera to shoot the video. Turns out it is way too complicated for me and the video didn't auto focus so that everything is a bit too fuzzy in the film...Read More

Thread Heads Episode #9: Hitting The Delete Button in the Scout Patch Collectors Facebook Group

In episode 9 of the video chat show for Boy Scout memorabilia collectors Brad and Jason cover a lot of ground. Girl Scout proficiency badges are first up as Jason offers a short primer on collecting these. The next topic is times that we've had to downsize our collections. As a former professional Scouter he has a unique perspective on...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 26, 2015

I got word this week of a new resource book in the hobby and I want to take today's newsletter to mention it. I can't say "review" because I have not yet purchased a copy but I think as you hear about it you can be rest assured of its quality. Mike Gosling has been collecting since 1961 and he...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 24, 2015

About two weeks ago I shared a preorder form to get the new lodge jacket patches being ordered by my home lodge. The deadline is coming this week so I figured everyone (including me!) who has not placed an order could use a reminder. The big Centennial jacket patch is going to be something like 15" across so it's a...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 22, 2015

Next year will bring some changes for the Swapper so I'm going to start the process of prioritizing things within my online business. My son is going to Kindergarten which means it's time for the "work from home dad" to get back into his career as an educator. Patrick was born in September of 2009 and when my school year...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 19, 2015

eBay instituted the changes outlined in their Spring Seller Update on May 1. Now that we are 2/3 of the way through the month it might be interesting to think about how eBay's changes have shifted anything in the category. For those of you who don't remember the switch is that auctions that end in a sale are now free...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 17, 2015

My 5 Junior Girl Scouts completed their Bronze Award project yesterday and as you can see they had some help. One of the points of the project is to make it into a community effort and we were able to get local Boy Scouts to help out. In the end there were over 40 youth and adults taking part. Troop...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 15, 2015

I have a treat for you in today's issue. Over the last few years Russell Smart has put up a Scout history display at the annual council Exporee for the Blue Ridge Council (Greenville, SC). This year he outdid himself with 90+ tables, stand-up displays, posters, docents, and several rounds of Scouting Heritage merit badge. Over 2,000 Scouts attended the...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 12, 2015

This week I've got my calendar set to devote one day to each of my antique mall booths. The last two months have been crazy with Scouts and other commitments so I need to "work my booths" before Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season. The nice thing about having a space in an antique mall booth is it...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 10, 2015

I am getting the newsletter out a little bit late since I am just getting home from a two-night Scout camping trip. This was our first time at Camp Mary Atkinson which is a really nice GSA camp east of Raleigh, NC. Our girls tackled the 60' alpine tower and their fearless leader also made it to the top as...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 8, 2015

In a video today I spend a little time sharing the story of my new antique mall booth that opened in January. During the course of visiting and setting everything up I took lots of pictures. This video spins that into a chronological story gives you a close up look at what I've got at the store located in Florence,...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter May 5, 2015

In the Friday issue I will have an updated TOR calendar along with a new video that I put together on my antique mall booth in Florence, SC. I want to thank the show organizers that continue to send me flyers and I take it as a healthy sign for the hobby that there are TORs just about every weekend...Read More

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