Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 3, 2024

  For going on six weeks now I've been part of an excellent small book club reading Donald Miller's Building A Story Brand. It turns out in many ways my Scouting Hot Finds and website ScoutPatchCollectors.com have followed his script for having a story. But as I look at it Best Hobby Pages is part of my business that needs that...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter September 1, 2024

    My wife is going on a little working vacation this week so I am left to hold down the fort. The groceries have been ordered and the schedule is written on the fridge. Hopefully I'll continue my string of good days with an early to rise and trips to the Y in the afternoon before dinner. That leaves...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 30, 2024

  This morning I updated my TOR Calendar on the website to reflect all the flyers and shows that I'm aware of. I have emails out to some of the fall and spring TOR contacts that I can't find a flyer for. You can also pull up the latest version of my 1-page flyer. I ordered 3k copies and should have them in...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 27, 2024

    Thank you to those of you who gave feedback to the me on the 1-Page TOR flyer that I created. Through many revisions this has now gone to the printer with an order to make 3k copies. I'll be including this in all my eBay orders during the fall so that I can help promote ALL the shows across the...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 25, 2024

  Monday will be tough as we start a new school schedule. I'll be awake at 5 AM and out the door before 6 to get my son to his bus pick up site. Patrick is attending an arts magnet high school in Charlotte that is 40 minutes from our house. So the good news is I will be at...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 23, 2024

  It's time to look ahead to the TOR calendar and figure out which shows we can all attend this year. I have updated a 1-page flyer to help promote ALL the shows across the country. This flyer gets mailed out in all of my eBay orders. I'm about to print 1,000 of these to last for the next month...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 20, 2024

    In the spring I put out a call for thread heads coming to the Charlotte TOR to bring a display to share. I wanted to carve out some room in the floor plan to allow people to display their collections. Marcus Bailey answered the call and brought a terrific display of OA sashes. Today I'll share one ripple...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 18, 2024

    Finally home from the beach and ready to get back to work. The good thing about turning your hobby into your business is I am always ready to go to the office and dive in. I have packages to pick up, messages to respond to, and lots of sorting and listing to manage. Plus it's time for the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 16, 2024

  Fresh out with a new unboxing video today. While I was traveling home from NOAC I spoke to this Scouters widow for more than 30 minutes in the Denver airport. She shared so many stories of his growing up and long career in aviation. His sash is a neat reminder of how the skills that boys learned in Scouting...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 13, 2024

      I am halfway through my next book club and this time it's got me thinking about Best Hobby Pages. On the website I give kinda the standard list of a dozen reasons why it's a great product. But what I lack is a story and that's what the focus of the book I'm reading is called Building A...Read More

Sunday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 11, 2024

  One week after everyone got home from NOAC and the wave is cresting already. You won't find as many 2024 sets going up for bids going forward. It's been a fun feeding frenzy for the hobby.   One of my fails at this year's NOAC was attempting to trade previous year NOAC patches. I had made sets with the...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 9, 2024

  On the last full day of trading outside the Student Union at NOAC I recorded a seven minute video walking around to share the patch trading. As you watch the video you will see young and old faces having fun in a hot western sun.   The video is proof that good old fashioned patch trading is alive and...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 6, 2024

Just past midnight this morning I pulled up to the arrivals at the Charlotte airport and gave my Philmont Ranger a big hug. Sophia flew out in late May and had an epic summer out at the big ranch. She drank the Kook-Aid and went back for more flavors. On the way home she told me just a few of...Read More

Friday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter August 2, 2024

  The last 3 1/2 days I've done little during the day but swap perhaps a thousand patches with Arrowmen at NOAC. Whether they were getting a set they wanted or just picking up a flap off my blanket and leaving their patch in its place. I can assure you the pastime of patch trading at National events is alive...Read More

Tuesday Scouting Hot Finds Newsletter July 30, 2024

  We got in yesterday and I was able to get a few hours of patch trading down at the Union. It was pretty busy for a Monday. Unfortunately, the trading location is outside *(it's north of 95 degrees here) and somewhat limited with everyone sitting on the hard ground. I did not go back last night after the show...Read More

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