Archive for the 'Tandem finds' Category

Why We Love It – Minstrel Folk Art

Published on February 19, 2012

Today is the first in a new series here on Tandem Antiques blog.

The idea is to look at something in our inventory, and discuss why it’s in our inventory – what is good, interesting, unusual and valuable about it. Why we love it — because most of the things we buy and sell are chosen because we love them!

So, read on! All kinds of fascinating information coming your way. With pictures, of course.

This is an early 20th century advertising sign for a minstrel show, hand-painted on paper. It came out of a bunch of papers and…

Word Study: Texture

Published on January 10, 2011

Words are cool.  I like words.

Just a single word, something as broad and abstract as “texture”, conjures up emotions, memories, pictures in your mind.  Different for everybody.  What was your first thought when you saw the title of this post?

I was working through a portion of Danielle LaPorte’s Fire Starter Sessions (awesome resource for any entrepreneur looking for a positive kick in the business pants) and she asked me to describe my business in one word.  My mind immediately went blank.  Probably not a good sign.

But then later I was brainstorming blog post ideas and hit on…

See That Nifty “Tandem Store” Button Up There?

Published on November 26, 2010

I am trying something new.  I have long been unhappy with the online shop interface that I had on this blog.  It never looked as smooth and clean as I wanted it to, and it was not easy to use.

So, on Friday, I installed an new e-commerce product.  Wazala.com puts out a slick little overlay storefront that downloads to my self-hosted WordPress site as a plugin.  So far I am happy with it.  I like the look, and the back-end is quite easy to use. At this point I have only transferred over the items that were in the…