Thursday, December 31, 2009

Blog premise : American Sports Co


This blog is dedicated to more stories around the auctions that are (or sorry were) available at myworld.ebay.com/americansportsco Yes sir we have 90's pennants, dated event flags, signs, wastebaskets, pennants for the collectors, fabric while it lasts, fun school spirit stuff, retail racking bargains, and yes weird stuff people find around the plant like WASHERS... left over from a discontinued product.


Update the washers are GONE... but we have a few Cheerleading Pom returns... don't you have a favorite little girl who needs a pom for Christmas? There are some great deals out there.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Failure is not an Option...

Ok this will not go down in the halls of best info commercials.. but I so wanted to let people know wow absolutely cool this product is.... and yes it is available on our Ebay site.

Dog Raincoats...


Yes our closeout fabric has been a find and a wonderful way for Kathy to add more variety to a pretty unique product offering. Here is here site : http://www.goodgriefdoggyduds.com/

At Good Grief! Doggy Duds, we care how your dog looks! Our coats are handmade using materials that are durable and warm... and look good! Available coats come in a variety of fabrics and styles... fleece, corduroy, weather resistent raingear, denim and quilted. Depending on the type of coat you order, it can have a reflective safety strip, a pocket or be personalized.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Quick nylon hamock


Boy
"Born to Explore"
should be a song
... but it's a
book



and it's written by a pretty famous person I just met thru my meanderings at work. We sold him some nylon and it was delivered to the wrong address. I was ready to ship him some more, but it was found. In the process of going back and forth, it was the application that intrigued me first.... but now the gentlemen, Richard Weise does equally. Do these wonderful outdoor people really exist. Handsome, thoughtful, intelligent, world travelers... well all I can say was that he was nothing more than a true gentleman for the little dealing I had with him. He writes a blog, and he's even all over YouTube.



I wanted to give him a shout out, and also tell you this nylon hammock idea is cool. Because we're selling off the nylon cheap on ebay, it'll cost you likely under $15 plus rope. He describes, "the easiest projects in BORN TO EXPLORE is making a hammock out of 4 or 5 yards of fabric. Just tie a knot at each end of the fabric and tie some rope(lark knot) to a tree and you have an instant floating station of comfort." Now run over to Ebay and get some great deals on our fabric.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Pennant Shaped Finding

Hey I might have mentioned before that I coordinate an effort to sell off some our inventory on deals in Ebay. This little effort has made me look differently at any of inventory laying around; and of course I look for a little help from my friends. With that said, we have some cool cheap pencil offerings, some scrap book and children crafting ideas, and this week a CHRISTMAS Tree pin coming out of a failed sport pennant pin offering from a few years ago. So I was walking around with this really cool pennant shaped plated pin finding with rhinestones and said to a fellow woman co-worker, "I'm going to show this to my wife maybe she could make a cool jewelry pin out of it."... then she said, "Well turn it that way Dave and it's a Christmas Tree"... Hot digitty dog... she was right. Well I haven't sold any yet but the idea worked out.





Here a link to the post 2"x1" Christmas Tree / Pennant finding with rhinestones

And should I win awards for my sell copy?

This finding is an absolute gem. It was created for a sport pin project with quality in mind. The brass metal has a thin gold plate and a string of rhinestones attached. The military clutch and post has an additional anti-rotational spur so it will not spin when attached. We're selling them in lots of 6... yes a winning bid will receive 6 pin findings, and you can let your creativity flow. First my wife took a look at it and said Swarovski flat back gems & Bicones can be glued to it. Then she added a top Marguerite Lochrose flower bead and a Christmas tree was born. She said that she could easily see the clutch clipped from the back and earring posts added. At 2" it would not be the longest dangling earring known to womankind. Or talented painters could quickly make it a unique work... Then she said, it's beautiful just as gold, maybe as tiny ornaments. Well now back to the original premise... I as a sports fan could easily see the light now where a crafter would buy only their favorite team's colors... SAY GREEN and GOLD... and the pin could be worn in either the horizontal pennant or vertical tree shape. Now with just a little more imagination it could be a megaphone shape for your favorite cheerleading coach or team. We'll post this in both an auction format and buy now so first dabble with a small order and come back for a larger order. While we think we have a lot of these... I bet they'll be gone fast

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Cylinder Key Rings and Attitude License plates

Boy there are going to be about 24 happy bidders when they find and buy these cool plastic license plates and get a free cylinder key ring... yes is moves around just like a cylinder. Plus it also includes a gift box for the key ring. Now can you say eary CHRISTMAS Shopping?



Saturday, September 12, 2009

Remember Dick Trickle?


Gentlemen start your collection. Ok the Pennant is a classic stick and ball sport icon but when WinCraft came to NASCAR licensing in the 90's it brought to the market the classic pennant. Now look at the history in this collection. Bill Elliott with McDonalds, 1995 Jeff Gordon's FIRST Championship, Ernie Irvan who's career was cut short by his eye injury, Mark Martin's Busch ride with Winn Dixie, Remington's sponsorship years with the venerable Morgan Shepard, and who can forget and didn't love the Wisconsin native Dick Trickle. We've organized three of these packs, and will put more together if these sell. Just can't guarantee that the same ones will be in the next assortment.