A few random favorites.
Santa Barbara, CA
Ak-Chin St. Francis of Asissi
Ak-Chin Indian Community, Maricopa AZ
Tag Media
Banana Custard Cake
Tired of banana bread? While banana bread is delicious, this recipe is all cake and a little custard.
Yield: 11×7 pan
Prep: 15 min
Bake: 45 min
Ingredients:
4 eggs seperated
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla
2 ripe bananas mashed
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup milk
2 tsp powdered sugar
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325F. Spray 11×7 pan with non stick spray or lined with parchment paper.
- In mixing bowl, whip egg whites on high until peaks form, set aside.
- In another mixing bowl, beat egg yolks, sugar and brown sugar. Add butter and mix well. Mix in water, vanilla and bananas.
- Add flour until well blended. Pour in milk and mix. Batter is runny. Add half the egg whites and fold, add remaining egg whites and fold together. Batter will seem lumpy and foamy.
- Pour batter into pan and bake 45 minutes.
- When cool, dust with powdered sugar. Cake will have a soft custard like center.
Reseller Hacks-Make your own seals & stickers
A money saving way to make your own seals and stickers.
I prefer to save money any way I can. I have a stamp pad and old stamps that I use to make my own seals. I purchase any old name tag badges or anything useful at the thrift store or dollar store and cut to size. This is a cute and fun way way to save money and add a personal touch to your packages.
The stamp pad I did get new, and the stamps I grabbed at a a rummage sale. If this is something you want to do, make sure you get a stamp pad to allow for different sizes.
Do you make your own stickers?
Reseller tips-Dry Erase Calendar
Write your sales and goals where you can see them!
I use a dry erase calendar on the wall to write down sales and goals. I keep a running tally and can easily track my sales at a glance. I still am a fan of an old fashioned planner and carry one in my backpack for daily use.
Reseller Must Have Items- Tag Gun
A Garment label or tagger gun is a reseller must!
Ever find a new with tag item and get super excited! Like score! Major money maker! Only to find later that it needs to be treated for a minor flaw or the tag falls off. What to do? This is where a tagging gun comes in handy.
There are so many available to choose from. The price levels are not too bad either, mine was about $8. You can easily reattach tags to items that need to be thrown in the dryer, dry cleaned, or just reattach tags that won’t stay.
I mainly use the gun for the gifts I include with most of my sales, which is a cute pair of new socks with my personalized ‘Thank you’ card attached. Picture below shows my gift and the gun I use.
New Garment Clothing Price Label Tagging TAG Tagger Gun with 2000 BARBS 2 Needle
Advertise on instagram!
If you are a reseller, advertise your items on instagram! It works!
Read your reviews. You will see how they found you!
Buyers are everywhere. They scroll instagram daily. Depending on the hashtags you use, your for sale items will magically appear in a potential buyers feed. Instagram allows up to 30 hashtags, use them all!
I currently use my instagram mainly to promote and grow my reselling business. I sprinkle in items for sale into my feed and stories. I specifically use the photos in the listing, making it easier for the potential buyer to find the item. Be sure to include within the post and story where your items are posted for sale. Including a link to the app or website is a must.
Buyers want easy access. They want a click and bam, they want the item. If a buyer has to click, search and message you. They move on. Make it easy for them to find your items.
Use these codes to save
New to Poshmark? Download the app and use code TRISHVAN99 to save.
https://poshmark.com/closet/trishvan99
Try relisting easy with Vendoo and save with this link:
https://vendoo.co/register?via=patricia-perillo
Don’t have Mercari? Get the app and save.
https://www.mercari.com/invitations/?iv_code=GSAXGU
Save on Kidizen with code: kqp9d
https://www.kidizen.com/users/trishvan99
Sign up for Chime and get $50
https://www.chime.com/r/patriciaperillo/
use code MRHJONAMBSDR to save
My Poshmark Closet
Where to shop trishvan99 items.
https://poshmark.com/closet/trishvan99
Are you seeing commercials for Poshmark? Wondering the the deal is? Did you see a cute pair of shoes on instagram for sale on Poshmark and had no clue where to go?
Follow the link to my Poshmark closet and start shopping!
Get the app and use code trishvan99 to save on your 1st order.
Reseller Hacks-Custom Thank You Stickers
Using custom stickers for your packages adds a personal touch.
There are many companies to choose from where you upload a logo and order custom Thank You stickers. While these stickers are great to seal packages, they are not great to hand out for networking. No one wants a thank you sticker.
I choose the more economical side and went with a versatile stamp that can have more uses.
I ordered my custom stamp from https://www.rubberstamps.com/. I make my own thank you stickers using any old name tag labels I can find at the thrift store (saving money here). I also stamp all my boxes on the outside with my stamp. This came in handy when a package accidentally made it to the Post Office with no mailing label, luckily they knew it was my package!
Pan de Huevo Conchas
Yield: 12 large
Rise: 2hr
Ingredients:
Dough
1 cup Warm Water
1 tbsp Yeast
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Shortening
4 Eggs
1 tsp Salt
4 cups All Purpose Flour
Topping
1/2 cup Shortening
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
1 cup All Purpose Flour
3 tsp Vanilla
For colored topping, add 2-3 drops of food color + 1 tbsp flour. For chocolate topping add 2 tbsp baking cocoa + 1 tsp vanilla.
Directions:
- Combine yeast and water and set aside for 10 min. In a Large bowl, min sugar and shortening until well blended. Add in eggs and salt. Add yeast water alternating with flour. Dough will be thick and not sticky, add flour as needed. Turn onto floured counter and knead a few times. Place dough into a well oiled bowl, cover an let rise 1hr.
- Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Scoop out dough and drop onto 2 baking sheets, 6 mounds each . About 4 tbsp or a small palm size. Cover and let rise 1hr.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, mix shortening and sugar. Add powdered sugar and 2 tsp vanilla, slowly add flour until thick and creamy. At this point you can add baking cocoa and vanilla or food coloring and flour. Divide topping mixture into 12 sections. Working with one section at a time. Roll between 2 small sheets of parchment paper to about 1/4 inch thick or enough to fit on top of dough. score topping with a knife (I use a tomato-onion holder slicer) and place on top of dough. Continue with rest of topping.
- Bake 12-15 minutes.
A stay at home mom, reselling my days away.... 
You must be logged in to post a comment.