From Middleburgh, New York, I interviewed Linda Micardi this week. Her shop on Zibbet is called Cotton Creek Cottage.Linda loves primitive and early American decorating. She hunts for transferware and linens as well as many other antique items in her spare time. Her searches lead her to the best of English dinnerware and china and she pass along those treasures to you.Please enjoy the interview, leave Linda a comment, and then use the Share Tools so others can read it, too. Please spread the Zibbet Love!
Hi, My name is Linda Micardi, I am a single mother of a 13 yr. old son Matthew., I soley work at home selling what I have always loved, Transferware and Linens. I started collecting Transferware many years ago and would find myself going to flea markets, garage sales and auctions as often as I could., I worked a full time 9-5 job until the age of 40 to pay the bills and realized I did not want to do this forever, so when I saved up enough money to stay at home, I quit my job, put all my savings and energy into my online business and started selling. Making my weekend hobby a full time job. Today I enjoy staying home, picking on the weekends and sharing my passion with others, by selling my Transferware, China and Linens online. I love to go to flea markets, auctions, garden at home and listen to classical music.
The love I have for history and discovering treasures that others would think are just dishes., each piece tells a story and that is a part of history that should never be forgotten.I look up to my good friend Linda Lawson, who also loved history and old forgotten items., She taught me so much about history and gave me many items that we both loved. She has passed on, but never forgotten., I think of her often when I find something I know she would have loved., I enjoyed the time we spent together and miss her dearly.My gardening, I love to work in my vegetable garden when time permits, I love sitting on my porch in the spring time listening to the sounds of the birds and the smells of a new season.
I enjoy quite time, and spend allot of time with my son doing fun family things.The freedom to do what we want without a ton of rules., To express our selves and show our passions in what we do. They are very flexible and want to see each and everyone of use succeed.More stats on traffic view, where there coming from, who see’s us and to be able to have the capability to favor an item we like, by just 1 click of the item, more exposure is always a plus.
I try to promote on every site I belong to as often as I can, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Zibbet, by showing what is in my shop as I list it.Use whatever tools that are offered as much as possible., self promote often and join groups and forums to keep up to date of any new info. and always ask questions when in doubt.I’d like to be know for my passion of collecting and selling transferware, I’d like to be the queen on Zibbet for selling Transferware and Linens and to have many customers come to my shop for unique, rare and hard to find items, as I get them, I will always be adding new things and I always tell my customers to ask if they don’t see something they are looking for, I will try my best to find it.Tags: Cotton Creek Cottage, Featured Zibbeters
