New Years 2026
I did a little colouring (as you do!) and made a postcode map of everywhere in the UK that I posted to last year - will probably do the same this year. There was a sale to Italy and to Switzerland, and some enquiries from Germany and France too but international postage is currently a bit of a farce, so that's on hold for the time being...
Every coloured-in area has had something posted from us in 2025
Anyways, here is what I have planned this year:
1. I'm continuing my everlasting battle to change this Facebook page's name from "Glenn's Antiques, Collectables & Curiosities" to "Glenn's Antiques & Vintage". You would be amazed at how difficult that is to do! Been trying for about 2 months now
2. I plan to be a little more adult, but still hopefully have some fun. Time to get a business bank account. It's not making enough for tax but it may be on the horizon, so I need to start thinking about getting properly registered
3. Continue moving everything that remains on my old website onto my new one. It's quite a process and progress has dropped off over Christmas, but getting back on it soon. I'm also staying far, far away from AI for descriptions. Yuck!
For everything I have I am:
• Looking for damage / faults / functionality
• Weighing it
• Measuring it (if appropriate, mainly crockery)
• Seeing what kind of box it would be most suitable for
• IF it's a larger or unusual item that will have custom postage information, I'm mostly packaging it up then and there so I don't have to worry later on
• Setting up a new item page on my new website, categorising them, adding postage information, researching the item and filling in information fields. For instance, all the fields on this rather nice box camera: www.glennsantiques.co.uk/shop/p/02/061/11
• Hiding the item on my old website once done
In terms of progress, I am nearing the end of weighing and measuring everything and maybe ½ way through moving items across to my new site. Then I need to package up the larger and bulkier items as if they were being posted to get postage info up and on the new website. I might then clean up some jewellery with a new ultrasonic cleaner and work on some improved photos for some things. Lots to still do!
4. Get a whole lot better at putting this endeavour out there for the world to see. www.GlennsAntiques.co.uk
Apologies that the categories and sub-categories appear as a very long list on a mobile phone, I'd like them to become drop downs but don't know if I can. TBA
5. Really not confident about this one but maybe making some videos. I have a couple that I'd like to do, although some without witnesses. For instance: I have a 1950s cake decorating set with instructions on how to decorate a 3-tier wedding cake. Something I've never done before and could be quite fun. Plus I'm an awful baker. No witnesses = no judgement and ample time to clean up and hide evidence
6. Take my old website offline - there are still a fair amount of items on there
So yeah... it's been an interesting year and I'm sure the next will also have some good times ahead. I've made mistakes and errors but we're all human and it's all about how you handle each situation. I don't have any more TV appearances planned this year but who knows?
2026 begins now
