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Jan

Final Thoughts on Using Evernote for Antique Faire Shopping

by Abby

Article 5 of 5

Contact Info: The contact info section has two purposes. One is to store your antique faire information such as dates, times, directions, maps and phone numbers. If you attend more than one show, each show could have its own page. The second purpose is to store contact information from booth owners. You can type their information into Evernote or take a photo of their business card and store it in Evernote. Along with the contact info, you can type information about the booth owner such as the type of collectibles they sell at their booth.

Archive: The last section is for collecting any past show information you wish to keep. Maybe you want to keep copies of your past shopping lists, past purchases, etc. This section can hold anything you may want to reference in the future but does not fit into the other 5 categories.

I hope these articles make your antique faire experience enjoyable and organized!

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6

Jan

Finding Your Purchases Using Evernote

by Abby

Organizing

Article 4 of 5 for using Evernote when shopping at Antique Faires

The ‘purchases’ note page in Evernote handles two things. First, use this section for noting purchased items which you will pick up later from the booth owner. If you need to leave an item at a booth until you are ready to leave, take a photo of the item with your iPhone, post the photo on the ‘purchases’ note page, and note the booth number. Now you will never forget where to pick up your purchases. If you need more than one note page, use the tagging system for easy searching. For example, tag all these pages with ‘purchases’, one or two word description and maybe the date.

Second, you can use this section for tracking your purchases for the day. Use it for quick reference so you do not need to keep digging through your cart to see what you purchased.

After the antique faire, the information in the purchases section should be purged to one of three places. First option, add the photos to your reference material. To move sections, all you need to do is change the tags. Add any notes or info to the photo. Second option, add the photos to your archives section and again retag the note. Third option, delete the note/photo altogether. You’ve made the purchase and no other future reference is needed.

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2

Jan

Evernote and Antique Collection Reference Material

by Abby

Organizing

Post 3 of 5 on using Evernote for trips to the Antique Faire.

Reference material is anything information you’ve collected about what you are shopping for. For some of you the information may be about personal collection items you are looking to purchase, for example, 1960s lunch boxes. Or reference material or magazine photos on decor items you are looking to decorate with in your home.

First, collect all your reference material into one pile. With your scanner, scan each item into Evernotes. Your reference material will not be posted to just one note page. You will use as many note pages as needed to house your reference information. Therefore each page or group of pages will be scanned into its own note page.

Second, search your computer archives or bookmarks for any reference material. Use Evernotes page clipper to add reference material to your notes If you have photos from past antique faires with reference information, paste them into Evernot as well.

Here is where tagging in Evernote will work to your advantage. After each page is scanned and posted into Evernotes, add tags to each note and the first tag should be ‘reference’. The additional tags should be relevent to the item or information scanned. You will use the tags to search your reference material in the future. You can also add reference notes to the scanned item on the same note page.

Now your reference material is organized. You can refer back to the information, through tag searches, the night before your antique faire trip or look up the information while at the antique faire.

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1

Jan

Antique Faire Shopping List in Evernote

by Abby

Organizing, Uncategorized

2 of 5 Articles, see here for the first article.

Tips for setting up your shopping list in Evernote.

1. Sit down and brainstorm everything that you wish to purchase. Or if you have an existing list, I recommend transferring it to your shopping list in Evernote. Start your list about 2 weeks before your shopping trip and each day add any new items to the list. Photos can also be added to the list as a great reference point.

2. Two days before the antique faire, review your list and prioritize it. I prioritized my list A, B, and C. ”A” is top priority and “C” is lowest priority. Use a priority system that fits you.

3. Add a “Supplies” section at the bottom of your list with everything you need to bring to the antique faire. For example, I usually bring my cart, a tape measure, water, gloves and extra sweater for winter and an umbrella for shade in the summer.

4. The night before your trip, load your car with everything on your supplies list. Now your list and supplies are ready for the antique faire.

5. I have an iPhone and use my PDA to reference my list during the shopping trip. If you do not have a PDA, print the list from Evernote the night before your trip and add it to your supplies. With my iPhone Evernote application, I can reference my shopping list at any point during the antique faire. If the antique faire is in a location with spotty cell or data reception, sync your iPhone with Evernote before you leave the house.

6. The day after your antique faire trip, review your list. (You may want to save a copy in your archive.) Delete any items you purchased. Delete any items you’ve decided not to purchase. Start a new list for your next trip to the antique faire. Review your possible purchase notes for any items you want to add to your list.

7. Now your shopping list is started for the next trip. Every time you find something new you want to purchase, add it to your existing list.

Happy Hunting!

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Jan

Evernote and Antique Faires

by Abby

Organizing

I started using Evernote about a month ago and it’s become one of my favorite applications. Evernote is a note-taking application which can sync with your personal computer, the web and your PDA (which I will call iPhone in this article). There are two versions of Evernote, free and premium. The free version is great for giving the application a test drive.

The next five articles are for using Evernote to organize a buying trip to an antique faire. (In the following articles, I assume that you are set up with Evernote and have basic knowledge of how to use it.) To begin:

Set up a notebook named Antique Faire. Set up a separate notebook in Evernote specifically for your trips to the antique faire. You can call the notebook anything from antique faire, collections, antique decorating, etc. Use a name that meets your needs.

Set up 6 note pages. To start the notebook, set up the following 6 note pages/categories. (See pic below)

1. Shopping List

2. Reference Material

3. Purchases

4. Possible Purchases

5. Contact Info

6. Archive

Next article is about setting up your shopping list.

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