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.
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.
