On Instagram, and my studio page on Facebook, I have been posting some photos advertising my Black Friday semi-live sale. The details already given were that it is going to be Friday, November 28, 2025 at 3:00pm ET. And I promised there would be more details to come. So here we go.
What is a semi-live sale? For many years I held live sales. I had a lot of complaints that people didn't have a fast enough connection to ever snag any of the things they wanted. So a couple of years ago I moved to the semi-live format. What happens is I publish a list of items I have for sale with photos. Then, to make it super easy for everyone, I publish a list of exactly what time each item will be listed for sale on the day of the sale. The schedule is usually separate from the photos of the items and will be again this year. Then, on the day of the sale, items will post at their scheduled time and will be available to claim. I will also go live on my studio page on Facebook.
*This part is really important* You do not have to watch the live portion of the sale to claim anything.
People seem to enjoy watching me sort things into bags as people claim, and there is a good amount of interaction. I often end up telling stories of some kind, I sing the alphabet (to put the claim bags in order, obviously), and I sometimes have trivia with prizes. I do not know if I have the energy to do trivia. I may or may not award prizes for random reasons. I haven't decided if I can manage that just yet. It is also possible that I will pull out the prize wheel that I brought to Breyerfest last year (and maybe this year, I honestly don't remember) but first I would have to find where I put it, and the prizes.
So how does it work? Let's say that mystery boxes are going to be available at 3:00 according to the schedule (they will be). When the photo pops up on my studio Facebook page, if you want to claim a mystery box, you just need to comment the word "mine". That's it. If you are the first person to claim (or if I have more than one of the thing, as with mystery boxes) I will love (heart) your comment. That is how you know you got it. The beauty of this is 3:00 is 3:00 for every computer. You do not have to have the fastest connection, just the fastest fingers. My suggestion is, if you know an item you want is coming up, obsessively refresh. That is how I have managed to claim things I want from similar sales.
I do have something a bit different for this year. Every year, during my live sale, I post a bunch of things from my personal collection that I have decided to sell. I will still be listing a whole bunch of stuff for sale, but I will do that on Thanksgiving. I haven't decided what time yet, but I will post photos of the items that are from my personal collection. Probably sometime in the evening. That way if people want to shop after dinner, there are things available. I know I used to love to buy the newspaper on Thanksgiving to look at the Black Friday sales fliers. Anyway, the Thanksgiving sale will have no live portion (I am cooking and definitely don't have time for that!) but photos of the sales items will go live at whatever time I decide, maybe in batches, maybe all at once, and they can be claimed. Anything claimed during the Thanksgiving sale will be invoiced AFTER the Black Friday sale (either Friday night or Saturday morning). All items from the Thanksgiving sale and the Black Friday sale will ship together.
I think that is about it. I will be posting the Thanksgiving sale preview and the Black Friday preview posts early next week. The schedule for the Black Friday sale will likely be posted either Wednesday or Thursday. Please let me know if I missed any important points or if you have questions! Thanks for reading!
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