Merilin's Retro

Antique & Vintage News

  • How to Polish Your Antique Silver?

    How to Polish Your Antique Silver?

    The content of this article provides useful tips on how to care for and polish antique silver. It explains the process of tarnishing and offers recommendations for cleaning and storing silver. Silver is a beautiful metal that has been used for centuries to create jewelry, coins, flatware and other decorative objects. However, one of the… Read more

  • September Sale in Merilin’s Retro shop on Etsy

    September Sale in Merilin’s Retro shop on Etsy

    A limited-time September sale is going on now in our vintage shop on Etsy! Here are some best-selling vintage silver-plated dishes from our shop: Some popular copper dishes from our shop: Many vintage picture frames: Other CategoriesSilver Plated DishesCopper and BrassPewter DishesCandle HoldersVintage KitchenVintage Picture FramesJournals, Paper EphemeraWall Hangings, RugsFashion & AccessoriesLinens, Table coversVintage Home Read more

  • Vintage shop on Etsy

    Vintage shop on Etsy

    2022 has been a great year for my little shop and I’m happy!Etsy launched a Star Seller Program this year and I earned the Star Seller badge in August and think it has helped me to be more visible on Etsy search. Here are some best-selling vintage copper dishes from our shop: I have been… Read more

  • Merilin’s Retro on Etsy

    Merilin’s Retro is an online shop collecting and selling 1950-90s vintage items from Scandinavia and Estonia. It offers a little piece of forgotten yesteryear and helps to keep the past alive. Merilin’s Retro is curated by me – Merilin 🙂This is my day job and I pick, take photographs, and list new items daily. Here… Read more

  • Selling on Etsy 2021

    This is my current shop screenshot in 2021. I have run my Etsy shop Merilin’s Retro since 2012 and have seen a lot of changes.There have been good times for my shop in 2014 and some decrease after Etsy rose fees a few years ago but another rise in sales was in April 2020 during… Read more

  • Selling vintage on Etsy

    Selling vintage on Etsy

    I first heard about Etsy back in 2006 from the Estonian Craft Forum. I surfed there a little and found out that Europeans were able to sell on this US platform from 2008 where most items were knit and crochet goods. I was a regular crocheter back then and thought it might be a good… Read more