Yep, even a sheep shearing gadget.....

Primitives, Quilting and more.....OH MY!!! Our next sale will no doubt, be the most diverse on-site sale we've had. Quilting, Accucut, precious metals jewelry, primitives, high end home decor,antiques, and so much more are coming soon. We are super busy preparing new sales for you and hope you can make one or all! Click on the link for recent information on our June 28-30 sale at our warehouse in Corinth. http://estatesales.org/corinth-tx-estate-sales/primitives-quilting-jewelry-and-corinth-tx-181098 Keep checking back here and on our website www.whenpigsflyshop.com HUGS!!!! Tonya

We're Back!!!!

Our First Estate Sale at New Location is Happening! We have been very busy setting up our new location as well as getting out our latest Estate Sale items. This is the 1st of our "First Weekend" Sales. Each month (permitting) we will host estate sales at our shop the first weekend. Our June 1-2 sale is packed and we already have two more estates lined up for July 6-7 sale. June 1 9-5 and June 2 9-3 1406 N Corinth St, Suite 411, Corinth, TX 76208 Entrance at rear of building. Sure hope you can make it!

New Home and Upcoming Sale...

We found a new home right-down-the-street! Pinnell Square in Corinth is our new stomping grounds. We are accepting new estate sales in now and have planned a 3 family sale the first part of June. This is going to be amazing! Our new location is by appointment and event only. We no longer have a full-time retail location and have grown our estate business to amazing heights! Next Estate Sale is in Allen on May 11th and 10th (9-5). We are on our way today to take pictures and get some details to share with you! Thank you for helping us grow and live our dreams..... Tonya

WOW sale in Justin and WOO HOO sale coming in Allen

WOW sale in Justin this weekend... We have been very busy little piggies! Boy do we have another great sale for your shopping and viewing pleasure. It is always a treat getting to play in other peoples homes! And this lovely home is as clean as they come. Just a few miles west of Justin on 407 (lovely little drive), inside a gorgeous home, await your next fun sale. All of us have worked hard getting this sale ready to go for you to come and buy it all. We even had the pleasure of finding a little goat that Jessica was trying to take home. This two day sale begins at 9am and ends at 5:00pm sharp. Markdowns start Saturday at noon (25%) and 50% off at 2:00. If I am having fun, then we go 75% off most items at 4pm. No early markdowns as I get chewed out if I do. So let's keep it fair!! NEXT SALE IN ALLEN... That's right, we are going East to host another super great sale in another beautiful home in Allen. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for details for this May 11-12 sale! More great sales and consignments coming your way! CIAO! Tonya

Intimate Estate Sale Coming Soon!!!!

Seems as if I have been gone for a very long time. Have had a number of family needs come up and and I am very blessed to be able to be there for them. All is well right now and we are back with another Estate Sale in McKinney this next weekend.

Our next intimate sale is One Day only, 9-5 in lovely McKinney, TX. We will be holding tight with our pricing schedule and all items will be reduced to 75% off by the time we shut down at 5pm sharp. 9am-noon all items are priced as marked
Noon -2 all items 25% off original price
2-4 all items 50% off original price
4-5 all items 75% off original price

There will be no holds at this sale and ALL items have to be removed that day by 5pm.

Link below is some photos and the details of the sale! IF the link will not open, please copy and paste!

http://www.estatesales.net/estate-sales/270705.aspx

Hope this Spring has been full of many blessings!

Tonya

AN AUCTION IS BORN!

It is time! Our first auction is this Saturday and the place is packed with antiques, collectibles, home decor, china, silver and so much more.

As some of you know, we have been looking for a new place for some time now and no luck. We will host our first two auctions here at our When Pigs Fly Shop inside the Golden Triangle Mall.

We hope you can come and play with us. Jonna with My Repretoire will be here painting faces and brining in some amazing home made goodies.

Those of you who have never attended a public auction, here is your chance. We will have plenty of folks here to show you the ropes. We promise it to be a fun and exciting time.

March 10th
Preview 8 to 10am
Auction start: 10am.


We count on you for our business. Referral dollars are given for signed and completed Estate Sale contracts. If you know anyone needing help with an estate sale, please give me a call. 940-566-1000

Much love and blessings!
Tonya, Mom, Jess and Heather

AUCTION IS COMING SOON!!!!

Excited to finalize our first Auction date to liquidate about half the items in the shop. March 10th, 10am begins our first joint venture and we are starting with our own items.

Preview the same morning from 8am to 10am. Please keep checking back for photos and links with full details.

We hope you can share this fun new experience with us as we grow in a new direction and offer you another option-AUCTIONS!

Hope to see ya soon!
Tonya

Final Two Day Event in the Mall

The Final Event is almost here. While it is bitter-sweet, it is also a very hectic and exciting time as we move forward.

February 10th and 11th, from 10am-7pm the Piggy Will Be Flying! Join us for 30% off* most items in the shop.
Wall quote decals-75% off
Display items negotiable
The more you buy, the better your deal.

Jonna with 'My Repertoire' will be here both days from 10-2 offering her amazing face painting. $3 for one or $5 for two. Bring the kiddos and get their favorite item painted on! For that matter, let's get Mom and Dad painted up! Think I will challenge her to paint my Piggy for me!


We've been asked why we are closing many times and for those who don't know, we are moving due to changes in mall format. The new owners of the mall are doing major renovations and we will not fit into the $$$ plan. Now, we are also seeking our own location and this seemed to be the perfect time to make that transition as well. Only draw back is we are closed full time and have not found our new home yet!!!

Hope to see you at The Event~~~

Tonya

Peaceful Easy Feeling.....Estate Sale

Peaceful, Easy-Feeling Sale. . ..

About a month ago I met with a young lady who had recently lost her Dad. No matter our age, losing a parent is devastating and this young woman is in her 20's. We had a nice visit in the home she had been raised in with her Dad. It was her responsibility to make the home ready to sell and find a way to share the remaining home décor and furniture that she could not take with her. As we chatted, it was apparent in her words and from all the remodeling in the home that she and her husband were working very hard. They worked very hard to bring her childhood home to like-new condition to honor her Dad and his memory.


She took me to the garage which was filled with items he had stored for many years. Once she had time to go through all the memories she needed to keep, she had most of the remainder brought to my shop. As some of you know, I like to play music that reflects the lives of the person or persons we host sales for. Her request was that we play 'Peaceful Easy Feeling' by The Eagles in his honor. We hope you stop by.


Items for Collectors and Resellers


This sale will also include many items collected from past estate sales as well as collection of display pieces.

Estate Sale and February Event

Estate Sale Jan 13-14

Our last Estate Sale at our SOLD IN 168 location is NOW. Sorry for the late update. We are making deals both days all day from 10-6. This is a liquidation of some display items as well.

Please click on the link or go to www.estatesales.org enter 76205 in the search area and our sale will show up. We have more items being brought in today that are not listed or shown. Hope to see you there!

http://estatesales.org/denton-tx-estate-sales/3-family-sale-hosted-denton-tx-149289


First/Last Event


We were informed yesterday that the new mall owners do not want us using our space for monthly events and February is the first and last one. They want us full-time in our space and would allow us to stay if opened mall hours. Since we can't do that, we will not be hosting anymore events after February.


What this means to you, is the ability to come say goodbye to our mall location, buy some wonderful items as well as participate in our one and only estate sale at WHEN PIGS FLY. That's right!!! It is going to be an amazing couple of days!


We will continue liquidating items we do not want to to move to our new home (to be determined).


Our online shop is still being created, we are still viewing properties and some new opportunites have also popped up. In addition, our Estate Sale business is growing even larger. All that is happening is for the best and we have been preparing.

Tonya

Meeting Someone Just Like Me

It isn't often I meet someone who is almost a genetic match to my personality. Actually, I had never met anyone who was until I met Shannon.

Shannon came into my shop quite some time back and asked me to consign some lovely antiques for her and her husband. I instantly liked her warm and open personality, as well as her beautiful red hair and smile.

Some of you may remember the wonderful 18th century hutch/buffet at the front of the shop we sold a few months back. That beautiful antique as well as others found new homes and we were proud to foster them until they moved on. These items were Shannon's.

Since my initial meeting with Shannon, I have gotten to meet her sisters, mom, husband, children, nieces and nephews. And to my delight, have been honored to visit with her several times. Each time we visited, more and more of our similarities were unraveling and I kept being intrigued to know more about her. Shannon is 33, much younger than myself and while I see myself in her at that age, I also see her as an older soul too.

People come and go from our lives daily and it is not often I find such a caring person who is as open a book as I am.

What I will take from her, is what I have been doing this past year and a half:

Believe in your dream and know that you succeed......

Tonya

A New Year!!!

First off, Happy New Year!!!

So many changes occur year round, yet we truly are making some HUGE changes the 1st of 2012. Our Shoppe location is now open once a month, 2nd Friday and Saturday beginning in February; Our Estate Sale business is booming and we are working on our Auction services; A new location is being hunted daily.

My original goal has not changed, it is however blossoming into something even bigger than I dreamed. My only hope is that you all stay with us as we support each other now and in the future.

Hugs!
Tonya

A Love Story, New Beginning & Healing

There is always a story and I love learning all about it.

Our next Estate Sale coming up January 13th and 14th has 3 separate stories, each as unique as the families themselves. As we all enjoy whys, hows, and who's of history, I assume that is why we love vintage and antiques so much.

Each of the 3 families we are hosting in our last sale at SOLD IN 168, share a unique story...

Love Lost, Love Found

When our client(lets call him Leo) lost his wife after many, many years and 3 wonderful daughters, he did not expect to find another love. Leo cared for is ailing wife for a number of years and when she passed, was heart broken and lonely.

As he did with his wife, Leo would walk in his very large neighborhood although now alone. One day during his walk he met a woman(lets call her Alice) and they began to see each other walking more frequently.

Alice and Leo lived less than a block from one another, yet over the past few years, had never met.

In the true sense of blessings, Leo and Alice fell in love.

It was at my first meeting with both of them that Leo and Alice shared their love story and Leo shared the love he had and still has for his first beloved wife. They were now combining homes and were needing to downsize. They contracted with us and we have been very honored to be part of their story.

From Texas To Alaska

At one of my previous sales I met a fun and vivacious young woman. She was interested in how my on-site sales worked and how it might help her with a big decision. With a leap of faith she was moving to Alaska to pursue a passion she shared with friends.

Her move required her to clean-out years of collected items and take only the basics. As she and her family brought her belongings in this week, I had fun getting to visit with her, her Dad and friend.

Hard To Let Go

I am meeting next week with a lady I spoke with on the phone yesterday. We chatted about options and placing some of her Fathers antique furniture in our next sale may be her best option. It is clear she is still mourning deeply for her Dad and needs a listening ear. If she needs our help I will give you more information regarding her options.

The above stories are what makes each and every sale unique. It is also the compassionate side of our nature to need the stories and connect with the items we purchase.

Hope to see you at our next sale.

Tonya

New Year.....BRING IT ON!!!

We've had an amazing year and it is hard to believe the changes our little shop has gone

through. Since I am not a very patient person, perhaps it is not that surprising that I change things quickly. (wink, wink)

In just 3 days we will close our first location on a full-time basis. While it is bitter-sweet, it is also exciting as so many new opportunities have opened for us.

Our quest for a new location has opened up a few more possibilities and ideas. It is also possible my idea for a new home is "a little out-there" and I may have to come back from Oz and re-group. I suppose when you focus on an idea and see the out-come in your head, you have to be open to some compromises.

Friday at 6:00pm will be the last day we are open as our original concept and we hope you stay with us as we grow in a new direction.

Special thanks to my Husband and Parents for all the help, love and support over the past 18 months.

Now, on to the next chapter of an amazing story!!!

Tonya

Last Week Open Full Time at Current Location

One week to go until we close full time. The feeling is bitter sweet to say the least.

It has been the greatest pleasure creating my dream alongside some amazing folks. It is also an exciting time as we look for a new home for our shop and Estate Sales.

December 26-30th will be the consignment liquidation, with 75% off participating consignors. We will be announcing a liquidation sale date and time for some of our display items as well. This includes display pieces at our Estate Sale location. January will be the final month we will be there as well.

I get asked daily where we are going and there are many suggestions for us. Following is a description of what I have envisioned:

Minimum 8k sq ft building.
Space for my store-front
Office area
Merchandise area
Storage
Ample parking
Not too far from Denton
And a big bonus would be living quarters on or near.

If the location was in an unrestricted area in the country, then we could have it all!!! LOL.

Hope you all stay with us as we continue our journey!

Tonya

Great High End Estate Sale Plano!!!!!!

We are hosting an Estate Sale this weekend, December 16 from 10-4 & December 17 from 9-5 in Plano. The location will be updated Thursday evening via our listing link following:

http://estatesales.org/plano-tx-estate-sales/when-pigs-fly-is-plano-tx-148214

Please view our link above for all details!

Hope to see you there!

Tonya

Humble

Seems at times, my only response to the feeling I have at the end of hosting an Estate Sale is...........Thank you for allowing me the honor.

Latest Estate Sale info....

Wanted to stop by and give you the link for our next Estate Sale, starting this Friday. Come on by and say Hi!



If the link does not work (seem to have technical difficulties this morning). Go to
http://www.estatesales.org Then enter 76205 in the location area and you can find us.

Tonya

Getting to know a lovely lady...

Each Estate sale that I host is unique in it's own right. Combining the love and passion I have with my shop and hosting Estate sales has provided me a spiritual happiness.

My recent sale is for a young family who lost their Mother not long ago. When I met with two of them recently, I could tell immediately that they loved her very, very much.

They were comfortable and happy to talk about her and show me her home and who she was. Yes, there were tears on both sides and it is still difficult for them; however, they were at a healing point and it was wonderful to have them show me who their Mother was/is.

Yesterday, they delivered her belongings to my Estate sale location and I was able to meet her Son and Brother. As boxes and furnishings were being brought in, I began to unpack and sort through and move some things around. It was obvious the life I was unwrapping was an amazing and loving Mother who cared for and loved her family intensely.

When I work my sales, I play music. My choices yesterday and today were songs of inspiration and happiness.

I consider it a wonderful honor to have been asked to help this family and....get to know this lovely lady.

L

Last May I was able to live yet another one of my many dreams.Since my earliest recollection, I've had a passion for history, especially the houses, buildings and clothing of yesteryear.

My husband and I traveled to see his Grandma in upstate NY and we took 5 additional days to travel. The main destination for me, was Vermont.

Somehow, sometime ago I created an amazing happy-place and it was always Vermont. While I had never been there before, I had read and seen enough over the years to envision the perfect moment. A large white home, with a winding staircase, crystal chandeliers, glorious windows and gardens to envy.

Four Chimneys Inn, in Bennington,Vermont made me cry the minute we drove up. It was a childhood as well as adult dream come true. Every aspect of that lovely home (turned Inn) made me feel as if I was transported in time and living out a fantasy.

The owners and hosts of this lovely Inn were not only amazing at welcoming, the dinner was also one of the most superb experiences we have had.

If you ever find yourself searching for a happy-place, please stop by and say hello to Pete and Lynn.

Maybe your journey there, will help you fulfill a dream of your own.


Tonya