Tag Sale 101 …

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Family, Flea Market, Garage sale, Green, Money, Tag Sale, vintage

I am getting ready for a Fall Sale!

Have you ever had a tag sale? No.  Why?  I bet that if you looked around there is some stuff you are not using … dishes, glasses, clothes, shoes, purses, toys.  I’ll wait, go look … SEE! 

Here are a few Dos & Don’ts to help you get started …

DO

• Price Everything!
• Price everything TO SELL!
• Have change (quarters, and dollars especially!)
• Have plenty of newspaper, boxes and bags
• Advertise!  (craigslist, local paper, local online paper, post about it on your Facebook Page, Tweet it, Instagram it)
• Hang nice, clear signs … signs that can be read from the car (check your local code, sometimes you are responsible for removing all the signs too!)
• Plan on a 1/2 Price Sunday Afternoon!
• Schedule a charity pick up for your leftovers.

DON’T

• Take any of it personally. There will be a few bad apples …
• Try to sell anything that is broken ~ especially electronics! (have an outlet, or an extension cord accessible)
• HAVE FREE STUFF! A bowl of hard candies, or Hershey Kisses is OK, but no FREE TOYS!
• Advertise too early ~ a Saturday & Sunday sale should be advertised on Thursday & Friday … you don’t want to get pushed to the bottom of the list.
• Be unrealistic with your prices.  If you saw something online or on TV that is NOT the tag sale price!!!
• Take anything back in!  If you are willing to sell it, then you should definitely donate it!

There is nothing nicer, in my opinion, than sitting around on a Sunday night, drinking a cold beer and counting your money!  Pick a weekend, give it a shot …

~ Peace

Evolve, ReVolve, ReBrand …

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business, Flea Market, Home, Pinterest

This thing, this business, this blog, me … 2 years now, growing, changing, and discovering.

Business …

Started out as helping friends rearrange kitchen cabinets and closets, got a few clients and helped them do the same.  I am good at it, and I like it!  All the while I kept doing sales … usually 2 a year, selling the vintage items I was acquiring, family pieces that required moving.  THEN (sound of angels & harps) I got an entire house of stuff to sell … and I had found my calling.

I love doing Estate Sales!

Blog …

Began as a place to show you all the amazing Before & After shots, then when I didn’t have one every week (SHOCKING!) I began to share things around my house … decorating, organizing, problem solving.  When I didn’t have something to share I discovered RoundUps, link parties, Pinterest … they rolled out at first and then well like anything else, they became a chore and stopped feeling organic.  The worst thing happened after that!  I thought I was a writer for a week … SORRY!

Future?!?!?!?

• I am accepting consignments, and looking for venues. Researching Flea Markets, and Antique Malls … longing for a place to do a Holiday PopUp! (ANYONE?!?!)
• I even have a BizPartner … and he is super cool.
• I am planning weekend picking adventures, and networking with anyone that has a garage, cellar or attic … GOT ONE?  We can search together … maybe find some treasures?
• More and more Estate Sales!
• Not as much of the one-on-one organizing, unless it is part of the aforementioned Treasure Hunting.
• Pushing toward a new brand … with a year round online presence.
• ReWork the Logo, tag line and mission statement … I don’t know if “clean, organize & declutter…with a green twist” still applies, it may?!?
• Continue to blog about what I love …as long as it flows out naturally. I will not pretend to be a writer, but I will write if I wanna.
• Share my rePurposing, Upcycling and Vintage stuff and would YOU love to share what you are doing.
• I may reDecorate my kitchen … sharing the ENTIRE process!

Stay tuned.

~ Peace

Pennsylvania Flea Market Finds …

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Antiques, design, Flea Market, Home, Shopping

I went to Jake’s Flea Market in Barto, PA yesterday … Fun Fun Fun!  The scope of the flea market is amazing … wanna see the range of stuff you can find at Jake’s or keep up with their schedule of events?  Check out their Facebook page …

I try to get to Jake’s 2 or 3 times a year, I go with my BFF Monique, she loves to watch me go … look at what I found yesterday

… here is the breakdown of my deal making skill …

Way cool vintage Mrs. Smith Pie Tins … 9 of them for $5 (not $5 each all of them were $5!!!!)

$1 … YUP! I said a buck …

See that sweet little still life … FIFTY CENTS!

I love mirrors … I collect antique mirrors, have a wall of em … I may need some Mirror Therapy.  This lovely specimen, with beautiful gold leaf inset … $20

Do you know what this is?  I did … so I got it for $5 … Checkout how cool it looks in my kitchen!

Yeah for Flea Markets!

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