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Collected objects, AKA junk drawer contents, recycled!Remember my post about making cute little “treasures” jars of bits-n-pieces you accumulate around your consignment, resale, or thrift shop?

Lot of viewers loved this idea but wrote to me saying they didn’t have enough.

Well, if you just have a few baubles around, and you are of a crafty nature, here’s a great tutorial on Cloth Paper Scissors that might inspire some relaxing, creative time for you.

And here’s where you can get a free e-book with 5 projects, including a hat to die for!

Make a steampunk bracelet with your consignment shop junk!Not crafty yourself? Print out the ideas, and post them next to the treasure stashes you have for sale! Even if these jars don’t amount to much income-wise… it’s

a great way to show the public you truly believe in recycling, re-creating, re-imagining.

And what word-of-mouth… especially if you encourage the artsy purchaser to send you a digital photo of her creation to show on your blog!

Bragging about customer creativity is a fabulous way to build community for your business.

Another way to use bits-n-pieces.

You could turn this idea (and so many others) into a fund-raiser as well, whether you’re a NFP thrift or a for-profit….

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I ran across this treasure lode of symbols, entities, and smilies recently and thought you might enjoy them. They work on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter (if you’ve seen them today on my social media, you know I tested them for you!)

All you have to do is copy and paste them into your own blog, or a Facebook message, or a tweet.

✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ Should old acquaintance be forgot, ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ And never brought to mind? ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ Should old acquaintance be forgot, ❉ ❈ ❇ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
♩ ♬ ♪ ♩ ♫ ♩ ♬ And old long since! ♬ ♩ ♫ ♩ ♪ ♬ ♩❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❈And there’s a hand my trusty friend!❈ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
❃ ❄ ❅ ❆ ❇ ❈ ❉ And give us a hand o’ thine! ❉ ❈ ❇ ❆ ❅ ❄ ❃
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ And we’ll take a right good-will draught, ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩
✩ ✪ ✫ ✬ ✭ ✮ ✯ ✰ for auld lang syne. ✰ ✯ ✮ ✭ ✬ ✫ ✪ ✩




☮ Happy New Year! ☮

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Thanks to 1tess for compiling these. 

 And here’s a few more I found, and lots of Q&A’s. For example, you could use the scissors for “clip our web coupon” or the umbrella for “Rainy day? Good day to clean your closets! We have customers longing for [whatever]”
♥  ♂ ✄ ➊ ➨☂ ½
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Do any of you have other symbols etc that we can copy and paste? Add them in the comments below!

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Click for the mini-tutorial.

If you buy gently-used costume jewelry outright from your suppliers, include in the batch offer, and also save, ALL bits and pieces.

You can (more…)

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After all, some Auntie Kate messages are, ahem, Too Good to be Threw!

Click the image for more Deja Vuesday posts that are too good to be threw from TGtbT.com

Deja Vuesday

where you can visit a gently-used, blog post in case you missed it the first time. It’s even better the second time around.

SEO, or “search engine optimization,” is a scary phrase to most shopkeepers. After all, we can sell the pants off (or on) anyone, but we’re not internet gurus. Trying to assure that strangers find our shop on the web is something we’ve love to do, but who has the (more…)

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An inspiring photo for your shop. (more…)

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