Posts Tagged ‘christmas’
The day after Christmas can be a resale bonanza, in both ways.
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged accepting, christmas, holidays on December 25, 2009| 3 Comments »
Christmas Eve Disasters Resale-style
Posted in Slices of (my) life, tagged christmas on December 24, 2009|
Here’ s hoping your day goes smoother than my traditional holiday tale, Christmas Eve Disasters Resale-style!
Need something to talk about at those awkward holiday gatherings?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays on December 22, 2009| 2 Comments »
Like why Santa is a turkey? (Well, okay, he was from an area that’s now Turkey.)
Or who decided that Santa lived at the North Pole? (Hint: an artist.)
Stupefying pieces of trivia to amaze and stun your relatives.
Need to get that BOOOORING conversation quieted down? Printable Christmas Trivia quizzes, from easy to hard.
Need to get the kids to PLEEEEASE stay still for JUUUUST 10 minutes? Get out the crayons and print out the Snowpeople Coloring Page from HowToConsign.com.
Need your computer to sing carols quietly in the other room? This is a pretty interesting collection.
Gift a consignment shopkeeper, a resale peer, a thrifty friend
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, resale shopkeeping on December 19, 2009|
Some modest proposals of resale shopkeeper gifts.
Gift for shopkeepers with a sense of humor:
Great WOM item for the shop: A Tramp Lamp.
A thank-you gift to a fellow resaler:
Their name engraved in lights (well, electrons) along with their web site, pinpointed location on the Zoomable map, and gratitude from The Resale Guru for your support of the entire industry.
Stocking stuffers for shopkeepers:
If you have a little helper who’d love to have a project while s/he hangs around the shop, this round-corner punch can give a custom look to your business cards.
If you just can’t stop thinking about the shop even when you’re relaxing, The Picker Who Perished continues the obsession…
And then there’s these:
Many of the readers of this blog, visitors on TGtbT.com, HowToConsign.com Sponsors, and those who follow me on on FB have become real friends. They may not know everything about their online buddies, but they’d like to send them a small and easily mailed holiday gift. Here are some things I found on the ‘net… send ’em to your friends and pretend YOU searched high and low.
I’ll never tell.
(Click the photos for ordering info.)
BOSS LADY coin purse, $3.99, at BlueQ.
A journal to put all her venting into, $5.99, blueq.com
Does she complain how dry her hands are, handling all that incoming? $11.95, mcphee.com
Love her but not enough to spend money on her? Send her to free desktop wallpaper from storypeople.com
One week til Christmas!
Posted in quotations of use, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays on December 18, 2009|
A little pre-holiday gift for consignment and resale shopkeepers to keep things in perspective, business-wise or family-wise!
I stopped believing in Santa Claus when (more…)
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