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All my shop wants for Christmas…
Posted in My Favorite Things, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, customers, holidays, selling, success on November 10, 2011| 1 Comment »
A blog to better your holiday business
Posted in economics of resale, Shopkeeping talk, tagged christmas, holidays, sea of sameness on November 6, 2011|
Are you a consignment, resale, or thrift store? Are you concerned that your market area just doesn’t think green for holiday gear, garb and gifts?
Fear no longer! Kate the gently-used good elf has arrived just in time. Bringing (more…)
Emergency costume: Thrift stores, right up your alley!
Posted in Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, Slices of (my) life, tagged Halloween, holidays, Thrift on October 31, 2011|
This story of mine is a couple of years old, but still might work for you today!
In response to a desperate shopper at the thrift shop last week, we came up with this super-thrifty Halloween costume. Took him less than an hour to make this, and he promises to be the Belle of the Ball at the fancy society smash he’ll be attending.
Josh is going as “Table for One.”
He’ll take a circle of cardboard (cut out from an appliance carton courtesy of a local appliance dealer) with a hole cut out for his head so he can balance it on his shoulders. Then, he’ll cover it with a checkered tablecloth we found, allowing the edges to drape in a fetching sort of way.
On the tabletop, he’ll glue a wine glass, appetizer-size plate, napkin and silverware. The plate is filled with some plastic fruit and a “reserved” sign (donated by his favorite bistro) and the check (from an old-fashioned receipt book from same bistro.)
We found a headband to which Josh will hot-glue a bunch of flowers, so his head is the centerpiece. (I think that’s the part he likes best!)
How much it cost:
Tablecloth and napkin: $3.50.
Plate: $1
Plastic fruit: $2.50
Silverware: $2
Wine glass: $1
Headband, silk flowers: $4
Total? $14, and he still has most of the items to donate back to the thrift shop.
Note: Josh added wide elastic bands from the underside of his tabletop to swoop under his arms and back up. But he’s a dancin’ fool and wanted comPLETE stability.
The money Josh saved by not buying or renting a Halloween contest? He plans on donating it to Toys for Tots so that a child or two has a happier holiday. Pretty nifty guy, Josh.
–Kate Holmes, HowToConsign.com
P.S. Yes I know this is the 3rd Auntie Kate post today. Can you tell what my favorite holiday is? Besides 4th of July of course, and International Resale Day, which I was lucky enough to be born on. Oh and Christmas and Arbor Day and Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day.
Arbor Day?
Deja Vuesday: A holiday promo you shouldn’t resist.
Posted in Deja Vuesday, Not-for-Profit Resale, Shopkeeping talk, Used Stuff in the News, tagged christmas, holidays, promotions on October 25, 2011|
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The holidays are all about giving, right?
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Great consignment shop owner, lousy mother?
Posted in Shopkeeping talk, tagged holidays on October 11, 2011| 3 Comments »
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