Jen Gallacher

Garage Salers are a Unique Breed

Garage Sales have changed a bit during my time (does that make me sold old--hee, hee). I expect people looking for a bargain. I expect people to offer a lower price. I expect people to dig through my stuff to find just what they need. I except and embrace it.

But times have changed, my friends. Now you can expect people to show up and ask you a price on something. At half what you were charging you cringe, but you recognize you are doing this to make money. You accept the offer. They walk around carrying your item, then change their mind, drop it somewhere else and leave. Another buyer browses through your stuff, insulting your taste, questioning why anyone would purchase that item, and then leave in an insulted huff. If it isn't free, they don't want it. Forget the fact that you paid three times as much for an item, they don't care. They want you to hand it over for nearly nothing and thank them for taking it off your hands.

Can you guess how my garage sale went? Yep. Total bust. The most dead I've ever seen it. Sign of the economy? I'm not sure.

Thankfully there was a sprinkling of super nice people, especially the ones that bought suckers and soda pop from my son. He made himself a nice little chunk of cash. That redeemed several people in my eyes. (I promise he reserved this face only for his older sister taking pictures. LOL!)

Soooooo . . . I will be kitting up items and photographing them to share with my blog readers. I will ship internationally, but do you have a suggestion as to postage. Meaning, is there a preferred way of postage: UPS, FedEx, Regular Mail, Flat Rate International. I will offer the best deal on shipping that I can. But wanted to hear what my international readers like to see.

I have lots of really good stuff still available so hopefully you'll see something you like.

On another, more positive note my friend had a baby shower for her first daughter after two boys this weekend. I wanted to create something that she could hang up in her daughter's nursery. So I created this alphabet art.

I used Michelle Underwood's "Go Fly a Kit" kit from 2Peas, which you can purchase here, to create a grid of the letters and then printed it out on textured cardstock. Simple and easy but I think will look cute in Molly's room.

Here is a look at the kit:

I love how it came together so quickly. Now that I've vented about my garage sale. I'm off to recover my house from the weekend and list a couch for free on the internet.