YARD SALE in Bellingham !

We're having a YARD SALE in B'ham: 2717 Cornwall on Friday, July 9th!!! 10am until the evening ... we'll even have hot dogs and drinks!

We had so much fun and success at the last yard sale, that we can't help but do it again! Of course, cool stuff is our middle name (United We Cool Stuff Dance), so there will be plenty of good buys and great stuff to buy for cheap!!!
Have stuff you want to get rid of? Consider donating to us. Email: uwedance@gmail.com and to arrange a drop off.

10 Garage Sale Tips (ok, really 11).

We've just survived our 2nd United We Dance garage sale and like the first, it was a wonderful success! The money making ratio is still one of the best ($70/hr)!

Here are some tips and things we've learned along the way:

• Have a garbage can on site. Simple notion, but Yard Sales create a lot of garbage..
• Make reusable signs. Then remember where you store them.
• Have a theme.  If you have something special to sell (like flapper costumes), take fotos and add to your Craigslist posting.

                                            

• On that note, never pay for advertising. Use the free stuff: Craigslist, the corner telephone pole, your Fb page. Only advertise a few days before the event if it's held outside in the Great Pacific Northwet.
• Regarding weather, be flexible with your planning.  Even a 'partly rain' forecast will dampen spirits and give you wet feet. Don't hesitate to reschedule. 

                                       

• Buy the colorful round stickers with prices on them. Stick 'em on the 'decent, higher value stuff' as you go. It's psychological ...easy to say "one dollar".  Not so easy to say "twelve dollars".
• Don't price too high.  At our garage sales, we price things really low, but stuff moves and we make money.
• Do it with friends. Have coffee on site. Laugh a lot. (a little protein in the afternoon helps too!)

                                       

• Play store. Dress up your displays. When I drive by by a table full of florist vases, I seldom stop. A stuffed Kermit the Frog, wrapped in a quilt propped w/a book in a rocking chair  ... I stop.

                                                  

•  * Know HOW TO TAKE DOWN the Canopy.*

                                                  

• Call for a pick-up service at the end of the day.  We call "Lifegate Christian Ministries" who come and take all the leftover stuff to a shelter for homeless woman and children (tel: 360-714-8989).

When it's all said and done, take yourself out to dinner (maybe followed by a spa day?). You've earned it.

Shabby / Chic Yard Sale

This Saturday, April 24th, we're hosting a Shabby/Chic Yard Sale.
Place: 2717 Cornwall Ave - Bellingham
Time: Starts 7am (not earlier please!); Ends when it ends (sometime in the afternoon).

Shabby Side: All the normal Garage Sale stuff: clothes, housewares, toys, books, etc
Chic Side: Better than Average stuff: Vintage, paper craft, Art ...

Proceeds benefit United We Dance. Sending dancers to our Sister City in Australia in 91 DAYS !!!
Come Shopping!