Yard sales are a joy to hold. You clear your home of items that may be of better use to others, at the same time make money out of it. Here are some tips on how to ensure your yard sale is a success:
Timing. Weekends are best. Start early too. Why not time it on payday weekend as well?
Advertising. A week before your yard sale, distribute flyers to your neighbors. Post a notice on the village board. Put an ad in the paper. Post a sign outside your home. You may want to put a short list of the things …read more

I’ve discovered that browsers at my yard sales frequently are looking for beads and other craft supplies. My granddaughter had several containers of beads she no longer needed, so placed them in the yard sale this weekend.
My curiosity often gets the better of me, and I ask what the customer plans to do with them. This leads to interesting and informative conversations.
Various uses for beads acquired at yard sales:

Enlarge an art supply stash
An art teacher planned several beading projects and found these perfect for what she had in mind.
A homeschooling mom thought the colorful beads would be great for teaching …read more

“My friends are off visiting the World’s Longest Yard Sale,” a customer at my small yard sale in New Hampshire remarked yesterday.
“The World’s Longest Yard Sale?“ I asked, puzzled.
“Yes,” he said,  and explained that it extended along Route 127 for 600 miles.  His friends mentioned that towns closed off entire streets and you could wander down these visiting sidewalk sales and booths.
So I had to resarch it.  Yes indeed, there is one that extends through several states for around 600 miles.  This 4-day event ends today, August 9, so you’ll have to plan for next year.  But it could be …read more

All week long the kids have been counting down the days until Saturday. Why? Simple, last week they made some money doing a yard sale and wanted to try their hand at it again. Now they made less than $10 last week but they were inspired by this and wanted to do better.
Each day they went through their toys, clothes, etc to decide what was too small or something they no longer needed. This morning we took everything out and laid it nicely (spreading it out) on the driveway.
The first two hours only brought in a few people, but most …read more