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Happy Sunday friends. As always, I'm late to the game. I know Easter is next Sunday but I still thought I would share these. Customers are always making last-minute decor purchases. If you have old frames laying around, then this would be the perfect way to offload some of the frames. Frames always sell better if there is a cute picture included. If you do decide to use them please be sure to share a pic with us after you have staged it in your booth. If you missed our latest video on how to find these images be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom of this post. We have a video walking you through a website called Wikipedia Commons.
I love this one of the mother and daughter. This is an Easter photo from my personal collection. It has Easter written on the back. But this could also be used for Mother's Day.
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Now that Spring is here there will be a lot of craft shows and pop-up shops happening. Be one step ahead of the game with this handy dandy little e-mail list. Have your customers fill it out so you can stay in touch.
We also have a more elegant list on our website for purchase if you like it more. It also has a place for notes. So if a customer is on the lookout for a certain item you can have them fill it out.
- 11:09 AM
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We have been getting a lot of questions about our printables. I thought I would address some of those questions here. I use an inkjet printer. The name of it is HP Envy 7155. I bought it about 3 years ago. It was around $200. It's an all-in-one, wireless printer, meaning it scans, copies, and prints. Although I haven't tried it, I've read it works with Alexa. They still have them on Amazon. The price has come down to around $160 now. If I need a print larger than 8.5 x 11 I usually go to my local printing company.
For printables, I use 100lb white cardstock. You can find this at any big box store. I have even seen it at places like Michael's and Hobby Lobby. You can also find it on Amazon. Sometimes, depending on the project I will just use copy paper, which is thinner than cardstock.
I cut a lot of images by hand. However, if it's an image I'm going to sell in my booth, I use a paper trimmer. This gives a clean, straight edge and looks more professional. You can find these at any craft store or Amazon.
For those of you that don't have a printer, you can still use our printables. You would need to email the image to your local print company. Saving the image to a flash drive would be another option. You can also find these on Amazon as well. You just insert this device into the side of your laptop or desktop and save the image. Then you can take the flash drive into a place like Staples or Office Depot and insert it into one of their computers for prints. 
We just posted a video covering all of this. Click here to check out our Youtube channel. 
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- 12:41 PM
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Hi friends. I hope you all had a great weekend. We had beautiful weather here and I was able to get out a bit and do some junkin. I have so many fun things I have found lately. I really need to do a Junk haul video. Last week we received a request from a new follower. Kelsey is new to the industry and reached out to us asking how to stage with greenery. It's incredible how one design element can change the look and feel of your booth. Adding greenery can add layering, texture and that pop of color you need. Since we have a lot of new faces lately, I thought this would be a great topic for a video. So we posted that video yesterday in case you missed it. Just click here to watch.
We also give you a sneak peek at our new ebook, Ideas For March Booth Merchandise. It's a 50-page book with lots of photo inspiration from booths. We cover Spring, St. Patrick's Day and Easter decor for your booth. There is a wholesale list for greenery and stems, a tutorial on how to age concrete and spring printables that are only available in the ebook.
- 6:33 AM
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Booth owners take merchandise to their booth hoping it will sell. Sometimes it will sell quickly and some will sit a bit longer. Then you have some items that will not sell no matter what you do. You find yourself frustrated because you at least want to try and get some of your money back. Well, now you can. We would like to share an idea with you. This is not a new concept and we certainly cannot take credit for the idea. It's called an inventory reduction sale. A lot of the larger retail stores will have these. You can do this in your booth or at your home.
The girls posted about the sale in a lot of Facebook groups. They posted it as antique dealers having an inventory reduction sale. Prices would be higher than at a yard sale, but lower than at an antique store. Those were the keywords. Every year these sales were a hit.
The hostess lived in a charming house that was built around 1880. It had all these cute she sheds and picket fences all over the property. I think a lot of people that stopped were just curious onlookers that wanted to get a peek her this adorable property. But hey we were happy to take it! Most everyone that stopped did buy something. We had a great time, made some good money and moved a lot of inventory.
In 2015, I was invited to participate in one of my friend's annual inventory reduction sales. The hostess had one every spring with two more of her booth friends. These three ladies shared a booth together. One year they decided to have one of these sales. It was such a hit, they decided to make it an annual sale every spring. My friend's house was located in a high-traffic area. The other lady, Carolyn is an artist so she created all of these adorable signs that were posted all over the neighborhood. The ladies decided to call their sale a "Shabby Shed Sale"
mainly because of their style.
The girls posted about the sale in a lot of Facebook groups. They posted it as antique dealers having an inventory reduction sale. Prices would be higher than at a yard sale, but lower than at an antique store. Those were the keywords. Every year these sales were a hit.
If you are thinking about donating the items that won't sell. Try doing one of these sales first. Grab some of your vendor friends to participate. This is a great way to recoup some of your money. If you do not live in a place where you could have one of these sales then reach out to some of your local businesses. A lot of places will let you set up in the parking lot for one day.
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