Consignment Mailbox: Blowing up snowmen

One of our Sharers asks:
“How can I make nice signs for my windows?
“I don’t have very good handwriting, but I need signs bigger than those I can make on my computer.
Help! I can’t afford the sign shop’s costs, not when I change my window signage every week!”
Kate replies:
There’s several

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Wait! Maybe that’s NOT an NTY*!

WAIT! Don’t hand that Leslie Lucks 80’s shoulder-padded jacket…the one missing its skirt…back to that lady! It’s worth $250 on the Internet! Even without the skirt!
It’s not an NTY!*
Rhinestone tennis bracelet? $25. Gunne Sax “prom” dress (I personally sold at least 629 of these the first time around to teens in Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Columbus [...]

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The display window you didn’t know you have.

If you have a glass entry to your shop, you have one more display window than you realize.
Look at all that empty display area, just waiting to be filled last thing before you leave every evening!
Why not give after-hours strollers something to look at, something to admire and covet…or even something to tell them a [...]

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Win a Brace of Bellies! UPDATE: Winners announced!

Could your consignment, resale, or thrift shop use two of these fantastic maternity display hangers?
They are my highest-recommended way to make all clothing displays look and sell great. Store Supply Warehouse is now stocking this maternity version because TGtbTers asked for them (and Tom was at SourceMart in June because I suggested it to him!)
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Another Favorite Thing

So, here’s Kate shopping for, perhaps, your consignment, resale or thrift shop.
Sometimes, your merchandise needs a little light shone upon it. Thus, these battery-operated lighted shelves. Imagine hand-blown perfume bottles displayed hereon, a sparkly holiday ornament on a stand (these stands are another one of Kate’s Favorite Things, useful in many ways!), or even [...]

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