(We’re doing 50 Days & 50 Ways to have a merry recycled holiday. More about this….)
Now’s the ideal time to scout out the consignment, resale and thrift shops in your area. Not only is the traffic still bearable, and the resale treasures still in good supply (grab those cashmere gloves when you see them or they’ll be gone!) but you can plan ahead for holiday gift-shopping and develop your own “Holiday Treasures Map” for use in the coming weeks.
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The holidays are a time for joy and celebration, not worrying about the waste you’re creating on the planet and the wreck it might make of your family budget. We’ll explore, together, 50 ways to have a festive and waste-free holiday, brought to you courtesy of HowToConsign.com and its resale shop sponsors.
Whether today is actually 50 days until December 25, or some days before Hanukkah, doesn’t really matter. Enjoy the 50 posts we’ll be posting here. We’re into the best types of holidays:
After all, no matter which holiday you and yours celebrate or when, it’s your holiday, and you can do it any way you want!
We’ll talk about it ALL:
Celebrate! Recipes and Party Ideas
Decorations, indoors and out…and of course, decorating ourselves and our families! (Let’s hear it for those corny holiday sweaters!)
For Kids…or the kid in you. Or even some kid you may not know.
Gift Ideas: Meaningful presents for all those you love. No more prepackaged, specially-designed-to-get-your-money manufactured ideas!
And Spread the Cheer…ways to make the holidays a little brighter and more festive wherever you are.
With love and good cheer from
Kate Holmes of HowToConsign.com and all the Professional Resalers who welcome you to their consignment, resale, and thrift stores across the continent
PS Yes, I know it’s 49 days til Christmas. We’ll catch up, I swear. You wouldn’t love me if I didn’t procrastinate a little.
I’m sure you’ve all heard of the “Shop Local” movement, as a way to support your town’s downtown, to keep your community’s economy healthy, and even to do your part to shop sustainably. Great idea, for sure. But did you know that
because the money flows right back into your community in ways you may not even have though about?
For example: An older couple is downsizing. They use a consignment shop to find new homes for things they no longer need. Selling their cherished furniture gives them cash for the landscaping at their new home (the landscaping company might even be your sibling’s!), and doesn’t involve shipping merchandise via diesel truck or (horrors!) sending that comfy couch to the landfill.
Or a local college student sells his last-year’s clothes or dorm decor at a resale shop and turns right around and spends the money on pizza at your cousin’s place and new boots at your shoe shop.
And the family whose babies are now elementary-school age? Infant clothing gets donated to the local nonprofit thrift shop. Some of it is given to needy families within your area, keeping them solvent, while other items are sold to fund the charity’s mission within your community.
Every buyer: of furniture, that cool leather jacket, or those adorable ruffly party dresses size 2T, benefits not only by the great prices at resale, but by not having to spend the time and the gas to go to the mall. Besides, your little ones like visiting Heloise’s HandMeDowns because the local owner knows her name… and hands out candy!
Sellers benefit. Buyers benefit. And resale shop owners and managers earn their living, staff members have local jobs close to home, and everyone buys groceries, pays rent or mortgage, and sometimes even flowers from your daughter’s flower shop!
We know you love shopping at consignment, resale and thrift shops. We know YOU know The Resale Advantage:
all wrapped up in a local business which benefits you, your family & friends, and your neighbors.
But maybe you have a friend, a coworker, or even a relative who doesn’t “get” resale as a way to shop? Send them a link to whichever Pinterest board you think will interest them the most. Tell them the Resale Advantage in Pictures, then come back here and tell us WHY
and who knows? Maybe Mother Nature will thank you. Fersure, your wallet will!
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