Ready to make some money this fall?

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It’s almost time to take your early-fall items in to your favorite shop. Will you make some money this fall?

Whether you anticipate selling, consigning, or donating to your favorite worthy cause, there are simple, easy ways to make more money on gently-used home and wardrobe items. From our HowToConsign site:

Prepare your items for consignment or resale to make more money 

Make your consignment fresh as a daisy to turn your cluttered closets into cashMaking your items look their best gives you a boost in resale value. Why? The better it looks, the better it sells. Here’s how making your things shine can mean more success:

  • Freshly-cleaned and groomed items will appeal to the shopkeeper, which means they will be more likely to be accepted for sale in the shop. Remember, the shopkeeper will not accept items that she or he doesn’t believe will sell. If it’s not immaculate, that’s a big strike against it, no matter how desirable it might otherwise be.

  • The shopkeeper knows that things that look good sell for a good price.  So the value of a cared-for object will reflect the extra effort you put into it.

  • When your items look good, they will get prime placement in the shop. It’s only natural: the cleanest, prettiest, most polished merchandise will be placed in displays, be shown more readily to browsers, and be highlighted.

  • Shoppers gravitate to clean and polished goods and they bypass dust, grime, tarnish and fading. Make sure your items are attractive and worth a second look!

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For effective clean up tips, visit our HTC Pinterest Board,  Make your Consignments Worth More.

It’s raining (eco) cats & dogs!

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Artparts has great art!

We don’t often buy new, from T shirts to fridge magnets, but when we do, it’s gotta be eco.

Agree?

And when we do, it’s gotta be something we LOVE

like this collection of cat and dog motif ecologically aware goods from a great blog called Kindness by Design.

Enjoy!

PS the exuberant doggie’s from RonandJoe. If you have a moment and like wacky writing, visit them. Or, if you’re hungry, visit Ron’s Mom’s recipes. The garlic chicken’s in regular rotation at my place.

I’m tired just watching them make jeans.

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Jeans. Seems like most everyone loves ’em. But have you ever pondered how much work goes into making them?

This boutique New Zealand brand has actually posted step-by-step photos of how theirs are made. You’ll love it. (Be patient, the page loads slowly.)

Okay, now that you appreciate all that those jeans went through to get to you, don’t you feel bad about letting them hang around your closet without being loved and worn? If you have some that are less than your favorites,

liberate them today

at your Professional Resale Shop, whether it’s consignment, buy-outright, or donation to your local thrift store.

Everyone loves jeans.

Everyone loves jeans. Click the picture for Glambistro’s best advice on jeans for short women.