Rebecca, it seems your only mistake was in letting your husband and sons back in the house. ;)
Plese bear with me, I'll get to my point soon. We (Greater Bay Area Costumers' Guild, San Francisco, CA) had a costumers' rummage sale last weekend. I know that although I sold lots of vintage patterns, trims and ribbons, I'm afraid I brought home more than I left with. I bought fabric and books, and they're much bulkier than what I brought. It was amazing the variety of what was brought to the sale, and there were only 20 of us selling our stashes and outcasts. By the end of the afternoon, I would questimate that about half of the items were no longer in the room and had found new homes. When you've got a sale specifically for costumers, you know what they'll want and they know what they can hopefully find there, rather than a flea market where it could be anything from a broken toaster to brand new jeans. May I suggest that you try to get an event like that to happen in your area amongst your friends and co-costumers and sewers. In getting ready for it, I found missing projects, got rid of those shoes I love that hurt every time I wear them, located duplicate books, that sort of thing. It actually helped me organize parts of my stash. Fabric, trim, books, hats, accessories, patterns, even real costume pieces and vintage pieces moved from loving hand to loving hand. We were lucky that we were able to use an air-conditioned room in a community center but I know that the Southern California group have had several very successful costumers' sales in the past, some in back yards when necessary. The consensus was that we all had a wonderful time. I think that everyone felt they had gotten a good deal and we got to visit with like-minded people. At the very least we got to visit and stuff moved from one closet to another. Our wonderful organizers had snacks and water there for us. We were charged $5 per table and those not in the GBACG paid a door charge of $5. It was a minor amount and helped defray costs of holding the sale. LynnD On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:26 PM, REBECCA BURCH <ctrvlyf...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > I wish you luck with this project. I tried a similar exercise a couple of > years ago. My husband and both boys were going on a Scout trip to the > Boundary Waters and were going to be gone for two weeks. House to myself, > nobody to cook for or drive around - perfect time. > > Before they left I had them cart all the boxes out of the storage area > (some had been there since we moved here in 1994) and shifted everything out > of my workroom into the living room. > > Two weeks later they came home - I had made a pretty good dent in the > piles, but had made the mistake of trying to finish up projects as I came to > them. > > Unfortunately, before I could finish up we had family come to visit and > everything that was in organized piles in the living room got shoved back > into my workroom all higiggly piggly and had never been so close to > organization since. > > My advice - have a friend help you sort and get rid of stuff. At the very > least you might be persuaded to shift some of your stash to her sewing room. > > Rebecca Burch > Center Valley Farm > Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA > > The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat folds > and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- > > > --- On Thu, 9/3/09, Alexandria Doyle <garbaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Alexandria Doyle <garbaho...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [h-cost] having it all in one place > > To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> > > Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 3:58 PM > > I use to have it all in one little > > room, sigh, then there was this > > host of family members moving in and out - my daughter and > > granddaughter are here now and everything is > > scattered. I know I have > > tubs full of stuff that I won't use again, that were once > > organized on > > shelves and occasionally used, but now they are out of > > sight, out of > > mind and I buy new frequently rather than rummage through > > the stash. > > Next year on my job I'm up to three weeks of vacation, and > > I'm > > sincerely thinking that maybe I should take one of those > > weeks and > > clean out the stash. I'd have space to work in again > > and know where > > things are... > > > > alex > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Mary + Doug Piero > > Carey<mary.d...@pierocarey.info> > > wrote: > > > Oh, are you building? We were not so ambitious. We > > only moved from a > > > 1911ish American Foursquare into a 1960 Ranch. It is > > a lovely house, but > > > the proportions are SO different! The closets are a > > completely different > > > shape & NONE of my boxes fit into them. We had > > to completely repack > > > everything that was in seasonal storage boxes into > > different shapes. And > > > the Pantry shelves were DEFinitely not spaced by > > anyone with a clue about > > > the dimensions of food packages. > > > Marjorie Wilser said: > > > > > > Oh, huzzah for having it all in ONE place! I have yet > > to achievethat > > > nirvana. . . have to make the place first > > > _______________________________________________ > > > h-costume mailing list > > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > So much to do and so little attention span to get it done > > with… > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
