Yard sale posts explanation

I just did four posts on the yard sale, but because I posted them in order, you will want to scroll down to find the first one so it makes sense.  They go from prep to organizing to staged and ready, to just some cool things and pictures of funny stuff.  I had a lot of pictures because one of our youth members allowed me to use some of her photos.  She is credited in the watermark anonymously.  I didn't have as many photos this year, so it helped having hers to add to them.  I hope you enjoy looking at the results!  We won't have a sale next year since the kids will be going on the trip, but in 2013 the sale will be back!

Yard Sale!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT:  I noticed I could not find this post except by going through my edit posts page.  I don't know what happened so I'm reposting it.  Sorry!

Here it is, folks, the post you've all been waiting for!  The yard sale pictures!  We had more stuff than ever this year; did 8 separate pickups from people's houses, and wound up making over $4000 for the youth to use towards their trip to New Orleans next summer!  And that is indeed why we do this; it's a fundraiser for our kids to go to the National Youth Gathering, which is held every 3 years in different major cities around the US.  For the first time, they are going back two years in a row to the same city, New Orleans.  So on the two years we aren't traveling, we host a ginormous yard sale in the school gym.  It literally FILLS the gym.  I think this year we used every single movable table in the church!  So without further ado, here are the pictures!!  Just to let you know, some are credited to one of our youth group members, MQ.  I did not take those photos, and in fact, they are actually better than they are showing up on here.  They are copied with low resolution.  She is a really good photographer.  I used some of her shots because I didn't take as many pictures this year as I did last year.

Before all the tables are laid out where they'll go; here is our preliminary setup.

 Creepy parsonage basement (the parsonage is a house the church owns that is across the parking lot; we used it when our new pastor moved here before he found a house; but it's vacant most of the time.  There was some stuff in the basement we could have, so we had to go down there to get it).

 The pile of doom!!!

 Sorting has started but still pretty rough looking.

 Working our way through the pile of doom.

 This is just one of the many heavy items the kids had to move from the parsonage to the gym in 90+ degree heat and what seemed like 100% humidity.

 More images of the pile of doom.

 Toys exploding.

I will make another post with some more photos.  This one is getting pretty long.

Yard Sale post 4 (Iast one)

One of our girls gives great massages.  She's doing a scalp massage.  Delightful!  This was on one of our sale days during a lull.

 This Barbie bike was one of several really old Barbie items we got.  The only ones that sold were clothes.

 This was one of the very first things that sold.

 I thought this chandelier lamp thing was pretty neat, but very taste-specific.  It did not sell.

 One of the girls, exhausted.

 Some interesting items in a cart.  The monkey sings and dances.

 Some unique lamps.  These did sell.

 Someone gave a whole collection of owls.  There was also a lot of owl jewelry.

 Some pretty glasses.  My mom got these.  I was glad, I really liked them.

So that's it.  Yard sale over, profits close to $4000 with more money still coming in.  I love that our congregation is so generous--they donate all this stuff to us so that our youth can raise money for their big trip.  They are going back to New Orleans, and it's going to be hot.  The last trip was also to New Orleans, but I didn't go because I had just had Karina.  This sale really helps take care of the cost; it's over $1500 per youth to go.  It's worth it though!

Yard Sale post 3

 Baby clothes

 This is where the pile of doom used to be.  What a difference.  Now it's electronics.

 And here are the seemingly hundreds of TVs that did not sell (only one, a very large one).

 Baby clothes expanded

 Stuffed animals and some shoes

 Shoes

 Linens

 Frames

 Baskets

 Books

 Outdoor/rec

 One side of the gym

 Full shot of the gym, looking the long way down

It's amazing how much work we do in a week.  It's all worth it though!

Yard Sale post 2

 I am cleaning out an old sewing table that was full of cool old sewing stuff.

 Making progress on the clothes.

 Furniture is looking good.

 Holiday table

 Books

 This pile will become the garden/recreation area.

 Toys are getting organized.

 Office supplies

 Holiday

 The signs we use to organize

 Another shot of the sewing table.

 Price cart. Notice Karina's goldfish, colored pencils, and book.  I had her there for two full days; the first day she was perfect.  The second was not so pretty.

 Trash and a pair of leather motorcycle chaps.