Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Announcing...December 5th Black White and Gifts All Over So Cal!

Just a reminder: Don't forget to enter to win on our blog --check out this BLOG POST for details. You can win four fab prizes just by leaving a comment!
And now... may we present....
Black White and Gifts All Over So Cal
San Diego County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, Inland Empire

December 5th, 2009

Would you like a little Christmas/Holiday cash?

Want to make room for all the great stuff you are going to get over the holidays?
Want to reach a fundraising goal?

Push your stuff out your front door or haul it to a friends house and sell it!
We are organizing So Cal Garage Sales for Charity!

There are two ways to participate...

1) Host a garage sale at your house-$10 donation gets you an ad on the website highlighting what kind of stuff you will be selling new, used, handmade, anything goes! It's a garage sale! It will also list what percentage of your sales you will be donating-minimum 10%

By registering to host a garage sale you are agreeing to:
  • Donate a minimum of 10% of your total sales from the Black White and Gifts all over event to Scrapbook Royalty. If you are currently registered for an upcoming Scrapbook Royalty event, you can choose the option of having the donation count towards your fundraising goal! We will post the % you are donating with your address when we list it.
  • Sign in participants that attend your sale and record their purchases.
  • Send the list of participants and their purchases and your donation check by December 14th either by fax- 858-558-9444, email- info@scrapbookroyalty.org or USPS-Scrapbook Royalty, PO Box 910665, San Diego, CA 92121

We will be listing the details of this event on Craig's List, Message Boards, Blogs, Our Newsletters, Newspapers, Face Book, Twitter, Garage Sale Hunter.com as well as posting and handing out flyers every where we can. We'll do the marketing. You do the selling!

More details:

You are welcome to have as many friends bring items to sell as you like! The only restriction is that it must be a private residence. This is not open to businesses.

This is open to San Diego County, LA County, Orange County, and Inland Empire residents.

We would love your help getting the word out. Please blog, tweet, facebook, email, post flyers, whatever you can to let people know!

  • Sell anything and everything you can but price to sell!
  • Feel free to sell edibles!
  • Feel free to offer giveaways of your own! We love Fairy Fly Bys!
  • Entice shoppers with freebies and bonuses!
  • Make up grab bags, they are awesome!
  • Offer a cute make and take for a donation!
  • The ideas are endless!

You will have 75 words to say as much as you can about your sale!

Sample Ad:

Handmade one of a kind gifts, new and used crafting supplies, patterned paper 10 for $1. Lots of Scrapbook, Stamping stuff. Fabric. Ribbon. Vintage Games, Kitchenware and Books. Gently used kids clothing. Class Kits, Ott Light, Original Cricut machine with 6 cartridges $100, Snowboard, bike, end table, shabby chic dresser. Gift wrapping for a small donation. 8 am till 2pm Saturday and Sunday. First 30 people each day will get a Fairy Fly By gift.

Here are some resources to help you have a successful sale:

http://tipnut..com/garage-sale-tips-for-success-how-to-guide/
http://www.mainstreetmom.com/pp/18..htm

2) Sign up for a Shopping Pass-$5 donation gets you a list of the locations. and entrance into the raffle!

Raffle Prizes!!!

We will be giving away:

  • a brand new Gypsy from Provocraft
  • a gift certificate for an all access pass for one year to Nothridge Media's fabulous Magazines (Scrapbook Trends and Cards included!)
  • a Black and White Gift Basket from Fiskars ($50 value)
  • and more to come!!!

The list of locations will be emailed to you the Wednesday before the event so you and your friends can plan your route!


More ways to win!!


Sign in at each location and log how much you spend:

  • Just for stopping by you will get an additional entry
  • For every $5 you spend, you will get another entry!
Grab some friends and get some Christmas shopping done all for a great cause!

How do I sign up ?
Visit our website

Happy Garage Saling!

5 comments:

Teri Daughter of The King said...

Where do we sign up and pay to be a seller, I do not see the link on the web-site yet?

Desert Scrappers Weekend Retreats said...

I plan to be a seller, hopefully I can get some of my scrappy friends to join me purge.

Elena Lai Etcheverry said...

thanks you guys!~ this is going to be fun!

Sheila Goldsberry said...

I signed up and have several people on board to sell in Oceanside! We're going to be in one location together! We're adding a crop to the fun...so that we can scrap and sell the day away!

jackieb said...

I just signed up and cant' wait to sell. I have a cricut and create-a-cut to sell and lots of scrapbook STUFF. When do I submit my ad and where will it be posted.
thanks, jackieb