A
title she has always aspired to... "Miss Five Points" :
Deb McDaniels of Revente and Sid & Nancy in Columbia SC writes on
Oct 6 2007:
Hot dawg! Last night we
celebrated the end of construction in 5 Points w/ a parade, music,
fire eaters-you name it! Yours truly was elected "Miss 5
Points" & my good bud & employee, Savannah, treated me to
a ride in her Duster in the parade! We had a blast!
How'd
ya like to have this batch of weirdoes on YOUR payroll?
Melissa Baxter, owner of Back By Popular
Demand, near Atlanta GA, says this was from "our first costume
Ladies Night Out", but we have our doubts! The shop's been doing
Ladies Nights Out since Jan 2003, but this October 2006 event was
their largest yet! Kate
Buck of Sugar Daddy's in Calistoga CA, is selling these
"recycled roosters" like they are, you should pardon the
expression, going out of style...
(Sugar Daddy's is at 1125 Lincoln Av., Calistoga CA
94515 (707) 942-1600 ) Photos from
NARTS Conference 2007 More
fun stuff:
How to fold
a t-shirt, Japanese-style. This really does work!
Are you up for even MORE Shopkeeping Fun? Kate's
got it for you!
CarolGrace's
daughter and store manager, Leslie, vamps for the camera, with a
little help from her husband Adam and daughter Grace, who's the one in
the PJs, right. CG's shop
is Athens Consignment Center in Athens, AL.    
Click
the small photos for larger versions... and run your mouse across them
for (mostly) CarolGrace's commentary.
Sweet
Cheeks: What a Smarty Pants Cathy is!
Look what I got, guys! The most adorable
purse made out of little girls' jeans... sashed and embellished and
with a vintage pin and charms, and on the inside, another little
charm... Cathy Evans makes these, sells them for $40 in her shop. "I've been making the SWEET
CHEEKS purses for a year or so, it's how I was introduced
to resale. I had never been in a resale shop until I had the
idea of making purses out of old jeans, but around Christmas when I
had 30 orders to fill in 2 weeks, I visited every resale shop in the
area. That is how SMARTY
PANTS, my shop, was conceived...I was determined to have a
cool little shop.
"Then I found TGTBT and then I knew that I could have the best
shop around. My shop is financially doing very well, and trust me, I
love that, but even better are the comments people make. When the
third person in one day says mine is the nicest shop she has EVER been
in, well, gosh, I just can hardly stop smiling!
"People flag me down in parking
lots and grocery stores all the time...Where did you get that
purse???!!! That's why I put biz cards in the back pocket, and
by the way, chapstick goes in that little bitty pocket, and the front
pockets are great for cell phones."
 Here,
a shot of Castaways Concepts
("Feminine Flair") Summer 2006 Sale Window. Note, too, their
white vinyl lettering on the windows listing the categories/ sizes
they carry. Deb got the idea from Deb of Revente
who suggested it at Conference 2006.
Want to share the fun at your shop? E-mail
me a picture and caption.
Want to see more resale shop photos? We have two
pages of them. Take a look here
and here too.
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