Great Garage Sale Signs

Your garage sale sign can make or break your sale. If you have fabulously flashy signs, people just can’t resist, they’ll head right on over to your sale!

A few things to keep in mind when you are making your garage sale signs:

• Bigger is Better
• Bright Colors are more noticeable
• Bold Black Lettering is easiest to read
• Big Arrows to point the way
• Adding Details like the distance, address, dates, headline or items always helps (if you have the room)
• Fabulously Fun & Flashy signs are irresistible

Here are a couple of great signs that I have seen on my garage sale-ing adventures:

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Garage Sale Success ~ I made $1000!

My garage sale was a huge success – get my Garage Sale Tips!

I made $1000 and that was my goal, I did not have quite as much stuff as I had at my last sale where I made $1300. It was my mother and I having the sale and we sold about $1800 total.

My kids were very happy with their profits as well, my 13 year old stepdaughter made $28 with her concessions and $30 on some of her clothing and books. My 2 younger kids got to help price some of their toys and put the stickers on (you can read more about that experience here) they did well also, my 6 year old daughter made $27 and my 4 year old son made $14.

Our ad for the local newspaper cost $38 and we rented 6 tables for $25, I think it was well worth the cost. Read more

Tags: garage sales, having a garage sale, making extra money, Pricing, yard sales