Oh what a weekend! We made it through the Bride and Groom Garage Sale, and we were so thrilled with the results of our brain child's first attempt at success! Throughout planning this event, we tried to anticipate potential problems and solutions, but NO ONE could have predicted the mini blizzard that came down throughout much of the morning and some of the afternoon yesterday. It was a wind that could chilll you to the bones, but that didn't stop our eager shoppers from coming out to the sale. We had nearly 200 people come through the sale, and after having charged $2 a person plus what was collected off of the table rentals, we are able to donate nearly $500 to the Friendly House in Davenport!
We had amazing sellers who came fully prepared with tons of amazing merchandise to sell. I was so proud of the variety and quality of stuff that was out there for our shoppers to pick through! As people left the sale, we saw people carrying anything from one item to entire boxes full of things that they were going to be able to use for their upcoming weddings! So exciting!
We had AMAZING volunteers from the Friendly House who helped our sellers to set up in the morning and helped our shoppers in the dressing room area in the afternoon. We had several brides to be walk out the door with a wedding dress, and we also sold some flower girl dresses and some mother of the bride dresses!
Here are some pictures from the event:
We loved hosting this event, and we gathered such positive and encouraging feedback from the people who participated. We are loaded with tons of ideas for next time, and Patty at the Golden Leaf Center has already booked us for a tentative date of October 29th of this year to do the second B&GGS! So if you came to this sale as a shopper and are getting married sometime between now and October, think about renting a table in our October sale to earn some cash back on your wedding items! If you missed out on shopping but are getting married after October, pencil in that date and come shop our sale!
Thank you again to all who participated: sellers, shoppers, volunteers from the Friendly House, the Paula Sands Live Show, and Patty from the Golden Leaf Center! We had a blast, and we can't wait for next time!
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