My Day of "Rest"!

Last week I was so busy getting ready for the Edmonds Art Walk, followed closely by the charity garage sale I managed yesterday, that I had very little down time. Today it was great to get back out into my vegetable garden and do some much-needed weeding.

I simply cannot seem to go a day without throwing myself into some sort of project, though. Today I visited a lady who is having a moving sale. I had met her a few days ago when I stopped to shop at her sale. She is moving out of state later this week and absolutely must get rid of the last of her stuff before she goes. She won't be moving back here any time soon, and the expense of renting storage just isn't reasonable for her situation.

So...I asked her if she'd be willing to donate the things that don't sell in her moving sale to my beloved nonprofit, The Rose House, where we are holding a charity garage sale each Saturday. And she was delighted to say yes! She was resigned to giving away the last of her stuff, anyway. And she has some lovely things that will have some good resale value.

Today I went back to visit her and make sure she was still on board with this, and we made arrangements for me to come back with my husband's pickup truck at 6 pm, when her sale ends. I came home and made some phone calls and I've managed to round up a few more pickup trucks and some helpers.

I'm going to cherry-pick some of the best stuff to sell on eBay rather than at our garage sale. Our nonprofit might as well get full value for some of the more collectible type items.

A few weeks ago, I gave my notice at my part-time editing job so that soon, I will have more time for this sort of procuring and reselling, as well as my mosaic art work. I'm currently working a little over 20 hours per week at my "day job," but soon I'll have this time available for my own self-employment. The editing work I do is pretty complex (it's a legal research publication), so I've promised to stay on the job until a replacement is hired and fully trained. This could be in a month or several months.

In the meantime, now that the Art Walk is behind me, I'm going to start positioning my mosaic pieces in some other venues. A wonderful espresso shop next to a plant nursery has committed to taking some of my pieces, and I'm going to visit a local interior decor store to see about selling there, too. I think my bird houses, planters, mirrors and so on will be a very good fit in these stores!