Step 1 - How to Sell - with What I Do All Day

Good Morning Everyone! Are you ready to learn how you can make some quick money from home, selling the things you no longer need? After an overwhelming amount of interest in this topic I decide I would walk everyone through some steps! First off are you apart of our "How to Sell" Group on Facebook? 

 If not click HERE and request to join! 

This page will be the quickest way to ask me questions, post photos and share ideas! 

Step # 1 

Where do you plan on selling? 

If you have never sold online before I would suggest starting with Facebook pages/groups! It is always nice to put a face to the person you are selling to, and usually my items sell faster on those pages. I also sell on Craigslist and eBay which I will go into further soon! 

If you are not already a part of a selling group/page you need to find one! Below is a photo of me "searching" for a selling group or page on Facebook. As you can see I put my town "Pueblo" and a list of selling pages show up. My personal favorite is the Pueblo Online Auction/For Sale page (I also admin this page) 

Everyone in the group is local, and it is for "auction style" selling ONLY! If you can find a local page like this I would recommend you join it right away! If not you can join a regular for sale page in your town. 

Join a few and figure out which top 2 you would like to sell on. 

  

 You might find a set of Rules and Guidelines in the Facebook pages you join. Learn those rules and do your best to follow them! Trust me you do not want to be removed from these pages, the people on these pages are willing to pay you for your unwanted things! 

Think of all that $$ you can make if you follow the rules

 

Maybe Facebook is not your thing, no worries you can start with Craigslist! You will want to go to Craigslist and find your state, then find your town.  Click around and see how things work on this page.

 

At a later date I will go into more detail about how to sell on eBay. For now we will cover the basic pages you can sell on. Get comfortable with selling on these pages and master the tips I give to you before branching out to eBay. Trust me, if you have never sold on eBay save yourself the stress and start on Facebook and or Craigslist! If for some reason you can not find a selling page on Facebook for your town, you can always create one, and add your friends! If you do that refer to the rules and guidelines above for one of the pages I am in. You will want those in a page you create! Once you have found a page or two that you want to start selling on meet back here for the next step!

Curb Appeal

Hey everyone! Hope you had a relaxing weekend! Today I wanted to share some ideas on "Curb Appeal"! I often wonder what I can do to make my home look better from the outside! Everyone has their own style and taste, so this may not fit what you would like! My good friend Christina is the queen of DIY! I swear she is always doing something new and it usually is a DIY! If you can not teal she shares the same love for the color aqua/teal! The photos above are all DIY projects she got done over this summer! When she told me she was going to spray paint those tires for her back yard...all I thought was "Oh Good God" I honestly saw tacky in my head! But when I saw them in person, I was in love with the way they came out! I really thought they were going to be bright neon colors...but they are more of pale earth tones! Once her plants started growing from them it really added to the look! She also cut a big whole out of an old chair she had in her garage! She spray painted that and added a pot with another plant! As you can see she spray painted a milk can the same color as the chair! When you drive up to her house you see random "pops" of color and they all mix well together! Hopefully her ideas will inspire others to find something they love and and put a little twist on it and add your own personal touch to your home for some extra "curb appeal"!

Planner Addicts Photo A Day Challenge - September 2013

Never did I Ever think I would join a Planner Addicts Group! I did not know there were so many people out there that love using a planner! Ya know I tried the whole digital planner, and I did not like it...I used my I phone, Apps, the Calendar on my phone...nothing ever worked as much as paper! When I became a Mom of 2 I knew I need a way to keep everything organized! This will be the third year I have used a planner! It has helped so much, I am able to keep track of both my kids, me, my hubby, and bills all on this one planner! Its like my life! If I lost it...Well lets not talk about that...because it would be bad if I lost it! 

First off If you are not following me on Instagram you should....I post a ton of things that you will not always see on the blog or Facebook....Go  HERE  to follow!

A Bowl Full Of Lemons was hosting a Month Long Challenge for all the Planner Addicts out there! Of course I joined in on that madness! You can see more about it HERE!

Warning- This whole post is photos of MY Planner!

Day 1 - The Cover 

I just love the color!

 

Day 2- In My Bag

Fits just perfect!

Day 3 - Fountain of Pens

I do not have many in this photo, you will see more soon!

 Day 4 - Current Day 

No Brainer I am showing the 4th Day Wednesday!

Day 5- Wishy Washi 

Got this cute set of Wasi Tape at Target

Day 6- On The Go 

Yep I even take it with me when I leave! 

Day 7 - Workspace 

One place I get some work done!

Day 8 - Sticky 

Lots of Post It Notes, hey that is sticky!

 

Day 9 - Favorite Essentials

I love my pens for color coding, and those little circle stickers make nice reminders

 

Day 10- Lists 

I make lots of Lists...usually 1 or More a DAY!

 

Day 11- Sections 

I added my own

 

Day 12- Month at a Glance 

Look How Busy I am! 

 

Day 13- Selfie 

Yep, That's me! Better believe I did my hair and make up good that day!

 

Day 14- Stuffed Full 

I try to keep mine ...Not Stuffed

  

Day 15 - Leaning Tower of Planners 

These are not all Planners but they all get used daily!

 

Day 16- Supplies 

I think this is one of my favorite photos for this challenge...it just looks so fun!

 

Day 17 - Creative 

Yep I made me a Mom Card

 

Day 18 - By my Drink 

Love that Life Factory bottle! And it matches my planner!

 

Day 19 - Planner Caddy 

Found this caddy at Walmart for 75 cents, What a good deal!

 

Day 20- Hand Writing

Its not always this nice! 

 

Day 21- Color Code 

Everything has its own color!

 

Day 22- Post its and Flags 

I use post its to do monthly goals

 

Day 23- To Do

A list of things To Do

 

Day 24- Brand New

Got these cute Stickers for Halloween at the Dollar Store

 

Day 25-Pockets

Just one pocket and it holds bills to be paid

 

Day 26-Pen Case 

I put my Pens in the clear case that came with my planner

 

Day 27- Planner Charms 

I actually use this charm for a key...I need to find one for my planner

 

Day 28- On the Shelf 

Day 29 - Love 

I love my single hole punch, I can easily add my own things to my planner with it

Day 30 - Wide Open 

Wide open and ready to Start October!

Well there ya go, now you know what my planner is all about! Do you use a planner? Drop me a comment and tell me how you keep your life organized! :)

Want to join in on another planner challenge similar to this one Click HERE

You Sold What??

Good morning! It has been a while since I did a post on things I have sold! Thought I would do a little update for everyone! If you ever think to yourself, "I could use some extra $, or I wish I could be debt free" Look no further then your own home! Do you really need all the stuff you own? Ask yourself "Why am I keeping this"? Odds are you like many others, have tons of things you have no idea why you are keeping? Why not sell them? That is what I have been doing, I really want to have a minimalist home and only keep the things we LOVE, USE, and NEED!

 

Yes you are reading this correctly! I sold 6 One Step Toilet Bowl Cleaner Refils for $71.98! Since we switched to natural cleaners I figured it was time to get rid of these! Best part, I purchased them with coupons for 4 Cents each! Such a big profit! Best part, I have about 12 More I can list on eBay!  

  

 I had purchased SIX very nice Pyrex Corning Pots for $25 off of Craigslist, and I just made almost all my money back on selling just one of those items! I have 5 other items listed on eBay, and will more then double my profit on this great find! 

 

 If you have been following the blog, you might have saw the post where I cleaned out my daughter's room! She had a big box full of toys she was not playing with! Most people will throw away, donate, give away or consign their children's used toys! Not me...I look them up on eBay and if they are going for more then I would get at a yard sale, I list them! Sold this used My Little Pony Set on eBay for $15.00

 

I am not sure about you, but I have an overwhelming amount of beauty products! Most of them do not get used! I got this Bath and Body Works spray as a gift ( I think from my mom) Sorry Mom, it was not getting used, and I am paying off debt! Now someone else can enjoy it, and I can use the money for lowering out debt! $35 for a spray that I am sure can be purchased for a lot less at the actual store! 

 

Another toy my daughter was not playing with! I sold this on a local Facebook Auction Page, it sold for $15. The gal that bought it was having a 80's themed party and was going to use it as a prop at the party! Sounds good to me! 

This just goes to show that things you might not think to sell will actually bring you a good chunk of money! If you are interested in seeing more items I have for sale you can visit my eBay store HERE . 

91 Day De-Clutter Challenge Week 3- Kids Room 2

 I am so excited to say that I have completed Week 3 in the91 Day De-Clutter Challenge . This week was Kids Room 2, so I worked in my daughters room! She is 2 1/2 and I swear she owns a toys store! I had been putting off going through all her toys for several months now, but this challenge gave me the motivation to do it NOW!I filled a very big box with toys that she had no longer played with, or toys that were to "baby" for her! And yes if you are wondering what the red baby in the box above is...its a devil baby! And yes my daughter loved it and probably will keep it once I fix the arm! If you are following me on Instagram I will be posting photos of her with the doll on Halloween!

 

 I did not have to do a whole lot around her bed, because that usually stays picked up. If you are wondering where her bedding is, right now she uses blankets! My mom is going to make her some super cute Chevron bedding to match the rest of her decor! Can't wait to share a post when its finished!

 You might not notice a big difference in the closet either! The bottom half of the closet has my daughters current and next wardrobe as well as all my long sleeve shirts that wont fit in my closet! The top left of her closet is inventory I have on eBay, and the Top right is Next Summers wardrobe! I moved the blankets that were in the very top area of her closet and put those under her bed, and put her 4T (Next Year) Winter wardrobe in containers at the very top!

 

Now here is where you will see the most change! See the table, full of clothes...yeah that was mom (ME) being very lazy! I finally got them all put away, and now she can actually use that cute table her grandma bought her! If you take a look at her toy box, you can see how many toys were in the before photo...now you can actually see what she has to play with in the after photo! 

The top part of this photo shows the inside of her toy box. There is a bucket inside that has a bunch of little toys that usually get shoved under the bigger toys. There is a container on top of the toy box that is now the home to all her Minnie Mouse dolls that have detachable clothing and bows! 

Bottom left of the same photo is showing the buckets at the top of her closet, full of the clothing she does not fit into yet! I am so glad I do not have to jump or get a chair to reach her blankets now! 

Bottom right of the same photo shows these fabric bins that are on her floor, two have books neatly stacked in them. And the other has her tea set! 

My new goal is to get all this clutter out, and make it a habit for us to pick up every night before bed, so it will stay this clean and all I have to do is run though with a broom and mop!