2nd Annual "Purging My Studio" Sale - Calling all Seattle/Tacoma Crafters!

Another year, another frantic need to purge my studio, and another chance at the greatest garage sale situation ever!  Our town (Steilacoom, WA) hosts a community wide garage sale every year that is a HUGE deal.  The entire town participates and there are bargains galore to be found...and it is a great way to force me to clean out my space!

Of course we are selling "real" garage sale items (furniture, housewares, etc) - but I am most excited about meeting local crafters over some fabulous deals from my studio.  So if you love crafty bargains - please come on out and see us this Saturday August 9th.  We would love to meet you (and Don would LOVE for you to take away some crafty stuff!) - the official Steilacoom garage sale begins at 9am - but we will be out there bright eyed and bushy tailed at 8am so we can be your first stop!

If you are interested, and live in the Seattle/Tacoma Washington area - email me at aintshecrafty@gmail.com and I will give you our address...or you can just try and find us on the "these houses are having a garage sale" map that Steilacoom will be handing out Saturday morning!  Genius!  See the bottom of this post for some tips about where to grab some grub in Steilacoom, where to spend the night (if you are coming from far away - apparently this sale is THAT awesome) and how to navigate the sale around town.

I have inventory (all new/in packaging) at 50-90% OFF RETAIL from the following manufacturers:

American Crafts

Authentique

Bazzill

BoBunny

Clearsnap

Core'dinations

Cosmo Cricket

Crafter's Companion

Cricut

Doodlebug

Echo Park

Fancy Pants

Fiskars

Graphic 45

Kaisercraft

Jillibean Soup

Maya Road

My Mind's Eye

Simple Stories

Technique Tuesday

Teresa Collins

Webster's Pages

We R Memory Keepers

Xyron

7gypsies

and more...including a big assortment of class kits!

I've also got some fun goodies to give away...let me know you saw this post on my blog and you will receive a We R Memory Keepers Farmer's Market paper/sticker pack (retail $5.99) for FREE just for stopping by, and if you spend $100 on scrapbooking goodies (which you might - there is THAT much stuff) you will receive a Teresa Collins Adhesive Kit (retail $24.99) for FREE!  Yahoo!

Now for some yard sale/Steilacoom tips!

Where to stay: If you are coming from a few hours away and want to spend the night - book a hotel in Dupont.  NOT LAKEWOOD.  You just have to trust me on this.  :)

Where to eat: The Bair Bistro is a darling little cafe housed in an old drug store.  You can stop in for a coffee to go or you can have a sit down meal (they have indoor and outdoor seating).  The food is delicious but the service can be slooooooow...so this is definitely not for a quick food stop, this is for a leisurely breakfast/lunch stop after you have shopped shopped shopped!  The Bair is located next to the tennis courts (see why that is important below) on Lafayette Street.

Topside Bar & Grill - this is a GREAT stop for lunch after you have shopped the day away.  The view from their rooftop seating is not to be missed.  The theme of Steilacoom dining seems to be "relaxed" service - you'll find that here too from time to time.  ;)  The food is delish and the view is worth it all!  They have also recently purchase the Two Teaspoons Cafe downstairs in the same building where you can get coffee and "to go" food.  Topside/Two Teaspoons are located about a block from the tennis courts.

Tips for Town: The yard sale doesn't "officially" begin until 9am, so you can make us your first stop at 8am!  ;)  You will want to make a stop at the tennis courts on Lafayette first thing as well - the town rents out "stalls" at the tennis court for folks to sell their stuff, AND they pass out a town wide map that gives you the location of every yard sale in town (well - every yard sale that paid the $5 to get on the map).  It is a great way to help plan out your day and keep you from driving around in circles!

Bringing kids with you?  There is a playground on the corner of Union and Martin with some swings and playground equipment so the kiddos can run off some extra energy.  There also happens to be a coffee shop right across the street (for the AM crowd) and the Steilacoom Pub (also across the street) serves ice cream cones in the afternoon!

Hope to see you on Saturday!

***UPDATE*** the yard sale was a HUGE success (thanks to everyone who came out!) but I've still got a few goodies left to give away!  Just leave a comment here and two lucky winners will receive boxes filled with some fun little surprises.  I'll announce the winners on my Facebook Page on Monday. Have a great weekend everybody!!