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My trash = your treasure, I

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Just one of the many tables filled with toys.

More than two full racks of clothes for kids organized by size and season!

Garage sale season has officially arrived as evidenced by the slew of signs on every corner in my small town. Do you love them or hate them? Do you find them dirty or intriguing? Do you stretch your neck when driving by in hopes of spotting that Blatz Beer sign you’ve been missing since you were 17? Or do you avoid them altogether for fear of finding that creepy plush Ronald McDonald doll that your mom taunted you with for years?

This very weekend I am playing hostess to the most epic of all Tiede garage sales. I have teetered down the attic steps with arms full of boxes, I have climbed up from the basement dragging comforters, luggage and home decor galore. But mostly, I have shed tears sorting through toys and clothes that my children have outgrown. As I mentioned in a previous blog, I welcome the maturing of my kids. I am not crying because they’ve outgrown the beautiful dresses and coolest toys ever. I’m crying because I’m cheap and I can’t believe we paid $25 for the Zhu Zhu Pet and Fun House that Noah played with for five minutes and now we’ll be lucky to sell for $2.00.

I’m so cheap, in fact, that I refuse to pay for a classified ad in the local newspaper. Do you know the going rate for classified ads? It costs $16 for 10 words and 60¢ for each additional word.  I can’t even get my street address and hours of operation in the ad for under $20 and that doesn’t allow me to begin describing the sheer awesomeness of my garage sale!

Then I remembered that I AM A DIGTAL MARKETER. I am a blogger. I am a tweeter. I am a Facebooker. I use Craig’s List. And I pin pins on Pinterest!

So I present to you, my faithful readers, a brazen and bold digital plug for the sale of my Tiede Treasures:

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This Thursday beginning at 4:30pm sharp, you are all invited to attend the garage sale to end all garage sales. There will be more toys than FAO Schwartz. There will be baby essentials like wipe warmers, bouncy seats, and changing pads. There will be racks of clothes organized on hangers by size and season. There will be nursing pajamas with only minor Lansinoh stains…c’mon ladies, don’t judge — you know it’s inevitable. There will be a pink motorized jeep for your little princess. There will be an infant carrier for your newborn bundle of joy. There will be a Kelty backpack for your slightly older bundle of joy. There will be a One Step Ahead Sit n Stand stroller for your second bundle of joy. There will be home decor that I can no longer bear to look at on my walls and shelves, but there’s no shame in admitting that you can’t live without them. There will be beauty supplies. There will be one kick-ass pair of boots. There will be an interview-ready suit that I clearly don’t need because my job rocks. There will be kitchen rugs. There will be bathroom rugs. There will be shower curtains. Hey! I just realized that you can redecorate your entire bathroom at my garage sale!

Stop by and check out all of the goodies you will find in my garage and on my driveway this weekend. The children are not for sale, but almost everything else you see can be yours for a small price. The sale of my husband is negotiable.

Are you Pinterested?

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You may have just discovered Pinterest, but it has been online for almost two years already and it’s now one of the top 10 social networking sites. For those of you who have no idea what is a Pinterest, you’re missing out on a gold mine of new recipes, DIY projects, inspirational quotes, videos, and things that make you truly laugh out loud. Your own friends are surfing the Internet and finding new products and ideas they love. They “pin” those new faves and assign the item to a virtual bulletin board filled with other fun finds of a similar nature. If you happen to follow this friend of yours, you will see everything they choose to pin to their bulletin boards and maybe find something you can’t live without as well.

Pinterest is both a time saver and a time suck. When I need a quick kid friendly recipe for school, I hop on Pinterest and within minutes I find s’mores-on-a-stick. Then another minute goes by and I find cookie dough brownies. Then a recipe for homeade cough syrup. Then a killer ab workout. Then tips on how to make a container garden. Then a sassy new hairstyle. Then produce bags made from old t-shirts. I have old t-shirts! The next thing you know, I’m headed to the grocery store to buy Cheez-Its® because I just spent the last two hours devouring the delicious ideas that is Pinterest.

We all have friends who we think are way more trendy than ourselves. Follow them on Pinterest and get a glimpse of what they think is awesome. Latch on to it and raise your own cool factor a notch or two. Why not? Everybody’s doing it!

Pinterest seems to appeal primarily to women as evidenced by my serious lack of male followers. But guys need to jump on this party bus as well. Fill your boards with great athletic shoes, craft brews, video games, power tools, futuristic cars, and 101 things to do with bacon. Need more masculine pinning ideas? Check out #BroPin, created by social media strategist Mike Street and managed by a variety of male Pinterest users.

Before you navigate away from this Hail-to-Pinterest blog, don’t forget to Pin It! It’s easy — just click the “Pin It” text at the top of the right column.