Photo courtesty of Not Just Medical.
Just gonna type a short price as I’m super duper shattered and feeling achy all over.
I probably slept 3 times during the night, cold sweats, hot flush and sick with nerves thinking ‘Will my stuff sell? Are they over and under priced? Will my stall get turned away by punters? Am I bringing toooooo much stuff? Will it rain? Will it be a success or a flop?’
Well, the yard sale was indeed a total SUCCESS!! Many bloggers, non bloggers, visitors, Susie’s neighbours turned up super excited, I probably saw hundred of peeps carrying dlsrs looming around the stalls (sadly, no Canon 5D MK2 insight) taking snap snaps. Happy punters left with goodies especially Ashanti of Adorngirl whom she bagged home a used Versace leather bag for £45 (RRP £699…I left the orginal price tag in there lol).
You can read Susie’s full detailed post about the event. As for moi, I leave you with photos to gawk at.
Jen, Jackie, Saskia, Ashanti, Disney Roller Girl thank you for coming and your support.
Ayu and Kam from Tabio UK, it was lovely to meet you two in person and I love your socks!
Steve, John, Vic, Tommy, Shini, Nadia, Zara, Fi and of course our host Susie for making the event a success and valuable experience. Please make this an annual event, I have an attic full of stuff that needs to go!!!!!
EDIT** I brought about 2 suitcases, 1 huge bag and a bag of hangers and at the end of the day I lugged home 1 suitcase (I stuffed a smaller suitcase in a bigger suitcase) and a bag of hangers….happy girl.
Susie’s popular stall.
Shini’s busy busy busy stall.
Moi making my stall look presentable ;P
Both photos courtesy of Shini.
My bargain bin from 50p to £4.
Fi’s colourful banner.
Shini’s huge and bold tag.
My treasure, an orginal 1940s Lotus embroidered shoes. Sadly it wasn’t sold but at least it’s going back to my shelf.
My ‘items sold’ log book…..was being a pro here.
Vic Riches beautiful illustrations.
Photo courtesy of Not Just Medical.
Wearing my favourite ASOS jumpsuit.
Vic, thank you for sketching moi…..ah man I have freakles.
Check out Vic’s work HERE.
Just found this post, gutted I wasn’t there. I was actually IN the area with my girlfriends happily sipping coffees. Glad the yard sale was a success.
Great Blog! One of my favorit Blogs!
Oh no I’ve just found this blog post, I live not far from the Benwell Rd. Gutted I didn’t know about this event, I am a vivid bargainister. Treasures’ all gone.
Yard sales are everywhere but this one sounded interesting and fun. It’s great that you get to meet the bloggers too.
Oh no I missed it. I was away on a short break with my boyf, missing out on all the bargains! Sincerely gutted.
Yard sale and garage sale is getting trendier now. I would like to take part next time.
Yeah!!! that was me! ^_^
The yard sale was great fun, hope there’ll be another one when I’m in the country again. With the same beautiful sunshine as well of course…
@Yvonne – Hi Yvonne, were you the girl who bought the Juicy Couture leather wallet and eyeing on a pair of Jimmy Choo shoes? Thank you for dropping by, it was hell of a crazy day with beautiful sunshine lol.
Hi!
Here I am dropping by to say hi!
It was great getting to meet you all that day!
Too bad I’ve got small feet *boo* would have loved to buy those lovely shoes!!!
Baaaaa I live in Cardiff :S
Sounds like you guys had an amazing time.
@Nadia – I have a retail and styling background I guess that’s how organised I was….me thinks. Will definitely see you and others again at LFW ;P
Kit!! You were such a PRO, from the presentation of your stall to your bumbag! Yess, haha, I felt bad constantly referring her fans/ customers to you.
It was lovely meeting you, hopefully see you again at lfw?
I would definitely buy that pair of Lotus shoes if I was there!!
Wish I was there :S
Too bad I wasn’t there, well I was actually having a BBQ at my neighbours (I’m so ashamed).
Hoooolloway Road is toooooo far gal. Hope there’d be another yard sale, I so want to gooooooo.
I am so hearbroken, any left overs?
@Geisha Rock – Same buckle style, same colour, same material……they’re all the same. Stick to flats ;P Easy peasy.
i’m itching to post my pictures up but really must concentrate on my essay!!!!!!
your last comment made me LOLercoaster. and i wonder why all my shoes look exactly the same… (ie. either black ankle boots or black flats)
xxx
i heart your post!
Seems like you had a lot to sell, hope you made lots of money.
Ahh, amazing- you guys are such troopers.
Still can’t believe you actually had those Lotus’s up for sale, crazy lady!
x
We need a rep in Melbourne to do this. The event is soo inspiring.
Thanks for sharing.
I’m actually in Seoul atm. I can’t believeeee I booked my ticket on THAT day…THAT morning….BACK to my country. If I had known sooner, like couple months before I would SOOO attend Susie’s yard sale and meet you and other lot.
Sounds like you guys had a fab time, great photos btw.
Love youre post.
Great work.
Now this is the reason where I should be moving to London….LONDON damnit!!!
Love hearing all this bloggers uniting together, this is what community is all about. I don’t have a blog and will never blog (yah I’m lazy) but I don’t mind meeting bloggers this way
You sold a Versace bag for £45 *chokes** that’s amazingly cheap!
Sigh** I’m still in HK, back in early Sept. I can’t believe I’m sitting at home (bored) missing all this?!
So glad to have met you, you’re soooo awesome.
Sa Sa xxx
It was lovely to meet you.
OMG you sold a Versace bag for £45???? Why didn’t come to this bloggers meet up….!!!
What beautiful vintage shoes you have there.
Am devastated that I couldn’t make it, couldn’t travel from Streatham to N7….the location was too too far :S I promise I’ll make it next time.
What an amazing way to get together with bloggers, Susie is a genius.
Loved how your recorded your transactions, you made me laughed.
Woooo you lugged around 2 suitcases and two bags…damn you had alot to sell. Love the post btw.
Yayyyy, I’m glad you like the photos!!
S
http://notjustmedical.wordpress.com
wow tabio and disney roller girl came too? you guys are BIG!
@Yankee Style – Enough for 2 pairs of Jimmy Choos.
Love the pictures and youself too.
Sounds like an amazing experience to be surrounded by bloggers and all these people.
The photos are amazing, love your outfit. Bright outfit can attract punters you know, did you make lots of money?
I arrived quite early at 11am, was very surpised how many bloggers turned up already holding treasures in their arms. It was a lovely event thank you.
I bought your £1 silver belt.
Was lovely meeting you and fellow bloggers (sort of).
I’m upset. I arrived VERY late just before 6pm, the car park was empty boooo. But anyway it’s my fault for waking up with a hangover lol.
I heard it was amazing, will there be another yard sale?
Please make this event annually? Pretty please?
Reading all the tweets I couldn’t helped but feeling jealous O.o
I was stuck in Glasgow working, I shoulda booked return flight ticket from easyjet (£35) and be there in 3 hours…another time hey?
Oh way wasn’t I there!!!!!!!!!
I meant to come yesterday but I wasn unwell :S
My friend went and heard it was a big success and er er it was packed :S Well done to you guys.
@John – I have a retail background ;P
It was lovely meeting you yesterday, loved all your photogaphy especially behind the scenes.
Sadly I wasn’t there…stuck at work. Glad you guys had a fab time. Loving your ASOS overall.
Wow you have a log book jotting down all your sold items…very clever.
Wow Vic’s illustrations are amazing.
The event sounded crazy…a job well done.
Wished I was there but I’m in HK.
@Electro Geisha – Your comment has made me laughed.
@Kb – Sorry to hear about that, I did sold a pair of size 7 Chanel ankle boots though dahhhhhh :S
Was nice to (sort of) meet you, always been a fan of your photography and was so sad my feet were too big for your fantastic shoes.
I am so glad you had a great day, thank you guys for sharing all your treasures. Please build up another set of arsenal, and lets do it again next year! xx
I so wish I live in London so I could meet all of you amazing ladies and attend these wonderful meet-ups. I browsed your blog some where till Sep 09, and I enjoyed it so much. Due to a sleep deprivation I am forced to continue tomorrow, but one thing is sure, it will make my day
Great pictures! It looks like you had loads of fun..
I wish I could have gone…
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I read a lot of posts/reviews on some blogs, sounded crazy.
Well done Kit.
Congratulations for the success YOU GUYS DESERVED IT.
Well done. I’ll come down next time. I wasn’t able to make it because of the deadlines I had to meet.
aah great post! And such a fun day. I think your overalls stole the show! x
It was lovely meeting you properly even though you were busy. Sorry I didn’t buy anything from your stall…being a poor student I had no money ha ha ha.
@Vicki – Thank you for coming! Yeah the Lotus is really something. I bought it for £200 from a vintage/antique fair in Kent yonks and yonks ago….so it’s a treasure item. Might sell it to a specialised dealer :S
thanks for supplying such lovely items! i bought the banana republic long cardi from you which i was really happy about as well as some other items. i really had my eye on those beautiful lotus shoes but sadly didn’t have enough money. please make this an annual event, it was fantastic!
Vintage Stop at http://www.vickileestyle.blogspot.com
Looks like it was an awesome day. I’ve been eagerly checking out everyone’s coverage of the day and all the photos are great. Seems like it had a great atmosphere but then again, you’d expect nothing less with such fab bloggers. Until the next time!
beautiful photos. love getting all these little peeks into the event. love your outfit! you are such a bright girl kit…. so colourful with those pink socks sticking out on your toes! i love it. so so so glad to hear everything went down so well! love reading all the tweets while i was stuck in the library! haha. xx
Ah, no need to write loads, your photos do it anyway!
You did great Kit, lugging all of that own your own! So glad it was a huge success