How to Get Printable Yard Sale Signs
Although holding a weekend yard sale is a great way to clean out your closets and earn extra cash, you'll want to avoid cutting into your profits by saving money on the garage sale preparation and advertising. Instead of purchasing boards, markers, paints or other materials to make eye-catching signs, consider ways to get printable yard sale signs that you can customize for free. Use these steps to use and get printable yard sale signs.
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Get printable yard sale signs from free Internet sites such as GarageSaleSource.com, PrintFree.com, PullSign.com or BeTidy.com. Most include garage sale signs with basic lettering and spaces to add specifics like your address, the yard sale times and types of merchandise you'll have available.
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Print the free yard sale signs with basic text like "yard sale," "garage sale today" or directional arrows or directly from your computer desktop by clicking on the desired style and choosing the number of copies before hitting "print." Choose the "landscape" option on your printer to make the yard sale signs even easier to read.
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Customize additional text once you get printable yard sale signs by designing and sizing the details in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint first. Many printable garage sale templates will allow you to cut and paste the text into an open block before printing.
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Make creating your own yard sale signs even easier on websites that allow you to type in details (such as your address), choose the sign size, background color and direction. Some even allow you to add graphics to highlight the type of merchandise you'll be selling at the garage sale such as clothing, books, toys or furniture.
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Print the advertisements on sturdy cardstock once you get printable yard sale signs, if desired, or use thinner paper versions as promotional flyers, as well.
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Tips & Warnings
Once you get printable yard sale signs, be sure to check with your city or home owners' association before posting them to ensure you're in compliance with local regulations. Most will have directions regarding the size of yard sale signs and stipulations on the amount of time they can be posted.
