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Urban Girls Garage Sale At 1927 Events In Seattle

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March 5th, 2013 Leave a comment
Urban Garage Sale (photo credit: Urban Garage Sale)

Urban Girl’s Garage Sale (Photo Credit: Urban Garage Sale)

Ready for a unique shopping experience without consignment store prices that includes 40+ vendors, a networking café, a trained stylists on-site to help you shop, and plenty of high-quality goods, from clothes to small furniture and everything in between? Well, plan to go to the Urban Girl’s Garage Sale on Sunday, March 17, 2013.

Shoe sold at Urban Girl's Garage Sale (photo credit: Urban Girl's Garage Sale)

Shoe sold at Urban Girl’s Garage Sale (Photo Credit: Urban Girl’s Garage Sale)

The idea began when a Seattle Army Reservist, Zong Her, the founder of Girl Power Hour, Darnell Sue, and the founder of Styled Seattle, Darcy Camden, joined forces to find a way for women without garages or yards to sell their high quality goods. Her found out she was being deployed to Afghanistan this April with an Oregon Transportation Unit and Sue might move to France and both needed to find a way to downsize and make money at the same time. But like most city-dwellers, neither had a garage for a proper sale. Bring on Camden, a stylist who has helped hundreds of women clean out their closets, and an idea was born. The three friends created Urban Girls Garage Sale, the ultimate pop-up shop bringing together local sellers and buyers, with all remaining items being donated to the Goodwill. The goal for this event is not only to encourage Seattleites to attend/participate and donate to their community, but to eventually grow the idea in other major cities across the U.S.

WHEN:
Sunday, March 17, 2013
VIP Preview Sale: 9 to 11 a.m.
Public Sale: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE:
1927 Events
1927 3rd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Ph. 206-979-7467

TICKETS: Free for shoppers and open to the public. Please click here to RSVP, which is encouraged, but not required.

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