Yard sales. Moving sales. Garage sales. There are too many sales to keep track of. People spend their entire Saturday morning “yard-saleing” and with all those sales going on, how can you make sure that people make it to yours?

Try interesting, attention-grabbing yard sale signs!

For instance, you can reference not-so-polite words. Those are sure to get someone’s attention.

Yard Sale Sign

Or you can make your sign colorful, charismatic, and charming.

Yard Sale Sign

You can always appeal to the thrifty, second-hand types by calling it trash.

Trash Sale

Want the best way to attract those eyes to your yard sale? Skip the sign and make a large banner, complete with flags.

Garage Sale

However you decide to market your yard sale, be sure to spell it correctly. Yes, there really is a difference between “sale” and “sell.” If you want excellent yard sale tips, visit Garage Sale Pro.

Aqueous Coating-It’s a clear water-based gloss most commonly used on postcards.

Banner-The word banner is derived from a Latin name “bandum”, a cloth used to make flags.

Color bars-Printed on the trim border of a press sheet, a color bar is a trouble-shooting reference tool when proofing the color of a project.

Decals-A picture, design, or lettering on paper or plastic, with an adhesive backing.

Embossing-Using heat and pressure, material is re-shaped to form raised lettering or design.

Four Color Processing-Otherwise known as CMYK-Cyan (a bright blue), Magenta (a vivid red-purple), Yellow, and Black.

Grand Format Printing-Digital printing process that allows you to print media with extra-large dimensions on a variety of materials such as vinyl, canvas, flag cloth, mylar, window film, paper, carpet, and synthetic fabrics.

House Sheet-Standard paper kept in stock at all times by a printer.

Internet Banners-An online advertisement typically 460×68 pixels, usually placed at the top a Web page.

Jules Cheret-A French Lithographer who was responsible for bringing artistic sentiments to advertising and printing in the late 1800s.

Key lines-Lines, which show the exact size, shape and location of photographs or other graphic elements. The materials outside these lines become trimmed.

Lithography- Plates are used to of printing using plates whose image areas attract ink and whose nonimage areas repel ink.

Monks and Manuscripts-Before the invention of the printing press, Monks would spend hours on end duplicating manuscripts.

Neon Sign-Electrified gas, contained in a tube of glass, which is bent into particular shapes.

On-Demand Printing-Digital printing that does not require a set quantity. Duplicates can be created, as the demand needs it.

Pica-Unit of measure in typesetting. One pica = 1/6 inch

Quote-Price of a job offered to a customer by the printer before job begins.

Resolution-Measurement of the sharpness and quality of an image. The higher the resolution, the better a document is for printing, however images viewed on a computer monitor do not require nearly as high of a resolution.

Screen Printing- Method of printing by using a squeegee to force ink through an assembly of mesh fabric and a stencil.

Turn-around Time-The time a printer estimates that a job will be done.

UV Coating-Ultra-violet-cured gloss applied over printed-paper, which is dried by exposure to UV radiation.

Vinyl-The world’s most versatile plastic used for decals, banners, and signs.

Web-A roll of printing paper.

Xerography-A dry photographic process in which a negative image formed by a powder on an electrically charged plate is thermally fixed as positive on a paper.

Yellow-a crucial pigment in four color processing referred to as CMYK.

Zip File-Compressing into a smaller archive, reducing file size.

A few months ago I had the pleasure of throwing a birthday for a very close friend turning 30. Yes, it was a big one! She said she wanted something quaint – a few balloons, a cake, a few friends. But that’s just not my style. I’m a ‘go big or go home’ kind of gal. I figured the way to start the party off right was to hang a giant birthday banner above the stoop of her apartment building. I did some research and basically found that the sky is the limit when it comes to creating your own custom banners. They come in all sorts of sizes, themes, colors… I wanted to get an abnormally large one for the entire neighborhood to see. I knew she’d love it.

My next task was deciding what I wanted it to look like – respectful and simple or delightfully tacky and loud? Of course I went with delightfully tacky and loud. I was going to design it like she was a kid again. Sparkles, glitter, tiaras, balloons – you name it, I would put it on there. This banner was going to be the king of all banners and this birthday was going to be one she never forgot!

I was a little nervous about how this was all going to work. I had to do it secretly, and I was afraid the cost and trouble was not going to be worth it. But it turns out, making banners is extremely easy and pain free. I worked with the banner place and they were so helpful – throwing out ideas, telling me what wouldn’t work and what would be amazing. The cost was very reasonable and fit into my almost non-existent birthday budget. They had it done within the week and shipped to my house so not to divulge the secret. Bright pink, glitter, tiaras, princesses, and cupcakes – the banner was perfect!

The day of her birthday I got there early and while she was in her apartment I began to hang this large, heavy banner on her building door. Let me tell you – this wasn’t easy. The hardest part of this entire process was getting the banner up by myself! I should have probably thought of that and brought reinforcements, but as it stood I was there alone, with a banner and a mini ladder trying to scotch tape this sucker onto her brick building door. I was almost there when the wind blew and one side of the banner came down, wrapped around my waist, threw my balance off and wham! I was on the floor wrapped in my own birthday banner. As if that wasn’t enough, who was suddenly standing above me? That’s right – the birthday girl. We had a good hearty laugh over my failed attempt to be coy, and ended up hanging the banner in the hallway by her apartment door. She loved it, the guests loved it, and the party went on without any trouble. In fact, she was even happy that I went against her wishes and threw a big bash instead of the quaint little gathering she had originally asked for – thank goodness for birthday banners! And let’s just say, watching her friend fall from a ladder wrapped in an oversized bright pink vinyl banner definitely made it a birthday she did not forget.