Need Holiday Dollars? Sell the Clutter in your Closet!

In September we talked about Boomers buying and selling their youth. Let’s take it a step further … what’s in your closet, garage or attic that you can reminisce over for a few minutes … and then let it go?

I ask because I’ve had to do that recently. Let’s face it – times are tough and some of us are looking around our homes with dollar signs layering over the memories. Is it time to de-clutter?

BFYP bear at www.CafePress.com/BlastFromYourPastWhether it’s an act of necessity or simply a wish to un-clutter fifty years of stuff, there may come a time when you fondly run your hand over a fave teddy bear or beloved G.I. Joe action figure and say, “We’ve had a good time together – let someone else enjoy you.”

Remember George Carlin’s 1986 shtick about stuff? “That’s the whole meaning of life, trying to find a place to put your stuff.” Do you just have a “pile of stuff with a roof on it”? lol According to George that’s your house, of course. Continue reading

Blast from Your Past’s Boomer Gift Guide – Let’s Rock!

1980s replica Crosley jukebox-Santa!As much as I’d like another eleven months before the Holidays take over, that isn’t going to happen. Sigh. And though I refuse to decorate or shop for Christmas until Thanksgiving Day, I shall not deprive you early-bird shoppers from great new Blast from Your Past Holiday Gift Packages!

I just finished updating the BFYP Boomer Gift Guide, and completed the pages for two exciting BFYP Custom Gift Packages that I hope you’ll think someone on your gift list can’t do without.

The first Gift Package has only FOUR available, so if you know someone who would love a replica Classic Car (scale model) and a copy of Blast from Your Past! Rock & Roll Radio DJs: the First Five Years 1954-1959 – along with a couple of other fun nostalgic items, click here to check them out.

I lucked into four cool Yafa Pen Special Edition Nostalgic Car collectibles from 2004 and paired them with a book, a reproduction Radio Music Survey and more, for only $27.95 (a $38 value). Choose from:
Yafa Pen Co. Special Edition Mustang* 1955 Thunderbird convertible with royal blue metal-flake (remember those paint jobs?!)
* 1955 Thunderbird convertible in classic black
* 1957 “Fuelie” Corvette hardtop in hunter (Xmas!) green
* 1965 classic Mustang in hunter (Xmas!) green
Click here for more details, lots of pictures, and purchase your favorite. But hurry – when they’re gone, they’re gone! But there’s more gifting to be done … Continue reading