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Anne Tippett: Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 5:09 PM
 Well receiving is now over & we have an amazing assortment of things; its going to be a very exciting sale. Of course right now the store looks like Hurricane Issac just came through. I've attached a photo of all the shoes we have. I have no idea how I'm going to sort & display all these shoes, but I'll figure it out!! We'll definitely be laboring this Labor Day weekend. It may look like a mess now, but by Tuesday night it'll look spectacular. |
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Saturday, September 01, 2012 5:02 PM
 We just finished our last day of receiving. Everything went really well with the new appointment system, but now, we must make order out of the absolutely incredible amount of things that have been brought in. I've included a picture of the MOUNDS of shoes we've gotten in. Somehow we'll have to sort through them, organize and display them. I'm not quite sure how we're going to do that, but we'll figure it out. Our housewares section has really taken off. |
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Posted on Monday, August 13, 2012 12:01 PM
AFTER BEFORE
Getting ready for the sale is never fun. Its dirty and hot, but I'm always amazed at how we can transform a place (and we've had somenastyplaces) into a store. We start out with an empty shell that smells musty & has LOTS of spider webs, and with a lot of elbow grease turn it into a welcoming place. |
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Sunday, July 22, 2012 6:03 PM
Believe it or not, there is a convention for people who run children's consignment sales! Heidi & I attended the Savvy Sale Owners convention (I know, its a terrible name) in Charlotte, NC in early June. We met people from all over the country. We learned a lot, and I think some people learned some things from us. After the convention we both felt like we're running the sale in a healthy organized way, but there were definitely some things we learned about that we'd like to implement. |
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Posted on Monday, July 09, 2012 1:10 PM
After much discussion, Heidi & I have decided to discontinue the Women's Clothing Exchange. It was a very hard decision but ultimately we feel like its the best choice for the sale. A few years ago, we decide to give women's clothes a try. We treated it like an experiment. We knew it would take some time to grow, but we felt like it was worth the extra time & effort to see what we could make of it. The sale did grow, but a very unevenly. There were certain areas of the sale that took off immediately, such as purses, jewelry and accessories. |
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Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 9:59 PM
 Well, it's been a couple of weeks since the sale wrapped up. Here's a picture of the store after we moved out. Its always unbelievable to see the space empty after there's been so much amazing merchandise and so many people shopping. Its a big process to completely break down the store, and I have to say the part I hate the most. All the sorting of things back out by consignor number is very tedious and very loooonnggg. Usually two complete days of nothing but sorting by number. |
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Saturday, August 20, 2011 10:42 PM
  Today was moving day. It's a horrible day; long, dirty, hot, painful. All three of us (Heidi, Mary Ward & I) hate this day. But it has to be done. So early this morning we picked up a big u-haul, hired some guys from Labor Finders, and met at the storage unit. Next time you're at the sale, just look around, everything you see in there; every rack, table, box, sign, trash can, we moved there from somewhere else. |
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 3:34 PM
Tips and guidelines for consigning with CCE+
- When deciding what to bring to the sale, always keep in mind the question, “If I saw this at the sale, would I buy it?” If the answer is no, then don’t bring it. We want to sell quality used items, not yard sale things.
- Remember there is a limit of 125 hanging items. That means you can bring 125 women's clothing items and 125 children's clothing items, if you are participating in both sales. There is no limit to non-hanging items. If you have more than 125 hanging items that are very nice and will sell for $10 or more, you may bring those additional items.
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Monday, August 08, 2011 11:41 AM
Every year I send out chirpy, peppy emails encouraging people to start tagging their things early. Its great advice, but hardly anyone does it, me included. Why is that? There's no denying I'm a procrastinator, always have been. And it is a pain to get everything out & go through it all. Though I have finally gotten a big tub that I put things in that I know will go in the sale. As i swap over closets from season to season, I've started putting things that I know are too small into the CCE tub. |
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Anne Tippett: Posted on Sunday, August 07, 2011 3:42 PM
I just got back from a trip to the lake with friends. One last "hurrah" before school starts and before the real work for CCE begins. Heidi and I talk all the time about the love/hate relationship we have with the sale. We really enjoy doing it, we love getting to see people that we don't see any other time of the year. We REALLY love hearing from people how much they depend on CCE to clothe their families, without breaking the bank. But, I won't deny that those last few weeks of freedom before we really get started, almost have the feeling of a condemned man's last days! |
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