SUMMER CONSIGNMENT SALE!

Saturday 7/27 (11am-8pm)

Bring in all of your old scrapbooking supplies to sell and earn money to buy all new supplies, or just come on out and pick up some great bargains on lightly used & new scrapbook supplies!

• As in the past few years, the Summer Consignment Sale will be held outside at the back of the building in both loading bays & parking area in-between (just outside our door).
• Because of the construction in our former parking lot, we have limited parking, so here are a few of the parking options:
  • Anywhere along the construction fence that runs down Cooper Alley
  • From 12pm on parking is available in the Whittaker Bank parking lot (One way- enter from Main St. beside Spots Gelato)
  • Street parking is available on E. Main St. & N. Water Street.
    City Parking Lot on N. Broadway between Dan’s Pawn Shop & Washington (across the street from the front of our building).
• If you need to park & walk the day of the sale, we will leave a portion of the loading bay open so that customers can pull in and load purchases after checkout.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

We are looking for able-bodied volunteers to:

• Help with set-up the morning of the sale- help set up tents, tables, & merchandise, & hang signs (Any men willing to assist with setup  of tents, display tables, & heavy bins would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!)
• Work during the sale- assist shoppers by handing out baskets, answering questions, & directing them where to go, bag & label merchandise to put in hold area, run merchandise from hold area to checkout, help customers with large orders to their cars.
• Help with breakdown in the evening- help bring in remaining bins of merchandise, tables, & break down tents

Perks to volunteering:

• Pre-shop up to $100 of consignment items the morning of the sale before we open to the public!
• Receive 30% OFF all in-store purchases & special order items from 7/27-8/31! *
• Volunteer by proxy- Send your Husband/Son to volunteer with set-up/breakdown & you get the perks! ?

To get registered to volunteer, call the store 502-570-5966.

CONSIGNEE INFO:

CONSIGNEE DROP-OFF

We will be accepting consignment drop-offs for the 3 weeks prior to the sale. You may drop items off from Monday 7/8- Friday 7/26 anytime during open store hours.

• To check store hours go to the Calendar Tab, then click on the hours listed for each day to expand them to show full open-close times.
• If you are unable to drop off during any of the days/times listed on the calendar, please text me 859-361-4543 & I will try to arrange a drop-off time.

Scrap Paper Scizzors keeps 20% of the proceeds from all items sold, and you will receive the balance as store credit.

PRICING, PACKAGING, AND LABELING

• On the item labels put ONLY: YOUR INITIALS (must be 3 letters- for example- first, middle, and last MDW), ITEM # (from 1 to whatever). & PRICE. (DO NOT put descriptions on the labels!)
  • Please use PERMANENT LABELS for pricing your items (Avery style 5267/8167 1/2”x1 3/4” or if you cut larger labels try to make them no larger than around 1”x1 1/2”), If they are grouped in ziploc bags, you may WRITE YOUR PRICING INFO DIRECTLY ON THE BAG WITH A SHARPIE.
    • If your labels are not sticking well, use packing tape (NOT scotch tape) over the label to secure it to the item.
    • DO NOT use masking tape or painters tape for labels! This type of tape is not permanent and easily rolls up on the edges & transfers to other sale items!
• Complete your itemized inventory list (below) with corresponding item #’s, basic descriptions (such as “paper pack” or “assorted stamps”), prices, and grand total for all items selling, before dropping off your consignment items. 
  • For PC Desktop or Laptop users, here is the
    PREFORMATTED BLANK INVENTORY LIST in Excel spreadsheet format that you can DOWNLOAD, enter your items into, & email to us when you are finished. (This is a spreadsheet- DO NOT save as a PDF or you won’t be able to edit it!) (If you have printed out the blank spreadsheet & handwritten your items, please bring it with you when you drop off.)
  • For Tablets or Apple devices, email me and I will send you the link for the Google Sheets version. As you enter your items, they will autosave & can be seen from my end as well. Just email me when you are finished entering items and I will print it out before you drop your items off. 
  • No Computer? No problem!
    • You come in and pick up a blank spreadsheet to fill in
      • you will need to know how many items you have so we know how many lines to print out.
    • Or write your items on notebook paper & then you can type it up on our crop area computer when you drop off your items.
  • Add rows as needed, & delete any unused rows.
  • If your list is multiple pages, please print or write out your inventory list as SINGLE SIDED ONLY! Do not print or write on both sides of the paper- this makes it very difficult for us to flip through the sheets when we are reconciling items after the sale.
• If you are selling papers, loose sticker sheets/embellishments, or other small items, they must be bundled into ziploc (or other resealable) bags and sold as a unit.
  • This will prevent them from becoming damaged and allow us to more easily track your inventory, as well as make them easier to shop.
    • XL 2-2.5 gallon ziploc bags for 12×12 paper can usually be found at Dollar Tree, Walmart or Kroger. Gordon Food Services in Lexington also carries them in bulk.
  • 12×12 Paper Pads DO need to be placed in XL zipper bags, upside down- loose end facing toward the zipper, glue end toward the bottom of the bag. This allows shoppers to flip through the paper pads without removing them from the bag, and helps keep the pads from getting damaged when they are pulled in and out of the bins. (Smaller paper pads need to be placed in corresponding sized bags in the same way.)
  • Try to use ziploc bags close to the size of the items you are grouping. (For example, if you are grouping 6 small 4”x6” embellishment sheets, use a quart size bag.) This makes the items easier to shop and prevents them from taking up excess space during the sale.
  • For bundling paper, embellishments, stickers, or other small items, group them in large bundles of like items and price them higher, rather than small bundles at a lower price. 
  •  PLEASE make sure your ziploc bags close completely so that the items do not fall out. We will not be held responsible for loose items that have fallen out of their packages & become damaged or lost due to improper packaging. DO NOT staple or tape the bags closed!
  • Large items (such as albums & organizers/totes), & pre-boxed sets (such as Stampin’ Up stamp sets in the plastic storage boxes) DO NOT need to be placed in ziploc bags- price them individually and place labels directly on them (for albums, labels can be placed inside on the first plastic page protector to prevent damaging the album cover if needed)
• In the past couple years, we have had numerous consignors drop off items that have not been packaged or labeled properly, or handwritten inventory lists on notebook paper that we have had to type onto our spreadsheets, costing us a significant amount in time (5-6 days) & supplies (labels, packing tape, bags) to repackage/relabel them. As of 2023 any consignees with a considerable quantity of items needing to be repackaged or relabeled or spreadsheets that need to be typed up will have a $5/hr service fee deducted from their sales credit to help offset these additional costs to us. (We don’t mind fixing an occasional item here & there, and this fee will not be applied if you just have a random item or two that needs to be fixed.)

Please feel free to call the store 502-570-5966, text Melissa 859-361-4543, or email us and we’re happy to help you out with any questions you may have regarding pricing, bundling, etc.