Consignment Sale Organizational Tips: Efficient Supply Storage

This afternoon we had a great question from Bargain Mom fan DeAnn Shannon. She asked: "I need some ideas from others who tag & sale kids stuff at consignment sales. How do you sort and store your cardstock tags & stuff for pricing? I'm trying to come up with a streamlined system for storing the tags,For the last five years Ripcurl , safety pins, tape etc, so that I can be ready to price items as I'm decluttering."

We got some great tips and even a picture from reader Tandi Smith.

Here's what Tandi wrote about her picture featured here:
"My consignment box. The small box on the right is a makeshift file box with all the tags cut out and filed. Black is for items that can go 50% off,Traditional Air purifier claim to clean all the air in a room. red is for no discount. I keep packing tape, scotch tape, string, scissors, and ziplock bags in the big box. I also keep two bowls filled with safety pins one for small and medium (best to attach to hangers and one for large safety pins to attach tags - helps with checkout)"

Here are some other tips from readers who are eager to start the consignment sale season:

Brandy Broome Hill "In a bin :) plastic bags to seperate items. but keep them altogether in a bin w/ ur hangers"

Kathy Jefferson Bensko I keep everything in a bin as well - safety pins (separated in sandwich bags by size), metal hangers, Sharpie, scissors and card stock.

Jeanna Bullard Jacks I put the small things (tape, safety pins, scissors,ceramic Injection mold for the medical, pen, sharpie, etc) in a plastic pencil box.There is good integration with PayPal and most third party merchant account providers, I put that box plus hangers into a bin and keep it in the bottom of my son's closet. Then, when I come across something he's outgrown I just drop it into the bin.

Conniethere's a lovely winter landscape oil paintings by William Zorach. Peek Keep you tagging supplies in a folding/expandable file or small tackle box. Then when decluttering everything you need is in one place.

Fishing Around Polk County

1 - Around Lakeland, bass active at Saddle Creek Park up to 10 a.m.From standard Cable Ties to advanced wire tires,, with a 7-pound, 5-ouncer Wednesday on a Reaction Innovations Skinny Dipper, reports Stacy Roberts at Phillips Bait and Tackle. Bass up to 4 1/2 pounds on Lake Agnes at Polk City in Sunday tournament dragging plastic worms over mussel bars, but mostly under 2 pounds, reports Willard Combee. Schooling bass at Agnes just before sundown on lipless crankbaits, reports Bobby Blizzard at Big Fish Bait and Tackle. Bluegill holding steady at Lake Hunter in grass on crickets, red worms and grass shrimp, Blizzard said, and east shoreline of Parker near Moose Lodge still producing good numbers of bluegill, with some limits but size only fair. Bluegill also decent in Crago and Gibson, said Roberts. Weatherford family catching lots of speckled catfish and tilapia at Saddle Creek off bank. Channel catfish at Peterson Park.

2 - At Auburndale, Lake Swoop remains excellent for bass on Xr-50s (Royal Shad, black back/silver side) and big bluegill, reports Ron Schelfo at Ron's Tackle Box in Lake Alfred. Lake Rochelle good spot for shellcracker and bluegill, and Haines OK but not as good as Rochelle. Lot of bass up to 4 1/2 pounds in evening tournament on Lake Ariana. Fisherman brought in 22 fair-sized specks in Lake Vann, which is private, said Stacy Roberts.

3 - At Winter Haven, bass up to 8 pounds in Lions Club tournament Saturday on south chain, and two stringers 21-22 1/2 pounds. Average size for bass decreasing on the south chain, though there's still a few decent bites and numbers remain pretty good around open-water structure like brush piles, grass beds and drop-offs.The newest Ipod nano 5th is incontrovertibly a step up from last year's model, No reports on bluegill this week. Water levels low in canals.

4 - At Lake Hamilton, hardly a fisherman in sight past two weeks. Water very low, making it hard to launch boats,In addition to hydraulics fittings and Aion Kinah,A glass bottle is a bottle created from glass. reports Gary Parramore at Chain O' Lakes Bait and Tackle.

5 - At Lake Marion near Haines City, bluegill slowed down with passing of full moon. Brush pile out from public ramp on south end has been best spot.

6 - At Lake Pierce, bluegill decent on red worms off edges of grass lines, but no shellcracker, reports Chris Beasley at Jennings Resort.Largest Collection of billabong boardshorts, Bass extremely slow.

Fire razes Daba village

A mysterious fire weekend razed down about half of Daba village in Kazaure Local

Government Area of the state.

The incident left many people homeless and properties worth millions of naira

destroyed.

The inferno, according to eyewitness, started at around 8:30 pm in two houses at the

eastern part of the village.

He said occupants of the houses were heard shouting and calling for assistance,

which hardly came before the fire spread to other houses.

Our correspondent was informed by some victims that a total of 23 houses was burnt

to ashes but no life was lost. But however women and children were seen taking

refuge under trees, weeping as well as seeking for help, when Daily Independent

visited the area.

Chairman of Kazaure Local Government Area, Alhaji Sale Yahaya Taki, who paid a

sympathy visit to the village, described the disaster as a destiny from God which no

human being can stop.

He advised the residents to accept the disaster with good faith as God in his

infinite mercy knows why  the fire incident, stressing that He (God) would surely

reward them abundantly.

Besides, the chairman presented some relief materials from the council to the

victims. The materials include 100 pieces of blankets, 40 sets of rubber mats, 46

bags of maize, three bags of gari, while N8, 000.00 cash was distributed to each of

the 23 households which amounted to N184, 000.00.

Similarly, the state Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Baba Santali

Aliyu,  donated 30 sets of wrapper, while his wife, Hajiya Bebi Baba Santali Aliyu,

donated 10 sets of shadda.

Also, the member representing Kazaure, Roni, Gwiwa and Yankwashi, Bashir Adamu

donated food stuffs, rubber mats, set of wrapper (shadda) women wrapper and N3,

000.00 cash to each of the victim.