Little Lamb’s Closet
Sale Instructions
For Dates and times of each sale, visit the home page
Tuesday
– Drop Items Off 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Wednesday
– Drop Items Off 8:30am to 8:30pm
Thursday
-- Early Shopping for volunteers and sellers 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Friday
-- Public Sale 9:00am to 6:00pm
Saturday
-- Public Sale 8:00am to 1:00pm
-Pick up seller Unsold Items 4:00pm to 5:00pm
**Items NOT picked up by 5:00pm will be DONATED
2. Registration
Registration for each of the consignment sales will be posted on Facebook and on the
www.littlelambscloset.org website. You will want to register on that day ASAP to ensure a spot in the
sale so set a reminder on your phone! Just go to littlelambscloset.org to register. If you sold in the
previous sale, click on the returning consignor button and enter your seller number and password. It
is the same for every sale.
If you have not sold with us before, click on new seller registration. You will be given a seller
number and you can choose your password. READ the seller agreement and sign it to complete the
registration process. There is a $5.00 fee to participate in our sale and it will be deducted from your
check at the end of the sale.
Now for the SUPER IMPORTANT part: Log into your account and choose a time to drop off your
items. If you are registered and do not choose a drop off time, you CAN NOT bring in your items.
3. What NOT to sell
1. Any OPEN/USED baby toiletries, diaper packs, underwear, nursing bras, binkies, bottle
nipples, or sippy cups. If you are selling any of the above items they must be new in original
unopened package.
2. Any clothing that is not a children's size. DO NOT bring in womens', juniors', or young mens'
size clothing. We do not have the room to accommodate these sizes at this time but hope to
in future sales.
3. Expired car seats. Check the manufacture date on your seat before you bring it in to sell!
Some brands ( I know Britax and Clek do) also have an expiration date labeled on the car
seat, so look for that, too. If your car seat only has the manufacture date, DO NOT bring one
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that was manufactured before September 2010 for infant seats and March 2011 for
convertible or regular car seats and booster seats. This will give the buyer a 6 month to 1
year use of the seat before it expires.
Any item that needs batteries MUST include working batteries to show the buyers that the
item is in working condition.
Any clothing with missing buttons or broken snaps or zippers. The easiest way to ensure
your items are OK to sell, button all the buttons, snap all the snaps, and zip up all zipper! Not
only will you be able to see that everything works, your item will look better on the hanger
and, therefore, be more likely to sell! A win-win:)
Clothing with holes or stains are not permitted. Try your best to look over all your clothing
carefully before you take your time to hang and tag them. It is best to do this on a sunny day
by a bright window or outside if the weather is warm enough. Believe me, if you try to look
over your clothes late at night in a room with not enough light, you will miss stains!
Do not bring out of season clothing. This includes: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas,
or Valentine's Day themed clothing, heavy winter coats, corduroy items, sweaters,
sweatshirts, gloves, mittens, winter hats, winter scarves, flannel shirts, long sleeve shirts,
jeans with lining, wool socks, snow boots, and other winter shoes.
Toys. We do not have the room at the moment to sell toys in our spring/summer sale or the
fall/winter sale. Hopefully, we will be able to accommodate them in future sales!
Adult bedding or household items. If it is not manufactured for children, pregnant or
nursing women, then do not bring it to the sale.
4. What to sell:
1. Children's clothing-Tee shirts, tank tops, short sleeve or tank style dresses, shorts, skirts,
jeans, Capri pants or leggings, lightweight sweater cardigans, zip up hoodies, lightweight
jackets, long sleeve or short sleeve dress shirts, baby sleepers, pajamas (forgot to say no
fleece sleepwear in post 3), dance wear, and swimwear. All must be in good condition with
no stains or holes.
2. Children's accessories-hair items, hats, socks, tights, undershirts or onesies, bibs, ties,
sunglasses, purses, wallets, backpacks, diaper bags, necklaces, bracelets, shoes, and
sandals.
3. Maternity clothing following the same guidelines as the children's clothing above.
4. Baby bedding, children's bedding, blankets,and room decor like lamps, pictures, rugs, etc.
5. Bathroom items-potty seats(make sure these are CLEAN!), bath tubs, and child decorshower curtains, trash cans, toothbrush holders, diaper pails, towels, washcloths, and cloth
diapers.
6. Kitchen/Feeding items-bottles without nipples, child dish sets, silverware, bottle drying racks,
breast pumps, sanitizers, bottle warmers, bibs, and burp cloths.
7. Large baby items- strollers, car seats, pack n plays, swings, bouncers, exersaucers, bumbo
seats, high chairs, non drop side cribs, toddler beds, bassinets, bed rails, Baby gates,
changing tables and baby carriers.
8. Other-boppy pillows, safety items, baby monitors, car seat covers, and crib mobiles.
I am sure there are many more baby items. If you are worried about an item, you can message us
through Facebook.
5. What items to have on hand to prepare your items for the sale:
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White card stock or printer paper (card stock is highly recommended as it is less likely to
come off as people search through the racks of clothes.)
Scissors
Safety Pins
Tape- packing, duct and/or masking
Ziplock Bags
Hangers
Zip Ties (curling ribbon can work too if you have that)
Sharpie
Computer and Printer
6. Preparing your clothing for the sale:
First, gather up all of your clothing and make separate boys and girls piles and a maternity pile if
you are selling maternity clothes. Pick one (going with boys for this example). Start with your boys
clothes and now separate by size, smallest to largest. Now, do the same thing with your girls clothes
and then your maternity clothing.
Next, begin carefully checking over each item for stains or holes. Zip all zippers, button all buttons,
and snap all snaps as you hang each item on a hanger. If possible, please use wire hangers as they
take up less space on our racks, making them easier to look through for our shoppers. So, basically,
use what hangers you already have available, but if you need to purchase hangers, get the wire
ones. Thanks! Remember, hangers will look like a question mark when hung properly. You do
not want to bring in your items for drop off and then have to sit there and switch them around!
Make sure your clothes are hung securely to the hanger.
To secure shirts-place masking tape or duct tape on either side of the top of the hanger. Then,
hang your top on the hanger. Next, pin the shirt to the hanger, making sure to pin through the tape
on both sides. Now the shirt cannot slide around on the hanger.
To secure pants-safety pin pants on both sides of the top part of the hanger. You can use the
tape trick on these too if needed.
To secure a top and bottom outfit-First, place the top on the hanger, taping and pinning if
necessary. Now, pin the pants behind the shirt (DO NOT place the pants under the shirt, the
buyer needs to easily see them.) at the top of the hanger with the front of the pants facing out for the
buyer to see. If possible, it is best to pin the pants directly to the hanger and not the shirt. Pinning
to the shirt can create holes in the shirt, causing your outfit not to sell. You can also hang the top on
one hanger and the pants on another and zip tie the hangers together.
Accessories with your top or outfit-Small items like hairbows or socks can be placed in a ziplock
bag and pinned to the hanger. Be sure to put your seller number and item number with a
sharpie on the bag just in case the bag falls of the hanger. A larger item like a hat can just be
pinned to the top of the hanger. You can write your seller number on masking tape and attach it to
the item in case it becomes separated from the hanger. (You can do this with any item that you are
worried about separating from the main tagged item.)
Remember, if we cannot figure out what a fallen item matches up with, we cannot sell that
item and you will not receive your item back at the end or the sale, nor will you be paid for that item.
Make sure all your items are secure and tagged properly!!
All clothes need to be on hangers except onesies. (Although, I personally think onesie pinned
together on a hanger looks better and sells better.) DO NOT place pajamas, leggings, etc. in
bags!
If you are selling several outfits, tops, or pants together, you can place them on separate hangers
and zip tie the hanger together. DO NOT use clothes pins to attach items to the hanger. Safety pins
only!
7. Preparing your accessories and shoes:
Accessories -- Separate your accessories into plies according to what they are-socks, tights,
highbrows, belts, hats, etc. Check over all your items for stains and holes (esp. the socks!). Decide
if you are selling several items as a group (probably socks and hair bows) or each item individually
(probably hats or belts). Sets of accessories need to be placed in Ziploc bags. Make sure items
being sold together are the same size and write your seller number on the outside of the bag
with a sharpie.
Items being sold individually do not need to be placed in Ziploc bags if you are able to securely
attach the tag to the item.
Shoes -- For your shoes, separate boys from girls, smallest to largest, just like the clothing. Check
them over for holes or excessive wear and dirt. Run your shoes through the washer before tagging if
necessary. Place shoes in a ziplock bag and write your seller number on the bag with a sharpie. If
your shoes are too large to fit in a bag, you can zip tie the shoes together.
8. Preparing your large items for the sale:
Now it is time to prepare your larger items like bouncers, strollers, car seats, pack n plays, etc.
The first (and most important) thing you need to do is check that each item has not been recalled.
You can go to cpsc.gov for recall information or just google your item using the brand name, item,
and manufacture information found on the product.
Next, make sure that all parts are included and your item is in working condition. Batteries are
installed if needed. ALL (except beds) large items that are not new, in original unopened box, will
need to be set up at the sale. If the item has small parts or accessories, place those items in a Ziploc
bag (with your seller number written in sharpie on the front) and attach the bag with a zip tie to the
large item.
Make sure your item is clean and presentable!! That exersaucer that you’re little one ate cookies inwipe it down and get the crumbs off! If the cloth of your stroller, bouncer, exersaucer, car seat, high
chair, etc. is removable, take it off and run it through the washer before tagging it for the sale. It will
look nicer and sell a lot better! Also, DO NOT bring any item with mold on it!
9. Creating the tags for your items:
Go to littlelambscloset.org and click on Item Entry and Tag Printing and then Work With Active
Inventory. It is basically fill in the blank.
First, you need to choose a category. Be as accurate as possible because this helps us determine
how much space we will need for certain items when we set up for the sale.
Size. Choose Leave Blank for non-sized items like bouncers or hair bows. For children's clothing DO
NOT(!!) choose, small, medium, large etc. These sizes are for the maternity clothes only! Even if
your boys shirt says size medium, you need to choose the size that the shirt represents. Every store
sizes differently and your items will not be placed on the correct rack without numerical sizes. For
example, a medium at Old Navy is a size 8, at Target it is a size 8-10, and at Kohl's medium is a 1012. If you are unsure of the size, go to the brands website to check the size chart for what size your
item represents.
Description lines. Please be as descriptive as possible. DO NOT just write shirt or pants as a
description. If the tag becomes separated from your item, a tag labeled 'Shirt" would match several
hundred items! Instead, write something like Gymboree pink t-shirt with little girl and a puppy. Also, if
your item is new with tags be sure to put New in the description to let the shoppers know.
Price. Be realistic with your pricing and choose a price for your items. For example, maybe you paid
full price for those Children's Place jeans, but they are often on sale for only $8.00, so pricing at $5-6
is way too high for this brand.
The quantity category will always be 1 unless you are selling more than one of the same exact item.
This section is not for how many pieces are in an outfit you are selling.
Discount. Be sure to check the discount box if you want your item to be 50% off on Saturday
if it does not sell on Friday.
Donate. The other box to check is the donate one if you do not want that item back at the end of
the sale if it does not sell.
Finally, click the Submit Item button to save that item and start over again to enter your next
item. If you have sold in past sales and have inactive inventory, your item numbers for this sale will
not start at #1. Instead, they will start where your inactive inventory left off. This is normal and will
not affect your 150 items limit for the current sale.
If you have items from the fall sale that are appropriate to sell in the spring sale, click on the Work
With Inactive Inventory button. You can then go through and check the items you want to make
active for the current sale. If you leave everything about the item the same, the old tag already on
the item does not need to be reprinted. However, if you change the price, or decide to discount, you
WILL need to print a new tag.
10. Printing the tags for your items:
LOGIN to your account to print all of your tags or only some of your tags. If you need to print all
your tags, click on the Print All Tags button. If you only need to print some of the tags, click on
the Print Selected Tags button. From there, you can click the Print All Unprinted Tags button. If you
only need to reprint a few tags that were messed up or you changed the price, etc., you can check
off just those tags and then click the Print Selected Tags button.
Printing your tags on card stock is recommended but not required. The thick paper makes the
tags less likely to come off on the full clothing racks as people look through them.
DO NOT adjust the printer settings on your printer to fit more tags on a page or make
them smaller to save on ink. They will print 6 per page. Also, print on regular quality not best or
high quality. Those can distort the bar codes, therefore, they will not scan at checkout. Having the
tags scan easily is SUPER important at check out! It is very time consuming to hand key in all the
tag information and makes the lines longer. To test your tag barcodes after you print, use the
Target Cartwheel app on your phone. Just like you scan barcodes in the store to see if there is an
available coupon. Obviously, you are not checking for a coupon but it will scan the barcode if it is
readable! Quick and easy way to check your tags! If you don't have the app, I highly recommend it
anyway:) I have saved a little over $200.00 in the past two years with it!
11-Attaching the tags to your items:
If you notice a tag is wrong or you decide you want to change something after you have
already printed the tag, DO NOT alter the tag! You MUST print a new tag.
Clothing-Tags need attached with safety pins. NO straight pins! Attach the tags with safety pins
horizontally, not vertically. Again, tags are way more likely to fall off if attach vertically. The tags need
to be placed on the left shoulder (right side if looking at the front of the garment). If you have an item
made of delicate material or raincoat material, where a safety pin will make holes, you can pin the
tag to the size tag if the item has a size tag.
Shoes- Tape tag to the outside of the ziplock bag with packing tape. If you zip tied your shoes
together, you need to use card stock paper or you tag will fall off. Put some tape over the front/back
top part of the tag where you pin the tags, basically laminating it for security. Now, hole punch and
run a zip tie through the hole and attach to your shoes.
Accessories-Items in bags, attach to front of bag with packing tape just like the shoes. For cloth
items not in bags, like a hat, diaper bag or baby carrier, you can safety pin the tag to the item. For
plastic items like a bottle sterilizer, just tape the tag to the item in a nice flat spot where the tag is
least likely to fall off.
Large items-Car seats, strollers, pack n plays, swings, etc. You DO NOT need to attach these tags
to your items. Just bring them with you when you bring in everything at your drop off time. We have
large item claim tags that we will be attaching to all the large items and will need to attach your price
tag to this tag. (Just like at the most recent toy sale if you shopped in October.)
12-Dropping off your items:
After you have all your items ready, you now just have to wait to bring in your stuff at your
designated drop off time the week of the sale. Let's use the example of a drop off appointment of
Wednesday, March 25th at 10:15 am. Your drop off time is the time you are to be IN the building
with all your items ready to be checked in and put away by our wonderful volunteers. You are NOT
to be just pulling into the parking lot at 10:15 am. By the time you upload your can and get all your
items ready and inside the building, you will be 15-20 minutes late for your appointment. This, in
turn, will make us fall behind and causing other people to wait longer for their drop off appointments.
We will have a limited amount of shopping carts and rolling racks available for you to unload your
items from your vehicle and bring them into the building. They are usually available but sometimes
are all being used by other sellers and you may have to wait if you need to use one.
At drop off, you first will stop at the check in table so we can mark you off as bringing in your items
for the sale and to give you your early shopping pass for Thursday night.
You will then go to the designated volunteer to have them look over your items and put them away
for you. You will need to be present for this whole process in case we have a question about one of
your items, if we need to reject an item for you to take back home, and for you to set up any large
items you may have brought to the sale. After we have checked over all your items, you are done
and can leave. Thanks for being patient :)
Please Note: Make sure that if you brought your items in with totes or boxes that you take those
back home with you. We do not have room to store these for you and are not responsible for them if
they are misplaced!
13. Seller/Volunteer Early Shopping:
If you participate in the sale by either selling and/or volunteering, you can shop Thursday, before we
open to the public on Friday morning. Want to shop the best of what is in our sale? The best items
go fast! The more you volunteer the week of the sale, the earlier you can shop to get those great
deals! Anyone can volunteer; you do not need to be a seller. You can even have your husband,
mom, etc. volunteer to help so you can shop earlier or if they would like to be able to shop with you.
Each shift is three hours long and are available throughout the week of the sale. Check our
website (littlelambscloset.org) for available times by clicking on the Worker Registration link under
the Volunteers section.
Early Shopping Schedule:
5:00pm-8:00pm
6:00pm-8:00pm
7:00pm-8:00pm
Volunteer for 3-three hour shifts
Sell AND volunteer OR just volunteer for 2-three hour shifts
Sell OR volunteer only for 1-three hour shift
Your early shop pass (which will be given to you when you drop off your items or when you
volunteer) is good for ONE person only.
You CANNOT bring your friend, mother, husband, etc. If you want someone to shop with you
for any reason, they MUST participate in the same amount of time as you. For example: you
volunteer for three shifts, so you can shop at 5:00pm. Your friend is just selling, so they cannot shop
until 7:00pm. If you want to be able to shop together, your friend would have to volunteer for three
shifts as well. Sorry, but it is not fair to have someone help you shop who has not helped at the sale
when other volunteers did help out to be able to shop at the earlier time.
Volunteer Responsibilities:
Tuesday or Wednesday~Check over sellers items for holes or stains and that all items are
appropriate for the current sale. Put all items away properly and on the correct racks. Help organize
the items in the big items room.
Friday or Saturday Morning~Bag items at checkout, help pick up items on the floor, and keep items
organized. Help customers in the big items room and find items they are looking for to purchase.
Help with line control.
Saturday Afternoon~Help sort unsold items for the sellers to pick up late that day. Tear down and put
away racks. Organize supplies for the next sale.
If you volunteer for a shift, we are counting on you to be there. Our volunteers are what make our
sale run efficiently and smoothly! Thanks everyone for your tremendous help!!
14. Picking up unsold items/check:
If you do not donate all of your unsold items, you will need to pick them up on Saturday between
4:00pm and 5:00pm. Do NOT come earlier than 4:00pm. All of your items may not be ready and we
are printing checks and getting all of our supplies put away. Sellers coming in early will only put us
behind for having items ready for everyone's pick up time. Do NOT come after 5:00pm. We have had
a long week and will not be there after five.
If you cannot be there to pick up your items, you will need to find someone to pick them up for you.
We CANNOT hold items for you to pick up later. The church has to be clean and ready to go for
church the next morning. All items not picked up by 5:00pm WILL be donated!
At pick up, be sure to check the lost and found area for items that lost their tags or pieces from a
set that were separated. We do our best to get everything back to the sellers, but some items we
cannot figure out who it belongs to. Sellers will not be compensated for any lost or stolen items.
Also, please bring a tote, box, or reusable bags to gather up your unsold items at pick up. We will
not provide any of these items.
Pending no computer or printer issues, checks will be ready when you pick up your unsold items. If
you are donating everything and want your check, you can still stop by to pick it up. Watch Facebook
for an update that day; I will post whether or not checks are ready.
Thanks everyone!!