Kids Sale Drop Offs are Going On Now – WOW!

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

The first day of consignor drop offs is complete – one more to go!

Here’s a sneak peak at some of the TENS of THOUSANDS of goodies we have on site.  And lots more is coming tomorrow!

All kinds of great items for crawlers and walkers – tons of activity tables, push toys, and more.

 

 

Fantastic selection of toys for infant through preschool, including all these Little People sets!

 

 

 

 

 

The book section is easy to shop, with excellent selection!

 

 

 

 

No matter what age you’re looking for, you’ll find it here!

Absolutely fabulous selection for Infants, Toddlers, Preschool, Elementary, and even those tough-to-find sizes 8 to 14.  Plus a great Juniors section too!

 

 

This is one BIG sale – wait until you see it!  Art centers, easels, play yards, cozy coupes, wow.

 

 

 

All kinds of outdoor toys!  Sandboxes, slides, playsets, even a Little Tikes Merry-go-Round.

 

 

 

 

And we still have LOTS more consignors dropping off Wednesday morning.  See you soon!

Huge Spring/Summer Apex Kids Sale!

More racks, more displays, and MORE GREAT KIDS STUFF than ever before – 23,000 sq ft of bargains!

The Spring Kids Sale will be at Beaver Creek in Apex, between Old Navy and Dick’s Sporting Goods

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Printable Check Off Lists for Kids Sale | Spring and Summer

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Shopping Tips for Kids Sales | Printable Check Off Lists for Spring/Summer

Just as the weather is warming up – it’s time to grab everything your kids need for summer, and get a jump start on the wardrobe for the new school year too.   Don’t pay retail!

We’ve included links to some handy check off clothing lists for Infants, Toddlers, and School Age.  Just print, note what you have and what you need, and bring your list to the Kids Sale with you.

Kids Sale Shopping List – Toddlers/Preschool Clothing

Kids Sale Shopping List – School Age Clothing

Kids Sale Shopping List – Infants Clothing

You’ll find everything you need at the best kids sale in the Raleigh area:  clothing for Newborn to Teen, Maternity, shoes, accessories, books, strollers, pack n plays, swings, bouncers, exersaucers, all kinds of baby equipment, ride on toys, outdoor toys, bikes and scooters, homeschool supplies, sports equipment, and so much more!  Check out our “Mom Time” area too, for fun and creative products and services.

Want first look at the very best of everything?  There are still a couple of volunteer slots open, with early access to opening day and half price sales (and you can bring a friend.)

  • Buddy up – work a shift with your kids (14 and up), hubby, mom or anyone who wants to help you earn double credit (and they get double credit, too.)
  • Pregnant?  Have an infant?  Sit your shift, with Low Impact options.
  • Consignors – increase your earnings with every shift you serve.
  • Each shift worked also earns one “Friend Pass”

Learn More About Volunteering Here

Check Available Volunteer Shifts Here 

The sale’s almost here. See you there!

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Easy Printable Shopping List – Baby Equipment

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Shopping Tips for Kids Sales | Printable Check Off Lists

Are you expecting a new arrival soon?  It’s the last chance to buy everything you need for Spring and Summer – you don’t want to miss out and pay retail!

Here’s a handy printable list.  Note what you already have, and what you need, and make shopping easy.

Kids Sale Shopping List – Infant Equipment (Click to View/Print)

Want first look at the very best of everything?  There are still a couple of volunteer slots open, with early access to opening day and half price sales (and you can bring a friend.)

  • Buddy up – work a shift with your kids (14 and up), hubby, mom or anyone who wants to help you earn double credit (and they get double credit, too.)
  • Pregnant?  Have an infant?  Sit your shift, with Low Impact options.
  • Consignors – increase your earnings with every shift you serve.
  • Each shift worked also earns one “Friend Pass”

Learn More About Volunteering Here

Check Available Volunteer Shifts Here 

The sale’s almost here. See you there!

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Help Printing Tags

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket
Due to the constantly changing internet guidelines, requirements, spam blockers, and cookie issues, here are some quick steps that might help if you’re having trouble printing your tags:
What to do when user reports problems with cookies when trying to use MSM nment

There are a couple of things that can potentially cause a user to get a message about their browser not allowing cookies when trying to use MSM. Below are those causes (in order of most common) and their solutions

1. User’s browser does not have cookies enabled, specifically session cookies. The user can follow the steps below, depending on their browser to make sure their browser will allow the cookie:

Internet Explorer:
Steps for IE 10:
1. Please see this link for instructions: http://ww2.cox.com/residential/centralflorida/support/internet/article.cox?articleId=03089f80-1fb3-11e2-4953-000000000000

Steps for IE9:
1. Click on the tools icon and click on Internet Options
2. Click on the Privacy tab at the top, and click the ADVANCED button
3. Set the options to always allow session cookies. Optionally allow first and third party cookies.

Steps for IE8:
1. Click on the TOOLS menu, then select INTERNET OPTIONS
2. Select the PRIVACY TAB and click ADVANCED.
3. Set the options to always allow session cookies and optionally first and third party cookies.

Steps for Firefox:
Please see this article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
and be sure to set the settings to allow cookies from sites and accept third party cookies.

Steps for Safari:
See this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11913
and set the settings to allow cookies.

If these steps do not work, please email penny@frogpocketkids.com, and let us know what link/page you are using when you attempt to print.

Thank you – we look forward to seeing you very soon!
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Mom Time at the HUGE Apex Kids Sale

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

While you’re shopping for the kids, take a few minutes to check out some fun and fabulous items – and enter some great drawings, too!

Here are a few of the fantastic vendors who will be onsite with demonstrations, terrific products, and more:

And many more!  Most vendors will be giving away GREAT PRIZES, so be sure to bring your mailing labels and be ready to enter to win!

Tell thousands of local families about your great product or service, on a pad at Frog in my Pocket. There are still a few great spots available –  check out the details here.

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Vote for your Favorite Kids Sale!

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Vote for your favorite Kids Sale, and win a $50 Gift Card from Consignment Mommies!

If you enjoy shopping at Frog in My Pocket, we’d greatly appreciate your vote!  Earn up to 6 entries – just click here and scroll down the page:

Vote for Frog – Win a Gift Card

Your vote for Frog in My Pocket will not only enter you for ConsignmentMommies.com’s drawing, it will ALSO enter you in Frog’s “Talk About It and Win” contest!

Thanks very much – we look forward to seeing you soon!

 

ConsignmentMommies.com Contest Notes:

1.  You may enter ONCE per sale.  Additional sale locations must be entered on DIFFERENT days to validate entries.
2.  You may comment ONCE per season per sale.  Comments beyond that will not be counted towards a sale’s TOP RATED status.
3.  Contest runs through 04/30/2013.
4.  Entries must be accompanied by the official Rafflecopter entry.  Winners will be chosen through that application and notified via email.

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Top 10 Tagging Essentials – and where to snag them

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Getting Ready for a Raleigh Kids Sale

Top 10 Essential Tagging Supplies – and where to find them, cheap

1.  Cardstock for tags (65, 67, or 110 weight only).  Look for white if leftover items will be donated, colored if items will be picked up.   While you can buy smaller packages, the best deals for cardstock are 250 sheet reams from Office Depot, Staples, or other office supply stores.  Amazon is a possibility too, with several “free shipping” options.  Just make sure you’re ordering the right weight – 67 weight is ideal.

2.  Scissors or a paper cutter to cut your tags apart.  If you’re a first time consignor with not many items, scissors work great.  But if you’re tagging a couple hundred items, you may want to consider an inexpensive paper cutter, which can serve double duty for art projects, scrapbooking, and more.

3.  Plastic or wire hangers (For any item over size 2, wire hangers are REQUIRED. Plastic hangers can be used for sizes 2 and under).   Ask your local dry cleaner if they will allow you to take home “recycled” hangers, and ask any of your friends who dry clean to save their hangers for you throughout the year. 

4.  Cable or electrical zip ties.  You can find them at Northern Tool Supply, Lowe’s Hardware, Home Depot or Walmart.   We found that Northern Tool Supply had the best pricing, especially if you can grab a coupon!  Sign up for their mailing list.

5.  Safety pins (Larger pins for attaching items of clothing together or securing pants to hangers, smaller for attaching tags).   AC Moore often has “50% off” coupons for one item – use it to score one of their big safety pin boxes and you’ll be set.   Walmart and other retailers also sell safety pins.

Hole Punches

6.  Pens - they don’t have to be fancy, and any ink color is great for Frog in My Pocket.  Some sales require specific ink colors, so check their guidelines. 

7.  Hole punch - this is essential, but again it doesn’t have to be high tech.  You can grab a hole punch for $2-3 at most office supply stores.

8.  Ziploc bags in assorted sizes for socks, underwear, toys, games, and small items.  Costco has the best cost per bag.  It’s a “super-size” pack, but hey, when do extra ziploc bags not come in handy in the kitchen?

9.  Clear packing tape for attaching tags to Ziplocs, toys, etc.  Also for “laminating” tags attached to shoes or other heavy items.  Grab extra tape at “Back to School” sales, it never goes bad!

10.  Painters tape for attaching tags to books/games/puzzles (this kind of tape will limit unintentional tearing of books and boxes when the tags are removed).  This tape runs about $5/roll most places, but one roll will attach tags to hundreds of books.  We like to buy 1″ tape, and cut it in half lengthwise, with half the strip at the top of the tag and half at the bottom.  The tag is secure, the back of the book can still be read, and that roll goes even farther.

With these 10 tagging essentials, you have everything you need!  Grab that bin of outgrown clothing, freshen it up in the dryer, and get started.  Download our easy printable tagging guide here for questions about accepted items, how to tag clothing, and more.

Want to learn how easy it is to consign?    

Check out our step-by-step guides.  How to Become a Consignor

Registration is NOW OPEN – last chance to SELL your Spring/Summer Items!

You AND your friends can Shop First! 

Just when the weather is warming up – Frog offers the last chance to BUY the spring/summer items you need from a huge, well organized kids sale, right when you need them.   Be ready to stock up for the rest of the year too – we’ll also be offering cool weather items, so you’ll be able to plan ahead.

Sign up to help out at Frog in My Pocket. You and your friends can shop first! Earn other great benefits. And take home all the best kids bargains from the last big sale of the season for spring and summer stuff.

Find out more about how it works here.

Win a shopping spree!

Contest

Tell other moms where to buy top quality kid’s stuff at bargain prices. Win FREE kids stuff!
Each time you mention Frog in My Pocket on Facebook or Pinterest, you’re entered to win again – see details here!

 

 

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Twice as Nice Sale Consignors

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Michelle and Karen at Twice as Nice have asked us to do what we can to help consignors who had prepared items for their sale, which has been cancelled for reasons beyond their control.

Due to the unfortunate situation, Frog in my Pocket will make an exception to our tagging process, to accommodate the consignors who have worked so hard to prepare for the sale.

All you need to do is

  • Register as a consignor here, and note “Twice as Nice” in the comment section.   You can either select a favorite 2-4 digit number and check for availability or be randomly assigned a number.
  • Handwrite your new number with a black sharpie clearly on the front of the index cards you’ve tagged for Twice as Nice.
  • We will sort your unsold items separately via Twice as Nice’s donation process – ie a “D” in the corner denotes that the item will be donated, and no “D” means the items will be picked up at the designated pick up time.
  • Frog in my Pocket will accept your items with the same benefits and payout as our other consignors.

Simply follow our drop off and pick up process, and sell without having to retag any items that are currently tagged with Twice as Nice’s index card system.

Go to our website for additional information, or contact Penny Hull directly at Penny@FrogPocketKids.com.

Twice as Nice will hold their next sale as scheduled, and they look forward to seeing you soon.   If Twice as Nice is able to find an alternate venue/date in the meantime, your items will still be tagged and ready to sell with them, and you will be welcome to either work with both sales or simply stay with Twice as Nice.

*NOTE – Per our tagging standards, tags from other sales or other software will not be accepted.  This one time exception for alternate tags for the Spring/Summer Sale is limited to Twice as Nice handwritten tags following their standard system.

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Raleigh Kids Sale Now Accepting Vendors

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Spring/Summer Apex Kids Sale Offers Great Way to Get the Word Out

What do businesses like Origami Owl, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Forget-Me-Not Creations and It Works Global have in common? They’ll be at Frog in my Pocket’s big Spring sale!

Does your business serve kids and families in the greater Triangle area?

We’ll help spread the word. Thousands of shoppers will visit Frog in My Pocket in our 23,000 sq ft Beaver Creek location during the Spring/Summer Kids Sale event. Join the fun. Set up a table and we’ll make sure you’re visible – and we’ll talk about it too, on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and more!

Bring a table, display, products, printed materials and your elevator speech to this huge indoor sale – we’ll make sure customers see you!

Space is provided for a 6′ or 8′ table, with visibility to two sides of traffic – incoming customers will pass on one side and shoppers in line will pass on the other side.

Offer a drawing or contest and increase your ability to draw attention to your table.

Tell us what you plan to do and we’ll talk about it – like Christie at It Works Global, who is offering a drawing for Ultimate Body Applicators, $115 Value!

 

Your drawing prize should be worth at least $50. We’ll be strongly promoting the chance the enter 20 different drawings to our shoppers, and encouraging them to bring mailing labels to enter contests with!

(Giveaways are a great way to draw attention to your table as well – small items that remind them about your business like samples, products with your logo, magnets or pencils… even a bowl of candy can make them pause for a minute to look at what you have to offer.)

Booth on Site

Limited opportunity – only two booth locations still available! Ask us about this prime position.

Vendor must provide tables, displays, and/or booth cover if desired. Includes 10′x10′ Booth indoors, facing Entry Doors. All incoming and exiting traffic will pass Booths and first 20 Tables.

Advertise

We will place your full-color ad on our Community Resources page as well as on the page of your choice that still has an available sponsor spot.

Bag Stuffers

Provide up to 500 pieces of printed material, and we’ll hand your information to the first 500 shoppers!

Get Registration FAQs and Details Here

Huge Apex Kids Sale

More racks, more displays, and MORE GREAT KIDS STUFF than ever before!  Everything you need for tots through teens, and Mom too.

ENORMOUS 23,000 Sq Ft Location!!!!

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Raleigh Kids Sale | Location Announced!

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Frog In My Pocket

Frog in My Pocket’s Spring/Summer Sale is coming to Beaver Creek in Apex!

This kids consignment sale is so popular we’ve more than tripled the sales space with 23,000 sq ft of great bargains on high quality kids stuff!

Frog in My Pocket’s Spring/Summer Sale is now at a fantastic new location:

23,000 Square Feet in the Beaver Creek Shopping Center

Between Old Navy and Dick’s Sporting Goods in the old Border’s Books storefront 

  • Easy to get to: just minutes from most parts of the Triangle
  • Easy to park: HUGE Parking Lot
  • Easy to shop:  23,000 Sq Ft – MORE Racks, MORE Tables, MORE Totally Organized Kids Stuff!
  • “Best Run” Kids Sale: Short Lines, Neat and Clean, No Fees for Credit Cards or Bags
  • Oodles of Drawings and Contests to Enter

New this Sale – check out our “Everything Mom Needs” vendor area!

We’ll have an awesome assortment of local vendors with Jewelry, Summer Camp Info, Gifts, and much much more!  BRING YOUR ADDRESS LABELS – there will be TWENTY drawings for big prizes to enter while you shop!

Want to display a unique product or family-related service at the big event?

Contact Penny@FrogPocketKids.com for more info!

Want to learn how easy it is to consign?    

Check out our step-by-step guides.  How to Become a Consignor

Registration is NOW OPEN – last chance to SELL your Spring/Summer Items!

Seasoned consignor?  

You know how fun and profitable it is to pass along outgrown kids items with Frog in My Pocket.  Re-register now for the Spring/Summer sale!

Returning Consignors – Register Here

You AND your friends can Shop First! 

Just when the weather is warming up – Frog offers the last chance to BUY the spring/summer items you need from a really, really big kids sale, right when you need them.   Be ready to stock up for the rest of the year too – we’ll also be offering cool weather items, so you’ll be able to plan ahead.

Sign up to help out at Frog in My Pocket. You and your friends can shop first! Earn other great benefits. And take home all the best kids bargains from the last big sale of the season for spring and summer stuff.

Find out more about how it works here.

You Can Shop – for Free! 

We’re giving away two $50 gift certificates to the Frog in My Pocket Raleigh Spring/Summer kids sale!  Just help us spread the word on Facebook or Pinterest -  here’s how.

Consignor Drop Off:

  • Tues 5/15: 5 pm – 8 pm
  • Weds 5/16: 8 am – 2 pm
  • Whenever you gather your items – with our Busy Mom Service!  Find out more here.

Sale Hours – Volunteers, Consignors, New Moms, Military, Schools/Daycares:

Sale Hours – Public:

  • Public Sale Fri 5/17: noon – 7pm
  • Public Sale Sat 5/18: 9am – 6pm
  • HALF PRICE SALE Sun 5/19: Volunteers: 9am – 11 am, Military Appreciation 10 am – 11 am, Public: 11am – 4pm

Pick Up Unsold Items:

  • Monday 5/20: 1 pm to 5 pm

Win a shopping spree!

Contest

Tell other moms where to buy top quality kid’s stuff at bargain prices. Win FREE kids stuff!
Each time you mention Frog in My Pocket on Facebook or Pinterest, you’re entered to win again – see details here!

 

 

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