Event Information

Seattle, Washington

Smartie Pants is putting on a three day women’s community consignment event in a beautiful Seattle loft where all unsold items will be donated to local charities and we want you to be a part of it. 

A bit about Smartie Pants...two girlfriends opened their home and started a clothes swap!  We wanted new quality clothes and accessories, but we didn’t want to pay retail, so we thought why not trade with our girlfriends?  The event was a smashing success.  Because of the success we decided to take it bigger and start Smartie Pants—a community consignment event.  We held our first event in June 2009 with much success and received great reviews from the press, participants, and our community.

We believe you can be smart and beautiful.  We love a good deal, but we also love the idea of recycling, giving to the community and especially love the idea of creating a ripple in our community.  In our March event, we donated thousands of clothing items to our partner charities. 

We hope to see you and all your girlfriends at our upcoming event!

Important Event Details: Coming Soon

How it Works

Our event, gives you the opportunity to sell your gently used women's and men's clothing and accessories and receive up to 70% of your selling price. Get paid to clean out your closets and make money.  Signing up to sell your items has never been easier with our easy process.

We are offering two packages:

• Package A: You tag and price your items and you make 70% profit. You do the work and you make more profit!
• Package B: We tag and price your items and you make 50% profit. No time to tag, price and hang your items? You can sign-up for this full-service package. Contact us and we can arrange a time to meet and take care of it for you. We must have your items one week prior to event.

Note: To respect our consignees, no discounts will be given, the price listed is the sell price (except for Sunday).  There will be dressing rooms provided.  All high end merchandise will be monitored. 

As a consignee, you are invited to attend the Presale Event along with a friend and shop before the public. 
Consignees that are donating items not sold, will be charged a minimal participation fee of $20.00.  Consignees that choose not to have unsold items donated, will be charged a $40.00 participation fee.  Registration fee is used for production, event marketing and facility costs.

Please make check payable to Smartie Pants: 28218 241st Ave. SE, Maple Valley, WA.  98038

Seller Registration

Now that you know how this works, are you ready to register for this exciting event? All you need to do is send us the registration form to Smartie Pants.  You will be contacted once we receive your registration form.  We are looking forward having you be a part of this event.

Prepare Your Items

Remember, the better your clothes and accessories look, the better they will sell! Please check for stains, broken zippers, torn hemlines, etc. We reserve the right to turn away any items that are not in good condition and will do so at check in. Please bring all items properly hung on hangers. Please no undergarments. 

Thank you for bringing your best merchandise, we want to provide the best quality merchandise so please bring the items you would be proud to sell.  All items will be checked in and any non-accepted items will be sent home with the seller.  These are some of the example items that we accept:  all women's clothing (including maternity clothes but no under garment), handbags, shoes, any kind of accessories, and jewelry.  No children clothes accepted at this time.

Tagging

With Package A we will provide a pre-printed sheet labels with your seller ID # already included. Please only use the provided labels for tagging.

Here is our recommendation for tagging:

• Type or write the price and size for each of your items.
• We recommend that you print the labels on a thicker stock type of paper. No stickers or sticky labels.
• Cut each label out. Please do not use sticker labels, they are not guaranteed to stay on the garments.
• Please secure price tags on the "tag where the size is printed."  We recommend that you staple your tags to clothing items.  For accessories, put a small hole in the tag and use string or floss to tie it around the item.
• Make sure all your tags are secure. We make every effort to properly handle, display and care for your items placed in the sale. However, items do get removed from their original packaging and tags fall off. Remember, many shoppers will be handling your items. Please bring items packaged/hung correctly and with your tags securely attached.

Seller Inventory form is provided with your registration form.  Please use this form while you tag your items.  This inventory form will help you stay organized, allow your check-in to go faster and will help us to accurately pay you at the end of the event.

Guideline for pricing items:
Our recommendation is to price designer items at 50% off and for everyday clothing our recommendation is to mark them at 60%-70% off full retail price.  If your price base is too high, your overall percentage of items sold will reflect this. 

Drop Off

With the overwhelming number of consignees, we are providing multiple drop off times; Thursday from 5pm to 8pm and Friday from 12pm – 4pm.  Plan accordingly and allow plenty of time for us to place your items on the sale floor.

During the drop off, please make sure to bring your items along with your seller inventory form.  Please bring two copies.  We will have volunteers to direct you once you arrive. 

Parking is available in the McHugh Building (underground and next to the building) as well as directly across the street.

Pick Up

Sunday  from 4:00pm - 7:00pm
If you are not donating unsold items, you will need to pick up your items no later than 7:00pm or all items will be donated.  No exception as we have scheduled charity pick-ups immediately following our event.

Pay Day

Consignee checks will be sent out to you within 14 days after the event!

Volunteers

Come and join us to help make this a wonderful and successful event. You will have an opportunity to find some fantastic bargains and meet some amazing people! Volunteers can work as little as a 3 hour shift and gain the privilege of shopping early to pick the best items. By having volunteers, it allows us to keep our costs down and give our consignees a bigger percentage back. Sign up to be a volunteer today!

Volunteers are needed for the following activities:

• Setup, Receiving and Checking in merchandise,
• Organizing and Tagging Items,
• Help during the event, and
• Marketing

Please arrive on time and work your entire agreed upon shift to ensure that the event has the appropriate staff. For volunteers that sign up for more than 6 hours, we will enter you into a special raffle drawing for a very special gift. Thank you in advance for your time and support.

Charity Information

You can feel good about the contribution made to others in the community.

Seattle Children's Hospital Thrift Stores support uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital and help ensure that the best medical care will always be available to the children of our region.  When you visit one of our six thrift stores you'll find a wide selection of quality new and used merchandise at fair prices. Best of all, you'll know your purchases will benefit the children who rely on Children's for their care.

Seattle Children’s Redmond Thrift Store | 15137 NE 24^th (Overlake Square) | Redmond, WA 98052 | p: 425/746-3092

Jubilee Women’s Center provides women a safe and supportive place to live and an opportunity to learn while becoming self-reliant in housing and employment. They have been providing transitional housing for women since 1983. Jubilee has an onsite free clothing boutique open by appointment to all women. Jubilee relies on the community for clothing donations to keep the boutique full. Smartie Pants has been donating clothes to this boutique for the past four years!

Jubilee Women's Center | 620 18th Ave East | Seattle, WA 98112 | p: 206.324.1244

Rising out of the Shadows: ROOTS delivers critical services to homeless young adults and other low income persons, advocates for policies that foster dignity and long-term solutions, and works toward building community partnerships. This amazing organization provides shelter and clothing to homeless young adults. It relies heavily on donations.  Let’s
help them keep their closets full.

Rising out of the Shadows | 1415 NE 43rd Street | Seattle, WA | p: 206.632.1635

Event Location

1927 Building - Downtown, Seattle, Washington
Parking available  across the street.

Special Thanks

A big THANK YOU to our wonderful volunteers and sponsors.    We are extremely grateful for your support and contribution to our event.  Your gifts and time are extraordinary to us.  We thank your from the bottom of our hearts and so do each of the charities.

Our Incredible Sponsors:

• Selene Sacks - Special thanks for the wonderful donation for our raffle drawing!  Wow -- the handbag is absolutely gorgeous!  Selene Sacks is your one stop personal shopper and gift service.  For more information on their service you can check out their website:  www.selenesacks.com
  
  
• Jodie Ruby from Stella & Dot!  For donating the beautiful gift basket to be raffle off at our upcoming October Event!  Stella & Dot is your invitation to style... Celebrity coveted jewelry sold through private home boutique parties, online & catalog sales. Stella & Dot offers high style and high quality jewelry using sterling silver, precious metals, semi-precious stones and quality crystal. They make hot looks affordable, offering style for a steal.  Half of the collection is under $50, so there is something for everyone. Contact stylist Jodie Ruby at jodieruby@hotmail.com to schedule your in-home trunk show or check out their website to shop:  www.stelladot.com/ruby.

• Decadence Custom Cakes - Dan Mikosz - For the amazing cake to celebrate our Pre-Sale Event.  To find out more about what they offer, check out their website:  http://decadencecustomcakes.com/default.aspx

• Michael Charbanoue -  The amazing Smartie Pants Event Sign.

About Us

Hello Friends!  Who would have thought that an event that started out with close friends exchanging clothes would end up being a community event?  This event provides a place where you can make money on clothes that you no longer wear, update your wardrobe at a fraction of the price, and clean out your closet and closest to our hearts, help to support several local women’s charities – all in one weekend!

Smartie Pants Consignment is thrilled to be throwing this event.  Thank you for your support in our journey to have a positive impact on women and the environment. We look forward to you being a part of this event as a consignee, shopper or volunteer!  

From one girlfriend to the next—cheers!
Smartie Pants