Children’s consignment sale set for next week

In today’s economy, most parents are looking for different ways to cuts costs and keep their family’s budget intact.
Russellville resident Mandy Farris, who is a mom of two young children, is no different.
She and her husband, Caley, try to make the best financial decisions for their family as possible, so when their daughter, Addyson, was born, Farris began shopping and consigning at different sales in the area.
“Children grow so fast that you hate to invest a lot of money in their clothing,” Farris said. “Consignment sales are great because you are able to get gently-used clothing at a great price.”
As Farris was traveling to different consignment sales, both to sell and buy things for her daughter, she happened to think that she might enjoy operating a sale herself.
“I didn’t pursue the idea at the time, but in 2008, I started volunteering at my sister-in-law, Shelly Farris’, consignment sale in Decatur called Kids Swap,” Farris said. “After that experience I decided that it was something I could do and something I wanted to do, so I got to work trying to make my sale a reality.”
The first thing Farris had to do was chose a venue for her sale. Being a longtime resident of Franklin County, she decided Russellville’s A.W. Todd Center would be the ideal place for her new sale to flourish.
“There isn’t a sale that is currently operating out of Russellville, so I really feel like this will meet so many needs in this area,” she said. “Many people I talked to couldn’t believe a consignment sale hadn’t already been started here since so many of us travel to other counties to consign and shop.
“This will be a great way to still participate in consigning while supporting local people and not having such a long drive to get to the sale.”
Once Farris had her venue in place, “Growin’ Like a Weed,” the official name of the sale, really started coming together.
“We are so excited about our first sale and we hope people find it useful and helpful,” she said. “This is great for many moms, but especially new moms who need to stock upon their baby supplies at great prices.”
Growin’ Like a Weed’s first consignment sale will take place July 18 – 22 at the A.W. Todd Center. For those wishing to sell items, the deadline to register and tag items will be July 17. Consignor drop-off dates are July 18 and 19. The public sale will be July 20 and 21.
Growin’ Like a Weed will accept and sell many different items.
“This isn’t just a clothing sale,” Farris stressed. “We will have many different baby supplies, toys, furniture and other items. You can pretty much find anything you will need for your child.”
Anyone who wants to participate in Growin’ Like a Weed should first visit the sale’s website at www.growinlikeaweed.net to register.
During registration, participants will have the option to select a volunteer shift and Farris said those who volunteer will have the opportunity to shop first.
At this sale sale, a consignor gets 70 percent of sales. Also, for those who might be familiar with other sales in the area, the tagging system at Growin’ Like a Weed is different in that it is an online tagging system that allows the consignor to login to their account from our webpage and create and print out their tags instead of handwriting them.
“This tagging system saves our consignors time and also allows them to view their sales after each sale day to see how much they’ve sold,” Farris said. “We feel like it’s a really great service and it will be the preferred way of tagging for the sale but we will still accept handwritten tags if someone needs to do that. If someone wants to handwrite their tags, they just have contact me directly and let me know.”
To view a complete list of items that will be accepted and items that are not accepted, to register for the sale or for more information, visit www.growinlikeaweed.net.