Store is open til 5 tonight and tommorrow (dec 31). Get your donations in before it’s too late for this year.
http://www.amazon.com/shops/charliestreasures
This is the link for our store on Amazon. It mainly has books.
Did you know that millions of roman shades and roll up blinds are being recalled because their have been deaths from getting tangled up in the cords. I’ve provided a link to the CPSC. gov’s website for you to get the full story.
This is a sample of a roman shade.
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=216871,00.html - this is a helpful article on year end giving .
Folks – its now DEc 26th. You have 6 more days to get you donation in for the year. We are open here on New Years eve until 5pm to reciece your donations. Remember in order to get the deduction for this year it must be recieved this year. We are NOT allowed to back date ANY receipts. But my staff and I are gearing up to take all your used goodies right until that point. IF you’ve followed the blog your half way though your house. Now you need to tackle the rest and sift though everything in order to get those goods to us before the years end. This is a win win for everyone. You get the stuff out of your house and we get good stuff to resell. It hleps the envirnorment by recycling and it helps The Childrens home by putting stuff in our store to sell and givning us funds to help operate the programs we have for kids. Do you realize that our org alone houses at least 50 kids who don’t have parents to support them? We can do this with your help. And you can help by sifting though your house pulling stuff you no longer need or use and giving to us for our store. (only after we determine goods are not needed by the kids or our porgrams do we sell it in the thrift store.)
So have a Happy New Year and a clean house. Donate your stuff today.
Our hours are
Mon- Frid 10-5
Sat 10-5
Sun 12-5
for donations.
We are closed New Years Day. But will be open until 5 on New Years eve.
FOR ONLY $1 EACH.
WOO HOO
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Ok so now we’re into one of the meaty areas prime for donations. Your kitchen.
First make sure all you dishes are clean dried and put away. Now start with the drawers in your kitchen. Pull everything out of them. JUST DO ONE DRAWER AT A TIME otherwise it will be chaos.
Start with your utensil drawer – most kitchen utensils you only need one of themm the exception is wooden spoons and rubber spatulas. If your not a big time cook then anything more than one is just wasting space. If there not burnt or broken put in the charity pile. Otherwise throw them out.
Kitchen silverwere – how many people are in your household? double that for the number of knives, forks and spoons you really need. Donate the rest. I always have people looking for silverware.
Dinnerwear – how many people in your household? Then that’s the number of sets you need of dishes. Why have a service of 8 if there’s just 2 of you.
Pots and pans – again if your not a serious cook than anything more than the basic pots is a just a waste of space. While your at it look at you baking pans. Whens the last time you acutally baked a cake? Last year, then why keep 3 sets of cake pans.
I can go on an on. But you need to go through each drawer and shelf in your kitchen pull it all out and ask yourself,
When was the last time I used this?
Do I really need this?
Only put back those items you are really going to use. This goes for all those kitchen appliances sitting around. If you haven’t used them in a year then donate them to someone who will get use out of them.
The rest get boxed up and put into the back of you car.
All the stuff in boxes for charity , try to keep a mental list on what you’ve donated so you can itemize the list for your taxes. Or do it while you are making the bags and boxes for charity make a running list.
Now it’s time to head to your favorite charity – if your in Tampa, that should be Charlie’s Treasures. Don’t forget to pickup your donation reciept. You’ll need this fro your taxes. Make a note which rooms your’ve done and put your value on it.
Now once your dropped off your stuff. Make sure you tak a look inside the store. We may have that perfect something you can’t do without.
Same rules apply here. Pull everything out.Sort into the 3 bags, bins or boxes.Look at your decor. Is it time to do a little redecorating? If the answer is yes. Check out the the thrift store for new pieces and donate your old to the store. This is a perfect means to recycle.
Put the box of keep away in it’s proper home and throw out the trash. Put the bag or box of charity items in your trunk. Go have yourself a treat. You deserve it. You’ve got 2 areas down.
All this was bought in a thrift store.
Go outside and come in the door that all your guests and relatives will be using.
Pull everything out of there. As you pull each item, you only have 3 choices of what to do with it. Don’t put it anywhere else but one of these 3 places. Once you have the entry way cleared. Start putting your stuff back. But think about how you use the space. Does your purse land there or your car keys. then put something there meant to hold what ever alwasy lands there. In my house I had shoes all over the entry way. My solution was a clothes basket that all stray shoes went into.
My purse always lands by the front door. I added a small tall table just for my purse and laptop bag. It has a small drawer for items I don’t use often but still need as I’m going out the door. I also added a hall tree I bought from Charlie’s Treasures Thrift store. This h0ld all the hats that everyone spends ten minutes looking for as we’re going out the door. It also holds the dog lease and the doggie bags.
Throw the trash out. Your keep bin should be empty. If there are things from the rest of the house , put them away. Put the charity bag in your car. You’re done for the day. Go sit and relax. If you get company at least the first thing they see will be clutter free. And you’re on you way to a hassle free holiday.
We all know everyone waits till the last day to get their donations in. This year I’m going to help you make it easier.
PART ONE
Here’s what you’ll need
- a bag, bin or bag for Charity
- a keep box- this is stuff you want to keep.
- several large trash bags
- masking tape or some other clear tape
- permanent marker
This is just to help you get started.
Each day we’ll tackle a room and hopefully by the end of the year, you’ll be all cleared out.
