It's a CoSwap!

I was thinking of random things and this popped in my head. A CoSwap! what the heck is that you ask? It's coupon swapping!

So it's a little more in depth than it appears at first glance. What I mean by this is to have a collaboration among a few sellers(at least), maybe i'll start a twibe for it or something... What would happen is this, a group of sellers would swap "coupon" cards. I don't know about the rest of you, but i have little thank you cards that also have a 10% off coupon for their next purchase. So what would happen is each seller would send some of there coupon cards to each of the other sellers. When sellers are packing up sales they should include like 3 other coupon cards along with their own, rotating if need be so everyones card has a fair chance.

These coupon cards should be not so much an advertisement as an additional thank you, and no more than 3 because you don't want to bombard the customer. This would give sellers a chance get some more exposure as well as keep the customers coming back. Whether or not they use the coupons they are going to remember getting them, or maybe they will give them away to friends. I think this would be good for everyone involved. What do you think?

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Quick Update!

Hey everyone one! Things are going good so far, trying to spread the word around. Don't forget that every tweet gets you another entry, so far Itsfromarizona has the most. I have a few items that I am finishing up that should be out before the end of the giveaway. If all goes as planned at least.

I am going to amend that you can use whatever message you like for your tweet, i mean word it however you want. Just as long as it has '@peppermintknits' and the bit.ly link so I can keep track.

As always i am here if you have questions, again good luck and thanks for participating!

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Giveaway! (CLOSED)

Yah! It's time for Peppermint Knits first official giveaway! In combination with the giveaway there is a sale. The sale starts today Monday, October 19th and runs for four weeks ending on Monday, November 16th. I've decided to hold this event to celebrate my daughter turning 3 and hopefully kick-off the holidays. You will receive a 10% discount plus $3 off of all purchases. I know what you're thinking, What about the giveaway??



Terms for the giveaway are:

1)First you need to become a follower of the blog. This makes you eligible for the giveaway as well as counts for your first entry. This is also where I will update the progress of the giveaway. Go ahead and leave a comment below what your twitter identity is.

2)From there you can gain additional entries every time you tweet the following message: @PeppermintKnits is holding a Holiday kick-off sale and Giveaway! Check out the blog for details http://bit.ly/2WWCVB
(you may do some slight editing if you need, but you must leave @PeppermintKnits so I can keep track of your giveaway entries) -NO SPAMMING- Update: You can tweet whatever message you like but you Must keep '@PeppermintKnits' and the bit.ly url in it so i can see them to keep track. This will determine your number of entries.

3)For those of you who don't have or use twitter but are on facebook you can still enter too. First become a fan of the fan page for your first entry ( http://bit.ly/3OvYOU ). Then post the previous messege to your news feed for additional entries.

3)Purchases also give you additional entries for each item purchased.

4) At the end three names will be drawn as winners for the giveaway.

Now that you know the terms, I bet your wondering what items are being given away. The three winners will be able to pick an item in my shop! Any one item they like or can make a request based on items already in the shop (example: if you'd like something in a different color). The winners will be ranked based on number of entries. The one who had the most entries will be first to pick and so on.

I hope you all are as excited as i am about this giveaway! Spread the word and good luck! If there are any questions don't hesitate to ask!

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Cozy Cowls for Fall!

I am in love with these cowls. They are available in 3 sizes and 6 colors with more coming. The sizes are as follows: Tall (approx inches), Short (approx. inches), and Squat (approx. inches). The colors so far are Forest (pictured), Sea (pictured), Black (pictured), Poppy (red), Cream, and Tickled (pink). I've chosen a heavenly soft bamboo yarn that is perfectly warm and snuggly. I am building stock so most will be made to order right now while I do, though the delay should only be 2 to 4 days before shipping. If you have questions let me know!

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Autumn and Posies

Anyone that has known me for any length of time will know that fall is my favorite season and with that a heap of love for the holiday's (which by the way I can't wait until the welcomed cool days of fall). Perhaps that is where my love for knitting comes from. Since deciding to group and release my new projects together I've been making a goal of building stock. The idea of have "stock" was always something that scared me, even if i wouldn't admit it before. Because it meant spending a chunk of money and taking a chance that it would be along time before i made that money back. It was also an excuse for me to tell myself that this wasn't really my "business" but something i did for fun. But the truth is my own business it what i've wanted for a long time. So it's time to invest some money and the extra time to build up that stock. I also took some time this week to explore better ideas for how i'd like to wrap/package my items to ship. A few things i have firmly decided on like investing in some woven labels, the rest still a bit up in the air. Most all of it has to be ordered and put together and i know my customers will appreciate the personal touch.

The new items are due to be released the last week of August or the first week of September depending how things go. My favorite is a hat I've decided to call Posie. I am super excited about this one, it is just too cute. I will post some teasers this week. I will also be bringing out some arm warmers to match the luxury neck warmer, can I tell you this yarn is just delicious. I'll also have a few simple scarves.

On a random tangent, I found (quite accidentally) one day while having a Nutella craving that a smear of it between 2 vanilla wafers tastes amazingly like a Pepperidge Farm Milano cookie. Then I got this crazy idea that we should put together a bunch and dip them in white chocolate. Talk about creating a new weakness! When i get around to putting those together I'll let you know how they turned out.

UPDATE! Sept 20, 2009: The Posie hat is finally out! Sorry it took so long, my timeline got thrown off with all my school stuff. Without further delay here it is!

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