An All Vegan Cruise!

This week I'm headed off for an all-vegan, holistic cruise to the Caribbean.  I booked this last year, having found it a week before last year's sailing and just too late to make it aboard.  I'm a mediocre cook at best.  (Even before I was a vegan, I apparently didn't get the "cooking gene.")  So hopefully, these cooking classes will do me some good.

In any event, FaeriesDance.com will be shipping and processing returns and refunds at our normal lightning pace.  However, customer service responses via phone will not be available and via e-mail will be a bit slower than normal.  I apologize for any inconvenience this causes anyone and will be happy to get back to you as soon as I'm back in town.

I'll let you know how the cruise goes as well...  Having somewhat of a sweet tooth, I'm particularly looking forward to the "gourmet vegan pastry chefs!"

March Give-a-Way: Smart Glass Recycled Bottle Necklace

We're pleased to announce our newest vendor, Smart Glass Jewelry.  Smart Glass offers classic and contemporary jewelry pieces made from cut and polished glass rings from drinking bottles.  The artist, Kathleen Plate, individually hand makes each piece right here in the US.  She uses bottles from Champagne, wine, beer, vodka, sake and even Coke^©.  The pieces are all unique as there are slight variations from bottle to bottle and cut to cut.

You'll find 7 distinctive designs in the Jewelry Section under the Artisan Collection at FaeriesDance.com.  Our list prices are between 15% - 20% off MSRP, so you can try these wonderful pieces at a discount.

We're kicking off this new line by giving away a Recycled Bottle Circle Necklace in Cobalt, which the manufacturer graciously sponsored.  The give-a-way necklace has the same circle design shown in the top photo, but is hanging on their thinner, single-attachment sterling silver chain (like the picture to the right).

TO ENTER: Leave on comment on this blog post by midnight March 31, 2010. You must include an e-mail address or phone number so we can contact you.  Drawing will be held Friday, April 2.

Ecoland Prices Going Up - Stock Up In March

We pride ourselves on offering our items below Manufacturer's Suggest Retail Price (MSRP).  While it means a little less profit on our part, we believe offering organic and eco-friendly clothing as inexpensively as possible will open the market up to a wider audience.  In the past, we have specifically not worked with manufacturers who do not allow us to price items accordingly.

We've just heard from Ecoland that they are getting complaints from other companies that our prices are too low and they cannot compete with us.  (Isn't that what competition is about, really?)  We briefly considered dropping Ecoland from our line, but so many of our customers absolutely love the Wireless Soft Cup Bra (a top 10 best seller for almost 2 years now), that seemed an excessive response.  The Ecoland team was also very nice and somewhat apologetic in their request that we charge MSRP.  Obviously they are getting pressure from their customers, and like us, are just trying to keep their regular customers happy.  I'd truly hate to see them go out of business!  So, we have decided to go along with their request and change our prices on all Ecoland items to MSRP, which is about 10% more than we currently charge.

However, in the interest of keeping our own customers happy, we're holding prices steady through March 31.  So now is definitely the time to stock up on all your Ecoland favorites as all prices will be going up on April 1.  We apologize for any inconvenience this causes.

Last Chance Item: Underwire Soft Cup Bra

We just placed a restock order for the Ecoland Underwire Soft Cup Bra.  They weren't able to fill our complete order and let us know that this particular version of this bra is being phased out.  Apparently, a new version with padding is in work.

While that should excite quite a lot of people who've been asking for padded bras, I fear a few of you will be disappointed in the loss of this simple, unpadded bra that we've been carrying for 3 or 4 years now.  At the moment we have pretty good stock in all sizes, but this is a quick seller.  So if it's one of your favorites, definitely pick some up soon.

Valentine's Day Sweater Winners

This was a fun drawing.  Anyone who said multiple sizes would fit got put into the drawing for each. 

And the winners are...

Small - Rich (#3 of 3 entries)
Medium - Martin (#5 of 8 entries)
Large - LisaG (#3 of 4* entries)
X-Large - Kristina (#1 of 1 entry)

(*Kristina automatically won the XL, so was not included in the drawing for L)