Today is Blog posting day for the Sunshine Farm Girl Co-op Team! Happy Thursday!!!
I'm going to share a preview with you today of a new and exciting program we are launching in January 2013 on our website. You may be familiar with us or you may not be, yet! I hope after reading this post that you will be curious enough to head on over and check us out.
There are not very many people who can be thought of in today's handmade market that truly are giving a helping hand at no cost to others. I'm speaking of a great website called Mary Jane's Farm forum. It is a free forum where you can barter, swap, sell anything. Plus, you can share your ups and downs of family life and business life and someone will listen and have a word of encouragement or excitement in return.
I've been to several other Mom forums and Mary Jane's Farm is the only one that I have had success on. Why? Because, it is a group of like minded women who truly care about other women. I'm not saying that the other forum's don't have women who truly care about other women. But, that for me personally I have not found the same warm and caring environment elsewhere.
That is until I started my own website based on that kind of warm and caring attitude. You can really make friends with the women who are a part of my website, just like I did on Mary Jane's website. I hold weekly classes in our private Facebook group where we share marketing strategies, promotion ideas and a word of support along the way.
We work together as a team, not against each other behind someone's back. This is a real gift if you can find it in yourself to give for the good of the group. If this is you, then we'd like to invite you to share your gift with us.
At the present time we are promoting our (click here>>>>>) Eco-Gift Sampler Bag. It is filled with 14 wonderful handmade gifts and direct sells samples. All in one cute bundle for just shipping and handling!
In Our Handmade Gift Sampler bag there are two direct sells products. One is from Watkins Naturals and the other is from Thirty-One Gifts. You'll have to buy a bag to find out what the other 12 full size handmade gifts are. I can promise you that you won't be disappointed.
I promised you a preview of our new program coming in January 2013. Here is a picture of one of the seller's item. See if you can figure out what it might be about from the picture.
I'll give you another clue in November and in December I'll make the big announcement. And, give you a sneak peak at other seller's products from my website that are participating in this new and exciting adventure with me.
Don't forget to visit our website and pick up you Eco-Gift Sampler Bag today!
Have a Sunshine Day!
Marsha
It recently came to my attention that you can get free samples of handmade products and only pay for shipping and the listing fee on Etsy the handmade marketplace. So, that struck a cord near and dear to my heart cause I love getting samples of things that I am interested in trying before I buy a bigger quantity.
That discovery led me down a path of excitement as I contemplated the scope of possibilities this could have for my co-op members. I always try out my ideas first on my families 3 shops on Etsy before I announce the ideas to the group, but this one I just knew would work so I shared it right away with them.
By now I'm sure you are asking yourself what are your 3 free samples you are offering us? Well, I'm so glad you asked cause I'm ready and willing to tell you!!!! Here they are!!!! Tell me what you think and please by all means get them all so you can come back here and give our reader's your feedback.
In our Vintage 50s Treasures shop we are offering you one free yo-yo with a vintage button embellishment for .50 plus shipping! Each sample is one per address in the U.S. only! Next, up is our free sample my Jeanpatch by MK shop!
This freebie is one of my popular items. Beautiful hand stitched envelopes. The decorative side is inside and the white is on the outside for writing the name and address clearly. I take custom orders for parties and weddings. One of my customer's ordered 100 for wedding favors to put a CD in for each of their guests to have a memento of their wedding! Pick one up today in my Jeanpatchbymk shop!
The ever versatile bookmark made from vintage book pages! These are the cutest heart shaped bookmarks! We take vintage books that we make into secret safe books and save the cut-out pages for other projects. These make great gifts for avid reader's, teacher's and when you want a novel gift! Pick up your free sample in our Reflections of Kayla shop!
Be on the lookout for the announcement when the rest of my member's have their freebies ready for you to try.
Happy Savings!
Marsha Jaramillo
This post is a product review of my website's Eco-Gift Sampler Box for April 2012. I do a handmade sampler box 4 to 5 times a year with a different theme. In April I presented a Spring themed box of handmade gifts from members of my Sunshine Farm Girl Co-op website.
Here is what was in the box.
Reflections of Kayla - original artwork drawings made into note cards.
Country Cents - One-of-a-kind sewing creations. A lovely mug rug or snack mat.
On the left is a adorable handmade fabric tissue holder for your purse or office. Made by Sunshine Sisters where you'll find more great designer fabric custom made housewares.
Finally, there was a handmade product by Jeanpatch by MK. My very own sustainable shop and I specialize in altered vintage books, journals, weekly planners and greeting cards just to name a few. I made a drawstring bag out of beautiful bird and butterfly fabric.
Our July Eco-Gift Sampler Box is filled with 12 handmade gifts with the fun Summer & Family theme. You can have your own surprise party when you open the box and take out each adorable item. The hard part will be if you want to give some away or keep them all for yourself!
Order one for you and a friend on our website, click here. As soon as they are all sold I will do a product review for each of the 12 shops that are in the box.
Please sign up for our weekly newsletter on the home page of my website at the above link. You'll keep updated on all the co-op happenings and get to meet each of our 140 shops of our Etsy team each week.
Here is a sneak peek of the July Eco-Gift Sampler Box!
