A brand new year...

Oh yes, we got a new year here - and apologies for taking so long to reopen!   End of one year is time to take inventory and restock.

On the down side, there aren't any new designs to look at in the regular bookplate line.  The round bookplates always have some new designs going on, so that's the place to go for new stuff!

On the up side, inventory has been restocked, so many of the popular designs are back in!  And there is a new section, called "LIMITED EDITION" where you may find bookplates you've been looking for.  These are bookplates I can't reorder - and they are some of the most popular Antioch designs - Cat on Books, Man on Ladder....


you may be able to find them elsewhere on the internet, but for now, I'm offering up what I have.   You can order these in"onesies" only - and you get a discount, if you enter the coupon code revealed in that section (PULLLEASE don't use that code if you order other things!)

OHHH yes, and there are new coupon codes, too, if you haven't made an account. Have you made an account?  If you make an account, I go in and make you a regular customer, which will give you a 10% discount every time you log in .. plus, of course, it has all your shipping info in there, ready to go.  And once in awhile, there might be other benefits.

But if you didn't do that, you get to use, one time only, a 10% discount.  That's in an email you get after you place your order.  You can use that one time, no matter who you are.  And then after that, you should have a 10% regular customer discount!

Teachers, booksellers, educators, librarians can apply for wholesale discounts, too.  They only need to set up an account and then let me know so I can sign them up - it's not magic, but in this day and age, it's nice.

The other nice news is that our prices haven't gone up (except maybe shipping - we can't control that!).  If you place an order over 50.00, you still get free shipping.

 Hope that helps you out in this tough and way tooooo cold New Year!  Oh.  and if you read this far, you can use this one time, too... a coupon code for the faithful reader... good until February 18, 2011 .. just key in when you check out, BLOGGIE2011

I'm startin' my Christmas shoppin'

I'm a shopper, too - and my budget this year is tighter than ever!  A new grandchild, my youngest starting college (on scholarships, grants and loans but they still want money from the only contributing parent - me!)  and of course - the economy.    So in addition to making gifts, I'm shopping , and shopping early, using sales, discounts and coupons.   Read on, there's a coupon in this for you!

Knit Pumpkin outfit for my grandson

    I would really love to make all my gifts for everyone on my list - but that isn't gonna happen!  First - I don't have the time!  Second - not everyone on my list needs something knit (grandsons can all use hats and scarves but - really, I'd also like to get them something cool!).  Third, I want to support the growth of the economy.  Okay, I kind of stretched on #3.   I like shopping and buying stuf f  is probably more accurate.

    In any case, I'd like to point out a few things to my valued customers!

First, if you place an order, you receive an e-mail that has a coupon in it to use on your next order.

Second, if you create an account when you place an order,  I manually go in and set you up as a repeat customer - this gives you a 10% discount every time you place an order, as long as you log in first using your account.

Third, if your order is over $50.00 before shipping, you get FREE shipping - even  if you're in Canada, Australia or Britain.

And Fourth,  if you read my blog, periodically you'll find additional coupons in them - this time the coupon starts now and is good until December 10th, giving you a 15% discount.  This is on top of the 10% return customer discount.    If you don't have a return customer discount - or if you've never place an order - you can STILL get that 15% discount just for taking the time to read all the way down here!   All you have to do is type in (without the " " )   "HOLIDAY2010"    when you get to the check-out section, where it asks for any coupon codes.

Coupon can be used once.  Pass it on. 
Simple, yes?

Almost February!

It's almost a new month!

That means this month's coupon will be running out... so for those coupon clippers out there, you can get 10% off of rectangular bookplates by typing in BLOGJAN2010 at check-out on Friendly Spirit's shop ... for a view of ALL products see here...


And there are new round mini bookplates coming up...the first one is this design, using graphics from The Original Mother Goose, provided by OldBookArt.com

Girl reading to Doll by friendlyspirit

Coupon Lovers

Ok, this is what I don't quite understand.... I can see how many people read my blog.

So far (if I have entered information correctly) nobody but me.

That's fine, I don't take it entirely personally. I moved it from towards the bottom of my website to the top and put a note over it, letting people know they can get coupons by reading the blog.

Still no response. Are people afraid I am going to track them to their home, send telemarketers to their door, spam them?

Well, whatever.

In any case, here we go...


This month's coupon, good for the rectangular bookplates on my website, is ...
(oh, and in addition to this, you know, you get free shipping if you order over $50.00 worth of bookplates)


BLOGJAN2010 (One per customer)


TWITTERFIRST2010 (One per customer)