Updates and New Items
It’s been a busy September in the Sweet Tarragon world. We had a few shows and sent our package off to Artistry, where it arrived safe and (mostly) undamaged.We’ve added a number of new things to our Etsy store, including a new line of crystal suncatchers/ornaments. Check out my own personal favorite new necklace, Aqua and True, and get a glimpse at our crappy hardwood floors! We’ve also been all over the web: Kate at Om Shanti nominated us for the Brilliante Blog Award, and I was interviewed by Sheila Satin on her blog I Dig Crystals. Thank you Sheila and Kate! Mer and I succumbed to a new addiction this month and you can now find both of us on Twitter: @daniellenelson and @braindouche. Follow us if you’re a fellow Tweeter!

Home Shows
Now is the time to shop for those pesky wintertime celebration-related gifts! If you’d like to handle our inventory, get exclusive first looks at our newest pieces, and earn free jewelry, contact us about booking a home show. Invite your friends and family over for a night of fun and jewelry, and get an early jump on your holiday shopping.  You’ll earn a percentage in jewelry of all sales made and custom orders taken during your party! Contact us for details and to schedule your show.

Item of the Month
Our item of the month for September is the Night Sky Encounter series. Purchase the necklace and bracelet together for $40 – that’s a savings of more than 30% on the set! Just mention the newsletter at checkout to receive the discounted rate.

And the winner is…
Trish R.! You’ve been randomly selected to receive a $10 gift certificate good toward any item in our inventory. Congratulations, Trish – check your email for details. Want to be in the running for next month’s drawing? Each month’s winner is drawn from the current subscriber list – drop us a line and subscribe today!

Event Schedule and Shop Vacation
We’ll be at Fairmount Park in Philly this Saturday, October 4, for the Pennypack Environmental Center Art & Craft Show, and the Flavors of Fall festival in our very own town of Pottstown at the Sunnybrook Ballroom on October 18. Hope to see you there!

Just in time for the holidays – shop The Marketplace!
The Marketplace at Sweet Tarragon is an online store hosted and run directly by us (well, by our alter egos at hot glue media). We’re designing it with our customers in mind to create a user-friendly shopping experience that is easy to navigate and use, with links to our favorite artists and great resources. Stay tuned for the grand opening, currently slated for mid-autumn 2008! Until then, please continue to visit our Etsy Shop for new items and great buys.

That’s all until next month!
~Mer and Dani~

Everybody’s got one – we want to know about yours.  Send us a photograph, haiku, short story, interpretive dance video, or any other art form that expresses the true essence of your kitchen sink.  It may be your actual kitchen sink or that marshmallow that looks like a cloud that kind of resembles a junk pile where you once saw the faucet from your grandmother’s kitchen sink.  It’s all in great fun and grand silliness – we hope that you enjoy creating your entries as much as we enjoyed creating this contest!

Prizes:

~Grand Prize: $50 gift certificate to our Etsy store
~Three Runners Up: $10 gift certificate to our Etsy store

Contest Rules:

~Entrants must hold the rights to their submission – please do not use someone else’s work.
~By submitting your entry, you grant permission for Sweet Tarragon to publish the entry in its original or excerpted form on the Sweet Tarragon blog (blog.sweettarragon.com) and in related promotional publications, and to create derivative works.

Submissions:

~Entries can be emailed to kitchensinkchallenge at sweettarragon dot com or mailed to Sweet Tarragon, PO Box 1450, Pottstown, PA 19464.
~The deadline for entries is September 30, 2008.

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