windinthemaples

Good Morning!

It has been a few weeks, so I wanted to update everyone on the state of our Glamourkin sponsorship fund. :) I have taken this off our super-secret filter so that friends of friends or people who love Sarah & Jenn but don't know me can be referred back here if they'd like to band together. :) So if you know anybody that would be interested in taking part, or at least knowing what we're doing, send them my way. :) Sarah & Jenn will be able to read this and will know, finally, who the toiling elves in the shoemaker's cottage really are. :D (We love you two! Please, forgive my meddling. You can painlessly skip reading all the nitty-gritty embarrassing details below. The basic message is: We support you! Huzzah!! :))

Since our little sponsorship project got started, we've surprised

mermaiden and

willow_cabin with a delivery of 1000 bubble mailer envelopes and 1000 Glamourkin pendant-sized zip-top baggies. (Any more and they won't be able to get in and out of their home!) We've also been able to pay, like little elves in the night, a total of $77.84 in etsy fees! That's the equivalent of the listing *and* commission fees on approximately 106 pendants. That's incredible! So awesomesauce and a huge Thank you! to the amazingly generous sponsors for this month's "Belief" batch. Who can fail to believe in the kindness of the world and the power of daring to dream with such palpable proof? I'd hoped we could help pay the fees in part and instead, these four sponsors have covered the entire cost of having Glamourkin on etsy for the month!! Thank you!

The Second Door--Belief
sponsored by:

rubymulligan,

azhure,

belladonnastrap and

aerialmelodies

Our sponsorship fund still holds $46.38. This is enough to cover the commission fees on all of the pendants currently in the Glamourkin Etsy shop, for when they sell, as well as enough left over to both list and sell another 41 pendants next month. Would you like to join our current sponsors for the upcoming update? :)

Currently we have:

The Third Door--?
sponsored by:

elfinecstasy,

greyeyedpixie, and

neva_butterfly

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Here's how our sponsorship program is working...
1) I'm taking contributions, of any amount, via PayPal to tartandjm@hotmail.com .

2) As etsy fees accrue, I am using that fund to pay them off. As long as there is money, we'll keep paying fees, allowing more of Glamourkin's profits to be put towards their debt pay-off plans. :)

3) For an idea of how far your money will go, each pendant costs 20 cents to list on etsy. Once it sells, an additional 53 cents of commission is due. So each pendant that passes through etsy costs 73 cents in fees. Each month's batch of 100 pendants in the 1000 Glamourkin project, therefore, costs $20 to list and $53, in commissions, when they sell. So for only $73 per month, we could cover all of the expenses of keeping Glamourkin on etsy! :)

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Other Ways to Help!

<3 Promote Glamourkin! Getting the word out about their products via their LiveJournal page or on Facebook is a huge help. The more people who stumble upon their shop listings, the more that are likely to find a pendant meant for them.

<3 Cut Down on PayPal Fees! For *each* pendant you purchase and pay for through PayPal, approximately 74-89 cents is taken as a PayPal service fee. If you're a friend of Sarah & Jenn and comfortable with this, there is a way to avoid this fee for them. On checkout at Etsy, click "Pay by Money Order". Note the amount you owe for your purchase, go directly to PayPal.com, and send that amount under the "Gift" designation to them at baywolfstudio@yahoo.com. Make sure you note, in the comments section of the transaction, who you are on etsy so they know who has paid for what. (Otherwise, I imagine they will very much not thank me for giving you this advice. :D) It might take an extra minute or two on checkout but it will ensure that a greater amount of what you pay for a Glamourkin goes towards paying off their debt instead of paying endless fees. :)

<3 Send Money Directly Some of you know me and others may not. If you'd like to help sponsor Glamourkin, you can always send your money straight to Sarah & Jenn (via PayPal) at baywolfstudio@yahoo.com . You could maybe sponsor a pendant you've purchased and loved, for example, by sending $3, the approximate total cost of etsy fees, PayPal fees, and postage it took to get that pendant into your hands. :)

<3 Give Us Ideas! If you have any ideas for how we can support and cheer on

mermaiden in the 1000 Glamourkin Project, please let me know! :)