A Life of Colour

We're open.

I'm so pleased to announce that my new shopping cart is up and running live on my site right now! It's been a long time coming but I hope that all of you enjoy your shopping experience much more when at the store! Some new features include:

• Reward Points - for every $20 you spend through the shopping cart, you earn $1 toward your next purchase! Always fun to save on future purchases!
• Volume Pricing - if you're looking for more than one yarn in each colourway for projects other than socks like scarves or shawls, this is your chance to save by buying more! Look for this pricing structure with each yarn!
• Visa/Mastercard - to make your shopping experience more efficient, we have now installed the option of paying directly with Visa or Mastercard - no more going through Paypal unless you want to! We hope this makes your shopping experience a little bit easier if Paypal is not your preferred payment choice.
• Subscriptions - we have also set up subscription options for our yarn clubs so you have the option of paying monthly instead of all upfront - we hope this makes it a little easier for those who would like to join but can't quite pay the full price all at once.   

   

Those are some of the nuts and bolts changes to the shopping cart but of course, there is also some really fun aesthetic changes such as:

• Product Tabs - don't forget to click on these too! While browsing, this will make things much easier with such tabs as Related Products, Photos and Tell a Friend. It's a nice, easy and concise product listing to find everything you need all in one place.
• Easy Navigation - this cart lends itself to really easy navigation around the products and we hope you find it easy to use too! 

So if you haven't yet, go and check out all the new features! Use Discount Code "NEWCART"* to receive 10% off your purchase from now until July 15, 2009.

*some exclusions apply

Coming soon.

I am getting super close to being able to launch my new shopping cart! It's only taken about 3 weeks so far to get it all organized but it's totally going to be worth the wait! Some of the really great features will be reward points, volume pricing and the ability to pay immediately with Visa/Mastercard without going through Paypal. If all goes well, I should be open in the next 7-10 days...yay! 

So until then I thought I'd show a few of the colourways that are coming soon! These are also painted on our luscious merino/cashmere/nylon sock yarn (Serenity Sock) and will be just one of the 3 blends that I will have available this update. 

My goal this year is to stock the store regularly so whenever you visit, you can either window shop (who doesn't love window shopping?) or buy what you need! The volume pricing means that the more you buy, the more you will save so if you have a shawl or other project in mind other than socks, this will give you the opportunity to consider a larger project and save while you do so! And the reward points? Super great! As you shop you will be able to accumulate points to apply to future purchases! All purchases through the shopping cart will apply. Who doesn't love a little savings when they buy again?

Stay tuned! I'll be sending out an update newsletter when everything is up and running and absolutely, there will be a discount code in that newsletter so if you aren't signed up yet, you might want to do so here. 

Thanks everyone for your continued support and hope your summer is going well. We finally have summer weather here in Ontario...it's fabulous!

Sparkly.

Who doesn't enjoy a little sparkle in their yarns? Off to Woolgirl.com is a few colourways in our Bling yarn. What makes it sparkle? Lovely strands of silver imbedded into the plies of the yarn. Oh, there's a wee bit of silk too just to add even more sheen. Not just for socks, this yarn is wonderful for shawls or gloves or scarves too! 

Watch for these in the coming days! They should be arriving in a couple of weeks to Woolgirl.

Art walk.

Do you enjoy visiting art museums or are inspired by works of art? When I started the ART WALK sock yarn club almost 2 years ago (wow!) I had just that in mind for myself as a dyer - wanting to be inspired by some of the masters of colour. As a dyer, it's always fascinating to see how others combine colours and over almost 2 years, I can honestly say I've enjoyed every single month. It is indeed a lovely challenge monthly to try to come up with a colourway that will compliment some of these beautiful works.  For instance, last month I chose a fabulous painting by Claude Monet. Well, as you know, he's definitely a master in his genre! I thought I was going to do a colourway of the overtones but in the end, that month, the yarn did what it wanted and decided to reflect the undertones of the painting. I was more than pleased and quite elated. 

Not only has this club been a wonderful way of walking through a lot of art pieces but it's also stretched my creativity as an artist with yarn. Some months I can envision the colourway and paint it onto the yarn without too much trouble and other months, the yarn decides what colourway it's going to be. It's really rather fascinating and it's been a learning experience for me in seeing how some of the masters use and combine colours. Click here to see all the colourways we've explored over the past 2 years.

Have you been involved in the club yet? If not, come on by and join! August is our anniversary month and there doesn't seem to be an end date in sight! Art Walk is also a month-to-month subscription with a lot of flexibility built into the payment schedule so it's easy for people to join as they like.