Raffle Results

Hello,  today I have the results of the Fund raising raffle. 

First I want to say thank you soooo much!!!  Together we raised 200.00 for for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief through global giving.  I posted a video on you tube of picking the raffle tickets. Jeffrey my little guy, and Abigail my niece are helping.     

The winner of the one year charms of the month club is Jessica-Lyn Robertson

The winner of the 6 month charm of the month is Kimberlie Pettit

The winner of the 3 month charm of the month club is Victoria Szeplaki

For all of those of you the did donate to the fundraiser, but didn't win,  please email me your address, and I will send you a little prize too!!  Email me at sweetandsavorytrinkets@yahoo.com

Macaron Madness

Welcome back!!!  I hope you are all doing well!!!  Still taking BBQ suggestions till April 15, Here in the comment area. 

All charity, and contest info will be provided as usual, at the bottom of the blog. 

The Macaronner 

I discovered The Macaronner on Etsy, and their cookies looked so pretty that I just had to try them.  

I purchased a sampler, so I could try a few different flavors.  P.S.  The larger cookies in all the photos are the real cookies, offered in their shop. 

Eric and Nicola are a husband and wife team, and the chefs of these sweet confections. :)

The cookies are extremely delicate.  They manage to create cookies that are crisp when you bite into them, but melt in your mouth.

I knew as soon as I saw these little cuties, that I had to make my own version of them (out of clay). 

I wouldn't dare try to make the real ones, I will leave that to the experts!

I made them in the six colors shown on the right.  They are great pastels for spring.  As you can probably tell by the photos,  I am making them in two sizes.  There larger one are about the size of a quater indiameter, and the smaller ones are about the size of a dime in diameter. 

I thought that if you are looking for themed gifts this Spring,  it could be fun to give some macarons!

I was thinking of dividing  them up, and making miniature Easter baskets.  Here is the link in case you wanted to get some real macarons.  Maybe 2 or 3 real macarons, along with a couple charms or a neclacke :)

The choclate-peanutbutter were my favorite.

There are also macaron soaps on Etsy KcSoapsNmore .

 This weekend will be spent making all the spring time charms, then I will be sending out all the April charm winners, and the April club charms out Saturday and Sunday :)  After much deliberation, I decided to do the Easter eggs as the April charms.   If you are a club member, or have won the club of the month, and prefer the peeps or something else, please let me know.  

Monthly Contest

Every month I make new charms for my store, and for the charm of the month club I decided it would be fun, if my readers and customers, had a hand at deciding which charms I make.  Every month around the 15th, I post a new theme.  You enter the contest by making food suggestions that go with the theme in the comment  section of the blog.  I will choose at least one suggestion each month for the store, and or charm of the month club.  The charm(s) I make from the suggestions are the winners, and the person (people) who made the suggestion(s) gets the charm they suggested as the prize :).   The contest ends each month on the 15th...  and the new theme is active.

 

The current theme is BBQ

The Rules:

1:  You can only make one suggestion per day, that allows you multiple entries but many can play :)

2: Read through the suggestions to make sure you aren't duplicating any suggestions already made.

 Here is the blog with the current suggestions made so far. 

Tsunami Fund raiser

I opened a fund raising raffle through Global Giving, on their website.  I wanted to find a way for the charity a get the money immediately, and this is a really great solution. It is also tax deductable, and you receive their tax exempt id on your online reciept Here is the link

global giving fund raiser page

You guys are amazing, we have already raised 185.00 Thank you!!!!

  The prizes are 1 year of the charm of the month club,  and 6 months of the charm of the month club.  The winners will be announced on the 31st, on the fundraising page, and here on the blog.

Store Charity Donations. I made my first contribution, from the store.  I am donating 5% of the item price out of my Etsy store, Artfire store, and Zibbet  store.   Here is the store donation page so you so track our progress :) I made a 10.00 donation already, and we are 1.90 towards the next donation. 

A Fun Find!!!

You will find  the contest information, and Earthquake Relief information at the end of this blog.

 Lately I have been trying to surround myself with all things food.  I searched through dozens of pages on Etsy trying to find food purses.  On my search I came across Trask Mountain.  Trask Mountain has completely reversable purses, and they are a darling shape!

Anna is the owner of Trask Mountain and is wonderful.  I sent her a convo, asking if she could make me food purses.  She got back to me with lightening speed, and soon she was bombarded with many photos of food fabrics.   

I finally decided, and purchased four fabrics for two purses.  You get to see the Cookie purse today,  I will show you the other one once I have made the charms for it :)

The details are great,  She attached my handles with loops by special request (so I could make charms for them).   She can also do matching coin purses by special request, and the bow on the handle is just too cute!!!

Here is the cookie charm I made to match the purse.  I had a wonderful experience with Anna, and would highly recommend Task Mountain! 

Charity Update:  So far the fund raising page has received 185.00.  The raffle has two prizes, 3 charms a month for 6 months,  and 3 charms a month for 1 year.  

Raffle winners can only win one prize, so there will be two winners.  There are currently 8 people with raffle tickets.    Global Giving  is already distributing the money to the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund .


I will be making the store contributions through this Global Giving Page  soon.  I have made a 10.00 donation so far, which is a little more than the 5%.  I will keep you updated as it grows.

Contest Info:  May is National BBQ month,  so today till the 15th of April I will be taking BBQ food suggestions.  Cheeseburgers, and hot dogs are out, because I already make them.  Everything else is up for grabs. 

For those of you that are new to the contest, you make food suggestions, that fit in with the given theme.  I will pick at least one of them for the charm of the month club, and inventory in my store.  The prize is the charm you inspired.   For example:  Jenna suggested cannoli for March's theme, since I chose cannoli as part of my March collection, she was sent a cannoli charm.

To enter you make food suggestions in the comment section of the blog.

The Rules:

1:  You can only make one suggestion per day, that allows you multiple entries but many can play :)

2: Read through the suggestions to make sure you aren't duplicating any suggestions already made.

Fund Raising Update

Hello, this blog will have a lot going on.  I will be giving an update on the fund raising for Japan, and give the new theme for food suggestions.

I have been a very busy girl this weekend trying to figure out how to best aid the Disaster relief for Japan.  I am already setting aside a small portions of my sales, but I wanted to do more.

I opened a fund raising raffle through Global Giving, on their website.  I wanted to find a way for the charity a get the money immediately, and this is a really great solution. It is also tax deductable, and you receive their tax exempt id on your online reciept Here is the link

global giving fund raiser page

You guys are amazing, 

We have already raised 130.00 Thank you!!!!

So,  I have decided to add another prize.  There is now a one year, and a six month charm of the month prize.  For those of you unfamiliar with this club,  The winners will recieve a minimum of 3 charms a month, for the amount of months they win....Either the 6 or 12

If we earn 200.00 I will add on another prize.  Each winner can win only one prize, soooo  there at this point there will be 2 winners.  There are 5 people in the running so far.

 May Food Theme

May is National BBQ month,  so today till the 15th of April I will be taking BBQ food suggestions.  Cheeseburgers, and hot dogs are out, because I already make them.  Everything else is up for grabs.  I will post the instructions for the monthly contest at the bottom of this blog.

There may still be winners for the April charm theme.  I just didn't get a chance to create anything new over the weekend.  I will contact you directly, and post here when I get the chance to make more.  The April winners that I created charms for is on this blog post.

Sweet & Savory Trinkets Sale Donations.    I am donating 5% of my item sales.    So far this totals $7.74  I want you guys to have proof of the donations, so when I make my first store donation, I will do it on a donation fundraising page on Global Giving, so you can see what has been done and see the donations as I make them.  
The minimum donation amount is 10.00,  we will get there soon :)

Thank you all for your support!!

Contest Info:

For those of you that are new to the contest, you make food suggestions, that fit in with the given theme.  I will pick at least one of them for the charm of the month club, and inventory in my store.  The prize is the charm you inspired.   For example:  Jenna suggested cannoli for March's theme, since I chose cannoli as part of my March collection, she was sent a cannoli charm.

To enter you make food suggestions in the comment section of the blog.

The Rules:

1:  You can only make one suggestion per day, that allows you multiple entries but many can play :)

2: Read through the suggestions to make sure you aren't duplicating any suggestions already made.

A Small Price Change

****Update I have a fundraiser through Global Giving, to aid the Japanese Tsunami victims.  It is a raffle, for every dollar you donate, you get a raffle ticket.  On the 31st this month, I will randomly draw the winner.  The winner will receive 3 charms a month, for a full year!  Please help
http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/fundraiser/prevfund/gg.html?regid=4839

I have noticed that there have been many natural disasters recently.  I am always compelled to help, but I haven't always had the means to help monetarily.   I decided to make it a part of business.  Over the next couple of days, I will be raising my prices by .20 cents each.  For every item sold in my shop, that .20 cents will be distributed once a month to disaster relief around the world.   On my blog, I will let you know how much was donated, and what organization it went to.  I will also keep a running total of how much was donated total, on an ongoing basis, so as time goes by we can see the differences that that .20 cents per item can make..

To kick start a donation, I am selling this purse on Etsy,  I will send the full 40.00 to Red Cross, for Tsunami Relief.  Here is the link to the listing, and a photo of the purse
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62557704/pretty-n-pink-purse-60-off-original
http://www.etsy.com/listing/62557704/pretty-n-pink-purse-60-off-original

Heather

Spring Fever

I have certainly been having fun looking at your suggestions.  I have already stared making some of April's charms.  I will continue taking suggestions till the 15th,  but I wanted to share the charms I have already made, and announce a couple of winners.  I will probably have more winners shortly after the 15th.  So check back, and keep making those suggestions

SweetnessC, and Memories for life scrapbooks both suggested  Peeps. 

Here are my little renditions of the marshmallow snack.   These little guys are quite cute.

Kara suggested dyed Easter eggs.  I made them in 6 colors. 

I am actually very pleased with how they have turned out!

These babies are my own brain child,  I have been meaning to do these for a long time :)

I LOVE deviled eggs.  They are soooo tasty!
I have already made myself a little pair of earrings, and have been wearing them out :)

I hope you all are enjoying the new charms that I have been releasing.  I haven't decided which ones are going in the charm of the month yet club yet.

I am also going to be making more April charms as well.  The 15th will be the cut off for the April suggestions.

In the next blog, I will be doing something a little different, and sharing something I found on Etsy.   I found some new inspiration, and plan on sharing this wonderful seller with you all.  The new charms will be perfect colors for April too, so tune in next week.  I will have the remaining winners listed around the 20th:)

Good luck everyone!!!
Here is the link to my shop in case you want to see more images of the new charms.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Heathernwells

Heather