Sophia from Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra reached out to us sometime last month about a sponsorship opportunity for their annual gala event. This year’s gala theme happens to be Fairy Tales, so we were more than happy to supply them with a few dozen of our Grimm’s Fairy Tales posters.
So, who is Brooklyn Philharmonic and why do you care? Here’s what they do:
Our mission is to serve, celebrate, and contribute to the diverse and ever-changing cultural fabric of Brooklyn. Dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and education, the Philharmonic engages Brooklyn’s culturally, geographically, and ethnically diverse population, approaching the orchestra as a living tradition which can both enrich these communities and be enriched by them. To these ends, the orchestra performs music of numerous styles in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor venues. We hope that, through imaginative and high-quality work rooted in Brooklyn, the orchestra will make a meaningful contribution to the broader musical community.
If you happen to enjoy the orchestra and are in the Brooklyn neighbourhood on May 24, 2012, I highly suggest you buying tickets for what seems to be a spectacular event! You can do so on their gala page: http://bphil.org/bphilwp/gala/
Please note the following as our closure dates for this holiday season:
Christmas
We are closed December 23 and December 26
New Years
We are closed December 30
What this means is that your order will take one extra day to process if the 2-day processing time is on one of these dates. For example, if you made your order on December 22nd then your order will be shipped out before December 25th – instead of December 24th.
The holidays are almost upon us as we enter the first day of December. Last year, we offered free shipping for orders containing 3 or more posters for our first Christmas – which, admittedly, wasn’t the most spectacular deal.
This Christmas, however, we’ll be offering free shipping until December 10 for all orders going to the US and Canada.
Expedited shipping is also available (at the normal rate) for those who are in a hurry.
This is a friendly reminder that although our customer care and shipping team will be on holiday November 24 – 25, you will still be able to make orders on our website on those dates.
Your order will simply be packaged and shipped on the following business day – November 28th.
SyFy has just released a trailer for their upcoming Peter Pan prequel mini-series. You can watch the enthralling video below:
While watching the video, I grew more and more excited about the story. And, as I didn’t realize the video was related to Peter Pan until mid-way through (since my eyes were glued on the video and not the title), I immediately jumped to attention when I heard the ever-familiar word - Neverland - being uttered.
According to the official SyFy website, the mini-series is slated to begin on December 4, 2011.
I don’t know about you but I’ll be scheduling things that day around the showing time!
Today is the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Unfortunately, because of the proximity of Hurricane Irene, festivities in honor of this event were not able to go down as planned. Therefore, even though I already mentioned this in a previous blog, I would like to encourage you to check out www.americanrhetoric.com (just click on the link) where you can not only read this inspiring speech but also listen to it! And as an appetizer to your checking this out, I have a few tidbits for you regarding this historic day: Martin Luther King Jr. received his PH.D in systematic theology in 1955, he delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 in Washington D.C. and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year. Bon appetite and enjoy!
Recently we have had a new addition to the memorials located in Washington D.C.; a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. is now included amongst sights to see when you go to visit this wonderful city. Fourteen quotes from the famed civil rights leader are portrayed on the sculpture – although none from his well known “I Have a Dream” speech ( you can listen to and read this speech at www.americanrehtoric.com). I thought that in recognition of this I would suggest the book A Testament of Hope which features the speeches and writings of Martin Luther King Jr. himself. Enjoy!
It was a blast browsing through each one of them. Your photos gave us a glimpse into our customers’ personalities and into the new homes of our posters. And, it appears they are in very good hands!
I would like to make some honourable mentions. If our sweepstake was instead a photo contest for the most beautiful product photo, we would have awarded the following:
Gorgeous, aren’t they!
One of our customers – Amy, even included a home-made video with her photo entry. Look for the feature at the end of the short!
Now, for the winner of our sweepstake…
Congratulations to Marcus Simmons!!! You are the winner of our random draw!
Thanks again for all of your lovely photos and support. We hope to run other contests in the near future!
Remember, you can follow our latest announcements of upcoming promotions and events by ‘Liking’ us on our Facebook page or subscribing to our promotions newsletter at the bottom right corner of our main page.
Be sure to submit a book request if you are dying to see your favourite title as one of our beautiful posters!
Update (7-25-2011): We’ve received several emails from customers asking for an extension on the sweepstake deadline. After all, it takes a couple of days just to have the posters shipped and properly framed. The ending date for the sweepstake has now been changed to August 15th.
Update (7-21-2011): Shipping to the US takes less than 3 days guaranteed, so your last day to make a purchase and take a photo of it is July 28th August 10th!
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Great Gatsby!
Has it already been one full year since we opened shop last July 7? Wow, time really does fly!
In the past year of our existence, we’ve gone through many hurdles as a start-up. I’d like to go through a few with you.
There was the issue of our website not being able to handle heavy traffic. Then there was our first Christmas, which blew us all away. None of us could have anticipated such massive volume, especially when we didn’t (and still haven’t) done any advertising. And don’t forget the recent reduction in our shipping fees, which was achieved by relocating our printing/packaging to where the majority of our customers are – in the United States.
It’s been an absolutely spectacular year – all thanks toyou, our loyal customers.
We want to celebrate our birthday by giving a gift to those who trusted and believed us right from the beginning.
NOW FOR THE SWEEPSTAKE DETAILS:
For customers who have bought from us, send us a photo of our posters in your beautiful rooms. We want to see which lucky rooms have been adorned with our posters!
If you haven’t bought from us, now would be a good time to do so!
Your photograph must be between 2MB to 10MB in size and uploaded to an image hosting website such as Imgur or Minus. Please send us only the URL’s to your photo. If you are sending via email, all emails containing an attachment of the image will be deleted!
Your entry will be randomly selected on July 31st August 16th, and you will be contacted through Facebook or email (depending on which medium you chose) if you have been picked.
Please keep the following in mind when taking your shots:
- Do it when the room is well-lit
- Don’t take a photo of just the poster, we want to see the rest of your room too! Here are some good examples.
- Although we trust that you have a splendid figure, please don’t include any people in your photos!
Finally, we have only one contest rule: All submitted photographs may be used on our website or in future marketing materials. You give us the rights to use your photographs when sending us your photographs. We want to be able to show off our customers’ action shots!
**Remember, all you have to do is purchase our poster and take a photograph of it. If you don’t already have a poster from us, now is a great time to buy one!**
What are you waiting for? Go take those photographs now!
