September 18, 2008
36 Comments
wannnnna playyy? You probably don’t really wanna hang out with me based on my last post (you may end having a minor ‘accident’ hanging out with me..LOL).. well you will be HAPPY to know that this does not involve ANY MOVEMENT at all 🙂 you just have to have “SPIRIT” and I KNOW that all my sistahs have that 🙂
Ryan and I decided that we wanted to reward our sistahs.. we were thinking that since our surprise free shipping orders go so well, why not continue those spontaneous treats AND give BACK to da sistahs throughout the year without them having to wait for the BIG reward.. so we thought and thought and thought and thought and thought (lots of thinking here) and decided to introduce THE BELLA BEAD BONANZA.. k NOW you ready? K. So this is how it is gonna work.. (why do I WRITE how I SPEAK? hmph)
This is what we are gonna do for da sistahs.. it is basically an ‘earning rewards’ system. We have bought some letter beads. For this ‘game’ the word to spell is S-T-A-M-P. Yes I know I am quITE original. Each letter is valued at $25. For every $25 you spend, you will ‘earn’ a letter bead.. it’s pretty cute and tiny so make sure you FIND it in your ordah!
so here are the values of the orders needed to earn the bead (this is for the SUBTOTAL only, does not include the value of shipping)
so,
$0-$24.99- NO BEADS
$25.00-$49.99- you earn 1 bead.. an “S”
$50.00-$74.99- you earn 2 beads.. an “S” and a “T”
$75.00-$99.99- you earn 3 beads.. an “S” and a “T” and an “A”
$100.00-$124.99- you earn 4 beads.. an “S” and a “T” and an “A” and an “M”
$125.00- $149.99- you earn the WORD!! “STAMP”!
Once you spell “STAMP” you will receive a $15 voucher back in your account from us and can spend on anything your sistah hearts desire! free shipping, supplies, etc! that is OUR gift to you for shopping with us throughout the year.
Now please understand that if:
on order one you spend $27 and your next order you spend $23… you ONLY earn 1 BEAD for the $27.. it is NOT cumulative. It does not carry over from one order to the next. This works on a PER ORDER BASIS.. capiche? CLEAR AS MUD? (i love that saying). 🙂 so does this sound like FUN OR WHAT? I just read this post out loud to Ryan and he added that after a year.. so by next OCT 1st, whomever COLLECTS the most beads or SPELLS the MOST words (this will be ongoing) will receive a BIG BELLA BONUS!! (now if he would only give me MY bonus.. grrrrr-saw a watch i like.. hmph).. now each word after our initial “STAMP” word will be valued differently based on number of letters in the word..we will always explain how that works.. on a personal level.. so once you have reached the next word, we will email you and let you know what the next word will be.
I AM IN LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE with this ideaR.. and not even because it was MYYYYYYYYYY ideaR.. LOL
So… WANNA PLAY?
DO I HEAR AN “S”???????
Mwah to da sistahs who love da BONANZA (NOT the old western show :P)
Em
OHH I lovey the idea!!! Now to spend some money and earn me some beads :)!!!
What a fun idea Em!! Definitely Bellarific!! 🙂
THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA!!!
tHANK YOU!
LET ME RECUPERATE FROM ALL THE SPENDING FROM
TRAVELING THIS SUMMER SO I CAN BUY MORE AND MORE!
LOVE YOU TONS
Wowsers! I am game! Bring on some new HOLIDAY BELLAS!!!
Yet another wonderful gift from Da Queen! It a BEADutiful idea!
BTW: I loved Bonanza, the TR show, too!
Love the Bella Beads idea-can you clarify-will this be for online orders only? Or will it be valid for in store purchases?
Hi Karyn, since you have your Bella Bucks card, the BEAD BONANZA is only available to online shoppers 🙂
hiya,
only available to online orders.. bella bootique patrons get the bella bucks card!
Em
I loveyyyyyyyyyy it! Love love love it!!!!!!
This is an AWESOME and FUN way to shop for our goodies!!! Gr8 idea & gr8 for our wallets:-) THANK YOU Em and Ryan!!!!!!
Sounds like fun! Can hardly wait. Will the letters be coming mixed up or do I have to spend 150.00 to get a P.
fun fun fun!!! Can’t wait to place another order!!
Great idea:) I can’t wait to play…:)
So, forgive the bubble headedness, so if my first order is 25$ and my second order is 30$ and so on and so forth, do I earn each consecutive letter for every order over 25$ or do I earn a bunch of s’s so that I can spell ssssssssssss ? Just curious. I do love the idea, I was just a little “muddy”.
Another Great Bella Idea Em!!
Oh, Em I would risk a minor accident to hang with the keeper of the Bellas any day.
Tammy, I believe you would get a different letter each time.
Hi Em
I love this idea, so great but I was wondering the same thing as Tammy.
Thanks
WOW! This is a great idea—I love free stuff—and this way, you tell your husband you are getting something free……..eventually…..but he doesn’t have to know that, does he?
This is an awesome idea! And really, who doesn’t love free stuff!
Whoohooo! thanks for one more reason to shop!
Thanks for clarifying Em! 🙂 I will be rooting on all the sistah’s to spell out LOTS of words!!
PS Hope to see you soon as my Em is starting preschool parttime.
Ok, I think it sounds like a bunch of fun but I am a little confused. You have to spend $125 to get the entire word S_T_A_M_P and the $15 gift cert ? ( Not that I couldn’t do it , but ,maybe I’ll have to save up). So if your orders are under $125 then you collect the other letters and see how many words you can make. Is that right??
I wanna play, I just have to make sure I have all the rules right!
You have to spend $125 to receive the $15.. for every $25 purchase you receive a letter.. you receive the letters in sequence… we are only working towards the word “stamp” right now… after you finish that word, the next contest will begin
hope this helps
Em
I think this is a great idea! Just wish you’d started just a couple days earlier and I’d have a few letters coming to me already!! LMAO!
Em~ I feel like I have been sooooo out of touch with da bella of all bellas!! I JUST saw tis-the-season-to-be-jolly bella & hockeymomabella, LOVE them both, by the way, and then noticed they were added to the catalog in ’06 and ’07!!!!! WHERE have I been??? I never noticed them before :O
OK…now I have to go read your looooong post 🙂
Oooooh!
This sounds like great fun – I may have to do a little shopping before the holiday season so I can make holiday cards. I have so much to get, I reaaaaaally need some donuts and christmas bellas – it’s been too long since I’ve been to the store – but now that you have the bead program, I may be able to save myself the shipping expense AND the gas and toll charges of the 407.
Yup, you sure keep shopping for Bellas an adventure!
This is a great idea and sounds like fun!
Thanks
Love the new Bellas!
LOVEY the new Bellas Em – THANK YOU! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!!!
I’m still collecting my bella bucks with my card. Great idea for the online orderers (is that a word?). Love the new Bellas – my sister-in-law from Que. bought a couple this morn. to take back with her. Em – you & I would make a great pair. You fall over things while I fall down things like stairs. Of course if I paid attention to the actual walking down the stairs & not read at the same time, I would realize there was one last stair & not end up on my tush at the bottom with a twisted foot yelling “ow ow ow ow” (and other words). Thankfully nothing broken or sprained – just my dignity. How long do you think I can play the hurting foot routine? End of the week maybe?
A WHOLE WEEK WITHOUT POSTING!!!!
I’ve FINALLY gotten around to reading your post on this FABO idea. love it!Loooove it!! I’m gonna play. Need to get started with Tis-the-season-to-be-jolly Bella:) Just a question, though…..Does she get a prize for the bella with the longest name ? 😉
What a great idea! Lovin the Bella blog, hop and skip too!
Awesome idea!! Now to get my order in!! Thanks Ryan & Em for the savings!
OK…u r just a couple of “BRAINABELLA’S” (sorry Ryan…..yes u r part of the team…so u just have to be a “BELLA”)…tell me….WHO…could make shopping so much “funalella”……RYEM….that’s who…..hey I like the name combo there………..thanx for always keepin it fun
L
Love all the cards! Could you repeat the rules for the challenge?
The idea is to be inspired by the colours (and not the textile or the pattern)?
Love to try it next week but want to be sure of the rules!
Ah ha! Now I get it. What an awesome idea.
I was totally confused (and very pleasantly surprised) when I found the voucher in my email this morning.
You are very quickly becoming my fav place to shop. Yay!