Fresh Bet Bits, Claire Burke Original Memories, Home Fragrance Product Updates and Commentary

Terra Nova Perfume Essences are highly concentrated and oh so portable. They just released two new perfume trio gift sets in roll-ons that will make great stocking stuffers. These little roll-on perfumes are perfect to carry in your purse for quick dabs of scent when going out.

Now available:

* Island Escapes Collection: Pikake, White Ginger, and Tuberose.
* Terra Nova Signatures Collection: Shea Blossom, Sakura & Green Tea, and Rain.

Each set is only $25.00 and will give some lucky lady lots of enjoyment.

Click here for Terra Nova Perfume Essences.

Personally I love the Terra Nova body care line! I use the lotion every night and the perfume essence is perfect for travel. We recently had some customers request more body care for dry skin. Shea Butter is one of the best known moisturizers with great healing benefits and Terra Nova uses plenty of Shea Butter in their products.

We have just added two new scent groups of Terra Nova to our website:
* Sakura & Green Tea Lotion and Bodywash
* Shea Butter Lotion, Bodywash and new “Tresses to Toes” Moisture Remedy Cream.

Terra Nova is all natural and mostly organic. Click here for Terra Nova.

We now have these very cool scrunchy shirts on the website with more on the way. We are offering various colors in 4 styles:

* Cap Sleeve Shirt
* Tank Top
* Cardigan
* Long Sleeve Shirt

These come in 2 styles called Original or Designer. The Original has more of a pointed appearance, where the Designer is more of a round or circular puffed out look.

These shirts are super stretchy and machine washable. Just throw them in the washer, then hang to dry. Perfect for suitcase travel, they take little space, require no ironing and fit most everyone.

The price on these is very reasonable so you can mix and match or layer them. Stay tuned as we will have more of these on our website next week when our next shipment arrives.

Click here to see these great fun tops!

About a month ago, we decided to try the new Finders KeyPurse key hooks. These are clever little hooks that hang over the top of a womans purse to keep keys from getting lost in the bottom. There are lots of cute styles available and the girls just love them.

We just received 3 new styles for the upcoming Winter Holiday season:

* Glitter Snowman
* Joy Heart
* Silver Snowflake

These are in limited supply as the Factory only produces a small amount.

So…if you know a lady who constantly loses her keys in her purse and has to fish around for them all the time; be kind and get her a Finders KeyPurse Key Hook today. At only $6.75 each these doo-dads are a lifesaver!

Click here for Finders KeyPurse.

We have a lovely Sales Rep named Joan whom I have known now for nearly 10 years. Joan is always showing us great new products. She has been after me for a year or two to add these cool Finders KeyPurse and all of this year to add the Scrunchy Tops.

You will find all of these fun new items on our new page called: Fun Schtuff

These handy hooks hang over the edge of your purse and add a little glitz and glam to your day! Such a clever idea for the woman who tosses her keys into her purse and later has to dig around to find them. Now you can express a bit of style while keeping keys handy.

There are 18 super cute designs from which to choose. Some are silver toned and we also have chic colored styles that are just too cool! Click here to see all the Finders KeyPurse.

Based upon Joan’s recommendation, we are also adding some great new “scrunchy” tops in various colors. These will be available in cap sleeve shirt, tank top and cardigan. The best part is they stretch and essentially fit all sizes. They can be tossed in the washer or dryer with no fuss and travel beautifully. Just throw it on and you’ll look put together in no time!

Click here for our new Scrunch Tops.

Earlier this summer we decided to offer the Lavender Lil Bunny and your response has been great. While attending the Market this past July, I noticed that Sonoma Lavender had two great new “heated pets” available. They are so cute! So, we are now stocking LuLu the Lavender Poodle and Lou the Lavender Teddy Bear.

All of these heated pets are cuddly and come with a removable lavender insert. They can be warmed briefly in the microwave and are machine-washable. Sonoma Heated Pets are handmade in the Napa Valley or California and utilize organically grown Lavender.

Lavender relaxes and encourages sleep as well as lifts mild depression and elevates your mood. It relieves pain; from headaches to achy muscles. Pamper body and senses with this age old remedy.

Click here to see all of our natural, beautiful products by Sonoma Lavender.

Summer vacation season will soon be ending as the students prepare to return to school this month. It’s time for an “End of Summer Sale” as we start thinking about moving into Fall. This is a great time to indulge in summer fragrance mark-downs as we make room for lots of great new Fall merchandise. We have several bodycare lines by Enchanted Meadow that are on Clearance. Many of our Claire Burke summer fragrances are on Sale. All of our Summer WoodWick Candles and Old Virginia Wax Tarts summer scents have also been marked down.

Later this month we’ll be receiving the new WoodWick Car Gel Scents. Claire Burke will be shipping The Haunted Home and Pomegranate Plum to us by Labor Day. In September we will have new Eternal Flame Eclipse Lamps from Enchanted Meadow and new Autumn Reed Diffusers and Refills.

* Claire Burke on sale: Citrus Blush, Wisteria, Simply Jasmine
* Summer WoodWick Candles now 10% off
* Summer Old Virginia Wax Tarts now 20% off
* Terra Nova Gardenia, Rain & Water Petals bodycare - 15% off
* Selected Organic Sonoma Lavender Sachets - 30% off
* Selected Greenleaf Aroma Decor Diffusers, Bath & Body - 15% off
* Selected Kama Sutra - 10% off
* Simple Scents Body Butters - selected scents 10% off

Treat summer skin to lots of moisturizing and save money on our great sale pricing! Just Arrived: New Badger Sun Care. Whether you’re starting your holiday shopping early or just stocking up on some end of summer scents at great savings; don’t delay as our clearance prices are limited to stock on hand.

Click here to shop our Clearance Sale!

Sadly our old blog site got sort of hacked by a pervert last month. We ended up moving to a new blog program. This has taken a bit of getting used to on my part and I already have so many new posts to be written.

It has thrown me a bit out of whack not having the old layout and I seriously miss referring to older blogs. We seem to have lost most of the pictures of our new retail store and some great articles about the products. Personally it makes me angry that so many people have nothing better to do than to attack my website. But..what can you do? Oh well..

So, if you thought you remembered an article and can no longer find it on our site; this is the reason. We have lost the past 3 years worth of blogs with memorials to my Mom, my Kelly dog and so many of the Fresh Bet girls. There was so much product information that has also been lost. Anyway, it’s not your memory going bad…the articles are now gone forever.

Best,
Bet

Sunday 27 May 2007 7:38:24 AM

Thank you for the wonderful products. I visited your store just before Mothers Day and bought two gifts. Both were very well received and liked. I look forward to buying from your company in the future.
God Bless,
Lynda B, Simpsonville,SC

This is a quick update to let our customers know of some new changes to our shipping carriers:

1. The US Postal Service will no longer allow us to ship sprays or perfumes to Canada. They have discontinued the ground service; and these items are prohibited for air shipment. This means we must ship by UPS Ground which is more expensive and may require Canadian customers to pay incoming duties.
2. FedEx Ground shipments will all be sent with a required signature due to unpaid claims for non-received shipments. This means you must be home to sign for your package or they will not leave it on the porch or doorstep. We have experienced losses when we do not require a signature and sadly this is increasing your delivery time as FedEx must now obtain your signature.
3. The result is that we will start using UPS more because of these new ‘issues’ with USPS and FEDEX. In certain rural areas, UPS is quite costly. We will do our best not to increase your shipping fees, but UPS levies more fuel surcharges, etc. so we will watch these charges carefully before determining if our shipping charges to our customers must be raised.

I understand this is a very sensitive area; especially with so many websites offering free and discounted shipping rates. Please know that we utilize as many recycled packing materials as possible and DO NOT charge Handling Fees at Freshbet in an attempt to keep our costs as reasonable as possible. We appreciate your patience as we strive to maintain shipping costs which are continually being increased by the carriers. As always, email Bet if you have comments or suggestions.