A few notes:

A couple housekeeping notes (and some fun stuff at the end!):

I am currently FINALLY caught up with my orders from the 3 weeks that I was on vacation at the end of August. If you placed an order with me during that time, it has either been mailed or is included in the next batch that is going to the post office tomorrow. THANK YOU so much for your patience and understanding … I thought I had properly planned enough time for me to work and get caught up but apparently I had planned poorly. I felt so bad that I was behind for so long – but I am committed to keeping my quality top-notch and didn’t feel there were any areas I could compromise for the sake of getting the capes done faster.

Planning ahead to Christmas and the upcoming holiday season — I have been thinking about what my method is going to be for holiday orders — I want to have a balance of getting as many capes made for gifts as I possibly can – while still being able to enjoy the holiday season with my family. I have decided to have a holiday order cut-off date of November 15th. If you place an order with me before that date, I will guarantee that you will have it by December 24th. If you place an order with me after November 15th, you will be placed on a waiting list and your capes will be completed on a first come first serve basis, but with no December 24th guarantee.

I have had some issues with emails lately – 99.9% of the time I answer an email within 24 hours from when I receive it. If you have placed an order with me or sent me an email for any other reason and haven’t seen a reply back from me (I send a confirmation email when you place an order with your order total) within about a day – PLEASE check your spam folders. Especially if you have a Hotmail account – they especially like to mark my email address as spam. Better yet, add erin@plumpearapple.com to your “safe list” right after you email me. I need you to see and read the confirmation email – sometimes customers don’t give me all the pertinent information or I have a question for you about your order.

I’ve always wanted Plum Pear Apple to give back to the wonderful blog community and be involved as much as it can – more that just any other handmade-wares boutique. I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of some wonderful causes and giveaways so far – and I know there are many more opportunities to come (watch for an announcement soon for a great cause I’m so excited to be be involved with!). If you have a giveaway, promotion, cause, fundraiser or run a review blog – please get in contact with me. I may not be able to be involved right away, but I will keep your blog and name for future reference.

And lastly, I am quickly approaching my 200th Superhero Cape ordered! This number is AMAZING to me — I am so grateful for all the wonderful support I am getting and the amazing people that are believing in me and ordering my cute capes. In honor of this milestone – I’ve decided to have a little contest: Whoever happens to order lucky cape #200 will win that cape for free – as well as another cape to send as a gift to a friend! This way the Superhero love is spread and TWO people will get to be great winners. (No, I won’t tell you exactly how many cape orders I have had so far, but I will tell you that I expect to hit #200 in the next week or so … so if you’re thinking about ordering soon you have a good chance of winning!)