Five Locations

Mind Body 'N Spirits is now in five locations in New Hampshire! Our latest is True Necessities in Colony Mills Marketplace in Keene. When I walked in, I was greeted by the very friendly manager and instantly knew that this was the right location for our shirts. The owner, Chris was extremely nice and purchased five different shirts to try out. We are hoping for great success in this new location!

Cheers,
Jennifer and Sarah

http://www.mindbodynspirits.com

Skin Color

I was recently asked if we would do a shirt with women with different ethnicities? this was my response...

We really battled with giving her a skin color to begin with - but if we didn't then she would have taken on the color of the shirt - i.e. green, blue etc. The skin color we picked is tan so she could be white or Hispanic - we have girls with red hair, brown and blond. We were waiting to hear from customers to see if there was a demand for us to make a black woman on a shirt - so far we haven't had a request (we do live in NH so our exposure has almost exclusively been with white women) As soon as we have the interest we can for sure make a shirt, but we really wanted to get feedback from women - would you wear a shirt with a blond girl on it if you had brown hair? Would you wear a shirt with a white girl on it if you were black and vice versa? We approached the Oprah Show and the Tyra Banks Show asking to use their studio audience as a focus group because it is a good discussion. So far - we haven't gotten a response. We do have a shirt on the "coming soon" page of our website that is a runner called the "7 and 7 minute mile" - she could easily have darker skin - again if we knew the shirts would get purchased we would do them in a heart beat. I hope that makes sense.

Cheers,
Jennifer and Sarah

http://www.mindbodynspirits.com

Positive Feedback

An old pal from college just sent this along. We love the positive feedback! Thanks Aimee.

"I am doing well, thanks for asking!  But I am so excited for you!
Your T-shirts are going to do so well in Luna Chics for a couple of reasons
(as you probably know). First, the store itself is so cool.  Second, Exeter
is such a posh town and third, Phillips Exeter Students love to shop there.....
and Phillips Exeter Students come from all over the world.....your name is
going to get out there!!!"


Cheers,
Sarah and Jennifer
www.mindbodynspirits.com

Luna Chics

Thanks to our New England Territory sales rep, Jessica Infante, the store Luna Chics is now carrying a few styles of our t-shirts. Luna Chics is a fabulous shop in downtown Exeter NH that carries a great selection of jeans, jewels and other fashionable clothing items. Please, stop by their shop or visit them online at www.shoplunachics.com

Cheers,
Jennifer and Sarah

www.mindbodynspirits.com

our first piece of hate mail

I thought I would share this with you, because one it was upsetting to receive and two the sender of this email sent it anonymously with a bogus email address. That being said I will post what they wrote to us and then the reply I had written that bounced back. Hopefully, this anonymous person will read this and know how we feel...

Name: anonymous
Email: nonr@nonr.com
Comments: ok so you are educated chicks in the burbs who obviously all look alike and drink to much.  in between your workouts and kids you really were wasting your talents so you thought up this idea.  you need to figure out that not all women have kids or think you are interesting or talented.  In addition, you are promoting alcohol which is a legalized drug as a funny cheeky thing in between your family and working out.  you really need to get a grip, get out of the burbs and get a life.  by the way, who is the artist that does the designs?  perhaps you should mention that eh?

This was our response...

Hello,

I just want to start by saying that when we started our business, we
knew it wasn't going to be for everyone. We are happy to listen to
anyone who has something to share, but the comments that you made in
your email were not directed at our product, but at us personally.   I
am still trying to figure out what we did to upset you so much that you
felt the need to be so hurtful???  If you are interested in finding out
more information about our artist, you can read her bio on our "About
Us" page on our website or go to our "links" page to click on her
website and view  more of her  artwork.



Warm Regards,



Jennifer Simoneau

Co-owner Mind Body 'N Spirits LLC

Playful apparel 'n accessories

http://www.mindbodynspirits.com

Sales Rep New England Territory

We are happy to announce that we have taken on an independent sales rep for the New England Territory. Jessica Infante will be out there checking in with retailers of gift shops, boutiques, tanning salons, gyms and college bookstores. If you are interested in opening a wholesale account with us you can sign up via our wholesale page or contact Jessica directly - MBNSrep@gmail.com. We are so happy to have her on board!

Cheers,
Jennifer and Sarah

http://www.mindbodynspirits.com

Femail Creations!

We just received word that we will be in the Winter 2009 catalog for Femail Creations! We are so excited to have our Cosmopoli-tan heather purple shirt in this catalog. The catalog will be sent out all across the country and is a great way for us to reach so many women who have not had a chance to see our shirts yet. It will be great exposure for us as we just launched our business and website in February. We can't wait to see our shirt in print! If you don't receive that catalog - go to their website and start sign up to get it!

Cheers,
Jennifer and Sarah

http://www.mindbodynspirits.com