Nearly 500 & a Wee Contest In the Making

Let's start with a little timeline:

• May 2008: Reserved blacktrillium.etsy.com for my own use knowing I wanted to start a yarn-dyeing business.
• July/August 2008: start dyeing with some friends from my local yarn shop.
• September 2008: first yarn item sold on Black Trillium's Etsy site.
• October 2008: separated from dyeing partners, became my own man.
• November 2008: really started dyeing for myself as Black Trillium Fibre Studio.

I'm reflecting on this right now because I'm trying to take in the fact that in less than a year, Black Trillium Fibre Studio has sold nearly 500 items via Etsy while at the same time acquiring and keeping up with the needs of four wholesale customers. I think this is pretty spectacular and that I probably have the coolest group of customers on the planet.

Something must be done to make that 500th sale special, and I'm open to ideas. I'm leaning in a few directions*:

• 500th sold is free
  

or

• one my own skeins of Wollmeise could be liberated

or

• free shipping on order that includes 500th item

Nothing is decided at this moment, but I will post my decision tomorrow. Please let me know which way you think I should go!

* My lovely sock blockers will sadly have be outside the contest as they aren't under my roof.