Announcing our New Owner!
Hi Everyone,
Well, a lot has been going on at MeinkeToy. When I decided to retire, my plans were to just close the business. I received so many notes from customers about our closing, and I was very sad about the thought of MeinkeToy coming to an end. A few days after my announcement, I received an email from a long-time customer who inquired if I would consider selling the business. We have had many discussions over the last several weeks and, finally, MeinkeToy has a new owner, Eleanor Love.
Eleanor has a real passion for fiber arts, fabric surface design and mixed-media, and has been active as an artist and teacher of various fabric and media classes over the years. She has always had a dream about owning a business like MeinkeToy – now her dream has come true. Eleanor is committed to maintaining the same high quality products and service that we have provided over the years. She has a keen interest in continuing to source the lastest, greatest and hard to find products in the marketplace for fiber, fabric and mixed-media artists. A question often asked by her husband over the years has been, “Why can’t you buy just one of something, why do you have to buy ten?” Now she has a legitimate, guilt-free reason to continue her hunting and gathering, and is anxious to share both your favorite products and new finds with you.
Products will start to come back on the website after May 15 (Eleanor’s youngest daughter, Katie, is expecting a baby May 9, so Eleanor, a.k.a. “Grammie,” will be in Atlanta for a few days). Products will continuously be added – so check back often to see what is new.
Keep an eye on the MeinkeToy website for the Summer Promotion and Challenge, ”I’M STUCK ON YOU!” that will start June 1.
I can now retire from MeinkeToy with peace of mind, knowing that it will be in good hands with Eleanor.
Thank you all for your support and creativity!
Deb Meinke
MeinkeToy will not be closing!
We have fabulous news on this Easter weekend – we have a deal in the works for the sale of MeinkeToy to a long time customer! She wants to continue the business of selling hard to find fiber art supplies and I have full confidence that she will do a superb job! She should be opening up sometime around the middle of May.
Stay tuned for more details as they come available…
MeinkeToy for sale? Continued markdowns…
I am overwhelmed with so many kind words from everyone on our closing! I can’t possibly get back to each one of you individually, but please know I will miss you too!
I’ve also been advised to consider selling the business, as so many want to see it continue on with another fiber loving person. So, I am. Bear with me as this is all new to me, but if you’re interested in buying MeinkeToy Fiber Art Supplies, please CONTACT ME.
Markdowns on any existing merchandise are continuing, as promised, in our FINAL CLEARANCE.
MeinkeToy Fiber Art Supplies will be closing soon…
With both a heavy heart and excitement for the future I am announcing my retirement from MeinkeToy Fiber Art Supplies.
It is said that all good things must come to an end, and that rings true in fiber arts too. I am retiring from this business and will be closing in the near future. The reason is simple, I want to do something different from shipping art supplies out of my home. I’m not sure exactly what that is yet, but I’m sure to find out sooner or later. One thing I do know, I will miss my fabulous customers!
I’m sure there will be many questions, let me answer some in advance.
What will be your last day? I don’t know yet. I wanted to give some warning in case customers wanted to order things they may have a hard time finding after we close. As the closing day comes closer, I will post it.
Will you mark everything down? We’ll see how it goes. Most items are already marked down substantially in our FINAL CLEARANCE. I will be adding things to the clearance frequently, sometimes daily. Be aware that quantities are limited, there are no backorders.
Will you get any additional inventory in before you close? No, but like always, I have a few items that either got lost off the site or never got entered for some reason, and they may be entered as new items. If you want the really popular items like chiffon scarves, TissuTex, Evolon and the new heat distressables I would suggest not waiting too long to order.
Why not sell the business? I’m not into difficult bookkeeping and business valuations and can’t fathom doing all that. It makes my mind spin! I may consider selling the domain though.
How do I place orders? For now, the same as always. Use the shopping cart, pay with a credit card or PayPal. But we can no longer accept checks (we only had maybe two a year, lol). We do accept PopMoney also.
What about returns? As with all the going-out-of-business sales I’ve seen, we are now all sales final, no returns.
Polyester Tissue in our boxes (is not TissuTex)
If you receive your order and the box contains a white and/or black crumpled up strange tissue material, and you also ordered TissuTex, the crumpled up material is NOT the TissuTex. We’ve had several inquiries about this. TissuTex comes already folded from our supplier in a rectangle about 9″x12″. We put the TissuTex in a plastic bag (all weights together), and it is flat. The crumpled up tissue is left over from an experiment I did last year with various synthetic tissues. It’s actually sold as a synthetic gift wrap tissue (I got it at Nashville Wraps), so I’m using it as a packing material. many customers are using it in creative ways in their projects – that is fabulous! So I put it in the box when I can (depending on packaging and weight). Sometimes I will wrap several things together with a sheet of this material too (I would never do this with TissuTex, ouch!) Anyway, have fun with it!
Super Clearance Blowout, New Merino Felting Fiber
We have amazing savings on a huge number of items in our Final Clearance category. We’ve added many new items and have lowered prices on many more. Prices start at $0.75! Everything is limited quantities!
We have new Merino Felting Fiber Bags that are flying out the door. They contain three ounces of brightly colored merino fiber in a potluck mix.
