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Check out this awesome house that was sent to us over the weekend by a number of our purple fans! There’s nothing especially noticeable about it on the outside.
It’s pleasant and cozy-looking, but you probably wouldn’t give it a second glance, right? But inside.
If you live in the UK (or are willing to travel!), the listing for this amazing purple house can be found here. Let us know what you think in the comments or join the conversation about the merits of a carpeted bathroom floor on Facebook!
A great Thanksgiving feast can be both creative and colorful, while maintaining family traditions and recipes. Add some color to your Thanksgiving this year with kitchen items from The Purple Store. Whether you’re a die hard purple lover or just want to add some color to your dining table, our wide selection of kitchenware can provide you with great functionality and style.
To keep your guests happy and well-behaved while waiting for you to put the finishing touches on the meal, it’s advisable to surprise them with some appetizers. While it may be traditional to opt for a veggie and cheese platter as the appetizer, serving fried pumpkin or squash slices instead will give your guests a pleasant and crispy surprise. By using our Purple Le Creuset Frying Pan, you can create delectable bites of fried pumpkin or squash.
Thanksgiving is the one time of year when it is appropriate, and expected, to serve sugar coated sweet potatoes, so ensuring the success of this recipe is a must. Baking your classic candied sweet potato recipe in the Purple Le Creuset Stoneware Dish provides not only a great baking dish, but one from which you can serve directly. Although it’s a simple recipe, there are several ways of sprucing it up if you feel like this special dish deserves some extra texture and flavor. Mixing in cornflakes can provide a nice crunch to the dish, as well as other vegetables that are compatible with sweet potatoes such as carrots and pumpkin.
Although there may be disagreement among your guests about whether they want their stuffing/dressing served inside the turkey or on the side, there will be no disagreement about the savoriness of cornbread stuffing. Offering dressing using the Purple Le Creuset Serving Bowl brightens up your table with a splash of color.
An essential component to enjoying the long-awaited turkey feast is serving a thick, flavorful gravy. The Plum Fiesta Gravy Boat is a cheery and stylish way to serve this prized Thanksgiving recipe. After following a basic gravy recipe – flour, pan drippings, and broth – try a few simple additions to enhance it to perfection. Add spices such as thyme and sage to give it an extra boost of flavor. Also try mixing in garlic or mushrooms to provide texture, and pour in a splash of wine or liquor to give even more flavor to the recipe.
Speaking of wine, offering a Thanksgiving-infused adult beverage to the gathering is a great way to complement the meal. Mulled wine is a surprisingly easy recipe that can be served with or after the meal, as a warm and comforting way to wrap up the feast. There is a wide array of mulled wine recipes, but the foundation consists of mixing red wine, sugar, and water over low heat until warm. To put on the finishing touches, stir in a combination of spices; the most popular are nutmeg, cinnamon, and cloves. The freshly mulled wine can be sipped and savored in the Purple Le Crueset Mugs until the very last drop!
Nothing goes better with purple than more purple, so why not serve a purple dessert? Rhubarb and blueberry crisp is both visually pleasing and delicious, which means you might not have the patience to wait, no matter how full you, before serving this dessert. Cook and serve this fun desert in our Plum Fiesta Pie Pan, alongside vanilla ice cream or fresh whipping cream. Rhubarb and Blueberry Crisp
Once dessert has been polished off, now commences the undesirable task of putting the remaining food away. However, you can make this task easy and hassle-free by using our Purple Microwaveable Storage Containers. These vibrant containers are freezer, microwave, and dishwasher safe, and come in different sizes, so you can enjoy leftovers long after Thanksgiving is over! Nine years! As of this week, The Purple Store has now been open for nine years! Nine years! Okay, so maybe we’re a little excited, but c’mon! Nine years! We owe absolutely all of it to you. We aren’t just saying that either. Below we’ve compiled a list of nine reasons (nine years!) why you are the greatest customers ever. Nine Great Things About You! 1. You’re Engaged This might seem obvious because you’re reading this right now, but you guys are completely engaged with us. You send us pictures of your beautiful purple weddings, your purple hair, your purple cars, pets, makeup, parties, artwork, and even a sparkly purple house! You follow us on Facebook, retweet our tweets, read our newsletter, comment on our blog, and e-mail us every day. Sometimes just to say, “Hi!” And we’ve got numbers to back it up. You share, like, and comment on our posts and share on our wall WAY more often than the average for most businesses, and we’ve so grateful that you stay involved! Our “engagement” metrics on Facebook is 16% compared to the average of 3-4% for a company our size. Nice job. 2. You Support Us Many of you have been with us since the early years. You’ve stuck by us over the years as we’ve grown and supported us while we’ve tried new things. Our repeat customer rate is higher than average for any business. When we opened our retail location in Seattle, many of our loyal customers stopped by to meet us and some of you have traveled from New York, Canada, and even Australia and New Zealand. We’ve finally matched faces to some of the names we’ve been seeing for years on orders heading out around the world! 3. You’re Community-Minded It’s one thing to be engaged with us, but you’re also involved with each other. You talk to each other on our website and you chat on our blog, Facebook, G+, and Twitter. You congratulate each other during your joyous occasions, you comfort each other in times of sorrow, and you all know how to have fun together. You help each other out. You give each other party and wedding ideas. Your offer tips on everything from how to wear purple, to recipe suggestions. You often answer each other’s questions before we have a chance to respond! In our Seattle location, many of you have met and become fast friends. We’ve even had one customer give someone she’d just met a ride across town! 4. You’re Good-Natured We tell people when they start working at The Purple Store that we have the nicest, friendliest customers in the world. Within a few weeks, they always tell us they know exactly what we mean. You are the sweetest, friendliest, most patient people ever. You’re always pleasant to talk to, whether it be via phone or e-mail. Even people who have been working at The Purple Store for years struggle to come up with a story about someone who was rude or impatient with them while they’ve been working here. 5. You Have a Great Sense of Humor You’re witty. You send us funny things. You add great comments to our blog and posts. You send funny suggestions. Also, many of you think we’re hilarious, which we LOVE. 6. You’re Unambivalent You know the purple products you want, and you know exactly which purple you want them to come in. You aren’t afraid to tell us what you’re looking for, and to help us ensure we carry only the highest quality purple items in deep, rich purple shades. You’re also passionate about the rest of your lives. No matter how you come by your love of purple, whether it be through your favorite sports team or musician, or any number of other things, you’re all equally devoted to the hobbies and people that you love. We’re so happy we can be a small part of that enthusiasm! 7. You’re Creative You have probably already seen some of the pictures, but we are constantly staggered by all of the brilliant and creative ways you use purple to express yourselves. The way you dress and accessorize is inspired, but you also use purple to decorate your homes, your offices, your cars, and everywhere else you inhabit. You incorporate your passion for purple into your crafts, your art, and your major life events. We’re so grateful we get to supply the ingredients to your purple masterpieces! 8. You’re Unique You’re unafraid to be yourselves. You know who you are, you know what you love, and you’re never afraid to let your purple flag fly! 9. You Love Purple! So, thank you! Thank You! THANK YOU for a great nine years! You are the greatest customers in the world, and we look forward to providing for your purple passion for years to come! -The Purple Store Staff Help us make the world just a little bit more purple! While supplies last, when you order $15 dollars or more in purple items from The Purple Store, you can choose a FREE “Turning The World Purple” sticker as a gift. This 5″ wide by 3″ tall sticker is indoor/outdoor vinyl, UV coated, and ready for you to stick somewhere fun.  Free Purple Sticker! The point of the stickers is to gather photos from our customers around the world and then share the photos with each other. When your sticker arrives, stick it somewhere that you think could use a little more purple! Then, with your phone’s camera (or gasp, a camera that isn’t part of a phone?), snap a picture. Post the picture right here in the post’s comments section, e-mail it to us, or send it to us on Facebook so we can share the photos with other purple fans. To get your free sticker on its way now, add any items totaling $15 or more and click the free gift checkbox on the shopping cart page before you check out! We look forward to seeing what you choose to do with your sticker! |
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