Since our studio opened in 1993, we have come to love and appreciate our customers. We continue to search for new ways to show gratitude to the repeat shoppers who go out of their way to support this quirky little brick-and-mortar shop. Our newest brilliant scheme: LUNABUX. We introduced this virtual currency on November 20, 2010. Shoppers are encouraged to collect LUNABUX and store them in a safe place; they don’t have a real cash value, but soon you’ll be able to use them to purchase limited-edition letterpress-printed paper goods that cannot be purchased with old-fashioned American dollars! The LUNABUX merchandise collection, still in development, will be an ever-changing selection of greeting cards, notepads, and paper ephemera. We aren’t quite ready to reveal the goods yet, but we wanted to give you folks head start on the collecting.
The main way to earn LUNABUX: shop at our shoppe! When you spend $30 on products in our studio store, or on custom printing, you earn a LUNABUX. Spend $60 on greeting cards & pens, you earn 2 LUNABUX; spend $600 on birth announcements, you earn 20 LUNABUX!!
Here are a few ways you can earn more LUNABUX:
• complete a Card Club punch card
• correctly answer an in-store trivia question
• attend and purchase personalized stationery at a Stationery Saturday event
• ply the Lunalux staff with coffee, treats, or flattery
• bring in a doggie treat for MacGuire (you only get a LUNABUX if he eats it!)
LUNABUX will be distributed at the discretion and whim of the Lunalux staff, and sneaky behavior will not be tolerated.
Keep an eye on this page, and the Lunalux blog, for more news about the LUNABUX program.
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Since our studio opened in 1993, we have come to love and appreciate our customers. We continue to search for new ways to show gratitude to the repeat shoppers who go out of their way to support this quirky little brick-and-mortar shop. Our newest brilliant scheme: LUNABUX. We introduced this virtual currency on November 20, 2010. Shoppers are encouraged to collect LUNABUX and store them in a safe place; they don’t have a real cash value, but soon you’ll be able to use them to purchase limited-edition letterpress-printed paper goods that cannot be purchased with old-fashioned American dollars! The LUNABUX merchandise collection, still in development, will be an ever-changing selection of greeting cards, notepads, and paper ephemera. We aren’t quite ready to reveal the goods yet, but we wanted to give you folks head start on the collecting.
