Wow, so other items were recoloured and released that way! That's cool to know. Wish I didn't miss them.
For me I actually don't think I can trade FP for FC; people are rarely willing to sell FC for FP nowadays.

Nobody needs food but everyone needs fairy coins.
I did the pollwhoring too lol, and I also made a spam thread with a poll. And I would change the poll over and over to vote on it over and over. That did add up, but I was still always poor. My Knuffel levelled up slowly even if I fed them regularly so that didn't give me much food either.