NEW FEATURE: debscrafts55

Okay. So I would've had this finished this morning if it wasn't for blogger taking on a mind of it's own. I had finally finished my post, and blogger was having a problem with me posting my post. Well, I've got one thing to say. Thanks alot blogger, now no one will ever see the wonderful and heartfelt post I wrote. LOL! Just kidding. I pretty much just told everyone to drink their nice warm coffee cause I didn't have any yet and I hoped y'all were enjoying it.

Anyways, I'd like to welcome the new feature of the week! Big round of applause for Debscrafts55!

I asked Debscrafts55 to tell me a little more about herself so we could all get to know her on a more personal level. I'm going to call this segment "The Artist Behind The Art" from now on.

The Artist Behind The Art

"I love to crochet and create new patterns. I don't sell my creations, I give it all away to various charities (and sometimes family and friends). I also give away my patterns free on my blog debscrafts55.blogspot.com/. I am constantly scouring thrift shops, auctions and yard sales for yarn and other supplies for my charity crafting and often find craft related things that I'll probably never use but can't resist buying. Last summer, because of several factors coming together, I needed to reduce my stash and make some extra money so I opened my Etsy shop. I haven't even gotten through what I already had and I'm still buying more. I never know what I might find so you'll never know what I might list next in my Etsy shop."

Great idea Debscrats55!

The Knitty Gritty

Debscrafts55 has been around on Etsy since July of 2010. Within that time she's had 272 sales and 100% feedback! WOW!!! Way to go Debscrafts55! She also at this very minute has 371 items for sale in her shop! Even featuring her for a week, there is no possible way I could come close to posting all the beautiful items in her shop. I encourage all of you to head her way and check it out.

My Pick of the Day

Well, it's that time again....

And I picked....



I picked this really awesome "Neon Splash Fireworks Print". It measures out to be 3 1/4 yards long, 44/45 inches wide, and is 100% cotton.

This fabric is only $12. YES! I said that 3 1/4 YARDS of fabric is ONLY $12!!! I can't even get fabric that cheap at Joann Fabrics unless it's ugly! And this is FAR from ugly.

Check out Debscrafts55's shop on Etsy by clicking the link under "My Fave Links". By the way, I hope you all had awesome coffee. I did, and am on a caffeine kick as we speak. I'm going to go mop and clean. Yeah, I love energy ;)

Day 5 of Feature: The Best for Last

Yes, it's true, I'm saving what I thought was the best for last. I've been wanting to post this pic all week from Ladysilverwings shop. I would've posted this yesterday, but if you read the post from yesterday, you know the story and I don't have to re-hash it.

So let's get down to business, shall we?



This is a Leather Knotwork Bangle... AND I LOVE IT!!!!

Like I said earlier, I've been wanting to post this all week! It just looks so amazing! It's classy, and yet so simple to go with anything you're wearing! I could imagine myself wearing this in my little black dress (that just about every woman I know has their favorite little black dress) and going out with the hubster for Valentines Day.

Yeah, some of you don't do Valentines Day. Well, I take it as an opportunity. When you have kids you don't have much time for adult convo's. So I take times like this to have a date night and time to be with the love of my life. No, he might not be my "better half" ('cause I'm his), but he is a bit of a romantic and extremely sweet. So why not doll yourself up, seize the moment, and go out to enjoy the night with your loved one? Even if it is a made up holiday for the card companies.

I think we should all be thanking them for making an opportunity for us to show how much we love our significant other.

Okay, getting off track here. You all know what I'm trying to say, and I think most of you got the point. So, as I was saying. I want to wear this to give a splash of color to my outfit. Why not make yourself look extra good lookin' and make them turn their head, make them look again, and say "Wow. You look amazing." Accessories to WONDERS!

And this lovely little accessory can go with your little black dress, or anything you choose, for only $23! You can't tell me that's gonna break the bank. It's $23. It's better than spending a fortune at the jewelry store in the mall for your accessories. Geez, anyone see those prices lately?

It measures 8 inches around and should fit most wrists.

Well, my lovely readers (except you fellas reading, you don't have to be lovely unless you want to be), it is time for me to go get ready for a ton of little girls to storm into our home, eat a ton of pizza, ice cream, and cake. In case you're wondering, I'm talking about a birthday party. Yay.

Just kidding, I'm really excited, my middle little girl is turning 4. She's not technically four until Monday, but you really can't have a party on a weeknight, so yeah...

I need to go fill myself with some caffeine and tylenol. There's still traces of a headache, and I have a feeling it'll be MUCH worse if I don't go take some now.

Get ready little screaming children touching my walls with blue frosting and throwing wrapping paper across my living room... Here I Come....

Ladysilverwings, I loved featuring your shop this week. It is a very lovely, beautiful shop with very unique and beautiful items. Keep up the creative work! I encourage all of you to visit her shop and heart her shop. It is truely amazing. Today is the last day to get your free notecards as well, just make any purchase at her shop and mention in the notes to seller that you saw her shop featured on my blog. You will get the most unique and beautiful notecard you've ever seen. I can promise you that! If you want to take a look for yourself, there's a link on day one of the feature for Ladysilverwings shop. There's also a direct link to her shop on the left hand side of my blog under "My Fave Links".

Ladysilverwings, I hope you are able to make all your dreams come true with Etsy. I hope you are more than able to put yourself through college with the profits from your shop. Help out a fellow Etsian by helping her through college. I encourage all of you to help, or at least favorite (heart) her shop for future reference.

I've got to go get myself mentally ready for this party, although I doubt it will happen, it could. Have a great weekend everyone!

DAY 5 of Feature will be tomorrow

Sorry about this everyone. I've had a killer headache today that just knocked me out. I am actually awake for a few minutes and not knocked out by my medicine just yet, so I wanted to let everyone know what was up. I will be doing the final feature of Ladysilverwings shop tomorrow because it is unfair to her shop not to finish her feature, headache or not.

So for now just send me lots of love by commenting below, and some chocolate couldn't hurt either. ;)

I will write tomorrow about the great treasures found in Ladysilverwings shop. Goodnight everyone, I'll be the same old sarcastic me tomorrow.

Day 4 of Feature: Pretty in Pink

Okay, first off I would like to apologize for not having a post up at the crack of dawn. I know, so many of you were eagerly awaiting my post this morning that your day could just not go on without reading my post even before your first cup of coffee. If you don't drink coffee, that's cool.

Anyways, I didn't get a chance to write since my two younger kids decided they were going to come running out of their room with nothing on but pullups as soon as I walked back in from putting my oldest daughter on the bus. I swear, it's like clockwork. They know I need/want to get something done, and it's like they ate a ten pound bag of sugar. After this morning, I wish I had.

Anyhow, since most of you are still waiting mindlessly at your computer until I post this because your life depends on it, (ha ha, laugh it was a joke) I will make this short and sweet.

Here is my pick of the day:




I picked the "Pink and Black Cross Charm Bracelet" as my pick of the day. Why might you ask? Cause I wanted to! :p Lol, just kidding you guys.

I picked it because I liked the uniqueness. You don't see this everyday. The cross charm is original, and I LOVE the pink and black glass beads! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!

Now, let's get down to the knitty gritty...

Ladysilverwings said in the description of this item that "My charm bracelets are a simple beaded designs with a single charm." If that's a simple beaded design, I want to know how to do that!

To you it may be simple, but I think I'd rather pay you to make me something like that. It's too elegant looking to be extremely simple! (by the way, that's a compliment)

This bracelet has a silver-tone charm, has pink glass spacing beads, pink and black stone beads, and black faceted beads. Unclasped it measures about 8.5 inches long.

Beautiful work Ladysilverwings!

You too can be pretty in pink with this stunning Pink and Black Cross Charm Bracelet for only $14.99! I think that is a great price! It is quality made and just sooooo beautiful!

AND...

DON'T FORGET!!!! If you purchase ANY item from Ladysilverwings shop and mention that you saw her featured on my blog, you get a free notecard! I've seen her notecards, THEY ARE AMAZING!!!

If you would like to see them for yourself, look at the day 1 post for Ladysilverwings. I have not only a link to her notecards, but her shop too! There's also a link to her shop on the left side of my blog under "My Fave Links". I've said this probably in every post, but I still can not believe that she is giving away those notecards for free! OMGosh! Those things are AWESOME!!!! At least check it out.

Tomorrow is Ladysilverwings last day as a Featured shop on my blog :(
So remember to look at her shop, pick something great (everything in her shop is), and get yourself a free notecard. It's so worth it.

So if you want to get one of Ladysilverwings notecards in your hands, you HAVE to do it TOMORROW!!!!!!!! And make sure you come back to see my last pick of the day from Ladysilverwings shop. You're gonna LOVE it!

I will blog at 'cha later ;)

Is it time for dinner yet????????????????? NO?!?!?! dang it...........

DAY 3: The eye of the tiger

Wondering what the title is all about? Well, I'll give you a hint, it has something to do with my pick of the day from Ladysilverwings shop! You'll get to see it shortly, don't worry.

I'm sure everyone is enjoying a lovely freezing cold weather, if not I'm sure it's colder than what it was earlier this week. (It was in the 60's where I am, but the stupid cold front is gonna make it snow.) Do you think that we really need a groundhog to tell us it's gonna snow???? Seriously people! Read the farmers almanac! That thing has been mostly right on! Geez, and who's idea was it to use a groundhog as a weather forcaster? I just hope he/she didn't reproduce, because that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of.

My daughter asked me about groundhogs day. When I explained that the groundhog "tells us the weather for the next 6 weeks" she just looked at me with this blank expression. Seriously? Meterorologists can't even do that with all the technology they have!

Ok, now that I've had my rant about this crazy tradition, I will show you my pick of the day! YAY! I know, I know, you just can't wait cause your life revolves around this! ;)

My pick of the day is............

*Drumroll*



Yes! The pick of the day is this Tiger Eye Beaded Lanyard. Isn't it gorgeous?! So now do you get the title? HAHAHAHA! I'm so funny. I crack myself up.

Anyways, now that I'm the only person laughing at my jokes, I will explain this lovely lanyard in more detail.

Ladysilverwings lanyards are made from double beading thread, and tons of different beads including glass, stone, shells, and synthetic materials.

This lanyard is made with a genuine tiger eye stone, black glass beads, bronze-tone spacing beads, and a faceted tiger eye focal bead.

The lanyard measures about 29 inches total. So this is a great way to look spiffy at work and ditch those material lanyards that rub against your neck and itch all day. Next thing you know the material lanyard is all gross cause they're cheap, and you've got a rash on your neck. I know, I used to HAVE to wear one. The material ones suck. But with this one you'll have some style!

She's got lots more lanyards if you don't think this is your style or it wouldn't match your wardrobe. Stop making excuses! She's got some lanyards that will match any outfit! Ditch the cheapo lanyard, and splurge on yourself a little. You deserve it.

Well, it's closing in on 8 o'clock. Time for me to split.

Hope everyone will check out ladysilverwings shop (link on the left under "my fave links"), and don't forget about your FREE notecards! Get yours free with any purchase from ladysilverwings shop. All you have to do is mention you saw her featured in my blog in the notes to seller section. If you want to see what her notecards look like I have a link in day one of the feature. Check it out!

They are really awesome and origingal. Very cool ladysilverwings, VERY COOL. They are incredibly amazing, and I for one cannot believe she's offering them for free! It's definately a deal.

Anyways, I've gotta run. Everyone have fun watching an overgrown and overfed pest that we all love for some reason. In case you didn't know, I was talking about the groundhog.

See ya!

DAY 2 OF FEATURE: Ladysilverwings

Alrighty, since I was able to get my lazy butt outta bed this morning and get my daughter on the bus on time for once, I decided to get online. Especially since my 2 younger daughters were still asleep, and still are. You are probably thinking "Why?" Well, I'm thinking the same thing. I should go enjoy being able to hear myself think, enjoying a cup of coffee, and watching the TODAY show knowing I'll be able to hear it and not have to turn on the captions so I know what's going on. But I have a feeling that today is going to be one of those days that if I don't get it done early, it ain't getting done.

So I hope you enjoy todays post Ladysilverwings, I'm giving up a steaming cup of coffee and having peace and quiet just for you. LOL ;)

So, since I've had my time to ramble on about nothing, I think I will tell you what my pick of the day is.

Well....wouldn't you like to know?

If you do, then you shall.

HERE IT IS!



The beautiful cross pictured above is called the "Cross Knot Necklace". It is hand tied and knotted, and uses wooden beads. The picture i chose doesn't show them, but if you go to Ladysilverwings shop (there's a link on the left under "My fave links") there are pictures showing the beads on it.

The necklace is 26.5 inches in total length, and is made from a soft suede like material. It is also adjustable so you can make it your desired length. The only question I have for this one, is how long is the cross itself?

I will contact Ladysilverwings and give you an answer as soon as I know. My answer will be posted below in the comments.

I chose the Cross Knot Necklace with Easter in mind. It's february people! Do you not think that Easter isn't going to sneak up on us? Hello! Before we know it it's gonna be Christmas again! I said it, I know you probably don't like it, but I said it. And you KNOW it's true.

Anyways, before I forget what I'm talking about, I thought that the Cross Knot Necklace would make an awesome Easter gift. And for only $28 bucks, that's better than alot of the cheap crap you find in walmart. At least you know that this will last, it is unique and not mass marketed, and it's handmade! I've seen stuff like this on Etsy alot, and it's WAY more pricey and digs deep in you wallet.

So save some cash, get something cool, and get something free out of it too! Yeah, don't forget, mention my blog in notes to seller on ANY purchase made in Ladysilverwings shop and you get a free notecard!

If you would like to see what her notecards look like, please feel free to look over yesterdays post.

That's it for today my fellow bloggians. Hope you enjoyed it, I know I did. But know the kiddos are awake.

Ciao.

NEW FEATURE OF THE WEEK: Ladysilverwings

Congratulations Ladysilverwings! She will be my featured shop of the week. And it is my pleasure to do a feature on such a lovely shop!

I know I haven't featured anyone for awhile, but I thought what better time to start up again than in the spring? So, enjoy learning about Ladysilverwings and all the other Etsy shops to come in these coming weeks.

I checked out Ladysilverwings shop and... here are the results! Ladysilverwings shop opened on Etsy on February 26, 2010. Happy 1st anniversary! She has had 15 sales, and 100% positive feedback! WOOT! WTG Ladysilverwings!

I asked Ladysilverwings to tell me a litte about herself for my readers.
Here's what she wrote....

"I'm Katie Hinton, and if you can imagine a 5' tall elf with hair past her tush and allergies to the modern world, that's pretty much me. I live 15 miles from the middle of nowhere on a farm in northwestern Texas, and have been in a distance-education homeschooling program for ten years. I'll be starting college soon with a double major in history and art. I hope to make my crafts a paying job while I'm there, as one of my highest philosophies of life is to do the work I love. One of my great loves in life is finding unique materials to work with and turning them into things of beauty. I get inspiration for my designs from a lot of things, like nature, history, music, literature, dreams, travel, faith, and sometimes just walking into a store and browsing. I'll try just about any style of creation I encounter, but my main creative obsession is making jewelry. I started playing with beads when I was five, and remain willfully addicted to them. I have my own sense of style and fashion, and it shows in many of my pieces. Everything I make shares a bit of myself, and like me my style tends to evolve as I encounter more of the world."

I find this very inspiring. Great job Ladysilverwings! I hope Etsy makes your dreams come true so you are able to craft your way through college.

And now for the unveiling of my pick of the day.....

TADA!



I chose this "Soaring Dove Necklace" for my pick of the day. I saw it and it just gives me peace and inspiration as I look at it. It just gives me hope, that no matter what kind of winds or storm we are currently in we can still come out soaring, and be at peace as a dove is.

The Soaring Dove necklace can be yours for $66.00 in Ladysilverwings shop. She is also offering a free notecard to anyone who purchases an item from her shop this week if you mention that you saw her shop featured on my blog. Just mention this in the notes to seller section when making your purchases.

Here is a link to see what her notecards look like: Ladysilverwings Notecards

I have to say, the notecards are absolutely amazing, and I can't believe she's offering a free note card with every purchase. Just remember to mention that you saw her shop featured on my blog and one of these notecards could be all yours!

You can find a direct link to Ladysilverwings shop on the left side of my blog under "My fave links".

Until tomorrow my blogger friends, blog on, blog on.

Cell phone postcards? What will they come up with next?

I have to admit, I was not really sure how great cell phone postcards would be. I mean, how great can a picture look on a postcard? Little did I know it would look totally awesome!

I took a picture of my three little girls in thier new tinkerbell jammies in front of the christmas tree. I was really happy I hadn't sent out any christmas cards yet (yes, I am a procrastinator). I uploaded the picture I took to my computer and added it to cellphonepostcards.com. After that I added all the family I was going to send postcards too. It was really cool 'cause it's like an address book on thier site, and it's super easy to use, find people you want to send to, add family & friends, etc. So now they even made my life a little easier because I don't have to search my house for my address book!

Next I just typed in my little christmas message from me, hubby, & the kids, and voila! I was done in like ten minutes with my christmas postcards. If I was sending out other cards, it would've taken me forever. I liked this because it was a personalized christmas card that I didn't have to hand over an arm & leg to pay for it. I live two states away from my family, so I knew my mom would be thrilled to get this in the mail. They use the whole postcard and fill it with the picture you use.

I am a bzzagent, what that means is that I get to try out products for free from companies that want my opinion. I got 10 free postcards to send to friends and family. After the 10, they are only 99 cents. Don't worry, you get ten free too to try it out ;) I think that is more than reasonable (unlike the people at the mall who want to take your childs picture with santa and charge 22.99 for a sheet. No joke! We went this past week.)

The only flaw I can see with cellphone postcards is that they need some kind of protector over the picture. Some rain got on our picture(they sent a copy, luckily it was that one) and it messed it up a little in one spot. Not a lot, but what if we had had a thunderstorm? That's the only downfall I see. Other than that, cellphonepostcards.com, you are good in my book!

The Factor Tree

Okay, I know I usually do alot more Etsy stuff on my blog than anything else, but I did want to let everyone know about this amazing site. If you have children who are in preschool all the way to 6th grade, you will love me forever! :) At least I hope so...
I guess I should start at the beginning. Well, I am a bzzagent. What does that mean exactly? Well, it means I signed up to become a bzzagent and get some super cool samples from major companies to see what I think. Low and behold, they want me to tell others about it too! So I'm gonna share this awesome sample with my blogging friends. Being a bzzagent I am completely honest about my thoughts on the product and don't try to "sell" anything (I hate it when others try to do it to me), and tell you about the product without added "hype" so to say.

Well, here is my honest opinion about a site called TheFactorTree. Thus far I have tried it for about two weeks or so (as a bzzagent I got a free membership for a month), and I have loved every minute of it. I have two daughters that are old enough to use this service, one of which is a preschooler and the other is in first grade. This site has helped to see where my preschooler is struggling in math (I guess I forgot to mention it's a math site for preschool children up to 6th grade, huh?). It was extremely easy to sign up for, was easy to use (for me and my children), made math fun for them, and it was so very easy to see the progress and where they were struggling.

TheFactorTree helped me in knowing what I needed to work on with my children a little bit more in, which made my job of guessing the part of math they didn't get a little easier. Hey, and anything that makes my life easier as a parent is well worth my time!

Anyways, I did say I had a sample to pass on to my blogger friends as well, didn't I? Well, not only are they giving bzzagents a free membership, but they are extending that offer to you as well. You can get a free (yes, completely and totally free) 2 week free membership to TheFactorTree. When you sign up just enter the code BZZAGENT in the promo line, and voila! It's really that easy! I've made the image at the beginning of the post a clickable image so it will take you right to TheFactorTree website. Merry Math everyone!

How many actual readers are there out there?

Just curious as to how many of you actually read my blog. So, i'm doing a mega giveaway. Through this weekend I am giving away a very special ornament. My mother learned how to make these from her mother, and so on, so it is a very secritive family pattern for these ornaments. And if you have enough patience to make them, you deserve them. There is a picture below.


As you can see, they look beautiful on a tree, or if you like, you can even hang one in your car. I like to because it catches the sun so well and it just shines and sparkles. It looks amazing if you use it on your tree also, it catches the light from the christmas lights and it just sparkles.

So did I make you want one? I hope so, because you can get one pretty easily, and no strings attached. I will ship you your very own ornament and pay for the shipping myself! All you have to do is tell your friends! Yup, that simple. Tell them to follow my blog & follow me on twitter, post your name, and voila! you've got yourself a beautiful, even better FREE, ornament! That's all you have to do! Simply search for RJBLUEYES in the search box on twitter & follow me, next come back here(If you follow my blog you don't have to do the next part) and follow my blog, (do this part though) and put a comment under this post with your name. That's it, I swear!

The person with the the most posts with their name(including your friends following me on twitter and on my blog) wins this beautiful ornament. Want an extra bonus? It's a surprise! ;) So get on out there guys and spread the word!

Lazy days are gone...

No, this post is not being about lazy, nor have I been lazy. I really don't know where the title of this post came from, but it must be because I've had WAY too much caffeine and the fact that it is one o'clock in the morning.

Okay, I lied. Right now it is only 12:44. BIG difference there! Lol, anyways, I want to do a special week of posts, yes, starting today, tonight, whatever. So while all the early birds are in bed, night owls here is your chance! I want to do a special posting for Etsy sellers, advertisers, whateverelsers (like my make up name? yeah, I'm really tired) to catch up on all the months I've missed.

Have friends? Good. Have a Facebook page? Great! Have twitter? Even better! You are gonna need 'em. So if your friends owe you one it's time to call in that "ya owe me big time!". Believe me, it is gonna be soooooooo worth it!

What am I up too? Oh, nothing really. Just no good at all. ;) Read on my minions, read on....

Who wants a TON of traffic to thier specified site? (I do! I do!)

I will post in the morning afternoon and night everywhere I possibly can (where they won't criminally press charges for hacking into a web site, lol, jk. But really, I won't do that.) Facebook, blogger, you name it 'cause if I'm a member (there's hardly any sites where I'm not a member) It's soooooo getting posted. The only catch is that we are going to make this a little type of sweepstakes kinda thing, or a giveaway if you will.

You donate one small item(etsy) and in return I post all about your shop, EVERYWHERE. Meaning MEGA traffic for Christmas shoppers! I am only going to do this through Friday. So if you are interested use the contact button above and shoot me an email with a pic of the item you will be donating and sending to the winner, your links (facebook, twitter, etsy, etc.) that you want traffic to, and a number 1-12. The first four people to post a comment below will be the fortunate four. Good luck everyone!

Okay, those ads didn't work for me

I was trying out those ads at the top of my blog, and they're yucky. Sorry bout that, I was just seeing how they looked. Anyways, you won't have to worry 'bout ads for quite awile. I really don't like the flash ones, they're annoying and give me a headache.

I'll stop complaining now, and show you some more totally awesome stuff from YCAF's shop.
Here we go! :D

In the doghouse? Need to love yourself a little? Then get this beautiful love in a jar! You can't loose, there's chocolate inside!!! It's absolutely gorgeous with the rose on top. The rose accents it beautifully. You can make it yours for only $10.



I've also chosen this beautiful crocheted brown and purple hat to be featured. I think y'all will like it, and even more so because it's ON SALE!!! That's right ladies! This adorable hat is on sale for only $3!



Happy shopping everyone!

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Talent search

Okay everyone, I'm calling on you! I want to show off some of the amazing talent we have on Etsy, so I want everyone to nominate an item that they absolutely LOVE. The only rule is that it cannot be from your own shop. Only one post per follower is allowed, so pick your favorite! You can post anything you like, but only posts that are submitted by followers will be accepted. Please post the link to the shop where you found the item. Believe me, you'll want to post in this because I'll be turning this into a contest. :) Nominations will end at the end of this week. Have fun!

Forgot to mention......

I forgot to tell all my loyal followers that YCAF is offering an amazing deal! They're having a buy one get one half off sale! This week only, and for only my followers! Don't forget to mention you heard about the sale on my blog to get your second item half off! Help support a new Etsy member and to boost their sales. Let's band together and help out our fellow etsian!

New Featured Seller~YCAF

Let's give a great big warm welcome to our new featured seller this week, YCAF!!!

YCAF is a mother & daughter shop. They have many beautiful crocheted items. I've listed a few below. But before we get to that, let me tell you a little more about YCAF's shop. YCAF started their shop on December 12, 2009. They've had 1 sale and have 100% positive feedback.

I found this awesome crocheted messanger bag. It's amazing! You can make it yours for only $20.



I also found this amazing summer wrap. It's gorgeous, and only $20!




Please visit YCAF's shop. You can see YCAF's shop by clicking on their shop link at the top left hand side of my blog under 'My Fave Links'.

New Advertising blocks

I have some extra space I'm wanting to lend out. If you're interested contact me by leaving a comment below or by clicking on the contact button above. In the smaller spaces for a clickable button I will make it for you for no extra charge. I can use your logo or anything you like. Get this great deal today!

New product!

This is a DVD of pictures from a family members wedding. I make and sell these DVDs. Please click on the thumbnail below to see the video.



Please contact me for prices, or visit my Etsy shop.

New found site for online shoppers~CouponChief.com

Amanda Fouts V.A. from CouponChief.com has contacted me recently to post an article about thier site. I am getting paid for this post, but I'm still remaining completely honest as to what I think of thier site.

CouponChief.com has a TON of coupons that range from wholesale and toys, to home decor and accesories. If you can find a site to shop at online, they probably have a coupon for it!

They also have a great incentive program for members called "Pays-2-Share". All you do is sign up for the pays-2-share program, upload coupons, and when someone uses the coupon you upload you get 2% of the sales! In case you're wondering, they do pay by paypal and by check. I'm not sure about other means of payment, but they do say they pay by paypal and check.

Another feature I like, and I'm sure you will too, is if you have an online store you can post it on couponchief.com for free! I found this on their hompage on the right towards the bottom. Since I have quite a few followers that have an Etsy shop, I thought you might like this. :)

The only thing that concerns me is that this site does not have an SSL certificate. An SSL certificate places security on the site and helps to keep information safe. When I asked Amanda about this she ensured that their members information is safe and no one needs to enter any insecure information if they so choose.

Since you won't really be shopping on thier site I think you'll be okay. You just get the code and go shopping. But I would safeguard information such as phone numbers, etc. just to be safe. You don't have to be a member to use the coupons listed.

I do want to mention that they have quite a few REALLY good coupons that expire very soon. If you like Vera Bradley you may want to hurry to get this coupon code. They have 17% off on any 1 item!

They also have an amazing Clinique coupon. It's free shipping for any order over $40. I use clinique and know how easily you can get up to a $40 purchase. I love Clinique because their makeup lasts forever and doesn't make my skin break out.

Here's the link to CouponChief.com. At least take a look around to see what you can find. They have some amazing deals! If you have an online store, this would be a great way to get some exposure to your site.

New Featured Seller!~~thepixelprince

I'd like to welcome thepixelprince as this weeks featured seller! I tried to post yesterday, but blogger was having some issues.

Now before I show you some amazing items straight out of thepixelprince's shop, I'm going to tell you a little about thepixelprince.

Thepixelprince is a husband and wife team on Etsy. Kenny and Rene are the creators of thepixelprince. They opened their Etsy shop October 26, 2009. Since then they've had 18 sales. They currently have 43 items for sale, and 100% feedback. Way to go you guys!

Now that I've introduced you to thepixelprince, here are just a few really cool items from their shop.

I love spongebob, so I HAD to put this next item in this post. This poster measures 11x14, and is one of the very few posters that are sold already framed. This is the only one that will be sold, so if you love spongebob like I do you better grab this fast! You can make this one of a kind spongebob poster yours for $19.99. What a deal!


I also found this really cool poster of the United States. It's totally awesome! All the states are made to look like their state flag. How cool is that? This poster measures 12x16, but they do have different sizes available. This awesome poster is only $13.99!

Both of the posters above would make great birthday presents for school birthday parties that your children get invited to. If you'd like to see more of the great items in thepixelprince's shop you can click on the "thepixelprince-Etsy shop" link on the top left side of my blog. Take a look around, there's definitley something you'll find in their shop that you'll love. They truly have something for everyone!

Tell us what you found in thepixelprince's shop! What do you think? What do you like? Tell us what you love, hate, or what you think by leaving a comment below. Thanks!