And the winners are....

Here are the winners of the May Promoting Creative Friends Team (on Etsy) Scavenger Hunt.


The winners of the 7 prize packs are:
1. LOU - Jem Lou Productions
2. Lindsay - Cake or Death
3. Monica Young
4. Coral - Toppy Toppy
5. Amanda Jones
6. Maria - Patchwork Mill
7. Silvia Menedez


and a 

BIG CONGRATULATIONS

to the grand prize winner....

Nichole - Ciara Company Bowtique

Nichole has graciously decided that she will donate her prize to a local woman's shelter that is the focus of the Promoting Creative Friends Team charity this month.  That's approximately $450 worth of prizes heading to a very worthy cause.


Did you miss out on all the fun??  Not to worry there will be another scavenger hunt in July for the Promoting Creative Friends Team CHRISTMAS IN JULY celebration!


There will also be an auction and a BNR (for Etsy shops) to enjoy and participate in and to help give you an early start on your Christmas shopping.


Remember to buy handmade and buy local whenever possible!  Support the little businesses. 

Hello again!

Yes, I admit it.  I am the worst blogger in the blogosphere.  No excuses, I'm just bad at it.

I wish I could promise that I'll post again regularly but I always seem to break that promise.  I want to be a good blogger but life and family and burning always seem to get in the way.  I think when the boys are both in school full time, starting next September, I'll be able to get into a routine and hopefully have some interesting things to share on a regular basis.  But, for now, and the summer, it will be sporadic at best.

Meanwhile, here are a few things I'm involved with right now...

The first event is happening this Sunday in Oshawa, Ontario.  It's my second craft show and I'm hoping it will go really well.  The organizer has gift bags at the door (with goodies from featured shops) for the first 100 visitors and door prizes so hopefully it will draw people in.

Then at the end of June I am a sponsor in a Great Canadian Blog Bash Summer Sizzle Giveaway with www.journeysofthezoo.blogspot.ca/.  I haven't decided what I'm going to donate as a prize yet...any ideas? What would you like to win from me?

And then...the Promoting Creative Friends Team on www.etsy.com is hosting many events for our Christmas In July Celebrations!  There will be an Auction and a Scavenger Hunt and many great deals from the participating shops.  All this to help you get your Christmas shopping off to a fantastic start.  Remember to buy local and buy handmade.  Support the little guys this year!

I will be participating in the Scavenger Hunt and the Auction and will post more details here (I promise) closer to the dates.

Well, I think that's it for now.  I've also done a few custom orders lately and you can check them out here

Scavenger HUNT!!!!

Ok boys and girls here is the next SCAVENGER HUNT by the Promoting Creative Friends Team on Etsy!!!

There are fabulous prizes to be won and all you have to do is find this picture and follow the trail to the end!

There are 9 prizes to be won

with the biggest prize being worth approximately $330!!  

Have fun as you explore some fabulous shops and find your way through the scavenger hunt!

Here is your starting point... http://www.etsy.com/listing/100300309/pcf-team-may-flowers-scavenger-hunt

What are you waiting for?  Get hunting!!

All the instructions for the hunt are listed here.

WOW!  I can't believe it's been almost a month since I've last posted anything!!  I am still here, I promise.  I've just been concentrating on a bunch of other things.  I'll try to update you on them soon.

But, I did want to send out a BIG

CONGRATULATIONS 

to Corey

for winning this set of celtic deer cards from me through www.simplyshopandsave.ca

I will be sending them your way on Tuesday morning!!  Enjoy your weekend everyone!

ANOTHER GIVEAWAY!!!!!

Would you like to win this set of 4 beautiful hand pyrographed cards made by me?

Check out this amazing giveaway by http://www.simplyshopandsave.ca/

Thank you very much to Marg at Simply Shop and Save for reviewing my products and putting together this wonderful giveaway!

http://www.simplyshopandsave.ca/2012/04/23/bk-inspired-pyrographed-celtic-deer-cards-giveaway/

Scavenger Hunt Starts Today!!!

Ok, this is what we've all been waiting for...the start of the HUNT!

Here's where you begin:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/96395906/pcf-team-spring-track-flip-flop

Good luck and have fun!!

PCF Team Scavenger Hunt

IT STARTS TOMORROW!!!!!!!

Tomorrow morning the PCFTeam Scavenger Hunt will begin!!  I will give you a starting point and then you are to find a flipflop image in 40 shops by following the links provided.  Once you're done submit your list of shops, in the correct order, and you have a chance to win 1 of 8 prizes worth $50+!!!

A longer explanation of the hunt is below, how to earn extra entries, AND instructions on how you can be entered to win a prize worth over $400!!   Read on....

The PCF Team on Etsy is having a great event for April! It is called the Spring Tracks Flip Flop Scavenger Hunt! There will be 40 shops, and all will have a hidden picture that you will have to "hunt" through their shop items for! Each shop has donated a prize worth at least a $10 value; that is a total of $400 plus in prizes...woohoo!!! There will be a total of 8 prize packs given out (winners will be chosen at random, based upon number of entries they have)...each prize pack will consist of 5 prizes..so each winner will get a prize pack of at least an incredible $50 value..how about that? The contest will begin at 12:00 noon EST on April 17th, and will run for one week; all entries must be submitted by midnight April 24th.

To enter, you have to go to a directed starting point (that will be given the day before the event), and then follow the links to the next shop...every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops, in the order you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send the completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt to get it all right! :)

Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack. If you "fave" the shops as you go through (you have to fave every single shop..this means having an Etsy account, and adding each one of the 40 shops to your "favorite shops" list..simply click on the tab to the left that says ♥add to favorites), then you get another entry. If you "fave" one item from each shop as you go through (again,  you have to fave an item from every single shop...to do this...when you have a single item from a shop pulled up..look to the right, and click the ♥icon that says "favorite"), then you will get a third entry. If you share the shops' item (again, this means one item from each of the 40 shops..to do this, simply look to the right when you have an item from a shop open...and click on the FB like button, or the Tweet button, and follow the steps to share the item) on your Facebook or Twitter account (you must send Nichole Kidd (Ciara & Company Bowtique)www.CiaraCompanyBowtique.etsy.com the link(s) where you shared the items,  so she can verify you have done so)...you can also gain 1-2 more entries to win a prize pack! If you blog about the team event, and send Nichole (info above) a link to the blog post, you will get 5 extra entries! So, you have the opportunity to receive a total of 10 entries to win a prize pack in total!

In addition,  1 surprise random drawing prize pack! The winner of this pack, will only be chosen amongst those who make purchases from one or more of the 40 shops. To be included, purchases must be a $10.00 minimum, before using any coupon codes that the shop(s) have listed...it can be less than $10 after coupons! :) You will get 1 entry for the surpise prize pack, for each dollar you spend...money spent at different shops will be combined for your total entry points. Please send all transaction links to Nichole (info above) for validation of purchases!

Winners will be chosen on April 25th! :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog, on the PCF Team blog, on other member's blogs, on the PCF Team Etsy Group, and on the PCF Team Facebook page! You can join us on Facebook to keep up to date on this event, plus all of our ever-so-cool upcoming events...we always have something in the works! :) Our PCF Team Facebook page can be located at:https://www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam

You can also see pics of all the donated prizes for this event on the FB page..so go check it out...you will see for yourself, we are talking some great loot here for the 8 winners of this event! (Surpise Prize Pack pics will not be shown..it is a surprise, lol..but most fabulous indeed)!

If you love this event, let us know...we are thinking of doing them often..let us know you want us to! :)

Good luck, and we hope to see you there!