Look what's happening this week around the handmade and crafty web sites... clip art images, contests, crochet tips and free patterns, etc...

I was browsing around and checking emails this morning, only to find some awesome new ideas, links, and fantastic contests that I thought you would all love to check out, too!

Some really unique bangle bracelets up for grabs here:

Time for the Fall Giveaway! Win one of three comfy...

Now for my friends who are addicted to yarn (and crochet)- About. com has opened up the forum for you to add your thoughts on some different techniques! Also, a ton of free patterns that are really unique and different! Getting my needles out tonight to get busy with them...


Foundation Row – Your Opinion

Here is a great collection of some freebie Thanksgiving clip art you can use for your projects or just to get in the Holiday spirit! Check out this well put together list at:

Plan Thanksgiving Early, with 10 Great Resources for Thanksgiving Clip Art

PS if you did not know it, you can subscribe to the feed from the above site so you can get the latest articles and tips from some of your favorite writers!



Oh... and here is just a great idea! some fun crochet clip art designs that would make very cool cards for your craft loving friends!

Crochet Life: Clip and Catch up

So, that is what I have explored this evening... Do you have something you would love to share- comment with your url or link! Feel free to comment, email, or hop over to my website and sign the guestbook- I am always giving something away or adding new sites to my list of links and buttons!



I wanted to show off a few new items I just added to my shop, also! I started each project with a basic pattern that I either found on the web or that I purchased from my favorite Etsy shop, and then I just added my own finishing techniques, twists, turns, or stitches! What do you think?




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Make sure you come back this week as I start my "Mommy's Marketing for the Holidays" series with tips, links, and creative ways to help you market yourself and product for the holidays! Sell on Etsy? Artfire? Did you know they both feed to google differently and that the keywords needed to move you up to the top are completely different? I didn't either, but I do now and my visits have increased over 15% since I made a few simple changes... Come back to see what you can do to turn visits into sales, too!

Here are some of my picks for Valentines day from my shop.... All items are on sale at either http://www.MommyTyme.etsy.com or http://www.MommyTyme.artfire.com 
or at http://www.zibbet.com/MommyTyme

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Last chances to win a free bath bar, handmade soap, butter bar!

Contest!  Contest!  contest!
 It is the last few days of my contest!  I will post the winner on the 12/25 (or 26)!  So get those entries in quick!.... It is really easy to do, and if you have not visited the shop in a while, I have a lot of new items recently listed!  So, if you did not find a bar last time around, you may find something special this time!  I love to hear people's thoughts on my products, which is why I host these giveaways!  So, enter, then come back and tell me what you thought! 


This one is for all My blogs and Website!  Easy to enter....

You can win one of my new butter bath bars  ... Choose from Honey almond, Sweet Pea or Lavender Butter bath bars! Here is all you have to do:

1.  Subscribe to this blog or follow this blog

2.  Comment with your email address, blog address or website address so I know how to reach you

3.  Visit my website at http://www.mommytyme.org AND comment on something that you saw at the website that peaked your interest!  Whether it be the contest page, the business tips, the handmade sections, etc.  Just comment on any of it!

That is it!  Now, if you would like some extra entries, here is how you get them:

1.  Visit my etsy shop at http://www.MommyTyme.etsy.com and comment on any item there
2.  Visit my winkelf shop at http://www.MommyTyme.winkelf.com and comment on any item there
3.  Sign the guestbook at my website http://www.mommytyme.org
4.  Follow   my other blogs:
http://mishapsofmommy.blogspot.com

Make sure for each of the extra things you do, you leave a comment so I know to add that as an extra entry!

Choose between the following:

 

 

 

Gearing up for our Reviews next month... Check out some new Mommy tyme items...

Well, I have had some responses to shops and owners who have invited me to visit their shop and talk about what they have going on for our series the Pursuit of the Perfect Handmade Holiday!  I am really excited about this, and I hope you are too!  I would love it if we had enough shop owners interested that we could feature a different store everyday!  so, if you know a shop owner, artisan, crafter, etc.  Tell them to come on over and list their URL in the comments!

In the meantime, I wanted to share some of the items I have in my shop right now!  I just listed some new necklaces (that took me quite a long time to finally get the hang of the technique- I won't tell you how many spindles of wire I went through or how many bandaids I had on my fingers by the time I finally got the technique!) But, I am pretty excited about some of the new items.  Hats and these necklaces are both a new project I have been working on for a while...

Enjoy!  As always, you can find most of these items at my shops:
http://www.MommyTyme.etsy.com
http://www.MommyTyme.winkelf.com
http://www.mommytyme.org/testimonials.html
http://fuzzb.com/MommyTyme


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Ok Vendors, Handmade Artisans extrordinairre.... List your shops

Well, as part of my Pursuit of the Perfect Handmade Holiday I am going to start posting finds on the web that you may not run across on your own... As I have said before, I truly believe in supporting the arts and craftsmanship of individual entrepenuers! so, in that spirit I am asking that you list your shop, URL, etc! Unlike some other blogs, I am not creating a directory (although feel free to use it that way), I am simply looking for some shops to browse, investigate, promote and talk about here on my blog! All you have to do is list your URL! I am going to approach your shop as any other shopper and then talk about the great deals, fun stuff and items I can't wait to find! I have not even begun my Xmas shopping, so sell me!

Do you have a Fuzz B shop? Zibbet? MIM? Where do you sell? List them here! Starting December 1st I am going to begin my reviews from my browsing!