Monday, October 30, 2006

Email Problems

It has been a few days since we have posted to this blog. We have been busy with the new project we told you about in the previous post. If you have submitted an article to the primhut@cebridge.net email address and have not heard back from us you will want to resubmit the article. It has been brought to our attention that our email is not working properly.

We hope to get this new project launched by the end of this week!

* We have some new sites to list and other updates we need to do to this blog. We will do that later on today!

** The side menu on Olde Village Depot was not showing properly on some browsers. We hope we have that fixed, if there is still a problem seeing the links on the side menu, please let us know. Thanks
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Friday, October 13, 2006

Exciting New Project

We are working on an exciting new project but we will need a lot of help from all of you primitive crafters. We need articles!!! We need articles on primitive decorating, how to articles, helpful hints on doll making,craft tips, ext. Really any helpful article you would like to share would be great. Sharing articles is a great way to become known as an expert in your field. This will be a great source of free advertising for your website. If you would like to share an article and be part of this new project please email us at primhut@cebridge.net

We are using our Prim Hut email for this project to keep it separate from the Olde Village Depot, this is a completely different project.

We will be telling you more details as we go along. You will want to start submitting articles as soon as possible you don't want to miss this opportunity to get a free link to your website and to be known in the world of primitives as an expert in your field.

This does not have to be a new article, it can be articles you have already written.
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Friday, October 06, 2006

Making The Best Of Primitives By Joanne Fajack



Joanne Fajack submitted an article this week titled "Making The Best Of Primitives."
You may find her article here.

Joanne is owner of "My Primitive Home." You may visit her website by clicking the above banner.
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Advertising Spots Available


Blog Special:
Buy a 6 month listing in the Olde Village Shoppes for $15.00 and receive another 6 months free! Write "Blog Special" in comment box when ordering to receive this special.
This Special Expires Saturday October 7, 2006.

We Have 6 Olde Village Beacon Ads available:
This is our home page spotlight ad. This ad will be listed on our home page for 1 month. We will also list your business in our directory of shoppes in 6 categories of your choice for 1 month.

Buy Here
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Monday, October 02, 2006

We have Made A few Changes

We have made a few changes over at the Olde Village Depot.

Featured Crafter:
As a courtesy to our clients we will randomly pick a featured crafter each month. If you are a client you could be our next Featured Crafter. This will be an added bonus to the winner.

Village Tokens:
We lowered the price on the Village Token Ads from $5.00 to $3.00. If you are offering a special price for the holiday season list your special on our Olde Village Tokens page.

Contest:
We are having a contest!! If you have an online primitive or country craft business and join our mailing list you will be entered into a drawing to receive a free button ad on our homepage. This ad will run for one full month. So sign up for our mailing list today. Our drawing will be held on October 9.

Advertising Spots Available:
We have 1 homepage Button Ads available. We also have 3 Village Beacon Ads available. This is our homepage spotlight ad. With the Beacon Ad you will also be listed in 6 categories in the Olde Village Shoppes directory. We have unlimited spots available in the Olde Village Shoppes directory.

Come On Over To The Depot! You'll Find A Spot Just For Your Business



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The Old Glory Company would like to share this free pattern with our readers. Please visit their site for more wonderful grungy patterns. They are also having a Trick or Treat Giveaway going on and have new Fall Patterns available.
To access the Grungy Pumpkin Head Scarecrow click on this link.

The Grubby Doll Look

The Grubby Doll Look


“Grubby” is the word I kept hearing around the craft circuit. To me grubby meant grimy. So I decided to get to the bottom of this and find out the big deal with grubbing a doll and what it really meant in crafters terms. So I decided to ask a fellow crafter “What Is Grubby? To my surprise I found out that it’s another word for aged or old and that it gives your dolls that dirty look. Now at first I thought to myself “Why would I want to make my dolls look dirty”. Then I did a few of my dolls and realized they are not really dirty looking but a bit more primitive.


So to get “The Grubby Doll Look”, you can use a tea mixture, coffee or Walnut Ink. I decided to go with Walnut Ink, since I seem to drink too much coffee or tea to keep any left over for my dolls.


Where do you purchase Walnut Ink? Try various craft sites and also E-bay sells them. Now this does not mean to go out and make all your dolls look grubby, has you may or may not like the look. Trust me; I was skeptical in the beginning so it’s best to start out with 1-2 dolls at a time.


Once you have grubbed up a few dolls, try selling them at your next craft show. This is a great way to introduce a new doll to your customers and also find out if they are acceptable. It is always good to test your market before going overboard with a new product.


Now of course I don’t listen to my own advice and have done well with making these sort of dolls. I even sold a few on Ebay. So if you decide to jump in and just go nuts with making grubby dolls, remember I warned you.


Also know that each target market area is different and some people may not know what grubby is so be prepared to answer the question “What is Grubby”.


Author: Talena Bacon tdsewcutedoll@gmail.com


Bio: © 2008 –All Rights Reserved~~~Talena Bacon is the owner of Sew Cute Dolls & More and Mulberry Creek Mercantile She is a doll maker, pattern designer and advertising specialist. Talena specializes in Primitive/Country dolls, home décor and low-cost advertising for all businesses. http://www.sewcutedolls.com http://www.mulberrycreekmercantile.com


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Digi Scrap Kits - Trina Clark Designs!



Primitive Country Clipart, MySpace Layouts, Printables (labels, hang tags, & gift tags), Digi Scrapbook Papers/Kits, & More - All for Immediate Download! Use my primitive country graphics to create many different types of crafts, web graphics or desktop publishing projects for personal and commercial use - all without any extra commercial fees!
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Linda's E-Books

I get asked a LOT - "How do you design a doll e-pattern?" So, a few months ago I wrote a FREE 4-part series of articles on "How to Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern" and thought that maybe all of you might like it if I created a FREE .PDF E-Book from that series of articles. So, I did. Now everyone who wants to try and design their own doll or craft patterns or e-patterns can find out how to do it. I hope you enjoy my FREE Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Create A Print Pattern and E-Pattern E-Book and hope it motivates you to create your own e-patterns. Linda

Old Fashioned Rag Balls

by Mary Roberson

Ragballs are fun and easy to make! They look great displayed in Mason Jars or in Baskets, Bowls and Small Buckets. Add them inside a Glass Mason Jar Lamp instead of Rosehips, or in addition to your Fixins, for a unique twist!

Click here for directions on making Old Fashion Rag Balls.