Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Tell Us Your Resolutions and Win A Free Beacon Ad!

To start off the New Year, we are giving away 1 Beacon Ad at Olde Village Depot. To win all you have to do is comment on this post with your New Year's Resolution. Our winner will be chosen by a random number generator. The deadline for posting your resolution is Jan. 1 at 11:59 pm EST. The winner will be chosen on Jan 2. Good luck!
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Laura said...

Love the looks of your blog! SO nice and inviting. New Year's resolution, mmmm.....let me see. There are so many things that I would love to accomplish. One is to take my small business more seriously and make it become something. And I also voe to find more patience with things. :) Now I hope I can win, hehe!

Laura

3:27 PM
Rabbit Hollow Prims said...

Love the look of the blog. Mine are twofold. lose weight and get more organized for my business...

3:59 PM
Unknown said...

Absolutely love the new look! My new years resolution is to stick to my new years resolutiong this year. No, just kidding, although it would be a good one. I want to get organized! With 4 businesses online that may seem impossible, but I'm going to make an effort to do it this year!

Happy New Year!

Michelle
www.theuglyducklingdesigns.com
www.outoftheboxsampler.com
www.thecandlebuzz.com
and coming soon...
www.thebarndoorpost.com

5:24 PM
MaggieH said...

My resolution is to try to lose some weight & to work harder on having a successful website!

7:49 AM
Rusticstarprims said...

Love the new blog :)
My new years resolution(s)--to get into better shape by adopting a regular physical routine and to also move my business forward during this trying economic time with innovative marketing tactics.

8:20 AM
Php81 said...

My resolution is to take more naps!! haha! not likely but I can try! In actuality I would like to lose weight and take better care of ME! and work to improve my business and website!

6:08 PM
Unknown said...

My new years resolution since we are now empty nesters is to finally take the time to try out some craft techniques and to learn more about computer programming so I can improve my store site the way I want to.

7:14 PM
Birgit said...

This is a great new look!
I resolve to be more intentional and devoted in my daily reading of God's word and my prayer time with him.
I also hope to grow my small business. The free advertisement would sure be a good and helpful start. :)
Hugs & blessings~ Birgit

1:51 PM

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“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.


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