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!

A New Look For A New Year

A New Year is approaching and it is high time we gave our blog a face lift. So here it is, I hope you like it. We are starting this New Year off with much needed changes! There will be more details to come so keep your eyes on us as we progress this year, we will have changes at Olde Village Depot as well.

Linda Walsh How-Do-I Series?

Our friend Linda Walsh has written a very nice e-book called "How To Host A Folksy Family & Friends Bridal Shower. She has made this e-book free for you to read. You can get your e-book by visiting Linda's website: http://lindawalshoriginalsepatterns.com

Stitchin Freebie

Here is another freebie for you! Diane from Olde Time Stitchin was kind enough to share this cute little embroidery pattern with us. You can get your pattern at Diane's online store http://www.olde-time-stitchin.com When you get your pattern be sure to drop Diane a note of thanks and tell her who sent ya!

Primitive Freebies

We have just added a freebies page at Olde Village Depot. We will be listing various freebies. Here you will find free primitive patterns, graphics and tutorials. We will be making regular updates so visit often.

Today you will find a free primitive Mini Pumpkins pattern. You can get this free pattern by visiting http://www.willowberrycraftshop.com/

New Partner Link

1 Year Shoppes Listings $18.00

To celebrate our 2nd year in business Olde Village Depot is marking our Yearly Shoppes Listings down to $18.00. That is less than 5¢ a day to advertise on one of the most popular online craft marketplaces on the web. Buy a shoppes listing today and you will have your business featured in up to 6 categories in our marketplace. http://www.oldevillagedepot.com/advertise.html

Celebrating Our 2nd Anniversary

Olde Village Depot is celebrating its 2nd Anniversary with a facelift and we have made some color changes to our online primitive marketplace. We have also updated our banners, so if you are linked to us and would like to update your banner visit http://www.oldevillagedepot.com/tos.html

We have had a very successful 2 years with over 50 prim crafters currently listed on our online market. We are ranking very high in the search engines for the term online primitive marketplace. If you are a primitive or country crafter and you have an online business we would love for you to join us at Olde Village Depot.

Here is a special discount code for our blog readers use the code: blogger during your next checkout and save 20% on advertising. Code will expire on August 21.

Needing Articles

We would love to have some articles, free patterns, or recipes to share with our readers. In return for any of the above you will receive a link to your website here and on A Prim Krafters Journal.

New Found Site ~ The Old Glory Company

Tonight's the first time I seen The Old Glory Company. They have some wonderful patterns, if you haven't already please go to their site and check it out!

We Have A Winner!

Congratulations to Robin of Button Eyed Annie and the Silicone Bulb Shoppe. Robin was the first person to respond to with all of the correct answers to our word scramble yesterday. Robin will be receiving a free beacon ad for 1 month at Olde Village Depot.

Thanks for playing Robin!

Word Scrambler- Win Free Advertising

The first person to unscramble all of the following words correctly, will win 1 month of free advertising in our Online Primitive Market under Beacon Ads. This is a $7.00 value plus you'll get lots of free exposure. So start unscrambling and email us with your answers.

1. neonli
2. rigateisvnd
3. ripm
4. hgrnaetig
5. noewdo
6. esrwa
7. lunedfse
8. olkf
9. tar
10. opuorptir

The first person to email us the correct answers will be the winner! Good Luck.

Elnora Flood Pictures

We have been out of our office due to the flooding in our small town in Elnora, Indiana. We are located very close to the white river and the river grew so high that it began spilling over the top of our levee despite all of our sandbagging efforts. We had to evacuate the town for a couple of days due to the flooding but we are back home and safe. Our home had no water damage but others in town did not fare as well.

It will take a couple of weeks to get life back to normal around here but we are all working together to cleanup. The smell in town is horrible (like fish and stagnant water) other than that the water is still falling and we are doing well.

Primitive Directory Listings

Come visit our primitive directory listings. We are continuing to add new shoppes to our primitive directory on a weekly basis. If you love primitives, you'll love the primitive shops listed at Olde Village Depot. Our shop owners offer a variety of primitive products including home decor, primitive lighting, primitive dolls, quilts, candles, and much more. Stop by a take a peek :)

Have a great day,

The Primitive Handmade Directory

The Primitive Handmade Directory is a new directory of handmade and primitive items. At the Primitive Handmade Directory you will find all things primitive and handmade. From americana, dolls, candles, scents and soaps to quilt bears and everything in between. Be sure to stop by and check them out! http://www.theprimitivehandmadedirectory.com/

Newest Additions To Our Primitve Marketplace

Please Take a moment to visit our newest additions to Olde Village Depot:

http://www.countryhousedesigns.biz
http://www.mylilcraftbarn.com
http://www.candlesgiftsandmore.com
http://www.kountryexpressions.net/store/Default.asp

Our Latest Advertisers

Latest Advertiser from 03/24-04/05/2008:


http://www.howlingmoondesigns.com
http://www.dakotascents.com
http://www.villagehavenfarm.com
http://www.especiallyforyouhomedecor.com
http://www.countrytimetreasures.com
http://www.countryroadprimitives.net

New Advertising Options

We are now offering 150x150 button ads at the top of our topsite. There will only be 4 ads available and they will run monthly.

We are also offering a Permanent Plug to our plugboard.

Buy a 6 Month Featured Ad and Save on a 1 Year Shoppes Listing

Buy a 6 month featured ad at $48.00 and get a 1 year shoppes listing for only $15.00. Offer expires April 1, 2008. Click Here For More Information.

Buy our 6 month featured ad at regular price and get a 1 year shoppes listing for only $15.00. With this option you will be saving $21.00. You will also have your 150 x150 featured ad visible on each page of our website for 6 months. And your directory listing will be placed in 6 categories of your choice for the next year.

$19.99 Shoppes Directory Listings

Get on over to Olde Village Depot and sign up for this special offer. $19.99 Shoppes Directory Listings are all the rage at one of the most popular Primitive Marketplaces on the net. Our price has been reduced for a limited time so don't miss this savings opportunity as well as your chance to get your Primitive webstore viewed by more potential customers!

Articles Needed

We would love some articles for this blog! We accept articles, recipes or craft tips, etc.

Sale

We have a special price of $19.99/year on the shoppe listings. This special will last through Valentines Day. http://www.oldevillagedepot.com/advertise.html

Removing Shop Links

We have decided to not list the shop links on the blog. We are just unable to keep it current and so out of fairness to new advertisers we will no longer add the shops on the blog.

We need articles, recipes, tutorials and such for the blog. If you have any to share this would be a great way to get a free link to your website.

New Email Address

We have a new email address:

Olde Village Depot - villagedepot@tds.net

A Prim Krafters Journal - primhut@tds.net

Changes At Olde Village Depot

If you have visited our website lately you probably noticed a few changes at Olde Village Depot Marketplace. Since we are beginning a new year, we thought it fitting to make some changes. We have removed our featured crafter page and replaced it with a Vendor's Specials page. This is where special discounts will be listed for the crafters that advertise with us. So if you have a current ad running at Olde Village Depot and you would like to list a coupon code or other special offer, notify us by the 1st or 3rd Friday of each month. We will add new specials 2 times a month.

Also, we are in the process of removing the $5 button ads. By the end of January all of our 125 x125 button spots will be removed to make room for more beacon ad space.

If you have any questions about our new changes don't hesitate to contact us.