Wednesday, August 31, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/31

Todays giveaway courtesy of



In celebration of 20,000 page views in 3 months here on our blog,
the winner receives a link to your business as a TCS Sponsor.
 A $15 value, for free. Get your business seen.

If you would like a chance to win this:
 comment on this blog post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Diane!
Todays winner

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/30

Todays giveaway is courtesy of


In celebration of 20,000 page views in 3 months here on our blog,
the winner receives a 6 month banner size (150x150) as a TCS Featured Business
banner ad. A $25 value, for free. Get your business seen.

If you would like a chance to win this:
 comment on this blog post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Kimmy !
Todays winner.


Sunday, August 28, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/29

Todays giveaway is courtesy of
Sugar Robot Inc. is the original source on Etsy for
decorative edibles


The winner will receive The Ultimate Rainbow set
of 75 Edible Butterflies (Or substitute any other set from our shop).
These butterflies were featured in the August 2011 issue of BRIDES
Magazine.  Yes - you can EAT them!

If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook
and
 comment on this blog post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Cathy!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Craft Show Pictures from our Friends



This was my table at a recent event.
 It was called The Summer Fling at a local boutique called From Shabby to Chic.
 We had a wonderful day with alot of networking and wonderful customers!

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This was part of my set up for a 'Ribfest' in Bowmanville Ontario :)
I had 3 ~ 4' X 8' walls of hair clips, jewelry and accessories!

It's such an awesome feeling when people peruse
through and praise your handcrafted items. 
It makes me feel so good!

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This is a photo of Eureka! Beads' stand at the recent Newcastle Craft & Sewing Show. 

We do craft and beading shows all over Australia
 (next show is the October Brisbane Craft & Quilt Show),
as well as having two stores and an online shop.

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Here is a picture of my recent Craft Show in South Bend, IN at St. Mary's College.


I make handmade Sugar Scrub and Im currently working on
 a handmade Body Butter for the Holiday Season.
 I just started making custom gift baskets as well (picture attached). 
 If interested in pampering your skin like never before,
 check out Carolyn's Cove at http://www.carolynscove.com/ or "like" us on Facebook!


We'd like to thank our friends above for sharing with us.
TCS

TCS Business Friends Weekend Shout Outs

A new feature from TCS. We are picking (at random) some of the business pages of our Facebook Friends.
We'll do this on weekends when not doing our Daily Giveaways. Here is the first group that were selected. Please visit them and see what great products they offer.


  AngelLeighDesigns

Hats, custom tees, bags, accessories.


  Mama-press
  Mama-press is just that...press for mamas.
  Press for your mom-owned business,
  Press for your mom-made products,
  Press for you!

  The Thought that Counts
 A blog about the life of a busy WAHM with 4 kids.
  I share my tricks of the trade, gift guides, photography tips,
  product reviews and giveaways.

  Alabama Rose Creations
  Offering, Handmade Ornaments, Crafts, Hairbows, Headbands and more.

  God's Lil' Girl Baking
  God's Lil' Girl Baking specializes making in Baby Bundt and Mini Bundt cakes.
  Several flavors includes Royal Blue Velvet Cake, Banana Pudding Cake,
  Cookies n' Cream Cake, Boston Creme Pie, Peanut Butter & Jelly Cake and many more.
  Big Bundt cakes are made by special request only.


  TCS supports these Small Businesses.


 

Friday, August 26, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/26


Todays giveaway is courtesy of
"Football Junkie" white burnout tee by Spirit Junkie
If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook
 and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Nicole!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/25


Todays giveaway is courtesy of

 Over-sized hooded towel and wash mitt set.
These towel sets are made of soft terry cloth and are super big!
Winner has the choice of color (see website for colors) and personalization.  
(free shipping in U.S.)

If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/measuremegifts
 and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Congrats Sarah
random.org picked #21

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/24

Todays giveaway is courtesy of



This is a custom cupcake clippy. Winner gets to choose the colors.
Shipping is FREE to the US & Canada (Int'l shipping is $2.50)


If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Amy!
random.org picked your number.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/23

Todays giveaway is courtesy of


1 Scentsy "Scent Circle"
Scent choice are Jumpin' Jelly Bean,
 Hazelnut Latte or Havana Cabana. 



If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Brandee

Monday, August 22, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/22

Todays giveaway is courtesy of

see more of their products at



No need to give up going out just because you have a little one! Keep the kid(s) entertained with this portable chalkboard.
This fun mat features a chalkboard surface approximately 6 x 10 inches, that rolls up small enough to be tucked into a handbag, or the kid's own backpack/purse. A small elastic loop keeps a standard chalk stick handy, and gingham ribbon with sealed ends holds the roll neatly.
Outer and binding 100% cotton and machine washable.
For surface clean, just wipe chalk cloth down with a damp cloth or wipe from diaper bag.
Made in a smoke free/pet free home
  Shipping in the USA is free but outside the USA will have to be $7 shipping.




If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Congrats to Crystal!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

It's the WEEKEND !!!

Hope the start of your weekend is going well and is prosperous for you.

Daily Giveaways
Our Daily Giveaway events run Monday thru Friday to leave room on the blog for TCS to ramble about whatever is on our mind at the moment, so the next giveaway will be Monday 8/22. If you would like to participate by donating to it, we'll need a picture of the item, a description of it and all the links to your business pages, websites, blogs, stores etc.
We'd like to thank:
The Shop Around The Block  and Cathy's Creations of Roseville, MI for donating the great items for this past weeks giveaway. Please visit and see more of what they have to offer.

Post a Sale
We put aside some time on our fb page last night for a "Post a Sale" event. This is where we encouraged you to come and post a picture of an item you have for sale and a price. It was quite popular as we had lots of posts of great items. We'll continue to do this from time to time to give you the opportunity to show your work and who knows, just maybe make a sale or two.

TCS Sponsor Link and Featured Businesses banners
As always, TCS is looking for great businesses to sponsor us We've changed our sponsorship program from a 1 month link to a 6 month link. And our Featured Business banner ads from 1 month to 6 months as well.
Besides having your business visible with a sponsor link or banner ad here on our blog, we do occasional sponsor or featured business shout outs on fb. We want your business name fresh in the minds of everyone.
Details can be found in our Sponsor TCS tab here on the blog.

Our newest promotional endeavor is our Small Business Directory
We get lots of inquiries from people on our fb page and thru email, asking if we know where they can find specific items. So we created the directory and categorized it to make it easy to find what people are looking for. The directory is open to all small businesses and this is where we will refer the inquiries we get. It is a lifetime listing, so once your business is on it, it stays there forever. Details can be found on the Small Business Directory tab.

Yes, we do accept donations.
We put in countless hours on our fb page to promote small businesses to help give them opportunities to make sales. We had promotional packages for businesses that didn't have the time to promote themselves. Although it was successful, and the people who bought the packages grew their fan bases quite rapidly, we decided not to offer these packages any longer because we want to keep TCS on fb totally free. Hence, we decided to take donations here on our blog. There is absolutely no obligation to anyone to donate. Only donate if, 1. you like what we do. 2. are willing and able, and 3. think our service is worthy.
Donations can be any amount, from 50 cents on up, you choose. (please no donations above 1 million dollars, lol ). The button is on the upper left hand side of the blog.

Have a great weekend and the next post will be a great giveaway item from a talented vendor on Monday.
TCS

Friday, August 19, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway 8/19

Todays giveaway is courtesy of

Glass Votive with 3 packages tealights
 (lavender, black cherry and clean cotton)
1 package pink sugar votives and 1 vanilla bean votive. 
100% all natural soy candles.
Shipping:  $2.50 (ships in US only)
If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Winner will be chosen on 8/20 by random.org
Congrats to Paula

Thursday, August 18, 2011

TCS Daily Giveaway-8/18

Todays giveaway is courtesy of

to see more of their work visit:

12" single custom block
Winner will customize with choice of colors and saying
Free Shipping (US ONLY), elsewhere ($10.00)

If you would like a chance to win this:
Please Like them on Facebook and
 comment on this post with your
name and email address

Winner will be chosen on 8/19 by random.org
 random.org picked#23
Congrats to Chelsea.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Happy Monday from TCS

Good morning friends!

Silent Tagging
It's been a wild ride since the silent cruises, liking ladders, silent tagging networking has become a rage. Everyone who participates in these are growing quickly. But on the down side, I've been seeing a lot of people getting comment blocked, like banned or even 15 day posting bans for spamming. I'm not quite sure why Facebook feels that this is necessary, but it is a reality. We at TCS are not big fans of silent tagging, because lots of our friends are, we will continue to do them. Afterall, one of the reasons we are here is to help you grow your fan base and gain contacts for you and hopefully increase your sales. Silent tagging definately helps build fan bases, but we are unsure how it helps promote your business. During a silent tagging event, people aren't actually visiting your page and seeing your work. So unless they are coming back at a later time to visit you they may never see your work. Silent tagging has rendered our regular cruises (where we actually post your page and people visit) ineffective. People have opted for silent tagging over the traditional cruises because its fast, less work, less clutter on their pages, etc. Those are definately the pro's. Hopefully we can figure a better way to get your work seen as well. We'll continue to do them and maybe throw in a couple of traditional cruises as well.

Small Buisness Directory
We've add a Small Buisness Directory to this blog. We get a lot of posts and emails from people asking where they might be able to find this or that. With soooo many businesses at TCS it's hard to point them in the right direction. We categorized our directory and will point the inquiries there so they can easily find what they are looking for. It's a one time fee for a lifetime listing.

Giveaway
Since we canceled our Auction/Giveaway due to lack of participation, we've had numerous emails asking if we can do a giveaway. There were enough that we've decided to do it. It will be here on our blog. We'll post the giveaway for one day, interested people will comment on the item and we will use random.org to select the winner. If interested in being a sponsor for the giveaway, please email a pic of the item, a decription and your business link to thecraftshow@gmail.com

Have a great and creative week my friends. You ROCK !!!!!

TCS


Thursday, August 11, 2011

Auction/Giveaway Canceled

We are canceling the Craft Show 10,000 Party Auction/Giveaway.
First let me say thank you to the people that did participate either by placing items in the auction or coming to view them and especially the ones that placed bids.
Secondly let me appologize for canceling, as well.
We are canceling for many reasons but mainly because there just doesn't seem to be as much interest among bidders as we had hoped.
TCS takes full blame for this event not being a hit. 
Thank you and again, we appologize to our friends.

TCS

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

The Craft Show Auction/Giveaway Group 3

The Craft Show Auction/Giveaway - Group 3
Win the bid on an auction item and get the giveaway item as well.
(see details how to place a bid at bottom of post)

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Group 3 bidding IS Closed
Winning bidders
Item #9
Tori $5
Item #10
Jennifer #8
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From
SEXY NEW ME

Item #9
1 Ultimate Body Wrap
Starting bid $5









Winning bid on Item #9 gets
$10 off loyal customer order.

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From

Item #10
Sock Monkey Earflap Hat
Lilac, Aqua and White.
Size is for 6-12 months. 
Starting bid $8



 Wining bidder on Item #10
Gets this free:
 Sock Monkey Earflap Hat
Rose, Beige and White.  Size is for 1-3 years.


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To bid:
Comment on this post with
1. Item #
2. Bid (increments of $1)
3.  Bidders Email address
*please, no other comments, only the info above.
All transactions will be strictly between winning bidders and vendors.
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Monday, August 8, 2011

TheCraft Show Auction/Giveaway - Group 2

The Craft Show Auction/Giveaway - Group 2
Win the bid on an auction item and get the giveaway item as well.
(see details how to place a bid at bottom of post)
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Group 2 Auction is closed
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From
Baby K's Hair Bows

Item #6
Bow/Headband Holder                   Winning bid for item #6
Starting bid $12                                    gets this for free
 

 Bow -- Pink and black bow with a white flower centerpiece. All ends of the ribbons are heat sealed to prevent fraying, and the bow is secured to an alligator clip. This one is a customer favorite!
Customize  the 
colors/letter/design                
you want!    
Hardware included
to hang on the wall.

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From
Decayed Delights

Item #7
Cherry Bomb Bracelet
Starting bid $1 (shipping $2)              Winning bid on item #7 gets this for free.




Cherry Bomb Bracelet                                  Black & Cherry Bow

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From
Off the Hook-crochet designs by Tanya

Item #8
Adult newsboy hat
Starting bid $11                               Winning bid on item #8 gets this fee.

                     

Adult newsboy hat.                     Child size purse-color & style my vary.
Choose your fave color.  

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 This group of the auction/giveaway closes Tuesday 8/9 at 9pm EST.
All transactions will be strictly between winning bidders and vendors.
To bid:
Comment on this post with
1. Item #
2. Bid (increments of $1)
3.  Bidders Email address
*please, no other comments, only the info above.
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TCS note:
If you use TCS to promote your business and like the service we provide, we do accept donations of any amount. There is absolutely no obligation to donate,
only if you are willing and able. The donate button is on the right hand side of the blog. Thank you for supporting TCS.
       

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Craft Show Auction/Giveaway - Group 1

Win the bid on an auction item and get the giveaway item as well.
(see details how to place a bid at bottom of post)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Auction/Giveaway Day 1. Group1 Auction is closed
Winning bidders
Item#1
Jen's Bowtique Bags
Item #1
$12

 Heather South-Wicks
 Item#5
  $4
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From
Swindles! Functional Art!                                   

Item #1
Wine Stopper
Starting Bid $12


This is a gorgeous embellished
wine bottle stopper with
Swarovski Crystals and the Swiddles
 signature swirl design.
The wine stopper is 4 1/2" 
and is packaged upright
in a clear box

Win the bid on Item #1 and get this free:
This is a fun multi colored purple
appetizer fork and knife set made
with Swarovski Crystals.
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From

Item #2
Green Zebra Skirt (size 2).
Starting Bid $7
 Black and green tulle flower.

Win the bid on Item #2 and get this free:









This is a matching headband that
goes with the skirt.
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From
Traci Cottingham Photography

Item #3
8x10 inch Expression Quote.
Starting Bid $8











Win the bid on Item #3 and get this free:









5x7 inch Expression Quote "The Future..."
Watermarks removed prior to shipping.
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From

Item #4
Sugar skull flower on alligator clip.
Starting Bid $1 (winner pays shipping @$2.50)












Win the bid on Item #4 and get this free:









Purple rose applique elastic head band.
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From
Sammy's Beadworks

Item #5
Crystal Necklace
Starting Bid $2












Shades of Blue Wire Wrapped
 Crystal Necklace on 20" chain.

Win the bid on Item #5 and get this free:










Shades of Blue Wire Wrapped
Crystal Adjustable Ring.
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This group of the auction/giveaway closes Monday 8/8 12 noon EST.
All transactions will be strictly between winning bidders and vendors.
To bid:
Comment on the post with
1. Item #
2. Bid (increments of $1)
3.  Bidders Email address
*please, no other comments, only the info above.
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TCS note:
If you use TCS to promote your business and like the service we provide, we do accept donations of any amount. There is absolutely no obligation to donate, only if you are willing and able. The donate button is on the right hand side of the blog. Thank you for supporting TCS.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

10,000 Party- A Craft Show

 Let's PARTY!!!
Update 8/5...accepting sponsors thru 8/6 and the show will begin 8/7.

To celebrate reaching 10,000 friends, TCS is going to have a "Craft Show". The Show will be on our blog and consist of a combination Auction/Giveaway.
We will run the auction over a few days (depending on how many sponsors we have).

How it will work:
We'll post the item to be auctioned and the giveaway right here on our blogs home page. Bids will be made by commenting on the post. Bidders will need to comment with their bid and email address.
The winning bid will get both the item they bid on AND the giveaway. In simple terms for the vendors and buyers, it's a buy "this" and get "this" free.

 We'll post the rules on our page so everyone is clear.

If you'd like to be in the auction,
1. Send a pic of your auction item, a short decription and a beginning bid price. (note*all bid increments will be $1 above the starting bid price).
2. Send a pic and short decription of the giveaway item that goes with it.
3. And send a link to your page so we can promote that you are in the auction.
thecraftshow@gmail.com please put Auction/Giveaway in the subject.

*Disclaimer:
1. All transactions will be strictly between the vendors and the winning bidders.
2. This auction will be in no way affiliated with Facebook other than we'll promote it.
3. TCS reserves the right to exclude vendors or bidders at our descretion. (any non fair play)

The "Show" will begin when we start getting vendors.

Monday, August 1, 2011

TGI "Monday"

Happy Monday,
 Hope everyone had a fantabulous weekend. Ready to start a new creative week?

Mega Cruise Week was a big hit last week. We had over 1000 on the sign up list and averaged between 80 and 100 cruisers for each cruise. Thanks to all who participated and we hope everyone made lots of new friends and contacts. We return to our regular format this week. 20 page cruises and reward 10 cruisers.

5 Day Cruise Reservation Raffle was also rewarding for the 3 lucky winners.
Baglady's Scrapbook Bound Creations , Luv Bugs Boutique and Gracie and Co all made lots of new contacts. Again thanks to all who participated..

10,000!!!
Will TCS hit the mega milestone 10,000 friends this week? We hope so. The more the merrier, the bigger the party and more contacts for our small businesses. We've put a poll on our page asking how you would like to celebrate. Whatever you decide, it's gonna be one HUGE party :) Give TCS a shout out this week. The sooner we get there, the sooner we celebrate.

Advertising options
If you are too busy to promote or are in need of a little extra exposure for your business, check our advertising options. The tab at the top of our blog.

TCS Sponsors and Featured Businesses
Please support TCS and our sponsors. You can find them on the links to the left or the banners to the right. They support TCS and TCS supports you. Please support them, then the networking loop is complete :)

Have a great week ahead. Be creative because you certainly have the talent. And you know,
 YOU ROCK!!!!

TCS, supporting small business and you :)