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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

December's EtsyVeg Challenge Entries- Vote for Your Favorite!

December's "Winter Daydreams" challenge entries are in! Yay! Between now and Tuesday, January 12th, vote here for your favorite creation. The winning veg artisan will receive be featured in a prominent ad on the EtsyVeg blog for the next month. Yay! Next month, we will
will vote not only on January's "Fresh Start" challenge entries, but on your favorite challenge winner entries from the past six months! :)

A big congrats to last month's challenge winner, Rebecca of KneeDeepOriginals!

See the poll below to vote!

Berries and Ice - Set of Two Photo Blocks

by JulieWebb

Moonstone Trio Sterling Wirewrapped Pendant Necklace

by silentlotus

Earthy Urban Organic Cotton Beanie

by carameldiezel

3 Baby Tali Kitten Cards

by mvegan5

Cracked glass marble earrings

by beanlennon

3 Colorful Holiday Snowman Christmas Cards

by shesbattydesigns

Shimmering Snow frame

by veggiecrocker

Winter Daydream - Sparkling Wire Wrapped Swarovski Star Pendant and Earrings Set

by starfirewire

Drifting Away No. 2 - 5x7 MATTED Photographic Print

by amefaust

Winter Song Original Painting

by KneeDeepOriginals

Peppermint Essential Oil Salt Scrub

by chickscratch

Frostwind - exquisite fine silver wire and Swarovski crystal pearl brooch pin

by artbysusmitha

Shabby Chic White Cottage Style Shelf Frame OOAK

by ShabbyNChic

Holiday Reindeer Greeting Card

by movetheneedle

Stay tuned until Thursday, January 14th for the voting results! Good luck challenge participants, and thanks to everyone for voting!

Check out the details on January's monthly challenge here. And please join in the creative fun! :)

January's Monthly Creative Challenge- Come and Play!

You are cordially invited to play, get more involved with the team, get inspired, share your talent, take advantage of some free promotion... get ready for January's team creative challenge!

January's Challenge

This month's challenge theme is "Fresh Start" as we kick off a brand new year and a "fresh" opportunity to set intentions, renew, recharge, and move forward (maybe in new directions)! Enter any one item that meets your interpretation of what the theme represents, i.e., colors, images, scents, themes, materials. The challenge theme is very subjective, so enter whatever handmade creation, vintage item, or supply, new or already listed in your shop, that fits the theme for you! ;)

Each month's challenge entries will be listed on the blog and put up for public vote, the winner receiving an ad for their shop on the team for the entire month following. :) Every 6 months, all 6 winners from the last series of challenges will be put up for a vote together, the top vote getter winning a grand prize! Yay! January is the last month in a series of 6! Next month we will vote between winners from the past 6 months! :)

Please join in our creative celebration for this month! Here's how to enter...

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*Challenge Guidelines*

~Participation is open to any EtsyVeg team member.

~Each member may enter one item. Entry involves simply posting an applicable item in your shop with the tag "freshstart" (all one word, without the quotations). You must also have your entry tagged with the official team tag, "etsyveg team."

~Deadline for entry is January 31st.

~All entries will be featured in a treasury on the EtsyVeg blog at the beginning of next month, to be voted on by the public (EtsyVeg members can vote, too). The top vote-getter will be awarded with an ad for their Etsy shop on the top of the blog sidebar for the entire month until the next winner is chosen. At the end of six months (February!), all winners from the past six months will be up for vote on the blog again, this time eligible to win a grand prize gift!

~All EtsyVeg members (not just participants) are encouraged throughout the month to initiate forum threads about the challenge, make treasuries by doing a tag search for "etsyveg team" with "freshstart" and putting only those items in the treasury, or to generate other types of promotion. (If you do any of these, please let everyone know so that we can all post or click to keep it going!)

~Please direct concerns or questions to silentlotus or aktie9, or send an email to etsyveg@gmail.com.

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The EtsyVeg Monthly Challenge is meant to inspire, recognize, and promote team members and our shops; to spread the word about vegan/vegetarian lifestyles and living consciously; and to raise awareness about the ease of ecofriendly living and the rights of animals to live free of exploitation.

~*Happy creating!*~

Go Vote for your favorite entry from December's "Winter Daydreams" Challenge now!

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Best Wishes for 2010

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

~Hal Borland

Saturday, January 2, 2010

A Touch of Spring in January

by Rebecca of KneeDeepOriginals...

We've got a real cold spell going on in North Carolina... as do many states in the US. We southerners never quite can get used to chilly, windy, below-freezing temps, and so this cold snap has got me longing for spring. So here is a pretty little pink cheer for those of us who, while appreciating the qualities of winter, always dream of spring!

Each of these wonderful items is, of course, by an EtsyVeg team member. Just follow the link to the seller's shop!

Fly Bird ornament by PisforPaper...