Crafters Peddler Village

New for 2009

2009-02-03T13:11:00.001-08:00

Whats new in Crafters Peddler Village for 2009.

We have added on all our shopping directory pages special link boxes for text only ads.
We have added on the welcome page a new area called Spotlight. We only offer 4 spots at this time this will give your website added exposure in advertising.
At this time we will be only offering 1 newsletter each month from the CPV website.
We have a brand NEW Top 100 Vote Site visit the Crafters Peddler Village Marketplace by clicking here.
Our pricing has changed for 2009 but always check our website we always are running specials. Crafters Peddler Village
A lot more new things will be coming soon so be sure to check back often.

New Top 100 Vote Site for 2009

2009-02-03T13:04:00.000-08:00

Crafters Peddler Village now has a NEW Top 100 Vote Site

Please drop by and join us it is totally free.

Crafters Peddler Village Marketplace

Brand New Newsletter !!

2008-10-24T08:47:00.001-07:00

YES!!! We have moved out of Bravenet with our newsletter. We are now all set up and sent off our new Newsletter Oct 15th. We hope our members enjoyed it with word games, resipes, and news !!

Anyone one is welcome to join it drop by our website at Crafters Peddler Village.

Oct 15th 2008 Giveaway

2008-10-24T08:06:00.000-07:00

From: Prim Silicone Bulb Shoppe

From : Silicone Bulb Shoppe

From : Ragdollz

From : Pairie Girl Boutique

From : Six Peas in a Pod

The following items being shown are from our Oct 15th 2008 Big Giveaway. Thank you so much for your donations Girls !!! You can visit these site by clicking on the name linked to there website. They all have some awasome primitive items. If you would like to see when our next drawing will happen or join to have a chance to win drop by our Giveaway Page

Word Scramble Oct 15 Answers !!

2008-10-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

Winners of the Crafters Peddler Village October 15th Giveaway !!

Prairie Girl boutique winner : Pamela Lynch / Back in the Day Primitives
Six Peas in a Pod winner : Keelee / Sassy Soaps N Such
Silicone Bulb Shoppe winner : Andrea Carrier / Crows Nest Primitive Shoppe

Word Scrable Game October 15th Newsletter

By: Michele http://www.sugarplumcountrycottage.com
Black Cat alkcb atc
Halloween eohlnalew
Autumn umatnu
October cborote
Ghost tsgho
Gobblins ibogbsn
pumpkins upmnspki
witch htwic
chocolate acohltcoe
Candy Apples daycn splape
Haunted House eahutnd ohsue
Falling Leaves lfianlg evslae
Pine Cones enip encso
Cob Webs cbo sbew
Trick or Treat itcrk ro atret

October Newsletter Recipe

Donated by : Cheryl (Crafty)

Triple Fudge Brownies

1 pkg. (3.9 oz) instant chocolate pudding mix1 pkg. (18 1/4 oz) chocolate cake mix2 c. (12 oz ) semisweet chocolate chipsConfectioner's sugar (optional) Prepare pudding according to package directions. Whisk in cake mix. Stir in chocolate chips. Pour into a greased 15"x10"1" baking pan.Bake at 350 F for 30-35 mins or until the top springs back when lightly touched. (Optional: Dust with confectioner's sugar.)Yield: 4 dozen

Augs 2008 updates

2008-08-02T10:07:00.000-07:00

We would like to update our readers with the CPV. This summer and been very busy for both of us ( Judy and Shawnette ) with both our personal lifes. Shawnette is recovering from her cancer treatment and doing well but still recoving ... please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Judy is still adjusting with taking over full time care with both her parents in her home. This has been a major adjustment for her and her family with both her parents illness.

This has not slowed down the CPV staff in advertizing and promotions it just has taken alittle more time to ad new ads and thank you all for understanding if it took us a few days longer with our work.

The following changes have been made...

We have made a few small changes to our welcome page today.
Spot Light Crafter of the month has been removed and will return in Oct. for the holidays.
We added a few of our website sponsors to the lower part of the welcome page. Please drop by and visit these sites they provide a lot of wonderful crafty information.
Our Craft Give Away page will start back up in Oct. 2008 so do not forget to join our news letter or join us as one of our life time members to have a chance to win once of great drawings.
We are currently looking for a new editor for our news letters if this might be something you would like to do please email us. info(AT)crafterspeddlervillage.com
We have a nice Ad coming out in the upcoming Mercantile Gatherings Magazine !!

We we hope all our readers and visitors have had a great summer! Be sure to check back often on any updates with the CPV.

Updates and News

2008-06-28T11:51:00.000-07:00

We have just sent out our last news letter for June 2009 if you wish you get all our updates and news and have a chance to win a gift in one of our drawings don't forget to join our news letters !!

We wanted to let our viewers know that we do have a nice Ad coming out in the Mercantile Gatherings Magazine in July. But the best news is we will be doing a CO-OP Ad for any crafters website to advertise in with the Fall Issue !! We are hiring Cheryl Seslar to design out layout and this should be ready by the end of July. So be on the look out for our post when we will start talking orders for this co-op ad.

CPV Updates

2008-06-11T10:49:00.000-07:00

Website tips ~ During the summer time things kind of get slow so this is the time to do some spring and summer cleaning in your websites and make a few changes. I like to go into all our websites we have listed make sure the links are good website have not closed etc.. We have found that banners are nice but the text is much better with search engines so we have changed some of our packages due to this reason. What is much better is rich in text and having good keywords in your text with exchanged links with your website. So we are offering just banners or just text and combo pak with both banner and text in the CPV.

#1 Today we updated and cleaned up all our links under all the categories fixing all the text with same font and size.

#2 We removed a few categories Pottery, Baskets, and Craft Supplies we have had these areas listed for over a year now and no one has seemed to need these areas to list under even for free when we offered. If you need a category we do not have showing please email us a request we would be happy to add this for your website.

#3 Next phase will be going into all categories and placing a text link with all our ads who have done Banner and Text we wish to make our pages as friendly to search engines so it help everyone who has advertised with us under our categories.

#4 in the next few weeks we will be updating our Members Directory. This will be our A to Z list of all websites listed with us in text only.

#5 We are gearing up for another new big GIFT GIVEAWAY !!! If your interested in being a sponsor.

Please email us at ... info (AT) crafterspeddlervillage.com ... remove the (at) and spaces in the email.

Check back often at the Village Blog / Crafters Peddler Village for updates.

Easter Spring Give Away

2008-06-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful GIFT GIVEAWAY last March 2009 we are gearing up for another big drawing in Aug's 2009. Be sure to join our news letter to have a chance to win!!!

Here are a few items that where listed as our prizes last March.

Bunny was made by Homespun Country Designs

Charlie Brown was made by Annies Cupboards

Primitive Silcone Bulbs lighting Silicone Bulb Shoppe

So do not forget to join our News Letter at Crafters Peddler Village

May 9th,08 Word Scramble

2008-06-10T07:15:00.000-07:00

We hope you all had fun playing the word scramble. Here is a Answers !!

1.Dolls - sldol
2. Spot Light Crafter - ostp igtlh errtacf
3. Village Blog - lavegli obgl
4. Crafters Peddlers Village - efrrcats eeddlpsr igavlel
5. Graphics - iscrgpha
6. Americana - cainmaare
7. Crafts - frtcas
8. Fourth of July- uhroft of yluj
9. Memorial Day - oiaremlm yda
10. Primitives - rvtiepmisi
11. Home Décor - emho odrce
12. Collectibles - lleticbcseol
13. Plug Board - upgl rdoba
14. Newsletter - enlsretwte
15. Candles - dsnclae

Nutters and Judy update

2008-05-14T13:05:00.000-07:00

Well most of our members know that we both have been very busy.

Shawnette has moved into her new home and getting settled she has also made it through 2 full chemo treatments she only has 4 more to go !! She is a trooper and such a strong lady. They have had so much to deal with in the last few months so please keep her whole family in your thoughts.

Judy ... She has finley moved into her new house but still plenty of boxes to unpack. She has moved her parents in with her family to care for them they are both quite ill Her dad has Parkinson's and her mom has Alzheimer's. It will take some time to adjust to all these changes in all living together.

We normally do not bring in our personal life in our posts but thought that many of our members have wondered how everything is going with both of the girls.

Spot Light Crafter ( May -June )

2008-05-14T12:45:00.000-07:00

WOW we are really behind on updating our blog with the Crafters Spot light so Carly Sabins will be in our spot light until mid June !!

Click Here to View Carly Sabins Website

~Alittle about Caryl~

Hi! My name is Carly Sabins. I am a stay at home mother of two beautiful daughters, Tess& Riley. I have an awesome husband named Ben. We have been married for almost 11 years. I have three black Miniature Schnauzers, Hansel, Heidi, and Fritz. I live in the small town of Bryan, Ohio. Let me tell you how I got started sewing. My Grandmother taught me to sew when I was 7 years old. After I got married my husband bought me my first sewing machine. I began making my own curtains and slipcovers for my furniture. After my daughters were born I started making clothes for them. One of the first items I made were flower girl dresses for each of my daughters. I made them out of satin and since I could not read a traditional pattern I had to create my own pattern. It was pretty tricky! Let's just say through a few tears, (mine and my daughters), much blood, (mine), and a lot of sweat (did I mention it was my brothers wedding?), the dresses turned out great. After that I began to make quilts. My first quilt I made I gave to my Grandmother. That is when my fabric hoarding insanity began! If I liked it, I bought it! I still make quilts but I like to tinker with new projects. A few years ago I took a purse making class at a local fabric shop. It was so much fun! I love to combine different fabrics and textures. This led to me making purses for most of my family. In the Spring of 2007, I went purse shopping for something to match some of my new clothes and I could not find anything that I liked or was my style. So, I bought more fabric and made a few purses of my own. I showed them to my family and a few friends and they loved them! So...I made some more! Since I am a purse junkie now, I HAVE to keep making them! And since I cannot possibly carry all the ones that I design I have to share them with the world. I am having so much fun creating my own patterns and letting the fabric tell me which pattern it should be! I hope to keep creating purses as long as I can!

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Now isn't that a great story thank you so much Carly for sharing with us. I also have to add I own one of her OOAK Hand Bags and just Love it!!

April and May new members !!

2008-05-14T12:36:00.000-07:00

Drop by and visit our newly listed websites in the Crafters Peddler Village ( CPV ) here is just a few listed below but we have much more listed under all our categories !!!

Cherished Templates , Bath Body & Bliss , Artsy Crafty Folks , Log Cabin Crafters , My LiL Craft Barn , Limestone Hill Primitives , Country Primitives Needle Works , The Gingerbread Barn

New Staff Member

2008-05-14T12:32:00.000-07:00

Welcome aboard our "New Staff Memeber" newsletter editor Talena Bacon of Sew Cute Dolls & More. She has been in the retail/crafting business for over 17 years you can read more about Talene on our " About Us " Page !!

Special Alert

2008-03-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

PRIM TALK RADIO ( Angie, Niki, Michele ) is having HUGE advertising Special for a very special Reason. Please Click here for more information
http://www.crafterspeddlervillage.com/store/WsPages.asp?ID=84

CRAFTERS PEDDLER VILLAGE will be selling all life time banner ad's for $3.00 to help as well More info click here.

February 1st trivia answers!

2008-02-01T14:56:00.001-08:00

For our newsletter readers, I am sure you are wanting to find the answers to the Trivia! Here you are...along with the original questions for those that may not have seen :)

1 - What percentage of women send themselves flowers on Valentines Day?

Answer: 15%!

2 - About how many Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year?
A – 1 million
B – 200 million
C – 750 million
D – 1 billion

Answer: D

3 - Hallmark has how many different cards that are specifically for Valentine’s Day?
A – 200
B – 800
C – 1300
D – 2500

Answer: C

4 - What percentage of pet owners give their pet a gift on Valentines?
A – 3 %
B – 10%
C – 25%
D – none

Answer: A

To sign up for the newsletter and get lots of info and more trivia....go to the Crafters Peddler Village site and sign-up! We try to include new clients info, trivia, interviews with crafters, and information of importance or interest to website owners.

Trivia ~ January 17th Answers

2008-01-17T06:10:00.000-08:00

January Trivia

1. How many Americans make New Year's resolutions according to a General Nutrition Center poll?
A. 51 percentB. 66 percentC. 88 percentD. 92 percent
2. What is the most common New Year's resolution?
A. Take a tripB. Spend more time with familyC. Save moneyD. Lose weight and get healthy
3. What percentage of people sticks to their resolutions for at least two months?
A. 63 percentB. 52 percentC. 27 percentD. 10 percent

Answers:
1 - c
2 - d
3 - a

Thank you Melaine for all your hard work with the CPV newsletter.

Interview with Lazy Dayz Primitives

2008-01-16T19:47:00.000-08:00

1-14-2007
An interview with CPV and Lazy Dayz Primitives Owner - Lucy

How long have you been in business? I've been making dolls professionally since 1980. I began making primitives in 2002

How long have you been crafting and what kind of crafty items do you make? I've always crafted. My Dad gave me a chain stitch sewing machine when I was 4. I started sewing then. By the time I was 8, I'd crocheted my first rag rug, hand pieced my first quilt top, tied a quilt with my mother's help and my Daddy got me a treadle sewing machinefor my birthday and Mom helped me make my first blouse..... I've also made wooden benches, shelves and decorative items, knitted sweaters, crocheted doilies and afgans, upholstered chairs, and finished an attic bedroom by myself,

Who inspired you to start crafting and how old were you? My mother believed idle children go in trouble so she kept us busy. There was never a time when I didn't do some sort of crafting.

Do you have formal training? Not exactly. I learned initially from watching my mom. I joined 4-H where I took up dressmaking, and I took every home economics course offered in high school. Beyond those--I've learned from books and by trial and error.

What's the best part of having your own business? The freedom to choose my work hours even though there are far more of them than in a job away from home.

Advice for someone trying to build their own business: Believe in yourself and believe in your dreams. If you love what you do and do what you love, everything else works out.

What are your future goals for your business? I want to add lots more finished dolls as well as lots more patterns. I expect to keep growing.

What do you make/what’s your craft of choice? I make a huge variety of primitive and folk art dolls, critters, stitcheries and design patterns so others can make dolls similar to mine. Primitive and folk art dolls are my favorite. There are endless possiblilities of styles, sizes, shapes and colors; and that stimulates my imagination.

How did you get started with your craft? Oh wow--when I started sewing, I made clothing for my dolls. When I was 7 I got a book at school with instructions for a stuffed dog made from a sock. My mother wasn't happy that I used one of Dad's socks but it turned out really well. In 1980 when a friend suggested I do a craft show, dolls seemed like something not many people would make themselves so that's where I started..

What inspires you? Everything.

What’s been the most rewarding aspect of your craft? I love to make people smile and I know my dolls do that!

Are there any trends in crafting you've been noticing lately? Scrapbooking but I prefer to work with fibers. Do you have a favorite? My sewing

When do you find the time to craft? Always--I get up between 4:30 and 6:00 AM and start sewing before breakfast. I sew most of the day and I sew in the evenings after supper. Did I mention I love to sew?

What advice would you give to newbies who want to start their own craft business? Believe in yourself. And learn to do the difficult things yourself...you'll be so proud of your accomplishment. Above all, take pride in what you do!

2008-01-03T17:47:00.000-08:00

January updates for the new year.

We have just added new ad space under each category on top of each page you can pick 3 categories of your choice for $10.00 for 3 months. This is a fantastic deal to get your website noticed at a great low price.

January News Letter

We are currently updating our website for the new year so the New Year 2008 news letters will start back up January 15th be looking for the news letter in your email !!

MORE NEWS

We are currently looking for websites who would like to join in on our easter egg hunt game. We need sites that are willing to add the CPV egg in there website. This will be for a game we will be playing during easter.

Dec drawing Prize 2 & 3

2008-01-03T17:43:00.001-08:00

Prize 2 ~The winner of this wonderful gift from Cinna-Minnies was Kathy from Kathys Kandles and Krafts

Prize 3~Snowman shovel made by Prim-Kin-Folks was Annette from ~ Huckle Berry Arts

Dec Drawing & " Big Basket" !!

2008-01-03T17:34:00.001-08:00

We had a fantastic drawing on Dec. 3rd there was so much dontated to the CPV for this drawing this was the biggest we have held yet in our website. We want to thank everyone and hope all the winners of these prizes enjoy there gifts.

The BigGift basket winner was Dana From Curly Willow Primitives. A big thanks to everyone who help support the CPV with donations here is some of the folks who help us out !!! Prim Kin-Fokes , Homegrown Treasures ,
Teresa's Primitive Treasures , Gourmet Dip Mixes , Sugerplum Country Cottage , thads , BUNDLES GIFTS , Country Lane Folkart , Im Seeing Raggedies and many other fine crafters this was valued at $150.00

New Email and Blog editor !!

2007-10-31T12:51:00.000-07:00

We have a new person incharge!! We are so happy to announce Melanie as our hostess with the CPV Village Blog and News Letters. You can read alittle about Melanie in our " About Us " page. So do not forget to join our new letter with crafty tips, wonderful quick prim meals for the crafter on the go and so much more.

2007-10-31T12:45:00.000-07:00

We have a booth in the Prim Mart EZ craft show drop by and visit us by clicking on the banner !!!

We are offering great package deals with the CPV

Graphics

Craft Patterns

Come on in and join us for a wonderful holiday shopping experience! Shop from over 300 booths featuring awesome products and show specials. Join us in the chatroom where you can chat, play games, win prizes and have fun. All from the comfort of your own home! Our show is open 24 hours a day, Oct. 24th - Nov 7th, 2007 for your shopping convenience.

Spot Light Crafter Oct / Nov

2007-10-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

Our spot light crafter for October and November is Robin Wiens she has two terrific websites to visit Prim Silicone Bulb Shoppe And Buttoneyed-Annie

Here is our special interview with Robin. We really enjoyed getting to know all about her. Thank you Robin.

How long have you been crafting and what kind of crafty items do you make?

I have been crafting for many years. As far back as I can remember
my sisters and I were always putting something together. Today. I
do alot of sewing and we dip our silicone bulbs and strands.

What is your favorite Medium when crafting?

I do alot of sewing and painting on fabric. I think sewing has to be my favorite thing to do. It's so fun to see what comes out of a bolt of muslin.

Who inspired you to start crafting and how old where you?

I would have to say my mother an my grandmother. My mother was always sewing us clothes or creating lil crafts for us to play with. My grandmother love to paint..When she wanted to change her decor, she would simply paint everything instead of buying new...lol

Name a few of your favorite Artist?

A few of my favorite artists are...Tonya of Back Porch Pickins,
Maureen of Sweet Meadows Farm & Karen of RkCreations. All 3 of
these ladies are extremely talented and often inspire me to create
and broaden my horizons.

What are a few of your favorite places to visit and shop online?

This is such an easy question. I visit PrimMart & Ebay. Several times a day...lol And then various craft sites.

What is your favorite Color?

Another easy question...butter yellow. I have loved this color since I was a child.

Interviewed by Judy ~Owner of CPV 8/07

Marketing Your Website

2007-09-12T09:24:00.000-07:00

Marketing Your Website

How to market your website these days can be very hard with all the new search engine rules. Where years ago you would just fill out a form in all these places and boom within a few weeks your site would be in the search engines. It now takes a lot of work and sometimes it can put a big dent in your pocketbook.
Here are a few ways to market your website for FREE and PAY it does take a lot of time on your part to do this but it does help to get your site known.
FREE Marketing ....

A ) Visit websites and post in their guest books leave your website name or URL to your site.
B ) Join Arts and Crafts related forums and be active in these forums so people can get to know you and about your website and product.
C ) Banner exchange with website is great but a short text description about your site in rich text is much better.
D ) Some forums offer "Prim Packs" this is were craft sites snail mail each other with small samples of product with a business card or flyer's with monthly specials. The other person then mails these out with every order they receive and you would do the same for them with their Prim Pack.
E ) You can find self submit areas on the net for free where you would enter all your info once your site is open and has keywords and meta tags. You would then go down the list they offer and hand type all your site info and submit to smaller search engines, directories, FFA's. This could take hours of work and a very long time in some places to have your site added.
F ) Join as many Top 100 sites or Webrings
G ) Do weekly or monthly news letters with updates about your website.
H ) Bloging with your website with craft related articles

Marketing that cost money....

A ) Join places like www.Crafterspeddlervillage.com who dedicate their website in advertising in arts-n-crafts and wham website all over the internet. They are set up to help your site get known through out the internet.
B ) Join forums who offer advertising with rotating banners on there forum pages such as www.primmart.com
C ) Advertise with talk radio channels on the internet such as www.primtalkradio.com
D ) Join an Co-Op Ad with a group of sites related to arts and crafts in major magazines.
E ) Join news letters who offer advertising to add your banner or text to advertise your site.
F ) Buy a promotion package from places like www.craftsitemedic.com they focus totally on craft related sites with submitting in search engines.
G ) Pay larger search engines per click advertising.
H ) Pay to place an Ad in craft related magazines.
I ) Always own your Domain this is very importune your domain will be picked up easier with search engines instead of having a sub-domain name.
J ) Join Internet Craft Shows that advertise a lot about the craft shows they hold.

All of these suggestions we have made does not guarantee that your site will be on page 1 of Google or Yahoo but these are ways to help bring in more traffic , possible sales and getting your website on search engines. You need to make a few days a month on just doing some of these suggestions to better your website in being in more traffic.
I hate to say this but when you open your website your site is 1 in a few thousand out there selling the same product doing the same crafting related items in the internet. It is up to you on how much time you want to spend submitting or paying for advertising with your site. It can take 3 months, 6 months or even a year even before you receive any sales from your site. But the more you get your website name out there the higher traffic you will have which means good chance you will have sales from your website.

Merchant Accounts

2007-09-12T09:13:00.000-07:00

Merchant Acct.
New website who are open or people who are thinking of opening a new website that sell product should not have to go pay high dollar amounts for merchant set up in your websites such as using your local bank for a merchant account system.
I would go with www.paypal.com to start off with just opening because this account does not require you to go apply for a DBA or Tax ID these fund can go directly into your personal checking account.
Once your sales reach $1000.00 per month then I would go set up an merchant account with www.ProPay.com or some other company such as Total Merchants apply for your DBA ( Doing Business As) and Tax ID then set up a new bank account for these sales from your website. TIP - (make sure your bank knows you have an outside merchant system. Sometimes they will try to sell you what they offer this does cost more money.) ProPay is also great because you can use this in your website, ebay sales, craft shows.
For Craft Shows - You can get the old fashion knuckle buster pay slips as a copy for your sales at the craft show and you can call in every card used with your cell phone with the sale right then to make sure the card is good and this will give you an Authorized # once it has gone through. The best part is you will have the card holders signature on the sales slip. This helps from getting a chargeback from the credit card company if this person called in to there credit card company saying they never did this charge at this craft show. Then you have the signature to prove you did this sale with this person.
Large Orders - Like Wholesales $100.00 or more in one sale with using a service like Propay they can call in, email you, mail in orders, fax orders, or from your merchant cart system from your website. Before mailing the order for the first few time you should require that they sign a sales slip (knuckle buster sales slip) that you mail to them and have it returned back to you before shipping. This is another way of getting a Chargeback if you have nothing signed with that charge.
This also helps you with your terms of service within your website on returns and refund policy which every website should have that does sales from. The merchant accounts and bank cards are on the credit card holders side if you do not have a sales slip signed by this person. If you have this signed slip then you can win this battle if there is a chargeback because you have there signature on a sales slip. Another bad thing is on any chargebacks it does count against you. Then sometimes the person you sold to may not send your product back if you have that signed slip for this sale it will protect you on these problems by proving the sale was signed for. This also protects you from fraud and stolen credit cards by calling in or going to the propay website and enter the sale in right then it will let you know if the card is accepted. By doing all of this it protects the card holder and also your self from all these problems.

Opening Your New Website

2007-09-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

Owning your own domain is EZ you can buy domains at places like godaddy.com for as little 8.00 a year then find a website hosting company like www.primmart.com to host your domain with for as little as 20.00 a month. The DIY sites offer very easy to use building tools for you to learn on how to build your site with no knowledge of using HTML. If you opened your site with someone it is a #1 big NO NO to have them buy and own the domain name your going to use. Years ago I did this not knowing that if I decided to move my website they may keep the domain, site graphics and email as there own and then I would no longer be able to use that name, graphics and email. This was very upsetting because I had worked so hard with building this site and submitted my site to as many places found in the internet I had steady sales and was stuck in this hosting place or had to start all over again. So if you want your own site and OWN your domain name you need to go and set this all up then your ready to move to the next step of building your new site.

September Spot Light Crafter

2007-08-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

Denni is new aspiring pattern maker! Her dolls are so precious but prim.

Here is alittle about Denni.

How long have you been crafting?

Denni : about 4 years

What is your favorite Medium when crafting?

Denni : I love dolls
Who inspired you to start crafting and how old where you?

Denni : I have a good freind by the name of LeeAnn who got me into crafts. We still to this day craft together. I was about 22 when I got started. I became a stay at home mom then so I needed some sanity~~lol.
What is your favorite Color?

Denni : Green
What is your favorite Comfort Food?

Denni : Ice cream
If there was any place you would like to visit where would it be and why? Denni : I would love to visit the south. I think the plantations and things would be fun!! Then Hawaii
What do you see new for the up coming 2008 with crafting?

Denni : More dollies
What are a few of your favorite places to visit and shop online?

Denni : I love Shawnette's website!!~~it's cute!!! I like ebay to find deals on fabric and I love Sew Many Prims website for supplies and dollies.
Name a few of your favorite Artist?

Denni : Sew Many Prims, Imseeingraggedies, HomespunHugsand CalicoKisses, Between Friends I have alot of favorites
Where did you grown up?

Denni : Utah. I'm still here too!!~Maybe one day I will venture out!!~~lol.

September Crafter of the Month

2007-07-03T10:00:00.001-07:00

New aspiring pattern maker! Very cute dolls!!! Be watching for new patterns coming soon.

Visit her site : http://www.ezshoppes.com/shoppe/?sid=DenniDoodles

Rusting Items

2007-06-26T06:58:00.000-07:00

Rusting Items

This recipe will nicely rust safety pins, jingle bells, or anything else you want to 'age' for your primitive creations.The most important thing to remember about rusting, is that you will want to buy the cheap brand of pins, safety pins, bells..ect that you can find. The more expensive brands have a shellac coating on them that you will have to sand off before rusting. Makes sure they are NOT brass either -brass will not rust.Do this outside away from children and pets.....the fumes are terrible !

Ingredients:
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 cup bleach
1 teaspoon salt

Directions :Combine the ingredients in an old quart jar.Add items you want to rust and cover loosely - place in a safe spot and let set for at least 2 days.Line a tray with a couple of layers of paper towel and remove the items with an old fork from the mixture. place in the sunshine .......the items will begin to rust as they dry. Move them around so that they dry on all sides.Perfectly rusted bells, pins, and any other item you wish to rust.

Caution: do not throw the mixture down the sink- dispose of properly where no animal or child could come in contact with.

Written and submitted by Debbie- Two Old Crows

One of Our Grand Prize Winners

2007-06-12T09:30:00.001-07:00

Pip Berry Place offer a line of prim and country Candles & prim lighting, needfuls and home decor, as well as scent ed items for the bath, the body, and the home . Each item is made with care for the individual shopper or for the person wishing to purchase items wholesale for their own shops. During the month of June they are offering $5.00 off on any order of $30.00 or more. So take a few minutes and stop by Pip Berry Place and see all the wonderful things they have.

Building a Terranium

2007-06-10T08:06:00.000-07:00

While at my local nursery I wandered inside into the greenhouse where they keep all the indoor plants and found the neatest little rabbit foot's fern that I just couldn't resist . Wondering what I could do I remember a large clear bowl I had at home and decided to make a simple terranium to place on one of my bookcase shelves in the living room. I love terraniums because they take so little care and are so easy and simple to do. Here are the simple directions for what I did to make it.

1. Clean and dry the bowl completely
2. Place some clean rocks in the bottom, then add charcoal ( the charcoal stops mold from growing in this damp environment you create inside the bowl) then just enough potting soil for the plant.
3. Remove the fern from its plastic container and place into the soil.
4. Give just a bit of water and wipe the smudges off the bowl.

Thats all I did - most terraniums have a lid but this one wont so I will have to water more often- just be sure you dont over water !

Written and Submitted by Debbie- Two Old Crows

Grand Opening Prize Winners

2007-06-10T07:47:00.000-07:00

We are happy to announce the winners of our Grand Opening Prizes:

Melizza Zoo was the winner of the Little Americana 07 donated by
Carmen of Shweet Potato Designs

Country Clutter Nancy was the winner of Pepper 07 donated by Carmen of Shweet Potato Designs

Njdo Rosalie was the winner of the salt dough ornies donated by Lee Anne of Homespun Country Designs

Mamawscreations Marie was the winner of the Americana Rag Doll donated by Shawnette of Im Seeing Raggedies

Dreamsicle Janice was the winner of the 3 patterns of her choice dontated by Shawnette of Im Seeing Raggedies

Studiodd Jeanette and Artchick Tina were both winners of the our free advertising package.

Congratulations to all the winner and thank you to all who entered . We will be having more great prize drawings and give-aways in the future so be sure to watch for them.

If you would like to donate a prize for the month of July please contact us. Website will receive mention on our website, blog and newsletter. So please contact us if you would like to donate and receive this exposure for your website.

Grand Opening Prizes Drawn Tommorrow

2007-06-07T07:22:00.001-07:00

Have you seen all the great Grand Opening Prizes we're giving away.
Just visit our prize page at Crafters Peddlers Village and sign up today.
We draw for all these great prizes on June 8 so don't delay !

One Year Big Package Listing

2007-06-07T07:17:00.000-07:00

Includes your banner / text listed in 12 categories of your choice in Crafters Peddler Village with your website, ebay listing, blog listing

PLUS 1 feature Ad Space on our front page.

You must link back to us to advertise with us and you must be 100% family friendly.

We have a very limited number of these !

Grand Opening Today

2007-06-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

*** GRAND OPENING SPECIAL ***
As a Grand Opening Special we are offering
buy 1 month and get one month free
on all banner and text ad's
(This offer good until June 30th)

Visit us for more information

Crafters Peddler Village

Submitted by Debbie- Two Old Crows

Grand Opening Prize

2007-06-02T15:55:00.000-07:00

Lee Anne of Homespun Country Designs was kind enough to donate this wonderful set of salt dough ornies for our Grand Opening. All you have to do is go to Crafter's Peddlers Village and sign up for our mailing list and you might just be the lucky winner !

Grand Opening Prize

2007-06-02T15:47:00.000-07:00

Carmen of Shweet Potato Designs was kind enough to donate these great graphics for our Grand Opening Drawing. All you have to do is go to Crafter's Peddlers Village and sign up for our mailing list and you might just be the lucky winner !

Meet the Staff- Shawnette

2007-06-01T12:47:00.000-07:00

Shawnette lives in the great state of Texas, is happily married and has 6 children. How she ever gets the time to create all that she does is simply amazing. She has been crafting for many years and started making her adorable rag dolls in 2003. Other doll makers pleaded with her for help and she came out with a line of patterns in 2006 that has expandable past rag dolls to include the cutest critters you have ever seen. She sells her original creations on Ebay and her website Im Seeing Raggedies. Her patterns can be found on Pattern Mart.

Submitted by Debbie- Two Old Crows

This Could Be Yours

2007-05-31T11:36:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen anything cuter than this and it could be yours ! Shawnette of Im Seeing Raggedies has donated this wonderful raggedy ann as one of the prizes for our grand opening. All you have to do is go to Crafter's Peddlers Village and sign up for our mailing list and you might just be the lucky winner !

Meet the Staff- Judy

2007-05-31T05:55:00.000-07:00

Judy has been professionally crafting for too many years to mention and selling her handcrafted products on the internet since 1997. Working in various mediums her she found a niche she loved in creating dolls, patterns, stitchery and handpainted pillows which she sold both retail and wholesale. In the past four years she has concentrated on creating one of a kind dolls and pillows for retail sale. During the the past year Judy ventured into tart and candle making and has found a product line she loves creating and sells on her website Mudpie Primitives. Crafters Peddlers Village is the reality of a dream she has had for many years to help other crafters and artist advertise and find resources for presenting their products on the internet. Judy lives in Texaas with her two sons, an army husband and her golden retrievers (sometimes we wonder which she loves the most -just ask her about her dogs).

Meet the Staff - Debbie

2007-05-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

Debbie loves to scour flea markets, auctions and estate sales for antiques, primitives and vintage collectibles throughout the St Louis Missouri area where she lives. Some of these found and salvage items she sell "as is" while others she hand paints turning them into one of a kind treasures. As a creator and former teacher of American folk art she enjoys sharing the knowledge and information gathered over the last thirty years. In the hope of sparking your imagination and creativity she the offer crafting tips and techniques both on her website Two Old Crows that she co-own with Dean and on her crafting blog Two Old Crows Folk Art Tips and Techniques She is a contributing editor to Primitive Times Magazine and can be heard weekly on Prim Talk Radio. She has two grown children Aimee and Hubble and three wonderful grandsons Nicholas, Kalib and Wyatt. When not crafting she enjoys gardening but often has a problem in this area due to her large Airedale Roxie.

Debbie's folk art, antiques and vintage collectibles can be purchased at her website Two Old Crows

Submitted by Debbie - Two Old Crows

Banner Advertising

2007-05-26T13:06:00.000-07:00

Our banner advertising offers affordable advertising that saves you time and money. Crafters Peddler's Village helps country, primitive, craft and WAHM type websites promote their businesses and attract more visitors to their websites. We actively promote bringing in more traffic through search engine submissions, topsites, link exchanges, banner ads, crafty searches and other off the web advertising. Many search engines even rank websites by the number of links they have to their websites. If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of please click info for more information !

Submitted by Debbie- Two Old Crows

2007-05-26T12:46:00.000-07:00

Be sure to sign up for our newsletter so you dont miss out ! Our newsletter contains monthly giveaways, sales announcements, our feature crafter of the month, craft tips and recipes. So take a few moments and sign up for mailing list so that you won't miss out on anything happening at Crafter's Peddler Village

Submitted by Debbie - Two Old Crows

Welcome

2007-05-23T08:40:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Crafters Peddler Village Blog !

Submitted by Debbie - Two Old Crows