tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86589534657913723372024-03-12T18:49:38.484-05:00Team Christian Artist and CraftersRegina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-83117101259591670902011-10-24T10:56:00.002-05:002011-10-24T10:56:53.235-05:00Weekly Devotional : Closed Door Blessings<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319470997105214"><span id="yui_3_2_0_1_1319470997105213"></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Holy Spirit is not enthusiasm, compassion, or bravado. He might stimulate such emotions, but he himself is a person. He determines itineraries (Acts 16:6), distributes spiritual gifts (1 Cor. 12:7–11), and selects church leaders (Acts 13:2). He teaches (John 14:26), guides (John 16:13), and comforts (John 16:7 KJV).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“He dwells with you and will be in you” (John <span class="yiv508070374yshortcuts" id="yiv508070374lw_1318245448_14"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1318263130_0">14:17</span></span> NKJV). Occasional guest? No sir. The Holy Spirit is a year-round resident in the hearts of his children. As God’s story becomes our story, his power becomes our power.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When God’s Spirit directs us, we actually “keep in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25). He is the drum major; we are the marching band. He is the sergeant; we are the platoon. He directs and leads; we obey and follow. Not always that easy, is it? We tend to go our own way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” (Isa. 30:21)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If Peter and the apostles needed his help, don’t we? They walked with Jesus for three years, heard his preaching, and saw his miracles. They saw the body of Christ buried in the grave and raised from the dead. They witnessed his upper room appearance and heard his instruction. Had they not received the best possible training? Weren’t they ready?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Learn to wait, to be silent, to listen for his voice. Cherish stillness; sensitize yourself to his touch. “Just think—you don’t need a thing, you’ve got it all! All God’s gifts are right in front of you as you <em style="font-style: italic;">wait expectantly</em> for our Master Jesus to arrive on the scene” (1 Cor. 1:7–8 MSG, emphasis mine). You needn’t hurry or scurry. The Spirit-led life does not panic; it trusts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.crosswalkmail.com/owjrzmtlrfrdtqlvdkgncdsctmdqjggqfwtczzvztwwrffj_wjgwjflssfsl.html%27s_Story_Your_Story_%28Hardback%29" rel="nofollow" style="color: #23345f; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><img align="right" alt="God's Story, Your Story" border="0" height="169" src="http://maxlucado.net/Images//GodsStoryYourStoryHB_S.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px;" width="114" /></a></strong>The same hand that pushed the rock from the tomb can shove away your doubt. The same power that stirred the still heart of Christ can stir your flagging faith. The same strength that put Satan on his heels can, and will, defeat Satan in your life. Just keep the power supply open. Who knows, you may soon hear people asking, “What’s gotten into you?”</span></div>
Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-7090413613437224522011-10-05T09:37:00.001-05:002011-10-05T09:37:43.617-05:00Weekly Prayer Focus : Health<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thank You, Lord, for this team. I thank You that a body of believers can come together in one place and share openly and honestly with each other. Lord, some of our members are in pain, some are sick, some are just worn out from the road of life. Lord, we lift those members up to you. We lift them up to you for healing, for restoration so they may feel rejuvenated and full of your energy and life. Lord, remind us that we are not a body, we are a soul. Remind us that this body is only a temporary cloak. Lord, help us to not focus on our physical ailments but to focus on you. To trust in you to bring us healing. To trust in you that even if healing isn't in your plan, that we have peace and joy in your truths. Lord, we love you, we want to be near you always, in Jesus' name, AMEN. </span></div>
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I encourage you to pray this prayer, or (any) prayer regarding the financial worries of our team members, daily. </div>
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If you have any answered prayers in relating to this prayer focus, please share those in the comments below.<br /><br /><br />Also, if you'd like to pray more for this team, as a team member you can visit our team forums and view some threads regarding prayer needs. You can find all the threads <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/" style="color: #e98436; text-decoration: none;">here</a>, and find specific prayer needs <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/9043122/page/2/" style="color: #e98436; text-decoration: none;">here</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/8901057/" style="color: #e98436; text-decoration: none;">here</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/8909257/page/101/" style="color: #e98436; text-decoration: none;">here</a>. </div>
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</span></span>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-42742874595557140552011-10-03T09:54:00.004-05:002011-10-03T09:54:55.955-05:00Weekly Devotional : God's Truths and satan's temptations<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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<strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Friend to Friend</strong><br />Adam and Eve had a wonderfully fulfilling life. They lived in God’s presence. He walked and talked with them in the cool of the evening, and He met all of their needs.</div>
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“I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground-everything that has the breath of life in it-I give every green plant for food,” (Genesis 1:29-30). </div>
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God placed only one restriction on the pair. “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die,” (Genesis 2:16-17).</div>
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Satan is the great deceiver who takes what worked in the Garden and continues to use the same tactics today. He is not very creative, but he is highly effective. It is very important to understand his tactics in order to recognize and defeat them. Paul said he was not ignorant of the devil’s schemes (2 Corinthians 2:11 NASB), and we shouldn’t be either. Satan tempts us to question God. <em style="font-style: italic;">Has God really said you must stay married to a man who doesn’t meet your needs? </em>He tempts us to deny God. <em style="font-style: italic;">God wouldn’t count it as a sin for you to seek happiness elsewhere.</em> He tempts us to doubt God’s justice. <em style="font-style: italic;">What kind of God is He who would deny you the right to find happiness in the arms of a different man who appreciates you? </em>These are lies, my friend. And just as God warned Eve, they are deadly.</div>
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The basis for Eve’s temptation and for ours as well, is the lie that God is somehow holding out on us. Think about it. Can you think of any temptation that does not have its root in that lie? Eve had it all! And yet, Satan came to her and whispered, “God is holding out on you. There’s more to be had than your perfect world. You can be like God. You can be in control.”</div>
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Girlfriend, do not be deceived. Satan is a liar and the father of lies. He still tells lies today. He still deceives those who will listen in the same way he deceived Eve. So recognize the lies when you hear them, and stand on the truth of God’s Word to watch him flee.</div>
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<strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Let’s Pray</strong><br />Dear Lord, Thank You for giving me everything I need for a life of godliness and the truth (1 Peter 1:3). Help me to be keenly aware of Satan’s lies and recognize them for what they are. When I have a tempting thought, I pray that the Holy Spirit will convict me, help me replace the lie with truth, and give me the power to walk the other way. I want to be like David who said, “I have hidden your Word in my heart that I might not sin against you,” (Psalm 119:11).<br />In Jesus’ Name,<br />Amen.</div>
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<strong style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Now It’s Your Turn</strong><br />I asked a question earlier, but let’s think about it again.</div>
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Can you think of any temptation that is not based on the lie that God is holding out on you? </div>
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How did Jesus fight Satan’s temptations when he was in the desert? (Matthew 4)</div>
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What did Satan do after Jesus answered him with Scripture?</div>
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What will Satan do when we fight him with Scripture? (James 4:7)</div>
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[this devotional is by <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/girlfriends/">Sharon Jaynes of Crosswalk</a>]</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's interesting how so many times I hear, "Well, all I can do is pray" as if prayer is just some off-handed thing. Prayer isn't "all you can do" it should be the first thing you do. Prayer is a wonderful thing, and it's something we should do as often as possible. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here on the team blog, I'll give us a weekly prayer focus that we will hopefully all cover in prayer. The idea is to have all of us, from all over, praying specifically for one thing. Of course, do not let this be the only thing you pray about each week, but please include it in your daily prayers. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thank You, Lord, for this team. I thank You that a body of believers can come together in one place and share openly and honestly with each other. Lord, we are people who get concerned. We worry about things, even though You have told us repeatedly not to worry - that You are in control. Lord, we repent of that worry. We repent of letting the enemy create a foothold in our hearts by making us worry. Lord, we give that worry to You. Lord, we may not know how we're going to be taken care of, but we know that You will take care of us. Lord, I ask that You bless those of this team who are worried about their finances, give them peace Lord. Create in them a clean heart, and renew a right spirit in them. Renew in them Your peace, Your joy that they may know that whatever happens, You are working for the best for them. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you have any answered prayers in relating to this prayer focus, please share those in the comments below. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also, if you'd like to pray more for this team, as a team member you can visit our team forums and view some threads regarding prayer needs. You can find all the threads <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/">here</a>, and find specific prayer needs <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/9043122/page/2/">here</a>, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/8901057/">here</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/discuss/8909257/page/101/">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Love you all, </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet, Jesus says it plainly and simply: "Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves..." That's a lot to ask, Lord. You see, there are so many many things that want my attention and so many many things that I neeeeeeeeeeed to do! And if I'm going to be honest, I have to be in control. I like being in control. When I'm not in control, everything falls apart. So, really, isn't that asking a little too much? Can't I be Your disciple without denying all of myself?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it's not a question. It's a command. He doesn't say, "It would be nice if you let some things go and follow Me." or, "Just give Me a little time and money and you can be My disciple. And if you act NOW you can also sit at My right hand in heaven!" He says "DENY YOURSELF." That means I can't be in control. It's not about me.</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Denying self means giving up our freedoms. We tend to rationalize that we're pretty decent people who go to church and tithe and occasionally pray for missionaries overseas. But give up my Sunday afternoon football to serve in the soup kitchen? No thanks! That's too much! Give an extra $20 in the offering? That's too much! Do you know how much I have to paint or crochet to earn $20? Stop and ask your widowed neighbor if she needs her lawn mowed today? That's too much! My favorite show is on tonight! Lord, can't I just do those fun Christian things that bring attention to me? The fear of what we have to give up to follow Jesus is a ploy the enemy only has to whisper in our ear. He has our attention already.<br /><br />But Jesus lovingly knows that denying ourselves is the opposite of our nature, and He came so that we might have LIFE and have it to the full!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[this devotional is from Tracy at <a href="http://www.olsentrademarkcrafts.etsy.com/">olsentrademarkcrafts</a>]</span></span>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-36835526043947909682011-09-21T08:00:00.000-05:002011-09-21T08:00:07.331-05:00Weekly Devotional : Back to Jesus<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br />
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Perhaps you've walked away from your own dreams and returned to what is familiar. Maybe disappointment or failure has left you wondering where God is. I hope you will cling to this story today. I hope that as you scan your horizon, you will see God waiting for you to return to Him. And when you do, you will run towards Him as fast as you can.</div>
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He may have let you go through an alone time. He may have allowed you to wonder if He was still there. But in that time, I pray that the flicker of hope did not die out for you. You may have gone back to "fishing," but He doesn't want you to stay there. He's got so much more for you to do. He is still at work. His plans involve going forward, not going back.</div>
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<em style="font-style: italic;">Dear Lord, I have felt alone and forgotten. I have wondered if any of my spiritual experiences were real. I've gone back to what's familiar because it was all I knew to do. But I know You don't want to leave me there. I want to see You when I scan the horizon. And when I do, help me to have the courage to run toward You as fast as I can. I trust that You still have a plan for me. And that plan involves going forward, not going back. In Jesus' Name, Amen.</em></div>
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This devotional is by Marybeth Whalen and can be found on www.crosswalk.com. </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">{This weekly devotional is from Tracy of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Olsentrademarkcrafts">olsentrademarkcrafts</a>.}</span></span>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-84507530407356620172011-09-07T14:27:00.000-05:002011-09-07T14:31:44.205-05:00Team Blog Poll<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi everyone! It's time to update the team blog! Fall is quickly approaching (or here for some of us) so we have a new updated look to the team blog. Don't you just love Autumn!?!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Moving on, we have a definite winner for the TTC, although she only won by 1 vote! Whew, it was a close race!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Congratulations hARTjewelry on winning April's TTC!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Please convo <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/HamptonHouse">Angela of Hampton House</a> to discuss your prize. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Also, we do need a sponsor for the May TTC prize if anyone is willing to sponsor that. Just convo me <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/vivatregina?ref=si_shop">HERE</a> or email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</a>. </span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Thanks & God bless!</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-11018749848995141092011-04-18T09:40:00.000-05:002011-04-18T09:40:11.500-05:00TTC - April Showers/Easter Voting<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Good morning all! Well, we had several participants for this TTC and now I have 4 lovely treasuries ready for you to vote on. :) Here's how this works: Look at each lovely treasury below, decide which one is your favorite, and then cast your vote using the voting poll to the right ---></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da1e13d70ad8eefd9234578/april-showers-of-blessing">April Showers of Blessing - hARTjewelry</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da5d54202aa8eef2f3fb0d4/april-showers">April Showers - SpiceGroveDesigns</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da260f973c26d914f524771/hippity-hoppity-easters-on-its-way?index=1">Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way!! - craftycreations81</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4da77b3d2afe6d91b7cf3653/april-showers-teamcac-treasury-challenge">April Showers - TeamCAC Treasury Challenge - ShiloHome</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Good luck to all the participants!</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-1412456764545660752011-04-10T10:33:00.001-05:002011-04-12T01:02:27.908-05:00TTC - April Showers/Easter<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hello everyone! Welcome to the April Edition of our Team Treasury Challenge (TTC). If this is your first time joining in the fun of TTC, no worries!!! It's LOADS of fun and if you aren't sure how to make a t</span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">reasury just click <a href="http://teamchristianartistandcrafters.blogspot.com/p/etsy-tips.html">HERE</a> for instructions. And moving on...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, I don't know about where you are, but here in west Texas it is WAY too dry. We haven't had some good rain in so long and the fire danger is extremely high! In fact, we were getting text messages from kids in our youth group last night who were in danger of having to evacuate their home because of a wildfire! April is supposed to be the month of April Showers and I'm definitely praying that we get some April Showers this month. Besides, I love the rain. You get to wear golashes, it cleans the air, you don't have to pay to water your lawn, and... with April showers comes May flowers! Sounds wonderful right? :) I think so. Anyway, in honor of April Showers, our theme for the TTC this month is... that's right, you guessed it: April Showers. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And here's a little inspiration for you: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZUhnxsMn5AkDRlnuK7y2u4mJLY-GNXgdoXdN28jTZaZk2r6kMTPQhMH6OfTetxoPlYotWbBVwR_itDBsd0GA9B_043WDhaEJ9zimeHez5M9eLxrX7Er_GaenjH2M5rHYL4TRpgZBK-kq/s1600/aprilshowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZUhnxsMn5AkDRlnuK7y2u4mJLY-GNXgdoXdN28jTZaZk2r6kMTPQhMH6OfTetxoPlYotWbBVwR_itDBsd0GA9B_043WDhaEJ9zimeHez5M9eLxrX7Er_GaenjH2M5rHYL4TRpgZBK-kq/s400/aprilshowers.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">image via <a href="http://www.eloiserenouf.etsy.com/">http://www.eloiserenouf.etsy.com/</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But that's not it... there's MORE! This month, because we also have the wonderful holiday of EASTER, we actually have TWO themes. I mean, how was I supposed to NOT include Easter as a theme, right??? Sooo... the second theme is Easter. And for some Easter inspiration:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">2. To participate, you must make a Treasury that is <strong>your</strong> interpretation of the Challenge Theme. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="background-color: white;">In this case, the Challenge Theme is <u><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">April Showers or EASTER</span></strong></u></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: large;">3. You must include at <strong>least</strong> 10 items from TeamCAC members. <span style="font-size: small;">I cannot stress this enough, this is the #1 reason beautiful treasuries aren't included in the voting. They just didn't have enough team members present. This isn't to be mean, but the point of the TTC is to get more TeamCAC exposure and that doesn't work if you don't have enough team members in your treasury. :)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">4. You must tag your Treasury with <span style="color: #e69138;">"<strong><u>teamcac</u></strong>", "<strong><u>challenge</u></strong>", "<strong><u>april</u></strong>",</span> in order for your Treasury to be counted as an entry. You can use any other tags you want, but to be counted as an entry, <em>it must include those three tags</em>. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">5. The top 10 (TEN) Treasuries with the most <strong>COMMENTS </strong>(not views, not clicks but <strong>COMMENTS</strong>) will be entered among the "Finals". The "Finals" will then be posted to the Team Blog where we all get to go vote for our favorites.</span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-size: large;">6. There is no limit to the number of Treasuries you can make, but you are only allowed ONE Treasury (per shop) in the Finals. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...if you have any additional questions regarding this TTC, please email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #a36d36;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</span></span></a> or convo me on Etsy. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(If you are interested in sponsoring a prize for the TTC, please email/convo me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">OH... and I suppose you would like to know what the prize is. Well, this might just be your lucky day! <span style="color: #e69138;">The winner of TTC - April Showers/Easter will get to select one item for Angela's Facebook Page </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/HamptonHouseJewelry?ref=ts&sk=app_4949752878#!/HamptonHouseJewelry?sk=photos"><span style="color: #e69138;">Hampton House</span></a><span style="color: #e69138;">.</span> Awesome huh? THANKS ANGELA for sponsoring this month's TTC. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Alright, now go, make your beautiful treasuries and be sure you follow the rules of the TTC. ♥</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-88464015873043708002011-03-30T13:13:00.000-05:002011-03-30T13:13:48.342-05:00TTC - Spring Transition - Winner<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well... this was an exciting voting. We had some early leaders, then some ties, it was all over the place! Very exciting!!! We had 35 total votes which is great! But, the voting has closed and we do have an official winner. Although, I will say, the voting this time was SUPER close... the winner only won by a couple of votes. But...</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Please contact <a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/hARTjewelry">hARTjewelry</a> to discuss your prize. :) And I'll get your feature up on the team blog later today or tomorrow. :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sunday 10th - TTC theme announced, Treasury-making begins.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sunday 17th - Treasury-making ends. Voting begins.</span><br />
<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sunday 24th - Voting ends. Winner announced.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">AND, someone SPECIAL is sponsoring the prize for this TTC's lucky winner. I'm not going to give away the secret yet... I'll let you stew on it for a bit. BUT, I'll let you know on the 10th when I announce the theme. Oh the suspense!! ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also, if you're interested in sponsoring a prize for the winner of the TTC, please let me know by <a href="http://www.vivatregina.etsy.com/">convoing me on Etsy</a>. ♥</span><br />
</div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-80459555469075214752011-03-20T19:53:00.000-05:002011-03-20T19:53:57.115-05:00TTC - Spring Transition - Voting<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Sorry this is late, I just didn't have the time this week to go through all these lovely treasuries! But here they are finally, in no particular order:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d779965e8c86d912432bbc0/hi-ho-daffodilio?index=12">Hi Ho Daffodilio!</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d76fb39198c6d91b08eed9a/first-blush?index=6">First Blush</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d75a2cdf1256d914f5196b0/spring-springs?index=7">Spring Springs</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d755f35a9086d913b7b3916/mrs-spring-and-her-flower-girls?index=9">Mrs Spring and her Flower Girls </a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Some GORGEOUS treasuries huh? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Check out the poll to the right and be sure to cast a vote for your favorite!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And now, a little note on the TTC:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you made a Treasury and weren't included in the Voting, I'm sorry, but you must not have followed all of the rules of the TTC. I really hate sticking to the rules like this, but, I've done this to other members so I can't offer any special treatment now. The biggest killer of a nomination is not including enough TeamCAC members in the Treasury. For some of you, some of your items were removed from your Treasury for one reason or another and the empty spaces I counted as TeamCAC members to give you credit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A few things to remember when participating, you must include AT LEAST 10 TeamCAC members. Double check the "Members" list on our <a href="http://www.etsy.com/teams/6207/team-christian-artists-and-craftsmen/members">team page </a>to make sure you have enough included. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Next time, I will go through the entries and check them in regards to the TTC rules before I get ready to post the Voting. Sorry, I just didn't have time to do that this go around. BUT... no worries... because there's always next time AND next time we have a FABULOUS person sponsoring the prizes. OOOooohhhh the suspense, who could it be??? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Again, so <strong>sorry</strong> for those who didn't get in, <strong>thanks</strong> to all who participated and a special <strong><u>thank you</u></strong> to hARTjewelry for sponsoring the prizes. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Good night all!</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-83688130779787911022011-03-07T11:27:00.001-06:002011-03-07T11:29:02.842-06:00TTC - Spring Transition<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi all! Well, I actually tried to post this yesterday but for some reason, Blogger (or the blogger) was having issues. I couldn't change the font colors, couldn't save a draft, nothing, nada. So I gave up (after losing everything I wrote) and decided to get away from the computer before it took flight. ;) haha. BUT, anyway, here we go... take 2. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As some of you know, right now, I'm loving all things spring. Daffodils, tulips, johnny-jump-ups, cherry blossoms, chilly nights, cool mornings, warm afternoons. Of course, this is the romanticized side of spring. Right now, we won't talk about tax season, allergies and muddy yards. Let's just focus on the good stuff, shall we? haha! In honor of the romanticized side of spring, allow me to introduce this month's TTC: Spring Transition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Whether you are still getting snow, or already wearing flipflops, embrace the loveliness of your dream spring and get creative while you're curating. It could be spring colors, spring accessories, whatever your interpretation may be. Just get caught up in a spring breeze, and go with it. I'm excited to see all the lovely Treasuries you are going to create. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, for the good stuff: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hARTjewelry">hARTjewelry</a> has so graciously offered to provide a SURPRIZE (that's a surpise prize) for our top two winners and of course, you'll still get a free ad on the team blog. And of course, here are the rules:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">RULES OF THE TTC: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">1.</span> </span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">All team members are allowed to participate.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">2. To participate, you must make a Treasury that is <strong>your</strong> interpretation of the Challenge Theme. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">In this case, the Challenge Theme is <u><strong>Spring Transition.</strong></u></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #38761d; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. You must include at <strong>least</strong> 10 items from TeamCAC members. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">4. You must tag your Treasury with "<strong><u>teamcac</u></strong>", "<strong><u>challenge</u></strong>", "<strong><u>spring</u></strong>", in order for your Treasury to be counted as an entry. You can use any other tags you want, but to be counted as an entry, <em>it must include those three tags</em>. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">5. The top 10 (TEN) Treasuries with the most <strong>COMMENTS </strong>(not views, not clicks but <strong>COMMENTS</strong>) will be entered among the "Finals". The "Finals" will then be posted to the Team Blog where we all get to go vote for our favorites.</span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #274e13;">6. There is no limit to the number of Treasuries you can make, but you are only allowed ONE Treasury (per shop) in the Finals. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><strong><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">T<span style="background-color: white;">he</span> TTC will be open until Sunday, March 13th</span></strong> Then I will start sifting through the Treasuries to determine the Finals and they will be posted on the team blog next week. So have fun and of course... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...if you have any additional questions regarding this TTC, please email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #a36d36;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</span></span></a> or convo me on Etsy. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(If you are interested in sponsoring a prize for the TTC, please email/convo me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBznqfV3snANmc5tkN9TqJ6RdK4r70CIiMC5TVcVn52h8Yk-rKEvPcjQKxSWhi9orGdON97N-nbIbuvePktpajWrraOEewZbFsAPC-Z76Cmn1i2ls0ZcToIcQQzOkjf7Xj9Tp3NxU-CDIe/s1600/tulips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBznqfV3snANmc5tkN9TqJ6RdK4r70CIiMC5TVcVn52h8Yk-rKEvPcjQKxSWhi9orGdON97N-nbIbuvePktpajWrraOEewZbFsAPC-Z76Cmn1i2ls0ZcToIcQQzOkjf7Xj9Tp3NxU-CDIe/s320/tulips.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">via marthastewart.com</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-56018281017735899282011-02-24T12:54:00.000-06:002011-02-24T12:54:37.691-06:00TTC Winter - Features<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone! I told you before I was behind on the features for our TTC winners, but I'm on my way to making up for them. :) Here are two features on our lovely TTC Winter Winners. Please stop by their shop, see all the beautiful items and leave them an encouraging and uplifting comment below! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">From <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/NewCreatioNZ?ref=top_trail">NewCreatioNZ</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Be sure to visit their shops and leave them some sweet remarks below. I'm sure it will mean a lot to them! </span>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-21547828128926141212011-02-21T22:24:00.000-06:002011-02-21T22:24:16.195-06:00TTC Valentine's Day - Winners<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Well, the votes are in! The winners are.....</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d5359768efe8eefdcd24818/love-is-in-the-air?index=0">Love is in the air - bobloveseleanor</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d521d75a0aa6d91606d98bf/burning-love-team-cac-valentines-day?index=1">Burning Love - hARTjewelry</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Not many people participated in this TTC. We only had 3 Treasuries and only 13 votes... hmmm... I think I'm going to switch this up again. From now on, we're only going to do ONE TTC a month. I think it will give people more time for everything else in life, but still get TeamCAC out there in World Etsy a bit. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So... here's the revised schedule for TeamCAC's TTC:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">March 6/7 - TTC theme announced and opened</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">March 13/14 - TTC closed and voting opens</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">March 20/21 - TTC voting closes and winners are announced</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Stay tuned for the next TTC!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Also, I'm playing catch up on getting the features posted. But don't worry, everyone will get their due (and equal) time. :) Thanks everyone for participating, commenting, posting, voting, offering prizes, etc. Ya'll are such a great team and I hope everyone realizes that!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And for the winners of TTC - Valentine's Day, I'll let Lindsay Shaffer of PACountryCrafts contact you regarding your prizes. Trust me, you'll LOVE them! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Regina~</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-64557859002434430092011-02-16T07:51:00.000-06:002011-02-16T07:51:46.951-06:00TTC Valentine's Day - Voting<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Many apologies for the tardiness of this post. It's been a bit busy at work since I'm catching up on everything that I missed while being sick. But, here it is, the time for voting for the lovely Treasuries that were made for this TTC. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sadly, there were only 4 Treasuries made for the TTC this round and because one shop made two (which is TOTALLY FINE by the way, you're no penalized for making more than one Treasury, you just can't have more than one Treasury in the TTC voting), I'm afraid we only have 3 Treasuries . Happily, they are all gorgeous! :) So here they are, in no particular order. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d5359768efe8eefdcd24818/love-is-in-the-air?index=0"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Love is in the air - bobloveseleanor</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d521d75a0aa6d91606d98bf/burning-love-team-cac-valentines-day?index=1">Burning Love - Team CAC Valenetine's Day Treasury Challenge - hART jewelry</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d5166ade1348eef8f17117b/a-tradionalists-love-story?index=1">A Traditionalist's Love Story - vivatregina</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So there you are. Look to the right of the post and go vote for your favorite! Voting will close Sunday, February 20th. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Regina~</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-84136230289945178522011-02-07T08:30:00.000-06:002011-02-07T08:30:01.481-06:00TTC Valentine's Day<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Love is in the air!! Well, or so I'd like to believe. As a hopeless romantic, I have to believe in the magic of love and happily ever afters, especially this time of year when reds and pinks are rampant and every other commercial shows someone, somewhere in love. [insert sighing and swooning sounds here] </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For this TTC we are going to celebrate all things lovey dovey (or maybe not so much lovey dovey, depending on your interpretation) with a Valentine's Day themed TTC. I don't know if we'll have any specific gift prizes for the winners, that depends on if anyone wants to sponsor them, BUT you'll still get a free ad on the team blog AND a little write-up on your shop/items. And of course, here are the rules:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here are the Rules: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">1.</span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">All team members are allowed to participate.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">2. To participate, you must make a Treasury that is <strong>your</strong> interpretation of the Challenge Theme. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">In this case, the Challenge Theme is <u><strong>Valentine's Day</strong></u> - <span style="background-color: white;">could be gift guides for him or gift guides for her, could be red and pink items, or you could go the opposite and do it more in celebration of SAD (Single Awareness Day to all the Cupid Scrooges out there... haha), or maybe your dream Valentine is Mr. Darcy, in which case a Pride & Prejudice themed Treasury seems very suitable. It's YOUR interpretation, go with it. ♥</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. You must include at <strong>least</strong> 10 items from TeamCAC members. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">4. You must tag your Treasury with "<strong><u>teamcac</u></strong>", "<strong><u>challenge</u></strong>", "<strong><u>valentine's day</u></strong>", in order for your Treasury to be counted as an entry. You can use any other tags you want, but to be counted as an entry, <em>it must include those three tags</em>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">5. The top 10 (TEN) Treasuries with the most <strong>COMMENTS </strong>(not views, not clicks but <strong>COMMENTS</strong>) will be entered among the "Finals". The "Finals" will then be posted to the Team Blog where we all get to go vote for our favorites.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">6. The top 2 (TWO) Finals with the highest number of votes will get a free ad on our Team Blog and a special feature on the team blog which will include items from their shop (or custom items they may do per request) and so on. The ads will stay up until the next winners are announced and then they will be switched out. They will also receive a pair of earrings by yours truly. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">7. There is no limit to the number of Treasuries you can make, but you are only allowed ONE Treasury (per shop) in the Finals. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span><span><span style="color: #783f04;"><strong><span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;">T</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e06666;">h</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">e</span></span></span> <span style="color: #990000;">T</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">T</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">C</span></span> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">w</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #990000;">i</span></span><span style="color: #e06666;">l</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span> </span><span style="color: #990000;">o</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #660000;">p</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">u</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">n</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">t</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">i</span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">S</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #990000;">u</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">d</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">a</span></span><span style="color: #990000;">y</span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #990000;">,</span><span style="color: #990000;"> February 13th</span></span></span></span></strong></span> Then I will start sifting through the Treasuries to determine the Finals and they will be posted on the team blog next week. So have fun and of course... </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...if you have any additional questions regarding this TTC, please email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #a36d36;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</span></span></a> or convo me on Etsy. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(If you are interested in sponsoring a prize for the TTC, please contact/convo me.)</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-787961898533933052011-02-07T08:12:00.000-06:002011-02-07T08:12:48.828-06:00TTC Winter - WINNERS<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Happy Monday everyone! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I was sick for most of it so I did a lot of sleeping and even had to miss the big Super Bowl party. Luckily, the hubby brought home a care package for me full of goodies from the party so I didn't miss out on too much I suppose. Did your team win? Did you have any favorite commercials? Do you even care? haha. Personally, I didn't care much about who won although I preferred the Packers over the Steelers. And the little kid as Darth Vader was probably one of my favorite commercials of the night. But enough Super Bowl talk... let's get on with the good stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We had a record high number of votes this TTC so good job to everyone for participating and for spreading the word about the voting. We had 76 votes and the winners account for 50 of those votes! CONGRATULATIONS to NewCreationNZ and providencevintage!!! You are the winners of TTC - Winter! FABULOUS!!! Now, you will need to contact me and give me your name and address so I can send you your earrings. OR, if you are planning to give them to someone else as a special gift, I can wrap them up all pretty and send them directly there... just whatever you want. :) Contact me via email at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</a> OR via an Etsy convo at <a href="http://www.vivatregina.etsy.com/">http://www.vivatregina.etsy.com/</a>. Either one works for me, just make sure you do it soon. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If anyone would like to sponsor a small gift to the top two winners of the next TTC, please contact me (either via email or convo, see above) and let me know. We don't have to have a prize for the TTCs, but I think it's a rather fun. Just let me know!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Well, again, congrats to the winners... and be looking for the new TTC coming soon!!!</span>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-1473909088390421382011-01-31T09:38:00.001-06:002011-01-31T09:39:49.200-06:00TTC Winter - Voting<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone! We had a great number of Treasuries for this TTC and I have to say, they look amazing! And here's a little recap of how voting works: </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1. Click on the links below and they will take you </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">directly to the Etsy Treasury page of that particular Treasury. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2. Once you've looked through all of the gorgeous Treasuries,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> you now have the difficult decision of selecting only ONE as your favorite. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3. You cast your vote using the poll to the right. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">REMEMBER, you can only vote once!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4. Tell your friends and family about the voting. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">You don't have to be a member of the team to cast a vote,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"> only to be entered in the TTC. ENJOY!! </span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So, without further adieu, I give you the Finalists for TTC Winter. Let the voting begin!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3ddb6391156d9180d3e594/crisp-and-cold?index=9">Crisp and Cold - cjscraftcorner</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3e90ce38656d91cb538e1c/in-the-depths-of-my-winter-love-warms-my?index=8">In the depth of winter, Love warms my heart - NewCreationNZ</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3f87cd372d8eefd692fab1/shiver-shiver-brrrrr?index=6">Shiver, Shiver, Brrrrr - Jewelry4Change</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d40b192e8f38eefec259efc/winter-treasury-challenge?index=3">Winter Treasury Challenge - MakingsofShannaTice</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d41aec556096d91e32ac218/warm-winter-creaminess-with-a-splash-of?index=2">Warm Winter Creaminess with a Splash of Color - PACountryCrafts<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></a></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d41e715cf106d91894ba5a8/ode-to-snow?index=1"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ode to Snow - lostnrefounddesign </span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d433ba2a6e46d91ba069353/polar-plunge?index=0"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Polar Plunge - providencevintage</span></a><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Honorable Mentions:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3f5865ab1d6d912e7cf1fd/winter?index=7">Winter - bobloveseleanor</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Voting will close Feb. 6th. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Regina~</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-49184949866415060412011-01-24T09:27:00.000-06:002011-01-24T09:27:31.285-06:00Team Treasury Challenge - Winter<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi everyone! We've had a short hiatus of the TTC due to my complete change in lifestlye. [Apologies to anyone who has missed this desperately.] But, now that everyone seems to be settling in to a routine, I now have time to bring the TTC back out of hibernation! AND, as a special bonus, I'm throwing in a pair of earrings (handmade by me, of course) to the top two winners. And if you've forgotten how all of this works, keep reading...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here are the Rules: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">1.</span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">All team members are allowed to participate.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">2. To participate, you must make a Treasury that is <strong>your</strong> interpretation of the Challenge Theme. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">In this case, the Challenge Theme is <u><strong>Winter</strong></u><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"> could be things that you might wear in Winter, Winter accessories, colors that remind you of Winter, WHATEVER YOU WANT!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. You must include at <strong>least</strong> 10 items from TeamCAC members. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">4. You must tag your Treasury with "<strong><u>teamcac</u></strong>", "<strong><u>challenge</u></strong>", "<strong><u>winter</u></strong>", in order for your Treasury to be counted as an entry. You can use any other tags you want, but to be counted as an entry, <em>it must include those three tags</em>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">5. The top 10 (TEN) Treasuries with the most <strong>COMMENTS </strong>(not views, not clicks but <strong>COMMENTS</strong>) will be entered among the "Finals". The "Finals" will then be posted to the Team Blog where we all get to go vote for our favorites.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">6. The top 2 (TWO) Finals with the highest number of votes will get a free ad on our Team Blog and a special feature on the team blog which will include items from their shop (or custom items they may do per request) and so on. The ads will stay up until the next winners are announced and then they will be switched out. They will also receive a pair of earrings by yours truly. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">7. There is no limit to the number of Treasuries you can make, but you are only allowed ONE Treasury (per shop) in the Finals. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #660000;">T</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e06666;">h</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">e</span></span></span> <span style="color: #990000;">T</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">T</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">C</span></span> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">w</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #990000;">i</span></span><span style="color: #e06666;">l</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span> </span><span style="color: #990000;">o</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #660000;">p</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">u</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">n</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">t</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">i</span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">S</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #990000;">u</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">d</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">a</span></span><span style="color: #990000;">y</span></span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #990000;">,</span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #660000;">.</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #990000;">January</span></span> <span style="color: #990000;">30th<span style="color: #ea9999;"></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span><span style="color: #e06666;"></span><span style="color: #660000;"></span></span></span></span></span></strong></span> Then I will start sifting through the Treasuries to determine the Finals and they will be posted on the team blog next week. So have fun and of course... </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...if you have any additional questions regarding this TTC, please email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #a36d36;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</span></span></a> or convo me on Etsy. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(If you are interested in sponsoring a prize for the TTC, please contact/convo me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And here's a few pics to get your mind set on all things wintery (I know for those of us here in the Southern states, we sometimes need a little extra inspiration since Mother Nature doesn't provide us with much).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBO6lfAylvKy8C7beKFrtFeOhp3nE27Bf5LuybcrkK7GqMOa52sqImqoKJO11OKYjpbQKcW-cdMZ7kYwibaAXUaCPk_5Jq87H-W2ZAIwgtWkP9zVn1Sm4BIgiK0N0bbBWb3T6cSGNqc01Z/s1600/90_09_10---Winter-Scene--Northumberland_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBO6lfAylvKy8C7beKFrtFeOhp3nE27Bf5LuybcrkK7GqMOa52sqImqoKJO11OKYjpbQKcW-cdMZ7kYwibaAXUaCPk_5Jq87H-W2ZAIwgtWkP9zVn1Sm4BIgiK0N0bbBWb3T6cSGNqc01Z/s320/90_09_10---Winter-Scene--Northumberland_web.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em><span style="color: #990000;">~Regina~</span></em></span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-22167919158942419372010-12-08T08:46:00.000-06:002010-12-08T08:46:39.257-06:00Team Treasury Challenge - Christmas<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi everyone! I've been looking forward to this TTC since we first started doing them! YAY FOR CHRISTMAS!! I'm looking forward to seeing all the lovely Treasuries and maybe making one or two myself... ;)</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Here are the Rules: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">1.</span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">All team members are allowed to participate.</span> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">2. To participate, you must make a Treasury that is <strong>your</strong> interpretation of the Challenge Theme. <span style="background-color: #ffe599;">In this case, the Challenge Theme is <u><strong>Christmas.</strong></u><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">This could be things you are want for Christmas, Christmas decor, Christmas colors... WHATEVER YOU WANT!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">3. You must include at <strong>least</strong> 10 items from TeamCAC members. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">4. You must tag your Treasury with "<strong><u>teamcac</u></strong>", "<strong><u>challenge</u></strong>", "<strong><u>christmas</u></strong>", in order for your Treasury to be counted as an entry. You can use any other tags you want, but to be counted as an entry, <em>it must include those three tags</em>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">5. The top 10 (TEN) Treasuries with the most <strong>COMMENTS </strong>(not views, not clicks but <strong>COMMENTS</strong>) will be entered among the "Finals". The "Finals" will then be posted to the Team Blog where we all get to go vote for our favorites.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #660000;">6. The top 2 (TWO) Finals with the highest number of votes will get a free ad on our Team Blog and a special feature on the team blog which will include items from their shop (or custom items they may do per request) and so on. The ads will stay up until the next winners are announced and then they will be switched out.</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="color: #990000;">7. There is no limit to the number of Treasuries you can make, but you are only allowed ONE Treasury (per shop) in the Finals. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #660000;">T</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #e06666;">h</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">e</span></span></span> <span style="color: #990000;">T</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">T</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">C</span></span> <span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">w</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #990000;">i</span></span><span style="color: #e06666;">l</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> <span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span> </span><span style="color: #990000;">o</span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #660000;">p</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">u</span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">n</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #990000;">t</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">i</span><span style="color: #660000;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #660000;">l</span></span> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">S</span></span><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="color: #990000;">u</span></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">n</span></span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">d</span></span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="color: #e06666;">a</span></span><span style="color: #990000;">y</span><span style="color: #660000;">, </span><span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="color: #660000;">D</span><span style="color: #e06666;">e</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">c</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">e</span><span style="color: #990000;">m</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">b</span><span style="color: #ea9999;">e</span><span style="color: #660000;">r</span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">1</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">5</span><span style="color: #e06666;">t</span><span style="color: #660000;">h</span></span><span style="color: #660000;">.</span></span></strong></span> Then I will start sifting through the Treasuries to determine the Finals and they will be posted on the team blog next week. So have fun and of course... </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...if you have any additional questions regarding this TTC, please email me at <a href="mailto:vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com"><span style="color: #a36d36;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">vivatreginacrafts@yahoo.com</span></span></a> or convo me on Etsy. ♥</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(If you are interested in sponsoring a prize for the TTC, please contact/convo me.)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><em><span style="color: #990000;">~Regina~</span></em></span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-49285278841648985622010-11-30T08:30:00.000-06:002010-11-30T08:30:10.807-06:00TTC Thanksgiving Winners<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hi everyone! Many apologies for not getting this up before I left for Thanksgiving with my family in Oklahoma, but I just did not have the time to get everything done. But it's up now and I'm also including a revised TTC schedule below. But first.... the winners!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Let's see, I did tally things up before I left so although there were some late voters, I didn't count them. But it didn't make any difference anyway, there weren't enough late votes to change the winners so no big deal. We had a total of 44 votes (47 if you count the late votes). The votes were spread out pretty well amongst the Finalists, which just further proves that it was indeed a very difficult decision to make. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But, with 11 votes, our first winner is SpunkyDiva with her Treasury, "I am thankful for..."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And with 8 votes, our second winner, for the second TTC in a row (WOW, this lady must create some awesome Treasuries!!!) is PACountryCrafts with her Treasury, "Pumpkin Pie and Cranberry Sauce." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">CONGRATULATIONS to both our winners! You guys did awesome!!! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And now, for an updated schedule for the TTC. We're just going to do one in December because I know how busy Christmas time is. The theme is going to be "Christmas" so start selecting favorites from the team now that you want to include. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000;">December 5th/6th</span></em></strong> - "Christmas" TTC opens (you can start gathering ideas, but I will not accept any Treasuries made <u>before</u> December 5th). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000;">December 12th/13th</span></em></strong> - The Finalists will be posted and voting will begin. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em><span style="color: #990000;">December 19th/20th</span></em></strong> - Voting closes. New ads will go up this week. :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So again, CONGRATS to the winners, I'll get your ads up on the team blog this week. And for everyone else, start picking out your favorites and coming up wiht ideas for Treasuries to be made next week. :) </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Regina~</span></div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658953465791372337.post-25145072200132951662010-11-16T09:18:00.000-06:002010-11-16T09:18:50.841-06:00Team Treasury Challenge FINALS - Thanksgiving<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sorry that I didn't get this up yesterday. It was a busy day. And today looks like it will be just as busy but at least I didn't have a meeting this morning so I could work on this real quick. :) Anyway, we had some LOVELY treasuries made for this challenge. Not quite as many entries as the last challenge, but it's okay, I know this is a BUSY time for everyone. That being said, remember we will be taking next week off from the TTC. There will be no Treasury-making or Treasury-voting to worry about. Well, of course you can still make treasuries, but you don't have to worry about the TTC. :) In fact, here's a recap of the TTC schedule for the next few weeks:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">TTC SCHEDULE:<br />
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November 8th - Autumn/Fall TTC winners are announced. Thanksgiving TTC theme is revealed and the Treasury making can begin!<br />
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November 14th - Thanksgiving TTC is closed, voting begins. <br />
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November 21st - Thanksgiving TTC voting closes. Winners are announced. <br />
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*We're going to take the week of Thanksgiving off from TTC since people will likely be travelling and/or spending time with family.*<br />
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November 29th - New TTC theme will be revealed and Treasury making can re-commence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sound good to everyone? Okay, here are the Finalists from the Thanksgiving TTC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #783f04;">H</span><span style="color: #f6b26b;">o</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">w</span> <span style="color: #f9cb9c;">t</span><span style="color: #e69138;">o</span> <span style="color: #783f04;">v</span><span style="color: #f6b26b;">o</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">t</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">e</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1)<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Review</strong></span> the finalists below. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2)<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Vote </strong></span>using the poll on the right side of the page.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">3)<strong><span style="color: #4c1130;">Pass</span></strong> the word on to others, let them see our awesome Treasuries and see items made by Christian friends. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">4)<span style="color: #4c1130;"><strong>Please note:</strong></span> <u>YOU CAN ONLY VOTE ONCE!</u> Make sure you select the Treasury you want to vote for. You cannot change your vote. Voting ends November 21st. </span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7GlKR9IsRrpYJoKvj_dNb2yIXyU1HgV5QPD1KMr_UwDpf27g37zNT4WyhHWe824JVh5nVjJTNSHcLOzfpo68iW0LBBStbfYZVECNGc57zjhUAbeWnbMIdwNAQJCzS9ZbKtijtTS82yZm/s1600/Entry5.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7GlKR9IsRrpYJoKvj_dNb2yIXyU1HgV5QPD1KMr_UwDpf27g37zNT4WyhHWe824JVh5nVjJTNSHcLOzfpo68iW0LBBStbfYZVECNGc57zjhUAbeWnbMIdwNAQJCzS9ZbKtijtTS82yZm/s320/Entry5.bmp" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Give Thanks</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Please vote and pass this post on to EVERYONE! (You don't have to be a member of TeamCAC to vote, you have to be a member to enter.) :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Regina~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Regina of Live Delightfullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09912877248303573574noreply@blogger.com1