Team Meeting

Here is a picture of Linda and Halo.
It is so great to see their smiling faces!

Heart Smiles Blog Award

Team Christian Artists and Crafters


TeamCAC is growing so fast! Thank You Lord! The team members and moderators are searching for ways to reach out to others and be a blessing. Hosting a blog award is one way that we feel like we can be an encouragement to one another and to those around us on the internet.

If you have someone you would like to nominate, please convo a link to HamptonHouse or TeamCACModerators.

The main thing we are looking for is if it makes your heart smile. There will be awards given to team member blogs and non team member blogs every week. The winners will be posted on this blog. The award will be given out usually on Sunday.

The HeartSmiles Award was designed by Dionne @

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6912802

Dionne, thank you so much for sharing your talent with us! It is a blessing!

Getting to know you CreekBedThreads aka Erin

What is your favorite quote? “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal.”

What is your favorite movie? Chronicles of Narnia

What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?I have a HUGE weakness for ice cream. So I pretty much love them all, with chocolate with peanut butter being my favorite. Dairy Queen’s vanilla sundae with hot fudge and peanut butter topping (gotta have both) is also a big favorite.

What is your three favorite things to snack on?Peanut butter MnM’s Those cow tail caramel pieces Chips and salsa

Mountains and snow or Beaches and water?Beaches and water definitely, mainly because that’s what I grew up doing every year for summer vacation. I do love mountains and snow, just never really been around it much so it’s not my ideal.

What is your favorite TV show? Wipeout  Hubby and I got rid of cable and don’t have an antenna, so we occasionally divulge in watching Wipeout on the internet. We laugh so hard, our favorite part is the big balls.
Do you have a hero, if so, who? why? Jesus Christ! I know that’s probably the “standard” answer, but truly, a man who is also 100% God, who would die the most painful death possible to save me from an eternal fire is certainly my hero!

What is your favorite song at the moment? Hmm… well, we’ve been listening to a lot of Fernando Ortega and Sara Groves… so anything by them. I think my favorite right now is probably “In the Girl There’s a Room” by Sara Groves, but really it changes daily.

What kinds of music do you listen to? I listen to mostly Christian music, but hubby (and therefore me) has been convicted lately to make sure the Christian music we’re listening to is glorifying to God and to check out the personal testimonies of each artist. I used to love country music, so it’s been a bit of a change, but we’re getting used to it! Chris Rice, Sara Groves, and Fernando Ortega are some of our favorites.

How long have you been creating? I’ve been creating all my life! I’ve always been a very artsy/creative type of person, and I used to do lots of crafts when I was younger. I’ve always drawn and painted. I used to get my mom’s old sewing machine out and fight with it occasionally, but never took it very serious until lately. Etsy opened up a whole new world to me, allowing others to see my work and even buy it! You mean someone actually wants to buy what I make?!?!?! I never grew up expecting to sell the things I make, but I’m loving it now. That occasional sale keeps me going!

What inspires you? A lot of my ideas just sort of pop into my head at really random times… but if I am struggling with inspiration, I try to pray about it, and spend some time looking through Country Living (I love this magazine. It is great. A whole bunch of people doing things I love to do, and making a living out of it!), or going outside and spending time in nature. Hence Creek Bed Threads.

Is there any kind of music you listen to when you create? Not usually, I typically am so engrossed in what I’m doing, music would either be a distraction or just not noticed at all! I work very intently.

What's your biggest artistic disaster to date? Hmmm… I’m not sure, really. Most of what I make turns out alright, though when I was younger I made some pretty hideous Christmas ornaments!

What's your favorite piece that you've done? Well, one of my favorites that is in my shop is the love pillow made out of scraps that were lovingly sent to me from Anita (AMKreations)! It was special to me that I was able to use discarded pieces of fabric that had been Anita’s, and that were too small to be used for her bags, but I could still turn them into something pretty! My other favorite is a painting I’m working on at home; though it needs some attention… it’s been forgotten lately. It’s a painting of the egg photo I have in my other store (AuntEsThings). I dyed the eggs with my husband and my younger cousins; we had a great time doing it, and it’s a wonderful memory.

What's the best advice you were given when starting out?The best advice I was given is to be confident in your work, and to list new items often!

Do you have any advice to give others? Just keep doing what you love. I obviously haven’t had “great” success on Etsy, so I’m not sure that my advice is worth much, but I think it’s so important to not just cater to your customers, but to do what you really think looks good and do what you’re inspired to do. It’s important to keep customers in mind, but I think that if you’re confident about what you’ve done, and you really love what you’ve made and are proud of it, customers will come.

What's coming up for you; any big plans artistically? I just started a website, so I’ve been working on that, hoping that I can draw in a “non-Etsy” crowd. I also will be doing my first craft show in November, pending acceptance. I really hope that I can go to the craft show, I think it’d be a good venue for me.

Where can we find you? Both online and in stores.http://www.creekbedthreads.com/EtsyI am just starting to consign at a local shop called The Monkey’s Trunk in Mars, PA. Nothing there yet, but I hope to take some things down tonight, actually.

Prayer Tuesday...Praise

Good morning Etsy friends and fellow Christians. This morning started out slightly rough for me. I drove into work only to realize halfway there I forgot something at home. Since my husband and I carpool we went the full way to work, dropped him off, then I turned around and went back home. On my drive I decided to count it a blessing to be able to spend some quiet time alone with God. I turned off the radio and just opened up my heart.
My heart lately has been desiring a need to know my Lord more and right before the words of all my needs and hurts came pouring out, I stopped and realized- how often do I just thank Him and praise Him for all He has so abundantly blessed me with. For how much He chooses to love me day after day? For His bountiful grace?
It was at that moment I paused and thought of all He has done for me. I started to pray, but not just over my list of things and needs, but with praise. I praised Him for the small things- like the beauty of nature, the changing of the seasons, the majesty of the sky. How much He is evident in nature, how often He chooses to show us a small part of Him in all He has made. I thanked Him, truly for all He has given me. As I started it was easy to go on and on and on....HOW MUCH He has given me, and I realized how easy I forget. I forget yesterdays provision, last months blessings, last years needs met.... And of course the simple things that I ask for throughout the day. How often does He hear thanks from me? How often does He receive the praise He is soooo deserving of?
I want to challenge you today to reach out and praise Him, stop and thank Him for what He has given you. You will be surprised that once you start, you may not be able to stop.
Today's post is different than Prayer Tuesday, it's Praise Tuesday. Please stop and leave a praise for something He has done for you. And not really for me to hear, but for all of us to see how great is our God!!!

Prayer Tuesday

Good morning etsy friends. It's Tuesday and I'm excited to once again invite you to share your prayer requests here. I can promise you I will pray for each one as you share them.
How great is our God that takes time to listen to each petition we make? I am feeling so small, compared to the greatness, the hugeness of who God is.
Last night I watched a message by Lois Giglio on Youtube. It was about the greatness of God. I wanted to share it with you and encourage you to watch it if you'd like. It will encourage you, inspire and maybe move you like it did me. If you would like to check it out go to Youtube.com and in the search field type in "Lois Giglio How great is our God."It has five videos, and it's pretty awesome.
I pray you have a beautiful Tuesday and I will be checking in to see your requests. Or maybe you would like to share a verse or a praise. Let this be a place of encouragement and growth. Let me leave you a verse I read today that I love:
"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."
-Isaiah 40:28,29

Getting to know you/Knit2getherInLove/Cathy

My name is Cathy, I am a SAHM happily married to a loving husband for 21 years.
We have 5 beautiful daughters ages 20-9. I was raised in a devout Christian household;
and came to know the Lord Jesus at a very young age. I have been doing all sorts of crafting
From the time I could start taking my Dad’s old cuff links and watches apart and using them
for my doll’s accessories in the late 60s, to getting my first knitting machine in the 80s.

My first creative passion is knitting with my two favorite tools- My electronic Brother 940
knitting machine, and my Brother Bulky. Both machine haven’t been available for over 15
Years so I have to take care of them as replacement parts are scarce!
My original business Knit Together In Love concentrated primarily on children’s fashions.
I had several clients that I knitted up original designs for, and I did the whole craft fair circuit for years.
Then my baby girls started coming, and that was shelved to concentrate on being a Mommy.


Several years ago, I began taking up crocheting again, and the beading bug bit me about
6 years ago.

What is your favorite quote?
That changes periodically, currently it is a quote by C.S. Lewis
“You don’t have a soul, you ARE a soul, you have a body”

What is your favorite movie?
Return to Me

What is your favorite TV show?
Just one?
I am a big fan of detective style shows especially with humor,
Monk, Psyche, and I am really loving Lie to Me

Do you have a hero, if so, who? Why?
My Lord, and then my husband who works tirelessly to provide
For us. He has battled through his pain growing up in a home
with out love, to become an amazing husband and daddy in the Lord!

What is your favorite song at the moment?
Very well phrased (at the moment!)
My #1 Hymn is Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Dottie Peoples’ song On Time God is a long time favorite
And Desert Song by Hillsong is a current favorite.


What kinds of music do you listen to?
Depending on my mood, Praise and Worship music primarily.
The styles range from classic black gospel to Skillet.
I am a huge fan of Journey, Chicago and Boston.

How long have you been creating? For over 35 years! Wow that sounds
Scary!

What inspires you? People watching, and walking through the wholesale jewelry shows.

Is there any kind of music you listen to when you create?
Something upbeat as a rule, if I am knitting I am usually practicing for Sunday morning’s
Worship set so I have my mp3 set to play those over and over. I crochet while watching
TV with my family. Jewelry making especially earrings is usually while I am sitting at the
Kitchen counters listening to my girls’ banter.

What's your biggest artistic disaster to date?
Nothing very recently, the one that stands out in my
Mind as my #1 horror show was when I had just gotten my first knitting machine,
I was still very new at reading patterns. A woman who had been doing machine
Knitting for a while asked me to do some piece work for her. She had given me
Some very vague instructions which were clear for her (having done this for years).
I knitted up the hats, unfortunately the tension was WAY to tight. When I brought
Them to her after 3 days of labor. She read me the riot act and not only refused to pay me.
she wanted ME to pay for the yarn because she didn’t want to unravel them and
Reuse the yarn to do them over again. They knitted up two sizes too small for what she wanted.
It was very humiliating, and I cried all the way home. I was trying to be a blessing to
My family, and ended up costing us money, and losing time.

What's your favorite piece that you've done?
I knitted a gorgeous christening/dedication baby gown for a friend of my husbands in
A lovely ivory cotton. The mom wanted it to look antiqued, and it did. It was absolutely
Gorgeous!

What's the best advice you were given when starting out?
Take pictures of your work! I have custom made some very fabulous garments that
I never got pictures of!

Do you have any advice to give others?
When you make something that brings you joy, it will reflect in your work!
Don’t take it personally when some one criticizes your creations,

What's coming up for you; any big plans artistically?
I am hoping to add a line of knitted fashions to my etsy shop for as long as my
Old machines hold up. Then invest in a new (unfortunately lesser quality) machine
In the future.

Where can we find you? Both online and in stores. I am at my two etsy shops:
http://www.knit2getherinlove.etsy.com
http://cathystotes.etsy.com

I have been doing local craft fairs again with Robin (segparsons). I will also
Have some earrings featured at Look What I Made where my daughter works.

The these are a pic of Me with my DD#2.



A pit of 3/4 of our home group Bible Study watching a 3D superbowl commercial.
I love this picture because we are a great tight knit group as you can tell from
everyone sitting on top of each other to get a spot on the couch!




Cathy and Robin

Getting to know you/ FallingStarLane aka Cory

What is your favorite quote? - They say that God will not give you more than you can handle....I just wish He didn't have such a high opinion of my abilities!

What is your favorite movie? so many!! I really love The Story of Us, with Bruce Willis and Michele Pfeiffer - it made my sweetie cry!

What is your favorite TV show? So many - (I really love tv)... Terminator, Sarah Connor Chronicles

Do you have a hero, if so, who? why? My friend, De'Anna, she is in an on-going skin cancer war, and is lovely, loving and so brave.

What is your favorite song at the moment? The Motions, by Matthew West

What kinds of music do you listen to? Christian rock/contemporary

How long have you been creating? forever.

What inspires you? God - daily. His creation and the beauty around us

Is there any kind of music you listen to when you create? Christian , Rock,

What's your biggest artistic disaster to date? my photos for etsy - I really thought it'd be a easy learning curve! Not so much!

What's your favorite piece that you've done?. I have a jewelry wrap (a jewelry travel and storage case) that I actually invented, it's amazing how good that makes me feel.

What's the best advice you were given when starting out? Don't stress the time. God's in control, not me

Do you have any advice to give others? Don't ever stop trying/creating, it's the best therapy there is!



What's coming up for you; any big plans artistically? .I have a few other things I want to put on etsy, my cards and jewelry and wraps are on there, but I also make dolls, and have some purses I'm in process on. I want to learn to make jewelry - metal working it.

Where can we find you? Both online and in stores. My house! and etsy.

Prayer Tuesday

Good morning all! My name is Carrie and I run the shop called ItsybitsyStore on Etsy. Here is my shop: http://itsybitsystore.etsy.com
It's been wonderful to be a part of a group of Christian members here on Etsy. After chatting with several of you on our team thread, I developed an idea for a place where we can all share our prayer requests. Prayer has become something I have really focused on this year in a new way. Growing up in a Christian home, it was easy to go through the motions of praying at meals, at night, at church. But now as an adult I have realized how important it truly is. It's my communication with God, my Father, my Creator! He delights in hearing from us- His children.
That being said this is the start of Prayer Tuesday! It's pretty simple. If you have a prayer request please post it here in comments. I will be the one heading it up, but I am open to suggestions as the Lord leads each of you. The primary goal? To pray for one another. How wonderful is it that He hears our voice, knows our hearts and answers us?
I look forward to lifting you up, and I hope you keep me in your prayers as well! Have a wonderful day, and welcome to Prayer Tuesday!

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Getting to know you/ FunnyFace12345 aka Carrie

What is your favorite quote? I don't really have one...

What is your favorite movie? Gone with the Wind

What is your favorite TV show? Scrubs or The Cleaner

Do you have a hero, if so, who? why? My husband...although he has faced so many horrible things in his life because of them he stands strong and fights to help other people overcome similar issues.

What is your favorite song at the moment? Over the Rainbow (Jason Castro from AI version)

What kinds of music do you listen to? Cristian and Country

How long have you been creating? I have been crafting for what seems like my whole life however crocheting the last 10 years.

What inspires you? Color

Is there any kind of music you listen to when you create? Usually my daughter playing which is music to my ears.

What's your biggest artistic disaster to date?

What's your favorite piece that you've done? It's a tie between the green kitchen set or a set of picnic placemats.

What's the best advice you were given when starting out? Patience

Do you have any advice to give others? They need all the patience in the world...it doesn't happy overnight.

What's coming up for you; any big plans artistically? Not really...going to be working on getting into some craft shows this fall.

Where can we find you? Both online and in stores. funnyface12345.etsy.com. Not in any actual stores yet.

Getting to know you/ Miranda'sPlace aka Miranda

Here's my getting to know you.
* Favorite Movie: This was hard because I don't have just one; That Touch of Mink, Shawshank Redemption, Pretty Woman, Last Holiday.
* T.V. Show: Mon. Heroes Tues. Nip/Tuck Thurs.CSI while tivoing Grey's Anatomy
* Hero: My Mother, she went back to school after I had graduated Highschool to finish her bachelors degree, then went on to get her master's degree while I was in college.
* Favorite Song: Prais Him in Advance, Marvin Sapp
* Music: Gospel, R&B, Jazz
* Creating: 5 years
* Inspiration: Everything, I can stay in a fabric store all day, just looking and thinking about what I could make next. The things that happen to me and people around me also inspire me to make things for others to help them.
*Creation Music: It depends on what type of day I have had and the type of motivation I need.
*Biggest Artistic Disaster: My Very First Quilt. Because I am originally a sewing person, I used the fabric that I already had and just made some squares in a simple pattern. I put the binding on wrong, removed it and never finished it. I had a good idea, I think, but it was not carried out.
* Favorite Piece: I have two. The first one is a quilt I made for my Sister-in-law who is batteling breast cancer. The second one is a quilt I made for my best friend's baby boy.
*Starting out advice: Take your time when quilting & enjoy it.
* Advice for others: Create things you like, take your time, and make sure you are having fun!!!
* Big Plans: I want to start creating more products that will enspire women to do what they dream. I have thoughts about products for Breast cancer as well as religiously inspirational.
* Where am I: right now, just on mirandasplace.etsy.com

Getting To Know You/NewCreatioNZ aka Jocelyn

To start, please tell us a bit about yourself. What's your story?

Well I'm Jocelyn. Originally from Cape Town, South Africa but moved to New Zealand 13 years ago. I live in a little beach town near Auckland with my husband, our son of 17 years and two daughters, 16 and 9. I work at my children's Christian school as a teachers aide which fits in perfectly as I work the same hours as they are at school. I am passionate about painting and photography but delve into all sorts of other crafts too - I'm willing to give anything a go!

What is your favorite quote?

Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39

What is your favorite movie? Don't watch much these days but love the good period ones like Pride and Prejudice.

What is your favorite TV show?

Grand Designs (BBC programme)

Do you have a hero, if so, who? why?

My Creator. Not only did he create me, he saved me, sustains me, loves me, and takes care of my every need.

What is your favorite song at the moment?

Honest Questions by Daniel Bedingfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goNgpKPobjo

What kinds of music do you listen to?

Most things Mellow and laid back, all the better if it's Christian.

How long have you been creating? Since a child but more seriously since I have lived in New Zealand.



What inspires you?

God. And his creation. I am so amazed at His creativity. I love to study things close up and photograph them. He inspires me to paint when I read His word. Often I have to wait on Him before I am ready to put paint onto canvas.

Is there any kind of music you listen to when you create?

Christian worship music. Creating, for me is an act of worship. I am giving back to God what he has blessed me with talentwise.

What's your biggest artistic disaster to date?

Not sure what my biggest is, but I have had many. Fortunately I am not too precious about my paintings so if I paint a disaster, I just wipe it all out (overpaint it with white gesso) and start again.

What's your favorite piece that you've done?

Possibly a painting called "It is Finished" painted at Easter.



What's the best advice you were given when starting out?

To develop my own style. Not to compare myself with others but to know that God has given me unique talents that he wants me to use.

Do you have any advice to give others?

Don't be driven by money. (speaking to myself here too). Do your bit by whatever promoting you do but know that God will give you what you need. Trust Him and just enjoy the process of creating.

What's coming up for you; any big plans artistically?

My church's annual art exhibition called SoulArt is coming up soon. There happen to be a number of artists in my church and we get together once a year, and raise money from the exhibition, for community projects.



Where can we find you? Both online and in stores.

For a selection of my paintings:
http://www.artistportfolio.net/index.php?secret=140&artist_id=10595

For a selection of my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jocelynfriisart

My blog:
http://jocelynfriisart.blogspot.com/

And ofcourse my Etsy shop:
www.NewCreatioNZ.etsy.com