February Is A Loving Month - Make A Childs Wish Come True

Your dying child wants to go to Disneyland before they die, will you say no? What if medical care has eaten up all your funds, and you really can't afford it? Wouldn't you hope that someone could fulfill your child's wish? I know I would.So here's the deal, 50% of all items sold in February from my shop will go to support The Children's Wish Foundation of Canada. Together, we can make a child's life better. Please join me.
If you would like to make a donation to The Children's Wish Foundation directly, you can also use this online donation form. Let me know that you have done so, and I will happily send you a little treat from me in recognition of your generosity.

If you would also like to donate a portion of sales from your shop in February, let me know and I'll add your shop name and the details on this blog post.

Participating Shops!
bluepandemonium.etsy.com - 50% of total sales in February
silverWARES.Etsy.com - 25% of total sales in February
InMy2Hands.Etsy.com - 25% of total sales in February

So shop now or donate now. The choice is up to you!

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Fish Soup With Potato And Carrots... And Evil Crayfish

It was feeding time at the Tai Aquarium, and my sister showered down an assortment of microwaved potatoes and carrots. Instantly, the tank was one giant pot of fresh fish soup with potatoes and carrots.
Angelic silver goldfish (a.k.a. Iron Man) came to examine the generous spread.
Toad and Charlie Chaplin also strolled by. For the purpose of this story, we shall say that they just picked at the food delicately. In reality, they were all a bunch of piglets.
Schools of tiny guppies pecked eagerly at the potatoes and carrots, while peaceful Freddy just sucked on the glass, content to just wave his tail intermittently to send the food a-stirring.
All was peaceful, that is, until the EVIL CRAYFISH suddenly appeared. He grabbed at the carrots, calling the potatoes pathetic, as his whiskers twitched greedily.
Satisfied with his hoard of carrots, the EVIL CRAYFISH reached out and pinched Freddy's tail. What a meanie!
Then he backed away into the rocky hills, cackling over his handfuls of carrots and his evil deed of the day.
He ran down the rocky hills.
Dashed into his cave,
and smacked his lips over the tasty carrots. Yum, yum, yum! What an evil crayfish!

Simply Owls Treasury

I got featured in a Simply Owls treasury! Thanks, Lynsi!

Lantern Forest - Vancouver Lunar Festival 2010

I wandered downtown Vancouver the other night with some friends and came across the Lantern Forest Display. It was so lovely and fun that I had to snap a few pics to show you!There were elaborate lantern designs by different artists, but the trees were what really caught my attention. Look at all those waxed drawings done by elementary school students! The wax makes the images really bright and colourful.

I wonder if they waxed the drawings after they were drawn or whether they scanned and printed them onto some kind of waxy paper?
I love 'em!

You can read more about them here.

Robots And Zombies ON SALE

My birthday is coming up in February, so there's a sale on now in my shop for all the robots, zombies, and other fun jointed paper dolls. Most of them are only $7.99 so get the originals while you can!!! If I become famous one day, you'll be glad you snapped up the original before anyone else did.

Oh... and stay posted for a giveaway too!

Have a great day!

Bird Shape Cut Outs Now Available

If you're attempting the Little Singing Bird Tag tutorial and you need the bird cut out shapes you can now purchase them from my shop!
They come in packs of 200 birds cut from high quality cardstock, textured cardstock, and recycled paint swatches. It will save you a lot of time so that you can focus on the doodling part.

Enjoy!

Congrats, You're On A Page Rank 3 Site

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Today is a GRUMPY day

Today, I woke up with my face crumpled into "the GRUMPY face". The Grumpy face is not to be confused with the slightly more pleasant "troubled" face, as the Troubled person is much nicer than the Grumpy person.

Stomp-stomp-STOMP! I grumpied my way to the bathroom and brushed my teeth, scowling at my reflection the entire time. I burned holes of contempt and seething into the mirror.

I was ready to grumpy my way through the whole day, but I had to take a break from my focused task as my mother had grilled me a delicious cheese, egg, and roast beef sandwich and I found it hard to turn that down. I ate that sandwich hunched over like an old crone, thinking vulture thoughts and watching the fish.

I watched as the female crayfish caught a long, floating plant and pulled it slowly into her house. Now there is a very long floating plant sticking out of the entrance of her house. Maybe she is having a Grumpy day too. Perhaps I need to cut down a tall, thin tree and drag it partially through the door so that it hangs halfway across the road and blocks everyone that passes by. Hm.... I see how her devious plan is ingenious now.
Yes, today is a Grumpy day and I am proudly the grumpiest one of them all. If you're having a grumpy day too then welcome, but take note that all trespassers WILL be scowled at. Grrr!

(The robot shown above is Cranky Bot. She is now available in the store.)

Announcing The Winner Of The Soap That Makes Scents Giveaway Winner

A huge thanks goes out to all of you that entered into the Luscious Giveaway by Soap That Makes Scents! There were 284 entries! That's an all-star record!

I really enjoyed reading all of your entries to see what you liked best from KreatedbyKarina's Etsy store, and I hope you'll continue to visit her shop and to keep her fabulous soaps in mind when you plan for your next pampering escapade.
There are so many delicious soaps, body souffle soaps, and yummy lip balms to choose from, and they look so darn good! I envy the winner of this giveaway contest because she'll get to try one of these soaps first hand.So who won? I know you're dying to find out! So let's tally the votes and pop them into a custom random number generator.

The winner of the Luscious Giveaway by Soap That Makes Scents is....... AlisonWonderland! Congratulations, Alison!
Alison's favourite soap from Soap That Makes Scents is the Coconut Cream Soap which, I agree, does sound fantastic! Coconut is such a yummy, yummy scent- so tropical, creamy, and exotic. Alison's going to smell great :)
"So what about me!?" you may ask. "What if I want to smell good too!?" Well, fear not, my dear readers. I have an excellent resolution for you. Karina is offering you the chance to STILL get something free!
If you've fallen in love with some of the delicious soaps, body souffles, solid perfumes, and lip balms in Soap That Makes Scents (and I know you have since you've told me so!), then you're in luck! Purchase anything from Soap That Makes Scents and receive a FREE Lip Balm of your choice with your order! Use code MYTUTORLIST in the note to seller when checking out, and mention the flavor you'd like for free.

But don't delay! This offer expires January 22nd.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner! If you're looking for the perfect new scent to seduce your lover (tee hee!) or something to just pamper yourself with after a hard day of work, then head to Soap That Makes Scents and pamper yourself today. You'll get your awesome smelling soap, and your choice of a yummy lip balm too. We can all be winners then!
And if you haven't done it already, send KreatedbyKarina your email to be added to her newsletter mailing list. Then you'll be notified of all the sweetly scented deals from her shop!
Have a wonderful day!

Zombie Thelma Is Pissed Off

Thelma woke up one day to discover that she was lying in a back alley AND SOMEONE HAD EATEN HER ARM OFF! They had also taken a bite out of her other arm, and eaten the toes off of one of her feet. Thelma is now one of the crankiest zombies around. She plans to track down the zombie that did this to her and to exact sweet revenge. At very least, she plans to smack them around with her stump of an arm.

When Thelma isn't planning her gory revenge, she likes to hang out with her boyfriend Hank. She thinks he's 'the one', but she hasn't told him this yet.

Zombie Thelma is now available in the store as an original. Just let me know if you would prefer a print version.

Zombie Hank Likes Movies And Popcorn

Hank loves movies. He's a regular couch-potato that is perfectly content munching on theatre-style popcorn while watching re-runs of sci-fi flicks. That is, he's perfectly normal except that he's dead (a zombie to be more exact)... and he likes brains with his popcorn - the more the merrier.

Zombie Hank is now available in the shop as an original. If you would like a print version, just let me know.

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