BNE/BNR Raffle on Etsy

In December someone came up with the idea of having a BNR Raffle treasury.  A What?  I know - that was my first reaction too.  I've been on Etsy a couple of years now, but there is still so much to learn.


BNR treasuries, are wonderful ways to get exposure to your shop and possibly get sales. I'd say about 90% off my sales in the last 3 months have been from BNR treasuries. So when someone thought we should add prizes into the mix - I thought "why not!" Everyone loves to win prizes :) So in December we did a few. There are 16 shops in a treasury, so the 16 prizes were divided between 4 people. It actually went over really well.


So now we have started a thread in the forums - to help promote even more. You can find the BNE (Buy N' Enter) Raffle - NO MINIMUM! thread with the link. Or check out the shops that are donating prizes here:

'BNE Raffle! Shops donating Prizes' by thechristmascorner

Check here for the rules:http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6732049&page=1

LAST ONE - Peppermint S... whatshername $2.00	Journal covered with In... RelaxedBeauty $6.00	Red Lampwork Heart & Sw... ontherocksgems $9.00
Oatmeal Cereal Chocolat... MyTreasuresToY... $4.99	Pink with White Polka D... heathermaizy $	Hand Knit Hat, Noggin B... christiecottag... $12.50
PeanutButter and Milk C... PernillasSS $7.50	crochet wool artsy scar... crochet18purpl... $18.25	Pomegranate With Pearl ... belleskincare $12.00
On sale EXPLORE LOVE...... NatureAngels $39.38	Shape Clips oursj $5.00	gourmet black popcorn w... dellcovespices $15.00
Scrappe Quilt sinclaieville $25.00	Flirty's Jezebel Sa... FlirtySanchezP... $8.50	Cupcake Stripes Sock Mo... auntyanndesign... $

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Stop in at the treasury and the thread to see how it works!
Have a Wonderful Day!

When will Children start to Listen?

A couple of days ago we had a blizzard move in late in the evening. Logan had gone to the neighboring city (20 minutes away) to go out for supper with a friend and to see a movie.


Since the nearest neighbors are 1/2 a mile away, we judge how bad a storm is by whether we can see the lights on their yard or not. Well - they were getting hard to see, so we texted Logan and told him to stay with the friend for the night, we didn't want him driving in the blizzard and getting stuck some where. Luckily Luke was still up when Logan texted him that he was coming home - it was just after 1am!


We woke up at 2am when he walked in the door. He'd made it home ok - but got stuck at the corner of the driveway, close to the house. Yes - he made it 20 miles of open road, then 3/4 of the way down the drive way and got stuck 200 feet from the house. How does that work? He did mention that it probably would have been a good idea to stay with the friend - the roads had been pretty bad. YOU THINK?!!! Maybe some day he will listen to his parents.

Good thing Dad has a big truck!!  It didn't take much to get the truck out.  Sure was a lot of snow packed into the wheels.


I stayed in the house to take the photos - it was still really windy and cold.

Happy New Year!

May your 2011 be bigger and better than your 2010!!

Temple made from Beer Bottles

Sometimes Luke finds the weirdest things on the internet. Who would think of making a temple out of beer bottles?

Fifty years ago the Heineken Beer company looked at reshaping its beer bottle to be useful as a building block. It never happened, so Buddhist monks from Thailand's Sisaket province took matters into their own hands and collected a million bottles to build the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple. It puts every other bottle building we have shown to shame. Even the washrooms and the crematorium are built of bottles, a mix of green Heineken and brown local Chang beer.

How cool is that! Talk about recycling :)