April FEST Blog Spring Fling Giveaway

Tweet Our April FEST Blog Giveaway features a Zipster Pouch and a Mini One-Snap Wallet made with a red, white and blue patriotic stars and hearts pattern and lined in navy blue by JeniLuScraps.

The Zipster Pouch is big enough for all your little essentials and small enough to grab with your pinkie or slide onto your belt loop or keys.

JeniLuScraps is a mother/daughter team who fashion many of their unique items using recycled fabric. They bring new life to used fabrics sharing ideas and inspiring each other to create lovely and useful items like the Hipster Bag with Adjustable Strap below.

You can visit JeniLuScraps at their Etsy Store to see more of their eclectic and creative wristlets, bags, pouches, wallets and many more items.

HOW TO ENTER: Enter to win this wonderful Zipster Pouch and Mini One Snap Wallet by checking out JeniLuScraps or any of the FEST member shops listed on the top of our Blog Page. Find your favorite item, share it with us and tell us why you love it. Remember to add your email address or contact info so we can connect with you if you are the Winner! Winner picked on 05/03/12. Simple and Easy!

April's Em- Power Days

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If you are not familiar with Ellen Whitehurst then you should be!
Ellen Whitehurst is a Better Living Expert and is recognized as the country's premier expert in Feng Shui and other empowering modalities.
If you would like to know more about Ellen Whitehurst, you can subscribe to or read her website.
And as part of this month activities, we would like to share our picks from the Florida Etsy Street Team to help your Shuistrology for this month.

APRIL 4  Mercury the Messenger gets out of his own way, and ours too, by moving forward and going direct today. We're still not out of the proverbial woods yet since Mars is still stuck in stall, but this is certainly a good start. And, well, even though you can't always get what you want, today, you just might find that you get what you need. Especially if what you need (or want) is approval from that special someone(s). You can hurry that huzzah along if you ring a metal bell or hang a metal wind chime in your 'HELPFUL PEOPLE' area. You can find directions to all suggested locations on my website at www.ellenwhitehurst.com. Activate this area and your approval rating will skyrocket!

 

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APRIL 5   Venus, the planet that plays hard in the areas of money and love (and profoundly influences all same) is squaring off against fantasy-fueled and nebulous Neptune today. It is seems to good to be true, it probably is. That's if 'it' is even real??? Ask yourself this question on this day: "Is it fake or is it real?" If it's fake, cut it loose and, then, shake loose. Literally. Lie down on your bag and raise your arms and legs up. Now, like a dog that is shaking water from its coat, shake your arms and your legs and count to ten. Shake off all the phony baloney and negativity. Do this four times in succession and then burn some incense where all that shakin' was goin' on. Whole lotta shakin' will bring you equally as much positive peace!





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APRIL 6  Full Moon in balanced and bygones leaning Libra shines of Good Friday and illuminates the start of Passover. Bitter were the denials and the betrayal and are the herbs. I think a Prayer for Strength from Cornug's 'Handbook of Angels' is our call to action on this day. Let's go ahead and invoke Archangel Chammuel three times all the while knowing that he joins with your personal power AND your personal will to assist in the accomplishment of even the loftiest goals ON HIGH. Be very specific with this angel as he can be your newest bff. Say the following at least three times today: "Mighty I am the Love, Power and Wisdom to realize (insert your goals here). Mighty I AM. Mighty I AM. Mighty I Am. Because MIGHTY, you is!

 

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APRIL 7  Venus squaring off against her biggest booty caller Mars making for sparks flying and heated communications today as well. Although I'm pretty sure she's only starting this squabble for the make-up sex. If you want to have a heated hook up too use red sheets. Spray essential oil of ylang-ylang around the room and keep it lightly lit – JUST the room that is! You shouldn't be lit at all unless you were having some champers with your aphrodisiac oysters and/or chocolate covered strawberries. Just sayin'!

 

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APRIL 9  Venus sextiles Uranus and then tells you to take a risk or go on an adventure today – either one (or both) will pay off in pretty positive and possibly prosperous ways! Just don't forget to carry a couple of fresh sprigs of parsley on your person to protect you as you go. Do as the ancient Romans did and promote all the magical powers of parsley, an all-purpose herb that protects and purifies at the same time. And that loves an adventure! Take a risk, take some parsley and take the time to turn your luck around! THAT'S what today is all about.

 

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APRIL 13   HEAR YE, HEAR YE! SUPER STELLAR DAY IS HEAR YO! Now, you know you can ONLY get this info if you're subscribed to the free monthly newsletter and you know you can sign up for all same at www.ellenwhitehurst.com. Join the Empowered Elite and get your super duper stellar day info every month so you can take total advantage. Yo.


APRIL 15  Sun opposing Saturn. Yuck. Just when we thought is was safe to dive back into the flow of new and exciting opportunities comes energies that aim at teaching life lessons, the hard way. Okay, here's our plan – cross every T! Dot every I. Don't ever let 'em see you sweat and don't overlook a thing. A taxing day to be sure but surely a nice relaxing Epsom salts bath (2 cups) to which 9 quarter size pieces of orange peel have been added will certainly wash today's shite right down the drain. Literally.

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APRIL 21  New Moon rising in Taurus while the Sun sextiles spiritual Neptune – inspiration ALL around but most especially spilling out of the Arts. What a great day to either take in a show or create one yourself. Tap into your own inspirational and creative abilities by taking time to trigger the 'Creativity' arena in your own home. Located at the center or middle of the entire right-hand side of your house, you can activate these energies by playing music in this area or putting an image of a rainbow there or even by adjusting by offering complementary elemental energies as well. Seven metal coins placed anywhere inside the 'CHILDREN/CREATIVITY' area will make your mind a fertile canvas. Go ahead and birth your own art today. Happy. Birth. Day. 




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APRIL 22  Mercury the Messenger is chattin' up a highly charged Uranus continuing yesterday's inspirational energy while also guaranteeing that ideas that come out of the blue will snap, crackle and POP! You can actually assist all those imaginative energies to take root by hanging a clear quartz crystal anywhere above your head. Even if that's on the backboard of your bed. Sweet dreams are made of this.





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APRIL 23  Sun trines Mars. This is some mighty high, high, high energy that could be made manageable, productive and prosperous by adding some Maca to the mix! Maca increases energy, endurance and stamina in an all natural and wonderful way. Enjoy some today and bring all that excellent energy down to earth. Not only will you catch what all the Buzz is about but you'll feel like you can go to infinity and beyond! 





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APRIL 25   Uh oh. Mercury is squaring off against an already retrograding Pluto putting a damper on the already disagreeable downsizing. In fact, today's energies say that downsizing beats upscale ANY day, but, if you want to take advantage that think in more practical terms. That's the one way to ensure some practical magic taking the edge off. In the case that you might need more support than put an image of a mountain immediately behind you so you can scale any upset with peace and calm and any downsizing with an upbeat attitude.





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APRIL 27   The Sun trines Pluto today putting you in the proverbial driver's seat. Especially if you putting your pedal to your mettle in any sort of real estate transaction. Because of all the realty related energies floating in the ethers today I thought that I'd spend the day giving real estate Shui tips and techniques over on my Facebook page. So if you're buying or selling I'll be giving the lay of the Shui land at www.facebook.com/EllenWhitehurst! Come join me for a cyber open house! See you there!


 

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Team Blog Share- Tee Giveaway

Tweet One of our team members, Seventy1Percent is having a special giveaway. They are giving away their classic tee, "Seas the Day." This tee shirt is for people who love the ocean, sailing, surfing, or just love living life. The winner will be able to choose the shirt in S, M, L, or XL.

The winner will be announced and contacted on Sunday, April 15th. The tee will be shipped directly to you or as a gift to someone you love. The selection of the winner will be completely at random.

Interested? You only have to take two steps.

1. “Like” the Seventy1Percent facebook page. www.facebook.com/pages/Seventy-1-Percent/156350834391341
2. Write on Seventy1Percent's wall “Seas the Day." This will let Seventy1Percent know you want to be entered in the drawing to win this inspiring tshirt.

Good luck everyone!

And the Winner is.....

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At the beginning of this month we posted 16 items to be given away to one SUPER LUCKY winner, and it seems the luck of the Irish be with JANET CRAIG who has won our Green Florida Etsy Team FEST Treasury Giveaway from Florida Etsy Street Team worth over $360.00!!!!!! Stop by and let her know how lucky she is!

                                          CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

'MEGA MARCH GIVEAWAY - 1st FLORIDA ETSY STREET TEAM TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST

Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.

RESERVED for TEAM F... dinacummings $70.00	Luck of the Irish C... aimlessjonah $19.00	RESERVED For Team F... CharmingWhimsy $28.00	Malachite Earrings ... HorizonCottage $18.00
Reserved for Team F... beadloverskorn... $19.00	Lemongrass & eucaly... sharonscandles... $9.00	Clutch - Bright Fl... LemonandBees $25.00	photograph Moss Cov... TierraSolPaz $15.00
RESERVED For Team F... MarciAnnDesign... $8.00	RESERVED for Team F... IsabelsVintage $15.00	RESERVED for Team F... LeesEarringBou... $35.00	RESERVED for team F... RecreationalAr... $10.00
Card, Celtic Floral... PaintedLathees... $5.00	Brass and Lampwork ... cyndiesmithdes... $35.00	Green Octopus Amigu... alyssacritters $16.00	RESERVED For Team F... MadScientistsD... $22.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

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Kiss Me I'm Irish!

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Well no not really. I am actually Dutch and French descendent. But are we not all Irish on St. Patricks Day? Good Friday morning, everyone. I hope everyone saw the treasury contest and got in your entries. I got mine in, it ends tomorrow, so hurry. I have shared a little video on the history of St. Patrick's Day, History Channel has a very good one as well.

In my spare time, spare time hmm, I have been trying to take new pictures of my jewelry and with a new camera to boot. We bought some new plants and for some odd reason I had a thought to add the jewelry to the flowers and see what kind of pictures I get. I like them, they could use some tweaking, but they are unique. Tell me what you think. How do you take unique and different pictures of your items? Taking good pictures is very time consuming, and a topic that is often discussed in groups. We all know a good picture can say so much. I have others listed on my jewelry blog. If you would like to stop by and give me some constructive criticism, I would be very happy.

I love the color green, it is fresh and alive. For those of you who read this, comment and leave me a link to one of your places you would like to share. It can be your store, blog, Pinterest, or other site. In three days I will share all links on my blog for some linky love. I do this each month, and last month only had a couple of takers. Come on and get some free linky love. Have a wonderful weekend to all of you, and don't drink too much green beer!

Greetings From The SS Tesla: 03/11/12

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Hello Team FESTers!

I have another crafty project for all of you. Actually I have two but that's beside the point. For this week's blog posting I am going to post two links for a series of tutorial videos. One for making synthetic dreads and another for making cyberlox. These falls and wigs are perfect for going to the club, cosplay, or for any other occasion you would like to wear them at. You can find more of these videos at Doctored Locks. I am going to post the links below.

Here is the links for Synthetic dreads tutorial videos (I recommend using Kanekelon Hair for these):

http://www.doctoredlocks.com/catalog/Synthetic-Dreadlock-Basics/




Here is the link for the Cyberlox:

http://www.doctoredlocks.com/catalog/Crin-Falls-Cyberlox-Video-Tutorial.html

Happy Braiding and styling!

Good Luck and Godspeed,

Capt. Maricruz

Have you entered today?

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$360 Value Florida Etsy Team FEST Treasury Giveaway from Florida Etsy Street Team !!!!!!


This is the very First Florida Etsy Street Team (FEST) Treasury Giveaway! That's right, all 16 beautiful handmade items will go to one lucky winner! This Team Treasury has a Celtic/Irish theme for March and is a $360.00 Value!This is open to everyone, so what are you waiting for, enter today!!

'MEGA MARCH GIVEAWAY - 1st FLORIDA ETSY STREET TEAM TREASURY GIVEAWAY' by FEST

Simply mark this treasury as Favorite & leave a comment & you will be entered in a random drawing to win all of it on March 17. Winner will be contacted here on Etsy & advertised on ETSYFEST.Blogspot.com Subject to local and state/provincial laws.

RESERVED for TEAM F... dinacummings $70.00	Luck of the Irish C... aimlessjonah $19.00	RESERVED For Team F... CharmingWhimsy $28.00	Malachite Earrings ... HorizonCottage $18.00
Reserved for Team F... beadloverskorn... $19.00	Lemongrass & eucaly... sharonscandles... $9.00	Clutch - Bright Fl... LemonandBees $25.00	photograph Moss Cov... TierraSolPaz $15.00
RESERVED For Team F... MarciAnnDesign... $8.00	RESERVED for Team F... IsabelsVintage $15.00	RESERVED for Team F... LeesEarringBou... $35.00	RESERVED for team F... RecreationalAr... $10.00
Card, Celtic Floral... PaintedLathees... $5.00	Brass and Lampwork ... cyndiesmithdes... $35.00	Green Octopus Amigu... alyssacritters $16.00	RESERVED For Team F... MadScientistsD... $22.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

To Enter:

- Follow this link to the treasury: Florida Etsy Street Team Treasury Giveaway
- Add this treasury as one of your Favorites
- Leave a comment

You will then be entered in a random drawing to be held on March 17th. The Winner will be contacted through Etsy and also announced on the ETSYFEST Team Blog

Contest subject to local and state/provincial laws ~