Okay, it’s no secret that I haven’t been around much lately. Life has been… in session full force here in Thornesworld and Thornie has been a busy gal just tryin’ to rock ‘n roll with the changes. If we’re friends on FaceBook you may already know that I’m working hard to get some of my handcrafted and spellcrafted items up and selling at my Etsy Store. So here’s the deal. I made this charming little Mojo Bag and I’m going to give it away to one of my awesome readers.

It’s just a tiny thing, and you can have it as you like: Empty to fill with your own magick or mementos or filled with magickal ingredients by your Thornie, just for you!!!
Here’s the deal. On Friday the 24th of September at the witching hour I’ll toss the numbers into a random number generator and announce the winner on Saturday!

Entries may be gained by:
Commenting, tweeting, sharing on FaceBook or other social media sites up to once each, each day.

So… leave me a comment? 1 entry every day
1 entry (Up to 5 per day) for each social media you share. (be sure to let me know the link where you post please)
2 entries for a flattering blog post directing people to 10 my blog, 2 my Etsy store. (Please include links in your post- only 1 blog per week please- I don’t want your readers to get sick of me and neither do you!)

So… math isn’t my strong point but it looks like you could get up to a maximum of…um… 44 entries in the week? Hahaha! That’s nuts. Well, good luck! And yes, comments count on this post and any others I manage to write in the next week if you comment in this post first so I know you are actually entering.

If this works out, I’ll do more. Promise!

Peace, awesome peoples!

So it seems that there is something drastically wrong with my blog. I’m so sorry to anyone who happens by and finds all my links broken, including the contact page and comments forms. Just when I felt like writing a bit and have some exciting new art creations to share with you all. Boooo!
Stop by my etsy store and see what’s cookin’ while I try to get this blog fixed! Mwaaaah!

That’s right! Yay Shelly, it’s Share a Square 2010! I won’t (although I could) tell you at great length about The Share a Square project. I could tell you about it’s awesome inception by a crazy Texas RedHead with a heart as big as her home state, about the amazing bloggers and other folks from around the world who made squares and sent them to Shelly to be sewn together into colorful expressions of love and support for the kids with cancer, (about the huge mess in Shelly’s spare bedroom that overflowed into the rest of her house… hahaha); but I won’t. I’ll let you go check it out at This Eclectic Life if you want to know more about the history if this great project.
Instead I’ll direct you to the FaceBook group page that Shelly has set up for this year, and the FAQ that she put together with her experience of 2 years doing this great thing.
What I’m here to do today, is give ya’ll some visual images and ideas for making your tags. (I’ll be crocheting like a madwoman come Fall/Winter. In the first place it’s too darn hot in the Mojave Desert to crochet in Summer; in the second- I admit… I’m a last minute kinda gal).
Having learned the lesson of crumpled and torn tags in previous years, and knowing that part of the thrill for the kids is being able to see and keep the tags from 150 different people from all around the world, Shelly has come up with a basic format for tags this year, and has graciously added to her workload by offering to laminate, punch and tie them all on to our squares when we send them. She’d like them to be standard business card size, and plans to include a binder ring for the kids to use to keep their tags.
Idea Number 1:
What I did last year was to use my business card. This may seem impersonal to some of you and I suppose it depends on your business, but I kinda thought the kids might get a kick out of having a square crocheted by a tattoo artist (and my cards are pretty colorful, which I like.) If you choose this option, be sure to write a personal note on the back! It will mean so much to the kids.
Idea Number 2:
Print your own and cut them with a paper cutter. Easy to do. Most WP programs these days have business card templates that make it super easy. Just pick something colorful or fun and type your message and print n cut! Perfect! My printer is having fits right now, and jams the paper every time, so I think I’ll be mixing my tags up between Idea 1 above, and
Idea Number 3:
Buy a pack of blank (or already decorated) micro perf business cards and add your own personal flair. I’m using stickers and a hand written message, (but if I can dig out my stamping and embossing stuff I may do some of that, too. If I do, I’ll post pics.) Have fun and do good. What’s better than that?!
Peace!