Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dawn Correspondence

I can't say enough about this Great Shop and Owner Amanda Day. Amanda is simply amazing between her creative designs, phenomenal customer service, and positive outlook on life and her business. She's simply a joy to work with.



I have purchased the above Mini Thanks Yous to place in my new customer orders. Each one that has been used as resulted in a customer calling me back thanking me for the adorable little addition to their order.

Because of the high quality work with the Mini Thank Yous, I felt more than confident in asking Amanda to create a personalized birthday card for a special 2 year old. Amanda took up the challenge and surpassed my expectations. She not only made it personalized but made it fit the theme of the party extremely well. Just off of my pathetic description. The card touched the parents and they are including it in the child's scrapbook. Something they didn't do with several of the other cards they received. hee hee

Again because of Amanda being so great to work with and fast timing I referred her to my niece. She has both my great niece and nephew in a Scouts program. Every year they participate in the respective cookie and popcorn sales for their organization. Every year she has them write thank yous to the people who purchase from them.

This year a black cloud of defeat loomed on the horizon. See my great nephew has a neurological condition that is progressive. It has progressed a bit faster than expected in his arms/hands. The recommendation from the medicals was to start transitioning the child to typing and saving the handwriting to critical things like paying bills and signing contracts. It looked like the annual tradition of thanking customers for their purchases was in jeopardy.

Enter our heroine, Amanda Day of Dawn Correspondence. She quickly and amazingly created mini thank yous for my great nephew. She included all the pertinent information Thank You, the message he used to hand-write, and his name. To top it off she used the Scouting colors. While they were simple in looks they contained a certain heartfelt boyish charm. Many of his customers where positively impressed with Amanda's creation. A few even thought it was wonderful how she captured his signature so well. ;) (Yes, they were quite elderly.)

Anyways, here are two comments about Amanda's work:

From my great nephew's mother: My 10 year old son used Amanda's custom mini cards to thank each person who ordered BSA popcorn from him. What made these cards so special is that Amanda made it look like he signed each one. My son has muscular dystrophy and its progressed to the point that handwriting is incredibly frustrating. To have to physically sign 75 cards would have driven both of us to the brink of a nervous breakdown. Thanks to Amanda he was able to carry out the tradition of thanking his customers without the tears and struggle it could have been and has been in the past. Amanda is a pleasure to work with. We look forward to repeating this next year and for the rest of his BSA career. You can shop her store with complete confidence that your order will be treated as if it's the only one she has to do. Her turn around is superb especially given the size and short time frame. She is a delight to do business with and more business could take a leaf from her book on customer satisfaction.

From great niece: I can't wait for Cookie sales to begin. I plan on asking if Amanda will do my thank yous, too. Everyone liked my brothers and commented on how nice they were. I want to offer that, too.

From the three shopping experiences that I have had at Dawn Correspondence. It is with heartfelt thanks and complete satisfaction that I can say the following:

Amanda is a super person to do business with. She's very talented and creative. She knows her stuff and what she creates is just WOW! Her turn around time is superb. Her attitude is extremely positive. She handles curves and challenges with a smile. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with next as well as using her store for my correspondence needs.

Dawn Correspondence products can be found at:

Art Fire

Etsy

Be sure to get your holiday correspondence and personalized paper good gift items the weekend after Thanksgiving! I will be offering FREE worldwide shipping on all purchases, excluding sale items and wedding correspondence, November 27-30.

*Again wanted to draw positive attention to Dawn Correspondence and encourage others to get products simply based on the positive experience of the purchase made by us.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Thankful for Disability Advocates.

Disability Advocates are often the unsung heroes who work tirelessly to make life better for those who have a disability be it visible or invisible.

Over the years I have met several of these very special people. They all had a few key characteristics and beliefs in common. Hope, Courage, Patience, Tenacity, and the ability to see that there is a real person hidden inside the disability.

These people really put their hearts & backs into trying to solve problems for those who are often pushed aside or ignored simply because they are different. I have had several first hand experiences that have led me to believe this.

If it hadn't been for a disability advocate my great niece wouldn't be where she is today. She'd most definitely have been removed from her mom's home and sent to live with strangers and be a statistic that the neighbors throw out when they go to pay their taxes.

If it hadn't been for a disability advocate my niece and her family might have been evicted. Why? Because a few people objected to having "disabled" people in the neighborhood. Like being disabled was going to have a negative effect on their property values or something. It's bad enough that their children can't go any where near the place my niece lives in because they are being taught that they might catch something bad if they do. It was the disability advocate who pointed out to the landlord that he couldn't toss them out just because of prejudice neighbors.

If it hadn't been for the disability advocate my niece would have continued to leave her children in a place where they suffered horrible abuses. Not because she wanted her children abused but because she believed the lies told her that this is how she should parent.

I can't say enough positives about these unsung hereos.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Thanksgiving Reflections

I plan on sharing something I am thankful for as Thanksgiving approaches. I'm not sure how often that will be or just how wacky my thanksgiving will appear. I do plan on addressing each one a bit more in depth as time allows.

What I am thankful for:

Military Personnel
Veterans & Disabled Veterans
Reading
Home Schooling
Home Based Businesses
Children Hospital Personnel
Speech Therapists
Early Childhood Intervention
Pets
Advocates for the disabled

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Sunday Stills: Halloween

Here are some pictures from our around our town.

Sunday Stills: Halloween

Floating Ghosts


Just Hanging Out


Pop Up Greeter


Haunted House


Blow-up Pumpkin Globe



Man Made Pumpkin


Last House for the Night


A boy with a Werewolf Pumpkin


A Gentleman


Teen Wolf

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Halloween: Tribute to the Past

Pokemon: Raichu



Clone Trooper


Tiger


Pumpkin 1






Story Book Characters





GI Joe


Gruesome twosome


Hello Bootiful


Scene




Friday, October 30, 2009

Halloween Makeup Cheap Tricks

Don't have enough of the color of face paint you need? You can make your own using a very simple recipe.

Frightfully Frugal Face Paint

1 tsp. corn starch
1/2 tsp. water
1/2 tsp. cold cream
food coloring

Mix all ingredients together in an old muffin pan and you are ready to paint. Enough to make one color.

Fake Wound

1 Tbsp. Vaseline
tissue
cocoa powder
2-3 drops red food coloring

Place Vaseline in a bowl. Add food coloring. Blend with a toothpick. Stir in a pinch of cocoa to make a darker blood color. Separate tissue. Using 1 layer, tear a 2x3 inch piece and place at wound site. Cover with petroleum jelly and mold into the shape of a wound. The center should be lower than the sides. Fill the center with the red petroleum jelly mixture. Sprinkle center with some cocoa. Sprinkle a little around the edges of the wound to make darker.

A Big Thank You to "Wendy G." who shared these recipes today with us while enduring complaints about pinching masks. lol

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Sunday Stills: Photoshop

Here is the experiment using PSP8 by my resident graphics junkie.

Friday, October 2, 2009

Halloween is Almost Here, Part 2

Check out these for more Goodies:

Simply Smiss




Char Spirit Handmade Creations




See Debbi for some great Halloween Charms.


After a night of dress up fun, Satisfy Your Senses and get your little ghouls and goblins cleaned up with Hillside Soaps.



Want to Win Some Goodies for your Halloween Shindig?

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In honor of my favorite season, I am giving away all kinds of Shake Your Bon Bons goodies! One lucky winner will receive all of the following handcrafted items:

* 1-pkg Crisp & Candied Incense Cones (10 per pack)
* 1-Chocolate Lover's Scent Smelly Jelly Jar
* 1-Bar Autumn Magic Goat's Milk Soap with Matching Hand Crocheted Washcloth
* 1-5 Ounce Vanilla Musk Sugar Scrub
* 1-Glass Pearl & Hematite Necklace (necklace features tan and white colored pearls with a round hematite pendant)
* 1-Pair of Earrings (earrings feature white glass pearls and clear acrylic "crackle" beads in a tan color)
* 1-Small Candy Wreath
* 6 Assorted Autumn/Halloween Themed Cookie Cutters
* An Assortment of Autumn Inspired Recipes

Total value of this gift package is over $45.00! WOOHOO Extra items may be thrown in at my discretion =)

For More Information go here.

Liberty Doll
Mini Envelopes Halloween Fall Autumn Print Set of 5


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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Halloween is Almost Here...

Here are some great items for your Halloween celebration, decorating, treating little visitors, etc. Check out these wonderful shops and artists.

A Zoo By U
Halloween is on it's way, so we are offering our every popular Boo Bear for sale. Regular retail price (if purchased separately)is over $25.00, but we've put it all together in a kit for you!

Check out Boo Bear in the Create Your Own Kit Section only $18.95 here.

Cakery Supplies

For tempting trick or treaters and appeasing hungry monsters let Wilton be of assistance to you. The Cakery Supplies has lots to Wilton items to choose from.

Best of all by using code BESTCAKE you can save 5% on your order.

Cello In A Box

For making Halloween Goody Bags Cello In A Box has the bag for you.
Be it Ghosts, Skulls, Jack o'Laterns or Leaf bags or Halloween View Boxes. You'll find them and more at Cello In a Box
Please enter my rep #1629

Luna Wolf Mystical Essence

Who doesn't love candy corn? Check out these candy corn tarts.

Each order consists of 9 tarts for $4.00

River Street Gourmet

October also brings the flavor of the month, Caramel.
All products in the flavor of the month will have a 10% discount for the entire month of being featured
So enjoy 10% off on all of our caramel products.
Have you tried...

There are many yummy caramel products here.

Creative ScentSations


Here are two great styles of Tarts to put you in the Halloween mood while making your room/house smell great.

Tombstone Tarts


Package of 3 for $1.69
Skull Tarts

Package of 10 for $2.59
Over 50 Scents to choose from for either tarts.

For Transporting your treats to the party.
Keep Tupperware's Round and Rectangle Cake Taker in mind. Vist Julie Kiesow's Site Here.

From an AVON Lady.


A fun fall tote, with a felt "Boo!" applique and a cute spider friend on it's spooky spider web. Tote is 8"H x 8 1/2"W x 3"D, with a 4 1/2" handle drop. Felt, polyester. Wipe clean with damp cloth. Ages 3 and up. Contents not included. Not for use with food.

Comes with Holiday Pumpkin muffin recipe. Pan withstands heat up to 446 degrees. Dishwasher safe. 13 2/5" L x 9 2/5" W x 1 3/5" H.

Shake Your Bon Bons
For some yummy Treats and Candy and more Please check visit Aimee of Shake Your Bon Bons


And for your lovable pets.

Critter Snackz

Critter Snackz are 100% Natural and Healthy for your Critters.
We hand make your Critter's snacks to order and ship them Fresh to your Door!
We make all of our Critter Snackz without wheat, corn, bi-products or chemicals of any kind.
So, you can rest assured that your Critter will Love our Critter Snackz.

Peddler's Paws



Does the stream of costumed visitors to your door stress out your pet?

A powerful blend of chamomile, lavender and sweet marjoram act to calm and quiet pet nervousness.
This is our #1 seller and it is highly effective in taking the edge off of trying times.
The applications for this mist are never ending: Hyperactivity, separation anxiety, sleeplessness, thunderstorms, destructive nervousness, vet visits, nighttime pacing and we're sure you could come up with your own reasons!
Mist the air thoroughly around the dog or on the pet bedding; stand back and watch nature work!
Packaged in 8-once cobalt glass bottles with mister.$18.99
Check out the other homeopathic products Peddler's Paws has.

For More Great Halloween Items Visit:

Huckleberry Arts


She's Batty Designs

Essensu Pamper yourself before the festivities begin with an Organic Pumpkin Body Polish Body Scrub by essensu - 10 oz *Includes A Gift.

Korkin' Cute For a bootiful Halloween Korker with Marabou


DawnCorrespondence
Don't see something? She loves to create custom orders.

Please Mention C Turtlez Oddz n Endz when ordering.

 
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