Membership Update

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Pillowcases to Help Haiti

The Createability team has been asked to join with the Quiltsy Team and countless other Etsy folks and teams in a challenge to make pillow cases for Haiti. If you haven't seen the posts in the Etsy Forums, Here's the challenge in a nutshell:

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Piilowcases to Help Haiti

berrybluecreations says: I think the Etsy Community at large could rock this challenge Here are the details: Whimbrella says: Ok, Quiltsy -- Here you go! * * * * The Haitian earthquake hit close to home in Quiltsyland. Just a couple days before the earthquake, Quiltsy member Ellen of bearcreekcreations had seen her daughter Joanna off at the airport. Joanna returned from Christmas break to her job in Port au Prince, Haiti where she works as a mid-wife in a charitable women’s clinic. After receiving word of Joanna’s safety, Ellen swung into action to help. She quickly set up a Facebook group to support the Haitian group’s efforts and facilitate crucial information exchange. Quiltsy members who joined Ellen’s Facebook group were able to follow the day-to-day trials and successes as the woman’s clinic became more of a MASH unit. Flights of doctors and supplies arrived to treat scores of wounded Haitians, while families of patients and workers camped around outside. The accounts, photos and uploaded video gave a better idea of the real story than any television news report. About the same time, Quiltsy members discussed participating in the National Million Pillowcase Challenge sponsored by American Patchwork & Quilting magazine’s AllPeopleQuilt.com, a Better Homes & Garden company. The year-long challenge to quilters and sewers is to make and donate one million pillowcases to local charities. Since the Quiltsy Team is an international and online group, there was a problem participating as a group in the challenge. Where would the pillowcases be sent? What is a local charity when your members are flung all over the globe? *lightbulb moment* Joanna’s group in Haiti needs pillowcases for all the patients and people living with them! Many emails later, arrangements have been made to get the pillowcases to the group in Haiti and Quiltsy members are busy busting their fabric stashes to make pillowcases. Quiltsy would like to open up this challenge to anyone else desiring to send a pillowcase along with theirs. There are many easy (and free) pillowcase patterns available on the internet. As expected, AllPeopleQuilt.com has several available to download. http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/index.html There are no requirements other than standard size and cotton fabric. Deadline to get your pillowcase included in this dispatch to Haiti is March 9th. That is about 3 weeks in which to make some pillowcases. Please contact whimbrella for mailing details if you want to participate. * * * * Here’s my thought, if a few teams joined forces in this, it would be so awesome. So talk to your other teams about it and give whimbrella a hand with coordinating it. For more info on the pillowcase challenge click here http://teamquiltsy.blogspot.com/2010/02/quiltsys-pillowcase-challengehaiti.html

If you would like to participate in this challenge contact me, berrybluecreations or Whimbrella
to get on the mailing list. You can also comment here so I can contact you later to get you on the list. Get sewing.. we've got 3 weeks and if everyone who signs up will make 2 or 3 pillow cases, we'll have a lot done in a short time.

Happy Valentine's Day

Wishing you a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Spotlight on a Few Members and a call for more Etsy Minis

Hey Createability Team, We really need to update the etsy Minis for our blog. This helps us show off our shops and skills.
Here are the ones I have:


http://www.etsy.com/shop/Carapace
http://www.etsy.com/shop/OneFoldDesigns
 http://www.etsy.com/shop/sierrapelonacrochet
http://www.etsy.com/shop/berrybluecreations
http://www.etsy.com/shop/crochetbymsa
http://www.etsy.com/shop/flamingolady 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/cindylouwho2
http://www.etsy.com/shop/PenguinsPieces
http://www.etsy.com/shop/wiresnpliers
http://www.etsy.com/shop/hippiescreations
http://www.etsy.com/shop/merigreenleaf 
http://etsy.com/shop/cherylspurplecow 
http://etsy.com/shop/MyExtraBeads
http://etsy.com/shop/GenuineKnits 
http://etsy.com/shop/webescrapbooking
http://etsy.com/shop/BirdhouseBlessings
http://www.etsy.com/shop/soapwallakitchen
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Debsparkles

It is very easy to make an etsy mini, just follow the directions on the Etsy Mini Generator page
http://www.etsy.com/mini_generator.php
If you are a Createability Team Member and would like for me to post your Etsy Mini on the blog on the side bar, then please send me the code you got from the generator 2 rows 2 columns set at thumbnail size please. Thank you, berrybluecreations, Createability Team Blogger.

Membership Update

	cindylouwho2 says:
	Team list updated Jan 30 2010 (to my knowledge this is the most accurate list for treasury-making et al - please let me know if there are any errors) akuadesigns.etsy.com/ archaicdesign.etsy.com/ artfarmpaperworks.etsy.com beaddance.etsy.com/ beaddancejewelry.etsy.com beads2string.etsy.com/ berrybluecreations.etsy.com/ BirdhouseBlessings.etsy.com blacksheepbeads.etsy.com Blacksheepdesigns.etsy.com BNEjewelry.etsy.com/ Carapace.etsy.com/ Catmacdesigns.etsy.com Cavebaby.etsy.com cindylouwho2.etsy.com/ classicsredone.etsy.com clevergirl.etsy.com/ creationsbynoramarie.etsy.com crochetbymsa.etsy.com/ cuddlebugkids.etsy.com dementedsnowflake.etsy.com designsbynoramarie.etsy.com digitaldownload.etsy.com digitalstream.etsy.com divinecanine.etsy.com doodlebirdie.etsy.com ellagy.etsy.com ellesbelle.etsy.com/ emmsgems.etsy.com ferdworthi.etsy.com flamingolady.etsy.com/ FibroFibers.etsy.com Gecko1265.etsy.com GenuineKnits.etsy.com glory2727.etsy.com/ GrannysKnits.etsy.com Gwendolynsdesign.etsy.com handmadebyannabelle.etsy.com/ HandPaintedPetals.etsy.com HappyHaven.etsy.com/ Harvestmoonbyhand.etsy.com HellsSewingCircle.etsy.com hippiescreations.etsy.com ImagineMDD.etsy.com indigocomet.etsy.com Ionbeads.etsy.com/ jeanetteranney.etsy.com/ jenhintz.etsy.com/ jewelles.etsy.com/ Jonarablu.etsy.com/ julianascreations.etsy.com Juliesbeadshop.etsy.com keenaskreations.etsy.com/ kimforbeads.etsy.com kittyanydots.etsy.com/ kittyd.etsy.com/ kristinamyerscrafts.etsy.com LillianOlive.etsy.com littlebirdhousestore.etsy.com/ LovejoyCreations.etsy.com madameteasley.etsy.com MadebyMari.etsy.com/ Maplecreeksoap.etsy.com Mattscraftywife.etsy.com/ merigreenleaf.etsy.com Mgcuozzo.etsy.com Mistyridge.etsy.com/ Muddipuppy.etsy.com/ myfavoriteshop.etsy.com/ MyHeartFashion.etsy.com Mylittle.etsy.com MyMimsies.etsy.com MysteryPetz.etsy.com naturellechic.etsy.com NeoMetroNeckties.etsy.com Noelldesiree.etsy.com NotSoShabbyChic.etsy.com OneFoldDesigns.etsy.com/ opheliasapothecary.etsy.com/ opheliasarmoire.etsy.com ottawavalleyfiberart.etsy.com penelopedesign.etsy.com/ penguinspieces.etsy.com/ priscillahoekstra.etsy.com PTKDesigns.etsy.com RainbowGraphics.etsy.com Rainbowsetc.etsy.com Rosietreats.etsy.com sassysoapsnsuch.etsy.com/ SherWear.etsy.com shopenvy.etsy.com/ sierrapelonacrochet.etsy.com/ Soapwallakitchen.etsy.com sparklerama.etsy.com/ SSWOODCRAFT.etsy.com stellabean.etsy.com/ stuffbysteph77.etsy.com/ SucreFille.etsy.com Sunflowertouch.etsy.com SusansBox.etsy.com thegaudygoddess.etsy.com/ TheMadHatterDesignz.etsy.com trinlayk.etsy.com/ unusualfelineobjects.etsy.com/ urbanimal.etsy.com webescrapbooking.etsy.com wiresnpliers.etsy.com/
	Posted at 1:47 pm, January 30 2010 EST