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We are a group of artists and sellers either with disabilities ourselves, or caregivers of disabled people in our private lives, who may use art and Etsy as "therapy" and our link to network with others. Create + Ability = Createability! 

Team Member of the Day

For the last few weeks, Createability Team has been honoring one member per day on the Facebook Page.

For a full list see our Facebook page
May

kittyd

MadeByMari

crochetbymsa

OneFoldDesigns

DesignT

PoppyPlace

AilorsAttic

SierraPelona

harvestmoonbyhand

PhotosByChipperfield

BirdhouseBlessings

LovejoyCreations

Maplecreeksoap

SSWOODCRAFT

RainbowsEtc

creationsbynoramarie

EllesBelle

webescrapbooking

Debsparkles

ElainaLouiseStudios

LemonStPhotography

WillowGlenDrive

June

AJBcreations

Carapace

RocCityPretty

kittyanydots

sunnyplainquilting

flamingolady

GrannysKnits

compassneedle

RainbowGraphics

EndlessDrawings

merigreenleaf

freshpikd4u

obachansflowers

penelopedesign

MyBeadedTreasures

hippiescreations

hippiesbath

August is Awareness Month for...

August http://www.healthfinder.gov/nho/nho.asp#m8
1 - 31 Children's Eye Health and Safety Month Prevent Blindness America 211 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1700 Chicago, IL 60606 (800) 331-2020 (312) 363-6001 (312) 363-6052 Faxinfo@preventblindness.org www.preventblindness.org   Materials available Contact: PBA Consumer and Patient Hotline	1 - 31 National Immunization Awareness Month National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-05 Atlanta, GA 30333 (800) CDC-INFO (232-4636) English/Spanish (888) 232-6348 (TTY) (404) 639-7394 Fax (877) 394-8747 International Travel Informationwww.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niam/default .htm Materials available Contact: None designated
1 - 7 World Breastfeeding Week World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action P. O. Box 4097 Schaumburg, IL 60168-4079 (847) 519-7730 (847) 969-0460 Faxwaba@waba.org www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org    Materials available Contact: None designated

Happy New Year From The Createability Team

Welcome to 2011! The good thing about celebrating a new year is the chance to make a fresh start and embrace all that the upcoming 364 days have to offer. Well technically 363, since today is actually January 2, 2011, but you know what I mean.

It's also a chance for our team members to welcome all the new members to the team and celebrate with them all the good things going on in their lives and businesses. Welcome back to all our returning  members who are still wandering in and accepting the invites our Team Captain (she hates that term, captain) sent out when Etsy changed the way that teams look and operate onsite.

The Createability Team is a group of Etsy sellers with disabilities or who are caregivers to disabled people. The team exists to provide support and advice to each other, as well as opportunities to chat and promote! If you would like to join the team click here to find out how.

Createability Team Annual Thanksgiving Sale

The team will have another annual sale over the US Thanksgiving weekend, from Thursday to Monday, November 25 to 29th.

Teammates are welcome to offer any sort of deal or sale they wish – a percentage off (some or all items), free shipping, BOGO, free gift, etc. You are also welcome to combine this sale with one from another team, or to offer it for a longer period of time.

We will again ask members to promote the sale however they can – blogs, twitter, Facebook, etc. We will run a promo thread again, & if Etsy runs any promotions for that weekend, we will submit teammates to be considered. Last year we got two teammates into the Etsy Finds email one day & both had several sales!


Here is a list of those team members participating in this year's event:
AilorsAttic.etsy.com 20% off everything
ajbcreations.etsy.com 40% off plus free gift
AStonesThrow.etsy.com Buy one, get one 50% off
beadedrelics.etsy.com 10% off everything
berrybluecreations.etsy.com 50% off select items
BirdhouseBlessings.etsy.com free marshmallowman ornament with $15 purchase
BlackMagicStudio.etsy.com Free shipping +10% off everything.
blacksheepdesigns.etsy.com 15% off everything
cabbingrough.etsy.com 50% off everything
Carapace.etsy.com prints for $7
cindylouwho2.etsy.com 10% off everything
crochetbymsa.etsy.com free shipping plus free gift
cuddlebugkids.etsy.com 10% off everything
Debsparkles.etsy.com 50% off select items
ElainaLouiseStudios.etsy.com 10% off + free shipping to US & Canada
EllesBelle.etsy.com 15% off everything
flamingolady.etsy.com Different sales through the shop
freshpikd4u.etsy.com 15% off everything use code HAPPYHOLIDAYS
GrannysKnits.etsy.com 50% off everything
HandPaintedPetals.etsy.com 10-20% off everything
Harvestmoonbyhand.etsy.com Free gift for every $10 spent (excluding shipping)
jeanetteranney.etsy.com Free shipping plus free gift
kittyanydots.etsy.com 20% off everything
MadeByMari.etsy.com Free Beaded Snowflake with any Purchase
May7th.etsy.com 25% off everything
merigreenleaf.etsy.com 15% off everything, excluding custom dolls.

mistyridge.etsy.com 10% off everything.
obachansflowers.etsy.com free shipping
PhotosByChipperfield.etsy.com BOGO sale, free shipping to US & Canada
RivetingArt.etsy.com 25% off everything; 40% off Black Friday only
Sunnyplainquilting.etsy.com 20% off everything
sunshinebycindy.etsy.com 10% off everything
For updates on the list of shops who are participating and for Createability members to get added to the list, please check out these Etsy Forum Threads:
http://www.etsy.com/teams/5732/createability-team/discuss/6676013/
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6670266

Interested in joining the Createability Team?
Here are the requirements: http://www.etsy.com/teams/5732/createability-team

September is here!

Welcome to September! School is back in session, it's football season, Autumn is right around the corner for some and Spring is budding in other parts of the world. Createability Team is welcoming many new members.


The Createability Team is a group of Etsy sellers with disabilities or who are caregivers to disabled people. The team exists to provide support and advice to each other, as well as opportunities to chat and promote!

Find us all by searching for the team tag "Createability Team"

More information about the team here:
http://team.etsy.com/viewteam.php?id=453

our blog, maintained by berrybluecreations.etsy.com and http://www.etsy.com/shop/flamingolady
http://www.createabilityteametsy.blogspot.com/ 

Flickr group, run by admin cuddlebugkids.etsy.com
http://www.flickr.com/groups/createability/

To join the team, please contact cindylouwho2 at cindylouwho2.etsy.com


 The September Forum Thread is here
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6616611

old thread was here, if you need to catch up!
http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6589698

Member Polling

The Createability Team Member of the Week Page will be changed to a two week long feature and will be renamed. Choose the name of the page by voting in the poll shown on the left. Poll closes on 4/30/10 at 12:00 PM.

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.

Welcome To Our New Team!

This is the first post to kick off the new Etsy Street Team, Createability Team Etsy. This team was formed around October 18th...by a handful of Etsy artists that saw a need and i, Deborah {aka the gaudy goddess} decided to kickoff. As our first post, i want to welcome everyone, and open a challenge to each of the members to brainstorm to figure out what we really want this team to accomplish going into the holiday season. I know we have had talks of opening an Etsy Team Store....i would like to see you all sharing tutorials that we can post here on our team blog....maybe we can also have themed challenges. The sky is the limit, and this group is for you! You all helped it come to be, and i welcome and encourage lots of input to make this one of the cooler Etsy groups!

some of the ideas off the top of my head:
~challenges
~featured shops
~blogging carnivals
~tutorials
~business topics
~team store
~materials swapping


i am so excited for this team to take off! i feel we have many opportunities and resources to help each other really succeed....we are all in this together! feel free to contact me by posting comments here or by convo'ing my shop!