Don’t Spend a Dime.

• Make a card – I promis they’ll love it!
• Put a special treat in their lunch box or
• Bike to the park for a picnic lunch together
• Make a Top 10 List of “things I ♥ about you”
• Hire a babysitter for the night {wink wink}
• Cook or bake something sweet for a friend
• Cover the front door in paper hearts (why not?)
• Stick a scented post-it on the bathroom mirror
• Grab a camera and take fun photos of each other!
• Watch a sunset together (for those NOT living in a frozen tundra)

Easy…it’s in the details

"Summer Heart" by allexallex

Well, if I can get to the point now, we’re honoring our Facebook FANS with a Giveaway!!! All you have to do is be our fan on our TLC Inspirations FB page or The Pinhead FB page, and then comment on this post about how you “left some love” behind for somebody between now and Valentine’s Day. It doesn’t have to be extraordinary, but it does have to be kind. It could be something you did, a friendly hand-up, or just how you made someone smile. Whatever it is, please share!

Winner will randomly be chosen on Valentine’s Day ♥ You may win one of the following -
YOUR CHOICE!

The drop necklace is made of a dark coppery metal, using different colored glass beads, crystals, and semi-precious stones. It’s adjustable and is easily dressed up or dressed down. $25 value. The Oogie Boogie Monster Doll is upcycled from a sweatshirt and fabric scraps, but is not recommended for children under the age of 6. His body is about 12″ and he’s approximately 19″ high, and is the perfect Vday gift for a loved one. $20 value.

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TLC Inspirations wishes everyone a Happy  Holiday, filled with warm hugs, lots of smiles, and a joyful spirit.

We want to thank every one of our fans on our TLCI Facebook page!  Our “Big Fat Giveaway” was a huge success, and we thoroughly enjoyed all of your Holiday memories; the sentimental, the silly, and the outrageous.  It was so much fun, I think we’ll be doing this again next year!

Ronit is the winner of our “Big Fat Giveaway,” and she won her choice of anything in our Etsy shop.  This is her response, and her prize pick…

“I’ve gone through all of the items in your Etsy shop, alongside my mom and grandma, and we all really loved the Women’s Black Fashion Scarf. We all want to wear it! (I can see we’ll be fighting for rights over it!).”

This {GiVeAWaY} is now ended.  We will post the winner, as soon as we get verification.

Well, Thanksgiving is tomorrow and, just as we’ve promised, we’re doing our “Big, Fat Giveaway”…our biggest one of the year, actually. This is a Giveaway in appreciation of our FACEBOOK FANS, so our only requirement is that if you’re not already one of our amazing fans, please consider becoming a fan of the TLC Inspirations Facebook Page. We’re only interested in acquiring true, long-term fans, and they will be well rewarded with handmade news, blog updates, deals, giveaways, and great finds. We promise we’ll make it worth your while.

Now, here’s the {BIG} part: YOU CHOOSE YOUR PRIZE!!!
Here’s a “sample” of items currently available in our store (prizes may be other than what’s shown here, as items sell and new items are listed)….

To enter, please post your favorite holiday memory from your childhood (in a “comment”, below). It need not be long, but something that sticks out in your mind as special time. We can’t wait to read all of the entries! A winner will be chosen at random, but whoever is chosen will have the unique prospect of choosing whatever they’d like from our store…old, new, expensive, whatever. It’s YOUR CHOICE. You can’t beat that with a stick!

If you’d like additional entries (up to five), please promote the giveaway online in any way you can and post a new comment (with link) for each promotion. Contest ends at noon, December 9th.

{BlaCk FriDaY}

Ok, now on to the money-saving. Black Friday officially starts at 12:01am, this Friday and our sale goes through 11:59pm Monday night. During this event, TLC Inspirations’ Handmade Gift and Accessories Shop will be MARKING DOWN most of our items, offering FREE worldwide shipping and FREE gift wrapping (upon request) on EVERYTHING in our store.

I think that qualifies as a pretty kickin’ sale, so leave all the other people to get up at 3am and head to the mall for not-so-killer deals and, instead, with slippers on and coffee in hand, click on over to TLC Inspirations and take advantage of some super savings. While you’re at it, check out many of the wonderful handmade items alive and well at Etsy. Many are participating in this weekend’s sale, so take your time and ease into the holidays with grace and style

K.K., Enjoy your fabulous cards!

Bonnie,
TLC Inspirations

We are celebrating the arrival of Autumn, on the wings of cinnamon, sunflowers and apple harvests. I, for one, would just like to shout a big “woohoo!”. Granted, the frolicking has yet to begin, as there are only scatters of leaves on the ground, but that won’t stop us! Here, at TLC Inspirations, we only need the tiniest of excuses to have a party, so let’s get on with it!

In celebration of the changing season, we’re finally Featuring our first Artist(s) and we’re so excited to be introducing Rosemary to you, co-collaborator (run by two sisters and an aunt), in the creation of Rosebud. They are an online card company who create and sell, you guessed it, greeting cards. Not just ANY greeting cards, though….

“Imagine the background hum of Christmas music, as your feet twirl you from the baking cupboard over to the mixing bowls, where your eager children await further instruction. Buttery goodness permeates the room to signify the final moments of sugar cookie greatness, the golden edge. You prepare the rainbow of icings, pull out the sprinkles and let imagination do the rest.”

THIS is what Rosebud is about. Not quite getting the picture? Here, let’s get a visual…

How long have you been painting? Is it self-taught?

What inspired you to sell your paintings in greeting card format vs. fine art?

We couldn’t wait until Christmas every year to decorate cookies, so we began baking and painting on other holidays; hearts for Valentine’s Day, bunnies for Easter, pumpkins for Halloween. As a way to share these goodies with friends and family, we photographed our cookies and sent them as cards for holidays and special occasions, with words of encouragement. Our creations evolved into a collection of paper goods.

Because a handwritten card is one of the simplest ways to brighten someone’s day, it made sense for our paintings to be sent in this format. However, we do approach our creations as fine art, and we found that we can express ourselves creatively while reaching more people through this format.

Are these designs from cookies you’ve actually made at home?

Yes! Every card in our cookie collection starts from scratch: baked in our kitchen, painted by hand and photographed before being printed on our high quality card stock. You’re seeing photographs of actual icing and sprinkles on each card!

All small businesses desire success, but how do you define “success”?

Because we began sharing our cookies and cards with a small circle of friends and family, we’re just excited to keep the circle expanding! It has been an organic and gradual process, and as our business evolves, we define “success” by surprising others (and ourselves) with new designs and continuing to create and share handmade gifts of love.

Rosebud would like offer you a choice of THREE out of the FOUR Autumn/Halloween cards pictured above (orange pumpkin, row of pumpkins, squash vine, pumpkin vine) as the prize for our…

☙✩∿⋰⋱☂⋰⋱⧽{ OctoberFest Giveaway }⧼⋰⋱☂⋰⋱∿✩❧

What do you have to do, you ask? Easy. Visit Rosebud Cards and then come back and tell us which one is your favorite! You can earn additional entries (up to 5) by tweeting, digging, stumbling and/or otherwise, shouting from the rooftops and hillsides (and don’t forget to comment with the link to your promotion). Giveaway only runs through October 7th. Winner chosen at random.