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Travel Vlog: Road Trip Games!

Well, a little while back, I asked you all what are your favorite road trip games, and mentioned an upcoming vlog about it … so here it is! (If you’re reading this in a reader or email, and can’t see the video above, just click here) By the way, after the little ending segment, there’s a bonus clip of us playing one of the road trip games. Keep in mind … the emphasis of that game is more on cacophony than being on key. ;)

Leave your thoughts and comments below – I always get excited when I get a new comment notification! :)

Final Adventure Challenge! Stop Motion Festival

Well, it’s time for the final post of the Adventure-a-Week Challenge! It’s been such a fun project over the last several weeks. You can see a list of all the Adventure-a-Week posts here.
(If you’re reading this in an email or reader and can’t see the video above, just click here .. the video is where the substance of this week’s challenge is! Plus there’s some new stop motion video, as well as the announcement for what the next challenge will be, now that the adventure challenge is over!)

Below, is the set of Bingo printables – I’ve created 6 Bingo sheets, all from our same festival alphabet finds, but scrambled into a different order for each sheet. Hand one out to each family member and start looking for the finds! Just like any Bingo – who ever crosses off five in a row first, yells “Bingo!” and wins. :) All of the items just need to be spotted/found, not necessarily purchased. Most of the letters should be self-explanatory as shown in the video … but on “N”, new food just means anything you have never tried before. In my case, it was a deep fried Snickers. Om nom nom!
Just click the image below to access the free Festival Alphabet Bingo printables:

Thanks to Mike Mills (from the Knox Historical Museum who was giving free local history tours at the festival) and B Edward Pope (from bpopewoodturning who gave us lots of interesting information about his work) for both kindly letting me take your photos for our project! And thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the music.

Don’t forget about the upcoming new challenge as announced at the end of the video, and be sure to subscribe so you’ll be the first to know when the new challenge posts begin! :)
So what do you always look for at fairs and festivals?
Leave your thoughts and comments below, we love to hear from you!

Creative Business Q&A Vlog

I’ve been getting creative business questions from various people, so I decided to make a vlog to answer questions, and hopefully help more people at the same time! Spoiler .. there’s a fun little “fast forwarded” packaging video toward the end. :) Disclaimer: These are my opinions! I’m not in a position to give any kind of actual legal advice, so please understand that these are opinions. Thanks! :)

Thanks to Sierra McClain for this week’s questions!

Some useful links:
Etsy teams: helpful to join a team of experienced sellers in the same field
Import/Export Information: the section labelled “Individual Country Listings” is what I referred to in the vlog
Etsy Seller Handbook: full of resources on how to set up and grow your shop

I hope that was helpful! I may continue this series if it seems like it is something you would like. So if you have creative business questions, be sure to leave them in the comments below!

My First Vlog! Stop motion and free stuff? Oh yes!

I’ve been wanting to give vlogging a try for a while – so here we go, my very first vlog! WooT! It starts with a stop motion intro, and then the rest of the video is a couple announcements I’m very excited to share with you! (If you’re seeing this in a reader/email and the video isn’t showing up, just click here.)


(Music: Kevin MacLeod, licenced under Creative Commons)

So, thinking of ideas yet? Make sure you leave them in the comments below– as many as you want! In the spirit of fun and thinking of ideas, I’ve made a free illustrated brainstorming printable, included at the end of the post. I hope you’ll enjoy it, for anytime you need a place to jot down a brainstorm! But for this particular time of coming up with ideas for a challenge, feel free to do your brainstorming right in the comments here on my blog! :)

And if you’re curious what you could win, click here to see all of my new line of art prints – including what you saw in the background of the video. Any one of them you choose could be yours, so be sure to leave your ideas below! :)

The giveaway begins today, 4/9/12 and you need to leave your ideas by midnight Sunday (4/15/12); the poll begins next Monday (4/16/12), and will run through the following Sunday (4/22/12). You must be 18 years or older to win and a US resident. Anyone is encouraged to leave their ideas, but due to legal reasons, these are the rules for the actual giveaway. If the top pick of the poll was submitted by someone under 18 or not a US resident, that will be the next blog post topic, but the giveaway winner will be the highest voted entry from a US resident over 18.

Here is the free brainstorming printable – just click the picture to get to the PDF file. Enjoy!

Leave your comments and ideas below! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! :)