Home Stretch

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team. I hope you all
had a great weekend. Well we are in the home stretch
of our great PINK RACE!!! It has been a lot of fun and
I really hope we make it to over 5000 posts for the month.
I think we have set out to be noticed and that is a
"mission...accomplished!" So many people have reported
increased sales and hearts and that is what we are all
looking for for ourselves and our friends. So hopefully
we will keep the pace regularly. We will now be going
to a monthly thread which seems to be the popular opinion.
I just think that this team has STEPPED UP with the
postings and then the TREASURIES have been absolutely
AMAZING!!!! the exposure from those beauties is extensive!
You are all so talented and special and we are all very
fortunate to have each other! Keep up the great work
girls!!!! Just wanted you all to know how much you are
appreciated by everyone!

Well of course we would like to see a RECORD week in
posting so the contest will officially close at 11:59
Friday June 12th. -- So you have 5 more days to make a
big splash...to help those fingers run...I have a few
more cottage carrots to dangle in front of you! As
far as second and third place -- i will post them later
I will be supplying the runners up with something
pretty!

So crack those fingers -- grab a cup of something
delicious and PROMO like you never Promoed before!!!
Have fun and enjoy!

Here are some gorgeous items that can be yours...
First we have an amazing banner "DREAM" created by
our incredibly talented CottageInTheSun.etsy.com.
Is this not beautiful! What a great addition to
ANY room this would be! If you haven't stopped by
CottageInTheSun.etsy.com lately -- go see her
beautiful vintage tin creations...they just keep
getting more beautiful with every one!



Now we have an absolutely precious and delicate
handpainted Doily created by our EnfantJoli.etsy.com
Oh the lovely creations that she comes up with and you
are going to adore this one! SOOOOOO much more pretty
in person! Please stop by her shop:
EnfantJoli.etsy.com and check out all of her wonderful
items and send her your heart : ) Thank you so much...



Our our dear friend PearlieBird.etsy.com has been up
to some very pretty creations that she is sharing with
us...Check out these fabulous cards all wrapped so
pretty...perfect for anything at anytime!!! It amazes
me every day how much talent is on this team! Please
take a moment and stop by PearlieBird.etsy.com and say hi
and send her your heart! Thank you so much!



Oh yes...we have yet another gem in our treasure chest
of jewels! AVintageObsession.etsy.com has created some
picture perfect cards and an amazing bookmark for us! So
sweet and feminine they are!!! Please drop by her precious
shoppe AVintageObsession.etsy.com and send her some Cottage
Style hugs...her creations are so gorgeous! Thank you so much!



Well my friends...there you have it!!! I will announce the
second and third place prizes in a few days!!! Now go out there
and type up a storm...show everyone who the Cottage Style
Street Team is : )...we are WONDERFUL!!!! I am honored and blessed
to count you amongst my family and friends. We are going to be
doing more events in the near future including Christmas in July.
We are also going to do shorter promo blitzes that benefit an
array of charities...so stay tuned!!! See you in the forums (etsy
is down for maintenance right now...so see you in an hour or so!)
Our featured seller of the week will return next week!!!! Thank you
all for being you!!! hugs...pops and the cssteam family : )

Featured Seller: TinyBeardk

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope you all had a
fabulous weekend! I know many of you have been busy because
the posts are mounting in our forum...WOW!!! I do believe
that we will reach well over 5000 posts this month! More
of the incredible prizes are going to be listed throughout
this week...so stay tuned! I just want to thank all of you
for the incredible support that you show each other...
this group has become more than friends...a family indeed!
I just love that everyone has each others best at heart!
Thank you EVERYONE for being You!!!!

Well it is time for a featured member of the week! Drum
Roll Please... TinyBeardk.etsy.com. Tina is a fabulous
addition to our CSSTEAM family and what an adorable shoppe
she has. Filled with artistic treasures... Paper art,
knitted and chrochet scarfs, jewelry, tags, decorated boxes
and so much more and then of course there is
her specialty... tiny bears! Have you seen them!!! AMAZING!
Please drop by her wonderful blog to see these special
little bears! www.tinybeardk.blogspot.com Our friend Tina is
from the gorgeous Country of Denmark but the time zones do
not effect her being out there on the forum...chatting and
supporting her CSST family members! When you get a moment...
please drop by TinyBeardk.etsy.com and have a peek...send Tina
your heart and just enjoy...then click over to her blog and drop
a comment... become a follower...she would so enjoy that!
One way or another you are goingto have tons of fun soaking up
her wonderful creations. Drop Tina a little comment here...
I know she would adore that! Tina...all of your friends from
The Cottage Style Street Team want to send you a (HUG) and thank
you for beingsuch a supporting and loving lady.
Tons of hugs Tina...pops and the CSST Family!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!!!

Well GOOD MORNING Cottage Style Street Team! A very happy
Memorial Day to you all. Hope you are enjoying your
weekend with friends and family. Today kicks off the
start of the 3rd week of the Great Pink Race and may I
say...it is anyone's race!!! The posting have been
fabulous and everyone is getting to know each other so
much better...everyone is winning here!

Now...to make the race a bit more exciting...you get to
take a peek at more fabulous items that are in the
grand prize!!! You are going to love each and every
wonderful creation. Then there will be more to come
help bring those joggers HOME!!!! Also there will be
a second and third prize!!! So tie those pink converse
sneakers up tight and start running!

On a serious note :) the constant posting has been
helping sales of many of our friends here at the
Cottage Style Street Team. You (as I did) might sit
in front of your screen and say..."Am I doing anything
here...is this making a difference...is a waste of
time...am I going out to dead air?????" come on you
all have said it including me...now I can honestly
say YES it does make a difference and the difference
is exposure and familiarity! So exercise those fingers
and have fun...get to know your team mates and expose
the etsy buying world to the greatest team out there
with the most incredible treasures!!!!

Some more things to look forward to here in the
wonderful world of CSSTEAM is CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!!
So get that snow glitter out and create some seasonal
delights to WOW the world with! A preview of our
favorite season! We will be running our Christmas
in July the third week of the month!

There will be a lot more NEW coming CSSTEAM's way
so stay tuned because your input and help is needed
and VALUED!!!!!

We will resume our Member of the week in another
week...just didn't want to over shadow the person
with all of this : )

Now...for some GOODIES!!!!

Look at this fabulous Handmade Fabric Pin in such a
GLORIOUS COLOR and this beauty comes to you from
BailiwickDesigns.etsy.com Isn't this AMAZING!!!! and
it can be yours! Check out the entire ETSY shoppe...
BailiwickDesigns.etsy.com you will have so much fun and
if you haven't done it all ready...share your heart!



Well...there is more!!!! Beauties from BrambleandVine.etsy.com
Check out these incredible cards and BEAUTIFUL button VIVA ITALIA!!
How sweet are these? and once again they can be in your collection!
Please drop by BrambleandVine.etsy.comand ENJOY!!!!
and share your heart!!!!



Now check out this oh so sweet Heart that was hand made
with love by TinyBeardk.etsy.com! Oh the fabulous little
vintage buttons so carefully sewn on the luscious vintage
fabric ready to hang in that special spot in your home!
All wrapped up pretty just for you! Drop by an experience
the wonderful world of TinyBeardk.etsy.com and send her
your heart!



OH... LOOKIE HERE!!!! Joyanna.etsy.com has created this
unique and may I say eye dazzling Pear creation for you!
It is much more fabulous in PERSON!!!! Soft and delicate
and created with love and precision! Oh this pear is ripe
and ready to adorn your home! Please drop by this sweet
sweet shoppe...Joyanna.etsy.com and send them your heart!



Ok...what do you think! INCREDIBLE RIGHT!!!!! and YES
there is more...so stay tuned! Hope this sweetens the
pot and gets those little fingers exercising in the Pink
Gym of Life (the forums!) I thank all of these loving
team members that have sent in their goodies! What a treat
to have them in my hands if only for a fleeting moment! : )
Much love to you all! Please drop by all the shoppes and
remember that TUESDAYS are HAVE A HEART DAY here at CSSTEAM...
a time to go find a Cssteam member that you haven't shared
your heart with and spread the love! You are all so fabulous
and I want to thank you all for being PICTURE PERFECT!!!
Enjoy the day and I shall see you in the forums! hugs...pops

Featured Seller: TwoVelvetBunnies

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team! Hope you are all
well and had a great weekend! We had an outstanding posting
week in the forum and here's wishing for an even higher one
this week! We are entering week TWO of the Great Pink Race
and we will be featuring many more fabulous prizes. The
Sunshine hasn't been kind here so I haven't gotten the best
pictures, but more will follow and the ones that I am putting
up today will be replaced : ) So many incredible goodies to
come. Our team is getting noticed EVERY WHERE!!!! So excited
for everyone...keep on promoting and stay tuned for updates!
Here is the next phase to our prize basket! A gorgeous
array of goodies from TIEDUPMEMORIES.etsy.com (the picture
does not do it justice)!!!! A precious ornament wrapped to
perfection and a collection of yummy tags that are just too
cute! Take a PEEK!






Well it is time to announce our Featured Member of the
week!!!! drum roll......... Rebecca from
TwoVelvetBunnies.etsy.com! What a fabulous new member!
A third grade teacher by day, an avid junquer, pixel
artist, crafter and a lover and collector of all
things vintage! A mother of awesome grown sons
and a mommy to a delightful furbaby Maggie!!! She
has jumped right into the forums and she is a valued and
loved member! Everyone at CSSTEAM wants to send her a hug
and thank her for being such a wonderful new friend! Now
her shoppe is absolutely precious. It is filled with
vintage treasures, lovely creations and delicious crafting
supplies and more! Please drop by her incredible shoppe
during the week...send her a heart...a little comment and
a virtual CSSTEAM hug! We are also all happy to hear that
Rebecca's eyes are getting better!!! Sending you love and
hugs!!!! (the cssteam! : )

Good Morning! More GOODIES for you!!!

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team!!! Well as you know the
race is ON!!! It is Wednesday morning and we all ready have over
700 POSTS!!! whohooooooooooooooooooooo...I for one can't wait
to see what happens! Ok...as promised...some more goodies for
your viewing pleasure this morning...here is the second packet
of goodies that is being added to the grand prize (oh...there are
many more to come!!!) Today we have our our sweet and
fabulous friend StarryDeborah.etsy.com to thank! She made one
of her famous little petite pots for us...but this was made with
YOU in mind! Just check it out "friends" how cute is this and
how thoughtful! Then there are two of her adorable little tea
tags (so much cuter in person!) Then I added some of pops satin
roses! I mean -- how fabulous is this! Enjoy my friends...more
to come on Friday!!! : ) Everyone...stop by StarryDeborah.etsy.com
today and say hi and send her your heart!!!!

And the GREAT PINK RACE BEGINS!!!!

Good Morning Cottage Style Street Team!!!! Hope you all had
a wonderful Mothers Day and you are all ready to let the
race commence! The checkered Pink Flag has been raised and
now the finish line is one month away...but don't relax...
there will always be someone in back of you ready to take
the lead : ) I am going to be on the sidelines cheering you
on...where this leads is anyone's guess!

Everyone...PLEASE read the next Post...it Features our
Incredible Featured Member of the Week...
BRAMBLEANDVINE.etsy.com! so don't forget to read ON!!!

The rules are simple. The race runs from May 11th 6:00 AM
EST to June 11th 6:00 AM EST. We will be keeping our same
forum for one month straight so we won't be changing every
week for now...we want that number to grow and get NOTICED
and I so know it will! Treasuries will certainly help you
cross that grand finish line...they are worth 30 posts!!!!
I am so happy to tell you that the Cottage Style Street Team
is getting noticed and sales have increased and that is
because number one...everything that you ladies do is
FABULOUS and also that you have all been working so hard to
get us out there and get noticed and it is working!!!! So
crack those knuckles and warm up those computer engines
because the race is on!!! At the finish line there is a
GRAND PRIZE awaiting the winner and there will be Second Place
and Third Place prizes also! The prizes will be revealed
slowly -- one every other day here on our blog so if you
haven't bookmarked this spot...please do! Hopefully
revealing them this way will build the excitement and of
course that means that anyone that wanted to send in a
goodie still has time!!! (andrea cammarata...10 Orchard
Place...wayne...nj...07470.

One more thing before i reveal the first part of the prize...
I want to personally thank each and everyone of you for
making The Cottage Style Street Team the best team ever.
Each one of you are special and such an asset but more
importantly what touches my heart is the selflessness of this
team...the willingness to always support your friends!!!
I applaud you for that and that is the KEY to this teams
success!!! In a world that loves the word ME...it is
such a ray of brilliant sunlight to be surrounded by so many
people that care about each other. I for one am thrilled
to call you my friends and I know that is the feeling
throughout our community! Now...let's make a BIG SPLASH
on the ETSY forums and show everyone what we are made of!
Let's set a record for the largest month post ever!!!!!
This is a race where EVERYONE WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yes...i am sure some extra little perks will pop up!!!
Hugs to you all and much love and thanks for being YOU!

Let's raise the curtain on the first part of the grand
prize! FABULOUS creative supplies from our friend
Denise from TheSeasonalCottage.etsy.com (and all of
her other shoppes : ) Oh what goodies you can create
with these! We start with 3 1 ounce bottles (i love
the bottles...aren't they the coolest) of 7 Gypsies
color wash...Pastel Peach...Walnut Midnight... and
pastel yellow...GORGEOUS!!!! Then fabulous twisties,
an awesome french/english bracelet kit that everyone
is going to adore...then there is a package of
gorgeous tranparent buttons (skies the limit on
creating with these) then there is a primative
style wire hanger that you can hang an original
piece of your art from...so cute! Also 4 wooden
heart hangers that are an open canvas to create with!
Then there are two adorable hanging hearts!!!!!
To sweeten this even further I am adding some pretty
millinery flowers and 3 4X4 mini canvases! Now
ladies...this is only the tip of the iceberg!!!!
Thank you so much TheSeasonalCottage.etsy.com as
always you are a golden asset to this team...we
love you and thank you for everything that you do
and this array of goodies is SENSATIONAL!!!!!
Stay tuned...Wednesday another reveal!!!!

Featured Seller: BrambleandVine

Well with all of the buzz about the BIG PINK RACE...Let
us not forget to celebrate our favorite Monday Event...
The featured seller of this week is our wonderful friend
Lora from BrambleandVine.etsy.com.

Lora is a fabulous supporter of the CSSTEAM and we all
want her to know how much she is appreciated! Always
in the forums promoting her fellow team mates and
chatting and sharing her adventures (most recently
Italy) with us. Her artwork is inspired by natural
surroundings, home, family and old books. Lora is
a freelance artist with much talent! One of her
specialties is digital artwork for crafters, scrappers
and card-makers. You can check her out at
www.bitsofivory.com and her shoppe here on Etsy is
just divine! BrambleandVine.etsy.com. Ah yes...
recycle is a word that fits into her creations and
that is fabulous!

Come on over and say hi to Lora...check out her
glorious shoppe...say hi...send her your heart and
maybe leave her a little comment...I am sure she
would LOVE THAT!!! We all want to send her a hug
and much thanks and appreciation for being such a
terrific cottage friends!!!! hugs...pops and
all your cottage friends : )