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Beautiful paintings from the artists on Etsy. I wasn’t very creative in naming my Treasury today – I thought I’d let the art speak for itself this time. Enjoy!
A few days ago I realized that I hadn’t posted about the most recent additions to the galleries in quite awhile. You are in for a treat! I love meeting new artists and handcrafters and discovering their work. Click on the links below to visit the artists’ portfolio pages on this site. Enjoy!
Copyright 2013 Kathryn Depew. Images used by permission from the individual artists.
Botkier Lucy Sea Glass Shoulder Bag
I’m excited to share with you that for a limited time, Layla Grayce is offering 15% off Designer Handbags with promo code NEWPURSE – expires May 30. Stay fashion forward this summer and shop beautiful bags like the Botkier Lucy Sea Glass Shoulder Bag or the Botkier Lucy Powder Cross Body Bag. A fun and flirty option is the Be&D Parker Teal Combo Bag that is perfect for a night out on the town. Don’t miss your chance to shop this fabulous sale!
Botkier Lucy Powder Cross Body Bag
Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Layla Grayce & Zinc Door and will receive a small commission if the links above are used to make a purchase. Nevertheless, my opinions are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
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Gift Cards can be used at any Etsy shop that accepts gift cards. If you are not familiar with Etsy, visit the site to discover individual shops run by artists and handcrafters. Many take commissions and do custom work. There are also shops featuring vintage goods and supplies for crafting!
Thank you to all the bloggers who are joining us in promoting this event! This giveaway is entirely blogger-sponsored.
The giveaway is open World Wide and will run from 12:00 am on Monday, May 6 through midnight on Monday, May 20. The winners will be contacted via email within two days of the end of the contest and will have two days to claim the prizes. If unclaimed, a new winner will be drawn. The winners’ entries will be verified. Please enter the contest using the Rafflecopter form below. All entries are optional. Thank you for visiting this blog!
Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post. This giveaway event is not affiliated with Etsy – the bloggers involved just want to support Etsy artists and handcrafters! Cotton Ridge Designs, LLC is responsible for prize delivery.
Craftsy’s mini-courses have the same great content that you’ve come to expect from Craftsy.com, but feature student-led discussions and are shorter in length than regular courses. They are a perfect way to learn new skills and experience the Craftsy platform first-hand.
Top Free Mini-Courses
I ordered the free 2012 Quilt Block of the Month course, and was very impressed (it is still available). The video is very professional and the instructor Amy Gibson convinced me that I can do it! The next 2 free Craftsy mini-courses I’m going to take are Knitting Short Rows and Bag-Making Basics: Reversible Tote & Zipper Pouch.
If you are interested in Craftsy class reviews, you may like my two articles: Online Class Review: Shoot It! Product Photography by Craftsy and Fab Felt Christmas & Holiday Crafts Online Course ~ A Review.
Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Craftsy and will receive a small commission if the links above are used to make a purchase. Nevertheless, my opinions are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
Hosted by Famous Free Samples
Think of all the things you could create with $100 worth of supplies from Home Depot! Whether you like to garden, make improvements on your home, or build birdhouses, this is the giveaway for you. One winner will receive a $100 Home Depot gift card to use however they’d please!
This giveaway ends on May 15th at 11:59pm EST. Open to residents of the US only, 18+.
Use the PromoSimple form below to enter this giveaway. Also, be sure to come back daily for more chances to win. Thank you for visiting Cotton Ridge Create!
The One Kings Lane Day of Kitchen sale is here just in time for Spring! This is one of the best sales of the year because of the variety of high quality kitchen items One Kings Lane offers! Below are some of my favorite sales they are hosting. Remember, One Kings Lane sales only last 72 hours! This Day Of Kitchen sale is live from today through April 26.
The Spring Table Sale at One Kings Lane
Set a table that blooms with these light, bright entertaining necessities. Full of floral dishes, playfully printed linens, and vibrant flatware, we’ve got something to freshen up every spring soiree.
The Composed Counter Sale at One Kings Lane
From cookware inherited for your first apartment to the bone white china on your wedding registry, a fully-equipped kitchen is a highly-personal thing of beauty. For those missing a few key pieces, we’ve created a collection of kitchen essentials, perfect for function, family, and entertaining.
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Entertaining Essentials Sale at One Kings Lane
Warm days and balmy nights — this season is just made for entertaining. Whether you’re planning a casual alfresco brunch or an elaborate outdoor party, these colorful wine glasses, tumblers, coasters and cake stands make every occasion stylish and chic.
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The Eat-In Kitchen Sale at One Kings Lane
The eat-in kitchen is the heart and soul of the home. It’s where friends and family gather, meals are prepped and served, and memories are made. We selected our favorite kitchen and dining finds, from furniture to table linens, so you can create your own freshly-styled, functional eat-in kitchen.
Disclosure: I am an affiliate of One Kings Lane and will receive a small commission if the links above are used to make a purchase. Nevertheless, my opinions are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
Mother’s Day is quickly approaching and now is the time to find that stylish and unique gift that shows how much your mom means to you! This year, Layla Grayce has posted a Mother’s Day blog post suggesting the top ten gift ideas and essentials for mom. They are offering 15% off these gifts with code 4URMOM valid through May 1. Below are a my three favorite gift ideas!
#3 Printed Handbag – Useful and pretty!
#7 Earl Grey Earrings – Gorgeous!
#10 Damask Pajamas – I love comfy pj’s!
Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Layla Grayce & Zinc Door and will receive a small commission if the links above are used to make a purchase. Nevertheless, my opinions are 100% my own and may differ from yours.
Cotton Ridge Create! is pleased to bring you this Guest Review & Giveaway by: BabyDashCo
As a product reviewer I rely on a video editor to create youtube reviews. I usually use my iMac movies to edit but I found to love the video editor by WonderShare! There are so many more features!
Wondershare Video Editor organizes all your media files in your User’s Album manager so it’s easy to locate your files. I simply just uploaded my pictures and began to create a great movie. I love that you can use pictures or video.
In the Timeline, you can cut, copy, paste and delete any clip any time you want, and click Undo (or Ctrl + Z) to cancel. As you can see, all the changes can be previewed in real-time so you can make sure everything you do highlights your videos. Select media on the Timeline and double click it to open the editing panel. Once you enter the editing mode, you can instantly change to another media file to continue editing without reopening the panel- this will save you a lot of time.
When you double click any video on the Timeline, you get the panel that contains Video and Audio bar, allowing you to edit the video track and audio track in a video. This is a great option to add in your own music to enhance your video.
Common Video tools include Crop, Rotate (Flip), Adjust and Speed (Fast and Slow Motion), while Audio tools include Volume, Fade in/out, and Effect (Voice change). Simply use the slider to tune your video/audio up. You can immediately view the result on the preview windows. If you are not satisfied, click Reset to start from scratch.
There are two categories of tools to edit a photo: Photo and Motion. The Photo category provides common photo editing tools like crop, rotate (flip), and several adjustment tools. In the Motion category, you can turn any still photo to animate one with up to 36 Motion (Ken-Burn) effects. Double click on any motion to apply. To remove the added motion, right click the thumbnail on the Timeline and select “Delete Motion” from the menu.
Add Voiceovers
It’s convenient to add voiceovers to your movie. On the toolbar above Timeline, click Record to bring up the Record Audio dialog. Hit Start and you will have 3 seconds of countdown to start speaking. When finished, click Stop. To start a new record on the Timeline, no need to close the dialog, just move the Time Indicator to another position and hit Start again.
You can add motion shots to your pictures which is another fun editing tool!
Apply a Jump Cut, Tilt-Shift, Mosaic, and Face-off
All of these functions can be accessed by clicking the video file in the timeline, then on the toolbar directly above the timeline, click the furthest right icon. A window will appear allowing you to click to apply any of these four effects.
It’s really easy to add titles, & effects to your video or pictures. There are more than 50 visual effects bringing your videos to the next level.
2. Format: You can output video to all popular video formats such as AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, MP4, MKV, MPEG, etc. Afterwards, design the name of your videos and choose the output path, and then hit Create to start saving videos.
3. YouTube: This option allows you to share your work on YouTube directly. Fill in your YouTube account information and the video information like category, title, description, etc. to share your video creation with more people on YouTube. Additionally, you can check out Facebook and Twitter options for sharing.
4. DVD: On the DVD tab, set the DVD parameters: DVD label, type, video quality, TV standard and aspect ratio. You can burn movies to DVD or save movies to an ISO image file.
I loved using the WonderShare Video Editor because it was so easy to use and the features that it comes with are fun and exciting to use!
WonderShare is giving 10 winners a personal life time code to download and use! The giveaway is open World Wide, and will end on May 11. Please enter below on the Rafflecopter form. All winners’ entries will be verified. Thank you for visiting Cotton Ridge Create!
Disclosure: Cotton Ridge Designs, LLC was not compensated for this post, and is not responsible for prize delivery.
Welcome to the You are My Sunshine Mother’s Day Blog Hop!
Hosted by Rude Mom
From Rude Mom: I decided to name the hop You Are My Sunshine because my son D.J., who has autism, sings that song to me daily when he gives me hugs…what better why to say I love you than to have your 12 year old son singing that song to you daily. He is one of my reason for living and he makes me proud to be his mother. I know there are moms out there who don’t have that anymore for some reason or another, but that doesn’t mean that on Mother’s Day they shouldn’t be remembered. Being a mother is one of the hardest jobs on this planet and comes with absolutely no pay, except the unconditional love of a child. We want to say thank you to all of the mothers out there by throwing the best Mother’s Day Hop you have ever seen!
It’s time to kick-off the Mother’s Day Blog Hop! Join me and my blogging friends for a bunch amazing giveaways for our mommy readers! Moms have a very hard job and if we are only going to get 1 day a year to celebrate then we are going to do it big! At the bottom of the post you will see a TON of links to different giveaways. Feel free to enter as many as you like and good luck!!!
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Cotton Ridge Create! is pleased to join the blog hop giveaway to celebrate Mother’s Day! I am giving away a $50 Gift Certificate to the Cotton Ridge Pottery Etsy Shop. (The Gift Certificate can be used toward shipping and handling charges.) My giveaway is open World Wide and ends at midnight CT on May 12. All entries are optional, must be 18+ to enter. Winner will be contacted by email within two days of ending date, and will have two days to respond or another winner will be chosen. All winner’s entries will be verified.
Please enter on the Rafflecopter form below, then hop on to the next blog giveaway! Enjoy!
