It's A Treasure Hunt!

The Handmade Circle Team have been some busy little elves with our Christmas In July Sale, but we are also having some fun.  Yesterday we started a 2 day Treasure Hunt where I gave them a fill in the blank question and they had to go treasure hunting through all the Christmas In July shops and find an item to complete the sentence.  It was so much fun to see the items they came back with, I thought I would share the questions and the great items they found! 

JayneWillis SANTA USES THIS AS THE TOPPER ON HIS CHRISTMAS TREE! Santa really gets tired of red/green/gold...He's a rebel and pink happens to one of his favorite colors! Plus, he's a nature kind of guy. Something many don't know about santa: he has a tattoo of a butterfly! Can you guess where??

GratefulBeads

KathyPorter Koontz CHRISTMAS MEANS. I think this sums it all up in just 4 little words

Ifrogcrafts

IsewMuchtime CHRISTMAS SMELLS LIKE Peppermint from The Lemon Dahlia 

The Lemon Dahlia

TroyStengel HAVE A holly JOLLY CHRISTMAS is one of Santa's favorite songs and he likes to listen to it while writing out his Christmas cards

ArtForComfort

ShannonRose EVERYTIME A BELL RINGS AN ANGEL GETS her BLING!

AstraBellaSinsations

EmilyColman FROSTY ASKED SANTA FOR A NEW ONE OF THESE!

Toppytoppy

DawnPayne I HEAR THE REINDEER REALLY WANT bangle bells bracelet or should I say HOOFLET?

Grandma's Crochet Cottage

 Erin K Balm THE GRINCH WANTS TO STEAL ALL OF THE "Christmas Snowmen Green Newborn Baby Bibs.

Brenny's Bibbies

DoraHishmeh Smyka SANTA WOULD LOOK GOOD IN- Pumps!

GypsythatIwas

MelissaJones Santa must be feelin' kinky 'cause ... Santa put these sweet candy cane horns in Mrs. Claus's stocking.

LoisCraftyCorner

AmyFowler THE HEAD ELF WAS CAUGHT WEARING THIS ON HIS HEAD. Reports say the elf stated "I thought i was ALONE! but it was a perfect fit.

GypsythatIwas

You can see there are many treasure to discover in the Handmade Circle Team Shops, head on over to see all the shops participating with 10%-30% off by using coupon code HMCJULY.

All the HMC Shops

You should also head over and register to win some awesome prizes - NO PURCHASE NECESSARY!

HMC GIVEAWAY

Watch for more treasures to be discovered!! 

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FA-LA-LA FRIDAY (WEEK 2)

The Handmade Circle Team continues to "Rock around the Christmas Tree in July"!  We are now almost to the end of week 2, everyone is working so hard but we took a little break to play our second round of Trivia.  This weeks questions were:

1. The Movie, " Miracle on 34th Street," is in what city? 
2. Alvin the Chipmunk wants what for Christmas?
3. What is the most heard Christmas Carol?
4. In A Charlie Brown Christmas, what does Lucy want for Christmas?
5. Name the 3 Reindeer whose names begin with the letter "D"

This week's winner is Lynette Melton of ChinquapinRidge in honor of her knowing the correct answer to all 

five questions, we are going to showcase some items from her shop. First a little about Lynette: 

I am a llama and alpaca rescuer, a cat rescuer, a dog rescuer, parrot, goat......you get the picture! Hubby and I live on a farm in Rutherford County, NC, where we enjoy our animals, our gardens, and just living in the country. We volunteer with Southeast Llama Rescue. I do the bleach art work, dying, spinning, and a bit of the needle felting featured in this album. Hubby creates 2 and 3 dimensional art by needle and wet felting sheep, goat, llama, and alpaca fiber.

Here are some of the wonderful products you can find in her shop:

MoairLocks - Hydranga - Hand Dyed - Ready to Spin or Felt

LilacDream - Llama Roving - Hand Dyed - Ready to Spin or Felt

Sorbet- Single Ply llama/wool yarn

You can also visit all the other Christmas In July Shops Here where you can save 10% to 30% right now. Hurry over oh and be sure and enter our giveaway, want a chance to win some great Handmade Items? Click Here to Enter- NO PURCHASE NECESSARY!
How did you do on the trivia questions?  I would love to hear from you!  Have a Fantastic FA-LA-LA FRIDAY!

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Handmade Circle Goes Hollywood!

Summer is a busy time at the box office, all the latest and greatest big budget movies are in full swing.  This years movies include super heroes, a talking teddy bear, and some "Magic" dancing.  

The Handmade Circle Team has been so busy with our Christmas In July sale we haven't had much time to take in the Summer Blockbusters, but I did manage to grab a few of these hardworking elves and ask them  to review some Christmas Movies.  Here are their Must See Christmas Movies:

Marie of Marees Treasures tells us,

I have a few that I won't miss, but the one I love the most is an old time classic with Loretta Young called the Christmas Dove.

  Shannon of A Moment In Paradise has this to say:

Not sure if this is technically a Christmas movie, more of a chick flick but it's set at Christmas time, called Love Actually. Cute movie and the little boy in it is adorable, not to mention Colin Firth and Hugh Grant ;)

   Kate of  Pieces Of Home recommends getting comfy for her pick!

 It's a wonderful life! The best movie Ever!! Get your PJs on, your hot chocolate, your popcorn, your pillow and blanky.... And a box of tissue and you are set! Nothing says Christmas like that movie says Christmas!

Jayne of Twiggy and Opal reviews some classics:

Its a wonderful life - because its a classic! Cannot go through the holiday season without watching it 2-3 times! and of course, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer! My favorite animated holiday movie! I LOVE it!

Margaret of ArtForComfort can't pick just one!

I have two: 1) Best of All Time - It's A Wonderful Life - so perfect in every way.
2) The Christmas Story - cracked me up and still does.

Jenni Clark of  Hannah Mia seems to have a thing about elves...

My favorite Christmas movie is Elf... It is hilarious and fun to watch, it never gets old

Sharon Morgan of Artisticsouldesigns is rooting for the bad guy to turn good!

The original How The Grinch Stole Christmas! Everyone can catch the Christmas spirit, even the Grinch.

Holly from Holly's Homemade Goodies seems to enjoy the lighter side:

This is easy...A Christmas Story is my favorite Christmas movie with Elf being a close second. I love the part

 where Ralphie's mom makes him put on the bunny pj's his aunt sent him. "Your going to shoot your eye out, kid"

 Love it!

 Christa from Makin' it Mama is all about the Love:

my favorite Christmas movie is Love Actually, because love is all around :)

Hiedi from Little Momma Boutique has a fondness for the green fellow too:

we love how the grinch stole christmas and a christmas story. Every year they are a must in our house.

Mindy of DeeDee's Details is torn between two movies:

Either It's a wonderful life or Mr Krueger's Christmas

Amy of Lucary reviews Christmas's most loved but not your ordinary family...

My favorite Christmas movie is Christmas Vacation! The whole thing is so funny and watching all the Vacation movies 

with my parents and brother and sister, and now with my family...I'll watch that ANY time of year!

Kathy of Flowertown Originals tells us what movie tells us the "True" meaning of Christmas..........

My favorite Christmas movie has to be A Charlie Brown Christmas. I watched it every year when I was a kid. It came out the year I was born! Even now if I see that it's coming on, I have to watch it. Charlie Brown wants to know what Christmas is really all about and it takes a kid carrying a blanket to tell us the true meaning of Christmas. And 46 years later, we still need that reminder.

Coral of Toppytoppy  likes to watch a child outsmart two blundering robbers.

Home Alone.- cuz i can't get tired of hear my grandson laughing everytime he watches it!

Dora  of Chumaka tells us about a classic New York Movie:

Original Miracle on 34th Street, Just love everything about that movie and that it's in Black and White.

Karalee of Ifrogcrafts tells us about a classic, a miracle, and a reindeer:

I have 3: "White Christmas", "Miracle on 34th Street" - the original & "Prancer" 

As for me the Head Hag of Bags By Hags here is my favorite Christmas Movie, because it is full of talented folks offering great handmade items at a wonderful price!

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FA-LA-LA FRIDAY

Handmade Circle Team  is celebrating Christmas In July! In addition to all our hard work we are also enjoying some Christmas Fun.  A weekly trivia game is held for all these great participating shops, this weeks winner:

 Congratulation to this weeks winner:  Janet Lima from Creations By Janet USA take a look at some of the wonderful items you can find in her shop!

Head on over to her shop and see all her wonderful items!  She is offering 20% off with the coupon HMCJULY.  You can find her shop here:  http://www.etsy.com/shop/CreationsByJanetUSA

You can see all the shops participating in this great event by clicking here:

CHRISTMAS IN JULY 

Have a Fa-La-La Friday and a Fantastic Weekend! 

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Believe It!!!!!

I Believe in God.

I Believe in Family.

I Believe in Love.

I Believe in Myself.

I Believe in my Business

We have to have a belief system, I cannot imagine going through this thing we call Life without one.  Whatever your belief system is believe it with all your heart and you can make your dreams become a reality!

Something else you can Believe in is the Magic of Christmas!  I know it is only July, but that magic can last all year!  

Handmade Circle Team is having a huge Christmas in July Sale! 10%-30% off, use coupon code HMCJULY at checkout to receive your discount.  You can see and shop from all these great Handmade Artist by clicking here. You can Believe you will find great items at a great price!

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Christmas Cheer Through The Year.....

Christmas means many different things to everyone, but most all of us seem to be filled with warm feelings, during the Christmas Season.  We are more open to giving, to sharing, most people donate to their favorite causes, either with money or their time.  We all seem to be more patient, forgiving, and loving, after all it is Christmas.  This is known as having "Christmas Cheer" or "Christmas Spirit".  But what about the rest of the year?

After the passing of the Christmas Season life returns, we all go back to our everyday routine, we face challenges and stress and sometimes we lose that Christmas Cheer.  Maybe just maybe if we all stopped for just a minute and remembered the warm wonderful feeling we had as we were with our families, or watching as our loved ones opened that oh so special present we found just for them, we would be filled with that Christmas Cheer once again.

To help you feel that Christmas Cheer Handmade Circle is having a huge Christmas In July Sale! 15%-30% off!  Many of these shops have some Christmas items up to help you capture the Spirit of Christmas in July. You can find great deals on jewelry, accessories, bags and purses, baby items, home decor, and much more, all by some very talented artists! The best part of this sale?  You can shop all these wonderful and talented people from one page!  By clicking on our button below you will be taken over to the page where all these great shops are located, just click on their link and you will be taken directly to their shop!

My hope is that all of us can find a way to keep that "Christmas Cheer" Through The Year, what a wonderful world it would be if we carried it all the time!  How do YOU spread the Christmas Cheer through the year? I would love to hear from you! 

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Handmade Circle is Rocking July With A Christmas Sale!

Twas the night before Handmade Circle Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The Handmade Items were laid out with care,

In hopes that shoppers would soon would be there.

Handmade Circle is putting a little Christmas Cheer into your July!  Over 50 shops are participating in a huge sales event!  You can save 10%-35% from these shops by using the Coupon Code HMCJULY at checkout!   Many shops have added Christmas items to their inventory for the month long sale. 

We all know this is a tough economy, so grab a great deal and get started on your Christmas Shopping early.  You will be glad you did come November!   You can view and visit all these great shops from one page by clicking this link.

We are also holding a wonderful Giveaway, 46 amazing prizes will be given away at the end of the month! To see all these great prizes and for instructions on how you can enter click this link

Be sure and tell all your friends about this great sale and amazing giveaway! Merry Christmas In July!

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