Rusty Tin Roof Summer Issue is HERE!

YES! You can now download the newest issue of Rusty Tin Roof Ezine.
This issue is filled to the prim with articles, crafting tips and even free yes you read that right FREE Patterns!
I welcome you to read the entire ezine to find out about a new Marketplace that is just now taking new members!

Win! Win! Win!

The first 5 people to email me a picture of the American Flag will win a FREE ad in the summer issue of Rusty Tin Roof!

Think of all the added traffic to your website and blogs!

email me at angie@djdoodle.com

please include the following

Name

Business Name

Business email

URL

special( we will edit if its too long so please keep it as brief as possible)

value of special

expiration date of special

GOOD LUCK!

Like to Make Crafts??? Why not open your own store online?

Do you like to craft and make things? Why not earn some extra money selling your handmade crafts. I love being able to use my own money that I earn from selling dolls and patterns to buy my fabric and supplies. You can do this too.

I just had to share this wonderful special going on right now. DJ Doodles has a Spring Spectular going on RIGHT NOW! YEP! Now is the time to get you very own website and sell those handmade crafts that are building up in your house.

Come by and Check out all You can get with the Spring Spectualar at the DIY Website Builder. Just click on the box at the bottom of the page or read on........
FREE Mini Setup PLUS FREE Craft Booth in SPRING Craft Show PLUS FREE Crafty Website Directory Ad in Rusty Tin Roof and... SPRING SPECTACULAR ~ $150 Price for 1 Year (that's Just $12.50/Month)!!


What is DIY Website Builder? The 1-Stop DIY Web Shoppe for Crafters and Small Businesses on a Budget! Offering Reliable web hosting services complimented by Daily server backups, and dazzling DIY customer support through our new Djdoodle Help Desk, along with Fabulous Features and Flexible Services designed with small businesses in mind.

AND I am very excited about a new function that has been added to the DIY Website Builder that no other hosting place has...YOU CAN HOLD YOUR OWN AUCTIONS FROM YOUR WEBSITE!   This is called DIY Auctions! No exra fees to use this service and you hold your very own Auctions from your website. What do you do to bring in folks? Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Newsletters and just add your link to every email so folks know YOU hold your own auctions! This is an awesome feature that I know I will be using!


Now one quick note before I let ya go.... If you need a place to help ya with really good looking newsletters and About Me Pages on eBay you need to check out DIY Newsletters. Come by and check out all your can do with the DIY Newsletter to build your business or simply to stay in touch with family and friends. Not expensive either $5.00 a month or $50.00 a year. Tax write off if you are a small or large business owner.

Hope you can turn your love of Crafting into a Buisness! Can't wait to see what you do with your crafting so make sure to post your website links in the comments so we can see!

Fun Crafts for the Kids

Spring break for many is right around the corner and what better time for the Rusty Tin Roof Spring Issue to be released. Inside this online free ezine (magazine) you will find articles, patterns and crafts for you and the some the kids can do too.
To download you copy just go to Rusty Tin Roof can click on the magazine cover like below.Check out the fun Doodle Cup Holders and Easter Egg Garland crafts. More to come tomorrow

Snow Snow Snow What to Do When it Snows....I know SEW!

I don't know about you but here in Texas we are having one rollar coaster of a winter! We had our first White Christmas (since my husband has been alive 1962)  in December 09 then we had 80 degree days in Jan 2010. Now it seems winter is attempting to return.  I know many folks all over the USA and the world are haveing ice and snow storms. I know the kids are home from school and after a while the tv and video games are just not enough. Well put those kiddies to work helping MOM get ready for the craft show season. Yes you read that right use that child labor...pay them in cookies and milk and get them stuffing.

I decided in honor of our rollar coaster winter, to make one of my Summer Time Annie Ornies a FREEBIE just for you. YES you heard that right. This pattern makes up 2 sizes of Shweet Annie Star Ornaments and is simply and easy to make. If you work in the primitive style you can even let the kids paint on the faces. Oh go ahead let them do some anyways for their own. You can stuff them with polyfill like in the pattern OR if you have some dried lavender or rose petals handy let them stuff some of the dried flowers in the ornies. Make the stars up in pink and lavender fabrics and tell the girls they are bedtime stars. The lavender will help them sleep on the nights it takes a while to settle down.

These stars can be created in just about any fabric you can imagine and leave the bangs short and no braids and guess what you have ANDY for the boys at home!
Have fun and we'd love to see some of your creations made up. Just pop back in and post a link to where you have your ornies.
Come on and grab your FREE Shweet Annie Star Ornie ePattern while they last.





Shweet Annie Star Ornies ePattern PDF


This pattern is the perfect ornie or ornament pattern to use all year long. You get instructions on ...

Price: FREE!

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Are you a pattern designer?
Do you have a FREE pattern?
Are you looking for a place to advertise that free pattern for FREE?

Then look no farther! This is the place for you!
We will be placing a free pattern list on this very blog!
To have your pattern placed here, or if you know of one that available:
email the link or place it here
angie@djdoodle.com
We will include a link and a picture on our side bar!

Sooooo come on! Lets share those free patterns and maybe even draw some new clients your way!

The legend of Groundhogs Day

The legend of Groundhog Day is based on an old Scottish couplet: "If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be two winters in the year."
Every February 2, people gather at Gobbler's Knob, a wooded knoll just outside of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
Residents contend that the groundhog has never been wrong.
The ceremony in Punxsutawney was held in secret until 1966, and only Phil's prediction was revealed to the public. Since then, Phil's fearless forecast has been a national media event.
The groundhog comes out of his electrically heated burrow, looks for his shadow and utters his prediction to a Groundhog Club representative in "groundhogese." The representative then translates the prediction for the general public.
If Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, it means six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, it means spring is just around the corner.
Approximately 90% of the time, Phil sees his shadow.
Phil started making predictions in 1887 and has become an American institution.