Free Make Up Bags: Mineral Makeup

Best Mineral Makeup

Perhaps you have read our previous articles on the best mineral makeup that we wrote when reviewing the Best Mineral Makeup N Jewelry website.  I wanted to announce that Christina is giving away free makeup bags , if you buy a starter kit or bundle 3 or more!  You can make your own bundles, or buy what they suggest.

Here is our previous articles on it:

Best Mineral Hygienic Makeup All Natural Healthy
Best Mineral Makeup Returns

Source: mineralmakeupnjewelry.com via Cindy on Pinterest

Editors Pick:  For only $25 get the  best mineral foundation  ever, in various natural colors to match every complexion!  Be sure to visit the Mineral Makeup and Jewelry Website!


**Connect with Christina on her BLOG!

Handmadeology Guru Tim Announces the Winner of the ERG Contest.....

The winner has been announced, Hoot by Noble Upcycling is celebrating!

CLICK ARROW BELOW TO PLAY VIDEO!

12 Finalists Announced and Await Judging by Tim Adams of Handmadeology

We are anxiously awaiting to know....

Our ERG "Links" contest is officially over, and entries have been reviewed. These are the lucky folks who have made it to the final round.  Judging will begin and winner will be announced sometime between February 18-21st.  These have met the following qualifications:

• They have posted articles on someone on the ERG's shop,
• Linked to those shops in the article.
• And linked/mentioned the Etsy Recyclers Guild in these posts!

Now they will be forwarded to our Judge...drum roll please............Tim of Handmadeology--aka the Master of Social Networking! 

Tim is our guest judge!

Someone will win THE GRAND PRIZE PACK of goodies and advertising valued at $200.  What's not to love for a few moments of your time?  Not to mention, I'm linking them, they are linking us, we link and link and link. Read why this is important with this great article on Backlinking on Handmadeology.

QUALIFYING FINALISTS (in order received):

#1  Texas Vintage Things
This finalist blogged about---> RetreauxGirl   ENTRY #1 READ IT!

#2  Texas Vintage Things 
 This finalist blogged about --> RetroChalet  ENTRY #2 READ IT!

#3 Galla15  

This finalist blogged about--->  RetroChalet ENTRY #3 READ IT!

#4 PetiteHermine

This finalist blogged about--> BeatUpCreations ENTRY #4 READ IT!

#5 SeaFlowerStudios  

This finalist blogged about --> NobleUpcycling ENTRY #5 READ IT!

#6 Serendipit
This finalist blogged about-->  SweetandDirtys  ENTRY #6 READ IT!

#7 HarvestMoonbyHand
This finalist blogged about--> WanderingLydia    ENTRY#7 READ IT!

#8 Felted Woolies  
This finalist blogged about --> Noble Upcycling    ENTRY #8 READ IT!

#9 Retreaux Girl  
This finalist blogged about --> TexasVintage/MattieReid    ENTRY #9 READ IT!

#10 RetroBabs
This finalist blogged about --> AdrienArt  ENTRY #10 READ IT!

#11 IntoTheTrees
This finalist blogged about --> RetroChalet   ENTRY #11 READ IT

#12  CerenaLeigh
This finalist blogged about --> AlpenglowVintage  ENTRY #12 READ IT !

NON-QUALIFIERS  (Thanks for trying)

ME:  Call this ironic! I wrote a post on our member Eco Friendly Freckles READ MY DISQUALIFIED POST HERE  but forgot to enter it on the contest entries WOOPSIE!
 
OHZIE:  Ohzie nominated her best friend BELIZ's shop.but her friend is not on the ERG... I hope you all will visit Ohzie's friend's shop as it's super cool. 


THANK YOU to everyone who participated. 

• SPECIAL THANKS for those of you who featured my shop. 

• VERY SPECIAL THANKS to Tim for guest judging. 

•  SUPER VERY SPECIAL THANKS to  Janet of Into the Trees who took this contest opportunity as a time to learn to blog, and start her own blog and work on it.  I am so very proud of her, check out her blog now and send her some love! 

Hot Contest News; Tim Adams of Handmadeology is our Guest Judge

Meet "Hoot", the recycled owl with pizazz, and find out why he is going nuts...

 See the many faces of HOOT here at Noble Upcycling.

For those of you who have entered the $200 value prize pack Recyclers Guild (write-a-blog-post) LINKS contest, guess what?  Tim from Handmadeology and TimothyAdamDesigns is our guest judge.  That's right people, he will choose the winner and we are happy to have him..

Guest Judge runs Handmadeology.

About Tim: 
Tim's a leader in marketing, networking, SEO, and back linking!  This metal artist- turned networking guru from Ohio taught himself the ropes and built a community of like minded people trying to network and grow their business.  (I like to call the Timothy Adam Revolution!)  He has earned my respect my helping so many Etsy sellers by giving free tips. Right now he's hosting a free 5 day e-course on growing your business!.  Tim has been giving free advice based on what he learned himself that helped him become a successful online seller. He allows the Handmade community to network together and share ideas.

Vintage Spark!

Tim Loves Vintage Too!  

Don't fret vintage sellers, many of you don't know that aside from doing handmade, Tim and his wife also have a vintage shop?

With all the principles of our Recyclers Guild Links contest, about cross promoting someone.....we've found the perfect judge!  If anything you should enter this contest to get practice on writing good blog posts that cross reference others, as a way to build back-links!  PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!

  It's not too late for you to ENTER THE CONTEST NOW!

Might I remind you that you can enter as often as you'd like!

Prize is $75 worth of goodies (we're sure you'll like them) annd $125 free advertising!

Submit your entry and read rules HERE on the Recyclers Guild Blog.

Contest Entries Close February 14th, 2011

GOOD LUCK

Thank you to Timothy Adam 

Sign up for this here .

New Contest Open to ANYONE Not Just Etsy Recyclers Guild Members Links Contest Enter Unlimited Amount of Times!

It's a New Year and time for a ....
                             New Contest! 

Our contest is called LINKS!

The Etsy Recyclers Guild is proud after only a year, to rank in Alexa, and have sites linking in.  Other than that, we've got readers, subscribers, people who check our blog on a regular basis. :)  Even better than that, is something called Backlinks.  Backlinks are where other sites (whether it be a blog, website, online article, etc) puts a link to this site which gives us "crediblity."  Without getting into technical jargon, in most cases, the more links the better we rank......

So now it's time to apply this theory to this contest. 

"Links" CONTEST RULES:

Eligibility:
This contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world,  with a blog, website, or online presence! (Not just the Etsy Recyclers, so the competition can be FIERCE!)

Entries are unlimited as long as they are unique!

Open until: February 14th, 2011 Judging will occur then winner announced February 21, 2011.

$200+ Value Prize Pack: 
Special mystery prize pack includes:

$75 value of products donated from Etsy Recyclers Guild Members shipped to you!
$125 value of a sidebar avatar/link to your hop, website, or siteon this site for 9 months!
+Bonus: Feature Story written about you or your shop/site, to increase YOUR credibility!

How to Enter (Easy as 1-2-3):


1- CHOOSE A SHOP WISELY:) You must choose an active member from our e by clicking HERE to search our team tag "Wastenot" on Etsy. This will bring you to most recently listed items and MOST ACTIVE members (the Member Directory is in alphabetical order but not everyone is active)  so I strongly suggest using the Wastenot Search!

Go to their shop and make sure their shop is open and "frequently has new items added."   Make sure they indicate in their shop banner or profile they are a member of the Etsy Recyclers Guild (if they don't they will be disqualified because they may not be a "legit" member.)

The shops will be supplies, vintage, handmade, you name it, any shop on our team qualifies!

EXAMPLE:

This member, Retreauxgirl has the tag "Wastenot" and the "Etsy Recyclers Guild" in her shop banner. She updates her shop regularly! Her shop is legit!

Find out everything you can about them: review their profile and see if they have a blog, or personal website.  Find out more about them, their shop, and pick our your favorite items.  Maybe even contact them for an interview! Once you have your member in mind...continue on...


2- FEATURE THEM & THEIR SHOP  :)  Feature them in a small article on your blog or website--or if you write for a place you can do an article also!
 
To qualify you must include:

a)Their Etsy shop name in the title.
b) Put a link to their shop in the article ie: Check out the Retro Chalet Shop!.
c) Put a link to THIS BLOG somewhere in your article!  (http://EtsyRecyclersGuild.blogspot.com)

EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR  :)
A perfect example of this is a story Three Old Keys wrote about my shop. Not only did it help in Google Search results, but gained me credibility for my Etsy shop and my plastics blog.  **The only thing to chane, would be to put a link to the Etsy Recyclers Blog but other than that, the format is great.  Click HERE to view the format.

Online articles can gain your shop exposure and help you get fond!

3-  DOUBLE CHECK & LINK YOUR ENTRY BELOW:)
If you answered yes to all these quesitons, place your link below.  Judging will occur around February 14, 2011 and winner TBA by February 21st, 2011.

a) Did you choose an active Etsy Recyclers Guild shop, who has that they are a member of our group somewhere in their banner or profile?

b) Did you put their shop name in the title of your blog post, website feature, or article? 

c) Did you link to their shop in said blog spot , website feature, or article? 

d) Did you link this blog also? 


IF YOU ANSWERED YES, throw your link to YOUR ENTRY ie: the article, blog feature or website feature below in the comments of this post and consider yourself officially entered! 

YOU CAN ENTER MULTIPLE TIMES~THERE'S NO LIMIT
 
EACH ENTRY COUNTS AS ONE ENTRY!

GOOD LUCK!


Good luck!
Questions? Contact me here.

Contest Winner: Erin Stevens & RePlayground

We have a winner!    I would like to congratulate the lovely Erin Stevens of ErinsApparel , one of our very own team members.  Erin's shop on Etsy features couture Indie clothing and garage fashions.  She comes to us all the way from Vilinius, Lithuania, Europe!  Erin has successfully found us an affiliate who has agreed to "link us in" now featuring our avatar on their links page!

Introducing, RePlayground!

RePlayground is a commercial site for the upscale environmentalist.  They have a large following thanks to a huge amount of press they've received over the past few years (being featured everywhere from Rachel Ray to CNN!)  They currently have over 105 other sites linking in! 

Just a few of the many places they've been featured.....

RePlayground teaches reuse tips to the DIY crafter, and talks often of go-greener tips which promotes recycling.  They work side by side with sites like TerraCycle to encourage people to donate overstock of goods, which can then be turned into crafts or workshop classes.  That's not all - they are also a retailer. They offer DIY kits which people who want to make a go-green project can purchase in an all in one easy to do kit. 

I'm glad we will be a part of their Links page,which  is now link people right to our blog!~

So what did Erin Win? 

Value Prize Pack Valued Over $100.00!!!

ONE YEAR of LOWER SIDEBAR ADVERTISING & CUSTOM LOGO on our site, advertising your store plus a custom made by ChersPassion, and placed on our blog for ONE YEAR (*or unless your shop goes inactive)  (Value = $40) Note: If you already have purchased an ad with us it will be extended!

A COOL BAG  A super cool cotton carry all bag- great for toting around your sandals, book and sunscreen! The bag is approximately 10x12" and great for the end of summer lazy days.  (Images and colors of the bag may vary from what you see below)  (Value $12) Donated by ReLove

A GOOD BOOK An artist and author SIGNED book to read in those last lazy days of summer, a romance set in fairy tale land great for all ages by Ira Mency, donated by RetroChalet.  (Value $20)

 ISBN: 1-4415-0883-X (Trade Paperback 6x9 )

A CRAFTING PACK  containing 100 pieces of scrapbooking papers including vintage playing cards, old paper, book pages, new scrapbooking snippets, vintage advertisements, words, or pictures, and even old advertising memorabilia.  These items are great for collage, mixed media, design, and scrap booking.  Below is an example of what you may get...donated by RetroChalet, (Value $20)

 SECRET VINTAGE GIFT!   Add a touch of vintage into your life with a cool vintage gift, this is a surprise donated by RetroChalet, but will be something swell and kitschy!  (Value $10-$20)

CONGRATS~!