March is Knit-a-square-athon month

I’m making March 2010 a knit-a-square-athon month. Who wanna join me?

Here’s why I wanna do this:

There are 1.4 million AIDS and abandoned orphans in the sub-Saharan area who are cold, lonely, and hungry – not just for food but also for love and warmth. By donating 8” squares is to show that someone out there cares for them, and that they are not completely forgotten.

Does that inspire you to wanna help me to help these orphans? No? Not yet?

Well then imagine this:

Imagine a shaking child with a pair of sorrow eyes stared out to the world and wonders why he is here? Why he is alone? Why did his parents left him? What did he do that they have to leave him? What will become of him? Should he have a dream? Or is his entire future lost? He wonders if tomorrow he’ll have enough food – or any food – to eat so he can get through the day. He wonders if he’ll be lucky enough to receive a blanket to wrap around him and make the cold and loneliness go away – even for just a night. Or will he just have to wait a while longer until the have enough blankets for every child there.

Now can you please help and join me for a knit-a-square-athon month? The kids need you!

You can help either by knit or crochet an 8” square and mail them to me or directly to the charity, if you don’t mind the postage. And/or you can pledge to donate money for every square you collected or made. If you choose this option, I advise to set a cut-off amount as it could get too expensive. Lastly, you can pledge to donate $1 for every square I made or collect, and the cut-off is $20 for every person. I’ll keep you updated on my regularly on how many square I’ve made and you can donate your pledged directly to knit-a-square charity, just mentioned that “The Frog and Sheep knit-athon team and your name” when you make your donation. And don’t forget to leave comment on my blog so we now how much we have collected. If you are interested and want to contribute, please leave comment on my blog http://www.thefrogandsheep.blogspot.com/ or email me at thefrogandsheep@gmail.com

Note: I’m not a representative or have any function or relationship with the knit-a-square charity. I just really felt for these orphans and want to help them, even more so as a mom-to-be. They are just the charity of my choice.

I’m counting on you all!

xoxo

The Frog and Sheep

It's Grand Opening day

Hi Everyone,

So today is the big day!!! It's grand opening day for me - and grand opening sales for you all :D

Come check it out - perhaps you will find one or two items that you like :D

The 15% is also good for custom order as well - so come visit my shop and take advantage of this great deal! It only last for a week - hurry!

xoxo
The Frog and Sheep

what a nerve wracking thing...

OK - tomorrow is the day - Big Launching Day - for me!!! And I'm totally nervous!!!

I start to doubt that I'll have a chance there at etsy...I mean, who am I kidding! There are tons of knitted babyware sellers at etsy! There is NO WAY I'll succeed!!! Or...do I? I mean I use all high quality yarn, and my stitches are great, since I've been knitting on and off since I was 10 - so about 20 years now.

Deep breath!!! Don't panic!!! And just do it!!! Someone told me to leave a negative karma before enter the etsy world...so I'll try to do just that...! :{

So, I'm calling out for all of you to help support me :) You don't have to buy my stuff to support me...just leave me an encouragement notes or a smack in my head note or whatever...so I can keep on going with this...!

xoxo
The Frog and Sheep

Happy New Year everyone!!!

:D

xoxo
The Frog and Sheep

Taking pictures

So, I read that in order to be successful on etsy there is one crucial thing to do - take great photos of your products!

Well...this concerns me since I'm the worste photographer ever!!! I ALWAYS either cut-off the persons' head, legs, arms, or whatever else - the point is that when I take pictures you can bet that some of your body part will be missing!

So, now what? What should I do? My shop is set to launch in a 7 days... :{

I guess I just have to try and try and see what happens...

xoxo
The Frog and Sheep

BIG NEWS from thefrogandsheep

Sorry I was m.i.a but I was snowed in for 4 days at my dh's family in Kansas - there were no TV (well...the tv was there but no chanels), no network, no nothing...! All we did the entired time was eat and playing card - pitch, which I was really good at it :D

Anyway, I started to count down my etsy shop opening in January 6th, 2010, and am a bit under pressure right now as I still have a lot of inventory to build up. So, today is day 9 and I still have like 10 -20 items to finish it off. Ugh!

Plus, I have so many projects in my mind that I 'd like to finish it by the end of January too. Besides that I also have a bun in the oven that slow me down a lot lately too!!!

Nonetheless, I have plenty of fun knit all these stuffs for you (and blog about it). Honestly, I don't think I can go a day without knitting.

So, here is the BIG NEWS from TheFrogAndSheep:

Grand-opening deals:
Free shipping to the US and Canada
15% off for purchase over $100

Don't miss it!

It's FRIDAY!!! YAY!

This week seemed to fly by so quickly! Soon my husband will turn 35 - wow! Well, he still looks really handsome for his age, though. :D

Oh - here is the scarf I made him - isn't it gorgeous? It looks prettier in

real - I'm just not a good photographer...yet! It's 6'5" long - probably the longest scarf I've ever made. It took me about a week+ to finish it!

Soooooo - what are you all doing this weekend? Staying at home and enjoy the crappy weather? Or going out and have a good time? Share your weekend plan with us!

We are going to celebrate my husband 35th birthday - yay! It should be fun! We'll also have a 3D-4D u/s done, my husband really want to see our bean again, so this is a part of his birthday present, as well. Also, our friends are coming to town, so we'll try to get together with them for breakfast or something! Can't wait! It's always good to see familiar faces!

Anyhow - I wish you all a great weekend!

xoxo

The Frog and Sheep