care. crop. cure. - Breast Cancer Awareness Scrapbook Shirts - Now Available

It's time once again for our annual limited edition care. crop. cure. t-shirts. October is national Breast Cancer Awareness month and to celebrate we're offering a wide variety of products with our care. crop. cure. design. These products will be available from now until the end of 2009 so get them now before they are gone forever.

Yellow Fence Article from CraftTrends Magazine...

Product Spotlight: "care. crop. cure." Ladies Longsleeve T-Shirt

For this year's "care. crop. cure." fundraiser we decided to offer a long sleeve ladies fitted shirt. More fitted and less boxy than the traditional t-shirt, it's a nice alternative for those of you in cooler climates. 25% of the profits from the sale of all "care. crop. cure." items will be donated to help support women with Breast Cancer. Get then while you can, on October 31st, they'll be gone!

Fence Post Interview: Tammy Wynard (Guest Designer & "care. crop. cure." Contest Winner)

Say hello to Tammy! Tammy created the "care. crop. cure." design that won our design contest a few months back. Tammy choose the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization as her charity of choice to receive 25% of the profits from the sale of all "care. crop. cure." merchandise. Tammy answered a few interview questions for us so we could get to know her better.

Tell us a little about yourself? I'm a 33 years old - Native of Chicago suburbs and currenlty live in the west suburb of Aurora. I am a professional public and school health educator. I taught middle and high school health education up until my daughter was born and now teach undergraduate and graduate public and school health education courses at two local universities at night and on weekends. I have been married nine years to my very giving and loving husband Kevin, and have two totally adorable kids - Teddy 4 years old and Katey 1 1/2 years old and I love that I get to play with them everyday!

Scrapbooking product you can't live without? Stamps (and ink!)

If your house was burning down and your family was safe, what 1 item would you grab? It would have to be my kids' blankets and my daughter's dolly, if everything else was gone at least they would have their lovies

How did you come up with your "care. crop. cure." design? Being a health educator when I read about the contest I was excited because it bridged my two passions - health & wellness and scrapbooking - these two world's don't collide that often, so I let it sink in for awhile but kept thinking of different ideas for the shirt. I have a lot of wonderful artistic ideas but don't have the graphic design background to really put it on paper so I decided to go the simple route which is what I really love about the Yellow Fence products to begin with. As a teacher and avid reader I love words, so I decided to do a word play on the "care. crop. cure." theme. I used the thesaurus for care and cure which was easy to come up love and heal and threw in scrap for crop. When I came to the word "heal" I knew it was good because everyone can be part of someone's healing process, but everyone doesn't have the ability to necessarily cure someone.

Your perfect day would be... wake up hearing the waves crash on the beach, then eat a huge buffet breakfast with mimosa's, go to the beach with my family where it is the perfect temperature and not to much wind, have some pina coladas with shrimp cocktail for lunch, take a nap, go for a dip in a pool, take my family and go to a restaurant on the beach to watch the sunset, go for a walk on the beach, end the night reading a book for leisure and not work related.

1 person you wish you could have over for dinner? My best friend Angie, who is truly my sister, is an international school teacher and has lived over seas for nine years. We only get to see each other maybe every 2-4 years so I would love to eat a great meal with her and just hang out like we did in college, and after when we were roommates.

Favorite Color? Purple

Favorite Yellow Fence Product? Ladies V-Neck Shirts

What charity did you choose to have profits from the sale of your shirt donated to and how did you pick them? I chose the Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization based out of Chicago, Illinois. I wanted a organization that was local to me but had national appeal. I also believe their 24 hour question and support hotline is undeniable one of the best ways to help newly diagnosed and their friends and family. Pairing someone with breast cancer with a survivor that knows how they feel when family and friends may not, is a huge ingredient in someone's healing process.

Favorite Album Ever Created? I was a card maker for three years and said I would never become a scrapbooker. Well, my Close to My Heart Consultant was doing a workshop on making a 6X6 album for each person in your family. Since we didn't have kids then I did my husband, myself, and our dog Wilson. I made a blank page for my future baby because I knew that someday I would be able to put a picture of my child in it. My consultant thought is was quite humorous, but 1 1/2 years later I was able to put the picture in the album, which was one of the happiest moments because I was then a mom. That first album will always be special - even though it is only twelve pages long.

Product Spotlight: "care. crop. cure" shirt to raise money for women with Breast Cancer

We are so excited to offer our trademarked "care. crop. cure." shirt for the 2nd year in a row. We will be donating 25% of the profits to help support women with Breast Cancer. Last year we raised almost $1300 and this year our goal is to double that number. These shirts are perfect to show your support for such a worthy cause. Wear it to your next "pink" event to make a statement.

care. crop. cure. - Scrapbook T-Shirts Now Available...

Winner of the Chari-tees Guest Designer Contest...

Time is Almost Up...

More Details about the "care. crop. cure." Design Contest...

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Final care. crop. cure. Total Update...

Well we've retired the care. crop. cure. & ScrapPink designs and I'm pleased to announce that we raised close to $1400 to go towards breast cancer research. $1396 was our exact total. Thank you to everyone who purchased a shirt and to all the store owners who held ScrapPink events around the country.

Last Day...

Don't forget... today is the last day to support the Susan G. Komen for a Cure Foundation by purchasing a "care. crop. cure." or "ScrapPink" item. They are coming down at midnight, EST tonight. I'll be updating our total amount raised this weekend!

Only 10 Days Left...

Only 10 days left to get your "care. crop. cure." or official "ScrapPink" t-shirts and totes. On November 1st these items will be gone. Seriously. Our tech team is taking them down at midnight on Halloween night. Also, you may want to check in on November 1st (to see that I'm telling the truth) and because we will be putting some great new items up for sale. Our entire team has been working very hard on our 2008 releases and starting November 1st you will be seeing new items about every 2 weeks until January.

Letter From a Customer...

I received an awesome email from a customer of ours in reference to the "care. crop. cure." shirts that we are offering. Thank you so much Lyn for sharing your kind words. She gave me permission to share her thoughts with all of you...

Last year on November 8th I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer .. we caught it early .. I went through treatments .. and I am heading back into normalcy. My younger sister was just diagnosed last week .. again caught early because she insisted on a biopsy instead of waiting and watching (she said that she had a sister that went through it and she wanted to know!)

It's people like you who continue to support the Komen Foundation that they are able to get the word out about early detection. Even before I was diagnosed - the foundation was one of my fundraising projects that I am closest to. I plan on wearing my pink shirts (along with my pink survivor shirt) all month long!

Thanks again,
Lyn

care. crop. cure. - Total Update...

Wow, what a great month it's been. Thank you again to everyone who has purchased either a ScrapPink shirt or a care. crop. cure. shirt. Our total is up to $1356 and climbing. I would love to see us hit $2000 by the end of the month. Remember, both shirts will be available until October 31st and then they will be gone. Tell your friends and fellow scrappers to act now so they don't miss out!

Get Your Pink On...

If you are attending one of the great ScrapPink events this weekend and will be wearing a ScrapPink or care. crop. cure. shirt we would LOVE to see pictures. Please email them to us so that we can share them with our other customers.


Also, if you have a blog or website (store owners, this includes you) and you post pictures of an event and people wearing our shirts please email us the links. It is total joy to see people all over the nation wearing our shirts. So get sharing already.

Now Shipping, ScrapPink T-Shirts...

Going, going, gone... Our staff has been kicking butt and taking names to get all the ScrapPink orders out in time for next weekend's big crop. So far about 90% of the people who ordered after the deadline will be getting their shirts as well. Not too shabby. Thank you again to everyone who ordered a shirt. I will be updating our donation total at the end of the month and I'm very excited to see what our total is. I'm sure it's over $1000 by now!

Also, don't forget that the shirts will be available until October 31st. So if you attend a ScrapPink event and someone comments how awesome your shirt is, be sure to tell them that can still order one.

care. crop. cure. - Total Update...

$766 - What a great month! Thank you again to everyone who has bought a shirt. You guys are awesome. Remember, on October 31st they will be gone forever, so tell your friends to get one today. Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!

care. crop. cure. - Total Update...

$390 and climbing. There have been a ton of stores who have ordered in the last few days. I processed as many as I could to be included in this donation, the others will go on August. Keep up the good work everyone and remember to spread the word.

Yellow Fence Article from Scrapbook Retailer Magazine...

This is an article that I wrote for Scrapbook Retailer Magazine about our care. crop. cure. shirts. I think it turned out pretty good and I was very pleased to see the picture of our shirt so nice and large! It's in the August/September issue that is out now!