Thanksgiving Blog Carnival!

We here at Blogfire are giving thanks this week, in line with the U.S. holiday next week. Many countries have a Thanksgiving holiday, and we'd like to extend a belated or early Happy Holiday to them as well!

Welcome to the November 20, 2009 edition of the Blogfire guild blog carnival!

Alicia Mae presents Turkey Day is coming!! posted at Crafts and Cooking.

Lily Wrey presents etsyBloggers November 20th, 2009 Blog Carnival posted at TuLips Talking.

TiLTcreations presents Blogfire: Thanksgiving posted at Crafts, kids, home and life.

The next edition of the Blogfire guild blog carnival will be in 2 weeks, and the theme will be announced on Monday. All guild members are invited to participate by using our carnival submission form.
Past posts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Attn guild members: Holiday Sales

Any guild member having holiday sales, including cyber Monday promotions, should stop by the guild forum and let me know. I started a thread in the Chit Chat section, a guild member only section, you have to be signed in to see it.

If you haven't already signed up at the forum, please do so. Beginning Jan 1, any guild member who is not registered on the forum will be removed from the blog roll.

Featured Blogger - ShesBattyDesigns

This week's featured guild member is Jamie of ShesBattyDesigns.

She's Batty offers handmade cards for all occasions. And you can get free shipping anywhere in the world through December.

On her blog you'll find Freaky Friday features, Thursday Terrifying Treats, Studio Updates, and informative articles on handmade and business as well as features on new items, seasonal promotions, and other artisans.

Jamie also has articles at Handmade News and can be found on Etsy.

Visit She's Batty Designs on ArtFire

Next Blog Carnial Nov. 20

The next Blogfire blog carnival will be Friday November 20. Entries are due by the end of the day Thursday November 19.

The theme will be Thanksgiving - talk about the holiday (memories, what it means to you), what you're thankful for (especially good for our non North American members), what you're doing for Thanksgiving (or what you did if you're one of our Canadian members), etc.

Blogfire members can submit the links to their blog posts using our blog carnival submission form.

Featured Blogger - BearChick

This week's featured guild member is Bear Chick.

In addition Artfire, you can find Bear Chick's "fearlessly colorful" jewelry at her website, Bear Chick Originals, and Etsy, as well as Art cards and unique ACEOs

Stop by her blog to become a facebook fan, read about her endeavors, and see her new items as they hit her shops.

Below is a sampling of her items available on Artfire:

Visit BearChick's ArtFire Shop

Congratulations to BlissCandles

Congratulations to guild member BlissCandles on being the Etsy Featured Seller this weekend!

Read her interview here

If you're a guild member and are featured somewhere, anywhere, shoot me a message and I'll let everyone know!

Why Artfire?

This week's blog carnival theme was "Why Artfire?" One of our members, Cozy, expressed the answer to this question in a most thoughtful and thorough manner.

Stop by Cozy's Stitches to see why you too should be familiar with Artfire, a handmade venue full of fantabulous artists.