Posted on June 12, 2008 by tweetyjill
I have been working on compiling lists of quotes and phrases to be included in our latest TJ Designs product, pre-packaged card kits. My favorite kit is the Mad Hatter kit, with an Alice in Wonderland theme. I spent hours combing through various websites and books searching for quotes and it was quite a nostalgic [...]
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Posted on May 13, 2008 by tweetyjill
TweetyJill is proud to announce our support for our hometown gal, Syesha Mercado, tonight in American Idol! Syesha is from Sarasota, FL, and attended highschool at Booker High, just miles away from our studio. We are wishing her the best of luck tonight! She is a very talented young lady and what a treat it [...]
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Posted on April 22, 2008 by tweetyjill
Thank you everyone for the sweet comments! This week TweetyJill has packed an enormous amount of work into such a small time frame. If only there was ONE more day in the week, imagine what we could get done!?
The latest news around here is a woman finding an 8-foot alligator in her kitchen late last [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2008 by tweetyjill
I don’t know how many crafters out there actually watch American Idol, but I was really sad to see Kristy Lee Cook be sent home tonight. Not only was she very talented but she had such a cute story to go along with her life’s ambitions. She even sold her horse to make [...]
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Posted on April 10, 2008 by tweetyjill
I just finished reading this book: Mistaken Identity. It is a true story about two families that went through an amazingly life-altering experience. After a sudden accident involving a van transporting some college students and staff, 5 people tragically died, one girl reported among the dead was Whitney Cerak. A girl identified as Laura Van [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by tweetyjill
This story, along with photographs, arrived to me in an email this week sent by Julie, our Australian distributor. I confess, I am an animal lover, and something like this touches my heart in so many ways! When I looked over the email I remembered hearing the story before. I went home and combed through [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2008 by tweetyjill
April Fool’s Day, 2008. What kind of pranks and gimmicks do we have up our sleeves? As a company blog I thought of posting some crazy scam, only to later reveal the truth. These ideas came to mind:
TweetyJill Publications Closes it’s Doors Due to Athlete’s Foot Epidemic
Athlete Foot Epidemic a Hoax! TweetyJill Staff Found to [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by tweetyjill
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”
~Pablo Picasso
I don’t remember the name of this beauty, but this photo was taken on my recent trip to Costa Rica. I do [...]
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