ONLY 4 MORE SLEEPS UNTIL SANTA

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Hope you all have a safe and Happy Christmas and Prosperous 2011.

Laurie x

SANTA IS ON HIS WAY....

Hi Everyone

Hope you are all ready for Christmas.... if not, we have 1000's of stocking fillers at www.creativestores.co.uk. I am amazed at all the gorgeous creations from our wonderful stores.

Our Christmas Competition has now closed. The winner is Jackie Smedley, Worksop, Notts. Congratulations to Jackie and thanks to everyone who entered. £50 voucher on it's way to her.

We have continued to grow and grow since our launch and hopefully 2011 will bring loads more stores and creations. I have enjoyed creating the website to enable all your lovely crafters out there to showcase and sell your creations.

Many thanks.

Laurie
www.Creativestores.co.uk

ONLY 41 DAYS UNTIL SANTA.....AAAGGGHHH

Wow only 41 days until Christmas.....

This is the busiest time of year for any business. We are tweeting like mad and advertising. If you wish to advertise on this blog, just e-mail Laurie at info@creativestores.co.uk and we will get you onboard.

We have some fabulous creations in our wonderful stores and gift ideas for everyone.

Our November offer is amazing... for only £4.99 per month, you can have your own store with unlimited size, no commission on your sales or listing fees. Your items can stay in your store with no time limit too. You can have 15 images of each of your products and direct payment to you.

WE CAN EVEN LIST YOUR CREATIONS FOR YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME...... WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU GET THIS SORT OF OFFER.

Laurie x

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS

Hey Everyone

We have now launched some great new features on the website including thumbnail pictures of all your lovely other items for sale. More links back to your store homepage. There are many more which are being installed and I will let you know when this is all completed.

Meanwhile, we need you to keep telling friends about the site and let's try and turn this site into a massive mall full of wonderful designer stores and wonderful handmade gifts for everyone.

We can only do this with your help and support. We are offering every new store opened in November a FREE GIFT and homepage advertising. You can list as many products as you like in your store, we can even list them for you if you simply don't have the time to do so. We love to help people get their business started. We can design a new banner for your store FREE OF CHARGE too.

Our Christmas Competition has had literally hundreds of entrants too.

Keep tweeting and sharing the site with others and tell all your crafty friends too.

Laurie x
www.Creativestores.co.uk

NOVEMBER...NOVEMBER....

Hi Everyone

Welcome to November, wow it is really cold now...... with that in mind we have some wonderful winter warmers for you.

During November we will be adding lots of new features to the website. If you have any suggestions please let me know and these can be added to the site.

We would like to welcome all the wonderful new stores that have opened and all the great creations. We now have 1000's of products online and we are growing everyday.

If you have crafty friends who would like to sell with us tell them to get in touch.

We are taking out a massive advert in December's Creative Crafting Magazine, so keep a look out for that.

I will update everyone when all the new features are in place.

Laurie x

WE'VE BEEN ON THE TV

Hi Everyone

If you live in the UK I hope you tuned in to ITV's This Morning this week. We had one of our products advertised in one of their features. The product that was featured has sold by the dozen since the TV show.

Hopefully they will ask us to send more wonderful products down for their features, so the more we have in our stores, the more chance we have.

Keep telling all your friends to join, we offer a FREE GIFT with every new store and we can even list your items for you.

Laurie x

HALLOWEEN OFFER - DO YOU NEED HELP?

Hi Everyone

Throughout the month of October we are offering a FREE GIFT to every new store that opens and FREE homepage advertising too.

We have had lots of new stores with amazing creations listed.

I can even list all your items for you if you simply do not have the time. If you have an existing store e.g. etsy/ebay/ or your own website, just leave the rest to us.

There is no listing fees, commission fees and you can have an unlimited store too.

Take a look at the now thousands of products for sale from our fabulous designer stores.

Tell all your crafty friends too.

Thanks.

Laurie x

AUTUMN LEAVES ~ WINTER WARMERS

Hi Everyone

Now that the colder weather is coming it is time to do some knitting for me. I would also love to get some more knitters onto the website, so if you know of any knitter friends send them this way.

We have lots of new stores and hundreds of new creations every week now being added, which is fantastic.

We are offering every new store during September/October a wonderful FREE GIFT and FREE homepage advertising.

We do not take any commission from sales and there are no listing fees. We can even list your items for you.

Please keep twittering about the site as this brings in a lot of traffic, which leads to more sales for everyone.

Christmas is coming very fast and we would love to see more Christmas crafts. There will also be a Christmas competition, which I will announce shortly.

Thanks for all your support.

Laurie x

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER OFFER

Hi Everyone

I hope you all had a great summer holiday.

We are offering all new stores during September/October a FREE JEWELLERY GIFT from Candy Jewels and FREE homepage advertising whilst you have a store with us.

Let all your friends know. We will be running both Halloween and Christmas competitions shortly too. If anyone would like to donate to any of our giveaways just e-mail Laurie at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Thanks

Laurie
Sole Director

Open a Store and get a surprise....

Hi

If you open a store this week with us you will receive a wonderful piece of jewellery from Candy Jewels.....

We would also like to welcome The Black Cat Jewellery Store to the site, who have some wonderful jewellery for sale....

Laurie x

WELCOME TO NEW STORES

Hi Everyone

I just wanted to welcome our new stores and advertisers.

Vintage Prints has the most wonderful prints/giclee prints. The most helpful store owner, he can get anything you like printed,just ask.

Nancy van den Boom Oil Paintings, well what can I say, they are fantastic..... real quality and a fantastic lady too.

Piddleypix create amazing paintings and prints for children and adults. They are so unique and make wonderful gifts.

We offer a service no other website does, where we will personally list your items for you, if you simply don't have the time or energy to do it yourself. There is no extra charge for this. You only pay a small monthly advertising fee of £4.99 and no other charges or commissions. This is the cheapest on the internet!

Tell all your friends and crafty people to come and join, open a store and open a world of opportunity.

Thanks.

Laurie x

SO MANY NEW THINGS!

Hi Everyone

Gosh have I been busy. Well done to Claire Nelson who won this week's competition.

We are also giving away 3 stores on 4th July for 3 Months to celebrate Independence Day.

Don't forget to get your kids painting and sending in their entries for the KIDS PAINTING COMPETITION which ends of 15th July. We have had some fabulous entries.

Store of the Week is going great, look out for Busy Bee Candles next week.

Welcome to new advertisers and stores including Vintage Prints and Piddleypix.

Remember if you have any suggestions just let us know at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Thanks and have a great 4th July.

Laurie x

THIS WEEK'S COMPETITION WINNER

Hi

I just wanted to say well done to this week's competition winner Nicola Abbott. She entered via twitter, which is also proving to be a great way of getting more traffic to the site. Thanks to everyone who has tweeted about my website.

Your child still has a few weeks to enter the painting competition which ends on 15th July. They could win a load of art stuff, so get them drawing and painting.

Remember you can always donate to the weekly competitions just e-mail me at info@Creativestore.co.uk, this will also bring more traffic to your own store.

Have a fun week.

Laurie

GREAT COMPETITION ENTRIES

Hi

It seems our weekly competition is becoming very popular. We have been inundated with entries. This is great to see. If anyone would like to donate to any of our giveaway competitions contact me at info@Creativestores.co.uk.

This week you can have the chance to design your very own charm bracelet. Remember if you have any comments about the site or design just let me know.

We have added a lovely contact seller button which everybody likes. We have other features in the pipeline too.

I will be adding a FEATURED SELLER of the week shortly on the homepage. If you would like to be considered please e-mail me at info@Creativestores.co.uk.

Many thanks. Laurie x

NEW STORE

I would just like to welcome Kelvin at Vintage Prints to our website.

He sells prints from circa 1880 in Sepia and colour. He covers many subjects.

The prints look great when framed and mounted. They are reproduced on high quality photographic paper using the very best quality inks.

Thanks Laurie

NEW FEATURES NOW LIVE

Hi Everyone

What a busy week..... The new CONTACT SELLER tag is now on display clearly on each item page. This is fantastic news as buyers can now ask direct questions about each individual item. There is now a list of OTHER ITEMS FROM THIS SELLER just beneath too.

We are adding more features, but would love your feedback on the site and any recommendations. Send them to info@creativestores.co.uk.

We have a link to us page where you can paste the HTML code for our link into your blogs/websites. We have found TWITTER to be a great way of getting the company name out there. If you use twitter, please remember to advertise our website whilst you are twittering.

New features coming soon..........

Laurie x

NEW COMPETITION AND OTHER GOODIES...

Hey Everyone

Wow, have I been busy. I have been adding extra things to the website, including a KIDS PAINTING COMPETITION. We have had some fantastic entries already.... I am so excited to see all the budding young artists' work.

Don't forget we have a weekly competition too... just a bit of fun, but worth entering into. This week you can have your beloved pet professionally drawn.

You will notice in the next day or so that there will be a new CONTACT SELLER button, which will be great if people have questions. They can already contact you through CONTACT US, but this is not noticeable enough, so we are having that part redesigned. If there are any suggestions for the site please e-mail me.

We have advertised in Creative Crafting Magazine and the response has been great.

Thanks for your time.

Laurie x

COMPETITION AND HOMEPAGE ADVERTS

OMG I have been busy. I have now added a competition for everyone to enter.... this will be a weekly prize. This week you can win one of my MARDI GRAS bracelets just by adding our banner code to your blogs/websites. I will pick one winner from a hat and announce it on the website.

Just click on the CUTE CAT on the homepage for more details.

You can also advertise your store/website on our homepage for only £1.00 per week.... amazing value, just e-mail me for details at info@creativestores.co.uk.

We will be adding a designer of the week soon too on the homepage.

Thanks for all your support.

Laurie x

NEW HOMEPAGE

Hi Everyone

We are having a new look homepage..... work being done today/tomorrow. There will be front page advertising and many more exciting changes..... keep looking.

Thanks for all your support.

Laurie x

MERRY MONTH OF MAY

Hi

Just to let you all know we will be advertising in the June issue of Creative Crafting Magazine. Hopefully, this should bring lots of traffic to the site. Please add us to your blogs or you can copy the HTML Code and add a banner to any website, blog or anywhere else. You will find the code at the bottom of the homepage.

We need lots more crafters to come on board, including Self Representing Artists, Candle Makers, Chocolatiers, Jewellery Designers, Weavers, Quilters, Knitters, People who sell organic goods, Vegan products, in fact anyone and anything as long as it is not mass produced. Tell all your friends. We are the cheapest site on the net for monthly advertising.

You can also link direct to your own store, website, etsy store or any other marketplace you currently use. We can add your Etsy Mini store for you too.

We would like to see the Creativestores Community grow to by signing up to our Ning Network, where you can meet lots of like minded people from all across the globe.

If you have any recommendations for the site, you can always e-mail me at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Thanks. Laurie x

COME AND JOIN THE MALL

Hi Everyone

I am so pleased to see new stores opening everyday. We need lots more though to come and join the Mall. We would love to see lots of knitters, crocheters, artists, jewellery makers, clothes designers, weavers, any sort of designer at all. We also would like to open stores that specialise in handmade edible items e.g. chocolate, organic foods, sweets, candy.

All Craft suppliers are most welcome too. Spread the word. We take no commission on sales, no listing fees, only a small monthly advertiser fee of £4.99. If you invite 5 friends you next month will be FREE.

We have some fantastic designers onboard take a look...

Laurie x

EVERYTHING IS PERFECT NOW!!

Hi Everyone

All the work on the site is now completed and I am so excited to see new stores opening daily.

How cool is Bobblelicious, these are the cutest hair accessories ever. I have bought one myself and can't wait to buy some more.

I have added Bobblelicious on Facebook as store of the day, and within minutes she has two sales..... fantastic stuff.....

Invite all your friends and start selling more and more.

Laurie xxxxx

NEW MONTH ~ NEW LOOK

Hi Everyone

Sorry I have been so busy with the new website setup. We have now converted everybody to a huge Mall instead of just a department store. Everyone can sell direct using their paypal account and set up lots of different things in their store. You will notice that you can set up coupons/discounts, view how many times your item has been looked at, and loads more things.

If you invite 5 friends to join, you will get a whole month FREE. Your store will need to be set up correctly to accept these payments..... I am here to help with this process.

I am really looking forward to seeing how the website grows and I just love seeing all the new wonderful creations being uploaded everyday.

Remember Handmade is so much more personal and make a wonderful gift!

Laurie x

SITE UPDATE ~~~~ EARTH DAY 2010

Hi Everyone

Work is nearly finished on the website. You will notice that you can now view how many times your creations has been viewed.

We have swapped the software over to create a huge mall, this will be completed hopefully later today. I will let you all know when the checkouts are all fully functional.... so excited.

EARTH DAY 2010

What are you doing to help the environment? Checkout this great website:

Official Earth Day 2010 website: http://www.earthday.org/earthday2010

Will get back with updates later today.

Thanks. Laurie x

WORK IS IN FULL SWING!

Hi Everyone

Just to let you know work is in full swing on the checkouts for the store. A wonderful company in OHIO, USA are completing all the work for me. I will keep you all updated on progress which will be completed very soon.

Please spread the word as I want to make www.Creativestores.co.uk the best selling website in the UK for handcrafted creations.

As always, if you have any suggestions for the site or think that something could be better, just let me know at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Thanks. Laurie x

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!

Hi Everyone

Today is the day work starts on the checkout installation for www.creativestores.co.uk. I am so excited! This will change the whole use of the site and make it a much better place to buy and sell all your wonderful creations.

If you know of friends who would like to join tell them all! I am offering anyone who invites 5 friends to join ONE MONTH FREE SUBSCRIPTION............

I will let you all know when work is completed!!

Thanks and have a great Wednesday.

Laurie x

D DAY TOMORROW!!

Hi Everyone

Just to remind you that work starts on the new checkouts and other stuff tomorrow. I must be really sad, but I am so excited.

Please let all your friends and crafty people know as www.creativestores.co.uk will be one of the cheapest places on earth to sell as much creatives stuff as you like.

If you have any suggestions or new ideas for the site, just e-mail at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Checkout my new ning network at www.creativestores.ning.com too.....

Laurie x

HAPPY MONDAY!

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Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a good weekend. This is going to be a big week for www.creativestores.co.uk as we are having the checkouts installed and lots of other changes. Sad, but I am really excited.

Let me know all the exciting things you have planned for your businesses this week.

Even though my kids are still on Easter break for another week, I will be making lots of jewellery and working on new designs and of course painting lots of jeans and jackets.

I will post pictures once they are completed. Keep adding your photos and let all your friends know about the network and website!!

Thanks and have a great week. Laurie

SUNDAY REALLY IS A SUN DAY HERE!!

Hi Everyone,

The sun has really put it's hat on in Derbyshire this weekend. We have had glorious sunshine ~~~ unbelieveable after the horrible winter we have had.

Just ordered some gorgeous summer coloured beads, so will start on those next week!

Feel free to load all your new creations on the network at http://www.creativestores.ning.com or just come and join to chat to other like minded crafters from all around the world.



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SUNNY SATURDAY!!

We have at last got sunshine in Derbyshire!! It is going to be a glorious day.

Two football matches first and then some serious networking and crafting all afternoon.

I am so excited about the new work being carried out on the website...... will let you all know how it is going.

Remember, if you have any suggestions for the site, please e-mail me at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Have a great weekend. Laurie x


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THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY

Hi Everyone

I am so glad it is Friday. Having the kids off is fun, but I cannot wait until they go back to school.... another week off though.

I am so glad that lots of people have joined my Networking Ning at www.creativestores.ning.com. If you haven't already you can join by clicking on the link. It will be a fun place to exchange photos and information and meet like minded people from all over the world.


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Have a great Friday....xxx

SPRING HAS SURELY SPRUNG!!

Hi Everyone, hope you all had a great Easter Break.

I have added a Ning Network to the site where you can chat and share information with like minded crafters from all around the world. Share informaton, exchange photos and experience!!

I hope you like it.

We will be making a few changes in the coming weeks regarding checkouts! Customers will be able to buy direct from your store via your own checkout. I will keep you updated on all aspects of this change as it is implemented.

Thanks and enjoy the sunshine (while you can).

Remember if you have any suggestions for the site, just let me know at info@creativestores.co.uk.

Have a fun day. Laurie x

LET'S GET CRACKING!!

Happy Easter to you all!

When Easter is all over, we generally look forward to summer!!

I would love to see lots of new summer designs in your stores and tell all your friends to open a store with us.

If your kids are bored this Easter get them painting and creatings. Here are some great sites for them to get ideas from:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/crafts.html

http://crafts.kaboose.com/holidays/easter/

If your kids love cooking try these great sites too:

http://www.indobase.com/holidays/easter/easter-recipes/index.html

http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_easterrecipes.htm

If you find any amazing sites please let me know and I will mention them on my blogs!!

Have a fun and safe Easter. Laurie x

ETSY MINI

Morning Everyone!!

You can now add your Etsy Mini to your store to save you a lot of time. This will link direct to your already established Etsy store to gain even more traffic and sales.

Just send me your FLASH Code which you get obtain from your Etsy Mini under PROMOTE in your Etsy Store. If you have any problems obtaining the code just let me know and I can help you.

If you do not sell on Etsy that is no problem you can still link direct to any other market place or website.

BANNER ADVERTISING IS COMING SOON!!

Thanks Laurie x

SPRING HAS REALLY SPRUNG!!!!

Hope you all had a good weekend!

Spring is really here now, with all the lovely flowers in bloom and lighter nights. Everyone seems to be in better spirits and looking forward to the summer.

Lots of Spring/Summer fairs to look forward to.

I will be concentrating on promoting the website all week and hopefully adding a few features for you too.

I love all the designs that everyone has added, would love to see even more on there. The more links we all put on the site, the quicker we reach the top of Google, which can only be a good thing for more sales!!

If anyone has any suggestions for the development of the site please e-mail Laurie at info@creativestores.co.uk, I would love to hear from you!

Thanks and here's to a great working week!

Laurie ♥

Easter Creations - The best on the NET

Happy Friday to Everyone!

With Easter just around the corner I have found some brilliant creations for your kids to make to keep them busy during the holidays.

The most gorgeous egg ideas and loads of craft ideas.

Go to: http://www.miycreations.com/Easter-creations.html to see loads more ideas to do.





This is a fantastic site for egg decoration ideas for the kids: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/ I just love all the different ideas and kids will just love decorating eggs.

Feel free to add your own links
Have fun. Laurie x

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY??

I have been doing a lot of research since launching the website.

I know if I want to advertise my own website in a magazine or other website I pay a lot in advertising fees. I would love to know what people think of the £4.99 I have set on the site. Remember this gives you a banner advert plus you can list all your items and if you want put hyperlinks directly into your own website or any other marketplace you currently use.

I know that I have had more sales since putting my own products on the site in CANDY JEWELS.

I always think you need to speculate to accumulate and £4.99 is a very small price to gain more sales.

Store of the day can be seen on Facebook all Day by thousands of users I have networked with all over the world. This is also free advertising for you.

The website is also advertised on UK HANDMADE and other related sites.

STORE OF THE DAY TODAY IS: http://www.creativestores.co.uk/ParableDesigns/

Parable is a small British company, producing handmade luxury candles and lamps, derived from a unique collection of vintage wallpaper printing rollers. Parable's methods to make products that are seamless and in relief, make these quality products truly unique and exquisite.

As seen on, 'Kirstie's Homemade Christmas' on Channel 4 and now featured in, 'Decorating with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen'.

All your comments negative or positive will be greatly received.

Thanks. Laurie x

Store of the Day!!

Every day I will be featuring a store (all day) on facebook and twitter so that thousands of people see your fabulous creations!!

Store of the day today is:

http://www.creativestores.co.uk/jacksknits/ Jacky knits the most fabulous items. Take a look, you will never find these on the High Street.


As you will notice we have added a currency convertor on each item to make it easier for people to work out prices.

NEW FEATURES:

We will be adding 2 new features to the site!! Newest Products and Recently Viewed Products. That way you can all see the latest designs and see what people are looking for.

Thanks everyone for your support, we now have 50 stores and growing everyday!!

Laurie ♥

If you have any suggestions for the site please feel free to e-mail at info@creativestores.co.uk.

SHOWCASE YOUR TALENTS TO THE WORLD!!

If you have an existing website/etsy/ebay/artfire/dawanda or any other marketplace store and would like 3 MONTHS FREE ADVERTISING then get in quick as there are only 6 more stores available for this offer. Simply go to www.creativestores.co.uk and sign up. It's simple as that!! Unlimited listings and direct links to your stores.

If you need more exposure for your talents then give us a try!!!

If you have any questions at all just e-mail me!!

Thanks.

Laurie♥

♥OVER 40 STORES ALREADY♥

Wow I am so excited about the launch of our new website!

We have over 40 stores now from the most talented designers/artists.

It is EURO week on Etsy and I would just love to get more of you Etsians on board to showcase all your wonderful products.

Even if you do not use Etsy you can link to any other marketplace on the internet e.g. folksy/dawanda/misi/artfire/big cartel or even your own established website.

The offer for 3 MONTHS FREE is only for the first 50 stores to sign up. We have kept the advertising costs at a very low price of just £4.99 per month for unlimited space to advertise all your wonderful products.

If you have any questions just ask or see the FAQ on the website.

Thanks

Laurie
Sole Director
www.Creativestores.co.uk