ANOTHER FUN AND EASY WAY TO DONATE TO CROPS OF LUV!

Boy, it keeps getting easier and easier (not to mention more fun) to donate to your fave charities--hope Crops of Luv is at the top of your list.  Try the iGive Button!  It's free!  Start now by forwarding this email to your friends and have them click on this link:  http://www.iGive.com/welcome/warmwelcome.cfm?m=721524 .  Facebook, Twitter, and email make it easy to tell friends.  If only three friends join, that means $30 or more donated (example:  $5 x 3 to your charity; $5 to each of your friends' charities).  Something small makes BIG possible!  And, if you/your referred friends shop at any of the over 900 stores, the iGive Button makes certain a portikon of the purchase is also donated.  You can track your iGive activity on your very own dashboard at http://www.iGive.com/html/tellafriend.cfm .  Just remember, to count as a "referral" and get the donations logged to your charity (i.e. Crops of Luv!) people you refer need to sign up and you/they need to: (1) be new to iGive; use this special link ( http://www.iGive.com/warmwelcome.cfm?m=72154 ); (2) install the iGive Button before November 21, 2011; (3) keep the button active for at least 90 days; and (4) be among the first 1 Million new iGive Buttons.  Simple, fun, easy, and you're helping others with your generosity of time (the few minutes it takes to DO IT!) and donations.  Thanks so much to all of our loyal Crops of Luv supporters.  Hope you try iGive out!

COL in Dec-Jan Issue of Cricut Magazine

Crops of Luv is going to be featured in the upcoming December/January issue of Cricut Magazine.  If you're not a subscriber, be on the lookout for this issue at your local magazine stands or craft stores.  We're very excited to be getting this national attention for Crops of Luv.  It's a domino effect--the more exposure we get, the more supporters we'll get, and the more we will be able to accomplish.  Tell all your friends to buy an issue too!

2nd Annual Crops of Luv Yard Sale!

Just a big THANK YOU VERY MUCH to all the folks who came out for our 2nd Annual Crops of Luv Yard Sale.  The sale was a huge success and the funds raised will really help our Crops of Luv mission.  We truly appreciate all of our Crops of Luv supporters--you're all AWESOME!

Crops of Luv to Be Featured on Local News Channel 12

We're sooo excited!  This Thursday the local Channel 12 News is coming to Crops of Luv to film a segment about COL, our mission, etc.  We aren't exactly sure when the segment will actually air, but we're very excited for the opportunity to spread the word about Crops of Luv.  Keep an eye on your Channel 12 news to see our segment!

Heads Up--Coming Soon: Princess Layout Contest

All the details aren't finalized yet, but Crops of Luv is partnering with our friends at Provo Craft for a nationwide contest.  Details will be posted as soon as we have them....Everyone will want to be a part of this event!  Keep checking back here at the blogspot for details.

Lots of New Ways to Donate (Painlessly!) to Crops of Luv

In August we posted a blog with several different ways to donate to Crops of Luv (check our blog archives for that info).  Here's another--easy and fun--way to donate:  go to www.goodsearch.com !  It's similar to GiveBack.org, but does have some differences, such as:  if you sign in with Crops of Luv as your charity, and load Good Search onto your toolbar, every time you search the web for anything, it will rack up $$ toward Crops of Luv!  You can also achieve donations by clicking onto Good Shop and do your online shopping through this site and a percentage of your shopping total will be donated to Crops of Luv.  It's really easy and so much fun and doesn't cost you anything extra, but will help Crops of Luv with extra donations.  Be sure to go in and check it out for yourself.  Have fun searching and shopping! 

Another way you can help Crops of Luv is by downloading and printing stickers.  There is a great website (http://www.disneyclips.com/ ) where you can save the images to a file and then printout the file onto 8 1/2 x 11 inch sticker paper (Walmart carries both white and clear packages of sticker sheets).  Printer ink is costly (as we all know), but if all of our Crops of Luv supporters downloaded and printed out even one sheet of stickers it would be a tremendous help to us.  I downloaded about 12 images onto one sheet and added a border around each individual image.  Then, all you need to do is cutout the individual "stickers" from the pre-printed sheet and add to your layouts.  

Speaking of layouts, that's another way you can help Crops of Luv--by making pre-made layout sheets and mats.  We always need Disney pages, Sea World pages, Jungle (Animal Kingdom) pages, etc.  If you have the time and want to do some pre-made layouts (then we can just add the photos and journaling), we would greatly appreciate anything you can donate.

NEEDED--Newer Disney Character Products

If you have any scrapping products (stickers, papers, embellishments, etc.) for Disney's "Tangled" (Rapunzel); Princess and the Frog (Pincess Tiana); The Incredibles; Little Einsteins; or Scoopy Doo that you would be willing to donate to Crops of Luv, please send them to us at: 11424 S. Pawnee Circle, Phoenix, AZ  85044.  We desperately need these characters for books we're working on.  Thanks in advance for your amazing support, we appreciate anything you can do!