EtsyInspired #113 ~ Putu Princess Escapes

Hi Friends! It's Ashley here to write the EtsyInspired post this week. Wow, it's been awhile since I've actually blogged on this blog! Crazy, huh?

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Putu Princess Escape. Putu Princess Escapes specializes in stencil painted shirts. They have lots of awesome Asian inspired designs. One cool thing about these shirts is that the decoration isn't just on the front. Some shirts have designs on the back and some have designs on the sleeve. They have long sleeve and short sleeve shirts. They also carry maternity shirts. This week, Putu Princess Escapes is giving away one in stock t-shirt of the winner's choice.

To play along:

~Go to the Putu Princess Escapes shop and pick an item to be inspired by

~Make any creation you'd like and post a link to your creation on the InLinkz below

~Please include a link to the shop in your post

~Challenge ends on Friday Nov 12, noon Pacific time

~If you upload to an online gallery please use keyword EIC113

Here's a bit about our sponsor this week:

Some Odd Girl is the place to find fun and quirky digis that I know you will love! Some Odd Girl was inspired by two great friends who are such dolls! They took one of my pencil drawings and made it into red rubber and that act of generosity spiraled into what you see today. I am a married FTWM of 2 who has a hubby who not only loves me but supports my crafting and my site as my IT guy. What more could a girl want? I am an artist born who started out with pencils then acrylics and now scrapbook and am a cardmaker. I design things that I love and hope you have as much fun with our stamps as we do! Join us on September 21 for the release of our new Tinies line and don't forget about our monthly freebies and SOG Points program. Our Challenge Blog has bi-weekly fun that hopefully will help inspire you to use your digis!

Some Odd Girl is offering up 3 digis of the winner's choice this week as another prize.

Check out the DT:
Angie (Nov Guest)
Ashley

De

Emily B.

Emily N.

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

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EtsyInspired #99 {Becky Kazana}

Welcome back friends!! EtsyInspired is almost to the 100th challenge!!!! How fun!! You don't want to miss out--so mark your calendar for August 7th!!

You won't want to miss out on this week's challenge either---our featured Etsy store is Becky Kazana. Oh my!! All of these cards and prints are created in Hawaii! What inspiration!! There are garlands, pipettes, birds, cards, and so much more!! Here are a few of my favorite items:::

This is a cake topper--super fun!

I want to wear one of these!! So pretty!

And the EtsyInspired sponsor this week is BugaBoo Stamps!! These digital stamps are super cute! There were so many that I loved!!

This week one winner will receive:: a set of three beautiful cards from Becky Kazana. {One card is featured below}

Another winner will receive:: 7 free digital stamps from BugaBoo Stamps!!

To play along::

**Go to the Becky Kazana shop and find an item that inspires you.

**Make any creation that you would like (i.e. pages for a scrapbook, altered journal, cards, wall art, etc.) and post a link here by Friday, August 6 noon Pacific time.

**Please give credit to the shop/item you found your inspiration from and link back the EtsyInspired.

**If you upload to an online gallery, please use keyword EIC99.

Be sure to stop by all the EIC DT members' blogs to see their fabulous creations!!

Ashley

De

Emily B.

Emily N.

Heather Rolin {July Guest DT}

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

We cannot wait to see what you create this week! Go get inspired and link up!!

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EtsyInspired #95 ~ Kimmieprout

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Kimmieprout. This shop specializes in making polymer clay embellishments. Let me tell you, this shop makes me squeal with joy! I love love love buttons, did you know? We used to call Brady "button" when I got pregnant. And these clay buttons are oh so fabby! They make everything from bright bold colors, to elegant and earthy, to funky and trendy. Seriously, something for every kind of crafter. These make me do a happy sigh. This week, Kimmieprout is giving one lucky challenge participant a $15 gift certificate and free shipping. (I'm jealous!)

To play along:

~Go to the Kimmieprout shop and find an item to be inspired by

~Make any creation you'd like and link it on the Inlinkz below, please give credit to where you got your inspiration

~Please make sure your project is linked by Friday July 9, noon Pacific time

~If you upload to an online gallery please use keyword EIC95

This week, we have an awesome sponsor, Pink Cat Studio. They are giving away 5 digi stamps.

Pink Cat Studio is all about offering fun and whimsical stamps to inspire your creativity. They have a huge selection of super cute digi and rubber stamps to choose from and they add more each week. Owner and artist Melissa started PCS in 2005 and over the years nothing has excited and inspired her more than to see your creations with her stamps. Melissa’s goal is to continue to delight & surprise you with her designs. Stop by the studio today and get in on the fun!

Check out the DT for some inspiration!

Ashley

De

Emily B

Emily N

Jackie

Joy

Kerry

Savannah

Stephanie

Virginia

Heather (July Guest)

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EtsyInspired #94 ~ Sand Box Studio

This week, sadly, we are bidding farewell to our team member Shannon! Thanks for all the amazing work you've done for us Shannon! We will miss you so much and wish you best of luck on everything you choose to do!

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Sand Box Studio. This shop specializes in funky and fun gift boxes, bags, and bunco games. This shop carries lots of bright and cheery items that are reusable which I love since it's always good to be environmentally sounds. And how fun are the bunco games? I belong to a bunco group and it would be so fun to have a box like the ones in this shop to keep all our game supplies in! This shop also offers custom work, you just have to contact the shop owner. This week, they are giving away the bird market bag seen on the left here.

To play along:

~go to the shop - Sand Box Studio

~find inspiration and make a project

~link it below by Friday, July 2 noon Pacific time

~2 random winners will be chosen to win amazing prizes!

This week's sponsor is Tyggereye Art. This shop is SOOOO cool! They offer hand carved stamps and they design their own digital scrapbooking kits. They are offering up a $25 store credit as a prize!

Now, go be EtsyInspired by the rest of the amazing DT! And don't forget, EIC is looking to add to our DT so check out the DT Call info here and apply!

Ashley
Alex Lundgren (June Guest DT!)

De
Emily
Jackie (family emergency)
Joy
Kerry
Shannon

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EtsyInspired #92 ~ My Zoethrope

Super short post as my kids' birthday party is TOMORROW and I have no finished projects. Here's the run down:

This week's shop: My Zoetrope
My Zoetrope is a fun, colorful shop full of whimsical characters and cute images. They sell prints, cards and other acessory items!

Prize from shop: one print of winner's choice!!!

This week's sponsor: Sakura of America

Sakura of America is the maker of fine art and craft pens like Gelly Roll and Souffle!

Prize from sponsor: This Moonlight Gelly Roll Pen Set

How to play:

~go to the shop - My Zoetrope

~find inspiration and make a project

~link it below by Friday, June 18 noon Pacific time

~2 random winners will be chosen

Check out the DT
Ashley
De
Emily
Jackie (family emergency)
Joy
Kerry

Shannon
Alex (June Guest)

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EtsyInspired #91 ~ howbeadyful

This week's EtsyInspired shop is howbeadyful. Can I tell you how much I love a pun? And let me tell you, the name does not lie! This shop is beautiful! They specialize in these fabulous handmade buttons and embellishments. They come in a ton of different designs from classy and elegant, to cute and cozy to fun and fresh. These buttons can be bought to use on your products or as earrings, pins, a pendant for a necklace or even hair pins. They are all super cute! There are other items in this shop as well like hand stamped ribbons, bracelets, inspiration kits, rings, and vintage inspired hair clips. This week, howbeadyful is offering up these lovely pink flower buttons (shown here) as a prize.

To play along:

~Visit the howbeadyful shop and choose any item to be inspired by

~Make any creation you'd like and post a link to it using the Inlinkz below

~You must link your inspiration piece in your blog post/gallery

~Your creation(s) must be linked by June 11, noon Pacific time

~Please use keyword EIC91 if you are uploading to an online gallery

This week, we also have a wonderful sponsor! It's an Etsy shop called Pretty Tape! One lucky winner will get a $35 gift certificate to the shop! I wish I could win!!

Please check out the DT for inspiration!

Ashley
De
Emily
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Shannon
Alex (June Guest)

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #84 - Cose Dolci

It's time for a new challenge! This week we have a lovely, warm, and unique shop for you to be inspired by. Cose Dolci specializes in beautiful handmade living accessories. When I first saw this shop I fell in love with her wool felt bowls. I can picture a few of them in my dream craft room...each filled with a different embellishment. :) She also creates pretty patchwork pillows and notepads. Here are a few of my personal favorites from Cose Dolci's shop.

Don't you just love the colors, designs, and texture of these pieces?!

So along with this great shop, we also have another fabulous sponsor this week! The Caffinated Cropper has just started selling wonderful and unique paper crafting kits. This month's kit is called 'With a Cherry on Top' and it is delicious! :) Amy, the owner, is super sweet herself and has some great companies and designers contributing to her kits. This month's kit includes some great digital stamps from Lindsay Spencer which I love because you can use them even after all your paper crafting goodies are long gone...plus they are super cute! Also included are some fabulous Stickerz from EAD Designs. Click HERE to check out the list of ALL the items that are included in 'With a Cherry on Top'. Amy will be giving this week's winner a mini version of the kit!

So now that I know you are ready to play...
- Check out Cose Dolci and find an item that inspires you...feel free to look through her sold section too.
- Create a project of your own based off the inspiration and link it up to this post using Mr. Linky below by Friday, April 23rd at noon PST.

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC84. And please remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

We have been enjoying seeing a lot of new faces lately along with our regular players too! If you are new to the challenge click HERE to see all the rules.

Be sure to check out the Design Team projects this week...a lot of them used the fabulous 'With a Cherry on Top' kit! Visit the Caffinated Cropper DT for some additional amazing inspiration! They are playing along with us this week!

• Ashley
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Joy
• Kerry
  
• Lori (April Guest Designer)
• Savannah (April Guest Designer)
• Shannon

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

Also, the Caffinated Cropper DT is playing along with us this week. Check them out too!
Amy (where you can buy the kit)
Amber
Christi
Sherry
and Jimmi, Aprils' Guest Designer

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #83 - The Mouse Market

Welcome to another Etsy Inspired Challenge! Our featured Etsy shop this week is cuter than cute! :) The Mouse Market specializes in handmade dollhouse miniatures and collectible jewelry with a focus on sweet treats that are absolutely adorable!

They look good enough to eat, right?! If you would like some of these fabulous miniatures, The Mouse Market is offering 15% off your purchase (not including shipping) now through April 30, 2010, when you enter the code HUGAMOUSE in the message to seller box on the Etsy order screen. The discount amount will be refunded via Paypal.

Our sponsor this week is Paper Maniac - The Place for Passionate Papercrafters! They offer a complete line of Tim Holtz products and Copic Markers along with a ton of other great crafting goodies. And make sure to mark your calendars for their upcoming online garage sale starting May 19th!

Paper Maniac will be giving this week's winner a fabulous prize!
It includes:
3 Paper Pads
Cosmo Cricket - Joy Ride
Sassafras Lass - Cherry Delicious
Pink Paislee - Queen Bee
3 Stamps
Unity - Girl of the Moment
Serendipity – Crocus
Whimsy Stamps – Lamb
3 Accessories
Crafty Secrets – Friends
Spellbinders – Tulip Impressabilities
American Crafts – Blue Skies Rub-ons

Okay...now I know you all want to play along for your chance at these wonderful goodies! So head on over to The Mouse Market and find an item that inspires you. Create an amazing project of your own and link it up to this post using Mr. Linky below by Friday, April 16th at noon PST.

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC83. And please remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

For an extra treat, be sure to visit our Design Team...I'm sure they have some sweet projects for you to enjoy!

• Ashley
• De
• Emily
• Heather
• Jackie
• Joy
• Kerry
  
• Lori (April Guest Designer)
• Savannah (April Guest Designer)
• Shannon

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

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Etsy Inspired Challenge #81 - Ponder and Stitch

Happy Saturday everyone...Kerry here! I'll be posting the Saturday challenges for awhile...just giving Miss Ashley a break. But don't worry, she's still going to be sharing her fabulous creations each week on her blog along with the rest of the team!

Are you ready for a new challenge?! I'm positive that this week's shop will inspire you in wonderful ways! This week our featured Etsy shop, Ponder and Stitch, is one I have had my eye on since I started my shop on Etsy. I love Amy's unique cuffs and pretty, vintage style. Just look at these beauties!


Isn't that snap pouch great too?! And Amy also offers custom cuffs like this one. Maybe you know someone or you yourself have a little phrase that is meaningful to you and would be perfect on one of these sweet cuffs!

This week we also have a wonderful sponsor, Digi Stamp Characters by Heather Ellis. Her images are absolutely precious and a perfect compliment to our shop this week! Heather will be giving the lucky challenge winner 3 digital images.

Here's what you need to do for your chance to win!
- Visit Ponder and Stitch and find an item that inspires you
- Make your creation and post a link to it on Mr Linky below by next Friday, April 2nd by noon Pacific time

Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC81. And PLEASE remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

Now go be Etsy Inspired!

And don't forget all the inspiration to be found by visiting our lovely Design Team!

Ashley

De
Emily

Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Laurel (March Guest)

Lisa (March Guest)

Shannon

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EtsyInspired #78 ~ Fantasy Art of Maigan Lynn

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Fantasy Art of Maigan Lynn. I'm so thrilled to be showing of the beautiful artwork of one of my close friends this week! Maigan is a sweet person and an amazing artist. I love her whimsical designs! She has mermaids (which are my favorite), fairies, pumpkins, mushrooms, seashells, and snow mermaids. I love the beautiful colors she uses in her artwork! I feel that they are unexpected. And they are even more beautiful in person. The colors are vivid. The coloring has a lot of shadows and depth. I often try to mimic Maigan's amazing shading skills in my own creations. These little gems are available in originals, several different sized prints and even puzzles! How fun is that? They are perfect for anyone in your life who loves fantasy art.

To play along with our challenge, all you have to do is go to the Fantasy Art by Maigan Lynn shop and pick any item to be inspired by. Make your creation and post a link to it on Mr Linky below by next Friday, Mar 12 by noon Pacific time. Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC78. And PLEASE remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from. This week Maigan is offering up a PRIZE too! One random winner will get to choose three (3) 4x6 prints of their choice! Lucky ducky, I wish I could win!

We also have an AMAZING sponsor this week! It's GLUE ARTS! They have the most awesome (and affordable) glue runner with a handle. I love it! It's so easy to use and not bulky at all. The cartridges come in all different kinds of adhesive ie permanent, repositionable, squares, etc... They also have fabulous ribbon adhesive. You can stick it on to ribbon and it will make the ribbon lay flat on your card. Glue Arts carries a whole line of amazing products! You should check them out. They are offering up a prize pack this week, shown in this picture. How cute is that tote bag?

Now go be EtsyInspired!!

Check out the DT:

Ashley (that's me)

De
Emily

Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Laurel (Mar Guest)

Lisa (Mar Guest)

Shannon

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EtsyInsprired #77 ~ United Thread

This week's EtsyInspired shop is United Thread. This is a very cool store. They only sell original art, no prints. Each piece is signed and dated. They have drawings and watercolor paintings. All the art is sold on heavy weight archival watercolor paper. They have a wide selection of nature inspired art. Everything from animals (like owls and whale) to plants (like oxtails and ferns) to "floating farms." The colors are very subtle and earthy. The pieces so an interesting sense of whimsy to them. All drawings are shipped in a protective sleeve and have a sturdy back or envelope for support.

This week, United Thread is offering up a print valued at up to $25 of the winner's choice. Just pick any item in the United Thread shop to be inspired by. Make any creation that you would like and link it to the THIS POST using Mr Linky and you will be entered in a random drawing to win. Please link your creation by Friday March 5th by noon Pacific time. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC77.

This week's sponsor is Sakura of America. How lucky are we?!? They make an amazing line of pens. They have traditional gel pens, Glaze pens (which leave a nice sheen on the items), and Souffle pens (which have a matte finish and bump up slightly.) They also make the Quickie Glue pen which lets you do things like write and then coat it in glitter. It writes very finely. There are TONS of other products like stickers, erasers, adhesives and many others made from Sakura. Check them out!
Prize pack includes: [*Gelly Roll Stardust Pens, 6 (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Glitter-Gel)]
[*Quickie Glue (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-Glue)]
[*Gelly Roll Metallic pens, 3 (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Pen-metallic)]
[*Sticklers, including 3 Glaze 3-D pens (http://www.sakuraofamerica.com/Kits-Sticker

Check out the DT:

Ashley (that's me)

Courtney (Feb Guest)
De
Emily

Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Lisa (Feb Guest)
Shannon

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EtsyInspired #75 ~ Spin Designs

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Spin Designs. They offer two really amazing products in their shop. Now I normally focus on shops with ONE kind of product but since this shop does both so well, I decided it was ok. First off, they have beautiful jewelry. Some of it is super sculptured looking and graphic and some of it is just plain fun (like the owl.) The designs are unique and lovely. The second thing they offer is AMAZING mobiles! They are made out of quality mat-board and are just exquisite! I've never seen anything like them! I love the fact that they are large too! It's taking the whole decor thing to a whole different level and I really like that. Again, they offer everything from elegant to darling and fun.

To play along with our challenge, all you have to do is go to theSpin Designs shop and pick any item to be inspired by. Make your creation and post a link to it on the EtsyInspired #75 post on theEtsyInspired blog by next Friday, Feb 19 by noon Pacific time. Everyone will be entered into a random drawing to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC75. And PLEASE remember to give credit to the shop that you found your inspiration from.

What do you win? This week's sponsor is Doodle Dragon Studios aka Dustin Pike. Dustin is known for his super cute digi stamps. He works for lots of different stamp companies. This week's prize is a $10 store credit to Doodle Dragon Studios.

Now go be EtsyInspired!!

Check out the DT:

Ashley (that's me)

Courtney (Feb Guest)
De
Emily

Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Lisa (Feb Guest)
Shannon

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EtsyInspired #74 ~ Traveling Mama

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Traveling Mama. Now, some of you may know Tina Fussell aka (Travelingmama) from her blog. She's an amazing paper crafter. However, you might not have known that she has a Traveling Mama Etsy shop that she sells her awesome photography in too! Her photos are soft, airy and beautiful! I love the colors as well! Her style is extremely artistic. These would be perfect for using to decorate your home with. You can live vicariously through Tina's travels with her gorgeous photography. It might be *almost* as good as going yourself!

To play along with our challenge, all you have to do is go to the Traveling Mama shop and pick any item to be inspired by. Make any creation that your little heart desires and post a link to it on the EtsyInspired #74 post on the EtsyInspired blog. To be entered in the drawing, you must post your creation by next Friday Feb 12, noon Pacific time. A random entry will be selected to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC74. Also, please remember to give credit to where you got your inspiration from. Any entries that do not have credit given will not be eligible to win.

What do you win? This week our sponsor is Simple Doodles. The winner will receive three digital stamps of their choice.

Now go be EtsyInspired!

Check out the DT:

Ashley (that's me)

Courtney (Feb Guest)
De
Emily

Heather
Jackie
Joy
Kerry

Lisa (Feb Guest)
Shannon
Tiffany (Tiff is take a break until May)

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EtsyInspired #73 ~ Elies Happy Hats

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Elie's Happy Hats. Oh my goodness, this store just oozes cuteness! They have amazing bright fun colors and cute designs. The color combos are really fresh and I love that. Gone are the days when boys just wear blue and girls just wear pink. These colors are trendy and darling. Not only that, but they have fun new hat styles that I find super unique like this darling floppy hat to the right. They have so many other cute styles like beanies with brims, double pom pom hats, flapper hats, ear flap hats, etc... And they don't just have hats either! They have headbands and shoes too! The shop is having a HUGE clearance right now so check that out! You can also find them here: Elies Happy Hats Twitter and Elies Happy Hats Facebook.

This week, Elies Happy Hats is offering up a HUGE prize pack! One lucky winner will get 1 Baby Flapper Summer Hat, 1 White/Purple two-layer flower hat, and 1 teddy bear hat. (Please feel free to send the teddy bear hat over to Parker! ;) ) Ok, to enter to win, all you have to do is go to the Elies Happy Hats shop and pick anything to be inspired by. Make a creation and post you link to the EtsyInspired #73 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday, Feb 4 by noon Pacific time. If you upload to SCS or PCP, pleae use keyword EIC73.

But that's not all!! We have an awesome sponsor as well. It's Pixie Dust Studio. They offer tons of adorable digi stamps. They have given the DT some stamps to work with so you can see their cute stamps in action. They are offering up a prize of their new release, The Berry Fairies. :)


Check out the DT:

Ashley (that's me)
De
Emily

Heather P (Jan Guest)
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Shannon
Tiffany

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EtsyInspired #71 ~ Amethyst Soap

This week's EtsyInspired shop is Amethyst Soap. And WOW! These soaps are really something spectacular. I've never seen anything like them before. These are SOAPS! Can you believe it? I mean, seriously, they are so pretty that I'm not sure if I could bring myself to use them. But beyond the looks, some of this soap is actually really functional. There's a complexion bar that designed for people that have acne and other skin irritation. There's a pomegranite bar made from REAL pomegranite. This shop even has a "great eight" unique oil blend that is magical for the skin. Not only that but they GUARANTEE that you'll love it or you get your money back. Not many stores off that kind of deal.

This week, Amethyst Soaps is offering their The Trio (Small) Turquoise Soap as a prize. How do you win? Just pick any item in the Amethyst Soap shop to be inspired by and make any creation that you wish. Link your creation back to the EtsyInspired #71 post on the EtsyInspired blog by next Friday Jan 22nd, noon Pacific time to be entered into a drawing to win. Please make sure you credit the shop where you got your inspiration and this challenge to be eligible to enter. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use keyword EIC71.

As if all that wasn't enough, this week, we also have an awesome sponsor! The Cutting Cafe! They offer all sorts of amazing digi crafting things! From background papers you can print to digi stamps to cutting files. They have an awesome assortment of things! You have to go check them out! Especially if you want some extra WOW factor for your cards! The Cutting Cafe also donated some items to the DT to work with so you can get a glimpse of what kind of awesome stuff they have. ***Prize from The Cutting Cafe is anything 3 sets of winner's choice.***

Check out the DT:

Ashley
De
Emily

Heather P (Jan Guest)
Jackie
Joy
Kerry
Lee
Shannon
Tiffany

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