Christmas in July - Blog Hop

Christmas is only 5 months away!

Can you believe it!?

Get festive with our Christmas in July Blog Hop!! A group of papercrafting designers, etsy shop owners, and fabulous crafters have gotten together to bring you fun Christmas ideas to jump start your creativity. And the best part is, we're each doing a little giveaway!! So keep on reading to see how to enter to win one of the prizes we've posted :)

First, I am going to share a little Christmas project I made using some paper crane from my shop. I love paper cranes because you can use them for anything! (Such as cards or decorations, think 7Gypsies artist painter tray). In this case I created an ornament. I used baker's twine (which can be bought for cheap at Hydrangea Hippo's etsy shop), beads, and bells.

Do you love this idea too? Well, guess what?! You just might win some paper cranes because I am giving some away along with some Christmas embellishments!!!!

Here's how to enter:

Start the blog hop from any one of the participating blogs. Here are the links to each blog:

China Doll's Blog "A Blog of Thoughts": http://chinadol1.blogspot.com/ *YOU ARE HERE*
China Doll's Shop "Spiffy Things": http://www.etsy.com/shop/ChinaDo11

Hydrangea Hippo Blog: http://hydrangeahippo.com/
Hydrangea Hippo Shop: http://hydrangeahippo.etsy.com/

FeFiFun Blog: http://fefifun.blogspot.com/
FeFiFun Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fefifun

Trendy Scrapper Blog: http://www.trendyscrapper.typepad.com/
Trendy Scrapper Studio Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/trendyscrapperstudio

tammy i Blog: http://www.tammyi.com/
tammy i Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/tammyi

Donna Salazar's Blog: http://donnasalazar.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Donna Salazar's Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/donnasalazar?ref=seller_info

Scrappin' Kitty Blog: http://scrappinkitty.blogspot.com/
Scrappin' Kitty Blog: http://www.etsy.com/shop/scrappinkitty/

When you visit each blog, go to the etsy shop listed with the blog, choose a favorite item, and then come back to that blog to post a comment about an item you liked in that shop. Please post your comment on the post about the Blog Hop (if you post it other places we won't be able to find your post to enter you into the drawing).

You can get to the my etsy shop HERE.

You can then go to the next blog on the list OR do any of the things listed below for more chances to WIN! Just a reminder, you have to comment on THIS blog post--you can't comment on a different post that is not about the Blog Hop to be entered to win.

* 1 entry for each comment left on each blog about their fave item from each etsy shop
* 1 entry for sharing about the Blog Hop on Facebook (just tell us you shared by posting a comment here)
* 1 entry for sharing about the Blog Hop on Twitter (just tell us you shared by posting a comment here)
* 1 entry for sharing about the Blog Hop on your own blog (just tell us you shared by posting a comment here)

Be sure to post your comments and share the good news about the Blog Hop by July 31, 2010. We'll post the winners of each prize on August 2, 2010.

Happy Hopping!