Birthday Countdown FREEBIE #1!

On the first day of our countdown,

The "Ettes" have a gift for you;

The "January" page of our calendar

That is a wintery red and blue!

Let the fun (and the downloads) begin! Our first BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN FREEBIE will only be available for 24 hours...so don't miss out! (...and be sure to thank CT Member Joanna Ellis for so generously sharing her talents with us!)

Remember that you can SAVE 50% on the Christmas Joy Mini Dig-Ette-al Kit that Joanna used to create this darling calendar page. Discount is available for the next 24 hours...so don't delay!

We have one more update for you about our BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ACTIVITIES! We'll be holding drawings for BIG DISCOUNTS to our shop. There are four ways to enter:

1 - Become a follower on our blog-look over on the right sidebar, scroll down a bit and you'll find the "Follow The Ettes & CO." link. (All followers will be entered in drawing)

2 - Become a fan of The Ettes & Company on Facebook (All fans will be entered!)

3 - Upload layouts/projects to our Member Gallery using Ettes & Company designs (you'll get an entry for every qualifying project uploaded since I "dropped the hint" about the gallery contest last month - meaning that you have to use at least 75% Ettes & Company designs on each project.)

4 - Become a NEW Subscriber to our newsletter using the mailing list link on our blog or website. You must confirm your new subscription by replying to the confirmation email for this entry to count. If you're already subscribed to our newsletter...thank you for supporting us for this past year....but please don't enter multiple email addresses just to up your chances of winning :)

If you enter ALL FOUR ways....you'll increase your chances to win. The number of prizes awarded will depend on the number of entries. We promise to do our best to not disappoint you :) Winners will be posted here on December 21.

Birthday Countdown Update . . .

We hope you'll join us each day Dec. 1 - 12 to help us celebrate our FIRST BIRTHDAY! We have lots of goodies and great deals to share with you! We'll post our first freebie & discounted kit at midnight tonight, and it will only be up for 24 hours...so be sure to come back and visit our blog and website so that you DON'T MISS IT!

Remember, that today is the LAST DAY TO SAVE 50% on our RETIRING PRODUCTS. That category will disappear from our shop at midnight TONIGHT... so get those products while you can!

New FREEBIE December Desktop Calendar!

We've added a new Desktop Calendar for December to decorate your computer monitor. It was created with our Christmas Joy Mini Dig-Ette-al Collection and will be perfect for the holiday season! Best of all . . . it's FREE!!!! So go to our shop and get it today and check out our other designs while you're there. And don't forget about our Birthday Celebration coming up December 1st! We'll have daily freebies and great deals!!!! The fun never ends!

Join us for our First BiRtHDaY Celebration!

You may have wondered why we didn't do a Black Friday sale...well here's your answer :)

We've been putting all of our efforts into having a fantastic birthday celebration beginning this Tuesday! We'll post additional details here on Monday, Nov. 30, so be sure to check back so you don't miss any of the goodies. We have some FANTASTIC freebies that we'll be giving away daily Dec. 1 - 12, and well, on Saturday, Dec. 12, it's just gonna be a big party! Join us for the fun!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you have a wonderful day with your family and friends...and that your blessings are too numerous to count!

New Designs in the Shop!

We just added some beautiful Christmas designs to the shop. The Christmas Carols Collection was inspired by one of my favorite things about the holidays . . . the music!


Purchase the Christmas Carols Collection Nov. 24 - Dec. 1 and get The Nativity Kit Add-On for FREE!

(You can also purchase The Nativity Kit separately.) The Nativity Kit is automatically included in the download with the Christmas Carols Collection the first week, so you won't need to add it to your cart.

...and last but not least, we have a beautiful "Click" Page Album created with the Christmas Carols Collection:

Be sure to check out the Creative Team Gallery - they've created some beautiful projects with this collection!

Remember that you will SAVE 20% if you purchase the newest designs during the first week of their release...so you have until Dec. 1 to save!

We won't be doing a Black Friday promotion on our site. Why? Well, we'll be shopping -- we're the ones elbowing our way to the front of the mob! *snicker* Juuuust kidding, we have a better excuse than that!

We're going to be celebrating our website's FIRST BIRTHDAY in December! We have some FANTASTIC things planned to CELEBRATE, so we're putting all of our energy into that promotion right now. We'll begin with a fun COUNTDOWN on December 1...where YOU get the GIFTS! Check back this weekend for more details. You won't want to miss a thing!

ReTiReMEnT SaLE!

We've set November 30 as the final date to be able to cash in on the savings on the designs that we're RETIRING. Be sure to visit our shop and check out these great deals!

Have you been to our Galleries lately? There are some BEAUTIFUL Layouts there that will inspire your creativity. Check these out!

This adorable layout by lbrtychic is just too sweet. Be sure to read the journaling...what a great memory to cherish


Angelrat shares this great layout about her son....oh man, if only we could see what was going on in their minds :)

We'd love to get the gallery moving a bit more...so let us see what you're doing with our designs. We KNOW that you're still creating...and yes, we know that it takes some time to save and upload to the gallery. But hey....we might be able to make it worth your while. We DO have a birthday celebration coming up next month. Believe me...you WANT to share your talents with us.

I'm just saying . . . :)

NEW to our Shop!!!

We've added two new products to our shop! The first is a "Click" Page Album created with the Sweet n' Sassy Collection. You'll love how easy it is to make "sweet" and "sassy" layouts! Simply add your photos and journaling and you're done! The download includes 16 total layouts; eight with titles and eight without titles making it easy for you to customize your layouts.

We've also added a new Templ-Ette Set. These beautifully designed Temple-Ettes will give you a jump start when creating your layouts. Use your own papers, embellishments and designs to complete each Templ-Ette.
We hope you enjoy these new products. We had a lot of fun creating them! So head on over to our Shop and enjoy all our products!

FINAL DSD Freebie!

Here it is, the final freebie for the day. I decided to try to have all of them posted close to 9:30 here, so that our friends in timezones ahead of us didn't have to stay up half the night. Btw...I'll leave the freebies active tomorrow, so tell your friends to come and download them while they can and take advantage of our DSD sale! (lol...I know, NOW I tell you that!)

Ok...here's the mini kit that I designed. If you put the papers and embellishments from Annette's freebie from earlier today with these that I designed, you'll notice that they all coordinate. That's not a coincidence. Hey...we're designers with more years of experience than we want to admit....we kind of thought this out *snicker* Anyway, enjoy...and share your creations with us in the gallery!

DSD Freebie #6!

Creative Team Member, Dorene Weber created a beautiful Christmas Mini Book for you using the "Christmas Joy" Mini Dig-Ette-al Kit.

What a great way to get a jump on the holidays! Add your photos, and print these pages out to create a beautiful hybrid mini album! Thanks, Dorene!

We hope you're having a great iDSD! Remember to check back again.....we have one more freebie for you before we finish things out for the day...and remember to go to our shop and take advantage of our great sale that's going on.

DSD Freebie #5

Creative Team Member, Meredith Cardall has created a darling greeting card for you using the "Child of My Child" Collection. This 6" x 6" card is designed so that both the front and back are printed...and of course, you can print it any size you want! Thanks, Meredith!

DSD Freebie #4

Creative Team Member, Dorene Weber created a beautiful "Click" Page for you using the Autumn Breeze Collection. Thanks, Dorene!

Be sure to keep checking back...we're not done being generous yet!

Happy iDSD!

DSD Freebie #3

Creative Team Member, MaryRuth has created an adorable Thanksgiving 2-page layout for you! She used the Good Life Collection and one of our Templ-Ettes! Thanks, MaryRuth! Enjoy yet ANOTHER FREEBIE!

Remember to keep checking back through the day...we still have lots of goodies up our sleeves!

DSD Freebie #2

Annette and I put together coordinating mini kits to give you today. Here's your chance to download her beautiful designs.


Be sure to keep checking back here and on our website throughout the day today. You don't wanna miss the second mini kit, or the other freebies from our CT!

First DSD Freebie!

It's officially November 7 in my part of the world, (by over an hour) so I thought I'd activate the first DSD freebie in our shop! Creative Team member, Dorene Weber made a CUTE Thanksgiving Card for you. (Thanks, Dorene!)

For those of our friends who have already celebrated, or don't celebrate this holiday, we apologize. Hey...it's still a cute card. Send it to your favorite "turkey" with your own sentiment!

Ok..I'm going to call it a night and get some sleep. We'll be adding new freebies throughout the day tomorrow, so check back often. But...don't expect the next one to be up too quickly....I'm HOPING to sleep in. It's been a LOOOOOOOOOONG week :)

HAPPY DSD, A Sale & Freebies!

We've been awfully busy the past few weeks...and now is your chance to benefit from all of our work! We have FIVE new kits in the shop this week: Child of My Child, Chore Chart, Create-a-Calendar, Good Life and Sweet n' Sassy! *gasp-taking a breath here* I know...you're wondering how in the world we get it all done! Lol...ask our families! Anyway, you'll save 20% on all of our new products, so stock up now! Here's a peek at the kits!

Now is the perfect time to get some of your Christmas "to do list" taken care of. You KNOW how much your family loves personalized calendars...well, we're making it SUPER EASY on you this year. Use our beautiful Create-a-Calendar Kit to make one calendar...and then print it for everyone on your Christmas list. Hey...I'd love it if you did one for me!

We have several new sets of "Click" Pages in the shop this weekend. I know..it's probably bad to say this because I designed this set...but I fell TOTALLY IN LOVE with the Child of My Child Collection, and I just couldn't stop making layouts! My insanity is your gain! There are THREE sets of "Click" Pages available using Child of My Child...Baby Boy, Baby Girl and a Grandma/General set...and since we're SO GENEROUS, we're giving you a GREAT deal. If you buy all three sets, you'll save big! In fact, if you buy the Combo Pack during the sale this weekend, it's like getting one complete set for FREE! *man...I must really be insane!*

We also have a set of "Click" Pages using the "Good Life" Collection. I just LOVE the colors in this set....they're so easy to use. You don't have to tell anyone that I did all of the work for you! And yes, I'm blatantly flaunting my cute grandkids in a couple of these sample layouts...they take after their grandma, don't they? :) (The cute little guy in the "people I love" layout is my nephew's son...so I'll take credit for him too :)

On top of all of the new releases in our shop...we're still doing our Guest Design Spot at Scrap Orchard! No....we don't ever sleep!

Pheewwww...I think that's it! I told you it was a lot of information! Oh yeah...one last thing,

Our AMAAAAAAAAAZING Creative Team has been really busy creating gorgeous stuff to inspire you. Head over to the Creative Team Gallery to check out their latest creations!

Don't forget to stop by our shop and here on the blog on Saturday. We have some GREAT freebies for you. They'll be posted throughout the day, so check back often so you don't miss any of them!

Ok...you're excused, as long as you're heading right over to our shop!