TEA TIMES THREE....TWISTED Tea....

Hello!

A "dark and twisty" (Jess's fave Meredith phrase from Grey's Anatomy! LOL!)) WELCOME to The Greeting Farm's "TEA TIMES THREE" release party! This is the last and definitely MOST TWISTED of THREE Tea Parties today at The Greeting Farm, all leading up to our release at MIDNIGHT CST (3/1)!!!

Please sit back, have a sip, and savor the cuteness, because it's time for TWISTED TEA with Ebony, Camille, and our three new CREEPY CAKE digis, "Royal Pain", Twisted Tea herself, and "Freaky Flutter"!

We are so excited about this release, and as the hours go by, the tea has definitely become more twisted!  Perhaps our manners were checked at the door, and our pinky fingers not exactly the portraits of perfection, but nevertheless we are HERE, and freakishly happy to introduce you to our latest rubber AND digi friends...Twisted, Twilight-ish, and Terrific!

By Randi

By Kadie

By Melyssa

by Jessica

Well, our Twisted Tea friends will probably be partying well into the wee hours, but but have no fear, they'll be released at the stroke of MIDNIGHT CST tonight!  But in the meantime, follow the simple, civilized instructions to enter to WIN the new "Creepy Cakes" digis from The Greeting Farm!   

All you need to do is "attend" our TWISTED TEA by stopping by the blogs of:

RANDI

MELYSSA

KADIE 

JESSICA

Leave a comment on each DT member's blogs and you'll have until 9am CST tomorrow (Monday, 3/1) to do so.   

When you've had all the TWISTED you can handle, come back here to the TGF BLOG letting us, and be sure to leave a comment letting us know you've completed tonight's Twisted Tea!   ONE lucky winner will be chosen to win Ebony, another to win Camille, and another will win the three CREEPY CAKES digi stamps!  That's three winners tonight!

Also, stop by the Club Anya and Friends Blog tomorrow morning for ANOTHER chance to WIN FREE STAMPS!

All winners will be announced shortly after 9AM CST on Monday morning, and each tea party has a winner, so don't forget to throw your MAD HAT in the ring.  ;)

Thanks so much for joining us for our "Tea Times Three" release event!  Pinkie's up, everyone

TEA TIMES THREE....High Tea

Hello!

A cordial and formal WELCOME to The Greeting Farm's "TEA TIMES THREE" release party! This is the 2nd of THREE Tea Parties today at The Greeting Farm, all leading up to our release at MIDNIGHT CST (3/1)!!!

Please sit back, have a sip, and savor the cuteness, because it's time for HIGH TEA with The Darling Sisters!!!

Designed by Cindy

Designed by Mary

We are so excited about this release, and as the hours go by, the tea gets more twisted!   But for now, we're all on our best behavior and are happy to introduce you to our latest rubber friends and welcome you to this event!

Our three Darling Sisters can't stay out and play TOO much longer, but have no fear, they'll be released at the stroke of MIDNIGHT CST tonight!  But in the meantime, follow the simple, civilized instructions to enter to WIN the new "DARLING SISTERS" set from The Greeting Farm!   

All you have to do to "attend" our High Tea w/ the Darling Sisters is to stop by the blogs of:

Cindy Haffner

Mary Giles

You'll have until 9am CST tomorrow (Monday, 3/1) to enter to WIN DARLING SISTERS-just leave a comment on THIS POST letting us know you attended this lovely High Tea w/ the Darling Sisters!

Also, be sure to stop by the Club Anya and Friends Blog tomorrow morning for ANOTHER chance to WIN FREE STAMPS!

All winners will be announced shortly after that on Monday Morning, and each tea party has a winner, so don't forget to come back for our "TWISTED TEA" celebration at 8pm CST.  Pinkie's up, everyone!  

See you soon!

TEA TIMES THREE....Afternoon Tea

Hello!

A cordial and formal WELCOME to The Greeting Farm's "TEA TIMES THREE" release party! This is the FIRST of THREE Tea Parties today at The Greeting Farm, all leading up to our release at MIDNIGHT CST (3/1)!!!

Please sit back, have a sip, and savor the cuteness, because it's time for AFTERNOON TEA with Oliver and Amelia!

By Kim

By Cheryl

We are so excited about this release, and as the hours go by, the tea will become more twisted!   But for now, we're all on our best behavior and are happy to introduce you to our latest rubber friends and welcome you to this event!

Oliver and Amelia can't stay out and play TOO much longer, but have no fear, they'll be released at the stroke of MIDNIGHT CST tonight!  But in the meantime, since you're here, follow the simple, civilized instructions to enter to WIN the new "Oliver and Amelia" set from The Greeting Farm!   

All you have to do is visit the blogs of:

CHERYL WALKER

KIM NATH

and check out what Oliver and Amelia have been up to this afternoon!   Leave a comment letting us know you've attended our Tea w/ these tots and you could WIN the new OLIVER and AMELIA set!

You'll have until 9am CST tomorrow (Monday, 3/1) to enter to WIN, and be sure to stop by the Club Anya and Friends Blog tomorrow morning for ANOTHER chance to WIN FREE STAMPS!

All winners will be announced shortly after that on Monday Morning, and each tea party has a winner, so don't forget to come back for our "High Tea" celebration at 5pm CST.  Pinkie's up, everyone!  

See you soon!

They're Creepy and they're Cake-y...

...and you guys have NO idea how long I've been waiting for this post!

HELLO!!!

It's time for another fun installment of Farm Fresh Friday, this time with a creepy twist!     In addition to our super 'sweet' challenge, we are previewing a few new digi's and they wanna have their cake and eat it too!  Well, actually, maybe not so much...

...Introducing....CREEPY CAKES!

Now, you guys know there's a pretty cool movie coming out soon, NOT that these stamps are entirely based on it, although Jess would like to think so ;)   Without further adieu, we introduce you to:

"ROYAL PAIN"  (off with her head?!)

"FREAKY FLUTTER"

and TWISTED TEA

These three Creepy Cake girls are coming your way on Monday, March 1st, when they're released!

Today's Farm Fresh Friday incorporates my favorite thing...Dessert!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it?   Create a card or project using DESSERT as the main course :)

Here are some samples and some previews from our DELICIOUS DT:

Kim

Jessica

Cindy

Cheryl

Mary

Randi

Kadie

Melyssa

So...
GOT DESSERT?

Upload your card or creation using TGF STAMPS to the TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>FFF>Got Dessert? category.    You have until the end of the day Wed. March 3, 2010 to upload your creation.

Winner will receive these three new CREEPY CAKES digis!

Be sure to stop by the Club Anya and Friends blog today too for something SO Cute you won't want to miss out-it's a HAPPY DAY on the Farm all together!

And don't forget our "Tea Times THREE" Release party, here on the TGF Blog on SUNDAY, 2/28 starting at NOON CST.   There will be prizes and some freakishly fun times so don't miss out!

Last but not least, CONGRATS TO:  LESLEY WORTH!   You are the winner of last week's FFF Challenge!  Look at this GORGEOUSNESS she created using last week's color combo:

Please email Jess to claim your prize and congrats!

And I'm SOOO NOT SURE how the 2nd half of this got cut off the first time-I am so sorry!  Check out our AMAZING CRITTER CREW and their take on the challenge...and stay tuned NEXT FRIDAY for a special Critter Crew Announcement!

Sandra

Sparkle

Mercy

See you SUNDAY, everyone!   NOON CST for our "TEA TIMES THREE" Party!

Yayyy

The website has decided to work again. Thank goodness. I was really going to have a heartattack. But the data appears to have all been saved.... so things should be ok. As Jess had mentioned earlier, we are in the process of a brand new website that will hopefully be ready and running mid-April but until then, let's keep our fingers crossed that this one survives until then. In fact, let's keep our fingers crossed that 'I' survive until then.

I know that the free shipping coupon was having problems right before the big crash sooooo to make it up to you all, I will be having free shipping all day tomorrow.

FREE SHIPPING on FRIDAY 2/26

use code: freefriday
valid worldwide

Thank you all for your kind words and patience. It really means so much to us during this growing time. Jess and the DT have been so good to me too taking care of things webside while I handle the 'manual labor' of the farm. I should be back to the blogging world soon with lots of new things to show!

Love you all!

Darling Sisters...

Hey everybody!

Well, today is the day!   Perhaps you caught the first of several previews over on the CA&F blog yesterday?   If not, check it out HERE.

We are really excited to bring you a brand new TGF set called "Darling Sisters".   This terrific trio will be released on Monday, March 1st along with several other "must haves" this coming month!   Woo hoo!  The Darling Sisters are a little bit country, little bit quaint, and a LOT cute!   I'll let you decide for yourselves though-so here are some previews from:

Jessica

Cheryl

Mary

Cindy

Randi

Kadie

Melyssa

Kim

Well, what do you think?   We hope you enjoyed today's preview as much as we enjoyed bringing it to you, and SAVE THE DATE for our TGF Release Party Event on Sunday, Feb 28th, "TEA TIMES THREE!"

WHAT is Tea x3 you ask?  Well, you'll just have to wait to find out...but tomorrow you might see why we are deeming it that!   You know there's a movie coming out soon that I HAPPEN to be excited about....but we'll just leave it at that for now! ;)

TEA TIMES THREE....SUNDAY 2/28 at NOON CST :)  Be there!

Now, I haven't forgotten....so without further adieu, congrats to:

1LuvnMama said...

Just celebrated my daughter's 2nd b-day on Monday! In the next couple of days, I'll be celebrating my b-day and my hubby's too! What a busy month for us!

Beckie said...

It was my birthday yesterday which unfortunately I now share with my youngest son. Tomorrow is my Dad's 60th, so I am looking forward to getting together with the family at the weekend for a joint Birthday meal. As sad as it sounds I am also looking forward to tidying my craft space over the next couple of days.

 Marcy said...

I am looking forward to next week when I will visit my children in Florida and attend my Great Nephew's third birthday. There is nothing better than family!!

I agree!  NOTHING better than family indeed!   CONGRATS to our winners- please email me to claim your free digi of choice :)  Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the previews!    See you back here tomorrow where you can have your cake and eat it, too!

WOW Wednesday!

Ok, so I am SO overwhelmed with your sweet, sweet comments from yesterday and SO appreciate your wonderful, kind souls that I have deemed today WOW WEDNESDAY!

I am giving away THREE FREE DIGIS today to three separate winners..... WOO HOO!

...all ya gotta do is leave a comment to post something that you're looking forward to in the next few days.  I'll announce the three winners tomorrow during our previews...but for now, SPEAKING of digis, head over to the Club Anya and Friends blog for a sneak peek at what's comin' in RUBBAH!

I am looking forward to the upcoming previews and release this week, as well as being able to spend some quality time with friends.   We've had a stressful week here and hubs is kicking me out of the house and sending me two hours south to my stampin' bff's for a weekend of food, fun, and did I mention FOOD?  LOL!

Can't wait to hear what you have to look foward to!   There is always fun to be had on the farm...even without a working website, LOL!!!

HUGS to y'all, our friends!
Jess :)

Growing Pains...

Hey everyone,

I was going to post Top Crop Tuesday today but it appears that our website and galleria are playing games with us again...and unfortunately, this time, it's a bit more serious :(

As of now, our website is down and we are unsure as to when it will be back up.   Because of this, here are a few FAQ's you might need/want to know:

1.)  We are TERRIBLY sorry.   At a time where orders are being fulfilled at a higher volume than ever before with our wonderful new CHA customers and our current retails customers-you KNOW we love you guys!-this is very disheartening.   Marie is going through the necessary reboot/recovery process for the site BUT, we are not sure how much was lost.

2.)  WHY did this happen?   Well, truth be told, we're really not sure, but it appears to be a very large growing pain.   It seems that what was once our "splendid" little site just can't handle the number of hits/uploads but we don't have an official 'diagnosis' yet as the IT side still can't figure it out either.   TGF does not have their own IT department, unfortunately.  So, when these things happen, we rely on the assistance of the third party who hosts our site and we are waiting to see what they say.

3.)  Is there ANY good news?   YES.   TGF will be launching a NEW and can I just say AWESOME website in the coming months, HOPEFULLY by the end of April.   But in the mean time, we really appreciate  you "growing" with us, even when there are pains!!!

4.)  What will be done in the meantime?

THIS is the important part.   PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

a.)  IF you made a digital purchase yesterday:  Please email your receipt to Marie at thegreetingfarm at gmail dot com.   We will do our best to get you your digi asap.

b.) IF you placed an order off the retail site and were CHARGED (you will have a receipt for this-if the site did not generate a receipt and/or take you to Paypal, we can assure you that you were NOT charged), please email a copy of your receipt to Marie at the above email just so we can make sure we have your order in the system.

WHAT ABOUT NOW?

As stated above, Marie and the hosting co. are in the process of seeing what can be recovered from the website.   It is POSSIBLE that it may be back up and running (only the basics, no fancy schmancy stuff :) today or tomorrow, BUT, this completely depends on how much we can recover.

IF worse comes to worse, until the new site is ready, we will load ALL CURRENT INVENTORY on the blog w/ a link to paypal like the old days until the new website is launched.

PREVIEWS, New releases, etc. are all still set to go as planned right now.  We will keep you posted!!!

Last but not least, again, THANK YOU.   I hope this will alleviate some questions but in the meantime please be patient emailing Jessica or Marie as we are getting swamped with emails regarding this very sad little website issue for the Farm.   We appreciate ALL of you and thank you SOOOOOOO much for your patience!

Thanks for growing with us!

SEW Stinkin' CUTE!...

Oh my goodness....SERIOUS cuteness in that TGF Galleria!

We have a winner for you from last week's contest, but there were SEW many awesome submissions that I just had to show you!

Here is the winner of the Curious CASE contest, casing the one and only MARIE......TRACI PORTER!

Is this card not SEW cute?  hee hee ok, I'll stop....

CONGRATS Traci!  You win your choice of single stamp!

And just because I couldn't get OVER all the cuteness in the galleria, check out these cards by:

Suzi

Lynda

CMagic

Thanks everyone for playing!   We'll see you tomorrow with Top Crop Tuesday and then another Wednesday surprise!   oh, and TGF Previews start on Thursday ;)   Gonna be a fun week!

xoxo
Jess

...Farm Fresh Color Challenge

Happy Friday, TGF lovers! It's Mercy! Due to technical difficulty, we are bringing this week's Farm Fresh Friday to you a bit later than expected.

First up...let's announce the winner of last week's vintage challenge................................

CONGRATS, JUDY CABAN!!!!! Your card is simply gorgeous...love the papers and the butterfly accents! Please email your shipping info to us, and we will get your THREE CHEEKY CHERRY stamps out to you! Thanks to everyone who participated in last week's challenge! You all definitely ROCKED THE FARM!

This week we have a color challenge brought to you by Marie...use CHOCOLATE, KRAFT, and GUAVA!

Let's take a look at the samples by our amazing design team!

Cheryl

Cindy

Jessica
Kadie
Kim
Mary
Melyssa
Randi

Mercy

Sandra

Sparkle

Well, now it's TIME TO PLAY!

RULES:

Upload your card or creation under Color Challenge to the TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>FFF>Marie's CKG Color Challenge. All entries must use TGF stamps and MUST be entered no later than Wednesday, February 24, 2010.

One lucky winner will be chosen to WIN the "AMAZING DOU" stamp set!!!

Have a BLAST participating in this week's challenge and we'll see you here next Friday with another challenge, and the winner of TODAY'S CHALLENGE!

WOW!

First and foremost, FFF will be up a bit later in the a/m....thanks for your patience!

Congrats to Freckleface!   You are the winner of the FREE  DIGI from yesterday, so email Jess and let me know which one you want to claim (choices are listed in Weds post :)   CONGRATS!!!

I have to tell you  that I LOVED...LOVED LOVED LOVED reading your what's news yesterday, wow!!!   It was SO nice to feel like we were getting to know you guys a little more and also there were some WONDERFUL new things out there!  New babies (CONGRATS nonapearl-you made me cry!), new jobs, new beginnings, and most of all, new stamp stuff....hee hee.

Seriously I really enjoyed this...so much that i think we'll do it once a month on a Wednesday ;)  Thanks for being so willing to share and so full of inspiration!!!

xoxo
Jess :)

WEBSITE UNDER MAINTENANCE

If you're wondering why you cannot get in the shop or galleria, etc... we are taking it down for maintenance to fix up some gliches. Hopefully it'd be up and running again asap. Thank you for your patience. Have a great day!

What's New on Wednesday?...

It's been a little quiet here, we know!

So let's have a GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!   HA!  Did THAT get your attention???

Let us know what's NEW....it could be a new TIP, TECHNIQUE, maybe something new you bought-doesn't need to be related to stamping, just something NEW and exciting???

ONE LUCKY WINNER will receive their choice of a FREE:
*Marina Neira DIGI (choose 1)
OR
*One of the new Boy Chibi's (choose 1) by the talented Jessica Hymas!

Can't wait to hear WHAT's NEW!

Jessica :)

So let's have a little CONTEST...

HAPPY MONDAY PEEPS!

I am in SUCH a good mood today I figured let's have a little happy contest here on the Farm!   It's been a while, so why NOT, right?

We know it's been a while since you guys have heard from our awesome Marie as she has been happily packing and shipping orders from CHA (HOORAY!!!)  and busy preparing some NEW RELEASES coming your way in the next few months...squuuueeeeeaalll!

So hey, I thought a little tribute to our friend was in order today....LET's CASE HER!

Here is a VERY cute "Santa Baby" card that Marie made back during the Holidays, but that we can FINALLY show you now that our CHEEKY CHERRY stamps are AVAILABLE in the TGF STORE!:

Isn't it the CUTEST little Rockabilly Santa EVAH???

Ok, so here's the dealio:

Create a card or layout using ANY TGF Stamp/s CASING Marie's layout somehow.  Take all the Creative Direction you want ;)  Just as long as we can see her layout SOMEWERE in yours :)

Upload to: TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>Case of the Curious Card>Marie Rocks!

You have ALL WEEK to play this contest.  I will take submissions through Sunday night, Feb 21st at 9pm CST.  WINNER will be announced on MONDAY and have THEIR CHOICE of a single TGF STAMP! (in stock, of course ;)

HAVE FUN w/ this spur of the moment CONTEST!

WINNERS, WINNERS everywhere!...and REMINDER for TOMORROW...

HELLOOOOO!!  Sorry for the delay!

I have TWO winners to announce today....first of, CONGRATS to MARY J!  You are the winner of the CHEEKY CHERRY collection that was hidden on MARY's blog yesterday!  WOO HOO!!!

Last but not least, congrats to MAMMA CASS!  You are the winner of last week's FFF Challenge and win the Sweet Tooth set by Marina!  Here is her cute winning card:

Congrats to the winners and be sure to join us on the CLUB ANYA & FRIENDS BLOG tomorrow night at 8pm CST for the "My Cheeky Valentine" BLOG HOP!     Just FYI, too, for our overseas friends, I noticed a few comments this past week about people overseas not being able to participate because of the time difference.  Well, normally we do our Blog Hops in the morning but because of a few things ,we needed to move it to the 14th in the evening.

HOWEVER, all contests will be left open until 9AM CST on MONDAY morning so there will be opportunity for EVERYONE to participate.  Just wanted to address that, thanks!

Congrats to the winners and see you on the Club Anya blog tomorrow night!