Come see us at Salem Saturday Market

We'll be there again today, from 8am-3pm. Stop by to say Hi to Pam and Frank!

Mention this blog for 10% off your purchase.

Today's Market also includes – Salem Friends of Felines. Friends of Salem Saturday Market (FSSM) will continue with their food preservation classes. Old Time Fiddlers will entertain from 10 am to 2 pm.

Other upcoming events:

August 15 – Marion County Dog Shelter and the Salem Chamber Orchestra are the non-profits. FSSM food preservation classes continue. Oregon Valley Boys will play from 10 to 2.

August 22 – Habitat for Humanity will be our non-profit; FSSM will hold our annual Tomato Tasting. Andrew Kendoll and Madison Hall will be the entertainment from 10 to 2.

August 29 – Master Gardeners and YWCA will be our non-profits. Roundhouse Band will entertain from 10 am to 2 pm

September 5 – Hope’s Haven will be our non-profit. Bluebonics will play from 10 am to 2 pm.

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One, two, ... three?

Well I am excited. Really excited. The stars are aligning themselves and things are gettin' good.

This morning I was browsing through my blog reader and saw Kim at Today's Creative Blog featured Pass It On Plates! She has an eye for creative details and I love the amazing blogs she finds and shares. What a huge honor to be featured! Shucks, I feel taller today, I tell ya.

She also showed off the picture of my friend Andi's dresser. You remember Andi? She's the friend who painted this:

The reason I'm so excited is that on November 15, both Andi and I will be at the TOPS 6th Annual Craft Bazaar in Keizer, Oregon. We were just talking yesterday about drumming up some publicity for the sale, and here Kim reads our minds and writes this post.

Now I realize everyone reading this is scattered all over the country/world, but it's still so neat to realize that a few months ago I decided I need more face-to-face selling outlets and the next day Andi said,

"Hey I'm going to sell my painted furniture in a craft bazaar this fall.

Do you want a table there, too?"

Then yesterday we mentioned needing a little publicity and ba-da-bing, here's Kim's post.

Don't things happen in threes?

What should I ask for next?

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Introducing - Pass It On Plates

A Pass It On Plate is a traveling plate for sharing cookies... or other food gifts.

Each Pass It On Plate has a unique tracking number on it which relates to an online 'diary' for that plate. Click here to see an active Plate Diary for one of our plates.
When your plate travels from one person to another, we track the plate diary comments for our Plate Diary Dollars program. With each Plate Diary comment, we donate up to 15% of our proceeds to charity. Many plates help support FeedingAmerica.org as they travel. Some plates were purchased through a fund-raiser and the Plate Diary Dollars from those plates go to the non-profit organization who sold that plate.

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You can customize your Pass It On Plate with some neat accessories.

Get a re-useable cloth PlateWrap to 'gift wrap' your Pass It On Plate. Just slip it over your plate before passing it on to a friend. You can even top off your PlateWrap with a Pretty Little Doo Dad, like the ones shown below.
Yes! We do have Birthday and Holiday themed PlateWraps.



You can also accessorize your Pass It On plate with one of our special paint pens. Write your name on the plate before passing it on. Just bake the plate in your oven at 300F for half an hour to make the paint permanent and food safe*. Then leave a message for your friend in the online diary, load the plate with treats, and pass it on. Don't forget to include the pen so the plate can collect names as it travels!

*The ceramic paint is food safe as long as it is not scratched. Just avoid using metal utensils on the plate. Hand washing is still recommended, to prevent abrasive dish detergents from damaging the paint.

The plate shown above has an active plate diary. Click here to see where this plate has been and what it has carried. (Thanks George, for loaning us the plate for this illustration.)

If you have more questions, please look through the rest of our FAQ or contact us if you would like more information.

Cause 4 Paws at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, May 24, 2008

Coordinator River Stone of Off The Hook Hats has been working like crazy to get everything ready for this big event.

Here is some press about the show:
http://www.newportnewstimes.com/articles/2008/05/21/community/community20.txt
and
http://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/coastcalendar.html

Stop by to say hi and mention this blog post for 10% off your purchase.
Hope to see you there!

Look for us in Hayward, WI this summer

Donna and Rachel will be bringing Pass It On Plates to the Monday Flea Market in Hayward, WI this summer. This weekly craft show/vintage sale/shopping mecca is located in the Hayward Sports Center. The Monday Flea Market is open every Monday from Memorial Day through Labor Day from 7:30am to 2:30pm.

To find the Monday Flea Market, take Hwy 63 to Hayward, WI. Turn onto Vermont and you'll see the Hayward Sports Center eight blocks down on the left.

If you are vacationing in the Hayward Lakes area from Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, or from anywhere else, please stop by and say hello to Donna and Rachel!

For more info about the Monday Flea Market, contact the Hayward Sports Center, 715-634-4791.

For more info about Pass It On Plates at the Monday Flea Market, contact us at pam[at]passitonplates[dot]com.

Free tote bag with purchase

At the Artists for Animals Cause 4 Paws show in Lincoln City, Oregon this weekend, we will give away these fun striped canvas tote bags with every $40 Pass It On Plate purchase.

Supplies of tote bags are limited, so when they're gone, they're gone.

Be sure to mention this blog for 10% off your purchase.
(Yes, that means you can get a Pass It On Plate for $36, but this still qualifies you for one of these handy tote bags.)

Hurry!

Upcoming Art Show

I'm sewing PlateWraps and painting plates as fast as I can with plans to have a booth at Cause For Paws this Memorial Day weekend. This will be the first time we've taken these plates to Lincoln City, Oregon, and we expect to do very well. I just hope I can get enough made between now and then so we don't sell out too early. We'll have some limited-edition PlateWraps made with cats and dogs on 'em just for this event. I'll post pictures of these PlateWraps sometime in the next couple of weeks.

If you want one of these fun PlateWraps, come to the art show early before they sell out. Come see us at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, by the D-Lake beach access in Lincoln City, Oregon on Saturday May 24, 2008!

Here is some information about Cause For Paws, as described by River Stone (who knits the most beautiful hats, by the way...)

Shop handmade and help us reach our goal of raising $20K during this 2 day Artist for Animals extravaganza! Artists will donate 20% of their proceeds. Cash donations will also be welcomed!

Artists & crafter's from around the NW will gather together in support of animal kind! Over 100 vendors are expected for this fund raising festival. Join us for a weekend of handcrafted shopping!

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