AArrgh---There Be TREASURE Here!

Here be the great prizes up for grabs in the

"Collaborators In Cahoots" team Treasure Hunt!

To Play and for Full Details, Please visit here:

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6202533&page=44

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TREASURE CHEST PRIZES:

1-Guitar Note Pad from

www.PromoPixie.etsy.com

2-Crocheted Washcloths & Scrubbie from

www.CapeCodConsignments.etsy.com

3-Coloring Journal from

http://www.aprilsoriginals.etsy.com/ (design may vary from pictured)

4-11x14 Art print from

http://www.rachelsgarden.etsy.com/

5- 7" Pink glass bead bracelet w/gold toggle from

http://www.shadesofvictoria.etsy.com/

6-Freshwater Pearl & Swarovski crystal earrings from

http://www.ginabee.etsy.com/

7-3 long stemmed 'rose' votives from

http://www.valerieessentials.etsy.com/

8- $15 Gift Certificate from

http://www.kawaiibuddies.etsy.com/

9-2 Adorable seashell magnets in box from

http://www.whatshername.etsy.com/

10-Crocheted Facial Scrubbies, Star Shape from

www.2kute.etsy.com

11-Refreshing "Sea Mist" soap from

http://www.goodegear.etsy.com/

12-3"diameter x 4.5" tall Palm Wax Pillar Candle-MacIntosh Apple Scent from http://www.candleguy821.etsy.com/

DAVEY JONES' LOCKER:

Enter to be the lucky bloke win ENTIRE contents of this Treasure Trove by making purchases from ANY of the 21 participating shops during your Treasure Hunt!

1-Crocheted Arm Warmers from www.BijouxBoutique.etsy.com

2-7" tall Mermaid Doll from http://www.marysmaids.etsy.com/

3-Full set of 7 Project Wonderful Ads from www.PromoPixie.etsy.com

4-7" tall Pitcher (holds approx 24oz) from www.AdornYourself.etsy.com

And Just WHAT does the Buried Treasure look like, you ask??
Pictures will be larger than shown......and no...."X" will NOT mark the spot for ya! LOL

Red, White and Blue Contest Winner!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

PinkrosesSupplyShop

Was the winner for the Red, White and Blue contest!

Her Patriotic Thank You card rcvd the most votes and she will be rcving a custom 4th of July T-Shirt as her prize!

Thank you to everybody that submitted entries AND to those who voted!!

Happy 4th of July everyone!!

Jasmine - An Angel in DOG'S Clothing....

This story was sent to me via Email, and it was so sweet, I just thought I'd share it with you on my blog......

In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog.. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused.
In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. Click for- Geoffand the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims to restore the dog to full health, and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved.
They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home.

But Jasmine had other ideas. No-one remembers now how it began, but she started welcoming all Animal arrivals at the sanctuary. It wouldn't matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

Geoff relates one of the early incidents. "We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland Terrier cross and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. Then she fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them."

"But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all the stress out of them and it helps them to not only feel close to her but to settle into their new surroundings.


"She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose."
Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary's resident surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits.


And one roe deer fawn. Tiny Bramble, 11 weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm, and then went into the full foster mum role. Jasmine the greyhound showers Bramble the Roe deer with affection and makes sure nothing is matted.



"They are inseparable," says Geoff "Bramble walks between her legs and they keep kissing each other. They walk together round the sanctuary. It's a real treat to see them."

Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She will be too busy showering love and affection on the next Orphan or victim of abuse.


From left, Toby, a stray Lakeland dog; Bramble, orphaned Roe deer; Buster, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; Sky, an injured barn owl; and Jasmine with a Mothers heart doing best what a caring Mother would do... Such is the order of God's Creation.