2 days left for BLACK FRIDAY- CYBER SALE

OUR SALE HAS ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT!!! GET YOUR CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND CHRISTMAS CARDS PLUS ALL OTHER UNIQUE GIFTS AND STOCKING STUFFERS BEFORE IT ENDS!!! 

SHOP TIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY. ON TOP OF THE DRASTICALLY REDUCED PRICES YOU CAN BUY 2 GET ONE FREE WITH THESE CODE 

                                                      1. BUY 3 ORNAMENTS, GET ONE FREE! 11AFF301F

              2. BUY 2 TEES, GET ONE FREE! 11AFF2T1F
3. SPEND $100, GET $10 off FAB
4. SPEND $75, GET $5 off GREAT 

go to cafepress.com/melissaart

I JUST LOVE MY PAINTING ON THESE FLIP FLOPS!!!

EFFERVESCENT JOY EARRINGS

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORNAMENTS

WRAPPED IN HIS ARMS ORNAMENT

 

BLACK FRIDAY SALE IS HERE!

I HOPE YOU WILL STOP BY AND PURCHASE A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FOR YOUR TREE AND  CHECK OUT SOME GREAT GIFT ITEMS! GO TO MELISSA'S CAFEPRESS STORE  TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE! 
 Everything marked BLACK FRIDAY SALE has been marked down 30%-40%  and then you can get additional deals using your Promo codes I have provided. 
Be sure and buy two Christmas ornaments and get your third free with the promo code!! 
Blessings, Melissa

HAPPY THANKSGIVING & BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL!!

Well, I have been in the kitchen baking and cooking all day!  I must say I enjoyed myself. I got several pies made, several sides put in the fridge and the turkey brining.  Tomorrow will be more fun getting ready for our big meal. Typically we usually have a bunch of people over but this year, time got away from me, I forgot to invite some people early enough.  But we are still planning on having a good meal.  

I am also writing about my BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY SPECIALS in my Cafepress Store.   We need 250 purchases to be able to give 2 adoptive families a vacation through our Melissa Carter Creations Vacation Giveaway!  Please share this on other blogs and with your facebook friends.  
Here is the link to the extra details Melissa Carter Creations Giveaway

We also need nominations - Let us know who the Adoptive family is either by emailing us at kdcarter@mac.com or by visiting Melissa Carter Creations Facebook page and commenting. ( You can like my page while you are there too! ) 

We really want to give away these vacations, so please help spread the word. 

Happy Thanksgiving!! Melissa

THANKSGIVING SALE ON BLACK FRIDAY

Hello Everybody! Can you believe it is Thanksgiving Time again??? My how time flies! Duane and I are thankful for families who reach out to kids, who make a choice to purposely love them by changing their lives to adopt them.  That is so much harder than it looks!!! We oughta know! 
We want to celebrate and say thanks to two adoptive families.  You can help us do that and at the same time save some money purchasing gifts with my art work, such as ipad covers, charms, bracelets. mugs etc.. or going to my website and ordering prints or originals. I  have some black friday sales coming up as well. On Cafepress, I will be discounting some items, plus you can use the cafepress coupons on top of that! - 

BLACK FRIDAY SALE COMING UP FOR ADOPTION CHRISTMAS CARDS AND ORNAMENTS IN MY CAFE PRESS STORE!!! 
EVERY PURCHASE WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO SEND AN ADOPTIVE FAMILY ON VACATION!

Every Order placed via my Melissa Carter Creations website on The Black Friday weekend (FRIDAY, SAT, and SUNDAY! Will receive 35% off their original or prints. 
Click here:  MELISSA CARTER CREATIONS

We need 250 purchases to be able to send 2 families on Vacation. Follow the instructions in the previous blog post  here  to purchase and nominate a family.  ADOPTIVE FAMILIES, YOU CAN NOMINATE YOURSELF AS WELL!
We have only had two purchases and no one nominated for this event!!! PASS THIS ALONG AND GET THE WORD OUT!!!

Thanks again! MELISSA

Quick yeast rolls I made - TURKEY STYLE! ( Sorry! Not for sale on my website!! )
Just thought I'd put you in the mood for Thanksgiving! 

Getting My Life Back in Order and GREAT THINGS HAPPENING

Hello everyone!
I really do miss blogging and I know I have said it before, but I really mean it this time!! Facebook has seemed to be the easy way out where I can run in and type a phrase or post a picture and be out in a few minutes!  I know if I sit down, words will flow, kids will interrupt and blog may not be coherent!  But that shouldn't stop me huh?

Well, After having moved twice in less than 2 years, having a daughter move back to AL and get married, one take off on her own, 2 other kids suffering trauma and having to get help, one 16 year old joining our family and adjusting, running our home in AL as a vacation rental while living here in CA,  trying to help two 20 year olds, living at home, get jobs and settle here in CA, I THINK my Life is about to "normalize". I'm not even sure I know what normal really is!! haha!  We always have drama and activity around here on a scale of 10 more than most families!! Is that normal??

    Anyway, a lot is in store for this coming year.  And has been in the works for quite some time. Duane and I were asked to write a chapter for a book for a dear friend and mentor of ours and who is an awesome daughter of of God. We are almost complete with the chapter and she with the book!  Our chapter deals with sex- trafficking.  That launches our next book we will be starting on very soon that is a practical/ spiritual toolkit of things we have learned through 16 years of parenting older adopted children. I am very excited about this as it has been on my heart for several years.  I am an outside of the box thinker, so be prepared to be pushed outside of your normal thinking!  

We also will be launching with a friend of mine, her brillant idea of a website that caters to and coaches adoptive parents! I am SO EXCITED about this as well!  Along side of that, Duane and I will be launching our own website that will promote the Holistic health and wellness of adoptive parents both spiritually and physically.  As you know Duane is a Pediatrician and is awesome with kids.  In the future, we hope to have a curriculum to train adoptive/ foster parents. We hope to hold respite camps and continued training for families, so they won't die like ours almost did.  

Duane and I are being pulled to get involved on a larger scale with the Sex- Trafficking issue and have been in training this past year for it as well.  I will post in later blogs more about all of that. 

In addition to all of that, My art is back on the scene and I am working to produce more works this upcoming year.  I have produced several works this year with two others almost finished and you can see them here .   

So here is where I am and I am excited about this upcoming year and what Duane and I will be able to offer to the adoption community and to families.