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Copper Cockeral is on Squidoo!

From: Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts

Date: Aug 4, 2007 4:05 PM

Copper Cockeral has a new lense on Squidoo! Be sure to visit it and add it to your favorites! Why not give us a 5 star rateing while you are there!

http://www.squidoo.com/coppercockeral/

If you haven’t done so already, here’s are older lense for you to check out as well:

http://www.squidoo.com/DecorativeOrnamentsFromCopperCockeral/

Thanks for stopping by!

Gothic clothes hard to find in stores…

most goths sew because there are very few stores that carry cloths from the Gothic, Victorian, Edwardian, or Empire eras

See more progress on: go gothic and not care what people think

National TV-Turnoff Week, April 23-29

Today is the first day of  National TV-Turn Off Week, April 23-29

I have decided to write a list of 101 things for you to do during this week of no TV, should you decide to take on the challange.

1. Go for a walk on the beach.
2. Read a book.
3. Write a book in 7 days.
4. Volunteer at the local  animal shelter.
5. Do a crossword puzzle.
6. Dress up like a pirate.
7. Buy a camera and use it.
8. Play an hours-long game of Monopoly.
9. Grow a crystal garden.
10. Catalog your book collection useing the Dewey Decimal System.
11. Plan a family budget.
12. Go on a camping trip.
13. Plant a vegetable garden.
14. Watch the stars.
15. Sew, knit, or crochet a blanket for a cause (Snuggles, Linus Foundation, etc.)
16. Raise a family of sea monkeys.
17. Answer all those unread emails.
18. Pay your bills.
19. Start a petition.
20. Take your family out to a fancy resturant.
21. Look for BigFoot.
22. Take in a foster pet.
23. Spend a few hours browsing in your local library.
24. Donate pet food to a local shelter.
25. Take a walk around the block.
26. Have a chat with your mom or dad.
27. Go fishing.
28. Organize your DVD collection.
29. Build a personal website.
30. Write a short story for a fiction magazine.
31. Volunteer at the local  soup kitchen.
32. Go sight-seeing.
33. Put the pictures into the photo albums.
34. Throw a “Just-As-You-Are” party.
35. Attempt to prove aliens are real.
36. Visit a local museum.
37. Take your family to an all you can eat buffet.
38. Invent something new.
39. Start to tackle the list of projects that has been getting longer.
40. Head to an amusment park.
41. Take a cruise.
42. Sew a new dress.
43. Get a family photo taken.
44. Take a child to the zoo.
45. Write a letter to someone you haven’t seen in a while.
46. Attend an art show.
47. Vacuum the car.
48. Refinish an old piece of furniture.
49. Write an article for a non-fiction magazine.
50. Go boating.
51. Start a blog.
52. Attend a book reading.
53. Solve a mystery: play a game of Clue.
54. Visit with someone in a nursing home.
55. Go to the circus.
56. Head to your local swamp to pick fiddleheads.
57. Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.
58. Take a hike in the woods.
59. Visit an art gallery.
60. Open an online store (Zazzle, CafePress, etc.).
61. Take swimming lessons.
62. Quit smoking.
63. Plant a tree.
64. Cook a gourmet dinner.
65. Help your child with his/her homework.
66. Play a game of basketball.
67. Go birdwatching.
68. Wash the windows.
69. Get a makeover.
70. See a play.
71. Repaint your living room.
72. Read a story to a child.
73. Paint a masterpiece.
74. Go on a picnic.
75. Read a comic book.
76. Start a new career.
77. Organize a family reunion.
78. Study up on your family history.
79. Go on a diet.
80. Sing a song.
81. Write a poem.
82. Bake a cake.
83. Go horseback riding.
84. Set up an aquarium.
85. Write a letter to a prisoner.
86. Take up a new hobby, such as stamp collecting.
87. Spend the week looking for UFO’s.
88. Go rock climbing.
89. Dye your hair blue.
90. Wax your car.
91. Redecorate your bedroom.
92. Play video games with your child.
93. Write a business plan for your dream job.
94. Take dance lessons.
95. See a ballet.
96. Buy a box of crayons and draw.
97. Design your dream-house.
98. Make home-made ice-cream.
99. Dress-up and go to the opera.
100. Take you family out to a movie.
101. Visit a haunted house.
102. Write a list of a 101 things you can do.

Quote: “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” —Groucho Marx 

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New Design Available From Copper Cockeral: Purple Easter Cross

March 25, 2007 at 1:27 am | In home decor, religon, Holiness, items for sale, magnets, Christ, stamp, pink, store, CafePress, cards, postcard, purple, buttons, Victorian, shop online, sales associate, product promotion, note book, note cards, Easter cross, theology beliefs, old fashioned, teddy bear, web site promotion, mugs, magnet, ornaments, web site review, Holy Spirit, beliefs, posters, awesome, fashion, Theology, sales, white, product reviews, products, Christianity, Business, reviews, faith, prayer, God, Jesus, Easter, vintage, gifts, belief, Lolita, clothing, t-shirts, prints, spring, holiday, postcards, painting, retail, New stuff | No Comments | Edit this post

 New from Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts:

 Purple Easter Cross

Just in time for Easter! These products feature a Victorian Easter cross in a lovely  lilac purple adored with spring flowers. We only have space to show a few of the more than 80 products available with this design on them. To see all products available, CLiCK HERE. 

Decorative Ornaments From Copper Cockeral

As seen on Xavier’s Nest:

Decorative Ornaments

March 19, 2007 at 12:52 pm | In ornaments, product promotion, doves, rock star, shop online, EK, EelKat, York county, Today’s Featured Item, The Space Dock 13 Network, Old Orchard Beach, Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts, singer, home decor, sales, romance, Halloween, heart, geography, retail, Easter, store, Maine, CafePress, gifts, Business | No Comments | Edit this post

Product Information:
Instantly accessorize bare wall-space with our Round or Oval Ornaments. Makes great room or office accessories, fun favors for birthday parties, wedding or baby shower Ornaments, or adding a unique, special touch to gift-wrapped packages. Comes with its own festive red ribbon for hanging. Hang ‘em up!

AVAILABILITY: In Stock, will ship in 2 business days.

$7.89 *

• High quality porcelain
• Oval 2.3″ x 3.25″
• Round 2 7/8″ diameter circle
• Ribbon for hanging included

Let’s Rock

Gothic Flamingo

EK’s Willow

Joshua’s Tiger

EK’s Purple Iris

Pastel Rooster

Copper Cockeral

Karaoke Krooner

Get Your Heart In Maine…

Easter Chicks

St Patric’s Day Dance

Pink Cherub Heart

Flamingo Sunset

Pink Flamingo 13

Bela Orange                                               

Blue Cupid Heart

Abstract 2

Acting My Age

Red Shinny Heart
 

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*This price for designs created by EelKat; Designs created by associate designers, Jeannie-Oke, Johnny E., Joshua K., and J.J. may be priced higher or lower, as determined by the indiviual artist.

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Today’s featured design from Copper Cockeral: Let’s Rock

Today’s featured design from the Copper Cockeral:

As seen on {March 12, 2007}   Tiddledeewinks Blog:

Let’s Rock

 

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*** These designs by Johnny E. Allen

New Design: Ying Yang Swirl

New Addition to Copper Cockeral 

{March 12, 2007}   New Design: Ying Yang Swirl

Ying Yang Swirl

 

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*** These designs by Jeannie Oke

Copper Cockeral Introduces it’s New Blog: Xavier’s Nest

The following is an introductory quote from Xavier’s Nest:

Copper Cockeral Cards & Gifts began in November of 2003 when I got this computer I ue today and the free printer that came with it. I had the printer set up in less than an hour and by the end of the day I had gone through 2 reams of paper and card stock, after printing up hundreds of sample designs for cards, stationary, and what not. The printer being also a scanner, ment that I had set out to scanning all of my paintings into the computer as well. One of those paintings I call, The Copper Cockeral. It’s a close up of a rooster’s head, painted an aged copper green-blue. I shrunk it down to a tiny logo and printed it on the back of everything I printed up. A month later I was printing up Christmas cards for paper carriers to hand out o their customers, as task which I continued to do for the next 3 years. And so began Copper Cockeral’s early days as poor quality printed off a free printer. I was happy that I had gotten this business off and running, but I was very displeased with the quality. I went on to test out the quality of four more printers and every type of paper I could find, but still none meet my standerds of perfection.

In the meantime however, I discovered an online printer called Zazzle, who would take my designs and put them on thier products, allowing me to build a website to sell them on. I was intreged and quickly set up my own Zazzle Gallery. In those days Zazle offered 3 products: cards, plain white t-shirts, and posters. Today Zazzle has expanded their line to include buttons, bumper stickers, silk ties, t-shirts in every color imaginable, US Postage stamps, keyrings, posters, framed prints, mugs, hats, totebags, and lots more. As they expand their line, so too does Copper Cockeral.

My income with Zazzle has been hit and miss, mostly due to the fact that they do nothing to promot your line. It’s up to you to do that, marketing and advertising was not something I was interested in, I was more interested in creating the products than promoting them, and back than, the Space Dock 13 Network did not yet exist.

Displeased with the slow sale of Zazzle (and still not marketing on my own) I set out in search of another printer. This time I found CafePress. CafePress, at the time, only had 14 products; today they have 90. Compareing CafePress’s 14 products to Zazzle’s 3, I realized that there was so much room for me to expand the Copper Cockeral line. CafePress not oonly had cards and t-shirts, but they also had clockes, cups, and ceramic tile jewerly boxes. Copper Cockeral expanded.

Today Copper Cockeral embraces both Zazzle and CafePress, offering over 60 designs each on more than 150 products. While most of the line is still designed by me (Wendy C. Allen / EelKat), there are 4 others also creating designs: my three brothers and our mom.

Starting on February 16, 2007, Copper Cockeral now has it’s own web site, still under construction as I type this, but online and taking orders.

This site which you are reading right now, is the blog for Copper Cockeral, named Xavier’s Nest, in memory of the long line of real copper cockerals all named Xavier that have lived on our farm over the years. The original Xavier was Xavier Logan, a character out of my Twighlight Manor series: a wild rock star from planet Flame, most noted for his long firey-red hair and his neon yellow clothes trimmed in pink. In 1989, our farm expanded to include a flock of 25 bantam roosters, which saddly got lost in the mail, and shipped to us 3 days late, with all but one having died. That one went on to become my first Xavier, the first of many. Xavier roosters are always green-eyed Partrige Cochins, a rare mutation, with brilliant green eyes and bright firey red feathers, that oddly resemble Xavier Logan, for whom they are named.

Product Review: Pink Cherub Heart

 Pink Cherub Heart is the newest addition to Copper Cockeral. It features a cherub and dove outlined by a pink heart. Shown here are a few of the more than 80 products available in this design. 

                 

   

EK’s Zazzle Gallery

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Colors

my fave color changes with my mood, but more than not it turns out to be orange… why? not sure really, it’s an odd color, you don’t see it very often… no body but me and Etoile wear it, I’m the only person in my area that has an orange (and metal flake too) car, plus I own an orange MudBug… my walls are pained a pale orange creme with lemon chiffon yellow trim, I have orange and yellow curtains… I just seem to surround myself with orange things, because it’s such a cheerful and happy color that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside

when I’m not in love with orange, my fave color sometimes changes to red, in the brightest, bloodest shades… most of my cloths ae red, my fave gown is made of bright eye popping red velvet, in the winter, my favoe color always seems to become various shades of blue, that’s when I usualy start wearing my blue stripe empire gown with bell sleeves and train, and my royal blue velvet burnoose (a huge long trained cape with volumptuous hood).… these 3 are the colors that always remain my faves, I just keep going back and forth between them, but once in a great while a forth one shows up: olivine or peridot green… it’s so nice and peaceful… when I’m tense or stressed out, I tend to surround myself with olivine greens which bring comfort and tranquility and peace of mind