Growing!

Thanks so much to all of my great customers! It has been a BUSY week here at EBS Designs and I'm still working on new blogs every chance I get. I now have four "designs in progress" blogs where I post drafts for my customers so that we can tweak them to perfection before I alter their real blog. Having four design blogs really speaks to how much my little business is growing, I used to get by just fine with only one blog for drafts. Now my orders are coming in so much faster that I have to be able to work on lots of designs at once. All this to say, I'm encouraged about the recent growth and I have YOU to thank! I've done some fun and different stuff lately, like designing blogs for youth groups and elementary school classes. I also have a few surprises brewing for you so check back soon.

In the meantime, here are the draft blogs, keep in mind the word draft, they might not be perfect just yet, but check them anytime to see the latest (and hopefully greatest) from EBS Designs!

Designs in Progress 1
Designs in Progress 2
Designs in Progress 3
Designs in Progress 4

She talked about YOU

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=4208540
thanks again for bidding!

Giving is GOOD!

We all know it is better to give than to receive but isn't it great when you get to do both? My dear friend Cristy did just that last night when she won the auction to help Nie and her family! Congrats Cristy, I'll be sure to make your blog look great and I'm so thankful for your contribution to the Nielson's recovery. Thank you, thank you to all of you who bid! I was touched every time I saw a new comment and I know the Nielsons and their families are very appreciative of your generosity!

Benefit Auction

I am participating in this AMAZING auction in order to benefit this family, the parents were badly injured in a plan crash and have four children between the ages of 2-6. You can read all of the details here, start on August 18th and also here. Beware, the more you read about this family the more you will fall in love with them, just as I did. I found myself bookmarking specific posts while reading Nie's Blog, what a cool mom she is! I hope to implement things like back to school feasts, complete with crowns and family themes for the year when my kids get older (and when I have kids, since now I only have a kid!)
There are tons of people offering to auction of all kinds of wonderful things so take some time to scroll through the merchandise because you'll surely find something you love. EBS Designs is offering four blog makeovers for the starting price of one in order to help this family. That means you could have a new design every season or just change things up any time you wanted. A complete makeover includes a background, banner, button and signature, I will change all four of those things any four times you choose if you win this auction. The bidding starts at $30.00 and hopefully will go far beyond that. ALL proceeds will go to the family so this is really great way to donate to them and get four fun new blog looks too! As Design Mom said:

I told Ben Blair That I'm hoping people are in a public radio mindset. Like when you hear the NPR commentators say: "pledge your membership of only $75.00 and we'll send you this canvas tote bag with our logo on it." You know the tote bag is worth maybe $5. But it's not about that. You're looking for a way to be generous and supportive. And the tote bag is just a bonus.

Here are the auction details:
*leave your name and bid amount in the comments section
*bids always need to be increased in full dollar amounts
*you may bid as many times as you wish
*blog makeover goes to highest bidder
*This auction closes Monday 9/1/08 11:59 pm
*The winner will be announced Tuesday morning
*payments will be made to EBS Designs paypal account at which time ALL proceeds will be transferred to the Stephanie and Christian paypal fund

If you have any questions please leave them in the comment section or email me erinschwant@hotmail.com

Thanks for helping me help the Nielsons! Dig deep in those cute purses (and wallets) of yours!
Erin

PS - I'd LOVE for you to pick up the banner at the top of this post to advertise for the auction on your blog! Just right click and hit save and you'll have it!

Signature for Amber

to match this banner:

All in a Day's Work

Click the link below for the latest from EBS Designs

http://customblog3.blogspot.com/

Happy Birthday!

Here is the blog I designed for Addie Lane's birthday
http://www.thescogginsblog.blogspot.com/

and a sneak peak of her header...how cute is this little girl!?!?!