Don't let the Thanksgiving Day festivities keep you from entering Challenge 86, the Winter Holiday challenge. In fact, you could even use the challenge deadline as an excuse to get away from the family for a while. ;-)

I'm dreaming of a Blood Ties Christmas...

Election Day is here!

( Voting Booth this way... )

You still have time to enter Challenge 82, the Monochrome Challenge. But not that much time. The challenge will close at 3 p.m., CST, today. We have several very beautifully colored entries, but it would be great to have a few more.

What a colorful expression...

Challenge 82, the Monochrome Challenge, is currently underway. Please take note of the earlier deadline for this challenge...3 p.m. (CST), Sunday, November 2, 2008.

They call me Mellow Yellow...

Don't forget...the Monochrome Challenge is currently underway! Pick a color, any color, and make an icon for Challenge 82!

Blue, blue, my world is blue...

I'm posting Challenge 82 just a little bit early, because my home computer is being tempermental lately, and I'm using my work computer.

( Enter here to learn the particulars of this challenge. )

Voting ends tonight.

Exercise the Franchise

Since we only had 5 icons entered, this is going to be easy. Vote for your favorite icon. That's it. Pick one, post the number, and you're done. You have until 10 p.m.(CST), Friday, October 10, 2008, to cast your vote.

( Autumn Icons )

...or to the South or to the West Coast, it's time for all good Blood Ties iconmakers to make autumn icons for Challenge 78. So far, only one person has posted any icons.

'Cause when fall comes to New England ( Read more... )

Speaking of fall, happy October! Wouldn't right now be a great time to make an icon for Challenge 78, the Autumn Challenge?


O suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together.
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue [and red and yellow and gold and orange and brown] weather.