Talented Tuesday & A Winner!

Happy Tuesday everyone! (Or, Monday evening, since I typically get this posted on Monday and not Tuesday...)

Let's get the first part over with- a winner!

I want to thank everyone who has participated, blogged about, twittered, and facebooked about my contests!

Now, without further ado... The winner for the second contest:

Lucky Number 13!!!!

Congratulations FRUGALMOM!!! You're the winner of the purse pictured below!!

 

          FrugalMom on April 25, 2010 3:56 PM said...

I blogged about your giveaway. You can find the post at Frugality Is Free smartmomj@BLAH.BLAH

FrugalMom, You will be contacted via email by both me, and Brooke from Makin' It Domestic. You have your choice of one of the two necklaces shown below!

 And a GIANT Thank you to Brooke for providing the prize for this contest!!!

This week, I added a new section to my side bars- A feature section, showing off several different items that were posted last week on Talented Tuesday. My goal is to add and swap out the features through out the week, drawing each time from the Talented Tuesday links. If I feature you, you should get a message on the post about it!

And some features here from last week!

Junk Blossoms turned a blah old wooden table into this piece that just POPS!

 Crafty Crafts shows how to turn flowers into clippies!

Bird Crafts turned a tank top and fabric into this adorable summer dress!

 All Things Heart & Home made this great beach blanket out of terry cloth and bandanas! Seriously, how cute is that?!?

Keeping It Simple made this great car-roll-up- it stores matchbox cars, and has a figure 8 race track on it to race the cars around! Perfect for long car rides, Church, and family events to keep little hands busy! 

Lastly, the two links that received the most clicks last week are:

Remodelaholic shows you how to frame your mirror for a LOT less than stores want! 

Stories By Me shows how to make a really unique charm bracelet with your own photos!

Now, on to Talented Tuesday!!

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The Rules

1) Post a blog about something you've made- a refurnish, recipes, a craft project, a sewing project, room decoration, anything you've done!

2) Add a link to your blog post- not to the blog itself, but to the individual posts! You can post more than one project, just add more links! The links should look something like:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/2010/01/love-banner.html

and NOT like this:

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/

3) Add the code below to your blog, so that others can post their projects here as well! The list will accept new links through Thursday, so if you make something new, come back and post it!

Don't forget to look at the links on the list, and let people know where you found their post at!

This Link Party will remain open and accepting links through Thursday evening!!

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Blog Shout Out

I'm in a lack-of-crafting sort of stage right now. Not for lack of projects. No, more like for lack of ambition. Yep, that sounds right. So, in order to actually have people remember my little blog here, I thought I would go ahead and do a few blog shout outs.

First up, and this is totally self serving, is the most awesome mom blog out there, Minions x 3.

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Yes, I hear the crickets all the way over here. All right, so it probably isn't the most awesome anything out there, but it's brand new, and it's all mine. It's more about ME than about what I do, if that make sense. It's about being a mom, a person, having kids, and life. Go, read, friend it, and bask in it's awesomeness.



Next up is another cool blog- Sarah's Deals. Sarah is someone I've "known" online for several years through a state wide yahoo group I help run. She started her blog about a year ago, and it's got all sorts of cool deals through it- coupons, magazine deals, grocery store price matching, and more. Take a gander, and while you are at it, compliment her new banner (psst.. I made it!).


Next up is one of the first blogs I found and started following, Mad In Crafts. Jess has some great ideas, and they are almost all really frugal, like mine! She has been MIA for a week or two, but if you've never been to her blog, you'll find some really cool ideas!

I currently have over 100 blogs I am following, and these are only a couple of my favorites. Take a moment to check them out!

I'm Wondering About Advertising

I've been noticing more and more blogs that are selling ad space. I'm contemplating doing the same, but I don't really know that my blog is big enough to really generate hits.

Right now, based on the past 7 days, I have an average daily visit count of almost 700. It fluctuates up and down, though, depending on how crafty and linky I am on any given week. For the most part, I stay up around or over 500, and have since I started doing Talented Tuesday's 6 weeks ago.

What do you guys think? Does anyone else out there currently do blog to blog advertising? Do you like it? How much do you charge?

Then there is the layout- I would really need a new layout (probably a 3 column) to do this "right".

Help!

Numbers

I'm approaching 100 followers, and 200 posts. I'm not sure when I started that I would have foreseen how much this blog has come to mean to me. It gives me something to do during the day, and has lead me to a wonderful network of blogs and visitors that I love seeing & hearing from.

Thank you, everyone, for making my stay in Blog Land so welcome!