March 17, 2010

Insert Bee Related Pun Here

One of the million things I've been trying to fit around Isabel's naps, hospital, dentist appointments, vaccinations and heaven knows what else I'm forgetting lately is the quilting bee. Again.

The winning layout from a contest we held last year has finally been coded up:

the quilting bee

...and so we're having a "House Swarming Party" to celebrate (get it.. house swarming, house warming? never mind..) as well as the famed easter egg hunt of years gone by. Also known as the activity in which Jem has to arrange the locations for around 300 pixelled eggs, on over a hundred members' sites, so that everyone can then go and find them. Yes, not the easiest one to organise, but definitely one of the best to participate in.

Anyway, the reason why I'm blogging about the q*bee is — aside from the new layout — because we recently had some rule changes which may or may not effect those of you who've expressed an interest in joining previously. For example, we have abolished the rule about having your own layout; the q*bee is after all about friendship. We've also reduced the required trade amount down to 1 a month to make it easier for bees busy with school/work/family etc.

I've been running the q*bee for 4 years this year. Crazy, eh? Now, it's just a shame I'm no better at pixelling after all this time...

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February 5, 2010

Everybody Needs a Little Snark

I want to take a minute or two to shamelessly plug Snark Forums. Firstly because Snark is 3 years old in March, and we're having lots of fun activities — organised by the members — to celebrate: Snark does the Ickies, Snark Art Worm, 31 Featured Members and more (as of yet unannounced). And secondly, because we've recently added some new subforums to increase the range of topics on offer: Mums & Babies, Usability & Accessibility and SEO & Social Marketing. So, if you have ... read more »

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November 10, 2009

Review of sarah.partyofme.com

I am in the unfortunate position of being due to give birth today, and yet have had not so much as a twinge. This means today will undoubtedly drag, and I have to find some way of occupying my time. Rather than do something constructive — such as responding to the increasing backlog of emails — I am instead choosing to write a review. I probably won't have the time to do another for quite a while, and so I'd like to get one in somewhere. Sarah, owner of sarah.partyofme.com... read more »

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