crochet doily brooch crazy!

wow!

my blog views have gone crazy this last week!
all because of this brooch

from this post

http://maximumrabbitdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/07/vintage-crochet-brooch.html


I love to add my photo's to flickr and join the relevant groups for my projects
i added the brooch photo to the CRAFT pool

where it was picked up on and featured in Craftzine

i got loads of views on my blog
so checked my sitemeter
to find out where they were all coming from
as i'd never had so many views before!

Then Anne {thank-you Anne!} posted a comment telling me she had added a link to my blog on
Craft Gossip Sewing

http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-stacked-doily-and-button-brooch/2009/07/06/

cue loads more blog hits!

and then i found loads more visits
from this French blog

http://grannymania.canalblog.com/archives/2009/07/07/14322918.html

i also found a few more links to it on my site meter
and it was stumbledupon too!

this just shows the power of the internet
and how fast ideas can spread in this day and age!

so i'd like to say a BIG thank-you to anyone who has linked to my blog and my creations
it has made me feel really proud of my work
and inspired me to crack on
and make more "stuff"

"THANK YOU"

"real life" got in the way of crafting this week!

I've not got a lot of crafting done lately as i actually got some work last week , it will only be temporary but very welcome as i have had to put a total block on "unnecessary" spending.
Anyway as i've not been working lately i feel shattered now AND it's half-term this week so have to do much more entertaining than usual, so far this week i have done softplay {yawn} and we've built sandcastles in the sun on the beach, what a difference a few days makes, we were building snowmen less than a fortnight ago! Today we did the library with very very very overdue books thank goodness they were on my son's card, where we rented out a Tom Baker/Doctor Who dvd and came home and watched the whole thing whilst eating sweeties!

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I was very pleased to be told {thanks crafter...oo}
that my "forget-me-not" brooch


had been featured on this blog

http://needlework.craftgossip.com/just-beautiful-needlework/2009/02/14/

{brooch is available in my shops!}

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there are loads more lovely things appearing in the crafter...oo comic relief shop
thanks to PennyDog for all her hard work
please see link in post below as everytime i try to add it i lose half my post!

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I hope all you parents with youngsters enjoy your half-term .