Make New Friends!

As I typed the title, I am reminded of that Girl Scout song- Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold. ;)

Today, I joined up with New Friend Friday, and it gave me an idea. (Psst... if you are looking for new friends, link up!) Every Friday, when I am around and remember, I am going to feature a blog (or several) that I have found which has under 75 friends. This way, they can be seen by more people, and hopefully, get some new friends!

First up is Cindy from Little Did I Know





Cindy is a mom of 3 kids, and they are currently building a new home. And, she still managed to find time to redo this bird cage and birds!






Next up is Rachel at Sew Ambitious.

Rachel only just started sewing about 9 months ago, and is already making some darling projects, including a sweater hat (very similar to one I made last fall!), and a darling little polka dot dress!

Last up for today is Janel at MacKenzie's Crafty Mom.

Janel is a stay at home mom to an adorable little girl. She also is an amazing cake decorator! For her daughter's teachers, she made a totally cool sunflower cupcake bouquet, which includes a tutorial. Check out her St. Patrick's Day cookies! (Psst... she's also running a $60 CSN contest right now!)

Make sure to stop by and check out these blogs, and let them know you found them on New Friend Feature at My Frugal Family!!

Don't Forget: Talented Tuesday Link Party!

I am once again on that schedule where I don't sleep at night. It's not fun. More to the point, I'm exhausted, the kids are at school, and the bed is calling to me. I would be nuts not to answer the call.

Today is Talented Tuesday here at My Frugal Family, so don't forget to link up your crafty, talented posts to the party!

http://theherberfamily.blogspot.com/2010/02/talented-tuesday_16.html

And also?

200 Posts, 100 Followers!

I wish I could say I had some special post in mind for my 200th post, but alas, I don't. I spent all day sleeping. I'm an insomniac to start with, but between pain meds, and laying in bed entirely too much, my schedule is all messed up.

I woke up today to a nice surprise- I now have 100 followers! I'm speechless. About a month after I started this blog, I wrote up a post, and post dated it for 1 year after I started the blog, to the day.

I listed in it some goals I hoped to have accomplished by the time the post becomes visible. One of them was having more people interested in my blog. I had under 10 or 20 followers at that point, so my goal number was 50. I've also had an amazing week in views. My single highest view day ever was this week, with 840 views on Tuesday! I credit that to all the MckLinky posts I've been finally figuring out and adding to. You guys are all wonderful!

I'm hoping to finish my felt appliqued Valentine's Banner this weekend. Part of it requires sewing, and I've been going back and forth on whether or not I'll do it in bed by hand, or try to rig a seat at the sewing desk for 20 minutes or so to sew there.

It is my hope that I'll have it done to reveal on Monday. I have the individual letters "done", in that the letters are appliqued on, and I've done some minor embellishments. I tried adding sequins, but I wasn't loving the look, so I seam ripped em off. I do want to add some tassels, though, and I'm thinking of adding 2 more triangles to the banner, each with a heart on it for the start and end of the word LOVE.

Here's hoping for a big 'reveal' on Monday!