Shop Hop Saturday--Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That

Just a heads up from the start.  I really doubt that I will be doing more than a Merry Christmas post next weekend  :)  We will be super busy Saturday all day with 2 families and then church.

As a reminder, here are my current goals:  (may re-think them for the new year, not sure yet)

1.  Build a new squidoo lens or update a previous lens each day.
2.  Post at least 3 things a week to redgage.
3.  Post 2 things a week into my etsy store and continue to move other things to my zibbet store.
4.  Keep up with the reviews and regular postings to my blog.
5.  Sew at least a little bit each day. (this goes with accomplishing goal 3)

I have been doing pretty well with #1--will head in there after I am done with this post for today's updating.

I just went to redgage and posted 3 photos.  I was a little disappointed that the 3 videos I had posted to youtube this past week weren't auto added to redgage?  They used to be.  I know my wedding video was as I rec'd comments on it, but I can't even find it in my account now.  This is one that needs to change for the new year.  It didn't take me long at all to add the 3 photos, so why can't I take the time to make it to redgage daily?  I accepted more friend requests and left lots of comments while I was in there too.

I posted 3 items for sale this week in my etsy store.  I must add to this goal to move at least one item per day from etsy over to zibbet!

Save the Earth Fabric Bag 

 

Hotpads--Set of 2 

 

Cotton Crocheted Washcloths Set of 3 in Billowing Blues 

 

I am thinking for best results and sales I really must have a minimum of 50 items in my stores to choose from.  Getting to that on zibbet won't be a problem if I just get busy transferring them over.  With the free account on zibbet, 50 listings is your limit.  I am perfectly fine with that number.

 

Yes, #4--still keeping up with regular postings on my blog, but still need to work on those reviews.  In fact, I really need to review an album yet today and get that up along with a giveaway.

 

#5---I have indeed made it in to my craft room for some sewing each day this past week.  A couple of the days weren't more than 10 or 15 minutes, but I am happy with that too!

 

That looks like that's it for this week's report.  I will be working more this week to finish up Christmas gifts and wrapping.

Thanks again to Ruth of abitosunshine for hosting this shop hop each week.  Please click the button at the top to learn more about it, post your own link, and/or support others who are working from home. 

Shop Hop on Sunday for This Gal

Fortunately for me Ruth over at abitosunshine leaves the linky up for a full week for Shop Hop Saturday.
I had something I felt just had to complete before doing this post  :)

As a reminder, here are my current goals:
1. Build a new squidoo lens each week as well as update at least 2 others.
2. Post at least 3 things a week to redgage.
3. Post 2 things a week into my etsy store and continue to move other things to my zibbet store.
4. Keep up with the reviews and regular postings to my blog.
5. Sew at least a little bit each day. (this goes with accomplishing goal 3)

I did build a new squidoo lens and update at least 2 other lenses.
I also did post 3 new photos over on redgage.
I posted a total of 5 items in my etsy store (2 are the same bag):
 

Flannel Toothbrush Rug 

 

Dora the Explorer Fabric Bag 

 

Cotton Crocheted Washcloths Set of 3 in Potpourri 

 

Dora the Explorer Hand Stitched Quilt 

 

As far as my blog...I still have review catching up to do, but I am slowly getting there.

 

I haven't sewn with my sewing machine every day, but I have hand sewn and quilted on the Dora quilt to complete it.

 

I am presenting tomorrow at  7 pm CST.  I hope to see you there!  One of my gather connections is the first up to present after introductions at 2 pm CST.   (I'm heading next to get some etsy expired items moved over to my zibbet store)

Shop Hop Saturday--A Sewing Frenzy

Yes, I have been in a sewing frenzy this past week. And, I want to just keep sewing and sewing!!

If you recall my mountain climbing goals are:
1.  Build a new squidoo lens each week as well as update at least 2 others.
2.  Post at least 3 things a week to redgage.
3.  Post 2 things a week into my etsy store and continue to move other things to my zibbet store.
4.  Keep up with the reviews and regular postings to my blog.
5.  Sew at least a little bit each day. (this goes with accomplishing goal 3)


1.  I did indeed build a new squidoo lens and update at least 2.
2.  Just today I hopped over to redgage and shared 3 photos.  I'm not done working in there yet, want to get some views done for some that I am following.  I also need to move the photos to the Petting Zoo album too.
3.  I finished up 2 fabric bags and have them listed in my etsy store.

Wild Pink Fabric Bag 

 

Puppy/Kitten Fabric Bag 

 

Last week I also moved 3 of the expired items that are Christmas back in to my store.  I need to get busy and more some of the other expired items in to my zibbet store.

 

4.  I have kept up with my regular blog posts but still am way behind in getting reviews done.  I have several and two of them right now include giveaways.  I hope to get to one of those this evening.

 

5.  You already know I've been in a sewing frenzy  LOL   However, I am just about out of thread to sew with.  Money isn't good right now for buying more.  I'm trying to win some on listia but so far keep getting outbid.  If nothing else though, I can still do sewing related things each day like cutting material etc.

 

That's it for my report this week.  I am linking up with abitosunshine:

 

 

Squidoo Hopping (linky)--Where else do you post your links?

That is today's question.  Where else do you list your squidoo lens links?

This was brought to my mind when I happened over to redgage.  I hadn't been there for quite some time.  At one point I started linking up my lenses there.  I linked up a few more while I was there, and plan to try to get in each day and at least link up one (as well as add a photo or something else too while I'm there.)

Sometimes I will do a post over on gather.com and put in a link to one or more of my lenses.  Actually, I joined a group that's purpose was to share our links to other things we do online for pay.  I linked up several of my lenses and my post was flagged by someone!  I've been on the scared side about trying to do that again.  I just sneak them in every once in awhile now.

Of course I'm getting links to my lenses here in my blog, particularly in these posts each week.

This past week I updated my All About Marsha lens.  Silly  me...I was going paragraph by paragraph to update then when I got to the end I seen that I had updated it all at the bottom  LOL  I just deleted that update and left the new ones.  I put in a wedding video too.

I also updated my Gather--The BEST in Social Networking lens.  I added more redemption's rec'd. I also added a featured lenses module highlighting the other gather lenses that I found.

I did update a couple of other lenses this past week, but since I didn't make a note, well......I just don't remember what they were!  (This happens to your brain when you are trying to do way more things than you should be!)

Here's hoping to see lots of you link up this week---



 

Shop Hop Saturday 6/25/11

Happy Saturday!

I'm happy to report that I've kept up with my goal of making it in to my craft room to sew some each day.  I don't stay in there long, but still feel like I've been productive.  I'm working on a few projects all at once.

These are the new items I listed in my etsy store:

Baby Bibs in Pink Set of 2  

Double Thick Crocheted Hot Pads Set of 2 in Christmas Colors  

I didn't get anything else done in my zazzle store, but I did save back a few of my better photos that I will turn in to products at some point.

I'm going to attempt to get back in to posting on redgage.  I started out again more or less messing around to show a friend how redgage works by copying over my Mary Bragg Tattoos and Bruises CD Review 

I put in the trackback url back to my blog post but it's not showing up in the redgage post.  For those of you who have done redgage, isn't the trackback link supposed to show up at the bottom of the post?   Any, click on over to that one if you want to help me earn a little more with views.

I have a ton of squidoo lenses to get backlinked through redgage....and a bunch of my reviews to get in there....and also lots of flower pics as well.    I also have 40 friend requests to take care of.  Yep, if I find the time, I can keep myself plenty busy.

I'm going to close for this week, but I encourage you to check out Ruthi's Shop Hop blog hop by clicking the button below.  List your own post or come and check out the others.

Checking In

I took Jasmine off to camp this afternoon.  I have felt this sad emptiness before even leaving the camp. It's going to be a long week for me with her gone.

I have been so incredibly busy this past couple of week.  Tomorrow is no different.  I'm going to be hanging out with my mom most of the day as she has 2 dr. appts. tomorrow and some shopping to do.

I have 100's (literally) of photos and videos that need to be shared on gather...not to mention the regular posts that I do there.
I did get in a post that covers my last 2 Walgreen's shopping trips.  I hope you will check it out.  Walgreen's Shopping 6/10/10 and 6/13/10

Speaking of Walgreen's....I went into my blog dashboard this morning to quickly scan the Walgreen's deal posts and discovered new ways to fix up our blog.  I ended up messing with that.  What do you think about the looks of my blog now?  I am really liking it!

We had our annual rummage sale at church yesterday.  I got some pretty good deals, although most of what I bought were more wants than needs.  I did get a wool blanket for $1 that I need for the inside of one of my quilts.

I'm going to do my best to get back to posting regularly, meaning daily to my blog.

I'm getting closer to cashout points with sidetick.com  and I've been getting more photos put in to redgage.com.  I haven't done anything on squidoo lately so need to get to that.

We are going through some heavy thunderstorms right now.  Flood warnings.  We seen lots of flooded fields while taking Jasmine to camp.  The camp suffered from the last flood our town had.  Just another worry for me while she is gone.  I am just seeing on the news about flooding in Arkansas.

Guess I better quit aimlessly blabbing here and decide if I am going to continue trying to earn some money this evening or if I am going to just head on to bed.

Have a great night,

 

Resolutions Journal Week 11--April 10--April 16

As a reminder:

My resolutions for this year include:

1. Using the exercise equipment we have on a regular basis.

2. Reading whenever I get a chance so that I can do more book reviews and in turn turn those book reviews into squidoo lenses.

3. Getting back to my online business. As a whole I call it Gifts Galore and More, but includes everything that I do online to earn money.
I will be updating or building a new squidoo lens each day, working on getting crafts made and listed for sale, getting more books listed for sale, etc.

4. Getting my blog back going again.



Week 11 Accomplishments: April 10-April 16

Started reading my next book, Evan's Castle

Started reading another book, Hollywood Station. I figure I can try to make time to read one at home, and the other keep in my purse for reading while I'm out, and hopefully get more books read that way.

Listed a boatload of books and a set of 6 Little Girls Bracelets in rainbow colors in my blujay store.

I completed the quilt I was working on and it is also listed in my blujay store.

Added to and updated my homeschoolbuy auctions.

Updated Side Tracked Home Executives, 4 Weeks to Healthy Digestion, My First Quilt, Forever, Blankets for Christmas, Our Garden 2010, My Favorite Childhood Toys, Earn Money Online, Helen Steiner Rice, and Living in the 80's squidoo lenses.

I also started to become active on redgage. I'm having a good time and adding friends everyday. But, having a hard time understanding just how you import, or auto import.
I got a referral and won $25 in the daily drawing!
I am marsha32 there if you are a member and want to connect....or if you would like to join, you can put that in as who sent you.


As you can see, I've made it 2 weeks going pretty strong working on my squidoo lenses, although I didn't get one built this week like I wanted to.
I'm also keeping my blog going very well as well.

Have an awesome week until my check next Friday night!