blog party 2011 « Lemon and Raspberry – Tips and inspiration for crafty girls and handmade businesses from Amy T Schubert

Wow.

Wow wow wow…. SO many comments and entries for these giveaways …. I was *blown away* with the interest and support!!

Congrats to ALL the winners!

I will get in touch with you re: getting you your prize!!!

And if you didn’t win …. Remember many of these things you can still purchase in the maker’s store:

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First of all …..

Thank you.

I think my traffic for Saturday jumped more than FIVE times!!! FIVE! With another HUGE bump on Sunday!

Crazy. crazy crazy crazy ….

Here’s what I learned from doing my first blog party:

get others involved – having giveaways and guest posts from other bloggers both helped promote the blog party AND got some [...]

Last year I posted a MOUNTAIN of goals, plans and intentions for 2010.

I did about ….. half of them. And some of those were trips and things I would have done whether I made the list or not.

So this year – 2011 – I am going WAY easier on myself and just choosing three BIG IDEA [...]

Even though I didn’t *officially* launch Lemon and Raspberry until May … the site was up a couple months earlier and I got a little bit of traffic from searches….

If you have an analytics program installed on your site, it’s ALWAYS a hoot to take a look at your top posts and traffic sources over any [...]

Did you see my little mini announcement?

Andrew launched his website today – a website that I DESIGNED!

Please be sure to click through to view the whole site – My screen is not that large, so the screen print is not that large.

I also totally did the design for Lemon and Raspberry – [...]

I got my Instax mini camera near the beginning of 2010 – and since then I’ve had to very consciously SAVE my film and not go totally crazy.

At nearly $1 per image I like to think of these photos as ‘necessary luxuries’

But, what do you do with all these tiny (adorable) photo prints? File them away? [...]

I love books.

Obviously.

So I couldn’t let this day go by without GIVING AWAY a copy of a new book I’ve been loving.

The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World by Chris Guillebeau

(sidenote: I bought THREE copies of this book! One for me, one for you, and one [...]

I am so excited to announce my next ebook release to you all!

(sidenote: I already told those on my newsletter about this project – are you on the list?)

On March 1, 2011 Lemon and Raspberry will be releasing ….

Tell Its Story: Journal the Memories of your Stuff

What’s the story behind writing this ebook?

The short version is: [...]

For this giveaway – my own mother has generously offered a few of her chalkboard tags to one lucky Lemon and Raspberry reader.

My mom (Nancy Hann) is pretty much the reason I’m so crafty. ….

I grew up with her bringing a sketchbook on vacations with us

I went with her to a Creative Memories party on my [...]

Another fun (but somewhat complicated) DIY project for you all ….

This is another one of the Christmas projects we spent working on all day Christmas Eve.

Backstory:

Last August (2009) Andrew’s parents got a new dog …. a little feisty and friendly guy named Buddy.

Andrew’s dad just fell in LOVE with this dog. Yes, he likes the *other* [...]

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