Tips For Crafters On The Web

My New Linda Walsh Originals Fabric Designs Blog

2012-01-12T04:57:00.001-05:00

I've been playing again! This time it's with fabric designs. Actually, I've been playing with fabric designs and new websites/blogs. I've been thinking about designing fabric for some of my doll pattern lines using graphics of my dolls for quite sometime and last month was finally able to complete one of the lines. Of course, that required a new website and a new blog. You know me - anything

My NEW Website - It's Raining Baby Showers

2012-01-10T04:41:00.002-05:00

One of my all time favorite doll designs is my "Baby Nicky" doll. He's a baby shower centerpiece doll that I designed based upon my grandson "Nicky" who has the most wonderful, curly head of hair you could ever imagine. I just LOVE it and would love to swap hair with him. If you've been following my Linda's Blog you know that "Baby Nicky" is involved in a lot of what goes on in "The Dollie

Pinterest Is A Win-Win For Small Business Crafters!

2011-12-26T05:24:00.001-05:00

I know I'm always telling you that I need help. Well, this time I definitely need help! You see - I have become a "pinning" addict. Now, if you're wondering what "pinning" is I have to tell you that it's not a new craft that I just learned. It's an addictive, popular, fast growing internet activity - a "visual" pin-board. One which seems to have control over me the last few days as I just

Patternspot.com - A New Selling Venue For E-Pattern Designers

2011-12-06T04:40:00.005-05:00

I've been thinking about this for a few months now and finally decided last month to add some of my e-patterns to the Patternspot.com website. So now I am listed as a designer over there. If you'd like to check out my designer page please CLICK HERE. I first noticed the Patternspot.com website this summer and thought it might be an interesting place to sell some of my e-patterns. However,

Downloading My Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns To The Kindle

2011-11-16T04:28:00.002-05:00

For many years now I have been contemplating getting a Kindle E-Reader as I was curious as to how my e-patterns would appear on it and whether I would like it. Over the past few years I have written three posts on my "The Book Review Corner" blog about the Kindle. as a few years ago I had decided to add a section to my Linda's Bookstore for Books on Dolls, Doll Making, Doll Collecting, Doll

My Linda Walsh Originals Handmade Dolls & Crafts Shoppe at Zibbet.com

2011-11-13T05:02:00.000-05:00

Back in September of 2009 when I was disenchanted with Etsy.com I was solicited to open a shoppe at Zibbet.com. At the time there were no monthly fees, no annual fees, no lifetime fees, and no per sale fees. Plus, at the time they were offering lifetime premium accounts if you were able to attract other small business crafters to their website. So, of course, I did and, as a result, have a

New Items For My Linda Walsh Originals Etsy Shoppe

2011-11-08T04:21:00.004-05:00

After thinking about this for quite a while I decided to re-stock my Linda Walsh Originals Handmade Dolls & Crafts Shop on Etsy in time for the holidays. I've been a little delinquent in re-stocking my shop there. I set up my Etsy shop in March of 2008 but I haven't added anything since 2009. It's not because I didn't have the time - well, that could be part of the reason. It's because I

I'm Playing Again, This Time With OpenOffice.org

2011-11-04T05:28:00.003-04:00

I've been playing, yet again. This time it's with OpenOffice.org and I have to tell you I'm loving it. Just writing that my computer shook. My Microsoft Publisher program doesn't like that comment one bit. It's getting nervous thinking I'm about to abandon ship. Hold on to your hats "Publisher" I'm just playing. You know I just LOVE to play and recommend things I find to my readers.

GoogleDocs For Creating and Displaying .PDF's

2011-11-03T05:18:00.001-04:00

I've been playing again testing a few different avenues for small business crafters who have .PDF free e-patterns, e-tutorials, e-projects, and e-articles that they have created and want to display on their websites or blogs. I recently posted about Scribd.com which is a document hosting website in a Linda's Blog post entitled "I Decided To Try Scribd For Some Of My Free E-Books and E-Patterns."

Do You Have A Viewable E-Catalog?

2011-11-02T04:21:00.000-04:00

After finishing a 10-month long pattern revision project the first of October I was finally able to update my e-catalog and posted abut it on my Linda's Blog. In that post I told you that I had updated and created a new Linda Walsh Originals Print Pattern & E-Pattern Catalog and that you could download it from my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website. Well, the other day I decided to

Scribd.com For .PDF Document Sharing

2011-10-28T04:22:00.005-04:00

View my profile on The other day I decided to give Scribd.com a try for some of my free e-books and e-patterns. I am very fortunate in that I have all of my free e-patterns and e-books on my own Linda Walsh Originals E-Pattern website. However, some of my small business artist and crafter friends don't have websites that are capable of housing their free e-patterns, e-tutorials, e-projects,

I Just Created My First Lens on Squidoo

2011-10-27T04:33:00.003-04:00

Well, I finally had the time to create my first Squidoo lens. I joined back in April of 2007 so I've only been a little delinquent in creating my first lens - ya think!!!!! Four years is not a little delinquent, Linda. It's a lot delinquent. Well, in my defense, I have been just a little busy during these past four years. So, today I decided to give Squidoo a try. After floundering a little

What A Surprise I Love The Blog Better!

2011-04-07T08:47:00.001-04:00

We have news on Top Blogs By Crafters toplist and Top Blogs By Crafters blog. Good News and Bad - No Make That Better News For Top Blogs By Crafters. Now some might consider it good news and some might consider it bad news. Well, I think it's good news and even better news. Since 2006 we have had the best art, craft, sewing, knitting, needlepoint, designer, woodworking, painting,

Top Blogs By Crafters News

2011-04-07T07:56:00.017-04:00

Since 2006 we have had the best art, craft, sewing, knitting, needlepoint, designer, woodworking, painting, illustration, story telling, cross-stitch, free craft articles, doll making, folk art, primitive, country, seasonal, mixed media, abstract art, scrap-booking, e-products, crazy quilting, quilting, vintage, Victorian, shabby chic, printables, beading, gardening, food, altered art, candle

Betterfly - An Interesting Concept For Arts & Crafts Teachers Or Anyone With A Teachable Skill

2011-02-24T04:59:00.069-05:00

If you're a reader of my Linda's Blog or Tips For Crafters On the Web you know how much I like to "play" online and try out different websites. You also know from my "I Love Crafts & Craft Blogs" that I love arts & crafts and would like to learn just about every kind of arts & crafts category there is. Unfortunately, with a list like the following: Altered Art, Americana, Angels/Faeries, Animal

An Example Of The Power Of Facebook With Corporate America

2011-02-15T06:05:00.003-05:00

I thought you all might be interested in the following story which is just a simple illustration of the power of Facebook with corporate America. It's in regards to a cross-stitch kit that I finished from Dimensions (aka EK Success Brands). Last December 2010 after I finished my "M'Lady's Chateau - Dimensions Gold Collection Cross-Stitch Kit" I decided to tell Dimensions about my review of

Wow! Look At All We Accomplished This Year!

2011-01-07T05:18:00.003-05:00

It seems like 2010 was a very busy year, indeed! And, our "Tips For Crafters On The Web" blog was busy as well. For 2010 we managed to tell you about the following: We showed you how to change your blog from a 2-column blog to a 3-column blog in our "Linda's How-Do-I Series: Changing My Blog From 3-Columns To 4-Columns" post. We showed you how to create an HTML box in our post "Linda's

I Just Love InLinkZ.com and Our Doll Hops

2010-12-01T05:55:00.037-05:00

I'm sure by now you've seen many websites and blogs featuring blog hops. If you have then you know that InLinkz.com helps you to set-up a matrix (i.e. collections) for blog hops, contests, giveaways, and challenges where users can add their thumbnail to the matrix and a link. The thumbnail can be any picture or banner and the link can be back to the main page of a blog or website, or even to

I've Been Playing, Again! This Time With A Personalized Card Website

2010-11-24T13:23:00.000-05:00

If you're a reader of my Linda's Blog and have been following me and all my blogs (yes, I do have a few! LOL LOL) you are well aware that I love to play and experiment. Especially when it comes to interactive websites. Well, on November 2nd I received an email from Krystal at Cardstore.com (http://www.cardstore.com) asking me if I'd like to review their website and products. It seems she had

A Letter For My Toplist Members

2010-09-21T05:00:00.000-04:00

I generally don't like mass mailings, but there's been a LOT of changes to my "Top Blogs By Crafters" toplist during the last few months that I thought my members should be aware. So, I sent them the following letter: Letter to all my Top Blogs By Crafters Toplist Members: I hope you all know that I try to do everything I can to bring more exposure to our Top Blogs By Crafters Toplist and our

We've Got Wonderful News - Top Blogs By Crafters Toplist Has Its Own Blog Now!

2010-09-20T04:53:00.001-04:00

For those of you who have known me for awhile now my next announcement will come as no surprise. In fact, you'll probably say, "We knew "The Blogging Queen" would be doing another one. It was just a matter of time." For those of you who don't know me and hear that not only do I already have 17 blogs, but have created yet another one you'll probably say, "Have you lost your mind?" Well, my

How Fast Does Your Website Or Blog Load?

2010-08-30T05:37:00.000-04:00

I've been viewing articles and statistics lately concerning the speed at which my website(s) or blog(s) load and how important that may or may not be. I had seen a reference to a website that allows you to test the loading speed of your website or blog and thought I'd test all of mine. The website I used was Numion.com and I selected their STOPWATCH tab. When you click on the STOPWATCH tab

I've Been Playing Again! This Time With A Collage Photo Tool Website

2010-08-25T09:00:00.003-04:00

Things have been so crazy this summer my emails have been piling up and I haven't gotten around to blogging about so many of the things I want to blog about. The stack of emails is so large I get heartburn just looking at it! LOL LOL However, every once in a while I get an email suggesting that I take a look at this or that. I generally don't accept most of them as my blogging opinion isn't

Preview and Download Widget From Box.Net Is Terrific For Blogs and Websites

2010-08-02T05:56:00.004-04:00

I'm always looking for new ways of doing things and thought you'd like to see a new feature for previewing files over on Box.net. All of my free e-patterns, free e-books, and free e-catalog are available on my Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns website, but you have to set-up an account (which is just a couple of extra steps) before you can download my free e-product. So, I was looking for a

Who Are All The Social Networking Websites?

2010-07-16T06:39:00.013-04:00

Yesterday we posted our massive list of all the social networking, Social bookmarking, social news sharing, social cataloging, social shopping, and social tools websites entitled "Just Exactly Who Are All These Social Networking, Social News Sharing, Social Cataloging, Social Shopping, and Social Bookmarking Services Websites?" Well, we decided to break the list up into separate sections to