This week, has been a rollercoaster ride of emotions at Crafty Jo Designs headquarters. There have been whoops of excitement and tears of despair. But what, I hear you cry, what could be the cause of this heady mix of anguish and joy? Well, grab yourself a cuppa, settle down and I will tell you the exciting tale.
It all started on Monday. I casually went to, one of my regular networking pages, The Selling Cafe. To my surprise I discovered that my rosy posy brooch had been entered into their competition for best photo. How nice, I thought and promptly put a little post up on my Facebook page asking for support. Votes started to trickle in and I found myself climbing to second place. Very quickly, it became a bit of a two horse race. This was largely due to the competitive spirit that had rapidly taken over the two front runners - the lovely Crafted by Sez with her unique knitted wine bottles and myself.
Carried away
Pretty soon, we were both posting up regular pleas for support on Facebook. By day two, Crafted by Sez raised the bar by putting up a laugh-out-loud bitstrip of herself, hypnotising her likers to vote. In reply, I lost all my dignity and posted a shameless photo of myself mid star jump stating 'If you vote for me, i'll be this happy!'. The race was on! Over the next couple of days, our posts became more ridiculous and outlandish in an attempt to secure votes. To gain attention, I found myself using photos as diverse as stills from Chariots of Fire to of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer sporting handbags!
Pretty soon, we were both posting up regular pleas for support on Facebook. By day two, Crafted by Sez raised the bar by putting up a laugh-out-loud bitstrip of herself, hypnotising her likers to vote. In reply, I lost all my dignity and posted a shameless photo of myself mid star jump stating 'If you vote for me, i'll be this happy!'. The race was on! Over the next couple of days, our posts became more ridiculous and outlandish in an attempt to secure votes. To gain attention, I found myself using photos as diverse as stills from Chariots of Fire to of Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer sporting handbags!
Help from Handmade by Purple Poppy It's Catching!
Soon, fellow business pages were getting carried away in the excitement! The fantastic Handmade by Purple Poppy, Glasspirations and many more put Facebook statuses up to drum up votes. Marie from Simply the Best for Health and Beauty went twitter crazy! I would love to name all of you but can't fit you all in but thank you all so, so much!
The highlight of the week for me came on Wednesday morning. On my wall I found another bitstrip from Crafted by Sez, in reverse Santa style, supposedly stealing my laptop and leaving cookies instead!
Soon, fellow business pages were getting carried away in the excitement! The fantastic Handmade by Purple Poppy, Glasspirations and many more put Facebook statuses up to drum up votes. Marie from Simply the Best for Health and Beauty went twitter crazy! I would love to name all of you but can't fit you all in but thank you all so, so much!
The highlight of the week for me came on Wednesday morning. On my wall I found another bitstrip from Crafted by Sez, in reverse Santa style, supposedly stealing my laptop and leaving cookies instead!
The Big Prize
But what prize could be so amazing that it would make grown adults resort to such desperate measures? A huge cash prize? A years supply of cupcakes? An evening with Johnny Depp? No! It was a chance to be the next featured business on The Selling Cafe blog. The Selling Cafe is a relatively new website but it is quickly gaining popularity. It is basically a virtual craft fair with makers being added on a daily basis to both the website and facebook page. Although it has been, at times, exhausting, I have had such great fun with all the friendly banter and huge support. I'm so happy with my prize because a little publicity can go a long way!
But what prize could be so amazing that it would make grown adults resort to such desperate measures? A huge cash prize? A years supply of cupcakes? An evening with Johnny Depp? No! It was a chance to be the next featured business on The Selling Cafe blog. The Selling Cafe is a relatively new website but it is quickly gaining popularity. It is basically a virtual craft fair with makers being added on a daily basis to both the website and facebook page. Although it has been, at times, exhausting, I have had such great fun with all the friendly banter and huge support. I'm so happy with my prize because a little publicity can go a long way!
Thank you all so much for your wonderful support.
I will let you all know as soon as I am up on The Selling Cafe Blog!
I will let you all know as soon as I am up on The Selling Cafe Blog!
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