One of my items was kindly featured by Personal Treasures, in her article about ‘Gifts that Give Twice‘.

What a terrific idea and a lovely article highlighting some wonderful handmade items from a number of creative, talented sellers from Etsy.com who support various charities. I am honored to be included in the bunch!
  

I recently received a surprise and lovely conversation from Etsy seller, Katy Lunsford. She featured one of my pieces on her blog, Katy’s Love of Dogs, bringing attention to my pet project, Paws For A Good Cause. How sweet is that? Thank you so much Katy!

It seems Katy does something similar with her own Etsy shop, donating all the proceeds from her sales to A Place To Bark, a no kill foster and adoption rescue established in 2001. This is such a terrific cause. Find out more about them by visiting their website or blog.

This holiday season, how about giving a gift that gives twice? Won’t it feel great to know that the item you just purchased not only will give the recipient pleasure, but is helping and saving lives in need?

So, whatcha waiting for? Go check out Katy’s shop and give a gift that keeps on giving!

I’ve been playing a mixed CD a good friend made for me and was reminded of this song that resonates perfectly with the topic of this post. Have you seen this? It’s been around for about a year. I remember immediately falling in love with the sweet n’ quirky, whimsical animated drawings in the video. Kudos to the artist(s) responsible because it perfectly complements the music, lyrics and the singer’s voice.

So I’ve been visiting many blogs lately and have gleaned a lot of great & useful information especially for newbie bloggers like me. One of the articles I stumbled upon was Fiddy P’s CommentLuv WordPress Plugin, written by Andy Bailey, in which he talks about rewarding people who leave comments on your blog with a link of their last post. Brilliant idea. This benefits fellow bloggers and encourages mutual support among the blogging community.

I installed it yesterday, and among the 3 different WordPress plugins I installed - this was the only one I didn’t have problems with. It was easy peasy and worked great immediately. So if you’re a fellow blogger, go check it out. And make sure to give props to Andy for creating and sharing this terrific new tool by leaving a comment. You’ll benefit with a “last post link” of your own too.

Another plugin I installed that also rewards people who leave comments is the Show Top Commentators plugin. After wrestling with my sidebar code for a few hours (hey, I’m new to blogging and only know basic html), I finally figured out how to get it to show up. I don’t know if the problem was me or the WordPress theme I’m using, but it wasn’t appearing unless I used the theme’s default sidebar. I had to remove all my widgets from the second sidebar and transfer all my custom widgets’ codes into the theme’s sidebar.php file. PHP? Bwahaahaaa! The first time I encountered a php file is when I uploaded this blog into my website a couple of months ago. Imagine me tinkering with those files. But tinker I did, got it to work and I’m very happy.

The last one I installed, the Related Entries plugin , I’m having problems with. It’s supposed to give you, the reader, “options” to view similar topics I’ve posted. I think I might have to put off figuring this one out for another day when I have more time…and patience.

Ok, I know this is probably annoying to the regular reader, but to fellow bloggers, it’s pretty sweet. It’s time for another round of linky luv! Thanks again to my blogging mentor, Chessnoid. If you own a blog and are interested in increasing your Technorati rating, just copy the viral links below, add your url to the end, then incorporate it into one of your posts.

Choo-choo! All aboard!!! All aboard the linky luv train! Like that song says, ya gotta give to get!

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