Welcome to the November Newsletter. So what's been going on at icklebits in the last month?

NEW MEMBERS...

Welcome to Hazel, theambergiraffe, Lizettek, upstartgeek, priyajn, annieb1213, tumblong, Dorothy and lwhynda!

 GALLERIES... 

• New...
  • Dolls by Hazel, The Amber Giraffe
• New Photos...
  • I have added some pictures to my own of the profile of me in DHMS a long time ago due to a request from a member who missed it. View by clicking here.
  • The Amber Giraffe (8 new photos), McQueenie (2 new photos) Dollshouse/roomboxes, Dolls and Clothing, Holiday/Seasonal, Plants 
• Feature Updates...
  Moved image descriptions to the right of the image rather than below. More visible. Please email if you don't like it that way!
  Changed "Plants" title to "Plants and Garden"
• NOTE...
  • Some people when registering are ticking the "Enable gallery" box but not putting what name they want. Without the name I'm afraid we can't set it up. If you are one of those people then please email me at gallery@icklebits.co.uk with your username and preferred title. Gallery will be set up within 48 working hours.

BLOGS...

• New Blogs...
  Hazel.D., Giraffe Talk
• New Features...
  A very good point was made this week: "How do I find out which are the lastest posts without having to view each blog?" Well I've finally sussed it. If you now go to www.icklebits.co.uk/blogs then you will see the latest posts by each member.
  Also if you join us at twitter you can see the lastest posts via tweets! (see twitter window to left of website or bird at top left)
• Notes...
  • It's been brought to my attention that people are setting up their blogs but not posting in them! You all clearly need an incentive to get posting...any ideas welcome. Please email us at blog@icklebits.co.uk

TUTORIALS...

• New Tutorials...
  Christmas Tree Angel Topper, Christmas Wreath, Bowl of Cereal, Christmas Stocking, Christmas Wrapping Paper Printables, How to Crochet a Dollhouse Christmas Tree
  Click here to see all new tutorials for November 
   We now have 673 tutorials listed on icklebits (including videos)!!!
   
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ARTICLES...

• New Articles...
  • Where Dollhouse Enthusiasts Can Meet To Share Their Passion
  • Add Christmas Spirit to Your Home With Miniature Christmas Accessories For Your Dollhouse
  • How to Celebrate The Holidays With a Doll House Christmas
  • How do I create a new page for my blog?
  • New Ways To Keep Up With Members Blogs
  • How do I create an intro for my blog?

COMPETITIONS...

• Raffle...
  • Winners of the October raffle were: 1st = Billy Boy, 2nd = Weeniemin, 3rd = Maggie
  • ***SPECIAL OFFER*** - November raffle is still just 1 icklepoint. Yup you read right...just 1 icklepoint. That's the equivalent of one daily log in! Good luck!
  • Prizes have been increased for November! 1st = 200, 2nd = 100, 3rd = 50

ICKLEPOINTS...

• New Ways To Earn Points...
  • Points will now be awarded when someone gets a medal.
  • 100 icklepoints awarded for any published poll.
  • 20 icklepoints awarded purely for suggesting a poll.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY...

• New Entries...
  • Little People Thank you to Hazel for submitting that one.
  • Click here to view the all of latest entries in our business directory. 

POLLS...

• New Polls...
  • No new polls this week. Why don't you suggest one? Email us at admin@icklebits.co.uk with your suggestion. 100 icklepoints for any published! (20 awarded regardless!)

OFFERS...

• Hazel from www.hazel-dowd.co.uk/  posted the following offer on the forum today:
  • "I have a reader offer in DHMS issue 199 on page 9....WOW...been waiting for this to come out, hopefully it will be taken up by some readers and then I can get cracking on a couple more. They take a lot of time but doing and planning. I did have help from my son in the finishing of the DVD's. It's going to run for 2 months and then I have other project coming through in the pipline for the mags next year." - Hazel

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See you next month!

Donna

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