Welcome to my weekly round up of what's been going on here.

New Members...

• No new members this week!

 Galleries... 

• New photos added to the following galleries: The Amber Giraffe (8 new photos), McQueenie (2 new photos) Dollshouse/roomboxes, Dolls and Clothing, Holiday/Seasonal, Plants 
• No new galleries this week.
  
• 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...

• No new blogs.
• New Posts:
  • Hazel.D - "Glasgow Fair"
  • McQueenie Mutterings - "Middle of November already!"
• 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 lasest posts via tweets! (see twitter window to left of website or bird at top left)
  
• 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

Sponsors...

• A big thanks to minis4all for sponsoring icklebits recently.
• I thought long and hard about putting a donation box on the site as I didn't want to be seen as begging. In the end I figured if you wanted to donate then you would and if you didn't, you didn't! 
• My reason for doing so is because I really want to keep the website free. It's just if i don't make enough money through google clicks or donations then next tax year I would have to start charging for access, galleries etc and I sooooooo do not want to do that.
• To keep an eye on how close I am to the target please click here.  
• If you wish to remain anonymous then of course I understand. However you can have your site link added to the sponsored box on the front page for example and also be mentioned in the newsletter and updates.
• Thanks in advance everyone and thanks to those already donated.

New fairs...

• No new added to calendar.

New Tutorials and 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)!!!

Articles...

• 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?

Medals and Awards...

• Next month we will also award points to medal winners. So get active!!! 

November Raffle...

• ***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

New Entries in Business Directory

• Click here to view the all of latest entries in our business directory. 

Polls...

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

Newsletter... 

• Would you like these FREE weekly updates sent to your inbox?
• These are just brief updates of new tutorials, galleries, blogs etc for that week to save you searching the website. We now offer that to your inbox for FREE!
• If you would like that then after logging in, click on Newsletter in the User Menu. Then go to My Subscriptions and tick "Yes" and Save. If you would rather we do that for you then email us at newsletter@icklebits.co.uk with your username and request and we'll do it.

Next week...

• Even more Christmas themed stuff...can never be too early!

See you next week!

Donna

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