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

St Patricks Day tutorials, some printables, new events and more!

So......what else has been happening?...

Contents:

• News and updates
• New Members
• Forum
• Galleries
• Blogs
• Fairs
• Tutorials, Tips and Printables
• Articles
• Raffle, Medals and Competitions
• Business Directory
• Polls
• Newsletter
• Next Week

News and Updates...

• News:
  • No News
• Get Involved!:
  • Do you have any news to share? However big or small? Please email it to us at admin@icklebits.co.uk

New Members...

• New Members:
  • Welcome to Martha sharonleifson, CarSickKitty and jblessf ! 
• Get Involved!:
  • To register, (It's free!) please click here.

Forum...

• (you need to be logged in first to view)
• New Threads
  • No new threads
• Get Involved!:
  • If you've not already introduced yourself, please pop a line or two in the "Welcome Mat". Just click on "New Thread" and tell us a little bit about yourself.  If you've not already introduced yourself, please pop a line or two in the "Welcome Mat". Just click on "New Thread" and tell us a little bit about yourself.

Galleries...

• New Galleries:
  • Hmmmm
• New Photos:
  • McQueenie (1 new photo)
• Notes:
  • We now have 41 Member Galleries
• Get Involved!:
  • 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:
  • My ickle world...the beginning
• Notes:
  • We now have 25 Blogs
  • To read the latest posts go to www.icklebits.co.uk/blogs then you will see the latest posts by each member
• Get Involved!:
  • 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.

Fairs...

• Fairs Coming Up:
  • 10th March - Workshop in South Leicestershire
• New Fairs Added To Calendar:
  • 1st April -
    • Online workshop April 2011added by Lynxes
  • 16th April -
    • Desborough & District exhibition and fair added by Lynxes
  • 15th and 16th July -
    • Workshop in South Leicestershire added by Lynxes
  • 28th August -
    • Rushall Dolls House Fair added by Lynxes
• Get Involved!:
  • To add an event (log in first) please click here

Tutorials, Tips and Printables...

• New Tutorials
  • Links:
    • Make Miniature Decorated "Chocolate" Easter Eggs From Polymer Clay
    • Make a Doll House Easter Bonnet Cake With Roses
    • Make Easter Cookies
    • Make Miniature Panoramic Easter Eggs
    • Picnic Basket Tutorial
    • Pilgrims Hat - This could be adapted to be a Leprechauns hat for St Patricks Day?
    • Shamrock Themed Tea or Coffee Set and Cake Stand
    • Scale Miniature Shillelaghs From Twigs
  • Click here to see our St Patricks Day tutorials.
  • New Tutorial Category:
    • St Patricks Day
  • New Tips:
    • No new tips
  • Printables:
    • Use This Easter Egg Paper Outside a Break Away Box or Inside a Scene
    • St Patricks Day Postcards - These would need to be scaled down
  • We now have 813 tutorials listed on icklebits (including videos)!!!
  • Click here to view all tutorials for March.
• Get Involved!:
  • Do you have a tutorial, tip or printable you want to share? If so, please email us at tutorials@icklebits.co.uk or click here for more info.

Articles...

• New Articles:
  • Everything Miniature For St. Patricks Day
  • Dolls House Furniture Every Young Girls Dream Come True
  • New Events Added
• Notes:
  • We have 492 articles to date. Click here to read...
• Get Involved!:
  • Do you have an article you would like to share? If so, please send it to us at features@icklebits.co.uk or click here for more info. We look forward to reading them.

Raffle, Medals and Competitions...

• Raffle:
  • FREE for March! - You can enter as many times as you wish! 
  • Prizes:
    • 1st = 200
    • 2nd = 100
    • 3rd = 50
  • Raffle will be drawn on 1st April 2011
• Competitions:
  • No new competitions
• Get Involved!:
  • Do you have an idea for a competition? How about donating a prize...free advertising for you! Email us at competition@icklebits.co.uk

Business Directory...

• New Entries:
  • No new entries
• Notes:
  • Click here to view the all of latest entries in our business directory
• Get Involved!:
  • Do you have a business or website you would like to put in the directory? If so click here for more info.

Polls...

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

Newsletter...

• Find out the latest before everyone else!
• 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...

• Who knows! 

See you next week!

Donna

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