So…I was planning a move away from blogger but you know, I’ve worked pretty hard in this space for a while now & it seemed a bit like going back to square one. The main reason I was considering a shift was that was the flash commenty systems going on elsewhere.

I’ve been enjoying the friendly chat over on twitter & was hoping to get something like that going on.

I’m trialling JS-kit comments which seems to be pretty good.

However … I did transfer my comments from blogger yesterday afternoon so anyone who left a comment last night or today – your comment had disappeared. They are still saved behind the scenes in blogger & if I dump JS they will magically reappear. I’m sorry girls.

Anyway, let’s try it out for a few days & make a call after that.

Note: All those trial comments are live on this post. Feedback most welcome.

EDIT: Oh yikes…it seems as though all previous comments are not properly readable. Need tech support.

UPDATE: I think I’m going to keep on keeping on. I can always reload original template tomorrow morning.

I’m clean slating at kootoyoo.

I’ve made myself a new banner & am considering a move to Typepad. It seems like it’s easier to keep everything under control over there? I’d appreciate your thoughts if you’ve experience in both blogger & typepad.

I’ve been feeling that things have gotten a little stale over here & am enjoying the friendly banter over at twitter. I want to make things a bit more friendly here too. We’ll see how it goes…

This is the current blog roll. All well loved blogs I visit but I’m needing to shake things up around here.

• 13 mimosa
• 62 cherry
• assemblage
• aunty cookie
• bricolagelife
• craftapalooza
• curly pops
• dear fii
• design for mankind
• earl & cookie
• hop skip jump
• made by girl
• nikki shell
• nomad mother
• one red robin
• pia jane bijkerk
• potty mouth mama
• ric rac
• teddy bears wednesday
• thornberry
• whip up
• you SEW girl

• allsorts
• angry chicken
• boobook sausage dogs
• elsie marley
• kaotic kraft kuties
• loobylu
• maya*made
• meet me at mikes
• pigeon pair
• three buttons

New & improved blog roll coming soon…

Today I cleaned the website. I pitched a lot of stuff out & then I added shops for swizzle rings & music boxes.

I’ve still got a bit of “mr sheening” to do but all in all I’m quite happy.

Then I figured that this space probably needed a bit of a wash behind the ears too.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence isn’t it? After I visited Nadine’s beautiful space I knew I needed a little bit of what she was having. I enlisted the help of this tute & this one too & my blog has had a bit of tarting up.

gets a second chance.

He seems to be running along OK so if you didn’t get to add your creative space link you could pop in to this post & fix it up. I’m out the door now but I’ll try & make sure that the link list includes everyone this afternoon.

Cute apron from this girl

Badge making night was lots of fun.

Gemma helped everyone out with the rolls royce super swank badge makers, Pip shared a cute as a button house badge & Anna Laura showed us all how to make gorgeous felt badges.

Everyone was very busy & very productive. It was lovely.

Now onto matters blog…

I’ve totally dropped the ball. I don’t have wireless & I’ve been popping down to the office to post & that is absolutely it. I’m so behind in my reading & comments & replies – sorry.

So, I’m just shoving all that dirty washing under the bed & starting from scratch.