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Top 10 Projects from 2010

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Shellie, the owner of Craft Gossip, was kind enough to let me start the Home & Garden channel on July 19th of 2010. Since then I have featured hundreds of cool projects from all over blogland and from various other websites. Something I have learned is that you guys like the round up posts the most. In fact, I went through and took a look at the traffic since the Home & Garden channel debuted and pulled up the top 10 most visited posts. All except for one item in the top ten were round ups! So there’s no doubt that I will continue to put together fun round ups to share as 2011 comes around.

I did want to take a moment to thank you all for coming to Craft Gossip, for subscribing to the newsletter, and for taking the time to leave a comment. The Home & Garden channel is still in the growth stages and still under preliminary review. So if you do enjoy what I share then please let me know in the comments so that I can share those with the big wigs here at CG. 🙂

Umm, and one last thing… I am absolutely floored and honored that one of my own projects made it into the top ten here! I truly had NO idea until I got to #9 while putting this list together. Thank you so much for making my epsom salt luminaries one of your favorites, I am absolutely honored. 🙂 🙂

Without further delay here is the Top 10 Countdown for 2010:

#10 – 10 Pretty Pendant Lights

#9 – Epsom Salt Luminaries

#8 – Etsy Stalking: Peppermint Pretties

#7 – 4 Fun Mod Podge Projects

#6 – 25 Christmas Tree Crafts

#5 – 9 Advent Calendar Ideas

#4 – 9 Christmas Tree Crafts

#3 – 9 Fall Wreath Ideas

#2 – 15 Wreaths to Decorate Your Home

And the #1 most visited post for 2010 was…

#1 – 9 Star Projects for Christmas

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Comments

  1. I really do enjoy your posts,especially the Epsom Salt Luminaries you made I wasn’t able to get to them before Christmas. I have gathered all the materials to start them in Jan 2011! I love the christmas tree crafts and did make a few for displaying around the house for Christmas. Thank you! I am looking forward to your new posts.

  2. I LOVE the roundup posts! Has definitely kept me coming back for more, and I think I remember every single one of these posts! I even spotted quite a few projects I tried – I love this idea and the very timely manner in which you get projects out there. You are a blessing, thanks!

  9. Love the roundups! Please keep ’em coming. Craftgossip is my favorite find of 2010, and I peek in every day!

  10. I like your site very much. I check daily. Especially enjoyed the trees, the wreaths, the Mod Podge…..wait, I think I’m about to list all of your site. I have gone here in depth several times this Christmas season. I look forward to spending good quality time in 2011!
    Happy New Year.

  12. Love the roundups, and have done several of these projects. The home and garden part of craft gossip is wonderful! I RSS the whole website and check it every day. Thanks for all your hard work and the happiest of new years to you.

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