Day #8 Country Girl Modern Blog Hop

Sadly the days of the blog hop are coming to an end.  So far we’ve been to lots of great places.  Today we have another great place for you to stop Sweet P Quilting and Creations with Paulette.

How I found Pautette’s blog is kind of odd as Paulette found me first.  About two years ago Kelli and I were looking at the blog and working to see how to increase the traffic on the blog.  We put so much time into blogging so we wanted to make the most of our time and try to find a way to pay for the expense that comes with blogging through adding advertising on the blog. Blogging is a great hobby but neither Kelli or I want blogging to cost our family any money (Click on this link if you missed  my explanation on how bloggers make money)  Anyway we figured if we could increase our traffic we’d hopefully get enough advertising money to cover the costs of blogging.

We decided to take a closer look at our statistics for the blog.  We looked at traffic trends…We can pinpoint times of the day when we have the most readers.  We looked at how much traffic we get each day.  We looked at where the traffic comes from.  In the process we saw that we were getting quite a big of traffic from “Sweet P’s” blog.  Kelli asked if I knew of the blog and I said no…So we went over and looked..and now we’re hooked!

One of the things I love about Paulette’s blog is that first off..she’s a regular blogger.  She posts something most every day.  I love going to blogs with new fresh content.

Another thing I love is that Paulette, unlike me, gets out and goes places!  She’s an RV gal and is often on some sort of adventure…shop hopping, garage sale-ing, an quilting get togethers and the like.  I live a little big vicariously through her.  You can bet that I was cheering on her recent garage sale steal when her and a friend bought this Pfaff for a measly $20! (photo from Paulette)

Paulette is always sharing pictures of quilt shop tours.  I never get to quilt shops anymore.  I miss seeing all the great samples…but Paulette shares all of that with her readers.  She does the same with her clubhouse get togethers sharing photos of her friends’ projects.  They are always fun to see…

I was just drooling over the pictures she shared while visiting Primitive Gatherings California shop.  Like Paulette, I love wool projects…the only difference, she actually gets some done…actually she get lots of them done and they are all so cute.

I imagine myself hanging with Paulette at the store for two hours.  To be honest, I’m surprised it was only two.  I think I was there at their small book at market for two hours….anyway..I love checking out her wool projects.

Paulette is often working on projects I’d love to be brave enough to try…..like her awesome Clam Shell quilt.

I love it!

If you haven’t been make sure to check to our Paulette’s blog…not just to win a copy of our book that she’s giving away but also to do like I do and live vicariously…

The days are winding down of the blog hop.  Tomorrow is the last day and we’ll give you one last try to try to win a copy of our book.  If you missed one of our blog hop stops, you can still hop over…Here’s a listing.  Mary from Country Threads, Michelle from Michelle’s Romantic Tangle, Julie for JulieK Quilts, Judy at Patchwork Times,  Mary at Quilt Hollow, Moda’s Cutting Table, Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Bonnie at Quiltville.