*Updated* How to Hold a Giveaway with an Announcement!

Each Giveaway is now CLOSED.  Thank you for your comments. Kimberly of Mom in the City fame won the Stationary Set from Visual Smiles. Mrs Soup won the set of Thank You Cards. Nadia won the set of Note Cards. You have one more day to win the Valentines Set!  I'll post the winner on Tuesday!  ~Cathy Tonight, while searching for some shoot-em-up drama for my Friday night … [Read more...]

Best of DSWP 2009

It is hard to summarize such an amazing year at DSWP. Thanks to the amazing Heather Jacobson who founded this venture, and thanks to all of you who trust me with your online treasures, it has turned into one fantastic year!! I think the best way to summarize would be to list some of the new resources for you that we've established this year. Granted, you've been frustrated with the login … [Read more...]

Here we go!

In case you want to get into the action (or like looking into windows at night to see how the neighbours decorate?  C'mon, I know you do!)  I am installing a new theme as we speak, and removing styles right now! Chow! … [Read more...]

WordPress 2.9

Another chic WordPress release.   One of the reasons I trust WordPress to store my writing (which is rare and precious these days) is the huge community that supports it.  Fortunately, the days of a lone geek in his mama's basement are long past for WordPress.   In this release there were over 4001 contributors! So, to the new goodies in this version: image editor in the media module (as … [Read more...]

Don’t forget to use the deals from the November Newsletter

Did you all READ this newsletter?  There are TWO specials for you - 10% gift certificates from now until Christmas!  So if you plan on getting services next year, now would be a good time to stock up on GC for yourself!  I always do this at this time of year with the local restaurants.  We eat there anyway, and this way I get a good deal!  Sometimes a free cup or something, too.  I'm such a … [Read more...]

Sherry won the 31 Days to BBB book!

She received this awhile ago, so in case you're paying attention, I'm not THIS late in getting it to her - only in telling you all about it!  Through an exceedingly technical process, of "Haley, pick a number between 1 and 7!", we came up with Sherry Kline! She was excited to receive this book as it was on her wish list already.  Sherry is the genealogy author of Family Tree Writer, the new … [Read more...]