Posts tagged Squidoo
Purple Stars Awarded Week Ending 3/12/2010
Mar 12th
Here’s a list of all the Squidoo Giant Squid lenses that were awarded Purple Stars during the week ending 3/12/2010. As always, they appear in no particular order and each is worthy of a visit from you.
- Lemonade Stand: Turning Lemons into Dollars for Charity
- The Best-Ever Lemon Cupcakes Recipe – An Adventure Story
- Lorinda’s Egg Creations
- Little Tikes Party Kitchen
- Who is Thane Eugene Cesar
- How to Survive being a Single Dad
- Should you Tweet your Blog?
- Vegetarian French Onion Soup
- The Ten Thousand Bulb Challenge
- Do Animals go to Heaven?
- Purple Star Awards
- Golden Retriever Rescue
- Create a Tuscan Patio
- Ilsa’s Kitchen: New Bavarian Restaurant in Austin, TX
- Plastic is Death
- The Write Prompts
- Auto-Reverse HO Trolley Circuit
- Stuffed Toy Yorkies
- Shih Huang Ti: First Emperor of China: Qin Shi Huang
- The Last Beatles Concert EVER
Not sure if a Giant Squid lens you’ve found is Purple Star worthy?
If a lens makes you think EVERYONE should read it, or if you think the lens is really creative, or if you publish a lens you’d be proud to show your high school English teacher; NOMINATE IT!
You’ll know it when you see it!
And when you see it, please take a moment to send it to purplestar@squidoo.com
Squidoo Good News Blast 3/11/2010
Mar 11th
Thursday’s at the Giant Squid Showcase are reserved for YOUR GOOD NEWS. Read all about it!
This came in from Trekkiemelissa
"I know you don't see or hear from Trekkiemelissa as much as you used to, but I am still around lurking. Since I have been with Squidoo, I have been also going to college for webgraphics design. I just got my grades last week for my classes. On top of getting A's in most of my classes except for when I take math, I managed to make the deans list for the first time in my life. That is honor roll for college especially since I have always struggled through school all of my life.
Who is Trekkiemelissa?
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What’s your good news?
Did you start a new blog? Find some Squid Success? Receive a special honor? Are you going to be a Grandma? Did you get a new puppy? Start a new business venture? Get published? Reach a milestone, or create a special new lens?
Whatever your good news is, no matter how large or small, we want to hear about it!
Share your Giant Squid Good News with me (rms) and I’ll blast it out to the community for you next Thursday, right here, at the Giant Squid Community Showcase!
Almost Ready to be Giant Squid?
Mar 9th
March 31st is the deadline to apply for Giant Squid lensmaster or new 100 club member at Squidoo.com.
Need a few more lenses before you can apply? Join us at Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin where we provide daily lens ideas to help you reach your Squid goals or check out my new SquidClub The Cupcake Club on Squidoo where you can quickly and easily make lenses about your favorite cupcakes or cupcake related merchandise. All Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin and Cupcake Club on Squidoo lenses count towards your necessary 50 or 100 lenses.
Once you’ve got your fabulous 50 or awesome 100 lenses done send us a link to your bio page to apply!
Potential giants apply at: giants@squidoo.com
Potential 100 club members apply at: 100club@squidoo.com
Purple Stars Awarded Week Ending 3/5/2010
Mar 5th
Here’s a list of all the Squidoo Giant Squid lenses that were awarded Purple Stars during the week ending 3/5/2010. As always, they appear in no particular order and each is worthy of a visit from you.
- Thomas Alexander – A Black History Month Tribute
- Learning How to Live With Yourself
- Blarney Stone
- Improve Personal Productivity
- Winter Photography Tips
- Color Eggs Ukrainian Style
- Make an Adorable Bunny Costume
- Bangkok: A City in Magical Thailand
- Robert Lockwood Jr.
- Curvy Chics
- Doc Hellams
- How to make a Purse from Old Books
- Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
- The Time Traveler’s Wife Blu-ray Movie Review
- Determine and Claim Your Irish Heritage
- Medieval Castle Interior
- Homemade Get Well Card Ideas
- Get Cracking with Squidoo: Love Bacon
- Quiz: Credit Cards: How Tuned in Are You?
- Dr. Seuss and his Imaginary Words
Not sure if a Giant Squid lens you’ve found is Purple Star worthy? Here’s a quick guide:
If the lens makes you say WOW, or if you think EVERYONE should read it, or if you think the lens is really creative, or if you publish a lens you want the whole world to see; NOMINATE IT!
You’ll know it when you see it!
And when you do see it, please take a moment to send it to purplestar@squidoo.com
Good News for Mystic Squids
Feb 25th
Mysticmama has just opened 2 new sites. The first is Mystic Squids: a private Ning community for Metaphysical, New Age & Spirituality minded Squids. Mystic Squids is open to all Squids interested in having a private place to share these interests with other like-minded Squidoo lensmasters. It’s a “private” site, because only the front page is open to the public, everything else that goes on inside Mystic Squids stays private, so Squids have a safe & non-judgemental place to talk about things from Astrology to Wicca.
Mystic Minds: is an even bigger project. A Blogging Community, much like Squidlog or Crabbysbeach, except open to the public, not just lensmasters. The site is built in the Wordpress platform & open to anyone who wants to blog about New Age, Metaphysical &/or Spirituality subjects…The “New Age” or metaphysical niche is massive & includes everything from science to spiritual, philosophy to psychology, Astrology to Tarot, Angels to reincarnation to Alternative realities & even science fiction… So there are literally thousands of blog possibilities. All Squidoo lensmasters are welcome to join both sites.
What’s your good news?
Did you start a new blog? Find some Squid Success? Receive a special honor? Are you going to be a Grandma? Did you get a new puppy? Start a new business venture? Get published? Reach a milestone, or create a special new lens?
Whatever your good news is, no matter how large or small, we want to hear about it!
Share your Giant Squid Good News with me (rms) and I’ll blast it out to the community for you next Thursday, right here, at the Giant Squid Community Showcase!
Awesome Work Being Done
Feb 23rd
There is some truly awesome work being done at the Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin Facebook group. Bonnie and I are both really impressed with the quality of these quick lenses. In little over a week the Get Cracking participants have already created more than 135 new lenses and the creativity with the challenge topics is amazing.
Yesterday’s topic was to create a lens about a favorite car and lenses were built about everything from a Nash Rambler to a 1994 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a nice Mitsubishi 3000gt, a Citroen 2CV Charleston, and a Corvette thrown in to boot!
One of the most imaginative ideas to come from our car challenge was a lens created about women mechanics that contains the story of one female lensmaster’s experience working on her husband’s car.
Visit the Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin Facebook Group to see all of the wonderful lenses being created there or become a fan and join us and the over 200 members already participating in the Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin daily lens building challenge.
Challenge yourself for a day, a week, a month, or any amount of time in between. It’s up to you!
I’ve created a lens to hold all of our past Get Cracking daily lens challenges that includes examples of some of the lenses that were built for each challenge. Use it the next time you need an idea for building a new lens or leave us a comment there with your own favorite lens writing prompt. We might just use your idea in the future!
Purple Stars Awarded Week Ending 2/19/2010
Feb 19th
Here’s a list of all the Squidoo Giant Squid lenses that were awarded Purple Stars during the week ending 2/19/2010. As always, they appear in no particular order and each is worthy of a visit from you.
- The Legend of Mothman
- Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings
- Plus Size Yoga
- Writing for Squidoo
- Wine Corks and Ways to Use Them
- Squidoo Payday Questions and Answers
- Astronomy for Children
- Who is Davy Knowles
- Tracing Family History
- Squidoo Pets
- Internet Fame for your Cat
- Celebrating Pi Day 3:14
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
- Under a Glass Bell by Anais Nin
- Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies 2010
- Melissa Albom – Snowboarder
- Pussy’s Little Problem
- Joan Jett
- Zhu Zhu Pets
- Vintage Paper Dolls
Not sure if a Giant Squid lens you’ve found is Purple Star worthy? Here’s a quick guide:
If the lens makes you say WOW, or if you think EVERYONE should read it, or if you think the lens is really creative, or if you publish a lens you want the whole world to see; NOMINATE IT!
You’ll know it when you see it!
And when you do see it, please take a moment to send it to purplestar@squidoo.com
It’s a Hit
Feb 16th
I’m pleased to announce that day one of “Get Cracking with Bonnie and Robin” was an amazing success!
We had a terrific amount of participation and a bunch of super creative lenses built for our “first” challenge.
Some of the new lenses built included the first reel to reel tape recorders, Things for your First Apartment, casting a first spell and even a first time jump from an aeroplane!
One of the creative lens ideas that stood out for me was a lens created by LeanneChesser for her first grandchild. She started the lens to use as a journal to record information about her daughter’s pregnancy and her new grandson before he’s born.
Take a look! My First Grandchild
Great idea on Leanne’s part and a great way to show off the fact that just because we are making quick lenses at the Get Cracking Facebook group, doesn’t mean you can’t go back and add more information and build on to these lenses later on!
Purple Stars Awarded Week Ending 2/12/2010
Feb 12th
Here’s a list of all the Squidoo Giant Squid lenses that were awarded Purple Stars during the week ending 2/12/2010. As always, they appear in no particular order and each is worthy of a visit from you.
- I Love Brussels Sprouts
- Italian T-Shirts
- Baby Carrots – When is a carrot not a carrot?
- 2010 Olympic Mascots
- Free Hugs Campaign – The Many Benefits of Hug Therapy
- Interesting Facts about the Pomegranate
- Mommy, What’s a Disco Stick – What to tell your kids
- Julie and Julia Soundtrack
- Make a Mad Hatter Hat
- Quiz: Things about New Jersey I Bet You Didn’t Know
- Cute Things to do on Valentine’s Day
- Be a Sweetheart – Make Valentine’s Day Cookies
- The True Story of Valentine’s Day
- How to Write a Love Letter
- Woodchucks Under the Porch
- Planet Wasp-17
- My Donkey Jethro
- Ebelskivers
- Purple Stars
- I Tried My Best Fighting Deafness
Not sure if a Giant Squid lens you’ve found is Purple Star worthy? Here’s a quick guide:
If the lens makes you say WOW, or if you think EVERYONE should read it, or if you think the lens is really creative, or if you publish a lens you want the whole world to see; NOMINATE IT!
You’ll know it when you see it!
And when you do see it, please take a moment to send it to purplestar@squidoo.com
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No news is good news? I hope so because I didn’t receive any Giant Squid Good News this week.
Whatever your good news is, no matter how large or small, we want to hear about it!
Share your Giant Squid Good News with me (rms) and I’ll blast it out to the community for you next Thursday, right here, at the Giant Squid Community Showcase!
Let’s Get Cracking!
Feb 9th
