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UPDATE: Follow the discussion on Facebook to see some other ideas on how to fix this issue: http://www.facebook.com/craftgossip/posts/10150391934861468

Facebook Updates

With the new Facebook update, several people who follow us on Facebook have reported that our updates are no longer appearing on their wall.

The updates are still there, they are just obscured. To get the updates to appear again, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you are logged into Facebook.

2. Go to Facebook page. Not to your profile page, but to the homepage of Facebook (http://www.facebook.com).

3. On your left hand side, you will see the Favorites heading.

4. Look under the Pages subsection for CraftGossip.com. Click on it. You will be taken to the CraftGossip page on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/craftgossip).

Once you have done this, our updates should start appearing on your Facebook wall. If not, drop us an email at [email protected].

 

 

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Comments

  1. I do not have the work ‘Pages’ under Favourites on my Facebook! So how can I get to see the comments from Craftgossip on Facebook please.

    thanks

  2. I also do not have the word “Pages” under Favourites. All it says is
    FAVOURITES
    NEWSFEED
    MESSAGES
    EVENTS
    When I click on Newsfeed all it does is refresh the homepage.
    HELP!!! Pretty please!

  3. Ahh I just asked the question at FB and the answer was it is only Admin for page owners that have that facility. so your instructions don’t help the rest of us sorry! Here is what FB says

    How do I add a Page to my “Favorite Pages” section?
    If you are an admin of a Page, you can add a Page to your “Favorite Pages” section. To add a Page to your “Favorite Pages” section go to the desired page and select “Add to My Page’s Favorites” directly underneath the profile picture. That Page will then appear in your “Favorite Pages” section. Please note that the “Add to My Page’s Favorites” link will only be visible if you are an admin of a Page.

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Cross Stitch Cards for All Occasions

I have never stitched a greeting card, but I kind of like the idea of it. It’s a card and a gift all in one, and hopefully one the recipient will hang onto for years to come. 

This collection of easy and colorful greeting card cross stitch patterns from Susan Bates (via Gathered) are a great place to start if you want to stitch your own greeting cards. 

These text-based designs cover a lot of card-sending events, such as:

  • get well soon
  • happy birthday
  • thank you
  • thinking of you
  • congratulations
  • anniversary
  • new home
  • good luck

The lettering is done in gradients and there are other details like hearts and stars, a house key and a gift, depending on the text. There are full cross stitches and back stitch on all of the cards, and they use 15 colors for the cross stitching and six for the back stitching (and just two colors are used for both, so it’s 19 colors total). 

The designs vary a bit in size but the biggest one is 52 by 67 stitches, which comes out to 3.75 by 4.75 inches or 9.5 by 12 cm when worked on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave. The text suggests beads are also used in the patterns but there’s no note of them in the key, so go wild and add some beads if you like. 

Designs are worked on a price of 6 by 8 inch/15 by 20 cm fabric and then mounted to a card with a colorful baking piece of card stock behind it. This is easy to assemble with whatever cardstock greeting cards you have on hand.

You can get the free charts as a PDF from Gathered. 

Have you ever stitched your own greeting cards? I’d love to hear about it, or let me know if these inspire you to try. 

[Photo: Susan Bates via Gathered]