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The final 3 new charts introduced during the annual sale are now at the top of the page at http://www.carouselcharts.com.My personal favorite is the Daisie Faerie (Daisy Fairy). This is a quick stitch suitable for Aida, Linen or Evenweave as it only has full cross stitches. No fractional stitches. Figure floats effortlessly above the flowers and is seen through a window framed with decorative

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The price drop sale is a lot of fun, and the holiday and new free charts are really helping to increase site popularity. What a great way to celebrate a first year in business for http://www.carouselcharts.com.Site traffic has multiplied and many cross stitch forums and sites now point to CarouselCharts. Thousands of free downloads from over 50 different countries have been recorded in our stats,

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Not often 2 charts are introduced in one week at http://www.carouselcharts.com , but they were "mostly" done earlier, so it seemed right to add a quick stitch gift idea for the current annual 50% off sale.This "Flighty Faery" is really the perfect quick-stitch gift to frame for friends, co-workers, moms, sisters, or anyone who might enjoy a cute li'l Faerie fluttering above the words "JUST A

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http://www.CarouselCharts.com announces a new category "Faeries," and now offers the revised January Faerie with Garnet birthstone and snowdrop flower. Look for February and March Faeries next! ALL CarouselCharts counted cross stitch patterns are available at half price during the annual sale, including the January Faerie.Bright, kicky and modern, this little January imp flutters above the ground

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This week has been a phenominal release of the Mary figure for the Christmas Creche ornament, counted cross stitch series. A couple of surprises beyond the thousands of downloads: The 2005 Mary figure still had slightly fewer downloads than the still popular 2004 baby Jesus. Two Web boards in France moved their country to 2nd position (US .com and .net still #1). Second place usually occupied by

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Released only a few days ago, the second counted cross stich ornament in the Christmas Creche series, the mother Mary, has far surpassed any previous release from http://www.CarouselCharts.com to this point. In addition, the first ornament, the baby Jesus, has had a surge of downloads in addition to the thousands already downloaded during it's first year on the site. The beginner cross stitch

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Once a year we give a free chart that is intended for heirloom value for Christmas. A year has passed and the Baby Jesus Chart of last year now is joined by his mother, Mary.She is drawn in simple clothes and the warm aura of Christmas red, sprinkled with clear petite beads sets her as a dominant figure in the Christmas Creche series.She is found at http://www.carouselcharts.com/2005_Mary.html.

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Recent online trade show was a lot of fun and a great learning experience in many ways. This was our first show of any kind, so we expected to learn some things as part of our booth rental. We were not disappointed.CarouselCharts.com showed 4 bundled high-resolution print products and we gave away over $3,000 retail value in door prizes. TheNeedleworkShow.com provided daily hit counter statistics

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Certainly, an online tradeshow is not very difficult to attend. You can attend too, http://www.theneedleworkshow.com . Take a look around.As vendors at the show, we were able to check our hit counter against those of the other vendors. We found the booth vendors we liked enjoying a lot of hits, so maybe our taste is not all in our mouth. We are only showing 4 print products at the show, much less

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Well, I guess it has been a while since August! Yes, I've been busy and working out the whole "get well" process for Sarcoidosis. Some days have flattened out my ability to work. But the good news is that the MarshallProtocol.com is doing what it is supposted to be doing and I can tell I am getting better. More Herx rough-riding ahead, but in the mean time, I'm stitching and coding!More good news

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Regardless of one's religious leanings, the The brazen serpent story from the Old Testament (Numbers ch 21) is the source for modern medicine's well-known staff & serpent icon, often used to identify a trusted medical professional, practice or institution.The basic story goes something like this:While a large community was wandering through life, wide-spread problematic activity brought a

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The Birthstone Faerie for February got put on hold, modern medicine is a friend but it does take time. Do look for the February Faerie at the end of August 2005.In its stead is the introduction of an always-free sampler. This is a small chart for new stitchers to use on Aida or larger count evenweaves, or for others ready to try a lot of gold filigree work by simply switching out the royal blue

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Stats for http://www.carouselcharts.com revealed Saturday, July 23, 2005 as a whopping big download day. No wonder the stats program choked. I couldn't see the stats until after the hosting company restarted the program, and then wow!Seems everyone wanted the Wee Faerie "always free" download. There is no rush though, as it will always be free on the site. It is part of the free information

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Posted this earlier on another blog, but I liked it enough to post it here:__________I found the threads you left behindIn a closed tin within a box of your thoughts.My thoughtsWanted to return againTo the time when you were newAnd I was new because of you.Taking the tangled threadsGentlyIn my aging fingersI stroked the colors around my heartAnd tucked them neatly away.Copyright 2005 JR Foutin.

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How to get people to blog was a recent newsletter article from http://www.WebProNews.com/. As if there weren't enough bloggers with an estimated 80,000+ sources already to RSS daily!Blogging has shown early merit for engineers who value what other tech folks are saying about products that could make or break their career path. That's likely why http://www.MarketingSherpa.com reports studies

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One more freebee has been elevated to premium, after a busy download period of 4 days. This was longer than previous free chart download days because the summer is not the best time to offer for only a couple of days, as family fun and vacations may eclipse the whole event.It looks like the weekend is the best time for most traffic, so do look forward to more weekend freebee days.Looking at the

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A recent review of article by Emory student Lynn Taylor is found at http://knowledge.emory.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&ID=896 , "Measuring the Impact of Resilience to Predict GDP of Developing Nations."Lynn Taylor is also a trained psychologist, adding a renaissance-like additional significant silo of experience to this economic study. A partial summary from the online article:“'We took

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The Dentzel-inspired "Gold Lion" baby birth record carousel cross stitch chart was designed in March of 2005, but we've waited until July to offer it as a limited free download while we are setting up the new catalog website. You can find the Gold Lion download link at www.carouselcharts.comThis lion stands proudly with golden accents in his rich full mane and tail. The Sun, Moon and Stars motif

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July was meant to be fun. We did watch fireworks from 2 different states and 3 different locations as we drove home from California on the 4th. That was a first.Counted cross stitch projects are afterthoughts for most stitchers during the summer months, but design planning for the holidays is well underway. Changing the website and payment model is a little late, but then, it is summer and the

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One stitch. Left lower corner to top right. Second stitch. Right lower corner to top left. Start again. Feel the thread, spin the needle, touch the cloth, feel the rush as a mental image of patterns and shapes morph into glorious color and form. Let your mind wander to other dreams or giggle with friends. It doesn't matter. It is fun.I told my husband today that even though I design, the

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As suspected, summer leisure hours are not always spent attending to counted cross stitch stash building, but even with vacation season well underway, the January Birthstone Faerie was the most popular page request on the http://www.carouselcharts.com site during June 27 and 28, 2005.Along with limited promotional items, we also watch for a download surge in always-free charts and information.

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Here's a little preview of the cross stitch freebee for today and tomorrow only. Click to visit http://www.carouselcharts.com where you can download the PDF for printing from any good quality printer at higher resolutions.After Tuesday, this little Faerie chart will be added as a premium offer to our new online catalog the second week of July.Look forward to more monthly Birthstone Faeries later

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Look for the Birthstone Faerie (Fairy) counted cross stitch freebee at http://www.carouselcharts.com on June 27-28, 2005.This one comes highly recommended by my advisory board, they all looked at the sketch and said this one was their favorite so far.First of 12, the January Birthstone Faerie features gemstones, colors and flowers associated with the first month in a year. Flower meanings found

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This week is finishing the chart and stitching on the new Birthstone Faerie (fairy). Young, hip and fun, these are for friends, moms, aunts, daughters and grandmothers to stitch for the imaginative and young at heart.The site will undergo a makeover later this month at best, and second week in July at worst. The shopping cart will take on a new look and PayPal purchasing will replace

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Look for the new Faerie line, coming soon. The next http://www.carouselcharts.com freebee will feature one of the 12 gemstone darlings.Of course, there are free things on that site all the time, so you don't need to wait until June 27-28 to download something you can work on right now. But do visit on the new chart days because that is the only time you can download a free chart when it is

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http://drokk.com/projects/dungbeetle/Interesting pop post on counted cross stitch.Although sprinkled with expletive deletes to indicate the writer identified strongly with a specific cultural norm, this is an interesting description of taking a photograph and turning it into a cross stitch pattern.Photos of process and final Dung Beetle cross stitch art included.

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A thing of beauty is a joy forever.For counted cross stitch, the beauty is in the making as well as the view after it is finished.A soft hand (feel of the fabric) or a stiff linen are very different from Aida. All have their place in the project and process of developing a stitcher's soul.Summer is full of gardens, some lillies that seem to need others to toil for them, some vegetables, some

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Counted cross stitch subjects and categories vary. Go into any LNS (local Needlework Store) or online superstore and see what I mean.There is a glut of small one-day projects that work great for cards and quick thoughts. Some places still ask you to pay money for them, but you can find most cross stitch sites offer small projects as freebees.For traditionalists, historic-looking samplers and

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Hard to believe that counted cross stitch has any storms. It is known as a calm sport, well suited for stormy days inside, too. But this year of 2005 is turning out to be a hurry-up and wait storm of counted cross stitch activity while juggling other tasks. Hopefully, we'll be able to focus on this business with a lot more intensity very soon.My dear sales manager has just moved to the same

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Visits from all over the world for Carousel Charts counted cross stitch needlework patterns have made each freebee download even more fun. Recent country stats show some countries consistently, others are new.To site guests from Canada, Italy, South Africa, Japan, Israel, Norway, Taiwan, Poland, Seychelles, Australia, Netherlands, Croatia, Brazil, Germany, and Denmark, thank you all for visiting!

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The Wedding Cornerstone freebee day may be extended one more day, just because we're so busy at http://www.carouselcharts.com in the business arena this week.We know this is summertime and gardens are going in, kids are getting out of school, vacations are being planned and followed and life is full of interesting options.But if you know a cross stitcher, tell them where to download this pretty

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FREE today & tomorrow only!Beautiful as it is quick and versatile, this counted cross stitch freebee is perfect for June weddings. The Wedding Cornerstone chart is free for two days only, you can download it now at http://www.carouselcharts.com.White, Silver, Gold and Gold Mill Hill beads sparkle on mid to deep fabrics. Hand painted or specialty dyed fabrics really look great with the simple

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June 6-7, 2005, the June Wedding Cornerstone freebee is for all those counted cross stitch enthusiasts looking for a beautiful 90x90 stitch wedding celebration chart.With only three floss assignments, this is as easy as it is beautiful on your choice of fabric. Evenweave is recommended, but there are no fractional stitches so it also works up well on Aida.The chart identifies foundation

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Planning for June cross stitch business plans for Carousel Charts is underway. Administrators will review successes and challenges from the last seven months to determine strategies and outline 2005 third and fourth quarter offerings, as well as solidfying three and five-year plans.One of the first items on the agenda will be fall and winter 2005 chart topics as well as developing a fuller web

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You may get a sneak peak at the new freebee later this weekend, or you may just need to visit http://www.carouselcharts.com on Monday and Tuesday (June 6-7, 2005) to download the free chart.Do take notice of this fun little sketch I did today (see inset). You may not see a chart of this one specifically, but this is the path to more elaborate and larger counted cross stitch charts that I will

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The wedding counted cross stitch chart is well underway, with Faery (Fairy, Faerie) chart and series plans dancing through my mind almost constantly. Stay tuned, I will post images and thoughts later this week.Here's a thought, dedicated to my Father and brother Bill today:"Forewarned, forearmed, to be prepared is half the victory."--Miguel de Cervantes

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Long weekend enjoyed, but it's back to work. Pictures, art, imagination, fun, love, happiness, joy, family. I love this job.

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The rise and fall of stats show guests do come for the freebee. My brother suggested more, but I can design and stitch models only so fast.I am a newcomer to cross stitch design, so this year will be carried by my "day" job and my husband. I have faith that in time, requests for my work will bring distributors into the hardcopy fold.I think of it this way: "A stitch in time... brings nine."

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Just a reminder if you didn't make it yesterday. Today is the last day of the freebee download, then it goes to the catalog. To all guests of http://www.carouselcharts.com yesterday, thank you for coming. I hope you enjoy stitching it as much as I did.Here's a thought for today:Burdens become light when cheerfully borne. -- Ovid________________

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Inspired by the Dentzel bear menagerie carousel figure, the next freebee on http://www.carouselcharts.com is the Gold Bear baby birth record. Download it on May 26-27, 2005 for your cross stitch stash or tell your cross stitch friends.Fishing and bears run deeper than valley streams in our line. So when a new baby arrives, teddy bears and bear-decorated motifs often welcome the new little fishing

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After finishing any cross stitch model, there is more to be done before a chart is ready for others. First, editing the original chart for color, stitch, and simplification changes.Next comes exporting chart into useable formats. I usually combine two formats in another program.Third step is draw program assembly of instructions, chart, legend, and odd-stitch descriptions. Writing a short intro

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I'm spending a moment at the blogs, away from finishing the Fishing Bear Carousel birth record chart that will be available about a week from now at http://www.carouselcharts.com , and finding more reasons to play hookie from life by following random blog links.Blogging is time consuming enough to write, but even worse than random email joke sends for time wasters because they seem to demand a

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From page 217 in my copy of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards, a curious bit about the meaning of color sits as if it was final in the sidebar.I've added (comments) from my observations and associations.White: innocence and ghostliness(also a mourning color in some cultures)Black: restful strength and depression(tuxedo color for upscale and formal events)Yellow: nobility and

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Great article from WebProNews today by John Stith (Stith or "Stithmeister" should not be confused with any of those Star Wars bad guys).He quotes an abstract (http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~asignori/web-size/) published by Antonio Gulli of the University of Pisa (Universita di Pisa) and Alessio Signorini at the University of Iowa for an estimated 11.5 billion pages... more or less.John's article also

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I just visited a number of websites devoted to carousels and carousel preservation. My favorite carousel animals were carved by Dentzel, and they have been the inspiration for the popular birth record series at http://www.carouselcharts.com, including the bear chart I'm stitching up for the next May limited freebee (May 26th and 27th only).A recent census of the last existing original Dentzel

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Monday statistic review of site is far more fun with the recent stat program upgrade. Not only is it a tad more informative, it is easier to discover site strengths and weaknesses in a short period of time.This is so much better than the stats from 1996, when I first delved into webmaster land. Still, the search terms (keywords) always carries a lot of interest. Now I'm noticing a lot more

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Li'l Faeries is a simple set of very small counted cross stitch icons, borders, flower elements, faery fraeses, and of course, faeries (or fairies). The freebee download ends later today (May 11, 2005).So far, the most popular 2005 chart on the http://www.carouselcharts.com site is the carousel horse baby girl birth record. No subsequent chart has toppled that favorite. It seems the carousel baby

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The Li'l Faeries promo is on now for a lot of fun you can customize with your favorite floss and fabric colors. Think mini fantasy folk alter egos with personality and pizazz.Available as a free download only Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from May 9-11, 2005. After that, a percentage of sales from this chart will be donated to Sarcoid research that builds on the Marshall Protocol.A little

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Quick, what has 3 fairies 6 heads 14 legs 12 arms 6 skirts 6 hairdos 7 border treatments 4 floral effects 3 pairs of wings3 appropriate quotes????No, not that staff meeting. Try again, with this PDF. Only a freebee May 9-11, 2005:This limited freebee for Li'l Faeries is a quick stitch with oodles of options for a totally unique project. Use one of the 3 fully detailed figures, all 3, or combine

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Download your Free Wee Faerie chart at http://www.carouselcharts.com. Anytime.There are a lot of reasons to try cross stitch, but few free Faerie charts. You can download this one free anytime, even if you cross stitch a lot but have a hard time finding really, really small Faeries (Fairy, Fairies or little winged damsels).Instructions and tips also included for:FabricFlossThreading needlesCross

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Find a new always-free chart --and-- info sheet combo later this week at http://www.carouselcharts.com.Long time coming for a CarouselCharts start chart for cross stitch newbies, but the chart topic had to be unique from other free little charts on the net, fun, and suitable for fantasy lovers. It also has to ...be small (a couple of hours)have standard full 2 over 2 cross stitchesinclude

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Following each limited freebee download session, we do an anonymous stat review at http://www.CarouselCharts.com to discover guest preferences. Even for a modest new site of 28 weeks in a niche market, stats help determine what is next.Popularity, all free PDF downloads to date:Limited chart: Silver Jumper Jewel (baby birth)Unlimited chart: 2004 Christmas Creche (baby Jesus)Unlimited info/tool:

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As the second quarter of 2005 revs up, it is evident that http://www.carouselcharts.com is taking a happy "get to know you" position in the cross stitch world. At least that is what my stats are telling me (especially when a limited promotional chart becomes available).For example, the current Gold Tiger chart is the first little boy jewel birth record freebee this year, and word is getting out.

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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (April 25-26-27, 2005) and then the Golden Tiger is purchase-only. Now is the time to get this Asian-inspired Jewel for a click and a download at http://www.carouselcharts.com.If you wait, you can always just use the secure clickbank service and buy it. But if you want the limited free download, don't wait.CarouselCharts.com site stats report that many are looking for

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Exotic, with heavy Asian influence, the Golden Tiger Boy Birth Record sparkles with gold back stitching in the header and a powerful carousel menagerie tiger.Once in a while an illustration is a delightful surprise after the model is stitched. This one bursts from the fabric with high contrast stripes on a bright orange tiger, just what you would expect. The base and canopy header support the

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Visit http://www.carouselcharts.com on April 25-27, 2005 to download the Tiger menagerie carousel baby birth record limited freebee. The chart is inspired by India and Asian motifs even though the layout is similar to the Dentzel-inspired lion and pink jumper birth record charts. All birth announcement charts are suitable for framing or ideal as a unique scrapbook cover inset.So far, the pink

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With the recent release of the Rose Faerie counted cross stitch pattern, it was time also for a skin tones alternative colors information sheet.This free .pdf is free all the time at http://www.carouselcharts.com, and may be helpful when choosing alternate colors on any cross stitch chart that comes with skin tone colors that may not match the intent of the stitcher.This one-sheet .pdf includes a

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The current freebee at http://www.carouselcharts.com will only be free for another 24 hours or so.Fair warning, too, this chart is not for the newbie stitcher. Though only about 6x8 on 28ct linen, it is loaded with next-level challenges for someone who has done a few counted cross stitches before.There are over 20 floss colors, silver metallic and 2 Mill-Hill bead assignments, with loads of back

Carouselshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345580942879014288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11627669.post-1112712617212886502005-04-05T07:45:00.000-07:002005-04-05T07:50:17.213-07:00

I just made a cool little piece of artwork at http://artpad.art.com/?ieha7b1i2fu4 that only took a few minutes. I wish I could have seen more thumbnails of others to look at. After trying to use the view other choice, my machine gave up. Unfortunately, the download process to see one at a time was too much. Still, the creation program was a lot of fun to try.

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The free chart will not be available April 1, nobody would believe it. But do download the free chart Monday or Tuesday, April 4-5, 2005. I've included a detail inset so you can see some of the bead work, backstitching, couching and silver metallic, as well as detail in the illustration. The Rose Faerie is a special request design and a limited free download for 2 days only. Pass the word along

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New cross stitch site CarouselCharts.com has days to go until April 2005, but we're not foolin' around. March stats show this new site has already seen close to 2000 freebee cross stitch charts, information, and tool PDF downloads this month, from 25 different countries/networks.Not bad. Not bad at all.Watch for the Rose Fairy the end of March or first week of April. We expect this charmer to

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Why 2 blogs? Why not?Actually, I'm checking out communities to see where I want to live. In the mean time, the topic for this blog will largely be carouselcharts.com.2005 is new artist year. We're doing one or two full-size freebee downloads a month before they turn premium. These are not like other cross stitch freebees that are small motifs at best. This is premium stash offered free for a 2-7

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