Update on frilly newsletters

Just letting everyone know that newsletters will now be monthly - this will co-incide with announcing the monthly promotion each month, gardening tips and season savvy focus of course!

I sent out a quick one to update everyone on the recent goings on in and around Frills - you can have a look here - feel free to share it with friends (there's even a little discount in there for everyone on the First foods I fed my frills eBook until the end of June).

Enjoy!

Sayonara 2010 - what a year you have been!

And I mean that - what a big year! Not just for me on a personal level but on this blog.

This little place I call my 'online home' has had a huge year too - with some of the recipes appearing over at Kidspot along with some others I did along the way (birthday cakes/food the prime-minister grew up on) and of course the Christmas on the Cheap Series.  I also did a few editorials over there with the very popular Meal Planning Prowess probably a standout amongst those - the Kidspot Team are very encouraging and just lovely people - which I guess the world has worked out too because their Kidspot Social has grown enormously over this year too.

I've contributed to Kleenex Mum's blog, their Mum's the word eBook and recently the KleenexMums Guide to Giving eBook.  Stay tuned because I'll be doing more work with KleenexMums in the new year (hint hint, go and subscribe!)

Frills has had some wonderful guest posters this year and I've also guest posted elsewhere - it's fun to do that sometimes!  I'm excited to share that there will be at least one regular guest poster next year which I know you'll LOVE. I was also very lucky to be asked to be a contributor over at Make it from Scratch, Sydney Film Festival and Sydney Children's Festival this year which was LOADS of fun.

The highlight of my bloggy and personal life was something you guys had a lot to do with - and was winning the 2010 Kidspot's Top 50 Blogger and my family will holiday in Dunk Island!  We'll be taking this in early June and I can't wait!!

I almost forgot the launch the Facebook page which is where I like to connect with so many readers every day and the newsletter which I'm getting the hang of - I love learning new things.

2010 is also when we started giving away subscriptions monthly to Super Food Ideas - and on new years day I'll be announcing TWO people who have won subscriptions - there's still time to be in the running for that one!   Do you know we had 17 giveaways this year? Wow!


254 RECIPE POSTS THIS YEAR!!! 254!!

I'm hoping to make-over my blog a little in 2011 - and give some new features which will stop me from waking up in the middle of the night writing them down time and again (or perhaps not) and also make it a little easier to use and access.

So here's to a fabulous 2010 - most unexpected and exciting success and here's to 2011 - whatever it brings!  Thank you for visiting, commenting and ENCOURAGING me.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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As if you needed any incentive! 2 Gingerbreadfolk House kits up for grabs!

You would be forgiven for thinking I've gone a bit gingerbread crazy this past week (what, with my TWO houses and my gingerbread recipe!) because the truth is....I HAVE!....I have had to physically restrain myself from making a gingerbread village because my brain seems to be always ticking over ideas about how to decorate a gingerbread house!

Now you can do the same because I'll be choosing 2 lucky subscribers to the Frills in the Hills Newsletter (out tomorrow people, hurry up!) to design their own gingerbread houses.... with a kit from the gingerbread folk!  

Now if you want some tips to make your own - the gingerbread folk are doing some demonstrations where I am sure you'll be able to buy your own kits:

- next Sunday demo in the test kitchen at The Chef and the Cook's 'test kitchen' 11-12 for all to see. They'll be putting together one of Gingerbread Folk's gingerbread house kits.
- Or you could pop into the Chef and the Cook's stand at MasterChef Live on Sunday 12th of December.

Or, you can order/buy them from their many stockists listed here.

So if you don't subscribe, do it here - and if you do, sit tight!!  I'll announce the winner IN the newsletter which goes out tomorrow around lunchtime!

(psst here's a little preview)

So did you get the newsletter?

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed!  Mwah!  The feedback has been wonderful - I thank you so much for that!

If you missed out here's your chance to see it! I'm not sure if I'm going to publish it regularly to the web, so make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out, or at least, get it early!

Be quick!

In less than 48 hours the very first Frills in the Hills Seasonal newsletter will be out!

This newsletter focuses on getting organised for Christmas with ways to plan, budget - it has some recipes, I get a little bit crafty!  You get it delivered to your mailbox and can keep it, print it, forward it to friends and family!

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