Next Monday, December 14 is the much anticipated, highly regarded, horribly too soon Christmas Tour of Homes! Many thanks to BooMama for entrusting me with this huge responsibility!
Who can join in?
ANYONE! As long as you have a blog or flickr acct that you can link to–everyone is invited!
What Do I do?
Simply share some of your holiday decor by writing a post and showing photos. You can show one photo or 28–it’s totally up to you. You can write a big bunch of stuff or keep quiet, the point of the tour is to encourage and inspire each other with our decorating. I love pretty decorations but this is not a contest. Everyone is invited to join in, from the simplest decor to the most elaborate. I’d love for you to grab the button right below by copying and pasting the code in that little box into the HTML section of your blog or sidebar. Or you can grab it however you know how. Also, feel free to link to thenester.com it will take you to the tour on Monday.
Some of you are totally down with understanding all the lingo and the link up method. It’s basically going to be just like Emily’s Tuesday’s Unwrapped or Melissa’s Friday Holiday Linky posts and Kimba’s DIY Day .{scroll down on those posts to see all the links}.
When you see these words on Monday at the end of the post, obey–click there to enter your PERMALINK–not today, Monday.
By 8am {EST} Monday morning I’ll have my tour up at the top of the blog {remember, if for some reason you don’t see Nesting Place in your reader or Blogger Dashboard, just type in thenester.com} and there will be an obvious place for you to enter your blog PERMALINK in at the bottom of the post. If for some reason you see an error page that means I’ve wrecked up the whole internet. Just be patient, eat a candy cane and check back soon.
What’s a permalink?
{copied straight from my sister’s explanation}
A permalink is the URL to a specific blog post. In other words, each blog post has an address and the permalink is the street number and the avenue. For example, my blog address is www.nestingplacenc.blogspot.com. But the permalink to this post is http://thenester.com/2009/12/christmast-tour-how-to.html
To get the permalink, I simply clicked on the post title and it popped up in the address bar.
Why was my link deleted?
Probably because you linked to your blog rather than the permalink of your post. Sometimes people like to browse through your Tour of Home posts from my site days or weeks after you’ve posted them. If you simply link to your blog front page, they will not be able to find your Tour post. Unless you use the permalink, your link will be deleted out of courtesy to the reader.
I hope that covers everything~enjoy your holiday decorating and don’t forget to take pictures this weekend!
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OK, so you have SOO inspired me! I have been working on things in my house the last few weeks & had a little cookie swap yesterday & had so many wonderful comments! I gave you the credit & sent some people your way! Merry Christmas!
Ok, I HAVE to know who sang the “J-i-n-g-l-e Bells” song that you used in this video! I love it and so does my mum! I’ve seriously played it 3 or 4 times in a row just to listen to the song! (Not that your pictures weren’t beautiful!)
Thank you for your wisdom. I am so sorry for your loss. Beautiful pictures. You inspired my day.
I happen to come across your blog from Big Mama’s Blog. So glad I did, your house is beautiful and I love your holiday decorations and suggestions! Thanks! I think this is where we leave comments on a chance to win a bag? If not I enjoyed your blog, and look forward to reading it in the future! Thanks!
Hey! Loving the tour! Great job! As usual, you rock!!
My entire blog is Christmas. I add new posts each year beginning in November. I have been checking everyday for a month to see when I could sign up and I made it at #131 and today I am looking and I am not there.
I am so sad! I don’t know how to get on your list as all theposts at the top are for this years Christmas. If I Only add one link, only the welcome post will show.
Thanks for your help,
Paula
love this tour! thank you so much!
I have enjoyed reading your blog. You have inspired me in many ways. My husband just loves when I tell him I am shopping the house. Would you please direct me to the post where your sister painted her cabinets black.
Thanks