Hello everyone and Happy #NeedleWorkMonday! I have some exciting news to share with you today. This month marks our One Year Anniversary of using the #NeedleWorkMonday tag and the start of a Wonderful Community! I am so Amazed at how much and how fast this community has grown. I remember when there were only 5 of us posting in the beginning and it steadily grew from there. Now we have over 30 Steemians that posts their original handwork on Monday’s!!
The News!
I am currently in the process of starting a Community Account for #NeedleWorkMonday!!! 😃 If the account is approved, and once it’s up and running I will make an introductory post in hopes that you will Upvote and Resteem it to spread the word and make more Steemians aware that we’re here! The more visibility we have will only help each of us more.
More Visibility = More Support!
The account name will be the same as our tag and will be listed as @needleworkmonday!
Soliciting Power
I came across a Wonderful initiated and support system created by @roelandp! If you do not know him he is one of the top 3 witnesses and also the organizer of SteemFest! He has been very supportive of #NeedleWorkMonday. Last year during SteemFest some of us needleworkers had the opportunity to take part from our homes by having our work displayed in the art gallery.
@roelandp has created a website called Soliciting Power where Project Owners can promote their work and get Delegated Steem Power and Donations from Investors! He explained how he wanted to start seeing other projects get help and support and change up the trending page being taken over by voting bots, most often loaded up with high delegation leases. You can learn more about this initiative Here!
I plan to submit our NeedleWorkMonday project to his soliciting power website. Although I know you all are here for more than just the rewards (the proof is in the pudding because a lot of needleworkers posting do not get very big rewards) which I am impressed with, my goal is for each of you to get greater rewards for sharing your work on Monday’s. Those of you that post on Monday’s have made this not just a tag but a community. I have seen friendships blossom and so much support given to each other as we share our creative handiwork here on Steemit.
What To Expect
I will be curating mainly from the @needleworkmonday account on Monday’s. It won’t be much different than what I am doing now. I have always tried to upvote every single needlework post every Monday. We have grown so much that I had to start spreading my vote out for two days in order for my SP to build back up to give a better reward. So I am hoping that we will get some delegations and/or donations in order for everyone to benefit more for their efforts.
Every Monday several posts will be Resteemed on the community account. That is what the account is mainly for, to share our handiwork with the Steemit community and make it more visible. I am not sure yet how many posts will be Resteemed per Monday. I know for sure it won’t be every post because we don’t want overkill where it’s too much for other Steemians to sift through.
I will do my best making sure to shuffle around so that everyone has the chance to have their post Resteemed. However we still need to remember what type of posts are relevant for this project.
Here are some Guidelines:
• When using the #needleworkmonday tag your post MUST be needlework related. This includes writing or sharing about any type of art involving a needle.
• Your post must include your original handmade work and not have any plagiarism or filled with copy and paste content.
• If you do use sources as part of your post (pictures, content from other sites etc.) they must be cited correctly.
• Your post needs to be posted on Monday’s (according to your time zone). Posts that are uploaded all throughout the week using the tag will not be Resteemed.
My goal will be to make a special post featuring your posts ever so often. I will be looking for posts that:
- follow the guidelines above
- includes process pictures showing us how you created your items along the way
- includes completed project photos
- has at least 100 words
If the @needleworkmonday account gets delegations and/or donations you can expect greater rewards when posting on Monday’s. I am really hoping our project gains the attention of investors and that they will be onboard for giving us support. The main goal for the creation of #NeedleWorkMonday was to fill up the Steemit blockchain with Handmade Arts and Crafts...I’m ready to see that happen folks, how about you?
I want to thank all of you that have supported this initiated!! Thank you to all of the needleworkers that post weekly in order to keep this initiative alive! Let’s spread the love and passion of the needlework arts!!! ❤️
#NeedleWorkMonday by @crosheille
#NeedleWorkMonday Co-Chair @crystalize
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