How to Make 910 New Friends Without Leaving Home

How to make 910 potential new friends in 24 days or less without leaving home. Sounds like the title of a self-help book, doesn’t it? It also sounds impossible, doesn’t it? Well, it was, but I did give it my best shot.

Recently, I participated in a super extravaganza of an event called ONE WORLD, ONE HEART. In the brief period between January 19^th and February 12^th, I had the opportunity to visit over 900 blogs.

OWOH is the brainchild of Lisa Swifka. To quote Lisa, “The original idea behind this giveaway event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize.” You can read about this event here http://oneworldoneheart.typepad.com/about.html. Also, please visit Lisa’s personal blog http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com

In the 2007, there were about 90 participants. In 2008, there were about 300. This year the number reached an amazing total of 911.

Needless to say, I wasn’t able to visit all 900 plus blogs. A gal has to sleep at least a few hours a day. However, I did get to visit several hundred during the 24 days of the event. Discovering new blogs and making new friends from around the world was a delight.

Winning two of the giveaways was the icing on the cake. Yes, I’m tickled pink to say that I won two gifts.

The first was a lovely bookmark made by Karla Rosendall. Please visit Karla’s blog Day Dream Studio http://daydreamstudios.blogspot.com/.

The second gift was a set of 12 sheets of painted background paper from Cyn Richardson of Two Blue Crows http://twobluecrows.blogspot.com/ or http://14secretsforahappyartistslife.blogspot.com

My giveaway was won by Doda Smith who lives in Scotland!!! How cool is that? I now know someone who lives in the UK. I hope she’ll invite me to tea if I ever get to Scotland. You can visit Doda’s blog, Creative Wanderings, here http://dodadidit.blogspot.com/

If you’d like to make 900 new friends, here’s what you need to do. Click on the ONE WORLD ONE HEART logo in the right margin, and you’ll miraculously arrive at the ONE WORLD ONE HEART blog. There you'll find a list of all the blogs who participated in this event. Click on any or all of the blogs in the right hand margin, and you’ll be magically transported to that blog.

Happy wanderings and don’t forget to leave a comment when you visit. Bloggers always love to receive comments. Otherwise, we think we’re talking to ourselves.