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July 3, 2012

Sharing HomeTalk and some exciting news!


We mentioned this great website at Inspiration Friday this past week, but wanted to share some more details with you!

HomeTalk

HomeTalk.com is an amazing resource for homeowners, renters and anyone interested in making a “house a home”. At HomeTalk you can find everything from inspiring projects shared by other members, answers to questions (and you can ask your own), professionals in your community (who are active members of HomeTalk) and keep track of ideas you find for future projects for our own home!

What we love most about HomeTalk is the sense of community.  People are quick to answer questions another member might have. Everything from “do you recognize this plant?” To, “can you give me some lighting ideas for my cottage?”

It’s also a great way for BLOGGERS to share their amazing talent! HomeTalk appreciates the contribution from the blogging community and will often feature their projects on the HomeTalk Facebook page, which has over 380,000 followers!

Talk about a great way to get your talent noticed!

But, even if you aren’t a blogger you can still create an account at HomeTalk and upload your photos and a description of your project for others to see. What a great way to get affirmation and feedback on your hard work! 

The HomeTalk community is very active in commenting and conversing.  Take for instance Vanessa’s “If You Don’t Have a White Kitchen” post.


As you can see not only has she received tons of page views but it has also generated a very lively discussion on white kitchens! 

Recently Shirley at Housepitality Designs shared her sunroom

and has not only received lots of views, but was also featured on the Facebook Page…yeah Shirley! 

HomeTalk also stays connected with their community through the HomeTalk Twitter Page as well as through the HomeTalk Pinterest Boards!

In fact, we’d love you to follow the DIY that Inspires Board where you’ll find our pins of stand-out, trending projects from the HomeTalk website! 

Which leads us to our exciting news!

The gals here At The Picket Fence have been invited to serve as HomeTalk Ambassadors! 
This means that we will be working with HomeTalk to connect the blogging community and our readers with this amazing resource!

Here’s what we need you to do! Take just a second…right now…go…go…lol and sign up for HomeTalk.com  on the website and take a moment to follow them on Facebook, and while you’re at it go ahead and follow us on the DIY that Inspires Board over at Pinterest!  Be sure to sign up through a link here on the blog…and come right back…

HomeTalk

…okay, welcome back! Now how does all of this benefit you? Besides the obvious of HomeTalk being a great place to hang out and talk “all things home” as mentioned above; it can be a great place to share your projects!

 So take a moment to pick a few of your best “DIY, home improvement, and home related” content (please steer clear of crafty type projects) and share it over at HomeTalk.  Make sure to follow us over at HomeTalk while you’re at it and we’ll be sure to follow you back! We’ll be keeping an eye out for our top picks and sharing them on OUR Facebook Wall as well as on the DIY that Inspires Pinterest Board.  

Miriam of HomeTalk has shared some great blog posts on HOW BEST to submit your projects and get them noticed:

Getting Started on HomeTalk
How To Post Projects
How To Share a Compelling Project

So that’s all there is to it! An opportunity to be a part of a great community and resource that is growing everyday by leaps and bounds!

As part of the HomeTalk Ambassadors programs we will be featuring HomeTalk projects on our Facebook Page on a regular basis, pinning and tweeting amazing finds from HomeTalk and also sharing some of the best of the best from Inspiration Friday over at HomeTalk each week! We also have some other fun plans up our sleeve that we’ll be sharing with you soon!

So, are you convinced yet that HomeTalk is amazing?!

We sure hope so…and we look forward to working with you, our readers, and HomeTalk connecting amazing bloggers and homeowners with HomeTalk.com!

We are serving as representatives of HomeTalk.com, but all opinions are our own.  Please see our Disclosure Policy for more information. 

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  1. Cherished Bliss says

    July 2, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    How fun! I signed up to join in on the fun! : ) Have a great week ladies!

    Reply
  2. Pam - @diy Design Fanatic says

    July 2, 2012 at 2:37 PM

    I love Hometalk and have posted a few project on my page there. The one problem I’ve had in the past is that my photos won’t load since they are 12-18 megapixel and are probably too large. Hometalk is definitely a great site though!

    Reply
  3. thistlewoodfarm says

    July 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM

    Top four reasons I like Hometalk:
    (1) They have amazing inspiration (like Shirley’s porch that she just posted, too)!
    (2) I have an old house with old house questions. And I need answers.
    (3) It’a a great place to find out if I should paint my couch with chalk paint….LOL 🙂
    (4) I get to hang out with you girls over there 🙂

    Thanks rock stars for all the inspiration!
    karianne

    Reply
    • Karah @ thespacebetweenblog says

      July 3, 2012 at 9:38 PM

      Great post, ladies! Fun comment, Kari!
      🙂

      Reply
  4. Sophia's says

    July 2, 2012 at 3:52 PM

    Thanks so much for sharing this…looks like a great site! I’m heading over to sign up!

    Reply
  5. Miriam@Hometalk says

    July 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Loved your post, Heather and Vanessa!! Pam, I hate that we’re missing out on any of your projects 🙂 Right now, photos can be up to 10 mb, and as of tomorrow that will change to 20, so you shouldn’t have any issues. 🙂 Please email me if you do.

    Reply
  6. Honey at 2805 says

    July 2, 2012 at 4:43 PM

    Congrats, ladies!

    Reply
  7. Shirley@Housepitality Designs says

    July 2, 2012 at 7:03 PM

    I am so happy that you two and KariAnne are Ambassadors…When Kari emailed me and said hook up some of your rooms!…I did…and so glad that I did as I am having so much fun with it!…Just love the concept!…AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FEATURING MY SUNROOM.!!!…I am so very honored….You two are the best and it is no wonder that Hometalk chose you two to be their ambassadors! Here’s to the success of Hometalk….!!!

    Reply
  8. Cherished Bliss says

    July 2, 2012 at 7:37 PM

    Hey ladies, How do you set up the featured images on your profile? I can’t seem to find that anywhere. Thanks so much!

    Ashley

    Reply
  9. Heidi @ Decor & More says

    July 2, 2012 at 8:12 PM

    I just signed up! Exciting new forum, girls!! Thanks for sharing!
    xo Heidi

    Reply
  10. Sandy says

    July 2, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    I just signed up and gave them a tid bit on my Faux Fireplace
    for someone who would love to do such a thing but afraid to
    build one…. thanks for the heads up because I am always looking
    for new and inspiring ideas!

    Sandy

    Reply
  11. Katie Goldsworthy says

    July 2, 2012 at 9:04 PM

    That’s awesome! I started posting to HomeTalk a few weeks ago. It seems like a great site!

    –Katie

    Reply
  12. Jessica Kielman says

    July 3, 2012 at 12:56 AM

    Woot Woot! Way to go ladies! Karianne sent me the link…what a completely fabulous place!!!

    Jessica

    Reply
  13. Eclectically Vintage says

    July 3, 2012 at 1:30 AM

    I’ve been a regular over there for a couple of months and love it! So much fun to share ideas and post a question (how to I restore my vintage glider) and then get responses from so many different people.
    Kelly

    Reply
  14. reFresh reStyle says

    July 3, 2012 at 2:38 AM

    I love HomeTalk too! I just need to get back over there! Congrats on partnering with them!
    Debbie

    Reply
    • At The Picket Fence says

      July 3, 2012 at 5:06 PM

      Thanks Debbie!

      Heather

      Reply
  15. suzyq says

    July 3, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Awwww – only for the U.S????

    Reply
    • At The Picket Fence says

      July 3, 2012 at 5:10 PM

      Hi Suzy! Was it because you have to enter a zip code when you sign up? I will see if this prevents a non US resident to enroll for some reason.

      Heather

      Reply
    • Funky Junk Interiors says

      July 4, 2012 at 6:08 PM

      I’m Canadian and just signed up through my Facebook page. 🙂 Great writeup this was, gals!

      Reply
  16. Linda @ it all started with paint says

    July 3, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    I’m a huge fan of Hometalk on all its mediums! Congratulations on your roles as Ambassadors ….

    🙂

    Linda

    Reply
  17. Laurie says

    July 3, 2012 at 3:57 PM

    Thanks for sharing this site. I signed up and now I’m going to tell all my friends. 🙂
    https://www.laurieslittlebitsofcreativity.com/

    Reply
    • At The Picket Fence says

      July 3, 2012 at 5:03 PM

      Thanks for sharing Laurie! It really is a great site!

      Heather

      Reply
  18. Bullfrogs and Bullfrogs says

    July 4, 2012 at 3:05 PM

    Congrats ladies! I just signed up myself! Have been browsing and looks like a fun site! Thanks for the post!

    Reply
  19. Kerry Rossow says

    July 6, 2012 at 2:09 PM

    Woohoo, fancy pants! I signed up and even downloaded some pictures! Can I link entire posts or just pictures? Thank you for sharing the love!
    Kerry at HouseTalkN

    Reply
  20. Inspire Me Heather says

    August 15, 2012 at 1:41 PM

    Great post, this sure explains Hometalk very well! I’m still new at it and haven’t asked any questions yet – but perhaps soon! I have this linked to my Hometalk post as well today, for anyone else wanting to know what it’s all about! Thanks, see you on Blogtalk!

    Reply

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