From the Blogosphere

There are a million blog posts about how to be a good blogger, but this one from Dragos Roua entitled The 7 Traits of Highly Successful Bloggers is a stand out.

This photo was randomly tweeted by someone this week (I neglected to note who it was) and I have fallen in love with this intense, determined little bird.  He is going places!

An inspiring story from Treehugger about a Guatemalan village building a schoolhouse out of plastic bottles.  Talk about recycling!

I realize it might be uncouth to make fun of someone’s wedding cakes, but the Bridal Buzz has put together such a fantastic list of the 20 Most Ugly Wedding Cakes (along with hilarious commentary) it simply can’t be helped.

It’s All About the Hat has compiled a nifty list of the Top Ten Cool Things About Breastfeeding.

Web Worker Daily has blogged about the 10 Golden Rules of Social Media, which can really be applied to offline relationships, too.

Ladies’ Home Journal has a touching story of a central Texas woman who has triplets thanks to her friend.

Sexy People is a blog that is dedicated to nothing but showing the horrors of professional portraiture.  Proceed with caution.

Justin Kownacki succinctly articulates the question that social media professionals around the world are faced with every moment of every work day:  What is the ROI of Everything?

UpSpring Featured

DADWAGON wrote a witty (and very complimentary) post about Milkscreen:  A Breathalyzer for Breastmilk.

The Work at Home Woman listed @Amanda_Upspring as one of the 20 Most Responsive Women on Twitter.  What an honor (and what great company to be in!)

Real Moms Real Views is giving away a Shrinkx Hips belt this week on their blog!  Go enter!

UpSpring Retailers

One of our awesome online retailers, Dainty Baby, featured Shrinkx Hips in a blog post.

Mom4Life is giving away a darling Goober Baby Tote Bag on her blog.  And she’s offering customers 10% off the
FreeHand™ Asian Style Baby Carrier by TogetherBe.  Don’t forget, all prices at Mom4Life include shipping and handling costs!

Twitter: @UpSpring_Baby #FollowFriday (#FF)

@MsJaszy who shares the RT love better’n anybody! (She’s also @modernhippiemag)

@TaigaCompany for being an excellent and engaging source of eco living news and information.

@Holly_Hanna for including me in her excellent list of the 20 Most Responsive Women on Twitter.

@tessasdad for his generous RT’s this week.

@PickledJenny because she shares my Vespa love!

@ChooseSpun for being an amazing, talented (and adorable) entrepreneur mom!  Check out her new site!

@ChairmanCorti for mentioning me on #wickedwednesday even though I have no idea what that is.

@DadWagon for the awesome blog post he did about Milkscreen.

@theEcoDiva for allowing me to guest post on her blog this week.

@agiveawaydaily for spreading the word about the ShrinkxHips giveaway this week.

@GreenKiddie for being the best online kids shop in the UK.