Fabshophop starts today!!

http://www.fabshophop.com/

It's bad enough I work right across the street from my fave LQS (which I went to during my morning break). But then enabling me to not even leave my desk...well then...I could get in trouble!

Yes, I know, I know. Oh, and I'll make sure to post the picture of the grand prize that I win. :D

I was actually thinking I'd post a picture of the grand prize I am going to win!

yeah. Can't wait to start.

Well, ya'll can have your picture taken with the grand prize when I win it! lol

Woo Hoo Hop Hop Hop :D :D :D

I'm starting it tomorrow!! :D :D

Did I miss a notification of who won the last one? I don't remember getting any email for it.

I started earlier today! Thanks for the encouragement! I will thank you all for any prize I win! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Winners from the last one haven't been posted on Fabshophop site as of yet.
I started yesterday. Got an e-mail in saying they wanted people to "help test", so I guess I was a lucky one and got to start early. :)

I received one of those emails too....found 50 so far Hippity Hop :D

This is my first Hop, can you only do the ones that are under the intial of your last name? Not that I have found one yet, I have looked at one site for over an hour and can't find the bunny.

That figures - just when I'm about to start my 2nd set of b/w blocks AND when the Mare Start may begin again at any moment - - - am I allowed to say c-r-a-p? Gobslobbered :shock: I need another 24 hours in my day - make that 48 - not to mention a credit card without a limit for all the $$$ I'll probably spend doing the fabshophop.

This'll be the first time for me, so take pity :oops: - I'll need all the hints I can get. I read a few that you were giving last time.

I have never done the shop hop before!
Are the bunnies hard to find usually? I found the first two I went to but the third, I ran out of time and had to leave to get my kids! But I was on there for about an hour!! Are they all that hard!?! Or was I just lucky!?!
Kendra

I was thinking it was time to start hopping again and I have sooo much else to do! OK....I'm going.....but I want to see all your pictures of ya'll winning, cause I never win anything, so .....enlarge those big smiles for me :wink:

No, you START on the letter of your last name, then finish ALL the list.

You have all month to do it Joanne, so take your time.
What I usually do is do 2 or 3 letters, than stop. If there's a shop I like, I write it down. Then go back to it.
If there's a shop where I can't find the bunny, I just leave it and go back to it when I'm done with all of it. Usually leaving the ones I can't find to til the end, for some reason the bunny shows up.

Ask away for hints. We all need help now and then.

That was along the lines of the plan of attack I was planning on taking. Good minds think alike! ;)

yup, started already. :D

The last bunny hop was the first time I was able to find ALL the bunnies! It was probably a fluke. haha. I also leave the more difficult bunnies till the very end. Good luck everyone!

Sigh.. here I go with the long long nights.. Finding this blasted bunnies is addictive!

It really is. But I'm glad it gives me something to do while I wait on the blasted server to run at the office.

It is sooo hard to hunt for bunnies when I get so easily sidetracked by all of the wonderful fabric :lol: :roll: :lol:

I started lookin' for the dang bunnies at 10pm, just quit at 1:15am. I'm beginning to go blind http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/s...onfused005.gif This IS supposed to be fun, isn't it!

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LOL!!
Yes, it's supposed to be fun, but isn't it funny how you lose track of time? You say to yourself....ok, one more and that's it. Next thing you know, you've gone thru 10 letters. lol

TEN! I only looked at 127-133 under S

What I do after I've gone thru all the letters, I sign into Member Services.
Then go to SHOPS NOT VISITED and finish off that way.

Okay - so I have a question - do you have some kind of system ?

I didn't at first, so at the first shop, I looked thru all the fabrics first - took forever. Then I looked thru EVERYTHING ELSE. Never found the dang bunnie. Pretty sure there isn't one in that shop - - -

So, at the next shop, I decided to kind of 'survey' the topics on the Home page - not click a 2nd time on ANYTHING. I struck gold - found the bunny without going thru the fabrics. Next SHOP, I surveyed, then I started 2nd clicks (leaving the BIG class of fabrics for last) and found the bunny in New Products.

By the way, one of the shops gave a clue, said the bunny reads the newsletter. The bunny may read it, but s/he wasn' IN it!

How does my 'system' compare to what the rest of you are doing?

How much time do you spend in each shop? It sound to me like I'm spending WAY too much time at this game? Did I mention that I'm Obsessive Compulsive? My own worst enemy - I can get lost for days in some piddling, unimportant stuff - - -

I go for the bunny. Will spend just a few minutes in the shop. IF I like the shop or am a bit curious, I write down the name of the shop, what I liked in it and go back afterwards. That way, I'm not in the shop for forever.
Some shops I just don't like, so I just find the bunny and leave. Those are mainly the ones with wool or machines or that sell things other than fabric and notions.

Terri said:

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I go for the bunny. . . .so I just find the bunny and leave. [/quote]

LOL - that's what I'm trying to do - FIND the danged bunny! You make it sound like it's easy!

It is easy, Joanne! Just keep in your mind....I will not look at fabric, I will not look at fabric, I will peek at fabric, I will glance at fabric, I need to find the bunny, there is no fabric. lol

I go for the bunny. . . .so I just find the bunny and leave. [/quote]

LOL - that's what I'm trying to do - FIND the danged bunny! You make it sound like it's easy![/quote]

It's not just you Joanne..I think this is a harder find this time...I'm scrolling thru too much junk to find it too....dh will have a blast cleaning out my cookies later! There are a few that I absol. could not find that dang rabbit....! So, moved on...I favorite mark the ones I want to go back to (and I promise it is not the ones that hide the bunny to where you can't find him!)I have already marked some fat quarters and a couple of kits:)There was one that said 'click me' to go on a tour and find the bunny...well, she wouldn't click!:0)So, I move on to the next...I doubt by a few of them that they will get my registry!:)Keep trying and if you get stumped...just move on to the next. I always try for newsletter, bom and kits...or what is new. In about that order. Not always does it work...but, many want you to sign up for their newsletters...which I do if there is a drawing you don't have to sign up for each month. Hope that helps-Skeat

I have been so greatful for something to do while waiting on other things. I've now found 130!

Any idea how many people participate in these? This is my first one.

While hopping an easy way to keep track of shops you want to visit more thoroughly at a later time is: after you click on the bunny, on the next page scroll down before you click on register for prize. There is a place to check and to leave comments about the shop. To access it later go to the shop hop home page, sign back into Member Area and they will be listed there. :D :wink: :D

Thanks for the hints, and , Skeat - that you think it's harder this time, too :? Later, I'm gonna have to clean out cookies. This may turn out to be the biggest time-waster yet :twisted:

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For all of you doing the bunny hop, enjoy and don't feel sorry for me! :cry: :cry: :cry: I'm on dial up, and it takes forever to get from one shop to another, last time I got so frustrated, I finally gave up! I found about 30 of them and most were easy, most stores tell you up front where to look. I really enjoy it, just a pain on dial up.

So I hope that at least someone on this board wins!!! :wink:

Ninnie

PS: Joanne, I'm rooting for you1 :wink:

I am on dial up at home, and it does take time, but I do it while watching the news or something like that and it is not all that bad.

In the membership page, there is a place to tell you where you have found the bunny and another where you have not found it! :?

I'm enjoying this hop! I have never done one before but I have found 113 bunnies so far!!!
I doubt I will win anything but it is fun to see these shops because chances are I would have never found them otherwise!
Thanks for letting me know about this trlnhi!!!
Kendra