In a blast of strategic marketing genius (please, no snoring) born from a total dirth in startup funds, the decision to make http://www.carouselcharts.com a noticeable blip on cross stitch radar by offering free counted cross stitch charts (patterns) and other info all through 2005 is starting to work. 

Note the >350% download increase March 4-11, 2005 for the Silver Jewel, Baby Girl Birth Announcement .pdf pattern than the previous goodie offered. At first when I looked at the stats, I thought something was wrong. Instead, something was right. The carousel horse limited freebee proudly earned its "buy now" button today and is still available for later guests.

Fair warning, Silver Girl won't be the last. It would be a good idea for stitchers to beep in from time to time all year. Something new is planned for every week or every other week if I can't stitch the model up quick enough. Oh, it isn't like a lot of freebee stuff that is nothing more than a motif or a couple of fancy new stitches to try. These are the real deal.

If you liked the Silver Baby Girl Jewel and you need a similar chart for all the baby boys in your life, the Dentzel-inspired carousel lion is being introduced for half price this week only (March 12-19). After that, it pops up to the same price the Silver Girl now sells for.

As always, Carousel Charts are hard to get anywhere else but just a quick .pdf download away.

To all those who visited my site this week, thank you! I'm glad you came by and I hope you enjoy many happy returns.