Hi Hollowers!
I wrote this post completely forgetting about it being the last Friday of the month, however, it was perfect timing!
I am hostly so grateful and truly humbled to be able to celebrate these milestones with you. In November 2015 I started a little blog called Hedgehog Hollow when Miss Tilly was born, it was really just a bit of Mummy fun and something to keep my hands busy while she napped. When we decided we were moving the USA it all stalled a little and the blog was quite neglected for over six months. After all it was just a bit of fun! When we moved into our house in January I set my self a goal of 1,000 Youtube and Facebook followers for 2017. At that point I had maybe 100 or so followers and most of them were friends of other SU demos from England.
One cold January morning in Ohio waiting for one build for another to arrive to fit something into our new home, I think it could have been a repair, anyway my mind wanders! I decide to do a Facebook live, I thought I could start chatting about the Hollow, our move to the US and my plans to make some more craft videos this year now that I had adopted the basement for me and the girls! Well, you blew my 1,000 target out the water! My little live video that was more for friends and family went crazy and you wanted more! So every morning I started to plan out what to talk about or show you; you have been on the journey and evolution of the Hollow, from my excessive hoarding collection of stamps that I need to organize, our watercolor workshop in a week and then entering the world outside of Stampin’ Up!. I have to say I launched the idea of not doing SU video with such trepidation but you all showed me so much support and stuck with me, I can’t thank you enough for that. There are so many products out there and I love showing you them all, I love how we grow our skills together and you challenge me to stretch myself to show you new things. I even love it when you still show such kindness when it all goes terribly wrong and I need to rescue a project, but hey that’s crafting!
Back to the point! My goal for a thousand followers was blown out the water, so I thought maybe I could get to 3,000. Yet again you shared the Hollow and showed so much crafty love, we though maybe 5,000; but that was quite optimistic and I thought I would be crushed if I didn’t make it. I was having so much fun, and the 5,000 came and went; we have just reached over 7,000 subscribers and over 250,000 views; over a quarter of a million times you have all tuned in to watch a Hollow tutorial and for that I say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I always want to show you the highs (and lows) of the car making process, I will only ever share what I truly love and if I recommend it, I have used it and loved it. We are now hoping for 10,000 subscribers on YouTube this year and Would love to reach 5,000 on Facebook. I hope you ill continue to share our videos in your crafty groups and that you will continue to tune in for our adventures and of course Mr HH’s awesome photography!
I had promised a $25 gift card giveaway for our 7,000 milestone. However, we also have reached our 250,000 views at the same time so I have decided to add to the giveaway with $55 of gift cards up for grabs. However, I don’t want to just have one grand prize winner so we will have three winners, I want to thank as many of you as I can. The first prize will be a $25 Scrapbook.com gift card and two runners up will receive $15 gift cards, plus 5 more of you will receive a handmade card and a little happy mail. You can use the widget below to enter, please share this giveaway everywhere you can, we want to grow with you all and I have something quite spectacular planned if we reach that 10,000 YouTube target before the end of the year; trust me it’s worth checking in for!!
No purchase necessary to enter, giveaway closes 09/01/2017 12:00am EST, you have 48 hours to claim your prize before another winner is chosen, winners will be announced in our Facebook live and on this widget above.
Thank you again for all your support and stopping by today. We really do love each and every one of you; it’s so lovely to see consistent faces popping up in our comments, we feel like you are part of the Hollow family and we have such a nice community, yes I am feeling a little uncharitably sentimental writing this post; but I equally love seeing a new name pop up saying you just found us and watch a video, it always puts a smile on my face and Mr HH gets yet another text with your happy comment. Of course I should mention if you don’t already subscriber click each of the social media outlets coming up to hop on over and join us! You can connect on Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter
Thanks for stopping by, I have my fingers crossed for you all.
Happy stamping!
It would be nice to win a prize.
Love all your videos and you inspire me to expand my crafting knowledge! Thank you!!
Delighted with your success, as you say it is a down to earth honest telling of how things happen which we appreciate!
Congratulations and hers to the next milestone!
Enjoy watching your video’s and I learn so much thank you for sharing
congrats and thank you
A big congratulations to you!
Congrats on your milestones! I have no doubt that you will continue to grow by leaps and bounds!
Love your shows & pleased things are going good for you & your family Alexandra.
Congratulations on your Tonic designer acceptance.
Congrats. What a great adventure. It’s amazing what we can do when we place our intention on it!!
LOVE your videos! The tutorials are easy to follow and varied to keep ones interest. You do a great job!
Absolutely love you videos, creativity and that you invite us into your family for visits almost every day. Thank you for expanding my knowledge on all things crafty!
Congratulations on your milestones! Always enjoy your crafting and your explanations of techniques! Keep up your fun tutorials!
Hi, I adore your technique tutorials!
Thanks, Cindi
Congratulations!! So happy for your success!!! I so very much enjoy watching your videos and listening to your lovely voice!!! You are my favorite enabler….I can look at ,my desk at at least 5 things I have purchased recently due to your recommendations….shaving brushes, TH platform, etc. Many wishes for much more success!! I am coming along for the ride!!
Love watching your YouTube videos and Facebook live, big congratulations on your milestones, I’m sure you will keep growing in leaps and bounds.
Thank you for the chance to win some wonderful gift cards. Congratulations on 7000 members and 250,000 visits.
I just recently began following your blog and YouTube and would like to compliment you on your passion, talents, fantastic teaching style, and your ability to remain humble, warm and caring. Congrats. Your success is well deserved!
Love your accent!! So different from my Texas accent! Congratulations!
Every day is a fun day visiting hedgehog hollow
Congratulations!!! I’m always telling my friends about you and your blog. I can’t wait to see what is going on each day with you. Keep up the great work. <3
I would love to win a gift card or a handmade card! I love Hedgehog Hollow because of you Alexandra, you are so sweet! I love it because of all the great tips, techniques and inspiration! I love that you do facebook lives during the week. I look forward to watching them. Congratulations !!!
Your facebook page and the blog would not come up for me when I tried to do the rafftercopter things, just wanted you to know…hugs jean Heming
Love your tutorials! You make them fun.
Thanks for the opportunity to win and I am so glad you are making the videos and blog posts to help inspire my crafting!
Love your videos! I watch every day!! You are so talented.
love all the ideas
I love your videos and learning a new technique or a new product
It’s hard to decide which I like better, all the excellent information you share or listening to your accent! Thank you for both. 🙂
I would love to win.
Congratulations on your milestones! I look forward to your blog, Facebook live posts and YouTube tutorials…So much inspiration!!!
So happy for the hollow!!!!!!!
You have come a long way. Wow. so many followers.
Congrats on this milestone!
How awesome for you and
us. I enjoy you down to
earth approach to craft
making.
Carla from Utah
Winning would be a lovely blessing but it brings me a lot of joy to see you doing so well. I have been making cards for a long time and it’s so nice to see a young mom share her love of card making and her talent and be successful at it. There’s lots of talented people that just never catch on. I wish you continues to success and will keep following you on your journey. Hip, hip, hooray!
I love to see all the products you review and how you use them.
From little acorns mighty oaks grow…. I see a forest coming! I love your videos, so easy to follow and so inspiring. Keep up the good work xx
That is so awesome !!! I always enjoy your video’s 🙂
I would love to win a gift card!
what an awesome milestone!!! love watching your videos!!!!
Congratulations on your success! Well done! Looking forward to seeing more from you in the future.
Love your blog and your tips! The barber brush – genius! ✨
Thanks for this opportunity !
Love all your sites. Don’t visit all of them daily, but when I can. Keep up the great, fun work.
Congrats Alexandra! Keep up the great work!
I really enjoy tuning is with you e everyday, I have learned so much. Tillie is a great helper. I also have spent too much but like that you link to the place we can order, you have good ideas and I love the tools you use. Congrats on your success.
I enjoy all your posts videos and tutorials.I also appreciate you share about your family.
Congrats! You sure are getting busier with all that you are involved with in the stamping world!
Thank you so much for your videos
Congratulations on reaching this milestone! I enjoy watching your videos– love your creative ideas. I have learned so many things. Good luck on reaching your next goal.
Hi! Thank you for having such and inviting face, which wanted me to hear more about your projects, your collection of stamps, and all the goodies you receive. Thank you for sharing your life!
Congratulations on your many successes the past few weeks. I love all the helpful tips you have on what works for you that may work for us. Your sharing heart & kindness is what this world needs a whole lot move of. Thank you.
#kindnesscounts
Congratulations on your growing membership! 🙂
Wow – CONGRATS!!!
Congratulations! I enjoy watching you on Facebook . I envy your craft space and enjoy hearing about the girls and their animals.
Congrats. So happy for you.
Thanks Hedgehog Hollow for the opportunity to win!! Congrats on your milestone 😀
Congratulations on your milestones. Love your crafting and your explanations of techniques. I wish you continues to success.
Your videos are very inspiring.
Congrats
I enjoy watching your videos. I just found you about a month ago. Thanks for the giveaways.
It would be awesome to win! Congrats on such a great page!
Congrats on your subscribers and views milestone! Enjoy learning new techniques!
Congratulations. I just love your videos. You always inspire and create such beautiful pieces.
Congratulations on your milestones! I just stumbled upon your videos via a stamping FB group about the stamp shammy and fell in love with your channel! I can’t wait to watch more of your videos!
I aspire to have a channel like yours some day!
Jenn
Congratulations. I love your videos.
What I like about Alexandra/Hedgehog Hollow-is her honesty! I love the reviews she gives products. I know I am getting a real answer and I trust that!
Your ideas are sooo helpful and your technical tips have helped me immensely!
So glad you are reaching your goals and keep on striving for more new heights. Congratulations! Just discovered you recently and enjoy all your helpful tips. P L E A S E keep it up!!! We look forward to your sunny disposition.
Congratulations on your 7,000 subscribers and 250,000 viewers, you are doing fantastic, I love watching your video’s on YouTube or Facebook live’s, I have just come over from YouTube after watching your amazing pen storage video…. All I can say is Wow!! Good luck for the future Alexandra
I love that you embrace the crafting process and are not afraid to make mistakes. Congratulations on your success.
Thanks so much for your tutorials. They are truly an inspiration. I really enjoyed the beleaf Copic tutorial. Alcohol markers can be hard to get used to. Tons of great info. Thanks!!
Congrats!!!
My favourite thing…..wow…..Suppose it’s seeing all the new goodies and how you use them.
Thanks for the chance to win. Congratulations on reaching 7000 subscribers. I can’t wait to see what the future hold for you!
Only recently I found you! Just enjoyed your Lawn Fawn haul video and look forward to many more tutorials and videos
Well done on your massive achievement
New to your blog but love your tutorials! Would love to win. Good luck everyone!
Starting watching your videos and love your wit and how you share your talents! Thank you!
Enjoy watching your video’s and I learn so much thank you for sharing
I love the easy to follow tutorials
Congratulations on your milestone(s)!! I love how real you are in your videos and I feel like I can trust your recommendations. Keep up the great work.
Congratulations! Well deserved! Your channel is wonderful !
Love your videos — what don’t you know about card making and stamping! Congrats! All your hard work and dedication to the craft shows! Thanks for sharing it with all of us.