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1 Business Matters: Where Are You Moving Your RSS Feeds?

With Google Reader soon closing (July 1st/13) there are just a couple of weeks left to save your Google Reader subscribers. Do you know where you'll be taking yours? Maybe with the end of Google Reader, it's the end of RSS feeds as we see it? For now though, or until that happens, I've been trying out a few for size these past couple of months and wanted to give you a bit of my feedback.

Feedly
I jumped on the Feedly boat initially when I first heard of this all happening, transferring all of my feeds and at first I really loved the look and organizational tools. Then I slowly realized it was really dragging my browser down, to a slow annoying level, so I subsequently removed the widget looking for higher ground.

iGoogle
I have since been using iGoogle for the blogs/sites that I read on a daily basis (approx. 40). I've made it into my home page which basically reminds me of the frontpage of a daily newspaper. I love this for my first glance happenings.

Pulse
I use the Pulse app for my mobile/iPad but there is a maximum of how many you can have in your sections, which makes for a similar situation like iGoogle. Not all my feeds that I have collected can be included. Just my currents.

Which leaves me to a one-size fits all?

Bloglovin'
Recently bloglovin' whom I joined a few years back offered up a super easy solution to import all of your RSS feeds. It's a simple 2-click RSS import (if you're already logged into google), Just first click here:

http://www.bloglovin.com/import/reader

Then you'll see a pop up box that looks like this:

And then click on the "Import from Google Reader". The site then basically does the rest! All of my 300+ feeds are uploaded there and I have been using this for my daily and/or weekly reads (usually when I have a bit more time to catch up) as well as it has a nice app when I'm going mobile. The upload even kept all my categories intact so I didn't have to redo all of that hard work that I had already created in Google Reader.

So that's it. What are you using? Where do you think the future of the RSS feeds are going? Maybe ending? With Google Currents or wherever Google can make more money. Here's a good read about the future of RSS feeds.

Maybe you have something to suggest? Feel free to share! But in the meantime, that's where I'm parking my RSS feeds. Also - please leave me your Bloglovin' link in the comments below, so I can add you! You can follow our feed here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/ISuVv (wherever the wind blows you) we'd be stoked and honoured to be included in your reader!

And if you're on Bloglovin, you can: Follow Poppytalk on Bloglovin' HERE!

1 Adorable Understated Jewelry | Bloesem Wear

Have you seen this adorable new line of jewelry by design blogger, Irene of Bloesem? Her new collection, Bloesem Wear, of handmade necklaces features real pearls, amazonite, jasper, citrine and other gem stones mixed with silver, silk and gold. I love that she's also made a few things for little girls, having my own gold baby ring (with my initial on it) which I truly treasure, I love the idea of a little heirloom like this for a little girl. Irene's new line is fresh, modern and understated, perfect for both Mother and daughter. Click here to see more.

Summer Colors Week - Tuesday Blue

Thanks again to everyone who participated in Monday's Summer Colors, it's such a great way to kick off the summer season! Now for Tuesday! The color is blue today and we have a most beautiful piece of art to giveaway on instagram! A large giclee digital print art poster of a painting of a woman in the ocean courtesy of Clare Elsaesser ( @clareelsaesser ). To enter the give-away part, same details as yesterday; 1) Follow @poppytalk on instagram 2) Upload your daily color image with hashtag #summercolors13 and 3) Comment and tag one friend at the daily giveaway post on instagram and I will announce a winner at tomorrows color announcement post. Good luck and mega thank you to Clare Elsaesser for donating tuesday's giveaway! Follow Clare online at tastesorangey.blogspot.com, etsy.com/shop/tastesorangey, instagram and at Poppytalk Market Click here to visit the giveaway post on instagram to enter!

5 Best of DIYs | Woven Veneer Lamp

Continuing with our Best of DIYs all summer long, today we're bringing back this awesome pendant lighting DIY by Arounna of Khounnoraj of Bookhou. Back in 2010 we were thrilled when Arounna of Bookhou was visiting us monthly with some of her amazing DIYs. One of our favourites (although all of them were really amazing), was this Woven Veneer Lamp. Made with strips of wood veneer, Arounna showed us how to make a cool pendant perfect to place above a dining room table, or even bedside. Check it out below.

Materials Needed:
-strips of wood veneer (you can also get 3/4 in. veneer at the hardware store that is for ironing on the edge of shelves - you can also use strips of paper)
-white glue
-large clips (or clothes pins) - I started with four and found I needed more as I went along
-scissors
-HEMMA ikea light
-pen
-small piece of cardstock

Safety alert * use a low watt bulb and ensure material chosen is not touching or close to the bulb.

Step 1-2
Take the strip of wood veneer and make a circle shape to the desired size you want your lamp to be. place a small amount of glue to the attachment and hold with clip.

7 Summer Colors Week - Monday's Yellows

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It was seriously an amazing yellowy kind of day out there in Summer Colors land and I'm always so inspired seeing all the beautiful images come together into one stunning collage! If you haven't had a chance to check it out, I found a feed that allows you to see online if you're not using the app at the moment. Click here to see! Here's a sampling of what was there, beautiful, amazing, yellows! Congrats to adesigndock for winning the Bookhou pouch!

Huge thanks to Bookhou for the generous prize! Internet friends have the biggest hearts! They deserve a huge follow (if you don't already)! Visit Bookhou online at bookhou.com, BAH MAG, facebook, instagram, tumblr, twitter.

If you wish to join us - jump in any time, if it's just for one day or all five, Summer Colors Week runs through to Friday, June 21/13 on instagram. Info for Tuesday's color and giveaway click here!