Up Your Cupcake

Up Your Cupcake
http://www.upyourcupcake.com

Owner: Rachel
Administrator: Rachel, Tori, Melody
Moderators: Amy, Alycia
Graphic Designers: None

Main Language: English
Category: Family & Society

Forums Theme: UYC is forum for WOMEN ONLY! We aim to bring together women from all walks of life, single, married, moms, non-moms, etc. We offer support, advice, laughter, & friendship. Many of our main members have known each other for several years, some of us even longer. We have had 5 previous forums and have come a long way since. We offer many things such as blogs, over 80 unique message boards, dozens of activities with real prizes, customized graphic requests and offers, a pixel shop, and other shops for our members as well.

Message Board Categories:
 The Front Desk

 The Cupcake Files

 Le Social Butterfly

 Hot Topics & E-Discussions

 Being A Mommy

 Women's World

 Domestic Lifestyle

 Healthy Living

 Bloggy Bishes

 Contests & Competitions

 The Hobby Lobby

 Cupcake Boutique



WOMEN ONLY!
PROOF PICTURES REQUIRED!

NEW ADDITIONS:

* We now have a Game Arcade, featuring over 200 flash animation games. It records high scores of all players, you can challenge other members to tournaments, and type messages after you recieve your score. It's located on our back-up forum, however, there is an easy access link at the top of our forum (click on it and it opens in a new window).

* We just recieved our 2nd award for the month of November 2008!!! Thanks to the great members we all ready have who helped vote and keep us at #1 on Moms Favorite Forums top site.

UPDATES:

We have a Photo Contest going on for the month of December. Details are posted on the forum, the theme is "Best Decorated Christmas Tree"...Winner gets a personalized Siggy Tag, Blinkie, & Glitter name - the preferences are up to the winner. And a personalized award to be displayed on the side panel where their avatar is.

Looking For Help: I am looking for Mods...there are plenty of boards that need to be looked after. However, I am looking for people that will join and jump right in, and be themselves. Prove to the forum that they want to be there and help out. Also to vote for the forum and be able to welcome new members as they join.

Also needed, Graphic Makers! If you PSP or Photoshop...and can make avatars, banners, blinkies, siggy tags...Even if you are not 100% perfect that is okay. Someone who will post on the forum as well as be willing to help make graphics and Mod the Graphic Galleria.

X-Mas Card Swap: A handful of us girls signed up and are sending out Christmas cards to each other. We plan on doing some kind of swap for every holiday. Coming up in February, we will be doing a secret Valentine's day swap...Details are being worked on. And for March we are doing a Green theme swap, where we send each other something green in light of St. Patricks's Day.

Updates:

Within the next few days we will have our Affiliates page up. Right now it's marked as under construction. There are directions on how registered and un-registered members can affiliate with us.

We will also be adding a Music Player page. We want the members to have a variety of music genre's to listen to as they post and browse the forum. There will also be a request thread on our Music & Concerts board. If a song isn't on one of the music players, they will be able to request it.

Within the past week we've had a handful of newbies join us, and the most exciting part is that they have all taken initiative to join right in on posting. Most of them have moved from the "Newbie" rank to the "Society Member" rank within 48 hours.

Within the past few days I've recieved many requests to be Mod, Global Mod, and Admin...I am reviewing all requests and next week will be announcing the new forum staff. I'm trying to get a great staff so I can concentrate more on making graphics for the members.

Lastly, we have just about reached the 10,000 posts mark!!! It's amazing to see this happen as we've only been up and running since the start of October.

Happy New Year!!!
The forum has been a little slow the past week due to the holidays, but we're all trying to get back into the swing of things.

We just recieved our 3rd award for the month of December 2008!!!
Thanks to the great members we all ready have who helped vote and keep us at #1 on Moms Favorite Forums top site.

We also have a new staff!
Val (prdlatinamami) & Ashes have been added to the Admin team.
Sara & Beth are our official Global Moderators.

We also have some board moderators. Atomicbutterfly (Rach) is our official Photoshop & Digiscrapping guru. She will be posting challenges and providing help for those learning.

Katy & Kristin are also mods at various boards.

The forum will be getting a new layout soon.
We also deleted some message boards last month that were pointless & not being used.

Stay tuned for more updates

February Updates!!!

We have a brand new background layout and a welcome banner. I made them in PSP10. I found it appealing and I hope all the members and noobs do too.

We have had tons of noobs come and go. Most of them stay and jump right in. We are doing a member sweep soon, just to make sure we only have active members.

Because of St. Patricks Day coming up, our Global Mod Beth is running our 2nd official 'Secret Pal' swap, a St. Pattys Day version. Sign-ups are looking good so far, and the members that did the last secret pal had a fun time.

I'm still working on our new music player. The playlist will feature 200 songs and will be displayed on our portal page, just like our current music player.

Check us out! We've very chatty and bite a little but that's okay. We love fresh meat.

March Updates

We have 1 less Admin now, Ashes stepped down due to personal reasons.
So now the Staff goes:
Admin - PyroWhore & Prdlatinamami
Global Mods - Sara & Beth
Board Mods - AtomicButterfly, Katy, & Kristen

The St. Patty's Day Secret Pal just ended on the 12th. We had a fun time. Next month will probably be Easter themed, or Spring themed for those that don't celebrate. I encourage all to join.

We just had a member sweep! We do this weekly for those that are NOT active.
But we also have noobs joining all the time. And we have a lot of discussions going on 24/7. Come over and check us out.

SPRING UPDATES:

- We have a BRAND NEW layout...The background, Welcome Graphic, and all the colors are completely changed around. We still have a dark feel to it, but we aquired a beautiful blue into the scheme.

- We are looking for Graphic Designer Mods and regular Board Mods. Our current staff is... PyroWhore & Prdlatinamami (Admins) and Beth (Global Mod). So you can see we are down a few staff members.

- We now have a SHOUT box...While the chatroom is fine for group chats, the shout box is nice to leave comments in while you're browsing the boards.

- We have new music added to the music player. It features 200 songs of the rock/alternative variety. We are adding a music page soon that will feature music players of all musical genre's.

- Trivia awards are starting back up on April 7th.

- We have TONS of Twilight fans! So we have a special Twilight board to chat about the movies, books, and actors/actresses. It's been booming and keeps growing.

- Sign ups for the Easter/Spring themed Secret Pal start next week and the actual Secret Pal starts April 1st. All participants will recieve a signature tag featuring a pay to use artist from either CILM or PSPTubes.

- A new Photo Contest will start in April. Details will be posted soon.

We have tons of noobs and lots of chatting going on. So please join us. We love fresh meat and welcome all idea's. There is a lot going on and over time we hope to keep adding.

April Showers, May Flowers

Some updates on the forum!
We have another NEW layout. The last one had caused some issues, so I finally got around to changing it and everyone seems to love it. The banner is custom made by yours truly.

- Secret Pal started on the 1st. Everyone was paired up and so far it's going great. It ends on the 15th and then everyone will be taking guesses as to who their secret pal was. All participants will recieve 2 siggy tags featuring a CILM and/or MyPSPTubes artist.

- The Photo Contest is posted and we have a handful of sign-ups so far. The theme is 'Best Spring Picture'...Contest winner will recieve 2 siggy tags and a glitter name or other graphic of choice.

HELP WANTED:
We are looking for Graphic Artist Moderators. If you know how to make siggy tags, blinkies, avatars, blended banners, photo collages, etc... & Would like to be in charge of filling requests or putting out offers. We are also looking for regular Board Moderators, and a Global Moderator.

WE MOVED FORUMS IN APRIL!!!



Name: The BBB (ladies ONLY, 18+)
Category: Family & Society
Language: English

Administrators: wickedsoul, BlackVelvet, prdlatinamami
Global Mods: DominatingDevotion, Katy, Ashes, & SeLLi
Graphic Mods: None, but we are looking for 2 or 3. Ashes and myself are currently the only ladies doing Graphics.

UPDATES & NEWS!!!

• Because of the nature of our posts, we have decided that all Noobs must introduce themselves and get 50 posts before they have access to the rest of our message boards. Currently only Noobs can see the Visitors Center, The Information Center, & The New B*tch Playground. But it's easy to get your 50 posts, we provide a board with tons of questions and chatter to help us get to know you better.

• Our May photo contest is finished. First place went to Freebird, Second place went to Dimples. We now have a JUNE PHOTO CONTEST up, details are on our contest board. It's a 'Self Pin-Up' photo contest, a nice reason for us to take a glammy picture.

- First prize wins a $20. gift card to a store if their choice.
- Second prize wins a $10. gift card to a store of their choice.

• We now have a PayPal account set up for the forum. We all ready have some nice donations. Our PayPal secretary is Miss SeLLi. She is also in charge of getting everyones addresses & phone numbers (for contest winners, swaps, card exchanges, & just to chat).

• Our member slideshow has been updated on the Portal page.

• Not only do we MYSPACE now, but we are also on TWITTER. It's a fun way to keep updated with the forum and stay in contact with your forum friends.

• The BBB staff are currently working on some exciting activities for the late summer and early fall. Including some swaps and exchanges...Anything from books, jewelry, candles, etc.

• Next year Admin wickedsoul is going on a roadtrip out to California to meet up with some of the ladies on the forum. Anyone on our route is welcome to let me know and we can meet up and do lunch.

• LASTLY, we are now doing VOICE CHATS on YAHOO MESSENGER.
We doing them at least once a week now, so far we've done 3 and ALL have gone extremely well and the ladies are very hilarious!
- We recommend Webcams, Mic's, & Speakers, but even if you don't have them you can still chat by regular typing.
- All chats are usually at 11:30pm (Eastern time)...though we are desperately trying to work out a day time chat, but with everyone working and with kids being awake it's hard.
- Adult language and topics are always heard through the speakers, so bring your sense of humor and an extra pair of panties.

That's all folks!!!
We're getting a lot of Noobs =) Which is awesome, so come on out and join us.

We have 2 official new Graphic Mods.
Ashes & BellaRose

Both do really awesome work and have been putting up tons of new requests for everyone. =) Come and check it out, but anyone wanting to request but have their 50 posts in before getting access to the rest of the forum & they MUST be an active member.

UPDATE!

Miss SeLLi our Paypal Secretary and Birthday Gal, has been promoted to ADMIN!!! Congrats & WOO HOO!!!

Our Summer Secret Pal is being pushed back until July or August.

We have tons of awesome graphic offers up being done by BellaRose & Ashes.

We now have 54 members, but are doing a MEMBER SWEEP within the next week or so.

* Our Photo Contest has been extended by a week or so! Prizes are still the same (1st place $20. gift card, 2nd place $10. gift card).

* We have an address & cell # list going on. Anyone is welcome to participate, but it's not mandatory.

Upcoming Activities:
• We have a Post The Most contest starting this Tuesday. There will be a 1st & 2nd prize winner. The prizes haven't been determined yet.
• The last day to submit photo's for the Pin-Up contest is July 7th. Prizes are actual gift cards this time around.
• We are re-vamping some things...Including the Noob sections. All noobs must have 100 posts before they can see the rest of the boards. This has been due to recent troll activities. The graphics section is also being re-done, each artist will get their own request & pick-up board.
• PSP Lessons & Challenges will start up this month. Some member have expressed interest, so we're bringing it back. I will make it interesting buy purchasing tubes for those that win Challenges.
• We did a major Member Sweep. We got rid of of 15 inactive members. All members are welcome to re-register at anytime as long as they are active on the forum.
• Our 3 Paypal Donators are Miss SeLLi, Beth, & Rena. All have donated at least $10 within the past month. Thank you gals!!!
• Trivia awards are coming back. Only instead of weekly winners, we're doing monthly winners which is based off your total combined wins & scores. Winner gets a personalized blinkie award & 2 siggy tags or graphics of their choice.

Come out & play!!!
We're definitely a very close family, but welcome noobs with open arms. So if you're over 18, female, and have a sense of humor...then you may want to check us out.

More Updates For July!!!

• We have some members that have been moved into VIP, which means they have access to ALL of our message boards.

• We have added a Forum Review & Awards section. This is for current members & guests to come and get their site reviewed. It's still new yet and we're working out kinks, as well as working on awards to display. But I've done 1 pre-review so far, and have another one I'm working on. It's been a lot of fun!

• We've had some new boards added in various categories.
- We have a 'Special Needs Children' board added under the Mommies R' Us category.
- The Crafty Corner has been added to the Home Life 101 category and I will be offering up hand made beaded bracelets to VIP members, and then will take more orders later by donations only.
- The Recipe Book has been expanded and our Global Mod Katy will be featuring a new recipe every week or so.
- We are expanding our Music & Movie section, to keep it a bit more organized since there are so many different likes & dislikes.
- We have a Swap Shop where you can sell & buy things from each other. Read the disclaimer before doing anything on that board.


Those are all of the updates for now. But we are continuously working on the forum to better it and keep it more organized. We'd love to see some new faces that are serious about joining our little family on the BBB. =)

Last weeks POST-THE-MOST winner is Miss Ashes!!!! She will recieve 2 custom made graphics of her choice by wickedsoul.

HUGE Congrats to our Photo Contest winners!
The theme was a self Pin-Up contest =)
1st Place was Nikki =) Well done!
2nd place was a tie between SeLLi & Ashes, both girls got $10, the extra $10 was donated by Rena. Ashes has declined the award and has asked it be put toward our next activity.
Well done to all who entered, the pics were BEAUTIFUL & thanks to all who voted and helped make the winners happen.

We're currently working on a newsletter for the upcoming week, hopefully organizing a voice chat conference on YAHOO, & working on a new layout. =)

Welcome to all our awesome NOOBS! & Thanks for jumping in.

COMING SEPTEMBER 1ST!!!
A brand new BBB layout & our very own store. Members can earn B*tch points on various posts through out our forum & can use them to buy REAL prizes! Anything varying from siggy tags, candles, mystery grab bags, BBB t-shirts, & more!!!

AND...

The BBB will have it's very own LIVE radio show & chat on Blog Talk Radio. We'll be doing 2 or 3 shows a month, and it's live. We can take callers, play music, and talk in the chat room. We'll feature songs, comedy clips, updates on the forum, and discussions, debates, & more!

We have so many new idea's for the BBB, so if you're a female at least 18 and older, and are interested in making close lifetime friends, while being yourself (cussing, honesty, sharing your life), then this is the forum to join!

THAT'S NOT ALL...
Soon we'll be getting over very own domain name! It just makes the BBB a little bit more unique and official.

* We're also having a Voice Chat on Yahoo on Tuesday, August 4th at 9:30pm Eastern time. So far the member count attending is 9 members! Join in the fun...get the kiddo's off to bed, grab a snack and drink (alcohol if you want!) and join in the fun!

JOY!!!
Our domain name kicked in!!!
http://www.b-tchesbhavingbadly.net

&...On Wednesday, August 12th...at midnight (eastern time)...we're doing a test run of our Blog Talk Radio show, BBB Forum Radio. We'll be accepting calls, answering questions, testing out the switch board, as well as figuring other things out. Our 'real' show will be closer to the end of the month. We have a lot planned as well as some 'guess that tune or movie, with real prizes and BP's.

Our store is coming along nicely. There is still a lot of work to be done, but between the Admins, we have a great amount of merchandise for the store. Everything is priced with B*tch Points.

Come & Check us out!!!
All woman from any walks of life =)

September What's Happening!
• Bitch2Bitch runs every two weeks, it's a great way for members to get to know each other one on one. Sign-ups are posted a week in advance, anyone can join in.
• PSP classes are off to a great start. Lessons #4 & #5 will be posted tonight. Soon we'll be getting into the challenges and you can actually win tubes from CILM, AMI, & MPT for prizes.
• Post-The-Most contest starting tomorrow! Winner wins bitch points for however many posts they aquire (whoever has the most) & also a siggy tag.
• We have 3 new Section Mods & 2 new Graphics Mods.
• Bitch Point threads have been going well & our Boutique is complete. And we're still adding small prizes in there as merchandise like a Twlight poster & Edward Cullen posted.
• New pages...the music page & our staff page which is being updated again for our new mods.
• We have our September Radio show on Wednesday night @11:30pm eastern time. All members attending will recieve 200 Bitch Points. We'll be doing hot topics, birthday shout outs, trivia, games, & more. Everyone can call in if they wish.
• Scrabble, Wheel Of Fortube, & Bingo are either started or starting.
• Our September photo contest is almost over. Pics are due Sept 26ths to SeLLi...the them is 'Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall'...we're looking at nature photo's, preferably of masses of water or something. 1st prize is 100 Bitch points and a $10 gift card to a store online, & 2nd place is 50 bitch points and a customized siggy tag.
• Kid's Photo Contest coming up for October! REAL mystery grab bag for prizes depending on age and gender of child. More details soon.
• Earn mega bitch points in the Referral Program posted!

WELCOME all our NOOBS!
We also did a member clean out, making room for those that want to join.
Check us out today, women only please =)

OCTOBER WHAT'S HAPPENING!

• Kid's Photo Contest split into two age categories, 0-7 years and 8-16 years. Theme is a pic of your child either in their halloween costume, or helping decorate for fall, or something fall-ish. Real prizes for first place winners, the kids will recieve a goodie bag of prizes, retail value up $15.

• Photo Frenzy sign-ups are posted, first round starts October 16th!

• PSP Beginner Lessons are going great, in just another week we'll be starting Tutorial & Signature challenges. Members can win real prizes in the forum of PSP Tubes from sites such as CILM & MPT.

• Bitch Awards will soon start, there are many categories, and all members can get nominated. Blinkie Awards will be given out.

• Signature & Avatar contests will begin in November.

• 'Healthier You' will begin. Sign-ups for those serious about dieting, learning how to live healthy, & interested in fitness. A great way to learn more, discuss important health topics, & do easy fitness challenges at home.

• RADIO SHOW COMING UP! For October 20th @11:30pm - 1:00am eastern time. Our co-host Katy will be joining us again. We'll be discussing forum updates, playing trivia, chatting up some random hot topics, and general BS'ing.

• We'll be announcing our newest Global Moderator this week sometime after the final decision is made. We have a great Staff, but we have so many new contest's, idea's, and things that need to be taken care of each week, that we're trying to make sure everything is split evenly. So hopefully taking on a new GM will help with that.

• Secret Pal starts NOVEMBER!!!!

• Post-The-Most for the start of October was fun! I wasn't officially in the game but I hit over 1200 posts in 2 weeks, crazy! Our winner was sweetwitch (Andrea) and 2nd place was blondebitch (Katy).

• NEW REGISTRATION & GUIDELINE RULE!: From now on...ALL new members that join will not only have to get their 100 posts before being promoted to junior bitch, but they will also have to submit a PROOF PICTURE that states their forum nickname, BBB link, & BBB forum name. This must be done by or before their 100 posts or they will not be promoted and will stay at Noob.

Check us out!
http://www.b-tchesbhavingbadly.net
We are growing everyday!

DECEMBER UPDATES:

• All contests & games are in hiatus until after the New Year.

• Christmas Card exchange is nearly complete, most cards have been sent out and the gals are recieving them.

• Next radio show will be announced soon, the theme will be Music & Movies night with plenty of laughter and discussion.

• Boutique was taken down, but we are still keeping our Bitch Point system as well as our Graphics Boutique. We will be expanding that after the new year as well. Right now we have a Customized Signature Tag sale going on....Buy 1 siggy tag for 500 Bitch Points (that's 50% off) and you can purchase one for a friend for 250 Bitch Points.

• Staff & Board changes will come after the new year. Everything will be checked over to see if changes need to be made. Until then have a great Holiday Season & Happy New Year!

http://www.b-tchesbhavingbadly.net

Happy Holidays from the BBB forum! =)
We are excited that the holidays are almost over...it's been long and tiring, yet fun, but now it's time to get back into the forum routine. Over the next week or so we'll be brainstorming new contest & games idea's to start of 2010 with, as well as planning a radio show for the New Year, something that will get us all laughing and chatting. We'll post more information as we get it.

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MEMBER SWEEP on 01/15
• The big bad member sweep is upon us, really it's not that bad. This is only for those members that just joined and never posted, OR for those that haven't posted in at least four or more weeks. If you let me know privately or posted on the MIA board that you need time away then you are safe.


PROOF PICS
• Thank you to all the gals that have posted proof pics & to all the new members that have posted theirs right away as well. Back in October we put the Proof Pic guideline into effect because of some 'wacky bitches' that joined and caused some trouble. So the proof pic rule has been around for a while now and everyone that joins is asked to provide one once they hit their 100 posts. I think we all hate the rule but I thank everyone for understanding why it's needed.
• I have everyones proof pic saved to a file on my computer. I am hoping to do some kind of banner or quilt for the BBB. If for some reason you don't want your picture used, please PM me and let me know. Other wise as I keep collecting these pics, I'll begin working on something in my graphic program with these.


SLIDE SHOW PHOTO'S
• Would you like to join us on the photo slide shows? Please PM me a picture of your choice and I will add it up right away. It's a fun way to show unity and pride to all of the guests that view our forum.


LEARNING PSP? JOIN...FOXXY GRAPHICS!
• I have decided to end the PSP Lessons I've been posting since September. I apologize to all the girls who faithfully did these lessons, however I just don't have the time to keep doing these weekly. However, I have kept up the main board so you can still ask questions, I will be more than happy to help you out. I will also do the occasional Tutorial or Siggy challenge, with winners receiving gift certificates for CILM and MPT sites. In the meantime, one of our awesome new members Savannah, has a great Graphic site called FOXXY GRAPHICS. I myself have joined and can tell you that there are a lot of resources there and I'm sure you'll be able to better learn your PSP program. Please check it out.


CONTESTS, ACTIVITIES, & PRIZES!!!
• Over the next year we'll start running our Photo Contests again, for both adults and our kiddo's, as well as our other activities like Secret Pal, Post-The-Most, Friend Referral Contest, Scavenger Hunts, Wheel Of Fortune, & more. If you have any idea's that are new and fun, please PM me or leave us a post in the Suggestion Box.
• We do have a Pay pal Account for the forum in which anyone can feel free to donate, even $1, but this is not required. If you decide you want to donate, you can find the donation link on our Portal page, near the bottom. Anyone who donates will be moved into the green Elite VIP user group and you will receive a special blinkie.
• NOW FOR THE PRIZES!!! I brainstormed some great idea's for prizes and some of them will be...dvd's from amazon.com, customized t-shirts from cafepress.com or hottopic.com, and here's the BIG one for all you Twilight-a-holics....a brand new copy of the New Moon dvd when it's released this Spring. All prizes will be sent directly to your house. I will also keep searching for other fun sites with cool things for prizes. I am even thinking of putting together some gift baskets. If you know of any sites with awesome merchandise, shoot me a PM.


DIET DIET DIET!
• Diet Buddies will start up soon, only we won't be pairing anyone up. We'll be doing group challenges, discussions, and journaling. If this is something you are interested in and serious about, keep that in mind and more information will be posted soon.


TWITTER & FACEBOOK
• We are on twitter...you can find our page here and follow us. You can also view our tweet widget on the Portal page for keeping up with BBB forum news.
• We also have a face book, please add us and then also check out our FAN PAGE, don't forget to click 'BECOME A FAN' and refer us to your female friends if you think they might want to check out the forum and make some new online friends.


WANT TO AFFILIATE WITH US?
• Do you have your own forum, personal website, or online business? Feel free to PM me your site link and banner and I will add it up to our affiliate scroll box (located on the Portal).


JOIN OUR BBB TOPSITE!
• We have our own Top site, please feel free to add your forum. I am going to be giving the top site a new layout and banner, and I am going to start giving out personalized awards to the site that is #1 for that month. More details will be posted later.


VOTING SITES
• HUGE THANKS to ALL who have been voting, you will all be compensated with Bitch Points and hopefully some other cool prizes over time. The most important voting site is the top Family/Parenting site where you can vote every half an hour. We have never been #1 yet...in fact the #1 site won't let anyone be #1, so let's show them at least for month out of this year that we can be #1. Try and remember to click whenever you visit us.


BITCH BUBBLES (BLOGS)
• Want a BLOG? All VIP members are eligible for a blog of their own. If you want one please PM me your request with the name you want.
• I am going to personalize everyones blogs with some sort of glitter name graphics or some sort of graphic. I will brainstorm more on this.


ADDRESS LIST, TEST LIST, SWAPS, & PEN PALS
• We are contemplating doing a Pen Pal sign-up, where we will actually get paired up and do snail mail letters and other fun things via snail mail.
• We are also brainstorming doing some Swaps or something similar, like a Green Theme for St. Patrick's Day, where you would get paired up with someone and have to send them something green in the mail.
• If you are interested in participating in ANY of these activities or any of the contests coming up, please PM me your home address or if you prefer your P.O box address. I no longer have any addresses from the Christmas Card swap (which was fun!), so I'll need to start a new list. All information will be kept private. This will be for when you are paired up and for when prizes are sent out for winnings.
• Are you a text-a-holic like some of the BBB gals??? Join the text list. PM me your cell # and we'll put it on our list. Everyone who is on the list will be PM'd the list. You can then add the girls into your phone book and VOILA, new text buddies from the forum. I can personally vouch for the gals here, I am text buddies with some of you now, and all numbers will be kept private, only distributed to those that want to do the swap and provide a number.


GRAPHIC BOUTIQUE & BITCH POINTS
• Bitch Point threads won't start up again until February 1^st, however I will be the only one doing them until our Beth's hand and arm are better.
• We are brainstorming idea's for where you can spend your bitch points, other than just the Graphic Boutique. I am thinking a good idea might be for you to spend your points on PSP tubes from CILM, AMI, & MPT, or dvd's from amazon.com, t-shirts from cafepress.com, etc.
• If any Graphic Moderators want to help out & become a Siggy Merchant, please let me know. I'm sure we can work something out for your time.


BBB RAFFLE – SIGGYS & PRIZE BASKETS
• I was not able to do a Raffle last year, but I am doing some this year. One raffle will be where you can 'purchase' raffle tickets with your bitch points. Giveaways will be mystery prize baskets for one raffle, and signature tags for another raffle.
• Any Graphic Mods willing to help out with the signature tag raffle, please PM me.


BBB BRACELETS
• I am FINALLY going to make those bracelets I was talking about last year. All VIP & higher will get one, however, I'm not sure when these will be available. I will take order for colors and names later. I also need to buy some more supplies.
• In regards to bracelets, if you have anything you make and want to sell, OR anything you'd like to swap out or sell, check out our Penny Pincher boards. We have a board set up specifically for that.


BITCH2BITCH
• Started on Monday! Don't forget about your new chat pals for the next two weeks.


STAFF LIST
• Help Wanted! We are always in need of Graphic Moderators. You can either help out at the Graphic Boutique and/or you can have your own Request & Pick-up board.
• Admins & Mods on HIATUS are SeLLi and Katy.
• Current Admins are Rachel, Beth, & Valerie.
• Current Global Mods are Ashes & Gretchen.
• Current Board Moderators are Jami, Envy, Lisa, & Andrea.


BBB FORUM RADIO SHOW LIVE!
• We are on [url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/]www.blogtalkradio.com[/url] ...You can find our page HERE. We do shows every month or so, and you can find more details on our Radio Show message board. You will find out how to register and listen in on our chat, as well as how to call in and talk live. The next show will be in February, details will be sent out at a later date.


OWED GRAPHICS & SIGGY SALE
• The 50% off Signature Tag sale was extended this month and it still in effect. If I owe you a Siggy Tag OR graphic that you requested previously, please send me a reminder with all the details again. I am so sorry for getting behind.


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•New Round of Bitch2Bitch has begun for the New Year!!!

•We have a new ELITE VIP member, MzVirgo, she recently donated some cash to the BBB's paypal account. All money donated goes to prizes for contests & various other forum activities. In addiction, I am going to be brainstorming prizes to send out to all the ELITE VIP members in thanks for them donating.

• We are VOTING VOTING VOTING!!! All members that are voting daily will be rewarded.

More to come soon!
Right now we are cleaning up the boards, organizing staff, & are in the process of creating a new layout & banner for both the forum and our top 100 voting site.

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• Post-The-Most Contest For February begins 02/01
- All participants MUST post their starting post on the sign-up sheet provided.
- At the end of the month, winner is declared to whoever has the most posts for February.
- 1st PRIZE is a brand new copy of the New Moon (Twilight Saga) dvd sent to their house when it's released on 3/20
- 2nd PRIZe is a signature tag for all participants and Bitch Points added to their account.


• Healthier You Diet Buddies Begins 01/31
- Everyone signed up will have their own diet blog to journal in and record any weigh-ins, daily food in-take, etc.
- Fitness & Food challenges will be posted weekly, all members completing these challenges will be earning Bitch Points.


• NEW BOARDS ADDED
- Harry Potter (Discussion board for books & movies)
- American Idol (Show Discussion)
- Destination Truth (Show Discussion)
- The Writers Nook (to share your own writing creations)


• Photo Contest Coming Soon! The prize will be a customized t-shirt from cafepress.com sent directly to winners house. More details posted soon.

• Newsletters are only going to half of our members, so we'll be sending mass PM's to everyone in replace of the Newsletter. This way everyone SHOULD get the weekly updates & other news.


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FEBRUARY 2010 UPDATES


FEBRUARY POST-THE-MOST:
• Please don't forget about our February PTM contest going on! The competition is all ready fierce and we have a lot of the gals closing in on each others post counts.
• You can still participate even if you haven't signed up yet. You can go HERE and post your current post count. Be sure to do that so any future posts can count.
• 1st Prize is a brand new dvd of New Moon (Twilight Saga). It will be shipped to your house, the dvd comes out March 20th. 2nd Prize is a t-shirt from the clearance section of Hot Topic online, $14. limit and it will be sent to your house. Shipping costs will be covered by us.



HEALTHIER YOU DIET JOURNALS & CHALLENGES:
• All those that signed up have journals, please don't forget to post in them. The challenges are not something you have to do, but keep in mind you can get some bitch points from them. Don't forget to encourage your fellow dieters on thier dieting journey. If you don't have a journal yet, but would like one, please contact me.



NEW LAYOUT:
• I hope everyone is liking our new forum layout. I apologize for not adding more color, it's hard to sway from the black/white/grey theme we usually stick with. This will be the layout for the next few months, enjoy.
• I moved the Affiliates off of our Portal page and to a new page, you can find the button to our new Affiliates page at the page index under our BBB banner.
• We have a What's New? page located on the page index under the BBB banner. It's under construction right now, but please be sure to take a look at it every week or so. New information will be packed in there and I'm hoping that by keeping that page updated, I won't have to send out as many mass PM's.
• A lot of boards have been moved, deleted, or merged. This is still happening, but it's almost over. If you can't find something, please ask.
• Thanks to all who put up with us deleting Life & Stuff. ALL Life & Stuff topics should now be posted in your personal Blog Bubble. If you don't have one PM me and I will add one for you. I just need to know what name you want it called. As for your blog descriptions, I have an idea of what to put in that area - please be patient with me while I work on that.



ACTIVITIES COMING UP!!!
• Scrabble & Wheel of Fortune will be moved to the Posting Games board. They will be pinned topics along with the sign-ups. Gretchen will be getting these games going in the next week or so. Remember you can earn bitch points by doing these.
• Bitch Point Threads are going to be started again soon by Beth and myself. They will be completely random and done at anytime. Keep an eye out for them and please remember to read the directions for each one posted.
• Photo Frenzy is run by Ashes, not sure when it's going to begin but you can still sign up for it and earn MEGA bitch points when your name is called to start the frenzy!
• A new photo contest will start for March. The prize will be something very cool for 1st place. Keep your eyes open for details. We will do one for our kiddo's and one for us gals!
• Amber suggested we run some bi-weekly photo competitions, and she also volunteered to run those. I'll be adding a board for that soon. Keep your eyes peeled for details.
• Start collecting some bitch points because we are going to be doing some BBB Raffles...one for a REAL prize, and one for some Siggy Tag prizes! Details will be posted soon. Raffle tickets will cost you some bitch points, so get earning them.
• Jaks suggested a Book Challenge for our avid readers. She will be working out the details and posting them on the Library sometime in the near future, so keep your eyes open. Our big prize for this event is winner can choose a $15 book/s from an online store. (store hasn't been chosen yet).



YOUR 2010 STAFF TEAM:
*All staff members have designated forum duties. Once our staff page is updated this week, check it out to see what everyone is in charge of in case you need to PM them.
Administrators:
wickedsoul (Rachel), Mistress2McGraw (Beth), SeLLi, prdlatinamami (Valerie), & biatchwithcattitude (Gretchen).
Global Moderators:
Ashes, blondebitch (Katy), & sweetwitch (Andrea)
Section Moderators:
Ashley, Bobbie, Jaks, Jami, mama2two, Mamarazzi, skybluepink, Amber

• We aren't looking for anymore staff members at this time UNLESS you want to become a Graphic Boutique Merchant. You will need to know how to make siggy tags and other various graphics since you would help Lisa & myself out in filling requests.

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February Post-The-Most contest is doing really well. We have a lot of competitive gals posting daily.
1st prize is a dvd of New Moon shipped directly to their house, 2nd prize is a t-shirt from Hot Topic, $14 limit & will be shipped to their house.

February/March Photo Contests are coming up! We have one for the BBB gals, one for the kiddo's, and one for our pets. All will have REAL prizes. Details will be posted soon.

Amber is now running bi-weekly Photo Competitions - You can earn bitch points by participating/winning, and winners get to choose the next comps topics.

Ashes is starting up Photo Frenzy next week! This is a really popular activity and you can earn some mega bitch points for each picture you post.

More activities & games to come =)

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