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The Good Web Guide’s 2010 awards were announced on Tuesday and we were left dancing around the office when it was announced that Ooh.com had been given a ‘Highly Commended’ award!
Ok, so we didn’t take the Website of the Year award, but we got the next best thing – and given we’re a new site and a small team, we’re pleased as punch.
It’s no secret that we’re food mad at Ooh.com: you name it, we’ll eat it. But now we’ve found something we’re not sure about: Baconnaise. Bacon and mayonnaise in a spread, really? Love it? Loathe it? Want to try it? We’re giving some away…read on.
The Baconnaise debate got us thinking about other foods we could pair up and put in a jar. Cheese and pickle make a perfect pair – but would you buy a jar of Chickle? Peanut butter and jam – a jar of Pam?
Get clever, creative and make us laugh with your new food products and we’ll send our favourite one a jar of Baconnaise! Just head on over to our Facebook page and tell us your ‘new’ foods.
You’ve got ’til Wednesday 13th October. And we’ll announce the winner on 14th October.
Ooh.com is a free listings and bookings site where anyone can list cookery classes, workshops or courses. Keen cooks, chefs, foragers, wine experts, teachers and guides have already listed nearly 650 culinary courses, classes, tours and events. To see what people have listed, click here.
And we bet not one of them cooks with Baconnaise.
We’re doing the conga around the office today (not a pretty sight) as we’ve been reviewed by The Good Web Guide. The lovely folks there have described Ooh.com as ‘fun to use’ and ‘the business to link you to that once in a lifetime moment’ and they’ve said lots of other really nice things about us.
We’re thrilled that people have listed over 3000 things to do on the site! 
Founder Pat Reeves says, “3000 feels like a great milestone to have reached. There are literally thousands more great courses, classes and trips being offered by individuals and small businesses, and we want Ooh to be the best place for people to list them. We’re also really pleased that people are now coming to the site to search for things to do, and booking directly with the people who’ve listed on the site. Our next goal is to get people to list 5000 things to do!’
Ooh remains completely free to use, so if you know anyone who could list their classes, or who’s looking for interesting things to do, then please help us spread the word about this site.
Thanks!
The Ooh Team
We’ve been on the look-out for bloggers to review some of the fantastic classes that people have listed on Ooh. One of our favourite bloggers, Gillian at My Tiny Plot, went along to take part in a knicker-making workshop in Bath. Over to Gillian to tell us about it…
Often I dream about having my own sewing room. A place filled with light, pile upon pile of ready-to-use vintage fabric, jars full of colourful buttons and sewing machines that don’t live in a cupboard but that are out on the counter and ready-threaded.
When I arrived at The Makery, a new creative hub for sewers, knitters and creatives in Bath, I felt like I had walked into my fantasy sewing room. It had everything I had dreamed about. Plus, some smiley people offering me coffee.
The Makery offers paid-for workshops in things like dress-making, furniture painting and upholstery and also a ‘Makery Cafe’ (Tuesdays 5.30-8.30pm & Fridays 10am-1pm, £5 per hour) where people can bring their creative projects to work on with others.
The ‘Intermediate Knicker-Making’ course was my chosen workshop and I was greeted with an array of sumptuous satins, ribbons and decorative knicker elastic.
There were also some ready-made-up knickers displayed on the table for inspiration. We were given a choice of fabric that had been pre-cut into different sizes (10, 12, 14) but other sizes were available too. Most of the fabric that was supplied was cotton and with a distinct vintage twist to it (think tiny flowers, or swirly Paisley).
I chose a nice stretchy fabric with some black trim and a rose button and set to work after Jenny, lingerie designer and course leader, had given us a demonstration in how to attach elastic in a neat and professional way. The three hours seem to fly by with a mix of sewing, chatting, drinking coffee, and digging through ribbon boxes and button jars. And by the end of it I was the proud owner of a new pair of pants!
The other attendees (three in total) all finished their projects within the workshop time and it was fun to see how different everyone’s knickers were, ranging from ruby red glam, to vintage-inspired yellow and purple.
I left the workshop, with my goodie bag and free magazine in hand, inspired to make more pants and determined to go on another Makery course, not only for the sewing but for the coffee and gossip too!
This class will be running again on September 8th, October 20th and November 24th. To read more about it and to check availability, click here.
Sellers! Many of you are missing out on the opportunity to have a directly bookable link (and a shiny button, too, we might add) from any web site straight to a booking form with your availability. If you’ve got activity descriptions, reviews, mentions or discussions anywhere on the web – you can embed a widget containing code that is specific to your listing. This means if you’ve got arriving traffic on a particular website that you think might be interested in buying what it is you list, this is a sure-fire way of converting leads to bookings from anywhere.
These clever bods at Batelease Farm and Tea for Joy have already got involved. This is what their chosen widgets look like when embedded into their websites:
There are loads of style options if you’re so inclined, and it’s super easy to implement – just whack the code into your html file, or wherever html code is accepted (forums, comments sections etc). You can find everything you need in a link under each listing in My Ooh. Happy widgeting.
There’s been a lot of snow kicking around in the Northern Hemisphere lately. But we’re keeping our spirits warmed with thoughts of all the fun to be had on the snowy slopes of Europe, the USA and Canada. New Zealand, your time will come!
To share our winter cheer with readers, we thought we’d let you know about some great stuff to do on Ooh.com this winter. You can find even more Cool Stuff to do this winter in our Hall of Fame.
Here are a few of the most recently elected Winter highlights!
A fantastic opportunity to gain an insight into the Japanese language and enjoy some winter sports at the same time.
We’ve heard that winter 09/10 is going to be a massive year for backcountry (off-piste) skiing. And where would be a more exciting place to get knees deep in the fresh powder than Kashmir, India?
Backcountry skiing isn’t without risks, so take the opportunity to brush up on your avalanche awareness skills with this full day introduction to avalanches in Boulder, Colorado!
People often associate winter sports with skiing and snowboarding, but most haven’t thought of Ice climbing. If you’ve never thrown an ice axe and a crampon into a sheer face of ice, now’s a great time to head to Chamonix, France and experience the rush yourself!
That’s it for our top winter things to do roundup. These four are only a handful of the great listings you’ll find on Ooh.com, so head to the site, have a browse and see if anything takes your fancy. Of course, if you want to sell a wintery trip, course or event, you can do that too, for free! Bonus…
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