Truthfully, I’ve never been much of a great Blog Hopper. I didn’t really understand what they were for– and after all, don’t link parties pretty much get the job done? And then I joined voiceBoks, which is an online community for mommy bloggers that encourages and enables LOTS of networking. The great thing about voiceBoks is that they really expect full participation from it’s members. So when you agree to join a B…
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Something Swanky Blog Hop #2
October 7, 2011 by 17 Comments
Thanks for joining me again this week! I LOVE seeing everybody support each other and helping to drive traffic and attention to one another’s blogs! There are so many great ideas out there, and everyone deserves a chance in the spotlight Today, we’re doing a Stumble blog hop. I know Stumble may be a little confusing if you aren’t familiar with the site. I’m still learning how to fully utilize it (and if you have any t…
Something Swanky Blog Hop #4: Pinterest
October 21, 2011 by 4 Comments
…your blog. Pinterest is my second greatest generator of blog traffic (just under Stumble… ok, WAY under Stumble, but still #2). You’ll need to already have a Pinterest account to participate in today’s Blog Hop. If you don’t have one, that’s ok– just let me know and I’ll send you an invite, and you can come back later and pin away!There are two parts (you’ll link up TWO DIFFERENT URLS) to this Hop&…
2 Different Ways to Make a Custom Header and Navbar for Your Blog
June 5, 2012 by 79 Comments
I feel like I’ve been doing a little bit of hopping all over the place with these picmonkey/blog design tutorials. Going from blog post dividers to social media icons to image URLs– I’ve been all over the place. There’s been no method to the madness! So from here on out, I’m going to try and make my posting a little more methodical, a little more A-Z. With blog design, I think it’s best to start at the to…
How to Create a Custom Blog Background in Picmonkey
January 31, 2013 by 36 Comments
I’ve received numerous requests to put together a tutorial on backgrounds, so today’s the day! Here’s the deal with blog backgrounds: they are super, duper, crazy important. Why? Don’t I always say that the header is most important? That it’s what people see first? Ok, yes. The header is first and foremost. But NOTHING messes up a good header like an awful background. And a background can be awful in all sorts of w…
Tidbits, Tips, and Codes for DIY Blog Designing
June 26, 2012 by 17 Comments
My DIY Blog Design series is coming to a close, and we’ve covered a lot of ground… like headers, social media icons, post dividers, and linking multiple URLs to one image. But I’ve still got all sorts of little tips and tricks that I use all the time, but I haven’t been able to find just the spot in my previous posts to add them to. So this is going to be sort of a random hodge podge of important tidbits you won&…
Something Swanky Blog Hop #3 & GIVEAWAY
October 13, 2011 by 16 Comments
Today’s Hop is Facebook! Yay! Easy-peasy! Just click on each link-up through out the weekend and LIKE everyone’s FB page Today’s a little bit different than the last few Blog Hops, because today we have a guest of honor: I want you all to give a warm welcome to Mendy and Caroline from Naptime Creations! Some of you already know Caroline– she does a fabulous (and SUPER dependable, I’d like to add!) job of guest…
Skinny Saturday: Single Serve Peach Cobbler
February 23, 2013 by 94 Comments
We have this saying among bloggers that goes something like this: “Don’t work for the blog, make the blog work for you.” Meaning, essentially, for a food blogger to not make things for the sole purpose of blogging them. Try to make things that you normally make and eat for your family on a daily basis anyway, thus minimizing your work load. This way you’re not making food for your family AND for the blog. I TOTALLY wor…
Image URLs: what they are and how to use them in blog design.
May 17, 2012 by 5 Comments
…fending all of you in some way– either by insulting your intelligence with such a basic tutorial… or by calling this a basic tutorial when you’re really sitting there thinking “image whaa??“ But hopefully you can all forgive me for my blog-itical incorrectness, and this tutorial will help anyone who needs it! What is an Image URL? In non-technical jargon: an image URL is simply the location of your image on the in…
10 Things I Learned at my First Bloggers Conference
February 19, 2013 by 34 Comments
and be sure to mention it. People will remember your kindness much longer than they’ll remember your impressive media kit. So get out there and smile like your life depends on it! Happy conference-ing everyone! I hope you found this helpful and motivating . And, on a side note: for those of you who attended (or didn’t, for that matter) the Design 101 session at BYBC, I’ll be posting a re-cap next week on Something Swank…
