More Beautiful Blogs

Since I do my Beautiful Blog feature on Mondays, I want to also add that Designs So Pretty is a blog dedicated to featuring beautiful blogs all week long. I LOVE the blogs that Kristin picks to feature and she's also a blog designer so she has a great eye for picking them!

In the future, my Monday feature post will include a link to Designs So Pretty so you can see what she featured the past week.

Beautiful Blogs Series: French Charming

This week's beautiful blog is French Charming, a blog about "lifestyle, inspiration and all things lovely." Karyn, the blog owner, is a former boutique owner and has a great eye for finding things that please the eye and heart. Her new blog design certainly caught my eye!

The design is simple yet so unique! And, I love the little shop signs that serve as sidebar headers - how cute! The colors are bold and vivid but not overpowering and I love that it has a simple white background.

The designer to created the perfect look for French Charming is Traci at Sweet Cheeky Designs. Pop over to her site to see more lovely blogs she's designed.

Congratulations, Karyn, on such a great blog design! Here is a button if you would like to share this feature with your readers, either in a post or on your sidebar.

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Another Weekend Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed.

My last little weekend giveaway was so fun I thought I'd do another one. Dawn Farias from Almost Ready Blogs has created a really simple and cute fall design that I just love, so I decided to buy it for someone this weekend.

How to enter - just leave a comment letting me know how many times you have changed the template on your blog (just curious).

The giveaway will end Sunday, November 1st, at 9:00 PM EST and winner will be chosen using Random.org.

Okay, I can't stand it, I love to give away things and this template is so affordable (just $5) so I am giving away two again, as I did with the last weekend giveaway. The winners are Owl Momma and Life of a Barefoot MomLady. Congratulations, ladies!

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

Well, the end of my busiest month with Usborne is coming to an end. Tonight is my last event for three weeks and I am so looking forward to the time off. Not only will my house appreciate the extra attention, so will my blogs. Thank you for being ever patient.

I have blog statistics measured for BBD by SiteMeter and I can see that many people stop by here every day and some of them stay around for 30 minutes or more. The average visit fluctuates between 7.5 and 9.5 minutes, so that means most people come here and stay a little while. That pleases me so much because that means bloggers are finding it useful.

Thanks and I'll be back soon!

Beautiful Blog Series: Have Joy

Surprise! I finally have a Beautiful Blog Series post to share! Not that there aren't tons of beautiful blogs out there to choose from, but rather I haven't had time to blog about them.



Today I am featuring Have Joy, a delightful blog by Nikki. She is a single mom of two beautiful daughters and is getting her masters in Marital and Family therapy. She writes on her blog as a way to remember, during the ups and downs, to always Have Joy.

Nikki's blog design is so simple, yet beautiful! It really just makes me smile. Simple colors and simple graphics, put together so nicely to create a design that is pleasing to the eye and heart! Nikki does an excellent job of keeping her sidebars tidy, and everything is positioned in a way to be very user friendly.

The designer who created the template for Have Joy is Kristin at Simply Whimsy Designs. Her portfolio is full of delightfully elegant designs. She is also the author at Designs So Pretty, a gorgeous blog itself, which features pretty blog designs every day.

Congratulations, Nikki, on having such a beautiful blog! If you would like to share this feature with your readers, here is a button you can use in a post or on your sidebar.

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