Breaking away from blog design talk to share about me and find out about you!
Most of you who follow this blog do so for tutorials, designers lists and blog design giveaways, and probably know very little about me. Now, I am not that important to the value of Beautiful Blog Designs, but I thought some of you might like to know what I've been up to and what keeps me from hanging out there more. ;-)
During the school year I stay busy with homeschooling my four children. Their grades are 5th, 3rd, Kindergarten and preschool. We are very involved in various clubs like Chess and Lego.
On the weekends and some weekdays I do book fairs and booths for Usborne Books, educational children's books. Sometimes the kids go with me, sometimes not.
Whether I'm at home, at an Usborne event or at a homeschool function, I have one of my Nikon DSLRs with me. I picked up photography as a hobby after my dad died one year ago and it has been so very fulfilling for me.
Over at my personal blog, Moving Forward, I share lots and lots of pictures about all these things, plus life on a farm and occasionally share recipes.
So, what I want to know is what you've been blogging about lately. Also, I'd love to hear if and how your blog has evolved since you started it.
Moving Forward started out as a place to share about my mistakes and how I am learning from them. It is still kind of that, but mostly it's a place for me to share pictures daily and talk about what is going on in our life right now.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sharing About Me, Tell Me About You...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Winner of Premade Template Giveaway
Wow! Why haven't I announced the winner of the premade template by Premades For A Purpose? Time has slipped away from me and I've been remiss.
Okay, the winner was #5, Merium from Poppies and Pawprints.
And, because I've been so late in announcing, I thought I'd pull another winner too, which was #7, Melissa from Serendipity is Sweet. Melissa has been a long time follower of BBD, so I'm glad to be able to do something for her finally.
Thank you to all who entered and stay tuned. I have another giveaway coming up soon.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Current Design Giveaways
I have given this page a clean slate. Designers - if you would like me to advertise a giveaway you having going on, please read this post and then contact me with the pertinent information.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Premade Template Giveaway!
Lena, on a journey to adopt, has also started offering very affordable and beautiful premades templates at Premades For A Purpose. These templates are a bit more customizable than her free ones. These have spots where you can add pictures of your choice, to make your blog template more "you."
These gorgeous templates are an unbelievably great price - only $10 for the following four templates! For $10 you can have four completely different looks for your blog, to change when you feel inclined. She has two personalized premade collections, each containing four templates. She also has some individual premades available for just $5.
I am giving away a package of the beautiful premade templates below. The winner will be emailed the codes after the giveaway ends. Lena has tutorials on how to install them them. For a nominal fee, Lena can add your photos to the templates for you.
Here are the giveaway particulars:
- To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment telling me how often you like to change the look of your blog design.
- If you do not have your email address on your Blogger profile (which you should - hint, hint), you need to leave me your email address in your entry comment.
- One entry per person.
- The giveaway will end Friday night at 9:00 EST.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Beautiful Blog Series: Simply Vintage Girl
I am so excited about this week's Beautiful Blog! It is another do-it-yourself blogger, but there's something special about this one - it is designed and run by a homeschool young lady. Being a homeschooler myself, I was quite thrilled to find this particular site.
Emily Rose has created Simply Vintage Girl, a Wordpress blog, all on her own and what impresses me so much about her blog is not only the graphics but her content. She posts on subjects such as photography, food, literature, vintage finds, crafts and more. She is a young woman wise beyond her years!
What I love about Simply Vintage Girl:
- Soft, subtle colors and texture used in the design.
- Meaningful effects included in the background - the words in her background are from a poem her cousin wrote.
- Very well organized and highly functional site layout.
- White behind the well sized text for easy reading.
- Wonderful, well written posts with lots of pictures to hold reader's interest.
Congratulations, Emily Rose, on creating such a delightful design. If you would like to share this feature with your readers, here is a button you might like to use.
