Saying Goodbye to Google Friend Connect

first pink blooms this year!

Hi friends! I just wanted to share that GFC (Google Friend Connect) is officially kicking all of us out who are not using Blogger for our blogs. I think they’re super lame but I guess they get to make the shots right? Anyway if you read/ follow my blog using your Blogger reader, I would [...]



Changing Your Blog Layout

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I have just discovered (yes, shame on me) the amazingness of the new Blogger Template Designer. I have seen some of their features used on a few blogs, but not many. This is definitely amazing for anyone trying to customize their blog on their own. In truth Blogger has done a nice job at adding [...]



Disable Right Click Download

Disabling the right click download on your pictures definitely gives some peace of mind when sharing personal pics. Ya just never know ;) You’ll be so relieved at how easy peasy this tutorial is! Seriously. 1. Log in to blogger.com 2. Go to your design page from your dashboard and click “add a gadget”. 3. [...]



Create and Install a Custom Signature on Blogger

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Recently I’ve been asked how to get a custom signature on Blogger. Many of you may use/ know about My Live Signature. If you would like to personalize it even more than what they offer then this tutorial might be for you :) What you need: – photo editing software (for free suggestions click here) [...]



Disqus – Importing Comments

If you installed Disqus onto your blog last night you might have noticed your previous comments are not showing up anymore. This is absolutely nothing to worry about. If you go to your Blogger dashboard and click “Comments” under your blog, you will see each and every one of them, still there. This is a [...]



10 Things That Will Make Your Blog AWESOME {part 6}

Little disclaimer – these are just my opinion… taken and formed from my blog designing experience this past year and a half, and some things I’ve picked up along the way. Please take them with a grain of salt, and keep doing what you know is best for your blog :) xo Do you ever [...]



10 Things That Will Make Your Blog AWESOME {part 1}

Okay, so a little disclaimer here before we get started – these are just my opinion… taken and formed from my blog designing experience this past year and a half, and some things I’ve picked up along the way. Please take them with a grain of salt, and keep doing what you know is best [...]



Blogger vs. WordPress

The wait list is scheduled to open May 9, so I will posting a few updates to the design site this week on the blog :) I get asked this a lot, especially after I began accepting WordPress design orders a few weeks ago. Please bear in mind I am speaking of WordPress.org~ not to [...]



Getting LinkedWithin On Blogger

You ever wonder how some people get these cute little thumbnails with related posts at the bottom of each post? It’s super easy! I used to fancy that idea on my own blog, and could never figure it out. Until one day! So I’m sharing it with you, just in case :) It’s called LinkedWithin [...]



Schedule A Blog Post

It’s been a while since I’ve done a blog tutorial, but if you have anything you’d like to know please just leave a comment, and maybe I can help you through a tutorial one of these days :) So this one is pretty awesome. Especially if you’re like me. When I have time {and inspiration} [...]



Install A Free Blog Premade

Thank you for using our free blog templates! To install the template you must follow the super easy steps listed below. Be sure to follow us on Facebook & Twitter to get stay updated on our free designs releases! *This is different than installing a background and requires a tad more work, but I promise [...]



Make It Snow On Your Blog!

gerWould you like to make it snow on your blog? source I know where I live the snow is scarce and if it does fall it melts almost immediately. That’s the price we pay for living in Texas ;) Does it snow where you live? This code will be make a light snow fall on [...]



Protecting Your Pictures Online

I’ll be honest, it used to be more scary to me to post pictures online of my family and my artwork. I guess it’s so common now and pretty hard to get around, but it’s always in the back of my head… what if… There are a couple of ways that I know of to [...]



Install a 3 Column Template on Blogger

When I asked my readers what they’d like to know about blogging tips, many said they’d like to know how to add a third column. So I am {finally} getting this post up!  This is probably one of the trickier tutorials that I have, but if you follow along, I promise it will work :) [...]



Using and Editing The Blogger Pages

So this may be totally unnecessary but I have had a few ask about this feature on Blogger, so how handy would it be to just have a little tutorial on this feature in Blogger?! Pages are stagnant pages that will look exactly like your blog does, with the same exact sidebar content but will [...]