Meet These Chicks

In an effort to dazzle you with awesome bloggers I have found online, here are two more NEW swappers I have been fortunate enough to come across. If you haven't yet, you're missing out! So go!

I am Kristen and I blog over at Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, which is military lingo for WTF. I'm an Army wife, about to move to Germany, learning to be more independent and spend my days designing blogs, chasing after my two brothers, and counting down the hours until I can Skype with my Hubby every night. WTF is about our journey and all of the things I learn and love along the way!

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Hey, I'm Lee Lee a crafty fashion designer from Colombia. I love everything cute, photography and vintage items. I love spending my days sewing, reading blogs and taking pictures. I blog about my adventures, my trips, my inspirations, the things I love and the things I love making! Say hi! I love meeting new people!

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New Swappers!

I have been fortunate to come across some new Chicka's in the blogosphere and I bet you'll love them too! I specifically asked these certain ladies to swap with me because I found their corners of the net so inspiring. Here are 2 of my most recent crushes... I hope to spot light each of my loves but in the meantime, check them out!

Hi! I'm Lani from It's My Life & I Love It! When I'm not busy blogging about my awesome life here in Austin Texas, I'm working as a nurse, hanging out with hubs, working out, crafting, and running my own small business {Elle Dee Designs, I made fun children's clothing}. I've been a Texas girl my whole life, except for a two year stent we did in Central Cali for hubs job. I went to school at Texas Tech University {Wreck'em Tech} for nursing and have spent the past 5 years working in Pediatrics. I sure do enjoy those tiny humans, gotta get me one someday.

I started blogging this year as a creative way to express myself. I've been an avaid blog reader for years, but just never thought anyone would care to read something I would write. Wrong! People actually read it and even better I have a great time writing it. Someday's it's just pictures, or something that inspired me. Others its craft tutorial and around the house projects, occasionally there's recipe thrown in there. It would be awesome if you were to head over and start following me so you don't miss a thing!

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Hiya, I'm Kizzy from The Dainty Doll's House where I blog about positivity, art, life, music, personal style, my life in Scotland and any other interesting subject that comes across my mind. I like variety in life, so my blog tends to reflect that. I love all things vintage and unique. I smile and laugh a lot and love my family and art the most. Everyone is welcome to my page & I enjoy getting to know people through this blog world, so feel free to come say hello!!

  

Check it.

I made a new friend. Her name is Ophelia. This is who she is:

Hi there my name is Ophelia from Always Ophelia! I’m originally from Florida but boogied on over to the west coast, and now live on the central coast of California, best decision ever! I went to FIDM in Los Angeles for product development and now, while I am continuing my education (for business), I work part time as a visual merchandiser! I have some amazing people in my life and an adorable wiener dog named Fritz.

I started blogging as a creative outlet and I have really enjoyed it. I have met some great people through it and feel inspired everyday from my followers and the ones that I follow! On my blog you can read anything from my daily life, including photos, to things I find inspiring in the moment, such as current trends. Some things I enjoy doing when I’m not working is traveling, hanging out at the beach, any outdoor activity, happy hour, and snuggling up to a good movie. So I hope you stop by and like what you see!

I met her through the Vlog Hop I did last week and connected with her because of how much I related to her. Here's her vlog about why she blogs: CLICK ME

Hello Pretty Blog, Goodbye Ugly Blog

I was perusing around the net and ran across some pretty awesome blog designs that made me totally realize what a crap-chute of design mine actually was. So after spending a total of two days obsessing over the differences I narrowed down a few and got to work. There's no way on God's green Earth I can take credit for figuring out how to create the elements that did sling-shot me into the blogging present. For that, I can thank one amazing lady... Morgan, keeper of the blog "The Little Hen House". She has shared a few tips and tutorials that are now priceless to me. Thankfully, it only took me an afternoon to read, learn, and create - I wish the same for you! 

Check out how I made my "I am Ashley Marie" link to my 'all about me' seperate page by clicking here. Sure, Blogger already has a widget for this, but using these directions and an outside photo source (she uses Photobucket through Wordpress, I use Picasa because my Blogger photos are automatically linked to the album) and choosing how large you want the link pixels to be gives me much more freedom, which I like. (I want control, total control, bwah ha ha!!!)

     

  *** Additional tutorial on things I had to figure out myself ***

How to Add a Page to Your Blog

1. on the Blogger home screen click 'Pages' on the left sidebar

2. Hover over 'New Page' and select 'Blank Page'

3. you will be redirected to a new window that mimics a 'New Post' screen, decorate that page as you would a post with information you want specific to that 'Page' and 'Publish'.

4. When you create the 'Button', use the URL of that published page as the link in the code. Wa La!

How to Get the Photo Link from Picasa
1. Upload the image into Picasa
2. Click the photo
3. Click 'Link to this Photo' on the ride sidebar
4. I selected the 'Small 288px' for my images to the left of this post and checked the box that says 'Image Only (no link)'
5. Copy the entire script in the box under 'Embed Image' and paste in tutorial's script. Wa La!

Check out how I made my "Chickadette" button by clicking here. This was one of the first elements of other blogs I totally just had to have! How cool is it that other people who like your page can 'grab' the html code and post a direct link from their site to yours? Ummm, abso-freakin-lutely awesome is how.

Honestly, I am SO PROUD of myself for learning these tutorials and SO GRATEFUL that Morgan decided to share with the rest of us what feels like should be proprietor secrets. Go thank her by loving all up on her blog... click the image below to be redirected!

besottment by Paper Relics

O-ma-gaaaaaah! You HAVE to visit the besottment blog. Do it! Now! Just click the photo below:

Brief Tour of My Favorite Elements:

1. The Free Downloads & Tutorials (----------> I've nabbed one of her buttons for my sidebar ----------->)

2. Hope's 2012 Sketchbook Project Journal (direct link here){ The 2012 Sketchbook Project }

3. Uh, Free Giveaways, duh { enter the latest one here }

4. Hope's Shop, Paper Relics

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!