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This morning I checked Instagram, just as I do most mornings. But today something was different. There were some comments from someone who called themselves a “troll”. In the blogging world, a troll is not a nice person. They have been known to be mean and nasty, and generally critical of bloggers and their [...]
Have you got a spare 10 minutes? You could use it to do some blogging. Ten minutes might not seem like very long but there are things you can do in that short window of time that can make an impact on your blogging day. Here’s a quick checklist: 10 Minutes On your Blog Update [...]
If you read blogs via RSS feed in Google Reader you have probably already heard this week that Google is closing down this service. Oh no! How will you keep reading The Crafty Mummy? (and all your other favourites like bbeingcool.com and AndSewWeCraft.com)? Well, one way to keep up is to subscribe to the Weekly [...]
Do you use images in your blog posts? I do. Every post I write has at least one image, usually a photo I have taken myself. But what about when you want to change the size of your image as you upload it to your blog post? You can choose from options and I have [...]
I did some tidying up over the last week or so and created a “new” space. Now really nothing in this space is actually new, but it hadn’t been well used for the last couple of years. I love that now I’m making use of a under-used space as my “writing space”. We have a [...]
When I wanted to start selling my handmade creations, I didn’t know where to start! I had already been blogging for ages so I had my blog on my own “dot.com”. I was also on Facebook and I had seen people selling over there but I wasn’t sure I wanted to rely on the [...]
Did you know I send out a Weekly Newsletter? It goes out on Mondays or Tuesdays. It includes a summary and links to all the posts I’ve written for the previous week, plus links to some bonus posts either from my Archives or that I have written somewhere else in the Blogosphere. It also has [...]
Have you heard of the new social media out there? Vine? It is a little like Instagram but instead of uploading photos, you create little videos. They are really short – only 6 seconds! Click on the picture to see the video Well, I couldn’t resist a little play. Here’s how to sew a pencil [...]
I read email on my phone. A lot. It’s great! But sometimes there are emails that I need to read again so I can deal with them properly from my computer. Perhaps I need to click on a link to read an article, or process an order from my Shop, or I just don’t have [...]
I’ve been taking part in Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day challenge this month. She has been running these for ages now and every now and again I join in for a month or so before I get too busy and stop again. I enjoy making myself take photos each day and it is so [...]
