My Favorite Crafty Blogs

I subscribe to The Crafty Mummy and today she did a post featuring 6 of her favorite blogs.  I loved that idea and thought I would do the same.

How do you connect to your favorite blogs?  Do you subscribe by email, RSS, Facebook, GFC, Twitter, Linked In?  I like to subscribe by email and will sometimes follow on Facebook as well.

My other blog, Coupons, Crafts and Causes pretty much sums up my passions, so most of the blogs I follow are either craft or coupon related.  Since this is my Craft Blog, I will only feature crafty blogs in this post.  All of these blogs have a lot of great ideas and tutorials.  I've shared several links to a variety of their projects in my craft pages.

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Who are you favorite blogs to follow?

Blogging Tips

 Blogging Tip links I've ran across while surfing other blogs

This is a page I had on my other site - Coupons, Crafts and Causes that I wanted to move to this site. I have added this post to a Blogging Tips page in my menu bar that I will continue to add to.

Adventures of my family of 8 - blogging tips on doing Product Reviews

Mommy D's Kitchen Blogging Tips

MomComm - Non-Spammy ways for bloggers to engage in others Facebook Fan Pages

SITS Girls

The Blogger Bug

Confessions of a Vi3tbabe - Blogging 101

The Cutest Blog on the Block - Free Blog Backgrounds

Social Media Marketing - Facebook Tips

Simply Stacie - My Favorite Wordpress Plug-ins

Still Blonde After All These Years - Favorite Wordpress Plug-ins

Freebies For Bloggers - Designs for Blogger Blogs

The Crafty Mummy - Lots of Blogging Tips

Confession of a Vi3tBabe - How to make a scrolling list

Sew Many Ways - How to add a blog button

The Crafty Mummy - Blogging Tips

Blogger Plugins - Add Top Commentators Plug-in to Blogger

 Key Lime Digital Designs - Guest Post by The Crafty Mummy -  10 Tools I use to Keep on Blogging

A Mommy's Blog Design Studio - Blogger Tutorials 

Build a Little Biz - Facebook Rules - Great article on the rules of Facebook

Freebies for Blogger - Free Blogger Backgrounds 

Indiana Inker - Domain Name - changing from a http://yourwebsite.blogspot.com to www.yourwebsite.com

Cupcake Cards

I love these cards!  I made these at a Stamp Club meeting last week.  They are very quick and easy, which is my favorite kind...I love quick and easy projects....stamping, sewing, cooking, cleaning...pretty much everything!

Both were made using Stampin' Up! stamps, inks, ribbons and papers.  The Create a Cupcake stamp set and punch are now on my Wish List!

Stamp Set:  Create a Cupcake

• Wood #121915  $22.95
• Clear #121982  $16.95

Cupcake Punch: 121807  $16.95

Background was made by using the Perfect Polka Dot folder and running it through the Big Shot.  For ordering instructions, see my Stampin' Up! page. 

Domain Name

I went through Blogger and purchased my own domain name earlier this week.  It was a very easy process and very affordable.  They go through Go Daddy and is only $10.00 for a year.

I started Indiana Inker in the spring of 2010 and kept thinking I was going to buy my domain name, but kept putting it off.  I dread change, but 9 times out of 10, after I've made the change I wonder why it took me so long!  This is no different.  My url is now www.IndianaInker.com (instead of http://IndianaInker.blogspot.com).  I am still being hosted by Blogger with no hosting fees. 

To get your domain name:

1. Go to Settings  
2. "Publishing" tab.  
3. Click on "Custom Domain".  
4. Enter the url that you would like and click "Check Availability".  
5. Once you get your url, follow the instructions to pay for your new domain name.  It's THAT easy! 

I started a blog through Blogger a couple of weeks ago for my husband's business, MHR and we bought his domain name within a couple of days, so I wasn't concerned about things not transferring properly or having any issues.  They say it can take up to 3 days to transfer, but his was much quicker than that.  Mine did take the 3 days, but when I went to view it, I kept getting the message that it didn't exsist and if I was the owner, I needed to sign in.  I signed in and kept getting the same message.  So, I went to Blogger help to see if I could figure out the problem.  When I set up my domain name I didn't use all lower case letters.  I set it up as www.IndianaInker.com instead of www.indianainker.com.  It was a very easy fix....thank goodness!!

To fix this issue:

1. Go to Settings
2. Publishing tab
3. Click "Switch Blogspot.com"
4. Enter the word below "Word Verification"
5. Save
6. Go back to Settings
7. Publishing tab
8. Switch to Advanced Settings (because you already have your domain name)
9. Enter your new domain name in the "your domain" field (with all lower case letters)
10. Enter the word below "Word Verification"
11. Save
12. Your blog should now be viewable using your new domain name

My other blog, Coupons, Crafts and Causes is on Wordpress.  I'd eventually like to move this blog to Wordpress, but keep putting it off.  I'm sure that when I break down and make that move, I'll wonder why it took me so long.  :)