Instagram Blog Hop

Hello again! I'm such a fan of Instagram - I always jump at the chance to co-host Katelyn's Instagram Hop. You don't need to be a blogger to join - anyone with an Instagram profile can play along! Just link up your Instagram profile below {need help? leave a comment!} and be sure to follow the others that have linked up. Have fun!




Rules:

1. Follow your hosts:

Katelyn - Instagram: @learningcreatingliving

Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest

Alyssa - Instagram: @alyssaleane
Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest

Marisa - Instagram: @burlapandbananas
Blog - Pinterest - Twitter - Google+

2. Follow your co-hosts:

Connie - Instagram: @idyllwilddesigns

Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest - Twitter

Gwen - Instagram: @gwenayfer

Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest - Twitter - Youtube

Daniela - Instagram: @putabirdonitblog
Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest - Twitter - Google+

3. Link up your Instagram web profile

Fill out the URL, Name & Email to link up your Instagram profile as shown below:

If this happens to pop up: "Error: The requested URL returned error: 500", that's totally fine! It simply means that it's unable to find a picture to use not that you have a link that is bad. Click on "Direct Image URL" if you have one or "Upload from Computer" and pick an image of yours to upload. If you still have trouble, you might be better off with using Followgram or Webstagram to upload your profile/picture.

4. Check out other Instagram profiles & make new friends!

After all, that's what this party is all about!

5. Share the Instagram Blog Hop & spread the party around so we can keep making new insta-friends!

If you're interested in guest co-hosting one week, email learningcreatingliving@yahoo.com

Link up

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xo

DIY Blog How To for Blogger Platform ... Guest Post by Audrey of Miss Audrey Sue

hi girls! i'm dang excited to be over here, guest posting for Daniela today! i was totally stoked when she emailed, asking me to do this. this is my first time "guest-posting"...haha so bare with me, mmk? eeeek! okay, who the heck am i? i'm Audrey, and i blog over at Miss Audrey Sue. no, my middle name is not "Sue". i actually don't have a middle name at all (unless you count my maiden name), but you can read a little more about me here if you want. besides being a mommy to an 19 month-old-crazy-toddler-boy, and a baby girl on the way, i design blogs for the Blogger platform (custom & premade!), and i freaking love it. a lot of topics crossed my mind when thinking on what to write about today, but i kept coming back to a DIY blog design tutorial. something that i consider myself pretty good at, and something that people are always searching for, right? right. i didn't want to just give you a standard "here's how you center your header" or "here's how you change your font" tutorial. i tried to think of something that you don't see a lot, and i finally decided on:

"HOW TO REMOVE THOSE ANNOYING DOTS AND DASHES AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BLOG"

(wow, so yea that was a lengthy title but oh well...)

do you see what i'm talking about?

Instagram Hop with Learning, Creating, Living

Hey everyone! My friend Katelyn asked me to be a co-host of her fun Instagram Hop. I am a lame blogger and am totally late posting it! Sorry! There is still time to get IN on the IG fun, though. Link up your Instagram account below. Everyone that links up is always really fun to follow! No need for a blog - you don't have to be crafty - you can be a terrible cook - and you can only post pictures of your food. ;) You just need an Instagram account! Have fun!

Rules:

1. Follow your host:

Katelyn- Instagram: @learningcreatingliving
Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest

2. Follow your co-hosts:

Alyssa - Instagram: @alyssaleane
Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest

Marisa - Instagram: @burlapandbananas
Blog - Pinterest - Twitter - Google+

Daniela - Instagram: @putabirdonitblog
Blog - Bloglovin - Facebook - Pinterest - Twitter

Happy 100 at Put A Bird On It

YAY! A couple days ago, I reached my 100th post here at Put A Bird On It. I almost didn't write anything special because of this... but I just couldn't let that lovely number pass me by without stopping and reflecting. It's like a birthday ... you kind of get a chance to pause and think about the past and everything that has brought you to this point. I thought a little commemorative post was in order, so that's what you get. Since I have new followers since starting at post number 1, I thought you might like to get to know a little about me ... the girl behind Put A Bird On It. It might get a little wordy, but hey, that's just "me" - I like to write! So thanks for being here on my blog and experiencing this crazy beautiful life with me.

I'm married to that guy.

And momma to this girl.

{here's where it gets a little wordy...it's the only spot, I promise!}

I learned to play the piano when I was 3. I've been playing ever since. Music is my outlet. The one thing that I can always control. When I was growing up, if ever I was sad, I would sit at my piano and play. I would play everything away. Music is my life. I grew up in Springville, Utah. We had season tickets to all the BYU basketball & football games, which means I will bleed blue until the day I die. I have 3 sisters and 1 brother. My parents divorced when I was 13...or 14...I don't really know...don't we all kind of block that stuff out? {enter: major music zone, haha} I grew up with my dad and sister and that's where most of my memories are. My dad and I would play music duets (him on trumpet, me on piano) almost every night. My sister and I, every Thursday night, would order pizza & breadsticks and watch the new episode of Friends ... watching for my dad to come home, so we could hurry and change the channel before he saw what we were watching {yep - I grew up with satellite TV but all the channels were blocked except Disney - and I loved it!}. I love DISNEY everything. I can quote the movies like nobody's business. I own all the Disney Sing-A-Long videos. My life dream is to go to Disneyland. Every. Year. I home schooled from junior high until my junior year of high school. I joined choir and was in the school musicals - that saved me. Again - music. I graduated in 2006 and entered a music program at Utah Valley University {UV High, baby!}. I met two of my very best friends there through the music program ... one of which, on a Tuesday night, introduced me to a very cool dude that would one day become my baby daddy. Music has been a key part of every good thing in my life. I married the coolest dude I'd ever met on March 8, 2008, in the Salt Lake City Temple, for time and all eternity. We bought a little yellow house in west SLC. Two months after moving in, our basement flooded, and that began the 5-year renovation of our home. We've made our house into a home and it is 100% US. A few crazy beautiful years later {and I mean crazy beautiful years}, and it was time to grow the fam. On December 10, 2012, Ava Noelle was born. Joy that can't be described or spoken was felt that day. We've just been kicking it in our home ever since. My mom and I have really become close since I've had Ava. I love seeing their relationship and getting to know my mom better, too. Every get together we have to cry at least once {but at least we get it out of the way at the beginning, right, Mutti?!} I love being a wife and a momma. Both have brought the hardest moments in my life - but, more importantly, both have proud the most pure joy I have ever known. Speaking of pure joy, I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints {aka "I'm a Mormon"}. I have hope and faith in so many things, many of which you can learn more about by visiting LDS.ORG <<<

I have been blogging for a couple years now. I started my blog as a way to journal my crafty adventures. It really took off when the Maternity Countdown Shirt I made for myself during my pregnancy went viral on Pinterest! You know that really wholesome TV show {i hope you read my sarcasm there} on MTV about Teen Moms? Well, they featured my shirt on their Facebook page. My sister called me freaking out all excited and, I have to admit, I felt pretty cool that day. Apparently the countdown shirt thing is really popular amongst teen moms, ha ha. I really started trying to grow my blog in August 2013; and, here I am, plugging away. I have had some amazing experiences just through blogging. 

A few of my faves:

I've met some of the BEST people, too. I can't even name all the amazing bloggers I've met, but you know who you are! Although we haven't (all) met in real life, I love my bloggy friendships. :) AND, I have some really exciting things starting this year. I feel so blessed and happy with where my life is at right now! You never know where you're going to end up - so enjoy the journey.

Ok. So there aren't 20 questions. But I did ask on Facebook what you'd like to know about me, so I'll answer those questions here!

Grow Your Blog or Business ... Ad Space Giveaway

What? It's Saturday?! And I am posting on my blog?!?! Yes. Very strange! But it's a super good cause, so I am taking a break from my Lucky Charms and Saturday morning cartoons to bring you this exciting opportunity to GROW YOUR BLOG OR BUSINESS. If you don't care about getting ad space on 22 fabulous blogs, then this post might not be for you. If that's the case, I recommend entering my Boughtin & Baby Custom Onesie giveaway by clicking HERE. If that's not for you, you can check out my West Elm Inspired Sharpie Mugs by clicking HERE. If that's not for you, you can sign up to get my email updates sent to your inbox by clicking HERE. If that's not for you, you can look at this awesome Pinterest board full of "Hey Girl" pics by clicking HERE. If that's not for you, then I'm afraid I can't help you. ;)

SO! If you have made it this far, you must be interested in growing your blog or business by winning advertising space on 22 blogs. Yes, that is correct - 22 blogs! Geesh, I should enter this giveaway. I don't think my blog button has ever been on 22 blogs at once! I've teamed up with 21 other bloggers to offer you the chance to have your blog button appear on all of our blogs for TWO MONTHS. We did the math...that's a total reach of over 20,000+ followers on all social media...which is pretty darn awesome! And entering is simple. Just use the Rafflecopter widget below. YES, you do have to do a gajillion different entries to maximize your chances of winning, but I promise it will be worth it if you really care about growing your blog or business and getting this opportunity to have your button appear on all 22 of our blogs. I've hosted a lot of giveaways, and you would be surprised how many people don't do all the entry options! That lowers your chance of winning by a lot, so I always recommend doing all the entries available! Plus, you may discover a new blog you fall in love with, a new blogger that you want to be besties with, or a blog you would love to sponsor. AND, my #1 tip for maximizing this giveaway? Click on the links to the blogs and see what their normal options are for ad space and contributor opportunities. Contact the bloggers, introduce yourself, and see about guest posting, button swaps, sponsorship and other opportunities to get your name out there in Blog Land. All it takes is a little proactive effort and you'll be surprised how many YES's start filling up your inbox {wink wink hint hint smile smile: I've never said no to someone wanting to work with me!}. Good luck! Can't wait to get to know YOU!

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Making Home Happy // From L & P to English Tea // Happily Ever After

Life Changes // Dreaming About Someday // Sincerely, Erica Michelle

Fal Finds Happiness // Learning Creative Living // You can have your cake & eat it too

Wonderfully Sewn // Cattails & Cardigans // Bliss

Becoming Bailey // Words as Palindromes // Kaylie Marie

The Rachael Way // Put a Bird on It // Sewn by Maria

And I don't like onions //

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xo

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How To Not Be A "No-Reply" Blogger

I am not much of a techy person. Learning HTML code for blogging has been a big one for me this year. But I do an okay job of finding my way around the basics of coding for blogging. One thing I do love doing is being active on blogs I follow! I am a BIG believer of leaving comments -- not just doing a PIN and RUN. I often leave comments letting bloggers know they've been featured on my blog or their post is part of a round up, too. A couple weeks ago, I started feeling like maybe no one liked me, because I wouldn't get a reply to a comment or message. I don't expect a reply to everything, of course, but there had been times I'd asked a question or made a request and I NEVER got replies! I thought I must smell funny or have garlic breath, because no one seemed to like me. I was super grateful when, last week, a blogger finally came to MY blog to leave a comment letting me know I was a "NO-REPLY BLOGGER"! I had no idea what that meant, but it sounded awful! I was happy, though, to realize that some setting in my profile was preventing me from getting replies or emails -- not that everyone hated me! Which, maybe, is the case, but I'm telling myself it's the first option. :)

I did a little research and found out there is a setting in your blogger profile that makes it so your email isn't shared. Which means, if someone tries to email you or reply to your comment, they can't! This is no good for a blogger! I recommend having your email listed on a Contact part of your blog, so you can always be reached, in case something like this happens to you, but having your email shared in one 'click' is easy and convenient for other bloggers.

SO - are you a no-reply blogger? Do you even know?! I've put together some step by step photos to show you how to check to see if you are a no-reply blogger and how to change it if you are.

**you can click on each photo to make it larger if you need to see it better!**

Log in to Blogger. On the top right, click on your face and select Blogger Profile.

This brings up your Blogger profile. Select Edit Profile.

This takes you to the Edit User Profile page. You will see an option to show my email address. If this box is NOT checked, you are a "no-reply" blogger! Boo!

To fix this, just CHECK the box and SAVE. Congrats! The bloggy world can now communicate with you!

That's it! You are no longer a no-reply blogger and don't have to think people hate you and don't want to talk to you ever. Like me. :)

I hope this tutorial helped you! Leave a comment letting me know your no-reply blogger woes and I will reply so we can test it out.

Have a great day!

xo

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