blog vacation!

Hi :)

Just wanted to stop by and leave a little note to let you all know that my birthday is on Monday, so I will be taking the week off.

I'm also in the process of moving still, so if I don't post after next week, it's because we don't have our internet set up yet. I could always post from my phone, but those posts would be much like this one; boring and no pretty pictures lol


You can always send me a message here on the blog, Facebook, Ravelry, Instagram and Twitter. I check those daily (even though I'd like to stay away! lol)

♥xoxo♥

blog update and a mini tutorial

Hi :)

How has your week been?

Well, comparing to last week, this week has been pretty calm; and that's ok...

Because the next 2 weeks are full of appointments and projects and packing things to move. {I can feel the headache coming on already}


I'm so glad I'm back and blogging. I know I wasn't gone very long, but I feel like you guys are my friends and I felt like I was neglecting you and keeping you out of the loop on what was going on... I didn't want you to think, "Great, another blogger that's given up."



Anyways...



I don't consider myself a tech wiz, but I do take some pride in the fact that I know what HTML coding is and where it should go to make my blog look pretty

LOL


I'm not sure if you have noticed, but I added a little widget from KnitMeter into my left sidebar right under the "Follow" label and social media buttons.

{psst! over there!}
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I thought it would be fun to see how much yarn I've used for my projects as the year goes on.

What's that? You want one too?

Well ok!
All you need to sign up is your email address!

[**Now, I don't have Photoshop, so you'll have to bear with me and my camera phone pictures of my computer screen lol]


Step 1:
Go to knitmeter.com.
You will see this screen:

Step 2:

Click the 'Register' Button.

 You will be taken to this screen:

Step 3:
Enter in your information and click the 'Register!' button at the bottom of the screen:

Step 4:
Next, you will be emailed a verification link. Check your inbox and click the link, then log in to your account:

You will be taken to your 'My KnitMeter Account' page.
From there you can start adding your projects...

Step 5:
On the far left, you see 'Add an Entry':

Click the drop down menu next to 'Project:' and select 'New Project':

 {*The projects above are my own collection. When you do your first entry, the drop down menu will only have the options 'None' and 'New Project'.}

Enter in the project name, type of project, length of yarn used, and the date. Finally, click the 'Add' button:

{*For the 'date', I've been putting in the date finished, but you can edit projects after you have added them as well, so you can put in the amount of yarn used in the project so far and add to the project information at a later time.}

Step 6:

To create your widget, go to the far right of the page where it says 'Widget' and click on the '(Create)' button:

You will be taken to this screen:

From here you can choose what you want your widget to display and the colors you want it to be as well. There will be a preview of the widget on the right. Once you like how it looks, click the 'Save' button.

If you need help adding the widget to your blog or website, just click the link at the bottom of the page:

And there you have it!

Sorry the picture quality is not the best... I hope you are still able to give it a try! :)

xoxo

quick 'hello' + blog update

Hi :)

Normally I don't post on the weekends, but I thought that I would drop in real quick today to say hello to my new followers;
HI!! :) Thank you so much for following this blog!


...and to let anyone who is interested know that I have made a Facebook page for the blog!

You can follow by clicking on this button in my follow section:

{or just click here!}
and 'Like' my page!


Don't forget, you can find me on these sites as well:
~BLOGLOVIN'~
~INSTAGRAM~
~TWITTER~
~YOUTUBE~
~FLICKR~
~RAVELRY~
~GOOGLE+~
~PINTEREST~

And you can always send me a message through the blog using this form, or you can send me an email at:
stephiebellahandmade[at]gmail[dot]com
(using '@gmail' and '.com' instead of [at] and [dot])


Looking forward to connecting with more of you!

Enjoy your weekend!

blog updates + a little tour

Hi :)

I've been doing some small changes here and there lately on the blog so I wanted to take this moment to show you around the different parts of my blog.

I haven't had a chance to do this yet, so I thought this post might be helpful for my new readers (HI!!) as well as for some of you who may not have had a chance to explore this space yet.

So, let's start at the top of the blog:

::TABS::

HOME - Clicking this tab will take you to the main front page of my blog.

ABOUT - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I share a little bit about myself. You can also fill out a form to send me a message or if you would like to share a picture of anything you have made using my tutorials, you can do so in this section.

CROCHET 101 - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I have linked all of the tutorials from my first tutorial series here on the blog. I have split the tutorials into 3 sections: Stitches, Techniques, and Getting Started; for easier finding.

CROCHET LINGO - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I have common crochet terms and abbreviations listed and defined, in alphabetical order for easy finding.

BLOG LOVE - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I have listed and linked my daily blog reads (blogs that I love!) in alphabetical order for easy finding.

And 2 new tabs that I recently added:

FREE - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I share free patterns and printables from my 'Monday, Funday' posts and from around the internet.

TUTORIALS - Clicking this tab will take you to a page where I have linked tutorials for projects that I have shared on the blog.

Moving to the left side bar you will see:

A (very old) picture of me and a little message from me to you :)

Select Language​▼

A drop down translation bar for all my non-English readers.

My follow section, which includes links to all of the places you can 'follow' or 'add' me.

(Explained below.)

 Clicking this image will take you to Bloglovin' where you can click the 'follow' button to follow my blog and be updated in your Bloglovin' feed whenever I post here on the blog.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Instagram profile where you can click the 'follow' button to follow me and be updated in your Instagram feed whenever I post a new picture.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Twitter profile where you can click the 'follow' button to follow me and be updated in your Twitter feed whenever I send a tweet.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Flickr profile where you can 'add' me to your contacts and be updated whenever I post a new picture.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Ravelry profile where you can 'add' me to your friends and can see what projects I'm working on or what patterns I have 'favorite'-d.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Google+ profile where you can 'add' me to one of your circles and be updated whenever I share something or post to my profile.

 Clicking this image will take you to my Pinterest profile where you can 'follow' all of my boards that I pin to, or choose some of my boards to follow to see what I'm pinning.

 Clicking this image will take you to my YouTube profile/channel where you can 'subscribe' and be updated whenever I post a new video.

 Clicking this image will take you to the 'About' page where you can fill out the form to send me a message or picture and I will receive it in my email inbox.

My Instagram feed slideshow.

A 'Fat Acceptance' blog badge I snagged from the amazingly wonderful Rachele of The Nearsighted Owl.

(She has all kinds of colors so snag one for yourself here!)

An 'Ally' button I made from an image I saw to show my support.

Under this section, you will find all of the tags I use for my posts.

Click on a tag and it will take you to all the posts that have that tag.

And finally,

Under this section, you will find every post I have ever posted on this blog.

Categorized by year, then sub-categorized by month.

And that's that! A breakdown tour of my blog. I hope you found some of this helpful and informative :)

See you tomorrow!!