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Best idea

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:02:59 -0600

I'm thinking of having the three kiddos go out and bring back some colorful items they can find in the nearby greenbelt. In Washington state here and the leaves are beautiful right now!

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

You're welcome

debra roby — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:54:43 -0600

Glad you liked it Renee. Will you be using any of these ideas?

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Great ideas!

reneehendricks — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:28:32 -0600

Thanks so much for writing this! I'm always looking for ideas on table centerpieces.

Renee Hendricks http://www.socialurl.com/reneehendricks

Thank You

cluelesscrafter — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:16:22 -0500

Debra, thank you for the links. I appreciate the support and am glad to know that the apron is a simple start to my sewing success. Let's just see how I do!

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

Some sewing tips

debra roby — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:44:03 -0500

Clueless,

I remember when I started sewing by machine again as an adult. The machine completely intimidated me. But I sat and sewed carefully -all straight stitching- and what was scary became simple.

For National Sewing month 3 years ago I wrote an entire Sewing 101 series. Hopefully, part two: How to Sew-Making a Stitch will help you. There are several links there to get you started.

Not sure what apron tips you need before attending your workshop, but I do remember that way back when I was in 7th grade, an apron was the first thing we learned to sew in Home Ec class. Good luck.

Debra A Stitch In Time Weight for Deb

Sewing Advice?

cluelesscrafter — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:50:02 -0500

Deb, I'm jealous to hear that you even have a sewing machine to pack up. I recently decided that I was going to craft my way through the next few years of my life in an effort to learn more about my strengths, weaknesses and perhaps surprises.

In any event, since you speak of sewing and I happen to be going to Craft Night at Etsy Labs in Brooklyn on Monday, I wonder if you (or other sewing friends) have tips for my apron making craft. I am a complete NOVICE and find the sewing machine intimidating.

Do you have any tips on making a simple, chic looking apron for kitchen use?

Good luck with your craft room rehab!

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

Getting a Jump Start

VirtualWriter — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:19:56 -0500

Lisa,

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I have done those things. I am looking around at all the different things and as someone else said in a later post ( I think it was Wilma) you need to take responsibility for yourself and learn.

I started blogging many years ago (about 8 I think) and got away from it until recently. The only forum type things out there were linking to other blogs and building your community by links. A blogroll was more like just a link of other sites you had referred to.

Bloglines was another way to get your blog out there. I guess I thought that my blog posts from my other formed blogs would be on blog her. I am finding out differently.

Also is there a moderator on the introduce yourself forums or an editor for new members.

I posted on the introduce yourself but no response. Maybe I am looking in the wrong areas. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I do want to participate!

Enjoying each day, one slice at a time

Hi Lisa I am impressed with

Wilma Ham — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:27:19 -0500

Hi Lisa

I am impressed with all the continuous efforts and the willingess to keep improving BlogHer.
As I wrote in one of my posts here on BlogHer, it takes time to figure out new things like these and taking the time is not what we are always prepared to do.

Though I am very impressed with the support when I take my time to figure things out. Denise always answers my questions and the beginners group is a good forum to find things out.
As I said in my post about BlogHer though, the problem in the beginning was that I was so overwhelmed I did not even know what my questions were and I felt a bit conscious that the questions might be dumb.
The usual story, hey Lisa. keeping quiet because you do not want to look stupid and you are visible when you ask things.

For me it is about taking responsibility myself; do I want to figure this site out and if 'yes' I do need to take the time to look around and to ask questions.
And as I said, I am impressed how my questions have been answered by Denise and I have never heard her sniggering :)

Wilma Ham

www.wilmasblog.com

New Look But I Can't See It!

cluelesscrafter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:06:53 -0500

I am really excited about the new look because, having recently discovered this site, I was surprised how awesome the content was but how BAD the image was. Unfortunately, the site seems to be askew right now!

I'll wait patiently for it to settle down, though.

http://www.thecluelesscrafter.com/

A better title to my comment is "Guide to Using BlogHer"!

Lisa Stone — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:36:08 -0500

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

BlogHer is non-partisan but our bloggers aren't! Follow our coverage of Politics & News.

Hi Virtual Writer

Lisa Stone — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:35:17 -0500

Here's a post I recommend -- and we're working to re-arrange the site so that it's less necessary:

Using this site

. Here's an excerpt from the intro:

Here are 11 16 ways to jump-start your BlogHer.com experience :

Register
List Your Blog
NEW! Create a Custom Profile
Read and Talk Back
NEW! Save and Surf Favorites
NEW! Chatter!
NEW! Customize your My BlogHer page
New! Member Search
NEW! Private Messaging
Blog on BlogHer.com
New! Join & Create BlogHer Groups
Subscribe to Newsletters and RSS
Surf the Blog Directory
Share Your Photos
Search Network Blogs
BlogHer Buttons & Badges

Hope this helps!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

BlogHer is non-partisan but our bloggers aren't! Follow our coverage of Politics & News.

Thank you Vita!

Lisa Stone — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:44:39 -0500

I agree. We definitely have some more work today -- glad you think we're headed in the right direction.

For example, my favorite application is the "Share This" link, which appears in tiny text on every post. When you click it, tiny icons for Facebook etc. Show up. Love that! Needs to be easier to use however...

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder
Surfette

BlogHer is non-partisan but our bloggers aren't! Follow our coverage of Politics & News.

The New Look

VirtualWriter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:47:23 -0500

THe new look is good. Being new to using this forum, I would like to find a few more places on the home page of how to get started and how to really use blog her. I joined a while back and have just been a more recent consistent user in the past 6 weeks.

I have found it a little frustrating on how to navigate through ALL the information. Perhaps a step by step of how to use the network and if there is a blog or editor how there that writes on how to use blogger, please point me in that direction.

Thank you. I love the concept and ideas that you have built here, I just need a little direction on how to use it at its fullest potentila.

Enjoying each day, one slice at a time

Thank the Goddess for that

Vita lingus — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:26:18 -0500

I was literally just leaving the site and thinking this site needs to cleaned up as i am exhausted just wading through.... I was also literally wondering where you are and there you are sweeping out the heat of summer and creating a new look for the fall on "Blogher '

Bless you gorgeous Lisa and your team. The site was to top heavy Lisa touch to much content for me and a wee bit hard to work consistently through .I still only go a few places on the site as it is just to much to track through and have no idea how to join stuff but anyway onward and upward .. As we say here at vita "less can be best" And as you can see no idea how to delete a double entry so just removed the content ...but well done it is a big gig stream lining such a massive site .

Cheers

Vita

Ok, I am jumping in late...

ArdeasNest — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:12:07 -0500

I just found my way her to Blogher as I noticed a link on several of the blogs I follow. So I will try to keep up.