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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Do you follow some blogs? What's your favorite?

I follow a ton, lots of cooking ones, some miscellaneous nonsense, etc .

I love this one: http://catalogliving.net/

I die laughing.

I also love this one, except I secretly hate how awesome her house is. Her "before" is better than any of my afters. http://justagirlblog.com/
 
Most of the blogs I read are what I have pinned @Pinterest. I like simple, easy recipes that I can whip up in no time and my family thinks I'm a cookin' Goddess!
 
I read WAY TOO MANY scrap blogs, digi designer blogs, Project Life blogs... Thank goodness for Feedly! It lets me skim pretty easily to whittle it down to posts I want to read.
 
I used to read a ton of scrappy blogs but I stopped when we were in the midst of our crazy move and never started back up...
 
I have a whole bunch in my reader too. My fav blog of all time is probably the Pioneer Woman though - she loves photography, food, and homeschooling which is perfect for me. I read all kinds - scrapping, homeschooling, inpirational, and sewing/crafting blogs.
 
I need to get a blog reader service of some kind - any recommendations?

I like to read Ali Edwards' blog and some of the rubber stamp and paper scrapping blog have really good hybrid ideas. I also like blogs like Tattertots and Jello who link you up to other blogs (pretty much like Pinterest) but it takes me less time to browse. Pinterest can pull you in for hours if you don't watch out. I also like http://www.todaysletters.com/ . It's a couple that blogs notes to each other back and forth. It's cute and the posts are usually pretty short.
 
I love Geek Dad and Geek Mom on Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/
http://www.wired.com/geekmom/

There's a lot of repetition between the two blogs and quite a bit of content that I have to weed through but I find it's worth it, because I find out about lots of awesome stuff.

I also feel like I need to mention The Daily Digi...I'm sure most of you know about it but just in case there's someone out there that doesn't, I feel like they should. :)

http://thedailydigi.com/
 
I have way too many saved. Scrapping blogs, sewing blogs, crafting blogs, photography blogs & friends who blog. I cannot keep up with them. I have feedly, but haven't really used it, I also got some cool app for my ipad that makes reading blogs like reading a magazine, love it, but again...i never seem to actually sit down and read them. The only way I keep up with blogs, is when the blogger posts on FB and I catch it there!
 
Juli, you should try feedly! I really like it, and there's an app so I view them on my phone when I'm waiting or in between things. I had google reader first, so my feedly just syncs with it, but I think you can just start adding subscriptions to feedly, although I've never done it.

I went through and deleted a LOT of blogs a couple of years ago - I found it was too much of a time suck and often I would end up feeling crappy about myself afterwards, seeing all the amazing things people were doing - kwim? I only kept the ones that were useful or uplifting. I have a lot of scrappy blogs I follow, a bunch of friends, and just a handful of other random ones. I really love design mom.
 
My favorite non scrap related blog is Little Blue Boo. She is so funny and real and inspiring. Melissa was on there a few weeks back when she featured fellow cancer patients/survivors and their hair loss experiences <3
 
Brynn Marie said:
My favorite non scrap related blog is Little Blue Boo. She is so funny and real and inspiring. Melissa was on there a few weeks back when she featured fellow cancer patients/survivors and their hair loss experiences <3
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I (obviously) read hers too. :)

I have too many to list. Blog reading is kind of a hobby of mine. LOL I have scrappy friends, fellow adoptive parents, etc. A few that you guys might like are:
http://www.aartipaarti.com/ - she won Next Food Network Star a couple of years ago
http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/ - she's got it all: photography, craftiness, fellow adoptive mom
http://thebigmamablog.com/
http://momastery.com/blog/
http://karenrussell.typepad.com/my_lifejust_not_on_the_ro/ - Karen Russell (photographer)
 
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