My blog under scrutiny

I tried Peek to test the usability of my blog for free.  This great little video above is what was sent to my inbox and gave me some ideas for improving my blog.  I have listened and my blog pages are now much shorter and there is less clutter on my side bar.  I hope this makes it easier for all my readers to enjoy their time spent at my little corner of the blog world.  Maybe you want to test your blog or webiste?  They do also offer longer tests which would give you much more detailed advice I'm sure.

I've been blogging for 7 years and there is still so much to learn it seems.  Do people like my blog?  I don't know, but I do try to make it enjoyable.  My blog is primarily for me, I believe it is my place to document whatever I please and it gives me pleasure doing this and if others enjoy it too then that is great.  Any suggestions or comments are always welcome.  

It's been a while.............

.................and I'm still not knitting! Don't ask! Not happy! Anyway I am determined I will be able to create again one day. Until then I've been busy with many other things and amazingly even doing some major spring cleaning and decluttering, getting ready for full time work next year. I hope to get our house all sorted out ready for a weekly cleaner to take over for me, I've never needed one before but I have a feeling I won't be wanting to clean house on the weekends.

A crafty friend of mine recently had her first year of blogging printed up into a gorgeous book and this spurred me on to get mine done too, I had looked into it a couple of times in the past. I received this book last week from Blog2Print and it is a great quality well finished book, I was so pleased with it that I ordered the next two years today, should arrive early September all the way from Belgium. It isn't cheap but I figure my Blogger blog is free and I never seem to get any of my digital photos printed these days so this book is a great record of all the happenings in our household.

Blog love

Now quite a few weeks back Nan at Nannybird Crafts sent me a comment to tell me she loved my blog and I was so thrilled that she thinks that much of my blog to let me know. I have to apologise to Nan for not doing something about posting it. I am very slack.

Nan told me she has a "girl crush" on me and this made me Laugh Out Loud (LOL), there should be more of this sort of laughter every day. I have to say I have read Nan's blog for quite some time and she is very resourceful when making her bags, she is the green queen or bags, hers are made from recycle shopping bags or magazines, inspiring. Take a look for yourselves.

The real reason I haven't attended to this post earlier was that I didn't know how to post the picture, today the penny has dropped and I know how to do this post. Now I can also tell you that Dee over at The Daily Stitch had also told me I was a Rockin' Girl Blogger a very long time ago. Dee and I communicate most days, it has been really interesting hearing all about her life in a very different part of the world and she is a very prolific sock and dishcloth knitter.



Thank you Dee and Nan for your kind words and for promoting my humble little blog of mostly textile stuff and a lot of family life stuff. Now I have a few favourites that I read most days and as the girls above are already taken then I will find a few new ones for you all to check out.

Listed in no particular order, just how they spring to mind today.

Lisa of Pink Lemonade Boutique is a big favourite because she is a bag lady like myself and we share the same name as do our daughters.

Becky-Dee of The Sleepy Knitter is a high school girl living in another Australian state who is a fabulous knitter and designer who will be published later in the year, she reminds me of myself when I was that age................a long time ago!

Levin at I Wannabe Crafty is a very creative mum who just wants some time to be crafty, join the club Levin, there aren't enough days in the week ever so just jam the days full.

Abby at Bliss......by luv Abby this girl used to live underground in a dugout and I'm still waiting for the pics now she has moved to the same state as me and is living above ground. She has two blogging sisters that you can also check out Jelly Wares who sews for her gorgeous daughter, also Pretty in Pink she just got married and now needs to post some photos!

Claudine at Knitting Box is another Australian blogger who is a beautiful knitter and retro style sewer and her blog is lovely to read.

I hope you are all happy now that I have pointed you to some new blogs to read? Let me know what you think. If you are one of the loved blogs of mine please take one of the pics and post it on your blog with some of your favourite reads, this makes the blogging world go round.