Blog Dreamin'

I've been dreaming again.  I keep visiting all these cute blogs from other teachers and wishing I could have a comparable one!  As you can clearly see, I don't.  $150-200 is simply out of my price range, and the type of blog I want costs about that much!  I'm a stay-home, homeschool mom and while I earn a lot of love and affection from my children and respect from my husband, I haven't been able to find a blog designer who will accept hugs as payment for their services!  : )  I try to make a little extra cash on TPT, but what little I do earn goes right back into TPT to purchase clip art, borders, frames, and curricular materials for my son.  I'm a bit of a TPT addict, I must confess!  So, I thought I would show you what I wasted my time on yesterday afternoon.  I SHOULD have been working on preparations for school to begin in just a few more weeks.  Instead, I decided to see what I could come up with if I had any idea how to design my own blog (which I do NOT!).  I used Microsoft Publisher and just had fun with it.  If I were actually creating a blog, I would certainly put a little more effort into it and more attention to details.  But I was just playing to see what I could get it to look like.  Here are the results:

Well, what do you think?  Too much pink?  I know it's a lot, but I LOVE pink and I especially love polka dots!!  If I had any artistic ability, I would create my own clip art of an actual "candy apple" to replace the polka dot apple at the top.  But, alas, the artistic talent in my family skipped a generation!  My father could draw / paint anything!!!  My oldest son can draw anything!  I do well to draw a smiley face!  ; )  

Well, for now I'll just keep dreaming about what my blog could look like......maybe one day I'll win the lottery!  (Of course, that is doubtful since Alabama doesn't have one and I don't buy lottery tickets!)

Blessings,
Laurie