Sometimes Dreams Do Come True!

So after longing for a cute blog that was affordable, I did some research (As they say,  "Dreams don't work unless you do") and found a great website called Blogaholic Designs.  If you are in the market for a blog template, I highly recommend them!  They have some really cute FREE templates, and many others in the $10-30 range!  So, with support from my sweet husband (who manages our finances), I purchased one of their teacher blog templates, and that's what you're looking at!  How do you like it??  

It's still not quite as "adorable" as I'd like, but it's still quite cute, professional-looking, and even pink!  It came with explicit directions on how to install it, customize the fonts, font colors, and sizes, and insert social media icons.  Not having any idea what I was doing, the instructions were so perfect that I still managed to not screw anything up!  Pretty cool, huh?  

Now I can stop working on my blog design every day and get back to what I'm supposed to be doing...preparing for school!  Can't believe we only have two more weeks!  Aggggghhhh!  Best of luck with whatever YOU are working on today!

Blessings,
Laurie  

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