State of the Blog, 6 Months Later

Hi all!

Hard to believe it, but it's been 6 months since I started this blog. It feels like time is flying and I'm excited to see where the next 6 months takes us.

So what's been going on?

We hit 4.4k visitors to the blog. Yeah, over 4,000 hits to the blog since October! I remember hitting 1,000 and thought that was pretty dang sweet, and it never gets old to see that number go up. Sure, we've had a few not-so-legit hits (what blog doesn't?) but most of them have been real people hits. And that's cool. So if you're reading, thank you for reading.

I joined BzzAgent and became... well, a BzzAgent. BzzAgent is the number one social marketing company out there. BzzAgent is in touch with the leading companies in a ton of different markets, and through social media marketing and BzzAgents (people who review the product, write honest opinions about it and share their opinion), we get the word out there and in turn get to try some really awesome products. It's a win-win all around, and they've been a fun company to "work" with so far.

If you haven't seen my product review for Lysol Touch of Foam Hand Wash, you should check it out.

Along with the recipes and DIY/Crafts you see around here on a daily basis, you'll be seeing a few more product reviews. Honest, no holds barred, BzzAgent reviews and non-Bzz reviews too. I'm excited to be able to offer you some more content, as sometimes I just run out of time to try a new recipe or craft!

I've made it easier to see all of the crafts/DIY Tutorials and Recipes on the blog. I linked up/pinned each tutorial and recipe on my blog to Pinterest and now have each board as a link on the top of the front page of the blog. Fancy.

I've redone the "look" of the blog three times already. Whoops. :) I like to play around with graphics and coding, so the blog has undergone two different "looks" since I started. The second one was up for a day and I decided I didn't care for it! This last one took me quite a bit of time so plan on it staying for a while. ;)

So what to watch for as we move forward?
• More healthy recipes as I continue my weight-loss journey
• More product reviews
• Giveaways... ;)
• and more!

Thank you for reading so far and I can't wait to see where we go from here!

A new layout!

Hey all! Just wanted to pop in real quick and share my new blog layout!

Inspired by colors and textures in my own home, I wanted my blog to feel more like home, and I wanted it to feel more like spring! :) I hope you all like it and if you find anything that doesn't seem to be working like links, etc, please let me know.

I'll be back for Pinspired Friday tomorrow! See you then!

An interesting week or two here on the blog...

Hi all!

So I thought I would take a second to highlight some of the neat things (well, I think they're neat) happening here on the blog and around the blog-o-sphere.

First, I submitted my Sunny-Side Up Casserole to Kelly at View Along The Way's linky party... and wasn't prepared for the traffic explosion that I received from linking up. All I have to say is WOW. And thank you to all of those coming in to view the recipe. It's by far my most popular post (even though I don't have a whole lot of them... yet!) and I have View Along the Way and Pinterest and "viewers like you" (name that reference!) to thank for it. So thank you and I hope you enjoy the recipe.

Then this happened.

I was then featured on her recipe recap and ho. my. goodness. That was a pretty exciting moment for me to be reading her post in my little Google Reader and there I am! So wow! Thank you again. As of this moment it has 185 views which is awesome to me! Yummy breakfast for everyone!

Then I commented on a post on Young House Love... and got a response from John himself. Of course, I was making an Anchorman reference (if you know me, you know that this is not that surprising).

(Minor fan-girl for YHL moment.... haha)

And THEN... this happened.

Holy shizzle. That's pretty exciting for me, I've only been blogging since October so to see this number is mind-boggling for me. I can't imagine what some of the "bigger blogs" have in readership numbers. (And yes, I have my own pageviews turned off, otherwise that number would be a lot higher. lol!)

So thank you to all my readers and all my purchasers in my Etsy shop. You make this whole gig pretty fun! See you later on this week with more crafts and recipes!