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If you are just starting as a sewing blogger, or if you have a sewing blog and you want to make it look and feel better (and maybe even more "professional"), you shouldn't have to 1. pay money to have a good-looking blog or 2. figure this out bit by bit and all alone. There are a million sewing blogs out there and we have a helpful, generous, supportive thing going on. That's what makes this community great.
In order to decrease the "bit by bit and all alone" aspect and increase the "helpful, generous, supportive" aspect of sewing blog design, I'm rounding up a list of resources I've found helpful. There are some great blogging tutorials created by talented sewing bloggers and some blog tutorials by lifestyle and fashion bloggers that are applicable to sewing bloggers too. (We're sort of a subsection of lifestyle and fashion bloggers, after all!)
For Sewing Bloggers, by Sewing Bloggers:
starting a sewing blog
So You Want to Write a Sewing Blog via Male Pattern Boldnessphotography
Photography Tips for Sewing Bloggers Part 1 and Part 2 via Lucky Lucille
Photography Tips for Sewing Blogs via Madalynne
How I take my Pictures via House of Pinheiro
How to Feel Confident Behind the Camera via House of Pinheiro
miscellany:
4 Tips for Sewing Bloggers via Madalynne
Non-Sewing Specific
photography:
Everything I've Learned About Being My Own Blog Photographer via Merrick’s Art
How to Create Bright and Sharp Photos with your iPhone, 5 Tips for Great Outdoor Photos, and Tips for Great Outfit Photography via A Beautiful Mess
blog design:
blog design:
5 Ways to Make Photos Look Better on your Blog via Everyday Reading
10 Blog Layout Tips via A Beautiful Mess
Blog Therapy via Freckles in April
add instagram to your blog with Snapwidget
"blogger how to center tabs"
"blogger how to add pinterest button"
"wordpress how to add google analytics"
"seashore how to crop square"
Although my blog is far from perfect, I personally feel more motivated to blog when I know my projects will be displayed nicely on a blog I feel proud of.
If you have other links that you found very helpful, let me know in the comments, and I can add them to my link list up here!
xoxo,
allie
p.s. i got a new blog title (and custom domain, coming soon) since i got married and i'm no longer a miss or a mass! (well, massey, my maiden name, is now my middle name, but still.) according to blogger, everything should stay the same links-wise etc. hope you like it :)
xoxo,
allie
p.s. i got a new blog title (and custom domain, coming soon) since i got married and i'm no longer a miss or a mass! (well, massey, my maiden name, is now my middle name, but still.) according to blogger, everything should stay the same links-wise etc. hope you like it :)
Wow, this is a great resource and very generous of you to share - thank you!
ReplyDeletethanks! i spent a lot of time poking around online to make my blog look good (at least i think it looks good :) so I thought I'd try to compile all the resources i could find!
DeleteThanks for this post! Perfect timing, just when I'm updating my blog layout a bit :)
ReplyDeleteI feel like I'm constantly tweaking my blog to improve it bit by bit, don't you? Glad this helped!
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