I Changed My Name...

So I just changed my blog name from The Lovely zZzs to Knot for Thought. Over the last few weeks I have had some serious reconsideration about my original name as a brand and thought it was time for a good ol' virtual makeover, rebranding myself and this blog in the process. You see, The Lovely zZzs is a personal name, and although I do like personal things (and sleeping a crap ton), the name doesn't really appeal to me as a kind of craft company thing. I am proud of the new name and will do everything I can to accurately represent what I want this blog to be about - crafts and such!

I'm learning more and more about what branding is and how to use it effectively. For instance, color plays a huge part in visually setting the mood (I already knew this but didn't really know how to appropriately apply this to my blog), and TYPOGRAPHY IS SUPER IMPORTANT. I recently learned the difference between sans serif and serif (I know I know, fashionably late to the party haha) and, more importantly, what message those types of text convey. Being cognizant of these knitty gritty details helps my understand how to make my special internet space more attractive and now that I want to take my blog seriously, I am going to continue to try to make sure I produce a look and vibe that I'm proud of.

What else to expect: New header (my current one is an eye sore, I am aware haha), new navigation links, sidebar buttons, and an overall warm vibe to the blog.

As soon as my brain can put together a look, I will get to coding, but for now this painfully-purple template will have to do.

I have been super inspired by putting together some mood boards on Pinterest. These are just so fun! I linked two of them below :D


Follow Lisa Thomas's board Mood - Relaxed on Pinterest. Follow Lisa Thomas's board Mood - Playful on Pinterest.

Trying this new thing called Bloglovin...

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

I enjoy reading copious amounts of DIY and craft-related material, so I am excited to start using this tool to further my passion for fibercrafts!

Show me some lovin and I will do the same!

See you around, friends.

Blog Updates

I just updated my About Me page as well as Tea Time. I felt like my About Me page was not that personal and, well, decided to share my story about how I got interested in the world of yarn crafting with you! I am hoping this will give my blog more of a personality and will help readers related to me. Also my Tea Time page is updated monthly. Check out those pages and stay tuned for more wonderful posts about my life of yarn crafting!

Sup nm u?

Well thanks for asking!

1) I spent today modifying the social media buttons on my blog. The icons are in a single row under my Follow Me section and are all the same height. Beautiful.

2) I added a Pinterest Pin It button image hover. This is probably the coolest thing I did today. Now all of my images can be conveniently pinned just by hovering over the image with your mouse. Want to find out how? BloggerSentral. Thank you for based code!

3) I started my Health Blog! This is where I'll post all of my recipes and tid bits on natural remedies. Cheers to good health, friends!

How to make a Favicon for Blogger

To further my effort to make a truly awesome blog, I decided to spend today drawing my own Favicon. It was a ton of fun. I went to this Favicon generator and eventually settled with this cool purple cursive-y z:


To add a Favicon to Blogger, download your Favicon, upload it to your blog (go to Layout and edit the Favicon gadget) and now you have an icon people can use to associate with your blog. Sweet!

Progess, my friend.

Let me know your thoughts!

How to Design Your Own Header on Blogger

Goal for today: Design my own header.

Before:




I directly edited the html to replace the code for the header background.


 
Black line with red dots is covering the old gradient image. I replaced that with my own image url , clicked preview (just to double check), then BAM! done, saved.



After:



That's better! Note that the header image is as long as my blog. Since I decreased the margins of my blog, I figured that the best way to get rid of my header background margins was to edit the html.



Check out this more user-friendly picture tutorial from Sew Many Ways for more help.

 

How to Use Pages on Blogger

The more time I spend on Blogger, the more I am reminded of the time when I used Myspace. I really enjoyed editing the HTML to customize my page and can once again enjoy this leisure by using additional features on Blogger. Blogger is a more evolved version of Myspace, but it still has it's limitations. More on that later.
Yesterday I successfully added the tabs bar underneath my heading with help from i love the way she blogs. Thanks!

Slowly, my blog is starting to evolve!