"Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow." - Anthony J.D'Angelo

Hello Blogger friends!! Hope you have great week.


If you want to promote your blog, the first step is your presentation and photos. Photos are awesome stuff which you deliver your messages better than words. Next step we need to promote on social media. That's the best option if you already decided. So today we going to meet the both in same. Yes, in your blog images try to connect the social media. Now i am going to explain the steps how to hover the pinit button on the blog images. Its really simple with the pinterest. Just follow the steps and let me know your comments. All the best Blogger friends and have fun.

Step 1 - Get the Code

To get your own button code, go to Pinterest Widget Builder. Select the "Button Type" option is set to "Image Hover", then choose your favorite button style.


Image Hover Option

You'll get a choice of Round or large buttons. You can preview each button style to choose the right one for your blog. Once you have chosen your button style, copy the generated code in the below grey box. Refer the below image.


Pinterest hover generated code

Step 2 -  Paste the code

For paste the code, we have two options here.
  • Option 1:
    • Login to Blogger and navigate to Layout. Click Add a Gadget and select HTML/JavaScript. Paste the copied code and save arrangement. I suggest to place that code in footer.
Blogger HTML/JS page
  • Option 2:
    • Login to Blogger and navigate to Themes > Edit HTML. Paste the code just above the closing </body> tag of each page where you want the button to show up on your site.
Blogger Edit HTML page


The Final Output of you blog
Final Outcome of your Blog
“Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.” - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart 


After seeing this topic, the first question on you mind as why i need to confirm website or blog on Pinterest profile. Here i'll explain the main purpose for the same. Mainly you get the two good news or win-win situation due to this website confirmation.
  •  Yay!!! You get access to Pinterest analytics.
  •  Pinterest displays your profile picture on Pins that people saved from your website. This increases your visibility and credibility. 
Got excited after hear this news!! Enjoy friends and start with the steps.
 
Step 1 - Login to your Pinterest account.

Step 2 - Click your profile picture button at the top. Click on Settings.

Step 3 - Scroll down and at the profile you can see the Website text box, refer the below screenshot.  Enter your website address or Blog URL and click the “Confirm website” button.
Pinterest Settings

 Step 4 - Copy the code that appears in the box, its metatag.

Pinterest Megatag code generated

Step 5 - Login to your Blogger Dashboard and navigate to Theme > Edit HTML.

Step 6 - Search <head> tag in HTML code.

Step 7 - Create a new line below the <head> line. Now paste in the code you copied from Pinterest. Make sure you add the Pinterest code before the <body> section of your template.

Blogger - HTML screen
Step 8 - Click the Save Theme button.

Step 9 - Go back to your browser window and click Finish button. Pinterest will automatically check your blog. Now you see Site confirmed next to your website address. Click the Save Settings button and you’re all set :-)

Pinterest Website/Blog confirmation page


Notes

  • Once confirmed your blog on your Pinterest account, you can remove the meta tag from your HTML code.
  • You have only one website on your Pinterest profile. If you have multiple Pinterest accounts, you can remove the website at anytime from one Pinterest account and then confirm it on your other Pinterest account.
“Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”  - Chad Sugg

Such an inspirational start of the Fall 2017. Happy first Day of Fall. I couldn't stop to post this on the official first fall day!!!!



Oh my gosh!!! Don't say that i am the most tempted person to decorate my home and getting ready for Fall. I say the best time of the year, always FALL!!! Goodbye Summer, every year  i feel a little sad that i may miss my favorite spot beach-y :-(  But Fall always the best and fresh start for kids. Now its my turn to start the few fall touches and getting ready to welcome the season :-)

Always i prefer to decorate with printables wall art because its really looks great on walls and also if it comes as free ;-) So i decided to share 5 Fall quotes as free printable. I am excited this year because this is my first post for fall 2017, as i opened this blog few years ago but still this post is my first set of Free Fall Quotes Printable. 


Check out the above Fall quotes, to download, click the Download button available at the end of this post. Reach me for any queries or updates, if required.





Don’t forget to check out our other digital paper packs. Create and enjoy!
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 Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn - Benjamin Franklin

Halo Blogger friends!! Hope you had great week.

If you want to promote your blog, the first step is your presentation and photos. Photos are awesome stuff which you deliver your messages better than words. Next step we need to promote on social media. That's the best option if you already decided. So today we going to meet the both in same. Yes, in your blog images try to connect the social media. Now i am going to explain the steps how to hover the pinit button on the blog images. Its really simple with the below 4 steps. Just follow the steps and let me know your comments. All the best Blogger friends and have fun.


Step 1 - Edit HTML
Navigate to Blogger > Theme > Edit HTML as shown in the below screenshot.


Step 2 - Copy the below provided code.

<div class="”code”">
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</div>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script id="pinit-img-button" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
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Step 3 - Paste the provided code in the Edit HTML above tag. Click on Save Theme.



Step 4 - Preview the post and Just see the below screenshot for your reference.



Bonus Note:

Step 1 - Search the below line in the provided code.
<pre class="brush:css">var pinit_button_position = "center";</pre>

Step 2 – Now replace the "center" with any of the below list.

<div class="”code”">
<pre class="brush:css">topleft
topright
bottomleft
bottomright</pre>
<pre class="brush:css"></pre>
</div>
That’s it!!! Have fun and enjoy with the new feature in your blog.
A goal without a plan is just a wish. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

What happened last week? Did you miss anything? What's happening on the home this week? Any ideas!!! You'll always be in the know with the help of planners. The reason to make this planner is i strongly believe that goal setting makes our life better, also I like to get the work done on time so that I spend more fun time with my family ;-) Personally i experienced this. Why don't you guys give a try for that. Just want to share my secret of happiness to you. All the best dears and have fun.


Thanks for the great response for my previous post Printables : back to school planner-daisy, i decided to go with the Daisy theme for this weekly planner and monthly planner.

If goals are not visible to you, there are chances to miss the appointments / events. You can use this planner as record appointment / outings / events in your organized home each week. Even you can paste this on your kitchen fridge using magnet papers or you can use Printable Magnet sheets. Give a try dears, definitely this will be your fun project.


Planners are the perfect way to stay organised at our day to day activities. I love to make planners and using them myself.  If you want any other design, feel free to reach me at anytime. Thank you all smart and gorgeous women. Love you all <3

How to Use this “Planner Stickers” Printable
Few methods you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included two of the methods which I feel comfortable in the following
Ø  Silhouette Cameo
o   If you own Silhouette Cameo, then it’s the easiest method. Just print out on the full sheet of white stickerpaper.
o   Spend sometime to create the cut lines for the stickers.
Ø  Handy tool
o   Just print out on the full sheet of white sticker paper.
o   Use a good pair of craft scissors

Don’t forget to check out our other digital paper packs. Create and enjoy!


Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. - Albert Einstein

One of our favorites and evergreen part of our life is school. School is the place, where we meets children from different backgrounds, some mischievous, some bright, some really cute at one place. Everyone's world started from their school. In my view, school is fun, exciting and each day in my school was full of opportunities, an adventure, and a discovery. Hope yours too ;-)


So, the busy mommy's  just 10 more days to completion of august month and school season going to start. Its time to make sure that you all ready to go for a successful back to school. To simplify your task, just i come up with the academic year calender 2017-2018. I want you to feel fresh for the entire school year, so i decided to go with peach daisy. If you want any other design, feel free to reach me at anytime. Thank you all smart and gorgeous mommy(s). Love you all <3


Check out my next set of daisy printables for Printables : Daisy Monthly Planner and Daisy Weekly Planner

How to Use this “Planner Stickers” Printable
Few methods you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included two of the methods which I feel comfortable in the following
Ø  Silhouette Cameo
o   If you own Silhouette Cameo, then it’s the easiest method. Just print out on the full sheet of white stickerpaper.
o   Spend sometime to create the cut lines for the stickers.
Ø  Handy tool
o   Just print out on the full sheet of white sticker paper.
o   Use a good pair of craft scissors

Don’t forget to check out our other digital paper packs. Create and enjoy!




Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. - Alan Lakein

In another 2 weeks, our kids will start the first day of school for this academic year. For moms, its the busy time of the year like school mails - school supplies, bus routes and so on. Also its the time to keep your expenses down. To reduce a little bit of stationery and school expenses, i am working out with few school planners. The first fun simple planner stickers i am releasing now. You can print these on full-sheet labels or just print them on regular paper, just see the ideas i posted on the end of this page.


Today i just used the pink and purple which we say as girly color :)



How to Use this “Planner Stickers” Printable
Few methods you can use this printable to create your stickers and I have included two of the methods which I feel comfortable in the following
Ø  Silhouette Cameo
o   If you own Silhouette Cameo, then it’s the easiest method. Just print out on the full sheet of white stickerpaper.
o   Spend sometime to create the cut lines for the stickers.
Ø  Handy tool
o   Just print out on the full sheet of white sticker paper.
o   Use a good pair of craft scissors

Don’t forget to check out our other digital paper packs. Create and enjoy!

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi

Never stop your learning. I learnt something new in coding, want to share with you. Here we go.



Syntax Highlighter is a fully functional self-contained code syntax highlighter developed in JavaScript. This helps to display the organized numbered style. Most of the bloggers use HTML / CSS / JavaScript codes, here i used the CSS. In Blogger there is no special syntax so we can do Syntax highlighter by inserting few lines of codes in our template. Just follow the below steps and enjoy!!

Step 1 - Edit HTML
Navigate to Blogger > Theme > Edit HTML as shown in the below screenshot.



Step 2 - Copy the below provided code.




















Step 3 - Paste the provided code in the Edit HTML above  </head> tag. Click on Save Theme.


Step 4 - Open the post editor and open HTML mode. In HTML section, enclose your code with the below tags.

<pre class="brush:css">
your code here
</pre>


Step 5 - Save and preview the post. Just see the below screenshot for your reference.


A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning. - Brad Henry

Bloggers challenging part is need to get more readers to your blog. You want to attract more readers as much as possible. The effective way to achieve that goal is to link your blog with social network. You can automatically link the social icons to your blog. Today i come up with simple coding in HTML to add social icons on your Blogger Header. Hope this 4 steps will help you to save your time to add social icons on your blogger.



Step 1 - Edit HTML

Navigate to Blogger > Theme > Edit HTML as shown in the below screenshot.


Step 2 -Search </b:skin>

In Edit HTML, search </b:skin> using Ctrl+F, then paste the below code above </b:skin> tag.

#social-icons {
margin-bottom:-30px;
height:50px;
width:100%;
clear:both;
z-index: 2;
position: relative;
}

.social-media-icons {
display:table
}

.social-media-icons ul {
text-align:right;
padding:5px 5px 0 0
list-style-image:none;
list-style-position:outside;
list-style-type:none;
}

.social-media-icons ul {
margin-bottom:0;
padding:0;
float:right;
}

.social-media-icons li.media_icon {
margin-left:6px;
padding-left:0 !important;
background:none !important;
display:inline;
float:left;
}

.social-media-icons li:hover {
-moz-transform: rotate(360deg);
-webkit-transform: rotate(360deg);
-o-transform: rotate(360deg);
transform: rotate(-360deg);
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
}

Step 3 - Search <b:section class='header'>

In Edit HTML, search <b:section class='header'> using Ctrl+F, then paste the below code above <b:section class='header'> tag.



Step 4 - Save Theme and preview

 Refer the below link for the themed social icon images
http://www.carrieloves.com/2012/12/free-social-media-icons-updated


Without HTML knowledge you can add the social media icons, click here.
 If you are trying to create a company, its like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion - Elon Musk

Love this quote. Compare the cake and relations. lol.
Wow!! My day become special today, my husband model with my cake. That's sweet.


German Chocolate cake is layered chocolate cake and topped with coconut-pecan frosting. Topping is caramel made with egg yolks and evaporated milk, after the caramel cooked, coconut and pecans are stirred in. But in my recipe i used mix of Walnuts, Almonds and Cashews, because kids don't eat walnuts alone even me too :D so always mix with cakes :)

OMG!!! My cute M&M's gifted by my bestie that he bought at hongkong airport while travelling on the way to meet us :)  My favy owl cup and M&M's rocking my photo background.


Today i'm going to share the recipe for German Chocolate Cake. Whenever i think about to making cakes, i remember Betty Crocker recipes. I love the cookbooks by BettyCrocker. For dinner, i made this cake so no layers i did. Make it and enjoy with family. Happy Dinner!!

And i bought this snowman storage box at Biglots for last christmas.


See the below link for the recipe. This is free and available in their website.
Betty Crocker Recipe link



Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works - Steve Jobs

In series of few basic designs, today decided to release summer vibrant chevron printables. In continuation of the basic Stripes and Polka dots.


And here it is a collection of cross stripes with vibrant colors. As i told its basic design, it looks fabulous for scrap booking, card making, paper crafting, web designs, creating banners, crafts.


Totally 6 shades of chevrons available for free.
Don’t forget to check out our other digital paper packs. Create and enjoy!