Author: Natalie

Eeeeek! Join the #SoMe2 Link Party…..I’m the Featured Blogger!!!

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I’ve been getting involved with the #SoMe2 Link Parties for a couple of weeks now, broadening my Social Media followers!  I entered the draw to be a Featured Blogger….and WON!!!!  So here is the post for this week 🙂  Enjoy!
Welcome to #SoMe2 #51!!
You may notice that there are new graphics – that’s because in just one week, we will be celebrating #SoMe2’s 1st anniversary! And in honor of that anniversary, we’re making a few fun, exciting changes!
For those who are new: #SoMe2 is a SOcial MEdia Link Party that happens every Tuesday @ 7:00 PM (EST). We’ve been linking up 2 different platforms each week – but starting next week, we will begin a new format!

AND…
we will be adding three new hostesses!!

 

And now, on to this week’s party!!

Introducing our #SoMe2 featured blogger of the week…
 

Natalie at Threads & Bobbins!!

 

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Top Ten Reads

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I was challenged by Camilla at Making at Marking to list my top ten books.  Read her post here.  I must say that I found this post hard!!  For the last 7 years, I don’t think I have read more than 2 books due to my time being taken up with other things; mainly university studies and teaching.  I read loads in my mid to late teens but can’t remember many titles!

So here goes!  Some are a little abstract :-/

1.  Harry Potter (Full collection…predicatable)

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These were normally my holiday books growing up.  My Mum works for a book supplier and I always had one on order for the first day of release 🙂  I was the typical teenager who secretly wanted to be a wizard, now I’m ‘grown-up’ I don’t mind admitting it!  It’s spellbinding (see what I did there!) how this imaginary world was created to seem so real.

 

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Dauphin Island Daytrip

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Saturday meant a day trip with our cooler full of ice and drinks.  We had decided to try another beach out, to the south of us, on Dauphin Island.  Not to be confused with Dolphin, which I keep saying by accident!  Dauphin Island is a barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, three miles from Mobile Bay.  Again, we are very lucky to have this luxury on our doorstep!

The main road ran from East to West…or West to East, depending on which way you were travelling!  The majority of houses were built on stilts to factor in any flooding in stormy weather.  The widest part of the island was 1.75 miles wide, so everything could be damaged should the sea come in far enough.  Scary thought eh!  We drove past Fort Gaines and noted it down for a visit when are parents are across from the UK at Christmas.  Cars were lined up waiting to board the ferry across the bay to Orange Beach.

We drove to the farthest point west, parked up and headed to the beach.  Once Labor Day passes, we’ve been told that the beaches don’t really get busy.  A few families were scattered along the coast, all far enough apart to have a private area.  Unfortunately for us, there were hundreds of sandflies flying around and within seconds we were covered.  I ran back to the car and proceeded to spend the next 10 minutes picking them out of my hair :-0

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Sunday Sevens #1

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The other day I announced a new link up where bloggers would take one simple photo everyday of the week.  Sunday Sevens.  The photo needs to show something about your life; something that you may not write into a blog but would like to share! Every Sunday, the photos would then be put together on a blog and shared with the World!

The #sundaysevens tag can also be searched for on other Social Media platforms 🙂 Anyone can be involved, even if you haven’t got a blog, you can just tag away!

I know that people won’t have had enough notice to perhaps publish a first post today but I thought I would put something together to demo how it could be done. Obviously, it doesn’t have to be the same but it may give you a few ideas if you’re stuck!
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1. The daily decision of which sauce to put on my sandwich.

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NEW LINK UP – SUNDAY SEVENS!!

Categories 2014, Sunday Sevens93 Comments on NEW LINK UP – SUNDAY SEVENS!!

 

Sunday Sevens

 

I had an idea for a blog post, involving my life and photography.  Then I thought that I would share this idea with you to see if anyone else fancied joining in!  Hopefully, it will be more than just me doing it 🙂

One photo taken per day of the week.  That photo must portray a little bit of your life.  It might be sewing, baking, reading….but it can also be other things too!  Blogs are great as you get to search for posts and topics that you are interested in.  We gain little bits of knowledge about the author of the blog but not too much; it’s almost always related to the post being written!  However, my little bloggeroos, we do things everyday that are worthwhile but they just won’t make a blogpost.

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One, The Other or Both

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Part of my non-working routine here in Alabama is to read a range of blogs whilst having my breakfast and a few cup of Yorkshire Tea.  I favourite, like, share and comment in the hope of broadening my blogging network and finding future ideas and inspiration for myself.  The question that I’m asking myself everyday is whether I should use the ‘WordPress Reader’ or ‘Bloglovin’.

I like the WordPress Reader as it is easy to search for tags and easy to click the little follow button at the top of my  screen.  Making and replying to comments is smooth as I get notifications immediately on all devices.  I have found that if I am following a WordPress blog, they are aesthetically pleasing on the screen.  However, I have followed a couple of ‘non-wordpress’ blogs in the reader and they just look pants!  I find that I don’t want to click on them as nothing appeals to me 😦

Bloglovin is something that is quite new to me.  I have a profile and my blog is linked to my profile.  Being able to mark posts as ‘read’ is a fantastic idea, and when I like a post it appears on my profile in a tiled fashion.  I have followed loads of blogs that I like to read (and adore the photography of!).  I don’t quite understand the commenting system as all blogs are different and I never know if anyone has replied to my comments…if anyone can shed any light on this I would be extremely grateful!

Bloglovin seems to be the way forward.  The design, the features and the ability to follow all blogs, including WordPress blogs.  But I can’t help but think that I would be abandoning WordPress 😦  I like getting followers though WordPress and I’m sure others do too.  If someone followed me on Bloglovin, would they also follow me through their WordPress Reader?  Probably not!

I am interested to see what everyone uses.  Wordpress Reader? Bloglovin? Both?

… and if you fancy following me on WordPress, click the follow button at the top of your screen!

… or if you would like to follow me on bloglovin, click here 🙂