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Today’s crafting community is online, connected, and blissfully blogging about their work and ideas. Blogging is hot in this highly creative world—and here is the only how-to book aimed directly at them. Everyone from knitters and beaders to scrapbookers and altered artists will find the practical information and visual inspiration they need to create an artful online journal.

Thanks to hundreds of gorgeous screen grabs from the very best blogs, a thorough introduction to the tools of the trade, and instructions that virtually take you by the hand, even beginners will swiftly go from blank screen to colorful, enticing pages. Those who already have a blog, but want to enhance their presence on the Web, will learn how to add banners and graphics, take the perfect shots, crop and size photos, establish links, and attract an audience of eager readers.

Best of all, readers will meet some of the Web’s most popular creative bloggers, including Alicia Paulson (Posie Gets Cozy), Gabreial Wyatt (Vintage Indie), Emily Martin (Inside A Black Apple), Lidy Baars (Little French Garden House), Heather Bullard (Vintage Inspired Living), and Serena Thompson and Teri Edwards (The Farm Chicks).

 

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Since 2004, TARA FREY’s blog Tara Frey {typing out loud} (www.tarafrey.com) has inspired thousands with its honest, well-written, and often funny prose about subjects both professional and personal. Her blog was honored as a Typepad Favorite Blog in November 2008 and receives more than 6,000 hits a day. Her articles about the lives and blogs of creative bloggers appear regularly in Romantic Homes, Romantic Country, and Artful Blogging. Readers can connect with her at www.bloggingforbliss.com.
 

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  • Paperback: 156 pages
  • Publisher: Lark Books (August 4, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1600595111
  • ISBN-13: 978-1600595110
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.9 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just wonderful!, July 18, 2009
By Dawn C. Edmonson "The Feathered Nest" (Locust Grove, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
If you are thinking of starting a blog, are new to blogging or you're like me, and have been blogging for several years, this book is a wonderful go-to reference for just what you need to know to be a great blogger! Tara covers all the important aspects of blogging from how to start your own blog to making your photographs look great to blog etiquette....plus there are so many wonderful bloggers featured inside. They share their take on blogging, what works for them and even the blogs they must visit on a daily basis. I love it ~ even as a seasoned blogger, there's still so much I can learn!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! Some Real Help, July 28, 2009
By Erik "Creative Director/Host" (In the design studio) - See all my reviews
Finally! Some real help and advice from a gosh darn great blogger! Blogger Tara Frey guides anyone from a die-hard techie back through the real beginner to find their own on-line style. And she does it with beautiful photographs, insightful personal notes, and candid interviews from other successful bloggers. There is a glossary to help understand vocabulary, an concise explination of several blogging platforms, and a wonderful chapter on creating the best photos possible. This book will help boost confidence, not only for the newbie or undecided, but also spark ideas in the experienced, as well. Not only a great starting point, it is also a great refresher!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Blissed Out, August 10, 2009
What's not to love about Blogging for Bliss by Tara Frey? It features several dozen eye candy blogs in a handy softcover square.
Want to know how to start your own blog? It's all there, whether you want to blog for fun or profit- from promoting your own business to accepting advertising on your blogs. Frey digs into all the major blog programs: Blogger, Typepad, Wordpress.
She knows whereof she speaks, having had an on-line journal since 2004 and a popular virtual on-line shop, Bella Pink. He blog is known as Typing Out Loud or TaraFrey.com, [...]. Frey may be familiar to some hard-copy readers, having been featured in Romantic Country Homes magazine and has been a contributing editor for Romantic Homes magazine where, among other things, she highlighted not-to-be-missed blogs.
Calling blogs "the personal journals of the 21st century," Frey takes her Bliss book readers on a journey of some of the most notable and widely-read blogs from around the country and around the world.
I enjoyed the book simply for the introduction to blogs I had not seen before, and for the beautiful showing of blog banners, both new and familiar. If you want to find more favorite places with the same kind of sentiment as Frey, Bliss will serve as your handbook. Good thing it is softcover; I have it dog-eared already from checking out all the beautiful blogs she profiles. You'll want to be at your computer while looking at this book! And keep it right there handy for future visits.
Newbies will appreciate her helpful glossary of e-mystifying terms, like domain mapping, IP address and Icerocket; links to helpful resources for bloggers, explanation of those cutesy abbreviations like OTOH and TAFN, and HTML, with simple codes for beginning bloggers.
Bliss will also help you explore the various platforms in depth, choosing a home for your blog, and the all-important style, colors, widgets and fun blog accessories to achieve a personalized and custom look, even if you are not computer savvy.
A big attraction of Frey's blog has always been her photography. In her book she discusses how to take--and edit--blog-worthy photos, with a discussion of proper equipment as well as public photo-sharing and storage sites.
Lastly, if you just want to understand more about the popular no-longer-just-a-phenomenon called blogging, Frey offers blog etiquette tips about comments, spam, and general manners for both bloggers and readers.
It's an indispensable little book. Try it; you'll like it. Blogging for Bliss, and blogging, whether as a reader or a writer, add much to the human language.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Tips and good visuals
I found this book to be visually appealing and informative. I already have a blog but was looking for some additional insight and inspiration which I was able to find here. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Jill Gerbracht

1.0 out of 5 stars Advertisment
This book was all about advertising other bloggers. A simple list at back of book would have been good enough. Read more
Published 1 month ago by She's Krafty

5.0 out of 5 stars A pick for crafting, needlework and business libraries alike
BLOGGING FOR BLISS: CRAFTING YOUR OWN ONLINE JOURNAL is all about creating an online journal and comes from a blogger who has created over 50 blogs to create lovely blends of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Midwest Book Review

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Inspiration
Talk about breaking out of the mold! This is a great read and a wonderful combination of great advice and tips and inspirational stories from a top notch collection of bloggers... Read more
Published 1 month ago by crafty brit chic

2.0 out of 5 stars hoopla over nothing
this book was hyped to be something a new blogger had to have in order to suceed with a good blog, however in blogging for only two weeks, when the book arrived I read the entire... Read more
Published 2 months ago by miss daisy

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
This is definitely a beginners' book, but I love it!
It has a whole host of info to get you started...the rest is up to you. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Marie Godwin

5.0 out of 5 stars Such a Helpful Book
I was so glad I ordered it. I had never blogged before, but knew it should be good for my business. This was just what I needed to get me going and I finally started my own blog... Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Adams

2.0 out of 5 stars Blogged Down
"Blogging for Bliss" is a pretty book with losts of great references to established blogs to check out. Read more
Published 4 months ago by O. Hebert

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazingly Helpful Guide to Blogging!
I was particularly interested in Tara Frey's 'Blogging For Bliss' book because I'm interested in creating my own blog to document the meaningful events in my life, and to promote... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Theresa Mink

5.0 out of 5 stars amazingly helpful
This book is so beautiful that it would be tempting to pass it off as just a piece of eye candy. I was wonderfully surprised to find a concisely written and well organized... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kristeena Crabb

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