Let me preface this post by saying that I am not a technology whisperer.  The extent of this tutorial is seriously the extent of my knowledge on the topic.  If you email me requesting additional help or personalized troubleshooting, I will more than likely point you to GeekSquad... or just not answer.   Not trying to be a bish... just honest... and I don't have time to put on my tech support hat.   I learned all this using good ole' Google, research skills, and patience.  

Ok, let's get started.  

A LOT of you have been asking how I set up my Freebies for Fans tab on the Facebook page.  

Lemme tell ya.  It was a good combo of magic, angry eyebrows, and wine.  I've had this thing up for a while now and I believe it was when the fangate thing was starting to take off.  There weren't a lot of tutorials out there, so I had to play around and learn a lot myself.

I realize there are other ways of doing this, but here are the steps I took:


Step 1:  Install Woobox HTML Fangate on your Facebook page.  

I don't normally talk like I've just downed a giant bag of Pixie-Stix.  I have a 5 minute limit. 


Step 2:  Customize your tab and add content.
Please note that I made this video first, and refer to "not showing you how to install it."  Then I made the first video because I couldn't find the one I originally used.  Don't be confused.  I just did it in the most backwards way possible.  

Clear as mud?  

Step 3: Some crying, swearing, angry eyebrows, and/or wine consumption may be necessary.  Possibly a combo of all 4.
You'll eventually get it to work and figure out the right settings for your page.  It takes some patience and time just playing around with settings. 


Step 4: Post awesome freebies or other fun stuff for those sweet fans.  I use MediaFire for linking up files.  You can also use Dropbox, GoogleDrive, and other filesharing sites.  

Ok, I hope you learned a little something today.  I know there are probably some tutorials already out there, but this is the way I set mine up.  Hope I covered all of the questions that you guys sent me recently.  Again, this is the extent of my knowledge on it.  I'm sure there's a "tech whisperer" out there somewhere who can give you more details, but I'm not it.  :)   


If you feel like sharing, feel free to pin this little thing...

Happy Tuesday everyone! 

I'm baaaack...   It's been a while guys.  I know.  My calendar notificatreminds me each week that I'm not living up to my scheduled post standards.  

I was recently faced with another daunting Facebook task.  Why are the simplest things so hard to figure out on there!?  Aaahh!  It drives me nuts sometimes.  Today, I thought I'd share my new found wisdom on how to rid your page of those hideous and un-cute buttons.  I recently gave mine a little makeover and it took me 5 minutes... once I figured out how to do it.  Trust me, it will leave you craving a big ole glass of wine if you attempt it solo (even if you're a tech nut).  

I hope this video saves you some stress and time if you've been wondering how to do it.  

Enjoy and let me know what you think!  :)  Be sure to hit that button on the bottom to expand your screen if you need to see details.  

Easy huh?  Hope my man voice was soothing.  Feel free to pin and share!  

Since I'm a bit of a clipart guru, I thought I'd show you a couple tricks that will add a little pizzazz to the things you make.  Today is a video tutorial showing you how to add shadow and glow to your clipart and words.  Some of you are already pros at it.  Katie King and Amy Lemons are two that come to mind.  You can check out their resources and see what I'm talking about.  :)  

Enjoy!  Be sure to press that little square/circular button in the lower right-hand corner to enlarge the video and see my steps.  

Easy huh?  Here's the Derby Kids Clipart Set if you're interested.  

If you're into pinning, then here's a little button to pin!  

Hope you're having a blessed week.  :)  

Today's tutorial was a request from a follower who says "I made my first one [printable] a few weeks back, but had some trouble keeping everything lined up the same."   I hope this helps.  I don't know who you are (my suggestion form is nameless), but good for you!  Making sure your product doesn't throw us type-A people into a mental breakdown.  :)  

I know this is another pet peeve of mine... misaligned printables that require cutting.  Would you be excited to cut this?    

Trust me.  Spending a few extra minutes to make sure everything is nicely aligned will be worth it.  All of us Type-A (crazy) people will be satisfied... and you'll be putting paper trimmers to work around the world. 

Here are 4 basic ways to align your printables.  

I hope you learned something new.  :)

Let me know if you have anysuggestions  for future Technology Tuesday topics!  
Click here to suggest something.

Happy Tuesday everyone!

A pet peeve of mine, naturally, is squished clipart.  It drives me nuts.  I'm sure I drive you nuts, but not like this...

This is like nails on a chalkboard to me.  Let's discuss the why...

1.  The background is a hot mess.  It's beautiful and adorable in it's full-size glory, but my lack of tiling it has resulted in a clipart muffin top.  Not attractive.

2.  The star.  There's no reason for it to even be squished like that.  It's making me sick.  

If you're a newbie to making your own printables, then these videos might be helpful to you.  I know, personally, that I will hop right no past any products that look anything like the star card above.  I'm picky and like things to look proportional.  

This first one shows you how to "unsquish" that background paper and make it look normal.  

The next video is super beginner-level.  It shows you how to resize clipart while keeping it proportional.  I also show you a couple ways to avoid squishing images.  Sorry I'm sick and sound like a man in this one.  Also, I barely ran out of time so the end is crazy.  Haha!   

My last words were "Hope that helps!"  :)  

Hopefully this helped if your somewhat new to making your own things.  :)  Happy Tuesday everyone.

And "Just Say No".... to squishing... and drugs.  

Mostly to drugs though.  

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I hope you're having a great week so far.  Today, I wanted to share with you a little bit about how I organize my life... schedules, to do lists, blog calendar, idea lists, etc.  I've always been the hopeless notebook type.  I love buying new calendars and notebooks, but I'm h.o.r.r.i.b.l.e. at at keeping it up.  Absolutely horrible.  I can't tell you how many half-used calendars and little schedule notebooks I've thrown away.  I start off great and then just give up.  Anyone else like that?  Erin Condren still tempts me though.  

Here's my new bff...

You've got a lot of great tools to keep you organized!  

I LOVE having everything in one place and the fact that it updates on each device.  No more notebooks, stupid notes everywhere, or feeling so disorganized.  

I just wanted to share a little techy organization tip with ya!  I hope you enjoyed!  Let me know if you're inspired to try it out.  I definitely haven't found anything that I like using more than this.  It's simple, everything's in one place, and it works.  

Happy Tuesday everyone!  

Last week, I posted a little suggestion form for Technology Tuesday topics.  Someone submitted a great idea and I thought I'd do a little video tutorial for it.  :)  

I hope that was helpful!  Now you can make lines by yourself!  Yay!!!  Hahaha.  Here are some links to handwriting fonts that contain the lines: 

Have a great Tuesday!  

Click the little icon that looks like a circle with triangles around it.  It will show the video on your whole screen so you can see better!  

If you don't have any digital papers to try out with this, then visit my TPT shop to grab some free ones or purchase a set.  :)  Happy Tuesday everyone!

Here's what I was able to do in about an hour (after the first one took about 15 minutes).  Disregard the incredibly original font names.  I wanted them to be grouped together when I uploaded them, so I named them all "Ashley ..." 

They are so beautiful huh?  Bahahaha.  I am SOOOOOO  terrible at it.  My favorite is "Ashley Skinny."  It's my handwriting... and feeds my dream of one day shedding twenty pounds.  

Now that I see "Ashley Fancy" on here, I hate it.  Gross.  What a hot mess.

I've decided that I should stick to clipart and not delve into the world of fonts.  There are PLENTY of talented ladies out there to feed my addiction.  Here are my favorites: 

Jessica Stanford
Sandra Matadamas
Rowdy in Room 300
A Cupcake for the Teacher
Jen Jones
Kimberly Geswein
Kevin & Amanda

If you're interested in checking out the app, then there's a great tutorial video below (from 2ttf).  
Make sure you're ready to party before you watch.  The music will send you into "glowstick mode".  

Pretty cool right?  It's seriously easy to use and fun to play with.  I know they have other versions (for PC), but I haven't really spent time investigating those.  You'll find info if you just check out their website.

www.2ttf.com

Have a great Tuesday!  

Today, my goal is to help you eliminate steps 2 and 3... if you still do it the way I described.  A lot of sites are now installing little Pinterest hover buttons  OR the little "Pin It" buttons next to photos, which is awesome.  (I've got it on my 'to do' list and that's how I came across this little gem during my search.)  However, until all of your favorites do that, then you might want to try this trick, called a QuickPin extension.  

Basically, it allows you to right click a picture and select "Pin" from the menu versus the old way.  It's awesome and has made it so much easier for me to pin.  

I hope that helps to make your pinning a lot easier in the future!  Have a great week.  

***While finishing this post and doing more research, I came across Kevin and Amanda's post.  Dang it!  If you want to know hot to do the hover button thing (or the same thing I just explained), then their post is fabulous! ***