This is the only how-to book aimed directly at the crafting community. It features hundreds of screen grabs, a thorough introduction and straightforward instructions. It is great for both beginners and those wanting to enhance their existing blogs. 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 colourful, 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) and Emily Martin (Inside A Black Apple).

About the Author

Since 2004, Tara Frey's blog (tara frey: typing out loud) has inspired thousands. Her blog was honoured 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 many publications. Readers can connect with her at www.bloggingforbliss.com.