The Sneaky Chef, Bloggers & Uncle Ben’s Rice

The Sneaky Chef

Last week, I was invited to a blogger event to learn about the new UNCLE BEN’S® Whole Grain White Rice with Missy Lapine, The Sneaky Chef! I was so excited because I LOVE her cook books and of course I brought mine for her to sign:-) Missy is the celebrity spokeswomen for UNCLE BEN’S® Whole Grain [...]

Interview with Rachel from One Pretty Thing

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If you love handmade crafts, then you no doubt know about One Pretty Thing, a blog with round-ups from creative ideas all over the internet in one place! From Mother’s Day and Knitting round-ups, to getting advice about your craft business, you’ll find the most wonderful ideas and inspiration at One Pretty Thing. I’ve gotten [...]

Interview with How Does She?

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First of all, let me start by saying how excited I am to start a new interview segment here on Living Locurto!! I love to feature creative ideas, but want to learn more about the women who come up with amazing crafts, recipes and printables… then have time to blog about it! I hope you [...]

Free Printable Blog Calendar

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I’ve been requested by many of you to make a free printable calendar to help organize your blogging schedules. So I did! I have my editorial calendar in my iCalendar, but having something pretty that I can actually write on with a pen is very helpful. Click the Blog Calendar image to download. Print a [...]

Think About Your Brand

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I was recently on a speaking panel about graphic design at Blissdom. We discussed blog design basics like, less is more… white space is good, avoid using more than two types of fonts, keep photos to 500-800 pixels wide (depending on your column width) and other things like keeping your number of posts at three [...]