Tots100 BlogSummit Birmingham 2013

This weekend was a refreshing change from our usual family activities as I spent all Saturday at the Tots100 BlogSummit even in Birmingham.  I met lots of lovely Bloggers and now have a to do list the length of my arm.  Let's be honest, my to do list is normally pretty long but it is usually swamped by things like hoover living room floor, not, move blog over to wordpress...

Yesterday I decided to find some energy from somewhere at 5am and sit down and read through some recent blog posts I have seen on moving from Blogger to Wordpress.  This was tip from the first session I went to about Search Engine Optomisation (SEO) presented by David Sottimano. He gave lots and lots of useful advice which I have scribbled down in my notebook, but also linked to the excellent write up of SEO written by Stickers Stars and Smiles.  I've bookmarked it so I can refer back to it when I get a bit stuck with that to do next.  The main guide I've been reading has been Rosalilium which really breaks things down as simply as is possible. Thank God!

So with that in mind, I will, hopefully over the next few weeks be moving over from Blogger to Wordpress.  I very optimistically thought I might be able to do this yesterday morning when I had some time to myself (wishful thinking)!!  As it stands I'm currently deciding which host to use and spending the rest of my time browsing pages and pages of wordpress themes to try and find a layout and design I like. *sigh*  Any recommendations would be gratefully received.  I have already been browsing the bottom of blogs I respect to see if I can get any ideas on what other people are using.  The idea of moving over to Wordpress is that I will be able to have more flexibility in layout, design and overall functionality. So, wish me luck! (So far these from mammasaurus are my favourites.)

P.S On a blog related tangent I also wanted to share the fantastic Business Bites that Kat from Rock and Roll Bride shares on a regular basis.  These are always things I haven't noticed out in the sea of the internet and really challenge and inspire me.

Make your own font - Font2go

My beloved Pinterest has informed me on numerous occasions that it is possible to make your own fonts.  I don't know about you but I waste hours of my life drooling over beautiful fonts and no matter how many I download I always seem to need more.  So, one of my things I thought I would like to accomplish this year was starting to make my own fonts.

Doing this is still something I haven't had a chance to get round to, but when I saw this post by Holly about font making Apps I had to have a go.  Naturally iFontMaker which Holly talks about in her blog post is only available in the apple store but thankfully I was able to find an android version called Font2go.

The basic version of Font2go is free and lets you create your own font in lowercase letters but you can only save one font.  I initially did this but decided to pay extra for the upgrade which allows you to do all the characters and symbols you need for a full font and create as many as you like.  I think I paid £1.89 which was a lot for me because I pretty much never buy apps for my phone.  But in this instance I was chomping at the bit to have a play around so I think the very reasonable fee was worth it.

It has taken me a while to realise how to transport this from my phone to my computer but now I know it is easy peasy.  All you have to do is press the button in the top right corner which completes the font.  You can then press email, and the full document will be sent to your email ready to download. Simples.

So if you like it, you can use it too.  The dowload is available here.