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If you have been a reader of my blog for a while, you will have noticed that over the weekend I made a huge change to my blog. The name, design and over-all feel .

So today's post is to share with you why i made the changes..

Why ?

Blogging for me has always been a reflection of myself, what I love, hobbies, colours and inspiration .. So, as in real life sometimes you need to change things in order to be happy, this goes for my blog too.

I have been blogging for over 3 years now, on different platforms under different blog names, I feel I have learnt a lot, but the one thing that I do know is I need to follow my heart and go with what makes me happy ..

Lemon Paper Designs (my blogs previous name) was a really big part of my life last year, I started LPD as a way to showcase my esty shop and share my love of paper.. I was lucky enough that my shop was successful and for a while i was content, but then came a point were I wasn't enjoying it any-more and i decided to put my shop on vacation mode.. I was still left with the blog LPD and for a while it was nice just to have one focus on the blog, paper.. 

After months debating about making a change or possibly not blogging any-more I talked to this friend her encouragement and support help me make, what I hope will be my last change to the blog. 

What will Change ?

Mostly content, I want to share with you more projects, recipes, inspiration, favourite and just everyday life.. I have also decided to open up some Ad swap spaces.. 

What will Stay ??

Craft, Create & Inspire linky party will stay!!!  I will also continue to share my scrapbook layouts and project life spreads..

I would love to hear your thoughts..

Claire 

Blog Buttons ....

I have been blogging for almost 4 years, during that time i have never been able to figure out how to make blog buttons and I couldn't get my head around hmtl coding !! So when It came to blog designs, buttons and graphic changes here and there,  I often paid for someone to do it for me..

However, when I started Lemon Paper designs I decided that I would grow and love my blog at my own pace. I originally purchased my blog design from Beautiful Dawn designs which i love and it fits so well with what I wanted, but now my blog is growing I want to make a few little changes here and there, like blog buttons and social icons..

So this past weekend I was determined to learn how to make a blog button, with html coding !!!

Google and pinterest were my go to places for tutorial and i found this really good tutorial  which I followed and made this blog button ..

Its not perfect and a little plain, but I made it with a code that, I could now add to my sidebar :)

I made this button this morning ..

Wondering what this button is for ???  Well starting this Saturday I will be hosting Lemon Paper Designs, 1st linky party were you will be invited to link up craft projects, recipes, tutorials anything goes ... This is something that I have decided to bring from my previous blog...

Getting back to today's post, my point is.. even though these buttons aren't perfect they are a huge milestone for me, I made them, which just goes to show with a little time and patience you can achieve almost anything ...

What do you think to the buttons ???

How confident are you changing your blog design around ??

Please share with me below, I would love to here your thoughts  

 ~ C x