For the Love of Blogs

While I love blogging, tweeting and all things social media; I've adapted to the one I love the most: INSTAGRAM !!!! it's the NUMBER ONE place to find inspiration, post your daily photos, meet great friends and also earn some extra CASH on the side. Now don't get me wrong, you may never become a millionaire but you sure as hell can get a little spending cash your hubby doesn't need to know about......! My love for taking photos has led me to some amazing fellow igers who've really become some of my closest friends. I get non stop messages asking if i want to partner, buy or sell. And to be TOTALLY honest......I never even thought of doing any of those whenever I post a pic until now!  Like really?! People make money off this?!  yes 1.)   Build your following. You can easily grow your insta followers by using hashtags and using them wisely. Having a niche and hashtags go hand in hand. Both of them together will get you instafollowers!  2.) Take...

I'm super obsessed with perfecting my at home coffee making because all in all; I am a coffeeholic! A couple of years ago while I was working at a Dunkin Donuts, I was introduced to the famous "Turbo" shots. It's a shot of espresso in your regular coffee (for those who know nothing about coffee!) Hesitantly, I allowed a gal working with me to put one in my iced coffee! Holy Sinfullll. It was amazing. I was now hooked on what she called, "Crack in a Cup!" I'm an all around drinker, so for me trying new kinds of coffee is kinda my thing. While I will say that black coffee is my least favorite, I realize a lot of people LOVE black coffee. If you're trying to behave on calories then my suggestion would be to add a teaspoon or two of sugar and leave it sitting on the bottom of the cup instead of stirring it: it's not bad! if you follow CoffeeAddictMama on Insta, then you may have already watched her video on how to make the best coffee! i...

it's so nice to take a break from everything; work | blogging | networking, to just breathe the fresh air and rest easy. Recently I've become very tense. I'm typically always stiff but as of late, it's become way too intense. I suffer from migraines and body aches daily. It's awful. A full time standing job doesn't help. When your body has had enough, it will surely let you know!  I'm discovering a new way to cope with healing through natural remedies. Having migraines for 16 years is long enough to have tried everything. I've done so much to try to deal as best as possible and it's become a habit of mine to try new things. If you're anything like me; always on the go, working all the time and never sleeping, then let's accomplish relaxation together! Please. We need to be healthy.  Things I've done that have helped me this past week: 1.) Breathe. Recently reading about how to relieve tension, I've learned that I don...

Last week we introduced 4 Pretty Blogs , a series of features we'll be doing here on FTLOB. Today we have amazing bloggers who not only have 'Pretty Blogs' but inspiration and How to's! Become a better blogger by checking out these tips from The Collective Mill , Katelyn Blogs , The Sweetest Digs , and theStyleventure . a great way to promote your blogs is described best in this post here from everything you need to know to 7 best secrets Gemma offers an amazing insight on how to pitch a sponsored post  + check out her awesome courses Just recently Monika shared how to make blogging your job! fabulous tips and will get you moving in the right direction! Do not miss these posts if you want to be a better blogger!!! enjoy and have a PRETTY DAY! and oh, Hey......we have some tips too. stalk the blog for more great posts and pages! xoxo muah

One of my favorite things to do is make drinks! Mixed drinks. Last week I shared my ruby relaxer , this week I wanted to share just how freely you can prepare your own! It's fun and at least you can make it how you like and if you're not satisfied with any recipes you're following, you can just add as much or as little as you like! I don't measure. Probably my rule of thumb as an 'At Home' bartender! LOL this is my amaretto sour....every time I'm out, I switch it up between the ruby and amaretto....also my favorite to prepare at home! I learn something new about every bartender. This one didn't stir the ingredients and i loved it! perfect and he added cherries. most the time they don't......like really!!! yes, i run into that a lot down south! but allowing me to stir it, made it taste different, i don't know why! Notice how much amaretto is on the bottom? That's exactly how it should look when preparing yours at home! It equals out to be...