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Magic Sleepsuit Giveaway!

Remember the Magic Sleepsuit? Let's see if this helps refresh your memory: Baby Merlin's Magic Sleepsuit was invented by Maureen Howard, a pediatric physical therapist and a mother of four. It was designed for babies who are approximately 3 months of age and have been swaddled, but are beginning to grow out of that stage. The Magic Sleepsuit provides babies with the cozy and secure sleep environment that they became so accustomed to with swaddling. It aids in making a positive transition into that spacious crib, and promotes back sleeping which all mothers know is the best sleep position for reducing the risk of SIDS. We first purchased  the Magic Sleepsuit when Claire was going through her "four-month wakeful" period — only napping 30...

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The Broke-Ass Bride Needs Our Help

Do you know a fabulous blogger by the name of Dana LaRue? If not, you're missing out on a whole lot of awesome. Dana and I first met while blogging for Weddingbee. Her upbeat, can-do attitude is simply charismatic, and I was so happy to watch her start The Broke-Ass Bride which quickly turned into one of the premier wedding blogs on the 'net. Long-time readers may remember that two years ago, J and I went through an extremely difficult period when we lost our first baby just as I entered the second trimester. What made the loss even more bitter was that our insurance company refused to cover the costs of the surgery that I required from the miscarriage because they...

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The Ultimate WordPress Cheat Sheet

I know I haven't written anything in my WordPress for the Everyday Blogger series in a while, and for that I apologize. I promise I'll get crackin' on the next post soon! To tide you over in the meantime, here's a fantastic cheat sheet I saw over at Bit Rebels today. The WordPress Codex can be daunting for some — heck, I admit I have been overwhelmed quite a few times — and this looks to be the perfect one-look solution for any WordPress theme creator, modifier, or even a blogger. Enjoy! ...

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Giveaways

Ahh, giveaways. I know for a fact that the net is full of people who trawl sites just for giveaways and contests, as well as those who manage to enter single drawings numerous times under various pseudonyms without getting caught. Because who doesn't like free stuff? And as much as the blog is great on its own, I'm sure that one of the reasons The Pioneer Woman is so popular is because she's always hosting FABULOUS giveaways. Hosting a giveaway is also one of the quickest ways to draw new readers to your site. Not all visitors will stick around, but I've found that I've always snagged at least a few new loyal readers from hosting giveaways. And I'm sure that this is one of...

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WordPress for the Everyday Blogger:
Part 6 – Styling the Sidebar

Prelude Part 1: Setting Up Part 2: Set the Bare BonesPart 3: The HeaderPart 4: The Main MenuPart 5: The Rest of the Header Because the ET-Starter theme is set so that the user can choose between one, two, or no sidebars (in whichever relative position to the main content), there exists various CSS classes for each type of sidebar and it location. For the purposes of this theme, the CSS classes we will be working with are .primary-sidebar and .primary-sidebar.content-two-columncontent-right. WordPress sidebars are relatively simple to style provided that you do not make any crazy changes to the structure of the theme. Each sidebar heading is set to h2, and each item below that is usually listed via the use of HTML lists...

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