Linky Follower Blog Hop!

This is my very first Blog Hop! Hooray for that!!! :D

You have probably heard Google Friend Connect (GFC) is leaving for non-Blogger blogs. There's also
a rumor floating around that it will be gone for Blogger blogs soon enough.

But, not to worry!

You might have seen Linky Followers floating around the Blogosphere lately. I have my own linky tool in the sidebar! This is a great tool for following blogs and knowing their latest updates! And, it's FREE. Yep! To participate in this blog hop, you must have a Linky Followers Tool somewhere on your blog.

This is the:


Time to link up!!!


Rules:

#1. You must have a Linky Followers tool on your website to participate.

Please be sure that you have this! If you do not, your link will get deleted. If it is, make sure you add the tool

to your blog, then come back and re-enter your blog. (Linky Followers is FREE! You can have both GFC and Linky Followers on your blog.)

#2. You must follow the blog who as their party on their site. 
Thanks for following me!


#3. Just simply link up your blog URL (your homepage, not a specific post) below...


#4. Then grab the blog hop code under the 'what is a blog hop?' link. When you link up, make sure you are in HTML view/mode. (For bloggers, there are tabs and one says Edit HTML. Choose that one) Place the code BEFORE the last <div> for the Party Hop to work!


#5. Please check out other links and follow as many blogs as you like! Spread some comment <3 and let them know you are following them (If you would like to, include you came from A Creative Cookie)


Please make sure you have followed all these rules. You can get the Linky Followers code HERE for free! Simply insert the Linky Followers code in the side bar (using an HTML gadget or something similar) and you are done!


Remember, this is to help build up followers for blogs! Please don't be a link-and-run blogger!


I will visit as many links as I can and follow my favorites!


Thank you in advance for linking up!


Still need help? Go here.

Happy Leap Day!

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Since Leap Day only occurs every four years, today will be our ultimate Leap Year guide!

(Disabling) Word Verification Comments (for the 'old' Blogger interface)

Don't you hate it when you leave a comment and you see this?

I've created a quick (and amazingly easy!) tutorial on how to disable this feature. But first...

The reasons you should disable word verification:

You might be losing comments. 

Your readers might write a comment then, unknowingly, leave the page without realizing there was another step to commenting

It takes a lot longer with word verification

Leaving a comment is a two-step process. It takes a while. (especially with a slower computer)

The pictures are hard to read

I hate it when the photos are difficult to read, then I end up taking forever leaving a comment because I keep getting it wrong.

All these things could lead up to readers who won't leave comments.
Also, you should know,

I've never had any trouble with spam (ever since I started 'no verification' comments), but you should check your spam box every week or so.

I also have my comments set so I moderate them by email whenever someone leaves a new comment.

Now, onto disabling this feature!

It's super simple and easy!

Monster Mash Party Reveal!

I had this party eons ago, I just never got to posting it!

Today's the lucky day I reveal it! Have fun browsing these 'scary' fun ideas!

1. Monster Cupcakes

Inspired by these monster cupcakes, I had fun with different pipes and colors. To make the eye,

all you have to do is cut off the corner of a marshmallow then stick on a Junior Mint! These were super easy. For the last cupcake, I did stripes of all three colors. That was the cupcake that went on top of the cupcake tree.

2. Monster Pop-Ups (prizes/party favors)

Bought from here at $4.00/dozen! This place, Oriental Trading, has great party supplies and crafts for kids!!!

I used these Monster Pop-Ups as prizes (winners get first pick), but they are awesome as favors as well!