Fertility ~ new blog themes

I know that has to seem like such a strange title for this posting but it's the first thing that came to mind when I thought about these two newest prefab themes ~ one related to Easter and the other to Mother's Day. The bottom line is I'm popping my head up from this crazy project load to let you know about my two newest prefab themes...

Eastertide

The first is titled Eastertide and it features a shabby chic/vintage feel in lovely color tones, just perfect for this time of year. The free background comes in 2 sizes and goes beautifully with the free set of sidebar tags.

Mother's Treasures

Next up is this new theme titled Mother's Treasures featuring a soft pastel palette with blues and pinks, fitting for any lovely mom on her special day.

There are two versions of the banner ~ one with a Mother's Day greeting and one without so this theme may also be used year-round. The set also features free background codes and a selection of three different sidebars tags so you can mix and match for added fun and personalization.

Also included with this set is the new "My Pinterest" button. At the moment this is the only set to possess this button but I do hope to have time to create updates for all my other sets in the near future.

You can view more about these new sets by clicking on the titles or examples above and I hope they bring some added joy to your springtime blogs~

Enjoy!

Google Friends Connect ~ going, going, gone...

You many have heard lately that a few features are being phased out from the Google repertoire. Being that Blogger is owned by Google many of the blogs I follow have become increasingly concerned with the March 1st ending of a little add-on called "Google Friends Connect" and if you're like me you've been receiving a slew of email notices from worried bloggers, concerned they may soon be loosing 'you' from their blogging audience.

To delve a bit deeper, here is the exact wording for this change from the Official Google Blog and their November 22nd posting of last year...

Google Friend Connect—Friend Connect allows webmasters to add social features to their sites by embedding a few snippets of code. We're retiring the service for all non-Blogger sites on March 1, 2012. We encourage affected sites to create a Google+ page and place a Google+ badge on their site so they can bring their community of followers to Google+ and use new features like Circles and Hangouts to keep in touch.

Now while this may sound like a catastrophe for all of us using the "Followers" feature on our blogs, the two are clearly not the same and I believe the key words here are "We're retiring the service for all non-Blogger sites..."

What this means to me is that if you're using the built-in "Followers" gadget that comes along with your Blogger blog then you're safe ~ no need to worry. The wording clearly states that this change only affects those who have this as an add-on for their non Blogger sites.

I hope this helps put some of the recent tension to ease and remember, if you want to follow along with what Google is up to these days you can always visit their own blog found here: Official Google Blog

Enjoy~