R U a No-Reply Blogger? How to Change Your No-Reply Status

I have received so many lovely comments from many different bloggers over the last couple years of my blogging and I really do try to respond with at least a thank you to most of the notes I've received. But I have to tell you how heart breaking it is for me when I receive a beautiful comment on a blog post via my email, and then I see this next to the author's name...noreply-comment@blogger.com which means they have a "no-reply" status on their blog. Sadly, I am unable to respond to their comment because if I do my note will end up in cyberspace somewhere. Are you one of the many bloggers out there who may not even know you are a no-reply blogger?

Let me give you the quick tutorial on how you can change your status in Blogger. 

First you need to go to your dashboard page. You know it...it looks like this.

Next go to the upper right corner of the page and click on the arrow adjacent to your name.

A box will open and it will look like this. Click Blogger profile and this page will open up for you.

Your profile page will open and again go to the upper right hand corner and click on the "Edit Profile" button. 

This is what will open up for you. This is where you can edit your profile.  

If the "show email" box is un-clicked then you are a "No-Reply " blogger. So if you want to change your status it must have a check in it.

Next scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page. Click on the "Save Profile" button.

And that's it...you're done! Now when you leave a comment on someone's blog the email generated will be sent to them with your email address included for an easy reply. 

Personally I have found this not only to be a valuable way of staying connected to other bloggers, but unbelievably instrumental in helping to foster new friendships.

I truly hope this is of some help to you my fellow bloggers and to a few of my followers of whom I would love to get to know much better.

XO

A Sweet and Salty Easter Treat ~ Bunny Bait

Trying to catch the Easter bunny this year? Maybe this fun Easter treat I found over at the cute little blog Sing for Your Supper will be the right bait.  It is a take on one of my favorite treats known as White Trash, only this version uses the Easter M&Ms.

All you need is... 

one bag of popped corn

one 12.60 oz bag of Easter M&Ms

pretzel sticks broken into thirds

one 12 oz bag of white chocolate

and 

some colored sprinkles

Toss your popcorn, M&Ms and pretzel sticks in a large bowl. (Make sure you remove any un-popped kernels.) Heat the chocolate in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments, stirring the chocolate in between. Continue until chocolate is melted and then with a rubber scraper, mix the chocolate into the popcorn mixture. Toss until well coated and then spread onto a jelly roll pan covered with wax paper, sprinkle on the sprinkles and let cool. Break it up into smaller pieces and enjoy.

But you better watch out because you just may end up catching something else other than the Easter bunny!

XO

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Natural and Textured Easter Mantel

This year I decided to go natural with my mantel display as I really wanted a woodland vibe. Nature is filled with texture so I added tons and tons of texture along with somewhat of an avian theme!!!

I used two wreaths, one grapevine and the other is a darling egg wreath I picked up a few years ago. I just bound them together using the wire from the egg wreath. The accent wicker balls or orbs were only $1.29 each and the silver compote, $14.99...both were purchased from the Christmas Tree Shop. The compote adds a little bling don't you think, to the otherwise neutral display. 

Two of my new rush place mats are placed adjacent to the wreath...the texture adds interest to the back drop. (It also makes it much easier for photographing as well!) The faux spring greens look like garland and add color and texture to the display.

The two little chippy chicks are a recent purchase from Home Goods. Gosh I love that store!!!

I removed the fire screen since we won't be burning any wood as the weather warms up, and tucked some vintage suitcases inside the fireplace opening.

I only have a few more things to do to complete my spring decorating. How about you...what do you do to prepare for the warmer season ahead?

 XO

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Speckled Easter Eggs

This couldn't be easier!! I found this cute idea for decorating eggs over at the blog Homework Creations.

All you need are your dyed eggs and a metallic Sharpie or pencil painter. I found both at Walmart.

And then just speckle your eggs!

So easy and so cute...just the way I like it!!!

XO