Hi and welcome to my resources library; my favourite tools for art and blogging. I've been blogging for around 16 months and I love every minute of it. I used to have a website years ago and I really did miss it. I have had great blogging advice from a variety of people, in particular from the lovely Jo-Elle over at the Life Over Laundry blog. Anyway, I thought it was about time I passed on some of my favourite resources to you that I use for my art, journaling and blogging.

This page uses affiliate links, but they are all for products that I use and love myself.  I would never endorse anything that I didn't personally use.

Blogging Resources and Recommendations

Don't forget to pin me to Pinterest

For my blog and hosting I use Weebly. A lot of bloggers tell you to use Wordpress, but Weebly is so easy to use with the drag and drop editor.
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If you're not doing affiliate marketing yet then why not? I'm proud to be a member of the AWIN affiliate scheme, they offer great rewards for bloggers. I am currently signed up in partnership with the following brands:  Etsy UK, Paperchase, CraftStash, The Range, Create and Craft and many others.

For my newsletter I can recommend Mailchimp. I used to get my email sign ups through a feed, but there were little click throughs. Mailchimp allows me to be a lot more creative with my newsletters.

Pinterest and Tailwind (<--- click to join and get $15 off and get access to Tailwind Tribes). They have massively helped me to get readers to my blog and to increase my traffic. 90% of my traffic is a result of these two. I've also just started using Boardbooster to loop my pins.

Read my Pinterest Tips for Bloggers.

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Newsletter & Freebies

My Favourite Art Resources:

The must have art tools I use on a daily basis:

• Matt Gel
• Heavy Texture Modelling Paste
• ​Pentel Aquash Water Brush Pens 
• Tim Holtz distress ink pad in Antique Linen​
• Tim Holtz Distress Inks
• Moleskine Notebooks
• ​​Gansai Tambi Watercolours
• Colourcraft Crystal Colours Brusho
• ​Pebeo Drawing Gum
• Prima Spray Mist
• Scrapbook Paper​
• Stunning vintage stamp pad from Ali Express 
• Archival Ink in jet black

​Don't forget to check out my freebie 
Planner Printables and Pixels 
​and to have a look at my exclusive 
​Planner shop discounts ​

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My Planners:

• For a blog planner, I can wholeheartedly recommend the  Leuchtturm monthly planner 
  Read all about it here - Blog Planning Organisation and Planning Goals for 2018
• My main planner is a Travelers Notebook (Uglydori) from Michelle over at Ugly Bug Plans 
  ​it is so sturdy and will last a lifetime. I love it.

My Favourite Pens for Creative and Art Journaling:

• Posca Uniball (perfect for art journaling and writing over paint).
• Pentel Hybrid uniball gel pen 
• Cute Korean Pen Set​ (perfect for planners and planning).
• Uniball Signo Gel Stick (perfect for planners and journaling, they write so smoothly).

I am also proud to be on the Arty Creative Team over at Mrs Brimbles -  http://mrsbrimbles.co.uk
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