It feels incredible to write that sentence — celebrating a decade of DIY with Ugly Duckling House! On April 1,…
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Blogging, Blog Updates, and Growth
Ah, the "blogging" category - seems inevitable and so very meta that there would be one on a blog, right? But that's not really what my site is about (hint: it's about an ugly house!). While I do design blogs for others as a separate business and occasionally talk about those experiences, I didn't really want to be the kind of blog who started selling others on the idea of blogging. Instead, whenever you see this category on a post, you'll find that it's more or less about design updates to the site, news as it relates to the site's success (such as when I get featured somewhere really cool and I don't want you to miss it!), and other similar info like that.
If you were hoping for advice on blog growth, starting your own blog, or other such tips, I highly recommend checking out my page on Blogging Like a (Semi-)Pro. It's got the stuff you need to get started with a much better breakdown for beginners as well as a list of the tools and services I use to keep this site running. Thanks!
On Creating a Brand Booth for a Conference, aka the Whole-House Takeover of 2018
In February, I created a booth for Rust-Oleum at the first-ever Workbench Con. And in true UDH fashion, it became…
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Introducing: Love Create Celebrate
Hey folks! So, you’ve already met Caroline (who shares my taste in decor) and Sara and Pam (incredibly talented foodies),…
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Announcing Contributors to the UDH!
Hey folks! I wanted to pop in today to announce a new twist on the blog that I’ve never done…
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Goals for 2017: It’s Time
All in all — at least, for me — 2016 was the year of a significant number of both shits and fans….
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A Year of Logo Fun
I have been reflecting on a lot of serious things that happened in this last year, but there is one…
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Teaching & Learning In a Whole New Way – Haven Conference 2016
For those that only like DIY and don’t like the personal stuff, skip ahead to tomorrow’s post or peruse the…
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DIY Courage Tonight & Speaking at the Haven Conference!
If you’re one of my friends or one of the people I’ve met IRL from this blog, you probably wouldn’t…
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Six Years of Blogging
That’s not really a title I ever knew would be on this site, but I’m pretty damn happy that it…
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Pardon The Interruption
I hope you didn’t mind the interruption over the past week, but some big new changes were being implemented around…
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Five Years Ago…
Five years ago today, I published my very first blog post. It was a first of many… and wasn’t really…
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Fun (and Fury) with Logos
Ahh, logos. For design geeks like me, the way a logo and website design comes together can be a lot of…
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