Blog Critique

The blog I chose to critique is titled Glimmer and Grit. It is presented as a Do It Yourself (DIY) blog. The blogger's name is Lindsey and she is a stay at home mom. She has posts that range from crafts, sewing, cooking, and motherhood tricks. I came across her blog on Pintrest. Ever since I have been a loyal reader.

Likes

• The simple use of language, especially in the directions she gives
• The use of pictures as an aspect in tutorial posts
• The content, I love DIY crafts and food. Its presented in a fun way as well.
• It's personal. There isn't a huge wall up between the reader and blogger

Dislikes

• The use of the wink emoticon [;)] it is way over used and un professional to me
• Advertisements between posts, in the center of the page
• The time spacing between posts. I wish it was updated more frequently

This blog is updated around once a week, sometimes more and sometimes less, but definitely twice a month. 

The comments would indicate that not a soul is reading the blog. However her blog is linked to Pintrest so people "re-pin" her posts rather than commenting on them. 

On Glimmer and Grit the only two multimedia forms used are text and photographs. In her about me section she says that she left her job as a television journalist so it is a little surprising that she does not utilize videos or audio on her blog. 

Overall I think Glimmer and Grit is a wonderful blog but it could definitely use more multimedia to further the success and appeal to the blog.