The NC Blogger Network • The Mast Farm Inn recently joined The NC Blogger Network, and we hope you will take a look at the organization and its members listed below when you have a moment. Co founded by Allison Barrett Carter of Go Dansker Mom & Nikol Murphy of Talking Moose Media, we believe NCBN has already accomplished a great deal. This independent online content creation & distribution network holds great promise, and represents significantly enhanced potential for blogging & networking in North Carolina, and on behalf of North Carolina. We are a community for bloggers in North Carolina: using collaboration, education, and support to make blogging across the state stronger & better for you. If you are a North Carolina based blogger we invite you to join us by clicking here.
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The North Carolina Blogger Network | The NC Blogger Network, A community for bloggers in North Carolina, was founded in the summer of 2014 by Nikol Murphy and Allison Carter. "After attending multiple blogger events and engaging in many NC-based blogger forums, we realized that there were so many wonderful blog-related opportunities in the state that others should know about. The Tar Heel state houses some amazing, brilliant, ground-breaking bloggers. We embarked on a mission to unite and share." We are a community for bloggers in North Carolina: using collaboration, education, and support to make blogging across the state stronger & better for you. We invite you to follow our social media below.
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The NC Blogger Network hosts events around the state, we feature blog and state-travel related tips, we offer resources and education on blogging and social media to members, and we host the popular #Blogging411 show. There is something here for everyone, for every type of blogger, and we look forward to helping you be the best blogger you can be!
Allison Barrett Carter | Go Dansker Mom
Allison free-lances in blog writing, copywriting, editing, content management, content marketing, social media marketing, and SEO for organizations of all sizes. She founded and built the blog Mom in Chapel Hill, which in 4 years skyrocketed to thousands of followers across various social media platforms, an email newsletter with paid sponsorships, and over 5,500 page views a week.
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Nikol Murphy | Mom Complicated
"Welcome to our little corner of the web! Here’s the deal. When you first become a mother, even during pregnancy, things seem to become more complicated. What can you eat, what can’t you eat. How should you sleep, can you color your hair? Not to mention basic everyday actions like reaching down to pick something off the floor. Enter the weird sideways bend! It is just the beginning on how such seemingly easy things seem to get more complicated. In the first years of Vanessa having children, she turned to sister Nikol for advice on her new and MUCH more complicated life. For years we shared how we made motherhood less complicated. We shared recipes, tips on cleaning, organizing, and life in general.
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Lisa Frame | a daily pinch
Lisa is an over-achieving Southern-gal. A native of Western North Carolina, Lisa has since settled in the Charlotte, NC area. She considers herself a true social media pioneer, having met her husband in a chat room in 1998 (the original Twitter). You can find her tweeting and sharing her opinions at all hours of the day with a strong cup of coffee in one hand, iPhone in the other.
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Jaime McKee | Love, Jaime
Jaime is a 30-something-year-old living in Asheville, NC with her husband, toddler boy and cat. She is a girl of many trades and covers it all on her blog. She runs, crafts, sews and so much more. I am also a website consultant specializing in developing smaller sites, SEO and social media for small businesses.
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Molly Stillman | still being molly
Fashion and lifestyle blog. In case you’re wondering, I write about fashion and beauty stuffs, I share some of my favorite recipes, DIY and crafting ideas, home decor inspiration, and I even write about MONEY. Yes, money… how to save it, spend it, get out of debt, and more. But most of all, I love writing about and sharing little personal glimpses of my life. I also will probably post a lot of pictures of my cute kid. You’ve been warned.
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Andrea Bates | Good Girl Gone Redneck
Andrea is a native New Yorker living in NC who has become accustomed to wearing flip flops year-round. A licensed clinical social worker, she spends her free time volunteering for various organizations to support individuals in need and remind them that they are not alone. Andrea blogs at Good Girl Gone Redneck, where she shares the ins and outs of parenting and family, writing from the heart. As reading is critical to her everyday life she spends A LOT of time recommending books to her friends.
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Sarah Coggins | 2paws Designs
Sarah loves to express her creative side through art, photography, scrapbooking and a bit of DIY. She spends at least a small portion of each weekend on another project in her “new to us” house. She enjoys thrifting – the adventure, the hunt, the unexpected find. She was born and raised in the South. She says y’all, likes tea sweet, but is not a fan of barbeque or grits. She also blogs at Mom in Chapel Hill where she joins Allison and Jay in sharing ideas for exploring the Triangle with your kids.
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Jessica Ballard | Begin to Craft
Jessica is a working mom to 3 kids, and wife of 10 years to Shea. She works daily to live a Godly, natural life and to grow and raise her own food sources – which became more urgent having 2 kids with food allergies. She works in Quality Control at a soap company and shares her journey to following her dream and sharing that journey. Her blog usually stays along the lines of DIY, craft, home decor, food and parenting. She does a lot of little things but has mastered little. She loves DIY and will try to DIY anything at least once! She loves finding frugal ways to do things too- which usually sparks the DIY part.
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Madison Wetherill | The Wetherills Say I Do
Madison is a graphic designer by career but spends her nights and weekends cooking, crafting and doing freelance design and photography. She has been married to her hubby, Steven, for two years and they have a one year old boxer puppy who is the joy of their lives! Her blog is a way of sharing all aspects of life including marriage, faith and her hobbies like photography, crafting and food!
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Erin Lane | A Parenting Production
Erin is a Work at Home Marketing Mama to two cute kiddos. She is also a Blogger, writer, freelance consultant, theater lover, and Starbucks addict. She is a regular contributor to The BabyCenter Blog where she shares some of her parenting highs and lows, as well as featuring new products that she finds useful, fun or fashionable. She’s been blogging since 2008 and enjoys documenting her journey through marriage, pregnancy, and parenting.
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Tiffany Haywood | MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter
Tiffany aka MrsTee is the owner & writer for MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter where she shares her experiences as a Woman of Faith, Wife, Momma to her Team (4 beautiful kiddies and 2 handsome stepsons) and Friend. She believes that Love, Life and Laughter are a part of every life in some way. Tiffany enjoys sharing the stories of her Journey including her Love of God, the Life she is blessed to have with her Hubby and Kiddies as well as the Laughter she enjoys along the way. MrsTeeLoveLifeLaughter is a place where Love, Life and Laughter collide to make a collage of unexpected happiness and you are invited to follow along and share in the fun.
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Leigh Powell Hines | Hines-Sight Blog
Leigh Powell Hines, a former TV Journalist & Communications Executive, combined motherhood and her journalism experience and started The Hines-Sight Blog to inspire parents to pack their bags for family travels in and around North Carolina. Leigh knows the best in family travel, but as a parent in her mid-forties, she seeks out restaurants and hotels that adults can enjoy, too. Her life in Raleigh is not about chicken nuggets and restaurant chains. She’s a fan of individually-owned restaurants with a local flair.
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Henri Deschamps | The Mast Farm Inn
The Mast Farm Inn is an award-winning historic country inn & restaurant in the Valle Crucis Historical District of North Carolina, which has been welcoming guests since the 1800s. The Mast Farm Inn is a Historic Hotels of America hotel, a Select Registry Inn, and is on The National Register of Historic Places.
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Susanna Shetley Barbee | Zealous Mom
Zealous Mom is an all-encompassing parent blog that discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly of parenting as well as early education, healthy living, philanthropic causes, product reviews, and supporting local community. A lover of words, I’m never far from my laptop or a great conversation. I like to analyze people and books, especially since literature often imitates life (or vice versa). Being a mom is everything I never knew I wanted. You can always find me near the coffee or dark chocolate and if the sky was the limit, I would travel the globe with my two boys, showing them the world and writing about our adventures.
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Sonja Foust | Pintester
Failing at Pinterest pins so you don’t have to. If you like watching people hilariously mess up even the simplest of crafts, I’m your girl. If you’re into f-bombs and irreverent humor, this is the place to be.
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Tina Saib | Hummus Mama
My lifestyle blog dips into the world of motherhood, beauty, style, and travel. I want you to know about the newest Raleigh restaurant or boutique. My tween’s dilemma. My latest spa or travel adventure. The latest touring show or concert. An opening at the art museum. My friends depend on me to let them know what is the latest and greatest going on.
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Brittany Bailey | Pretty Handy Girl
I am breaking down the stereotype that women aren’t handy! Pretty Handy Girl was created to empower you to complete your own DIY project. My mantra: If a Human Being Can Do It, Then There is a 95% Chance that You Can Do It Too! Pretty Handy Girl is DIY Tutorial blog featuring illustrated tutorials for: Painting, Sewing, Crafting, Home Decor, Fix It, Repair, Home Improvement, Renovations and Much More!
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Kelly Phillips| WP Plugin Coach
If you’re using WordPress or are just getting ready to build your site, the WP Plugin Coach offers Plugin Reviews and How To’s to keep you hitting it out of the park with your website. I’m Kelly Phillips the WP Plugin Coach and I use my passion for teaching and my crazy obsession with WordPress to help small businesses owners take control of their website, turning it into a powerful tool to grow their business.
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Sarah Gaylor | 702 Park Project
I believe that champagne can fix just about any problem. 702 Park Project was created in February 2013 as a way to chronicle the restoration of our 1902 American Foursquare in North Carolina. I’m a non-profit accountant by day and blogger and shop owner by night. (The two sides of my brain are always fighting!) I am very close with my family and can’t imagine life without them. Fall is my favorite season, because football, pumpkins, boots, scarves, and my birthday all make an appearance. I have lived in 5 cities in the last 3 years, but I finally feel settled here.
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Manda Peel | Manda Blogs About
PR friendly, family safe blog that focuses on fitness, weight loss, family and parenting a teen, blogging, social media with motivation, inspiration and how-to’s for mom bloggers and other WAHMs. I feature product reviews and host giveaways too.
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Melanie East| It Happens in a Blink
Blogger, Writer, Crafter, Recipe Creator. Getting more done in less time with fewer ingredients & fewer supplies. Does triple the babies always mean triple the fun? Join along with me and find out! My projects and recipes can all be completed with four kids in tow!
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Suzanne Miller| InterExchange Au Pair Raleigh
InterExchange Au Pair USA has caring, experienced and responsive Local Coordinators available to answer your questions, provide matching assistance, and provide guidance and support to both you and your au pair. I’m Suzanne Miller and I’m the InterExchange Au Pair USA Local Coordinator for the Raleigh area. I grew up in the Winston-Salem area and moved to Raleigh to attend Meredith College. I met my husband-to-be, Steven, in Pennsylvania during grad school, and we’ve lived in Raleigh since 2008. When I’m not chasing around my toddler, I love reading, blogging, or visiting museums.
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Jennifer Bond Bever | Brass & Whatnots
Interior Design blog discussing home design trends, DIY projects, decorating, crafts and how to do it all on a budget! North Carolina based Interior Designer, wife, blogger and self-professed Pinterest addict.
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Melissa Culbertson | Blog Clarity
Tips, tutorials, and e-courses for bloggers. I’m a marketing communications chick, For Dummies book author, sometimes designer. I have a crush on social media, but I know when to put my phone down too. During my 13 year career in marketing communications I’ve written content for numerous websites, managed creative teams and even worked on commercials with the late Leslie Nielsen. I currently work part-time as the Social Media Community Manager for a large natural beauty company.
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Dr. Charles D. Payet | Smiles by Payet Family Dentistry
A family dental practice in Charlotte, NC that offers a wide range of services, including laser dentistry, microscope-enhanced dentistry, Six Month Braces, Invisalign, LANAP, CEREC same-day crowns, emergency services, and advanced cosmetic dentistry.
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Haley Gray | Leadership Girl
Leadership Girl is a blog dedicated to women who work, are entrepreneurs, and leaders. Helping them balance all of the competing demands, and staying sane while doing it. Believing in women, and their abilities to have families, careers, be caregivers, warriors, and influencers in the world around them.
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Chrissie | Off the Eaten Path
Charlotte Food and Restaurant Reviews. Come with me to explore Charlotte’s unique and vibrant culinary scene–a blend of retro diners, Southern cooking, barbecue, farm-to-table establishments and new and growing hot spots.
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Kathi Jarrell | Queen Jarrell
Queen Jarrell is a health and lifestyle blog. I write stories about my everyday adventures. My goal is to inspire others