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How to Merge two Twitter Accounts

Posted by Ginna on Feb 7, 2012 | 2 comments

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed some strange switching around with my account. Well, I have officially merged my two Twitter accounts — my blog one, and my personal — into one “Ginna” Twitter account. Huzzah!

This has been on my list to do for a while. I would tweet more from my @thatginnagirl than my @myprettypennies, but I had more followers at the @myprettypennies one. And I tried tweeting the same message sometimes to both accounts, but some people followed both, and that was slightly annoying to see the same tweet in a row.

So! Here are the simple steps to merge two twitter accounts. I realize this may not be timely or pertinent to you now, but if you ever find yourself in the situation I was, here’s how I did it:

1. Open two different browsers and login to both accounts.
I used Chrome and Firefox.

2. Decide which account you want as your official account.
For me, that was @myprettypennies since I already had 900+ followers. However, I wanted to keep  @thatginnagirl as my name instead of @myprettypennies. I knew my (100) twitter followers would remember it and not have any trouble finding me again.

3. Change the name on the account you want to lose to something else
For me that would be @thatginnagirl, which I changed it to @thatginnagirl2. Twitter recognizes your email and account settings as who you are, not your Twitter handle. Confused yet? Stick with me…

4. Next, go to the account you want to use and change the name to what the former name was in the account you don’t want to use.
So, I went into my @myprettypennies account and changed the Twitter name to @thatginnagirl, since it is now available. So now my @myprettypennies account had @thatginnagirl as the name. And all of my old @thatginnagirl followers were actually following @thatginnagirl2.

5. Tell your old account followers about your new account!
I wasn’t able to find out how to merge the followers from your old account to your new one. I am not sure it’s possible, unless you work at Twitter.  If anyone knows how, holler! But in order to tell your former followers about your new account, send out a tweet, something like this:

Then make sure you follow them from your other account, and they may be thoroughly confuse, but will soon catch on.

Voila! That’s it. Now… who wants to follow me on Twitter? :)

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PS- I also created an updated Facebook page… so head over and like it!

Ornament Swap!

Posted by Ginna on Dec 20, 2011 | 2 comments

This holiday season I participated in Micaela’s Ornament Swap, where you send an ornament to a blogger and get one back in return. I had the privilege to swap an ornament and receive one from Amanda at Project Simple Life. She gave me a sweet package of a holiday mix CD (currently playing in my car!), a peace ornament from an Etsy, and an adorable card.

In her note, she wrote:

“Here’s hoping your holiday season & 2012 is filled with peace. That is why I chose this ornament for you & Jeff, to be reminded of the peace you have through Christ, every time you look at the tree.”

I think I’ve found another blogging kindred spirit! What a sweet, thoughtful gift to receive in the mail. :) Thank you Amanda for the wonderful gifts and special thanks to Micaela for organizing the swap!

Sparkle Swap

Posted by Ginna on Oct 13, 2011 | 5 comments

A few weeks ago I signed up to participate in Kaileen Elise’s Sparkle Swap. The challenge was to send a blogger four unique gifts – a bit of sparkle, a treat that soothes, something sweet, and a surprise. I received my gift the other day from Micaela at Dolce Vita. Here is the adorable package I received:

Something sweet. The whole box was something sweet, but she gave me yummy Biscoff cookies. Her note said, “As a fellow coffee lover, these are my most favorite to go with my morning coffee.”

A bit of sparkle. Pretty glittery nail polish!

A treat that soothes. “There is nothing like a scarf to keep you warm. I chose this one for you because it was both floral & feminine.”

A surprise. “I picked this ornament at a local craft fair because this year you’ll be celebrating your first Christmas as married people (last Christmas was mine & my husband’s first!) which is pretty special. I’m an ornaments girl–in fact I host a yearly ornament exchange on my blog. To me, they’re a hanging memory and when I saw the two birds together, I had to get it for your first Christmas together.”

Isn’t she the sweetest?! All of these gifts were so thoughtful and personal to my tastes. She even sent me a card with a Pride and Prejudice quote on it. I think we’re soul sisters. :) Thank you SO much Micaela for all these wonderful gifts. And now I have an awesome new blog to follow!

You’re probably wondering — how did she know you liked birds, feminine scarves, and coffee?! Well, that would be because of the fabulous Kaileen for putting all of this together. Thank you so much, Kaileen for all of the hard work behind this project! It was a wonderful surprise to receive in the mail.

Aw, shucks!

Posted by Ginna on May 21, 2010 | 5 comments

Last night My Pretty Pennies was featured on Bundle!!!! Check out the article… I’m turning bright red just thinking about the nice things they wrote about me!

If any visitors are coming here from Bundle today, welcome! Feel free to browse around my humble little site. :) Keep in mind, however, I’m no personal finance expert (Exhibit A, B, C), this site is merely a way to log my journey to financial freedom.

For those who have never been to Bundle, I suggest checking it out. It has info on spending habits based on different criteria, but it’s presented in a fun, not-boring format (ever the challenge when you talk about money!).

Last DC Weekend Plans & Blogging Happy Hour

Posted by Ginna on May 21, 2010 | 4 comments

Happy Friday! Anyone doing anything fun this weekend? I’m determined to enjoy the few days left in such an amazing city, so my plans may include visiting a new museum, saying farewell to Eastern Market, and venturing to Tiffany & Co. to look at pretty debt-free items.

Last night I had the opportunity to attend the DC Blogger Happy Hour held at The Front Page in Dupont Circle. It is always awkward and awesome to meet bloggers in the person. These people know stuff about me my close friends don’t even know. (Ahem—my bank account balance!) Those present included: Mrs. Micah, Bucksome Boomer, Me in Millions, Brian Scheur from My Next Buck, Shawanda from You Have More than You Think, and Debt Hater. I was most excited to meet Bucksome Boomer and Me in Millions–two bloggers who are so sweet and down to earth. It befuddles me sometimes how cool the PF blogging community is… although I’m sure anyone who overheard our conversation last night probably thought we were a weird nerdy bunch. ;)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

(photo credit)

Public Service Announcement

Posted by Ginna on Apr 21, 2010 | 0 comments

In case you see some old posts that are not complete or seem to just “end” unexpectedly… I’m aware of that and will fix asap! Some of my posts just couldn’t handle the switch from wordpress.com to wordpress.org and therefore only part shows up. My goal is to have this fixed by the weekend.

Thanks again for your patience. If you see anything else off, do not hesitate to contact me. Have a great Wednesday! :)