I can’t tell you how many times I’ve
been asked if I have a blog. Really, it is flattering to know that your friends and
family think you’re a creative and capable person. Every time I’m asked, it
just makes my day super happy. Of course, every time I’ve been asked I’ve had
to say, “Nope. There’s no blog. I’m really too lazy for that. But I love blogs
and I’ll forward you some of my favorites.” (Although I am thinking, I would
really love my own blog!)
Perhaps you’re like me and you also
love blogs. Perhaps you’re like me and you’ve got an extensive collection of
them saved in your favorites? Maybe you check most of them every day… you know
in that spare minute between fixing lunch, refereeing Pokémon battles, and
schooling your husband in Tetris? Perhaps you’re thinking “I’m nothing like
her, and she may have some sort of sickness”? Either way, I just love blogs.
Before I was convinced to start my own, there were a few mental hang-ups I
needed to overcome. My number one blog excuse was that I was too lazy. Now,
anyone who knows me, knows this is just silly. I am hardly a lazy person. Yes,
usually I am too “inspired” to get to the dishes, but that really isn’t the
same thing as being lazy. Perhaps my real hang-up was the worry that I wouldn’t have enough original ideas to keep a blog happy.
It’s not that I haven’t got an amazing collection of ugly sweaters and glittery
shoes I could show off (I just know you’re all dying to see them). It’s not
that there’s a shortage of things to say about growing up as a military brat,
being an air force wife, a mom, a thrifting junkie, or a craft-aholic. What I really love about my favorite blogs (so full
of crafty magic and glittery projects) is that they are inspiring! That’s what
I would dream my blog to be like! Vintage finds and ugly sweaters, peppered
with library book reviews and googly eyed, pompom fantasy inspirations. It all
boils down to the fact that I didn’t think I would have enough original ideas. You want to see something new don't you?
So how did I finally make the leap?
The New Year has come around and I wake up to a Facebook message from a high school friend....
“Do
you have a blog for all the crafting, thrifting, and adventures that you do?
Not that I stalk your fb page looking for fun stuff (ok maybe I do a little
bit) but you really amuse me!” –Tina (Sorry Tina, now everyone knows you’re a
stalker.)
One message and now my
day is super sparkly! Isn’t it so great when your friends let you know they
think you’re a creative, capable and amusing person? As I read back over my
standard response however “….really I am too lazy for a blog, but heres a bunch
of my favorite links!” I am feeling a little less sparkly and a little lazy and
a little less capeable. If I wanted a blog (and I do!) why am I holding myself
back? I should just be a big girl and do the work! I have decided that New Years
is a great time to set a new challenge for myself and I am going take a step
toward blogging. Step one… what would my blog need? Ugly sweaters of course.
Are my sweaters ugly enough? Oh yes… they are gloriously ugly. (CHECK!) Now I will
need some ideas. Time to make a pot of coffee, whip out a notebook and challenge
myself to fill three pages with original
ideas (or at least unique takes on old ones). I am sort of laughing at myself after
fourteen pages and too many cups of coffee. Ideas? (CHECK!) Step two…. I am
going to be a bloggggggger! (Squeeeeek!) It’s soooo exciting.
My excitement wasn’t dampened even after all my favorite potential
blog names had already been taken. (No, stolen!) Not even after yelling at Photoshop because it
took me ten hours to figure out how to resize my banner then center it in
blogger. And I am still excited even
after begging hubby for help because the whole set up experience proved a bit
more difficult than I had imagined. You get the idea. I am still excited! I am
learning the ropes and I hope you’re going to stick around because it’s going
to be fun I promise you! I plan on sharing some flocking, some glitter, some
batman, some jackalopes, some sugarcookies, thrift shop finds, and many happy words
and things! Ah, and yes… I do have a blog and I really hope that it will become
one of your favorites.
