We Do Design

I am so excited to be included in a fabulous week of design over at The Charming. All week there will be two sessions every day with tons of design tips and tricks, giveaways, printables and lots of great designers. You’ll want to check it out. Tons of fun stuff happening over there!

My session was posted yesterday and its all about creating and using a Blog Mission Statement. You’ll be amazed at how much this one thing can help you find and develop your voice as a blogger.

Creating a Blog Mission Statement is one of the first things I have my blog design clients do. It helps us both have a clear vision of where the blog headed.

Are you thinking about a blog redesign for spring? Check out my Blog Design page for more details about working through the process with me. I’d love to hear from you!

Featured on the BBN

The Better Blogger Network is an amazing online community for bloggers and by bloggers. Blogging is something that I’m really passionate about and is a big part of my life, and the BBN is a great place to find like-minded people. It is an open and welcoming community where you can find tips and tricks for blog design, creating content, advice on many blogging related topics, and also discussion about life, which fuels all of our blogs, right?

I am so excited to share that I am the featured member this week on their blog and site homepage. Come take a peek at the post.

I shared my favorite things about blogging and my advice for brand new bloggers. I’m really enjoying being a part of this community. Great bloggers sharing and supporting each other. Come check it out!

And if you’re new here visiting from the BBN or elsewhere, WELCOME! Check out my about page to learn more about me and what you’ll find here in my online home. Looking for a blog designer to work with? I do that too! Check out the packages that I have available. And I’d love to hear your thoughts on celebrating the everyday. What does that mean to you? So glad you’ve found your way here. I hope you’ll say hello in the comments and be back to read again.

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Celebrating Today

I am celebrating today with some fun news and a couple giveaways to share with you.  To begin with, yesterday I decided to talk to a couple friends and get their thoughts on having a Facebook page for my blog.  After reading their suggestions and advice I went ahead and started one.  I think it will be a great way for me to connect more with my readers and include everyone in future giveaways.  

So please, hop on over and LIKE Shadylane Blog on Facebook. :) 

This month I have had the pleasure of sponsoring over at Confessions of a Graphic Design Student.  Kirsten has been so much fun getting to know better and I'm glad she agreed to be part of my blog party this month with a guest post.  Yesterday she announced her "Blogger's Dream" group giveaway with all her sponsors.  Its another chance for you to win my handwriting font, along with free exposure and some design.  

Come check out the giveaway and enter as many times as you can.  There are some pretty great prizes. :) 

A couple weeks ago I joined this great new site by blogger and for bloggers called the Better Blogger Network.  I have made some great new blogging friends, shared and gained knowledge about blogging and have been having fun in the forums.  

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From the BBN I was able to make a connection with Kate of A Creative Cookie.  She reached out in the forums looking for some more people for her giveaway.  So I sent her an email and got to be included in her May Group Giveaway.  She is so sweet, and it was an honor to be included.  Head on over and enter her giveaway too.  Lots of chances to win my handwriting font!!

This has been such a fun month of growth for my blog.  Thank you all for being a part of it, for your comments and encouragement and for being readers.  I hope that together we can remember to and encourage each other celebrate the everyday.  

How are you celebrating today?

Have you ever won a fun giveaway?  I'd love to hear your stories!

MaieDae feature

This month I am so honored to be featured on MaiDae.  Savannah, the blogs owner, is so creative, inspirational and just plain sweet.  I had so much fun answering the questions she asked for her feature.  And guess what else?!  You can win a copy of my 52weeks book on her post!

Hop on over to MaiDae and check out the feature post.  I shared a lot about myself, why I decided to do my project, and what its meant to me.

Welcome to those of you visiting from MaieDae!  So glad to have you, and I hope you'll stop by again.  Good luck to everyone who enters the giveaway!! :D

sponsoring

ever since i finished and published my 52weeks book (a journey of photography and poetry from 2010) i have been looking for ways to share it with more people.  i thought that sponsoring some of my favorite blogs might be just the ticket! 

this month im a sponsor over at kara's blog I Just Might Explode.  she is an inspiration to me in life and in creativity.  she's currently in New York going to art school there.  wow!  what an experience.  on the 15th Kara did a post on her blog called "A Word from our Sponsors" and i love how it turned out and all the answers her sponsor gave. 

the collage i created for her feature

hop on over to read my answer to her question:  Is there a color combination/pattern/trend that has been inspiring you recently? What is it and why?

and don't forget to check out my book.  i'd be honored!  :) 
hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

cartwheels in my mind

while doing some perusing on my favorite blogs i discovered that i had been featured this week over at the Cartwheels in my Mind blog. 

i love this blog so much for its focus and love of hand-made art and the artists behind it.  they have so many fun weekly features and useful links to find inspiration in this online world.  i am honored to have some of my work shared along with the very talented jessi.  take a peek at the post HERE and bookmark this site for future reference.  you'll find yourself going back again and again! i know i do.