YAY! My first blog post!
- By Heather P
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- 24 May, 2017
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We all gotta start somewhere...
I have finally decided to take the plunge and add a blog to my site. I always wanted an easy way to share information with visitors and I’m super excited to start this journey. Keep coming back to my site and check for updates right here on the blog. I just wanted to start with sharing a few details of the beginnings to my artsy fartsy lifestyle.
From a young age, I knew that art was my thang! For those of you born in the 80s and into crafting as a kid, RoseArt brand art activities are one of the first things that comes to my mind. I am sure that RoseArt is still a thing today and hopefully a thriving company but when I was a kid, it was the inexpensive to go it you wanted to color, do yarn art, or any other crafty activities that came from a RoseArt box. I have memories of going to the craft store with my mother and picking something out. Even if it was a new set of markers or even a glue stick. Never was I so excited!
So I would glue, color, cut, stick, paint, draw with whatever I could get my hands on. And it was so exciting for me. The process was fun and admiring the finished product was a treat as well. Just reveling in the glory of creating colorful artwork gave me a feeling of pride and a sense of accomplishment. And of course adding this new piece to the refrigerator or mantle for the family to enjoy was rewarding as well.
So this is the beginnings of my need for creativity and my want to create visual art. The isles of the craft store still get me excited and I cant wait to go back again sometime this week to see what I can find!
From a young age, I knew that art was my thang! For those of you born in the 80s and into crafting as a kid, RoseArt brand art activities are one of the first things that comes to my mind. I am sure that RoseArt is still a thing today and hopefully a thriving company but when I was a kid, it was the inexpensive to go it you wanted to color, do yarn art, or any other crafty activities that came from a RoseArt box. I have memories of going to the craft store with my mother and picking something out. Even if it was a new set of markers or even a glue stick. Never was I so excited!
So I would glue, color, cut, stick, paint, draw with whatever I could get my hands on. And it was so exciting for me. The process was fun and admiring the finished product was a treat as well. Just reveling in the glory of creating colorful artwork gave me a feeling of pride and a sense of accomplishment. And of course adding this new piece to the refrigerator or mantle for the family to enjoy was rewarding as well.
So this is the beginnings of my need for creativity and my want to create visual art. The isles of the craft store still get me excited and I cant wait to go back again sometime this week to see what I can find!
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For better or worse, anyone can write a blog post about anything they want. Everyone has a voice and the best voices will rise to the top.
The writer can show their personality:
In blog posts, the writer has more leeway to add in their voice and personality than other types of writing.
Blogs are a great form of mass communication:
You can help people, learn new things, entertain your audience—the possibilities are endless and amazing. Blogging opens up all of these to a very wide audience.
You can make money:
Get the right blog going and you can make a lot of money through advertising and sponsored posts.
It allows people to craft better thoughts:
Instead of reading haphazard, uneducated Facebook statuses, it’s much better to see people’s thought process in a well-written blog post.
You can establish a community:
Blogging allows you to connect with other individuals who share the same interests. Sharing ideas and opinions within your community helps establish yourself as a thought leader.
Good for SEO:
Keeping content on your site fresh and relevant, you can use your blog to boost the search engine ranking (SEO) of your site and your business.
It brings people back to your site:
If your blog is strong enough and updated regularly, people will come back looking for more and bring traffic back to your site as well.
It’s free:
It costs you a grand total of zero dollars to post to the blog, so if you have something to say, there’s nothing to stop you.
You can establish yourself as a thought leader:
A blog is a great place for your original thoughts, and it can be a wonderful way to show off your individuality. If people like your ideas, you can become a thought leader in your industry!
What else do you love about blogs? Let me know!