Mini Series "Blogs I Love" (2/3) + 3 Giveaways!!!

I started following Leena’s blog from years back, when she was a designer for one of our local scrapbook store. I loved her layouts and her style of writing and when she started to post about scrapbook organization, I was truly hooked! I love love love how her scrap area looked and wished I had the place and time to do something similar!

 

When I started on Project Life, I too look forward to Leena’s spreads. Her photography skills are fabulous and leaves me wishing that I could take pictures like that! Below are some of her posts that I love and I even have them bookmarked so that I could easily refer back J

 

Organization

http://findingnana.com/2014/02/organization-for-project-life/

http://findingnana.com/2012/07/complete-makeover/

 

Project Life

http://findingnana.com/2013/11/project-life-week-41/

http://findingnana.com/2014/01/project-life-week-46/

 

 Photography

http://findingnana.com/2014/01/photo-organization-printing/

http://findingnana.com/2013/10/photographing-project-life/

 

Tips & Tutorials

http://findingnana.com/2012/01/printing-instagram-photos/

http://findingnana.com/2013/01/print-cut-with-silhouette-cameo/

http://findingnana.com/2012/03/polaroid-prints-tutorial/

 

Now as a surprise, Leena had kindly sponsored some Washi tapes as a giveaway for my readers! I added some from my own collection and made this into 3 GIVEAWAYS instead! So 3 lucky readers will get an assortment of Washi tapes each! There will be no duplicates in each assortment and  it will be a surprise!

 

To enter, simply leave a comment on this blog entry below on what you would like to see in future posts :) Both of us will be over the moon if you could subscribe to our blogs as well so that you will be notified whenever we have any new blog entries :) Links to subscribe are available on our blogs.

 

Leena's Blog - www.findingnana.com

 Gladys' Blog - www.wahmummy.blogspot.sg

 

The giveaway will close on 15 October 2014 @ 2359hrs. Winners will be announced here on my blog on 16 October 2014, BEST OF LUCK!

 

Here's to a great weekend ahead!

 

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Weekend Links - Mini Series on "Blogs I Love" (1/3) - http://eliseblaha.typepad.com

As part of my weekend links, I am embarking on a new mini series titled  "Blogs I Love". These posts will introduce the blogs that  I love and read on a regular basis. Links to particular posts will be posted as well for your ease of reading. 

First on my list, a blog that I read DAILY -  http://eliseblaha.typepad.com

This blog is written by Elise, a mommy blogger who owns a very successful blog and online store. I love her many varied posts touching on topics such as motherhood, running an online business, writing a regular blog, décor, photography etc. Her generosity in sharing is really out of this world! Her frank and candid style of writing is definitely very much appreciated too! Some links to a few favourite posts...

Online Business

a) http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2012/07/reader-question-blog-content-generation.html

In here, Elise talked about how she puts up a daily post, where her inspirations come from and best of all, the way she organizes her posts. Very inspiring and a totally do-able method.

b) http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2013/12/my-bulletin-board-editorial-calendar.

This is an extension of and a more detailed and updated post of using a DIY cork board as an editorial calendar. It is very practical and she was totally candid about how some posts worked out and how some didn't which then totally makes one appreciate how flexible her "editorial calendar" can be :)

Photography

c) http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/09/wait-for-it.html
This is by far, one of my favorite  post by Elise. She shares generously how she gets those fantastic photos on her blog, especially those of her daughter :) Something that totally resonated with me as I can take say 20 shots of the same action on my baby and only 1 or 2 can see "light" so as to speak :P

d) http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/05/my-favorite-tricks-for-photographing-babies.html
Another fantastic post on photo taking on one of the hardest subject - our babies! She easily covers angles, different perspectives and more great ideas that I mentally filed away :)

Motherhood
e)   http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/06/dear-ellerie-year-one.html
One of her category of post that can easily reduce me to tears and touched me in places that no other post will. As a mommy, I too want to take special note of all these treasured moments and have them somewhere so that I will never forget. Elise had made me more aware of simple daily moments that are truly nuggets of treasures, so priceless yet so simple and real.

f) http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/08/ellerie-at-14-months.html
Another of her heartfelt post that makes mommyhood real.

Project Life
g) This was how I got to know Elise and fell in love with her writing. I love the Project Life Seafoam edition when it was first introduced in Becky Higgins blog. I jumped at the chance of getting to know the designer better. When Elise was subsequently selected into the Studio Calico's designer team, I couldn't be happier as I love her spreads! She always has so much ideas, so many varied perspectives and takes on a spread that I am almost always amazed by her creativity. The links will lead you to just a few of my personal favorites.

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/05/project-life-2014-may.html

 

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/04/project-life-2014-april.html

 

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2013/12/my-plan-for-project-life-in-2014.html

 

Online business
Embarking on an online business myself, her generosity in sharing her process, how she does what, is truly very very very much appreciated! She had given me lots of thoughts, inspirations, sparked my own creativity and most important of all, letting me know that everyone goes through these initial  phases of setting up and finding your own ground. It was strangely comforting :) Again, the links below will lead you to some of her posts that truly helped me and sparked my ideas!

 

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/05/my-favorite-branding-trick.html

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/04/how-i-use-affiliate-programs.html

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/04/three-things-i-know-to-be-true-small-business-related.html

http://eliseblaha.typepad.com/golden/2014/02/new-project-branding-the-physical-side.html

 

Stumbling onto her blog was one of the best thing that had happened to me. Her candid and truthful take on life as a mommy, a work at home mum, a business owner, a creator were all so appropriate for me at this point in my life. There were so many times that I go back to her posts to re-read and to gain even more insights onto my own circumstances. This is a daily read that I want need to have. Over the past 2 years or so, it had became a staple in my blog "diet" :)

This post is by no means affiliated or sponsored. It is my personal sharing of my own accord. Blog owner had been informed and a link to this post is provided for their reading pleasure. It is also my small way of thanking them, from the bottom of my heart, for making my blog reading so much more richer and substantial and they have touched my life in one  or many ways.

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Show some love by visiting Elise at her blog
http://eliseblaha.typepad.com