Why I Blog for Bliss
Today is a long awaited day. It marks the full orchestra, get-dressed-up-in-your-ball-gown, debut of Blogging for Bliss by Tara Frey. The party hostess is Kari Ramston from Artsy Mama. Thanks for having us Kari.
The Red Lips 4 Courage team produced this book with Tara, and we have been waiting for months to see this unfold!
I blog for bliss because I love to share stories and connect creative women. I used to love sitting down to write the editor’s letter for each issue of Romantic Homes. Since starting my own little boutique book making venture, I have spent most of my time working on other people’s writing. I miss those days of personal connection, and the blog is giving me that chance once again. It feeds my soul.
Personally, I find myself getting drawn into intensive time-suck sessions because I become bound and determined to figure out much of the formatting and CSS I can do myself. What is it about that? I’m like a primal cave woman on the prowl for the thrill of the kill. I’ll troll the web for hours for tips and solutions, and will try tweaks over and over to try to get things just right. I have a long way to go to be in the leagues of the women who are included in the book. But there is a certain unexplainable pleasure that comes from learning something new everyday.
The business camp I live in tells me WordPress is the true blog religion. But I manage a beautiful blog for a friend in Blogger, and find it a joy to work on. I have another little startup blog in the works on TypePad, so soon, I’ll be confused by all three platforms! A true Unitarian of blogdom.
I Blog for Bliss because of the connections it brings to creative kindred spirits and amazing women I would not have otherwise met.. I am a DYI kind of gal, so I spend far more time than I care to admit on the prep and code. But in the end, just like a project from my craft room, I love sitting back and enjoying knowing I did it myself! And I like to think it takes courage to venture into new realms, so its about that too…
Tara cheers to you and to all women who accepted the invitation to be a part of Blogging for Bliss!
I have TWO copies of the book to giveaway. Just leave me a comment and I will use Tara’s random number generator to determine the winners. I’ll post the lucky ducks over the weekend. No need to write a long post, but I’d love anything you’d like to share.
Tags: Blogging, Blogging for Bliss, Red Lips 4 Courage, Romantic Homes
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Eileen, thank you so much for visiting. I have been a fan since your Romantic Homes days {just read an editor’s letter by you last night!}and many of the titles in my little office are of books by Red Lips 4 Courage. Long live Aunt Alida!
xoxo Lidy
Wow! What a treat for my eyes! Such a beautiful photograph of such a lovely subject–can’t wait to see it all! So nice to connect with you again, Eileen, and in this ever so techno way–who would have thought that we would be doing all this stuff when we met? My best wishes to all of you on this new venture!
Bonnie
Lidy,
You are giving me the push to start those letters again, only here instead. Thanks for the note.
Isn’t that the truth. How far we have come on the techno adventure! I am proud of us all and our curiosity and commitment to being life long learners.
Thank you so much for the sweet comment on my blog. Can’t wait to receive my copy so I can see the book IRL!
What a great time for bloggers. I am considering starting my own blog, and this book could really set me over the edge! I love many of the websites honored in this book, and I can’t wait to go thru the entire book for even more inspiration.
Thanks for the cahnce to win a book.
krousegirl2 at aol dot com
It is SO nice to meet you Eileen! Thank you very much for your kind comment on my blog and kudos to you and Tara for all of your hard work in giving us Blogging for Bliss! I am honored to be a part of it. Such a fun day and here’s to many more days of blissful blogging!
xo,
Kim
Oh, I’m adding your site to my Blog Candy page too.
Hi there! Congrats on having your baby published. Love the tiara!
Hello Eileen! I was so thrilled to see you on the blog roll for the party – I am in the same club with Lidy in the fact that I have admired your work since your Romantic Homes days. When I saw that you were involved with Tara’s project, I knew she was in the hands of a true and talented professional. I am going to add you to my blog roll so I can come back and visit your inspirational blog. Have a beautiful day ~ xo Joy
Wow–I am super excited to read the book and hopefully I can learn a thing or two about blogging since I started one this summer for my jewelry business!
Thanks to Kari’s (Artsymama) Blogging for Bliss party, I have found so many wonderful, inspirational blogs today! I look forward to spending some time looking through your gorgeous blog. Thank you for the opportunity to win Blogging for Bliss. Deb ♥
I’m excited about your new book! I have been thinking of blogging but need to know the ins and outs.
Eileen, thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and read my post! I agree with you and think blogging is such a connection! I’ve been able to be inspired and motivated by other women I would never meet in real life! Many have turned out to be best friends and kindred spirits. Congrats on your team creating a wonderful book!
What a wonderful post and a truly amazing book you produced. It’s been so nice to meet you out here in blogland. A huge thank you to you and Tara for all of your hard work in giving us Blogging for Bliss.
Cheers to blogging!!
Kari
Hi Eileen!
Thank you so much for visiting my Blog and for your wonderfully kind comments! I hope you will put my name in the drawing! Thank you for the opportunity!
Artful Blessings,
Kathryn
P.S. Love your blog, I am off to explore it more!
I have really enjoyed looking at your blog. I totally agree with you that it has been so nice to meet so many creative like-minded people through the world of blogging. It makes the world feel so much smaller, doesn’t it? I can’t wait to be able to get hold of this book!
Hi Eileen:
I love your blog! The crown in your photo is so beautiful. Isn’t it wonderful that the “bliss” party made it possible for us to meet?
I’m having a 100th post giveaway on my blog on Friday. Hope you have time to stop by to visit.
Blessings,
Donna
Hello Eileen!! It’s a pleasure to meet you in blogland through Tara and Kari. How nice you stopped by and left a comment for me!! I am very happy about that. Oh goodness, there are so many people on Kari’s sidebar that I get lost. My blogroll is on Delicious (bookmark site) and I still have more blogs to discover. Sometimes I get overwhelmed!!!!
I am browsing your blog and your writings are very inspiring. I learn a lot reading good blogs like yours! I must go, I have one little kid here that can’t go to bed when mom is still awake.
I already have a copy of the book so you can give it to someone that doesn’t have it yet!
See you again!
Hi Eileen,
I am so happy to have discovered your blog through the Blogging for Bliss Party, it’s wonderful and inspiring. I am awed, humbled and thrilled by all of the talent that’s around. Thanks for sharing!
Kind regards,
Kathleen
Your writings have been inspiration to me since the “Romantic Home,” “Serene Home,” (and the list goes on…) days! I look forward to being inspired, once again, with “Blogging for Bliss!”
Your writing is so dynamic and energizing, Eileen. It doesn’t let the reader wander or ‘forget’ what the target of your attention is; you breathe reality into a flat screen monitor, and ask the reader to come with you as if to show us to your kitchen table to sit and listen to a story you have to share. The richness of your words then translates into your crowns, 3-D collages of glitz and glam…
I am so pleased to have been asked to be one of the bloggers taking part in “Blogging for Bliss”, and Tara’s blog is always a fun read, so it’s even more wonderful for her and Red Lips 4 Courage, that the book is so fabulous and will continue to be so well received!
Great blogs and photos! I’m currently in the prcocess of changing the way I blog, so mine is a bit sparse at the moment. Enjoying what I am learning along the way.
Thank You!
Best of luck as you continue your search for knowledge and mastery of blog formatting! It is a fun challenge.
If its not too late, Id like to be in the running for this book…woudl love to see all the creativity flowing thru the pages!
Thanks
blrohloff at aol dot com
I can’t wait to read this book. Blogging is so good for the soul!!!
Hmmm … I’m a Unitarian and I’m not one bit confused! Still hope to win a copy of the book, cuz I’ll be buying it otherwise!
Come visit my neglected blog at http://prairieprimitivesfolkart.blogspot.com!
Oh Eileen! I hope I’m not too late! I’ve been working on my own long neglected blog…..Hope you are doing well:) Now I’ve got to head over to April’s blog for a great “Apron” story! Have a nice day…..Paige
I left a comment, but I don’t know what happened! Anyhow, I hope I’m not to late. I looks like a fabulous book and my blog is so neglected! Hope you’re doing well Eileen! Have a great day:)Off to post on April’s blog……
Can’t wait to spend time with this book…will be a great resource!
I’m late for the giveaway, so sad, but I still wanted to tell you what a wonderful project this book is! Congratulations on the success!