Today's gust post comes from Paula, who lives in Buenos Aires, and blogs at Happysnappy: a storyteller with a camera.
This year is Paula's first Blogtoberfest and we are thrilled to have her along. Today, she has a really fun challenge for you all! Paula has a very planned blogging strategy, which she describes as follows:
Above is a picture of the wall for which we could never agree on a painting for. Some were too small for such a long wall, some too big for such a small room, some too bold for hubbie, some too soft for me, resulting in 15 years of empty walls in the dining room and the perfect place for my blog map.
On my blog map, each month has a card with the main blogging project for the month (29 Faces for September, Blogtoberfest for October and Art Every Day Month for November). Once the goals are in place I can schedule the tasks for each project and the posting times into my daily planner.
I even put a weekly card with the "ONE thing to do this week" for each project so as not to overdo things!
Wow, Paula! You are so organised and efficient. No wonder your blog has such a cohesive and confident feel.
For those of you who may prefer a more freeform blogging style, Paula offers the following creative prompt:
Do you have a favourite painting at home?
Did you buy it? Then blog when, where, with whom. What called you to it?
Did you paint it yourself? Tell us about your inspiration and techniques.
Was it a gift? Describe the moment and the relationship with the person who gifted it.
If you enjoyed responding to this prompt, Paula recommends doing it for each of your favourite paintings, prints and photographs at home... or you could write a story about the look and feel of each room. Then you have a series!
Pulling it all together, Paula says: "Make your blogging plan, write the posts, take the pictures to add, schedule and give us a shout. We'll go read to get to know you better."
Wonderful idea, Paula! Friends, how could you turn the artsy inspiration in your own home into a blog post (or even series) this month?
Some great ideas there, Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIt´s an honour and a pleasure to be part of this fabulous project! Thanks for inviting me. I´ll be playing along all month, blogging and visiting friends and friends not yet made. :D
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas, Paula....love what you're doing with the free wall space in your dining room.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Paula (and Kat). Some great ideas.
ReplyDeleteK x
Hola Paula :-) Wow you are very very very sorted with your blog! No pictures in our house, haven't bought anything like that since emigrating (or should I say immigrating now I am here? Never quite sure lol)as we arrived with our rucksacks and little else, since then we have focussed on more practical things for the home. One day tho....Oh I tell a lie - there is my 2yo daughter's artwork - obviously very very precious! Enjoy Blogtoberfest :)
ReplyDeleteMy blogging has always been very random, and it has never occurred to me to think more than one day ahead at any time. I'm doing blogtoberfest by winging my way along from one day to the next, but I think a plan is an excellent idea, will certainly give it some thought.
ReplyDeleteJoy xx
Oh, I'll be using these prompts for sure. :) Thanks Paula!
ReplyDeleteHonestly I'm in awe of you girls who are writing so much in your posts every day. "Be bright be brief be gone" is my motto for October. Congratulations lovelies on such wordy lengthy posts ;)
ReplyDeleteCherie, I can only aspire to your motto of Be Bright, Be Brief.... I blather on a bit... Thank you for the great prompt Paula. It makes me realize I really should try harder to hang art that I like. Here is my post for Day Four. http://knittinginbeantown.blogspot.com/2012/10/blogtoberfest-day-four-painting-prompt.html
ReplyDeleteThanks Paula for your inspiration, I'll certainly be writing a post about the one painting I have bought at an Art Gallery opening, which made me feel very grown up at the time, silly I know :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think I will ever be as organised as you, Paula, but it's so interesting to see someone else's process.
ReplyDeleteI Love the idea of a blogging plan - I'd love to be more organised!
ReplyDeleteI have got a few paintings - 2 done by friends, one of my aunts house in England and a wonderful impressionistic australian inland scene.
Plus some I bought in Bali many years ago. But a favorite - no! It's like having a favorite child. I love them all!