What do I blog for?
I started blogging as a way for my family in Southern Illinois to know what was going on in my life in Georgia, but I don’t even think they knew about it until recently. I love scrapbooking and crafting and wanted to do some things like that with a blog so that is where Random Crafty Georgia Girl came from.
But what do I blog for now?
The husband and I are still newly weds and we don’t have kids yet so I can’t talk about all the cute things the kids say or do. I can’t show pictures of baby bumps because I don’t have one. I am sure you are getting tired of hearing about the cats, they are the only children we have at the moment.
I know I don’t have a post every day because I do have things going on in my every day life just like you. I have things come up that I can’t ignore. Sometimes I just have a lazy moment and don’t want to post something. I use link ups to help when I don’t have a clue as to what to write, but I don’t use them every day. The only one that I would use every day if it were an option is Stop and Smell the Roses with Mandy from House of Rose. I love taking time every two weeks and sharing what I have been smiling about or what God has blessed me with since the last time.
So, I have been thinking about how other bloggers keep their readers interested in reading. . I stay away from politics. I know some people are political bloggers and if that is what they want to talk about then let them. I just won’t read it or write about it
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Some are family bloggers. This is fine by me. I like family. Ohana means family and family means nobody gets left behind. (Gotta love Lilo and Stitch.) We want to start our own family some day. I want to find out what other moms have gone through and what worked for them at different stages of their children’s lives.
Some bloggers just like to run their mouths as a way to try and stir up controversies. These are the ones that make me wonder if they really have nothing better to do with their lives that they have to resort to making drama in the blog world.
Obviously, by the name of my blog, I really enjoy the craft blogs. I like seeing what other people have done and seeing how they did it. Sometimes, it is a little tiresome coming up with crafts to do and blog about. I don’t have the time to be a full time craft blogger. You know, that little thing called life kind of gets in the way. I am still trying to figure out somewhere that I can actually sit down and do crafty things without having to clean it up every night when it is bedtime and a place where I don’t have a cat trying to “help” me.
I need to make time to write a post every day instead of putting it off. I have some ideas, but I will need some help with them. As it gets closer to Christmas I want to do some kind of giveaway again. My last one only had one person enter so that didn’t go as well as I had hoped. It was also my very first one. Haven’t had one since. Now there are different ways of making a giveaway work and I want to try those instead of the comment and you are entered. The new ways make it more fair in picking a winner. Right now I don’t know what to give away. What would you be interested in winning as a prize from RCGG?
I would like to do a pinterest success link up aw well. You see all the posts about project or recipe fails and there are quite a few successes from the site as well. Like my initial frame. I love how it turned out and I would love to find out what you have pinned that was a success for you.
How do you run a successful blog? I don’t blog to be blog famous. I do it because I like writing , but sometimes I struggle with what I want to say. Does anyone else struggle with this? Any suggestions as to how I can overcome this?
Does every blogger go through this or is it just me being paranoid?
