Tell me a little bit about your blog. Scraps and Scribbles is a mixture of all of the things that I like and love to do. It’s got a little something for everyone-crafts, cooking, sewing projects, DIY, home décor, tips, fashion and beauty.
Why did you start blogging? I originally began blogging via our family blog as a way to stay in touch with our family and friends. Then, as I found other non-family blogs, I thought, I could do that, so I started Scraps and Scribbles so I didn’t clutter up our family blog with all my crafty endeavors. Plus, I like keeping my family life separate from strangers. I’ll share things from my everyday life on my blog every now and then, but I mostly keep my personal life personal.
What has been the most rewarding thing about blogging? I’ve learned a lot-about myself and my abilities, about the blogging world and I’ve made some very good and encouraging friends along the way.
If you could swap blogs with any one person for a day, who would it be and why? Oh, that’s a toughy. There are so many amazing ladies that I admire in the blogging world that I would be more than honored to swap with, I couldn’t choose just one!
What have you learned/gotten out of blogging? I have found that having an outlet for all of my ideas and projects has actually helped me be more creative. I look at things differently than I used to-now I look at something and think, “What could I make with that?”
What do you hope your readers get from your blog? I hope that they find something that they can relate to-be it a project that they like and think, “I need to make one of those!” or a recipe that they want to try after seeing it-and that they have fun while doing it. I also hope that my readers find what I have to say informative and helpful-I love comments where someone tells me that they’ve learned something from what I’ve said. It makes me feel like I’ve done my job.
What goals do you have for your blog? I would love for my blog to get to the point where it has sponsors and is a recognized name. But honestly, if that never happens and my readers are happy with what I write, I’d be happy.
List your 3 favorite blog posts that you've written:
What is your favorite product that you have reviewed? I haven’t “officially” reviewed any products yet, but I’d love to! My favorite thing that I’ve tried and reviewed on my blog would have to be the Body Solutions products by Avon-they work amazingly and I would highly recommend them to anyone!
What advertiser would you like to work with given a chance? I love the hand stamped jewelry craze that’s going on right now and I’d love to work with Lisa Leonard some more (she recently sponsored a giveaway on my blog and was such a joy to work with!)
What is one thing you wish you had known before you started you blog? How much time it would suck from my day! And how to better market my blog.
How do you balance blogging, family and free time? My rule when I comes to blogging is that my family comes first. If I have too much going on at home, then I take a break from my blog until things get back to normal. Weekends, I’m pretty much absent from the blog scene as that’s family time-when we get to go do things, all three of us. I try to get posts done ahead of time when I can, that way I can schedule them and I’m not scrabbling around at the last minute to get something done. I also try to plan my posts out, that way I’m better prepared. I mostly blog in the mornings, when the little man is eating breakfast and watching his Sesame Street-it keeps him busy for an hour which is enough time for me to respond to comments, update my FB fan page and get my post done (if I didn’t the night before.) It’s also when I work on my Etsy shop. I also usually take a half hour every night to finish my posts for the next day. Nap time is when I get my crafts and projects done. I’m still working on balancing everything, but it’s getting there J
Tell me a little bit about yourself. I’m a Florida native, married to my best friend for almost 5 years now. We have one little boy who is the light of my life. I’m also a college student-I start back up in October to finish my bachelor’s degree (only 3 semesters to go!) I have an associate’s degree in photography and have a little photo business that I do on the side. After nearly 2 and a half years as a senior bank teller, I happily quit my job to be a stay-at-home mom and 20 months later, I’m still loving it! My favorite place in the whole wide world is the beach at Anna Maria Island-it’s beautiful and serene and I could spend every day there.
How would you describe your personality? I’d like to think that I’m a pretty laid-back person, but I’m a little shy at first. I try to be understanding of people and the fact that life can’t be planned, so sometimes things just happen. And I can be a little silly at times :P
What inspires you? Photography-wise, I love nature. It is just so absolutely beautiful and yet so simple. I pretty much find inspiration all around me-I’ll see a swatch of fabric and my mind just starts thinking of all of the things I could make with it or I’ll see a pretty strand of beads and the same thing will happen (not always, but a lot of the time.)
Do you have a favorite quote you'd like to share? My favorite quote of all time is: “We must be our own before we can be another’s.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson and I also love this quote by Gordon B. Hinckley: “Life is only a failure when we call it such.”
What is one thing about you that not many people know? That I surf. I haven’t been able to do it at all the last 3 years, with living in New Mexico where there is no beach and then having my son, but it’s something I miss and would love to get back into.
What’s your favorite book? Mmmm…I read a lot so that’s a hard one. Right now I’m reading Enoch the Prophet by Hugh Nibley and it is excellent.
What kind of music do you listen to? I have kind of eclectic tastes when it comes to music-I like a little bit of everything. My favorite band, ever, is Third Eye Blind and most of the music that I really like is in the same genre.
Hobbies: I’m sure you know what most of them are just by looking at my blog. Aside from crafting, sewing and all that, I like thrifting and shopping with my moms and sisters.
What are your contact details?
Scraps and Scribbles
scrapsnscribs.blogspot.com
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/scrapsandscribbles
Twitter:
@scrapsandscribs
Email: courtdriver@gmail.com
D Squared Creations
www.etsy.com/shop/courtdriver
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www.facebook.com/dsquaredcreations
Email: dsquaredcreations@gmail.com
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