So, this is my first one of these things so, I won't be super good at this I don't think!
Dear Sierra, Thank-You so much for always being here for me when I'm scared or have been scared. You've helped me a lot through blogging.
Dear Rachel, Thank-You so much for filling in for me on one of my blogs! You don't know how huge of a help that was.
Dear Isabelle, You are such a great friend, you've been there for me always. It means a lot.
Dear Giveaways (I think you're a girl anyway! ☻) , Please have me win one, please!!!!!! For crying out loud!!!!!! I've entered like 100 giveaways and haven't won even one!
Hello my fellow readers, I decided it'd be nice to have a giveaway every month, every summer you know to kick off freedom! Now, I know I sponser this every single time, although, the package has gotten a lot bigger! You could win:
A Free Custom Blog Design!
And it includes even more!
A Custom Background
A Custom Header
3 Custom Regular Grab-and-Go buttons.
2 Custom Grab-and-Go Blinkie Buttons
The Navbar Removed
A Custom Signature to sign-off with on your posts.
A Custom New Domain Name (optional)
A New Custom Blog Title! (optional(the title won't be changed much, just adding a small signature to the beginning and end of it to say it's yours.))
So, what do you think? Hopefully you'll love this giveaway! Now, it's so much fun this time because, it, will be color-coated! What do I mean? I mean that there will be some silly things to do and some fun ones also! Silly and fun. What is Summer all about? FUN!!!!! So, hopefully you'll have a lot of fun with this!
It was an editing contest, you take a picture of something, and edit it, then put the two pictures into a Before and After Sequence. So, here's my entry! And if you want to enter, just click here. So, here's my entry! Hope you like it Jessica!
What do you think? I like it! How about you go enter?
Okay, I haven't done a photo challenge in a long long time, like Febuary. So, let me try to remember this straight. So, I give you guys a category then you link-up with the photo you want? Yes. Yes I think that's it. Alright, do you mind if I mix it up a little bit? Okay, so, here are the rules to this photo challenge.
Take a picture or find a picture on Google, Bing, whatever you do to look-up stuff and place it in a blog post. If you take a picture off of the internet, you must place a link to where you found the picture or else you will be disqualified.
After you've placed the picture in the blog post, you should talk about why you chose that picture. And why it inspires you.
At the end of the post, (it doesn't matter what size it's in it could be huge or is could be small) put the link back to this post so other people can enter too! Or you could just put one of my buttons in the post.
Daisies are a huge inspiration to me. They set off the quality of beauty and naturality. Someday, I hope to be like a daisy. I want to be beautiful in a natural way!
Me. Me. Myself. Myself. I. I. I, Myself, the Me. Me- Me, I love peace signs. Myself. Myself. Myself, all by my self, I turned out to be a computer whiz!
Have you ever heard the expression called, me, myself and I? I've heard it ever since I was a little girl. Around age four or five. I didn't quite understand what it meant. Although, looking back at it now, I think I was pretty foolish. It's an easy expression to learn the meaning to. Me, as in the outside. Myself, as in the inside. I, as in, this is who I am. So, Outside, Inside, This is who I am. If I look like someone that dresses in all of last year's style clothing, that's who I am, that's just me! If my passion is, singing, that's me, that's myself. And, this is who I am. And I don't want to change that.
You see, I wanted to be a whole lot like the popular bloggers. Although, when I fell into a small little, Incident, I learned. I need to be myself. I need to be Me! Sometimes though, I do wish for some more followers, but if God doesn't want me to have more followers, than, I guess I don't want more followers! I guess that I learned a lot. That if, I'm not myself, I'm no one. Because every person's different. So, if, me and Talia for example have something in common or maybe millions of things in common, although we do have very similar tastes, we're nowhere near the same person! It's like a pin on pinterest I found, click here to see it. Be yourself..... Because everyone else is taken.
This is so true and I wished I learned it sooner! Because, maybe, I wouldn't be begging for followers. Followers, aren't under my control, well, maybe only people with good blogs, but, I can't force anyone to follow me! It's out of my hands! I guess, God's plan doesn't involve hundreds of followers, or millions of comments! No. His plan for me, Goodness! Who knows what it is! Everyone, has to have a different plan. And if God's plan for Jessica is hundreds of followers, then so be it! And if God's plan for moi is for under fifty, then so be it! And all of you people out there that are listening, well, reading, if you want to have a 200 follower giveaway for example, wait for the 200, don't start the giveaway at 182. Wait. Because you never know, God's plan may only be for you to have 197, and that's it. God can see into the future, he knows what number you'll stop at. I know, kinda creepy, right? But, our future, is a memory. All you can do is trust God to lead the way to your future. Don't let go of his hand and skip away on a different pathway. Hold his hand the entire time.
Do you want to know why a cross is two boards nailed together? This is something my wise preacher once said, One board is you, the other is God and the Holy Spirit and Jesus. If the cross was broken, your relationship with God would be broken. If you stay with him, trust him that that sad moment of your life is part of his plan for you, then you will be able to hold onto his hand, no matter if you have fingers or not, you will still be able to hold his hand even if it is finger to finger.
Our future, is a memory. Because he's already there. Anyone listen to Casting Crowns? Well, this song really goes with this little post.
It's a beautiful song.
From where I'm standingLord it's so hard for me to see Where this is going And where You're leading me I wish I knew how All my fears and all my questions Are gonna play out In a world I can't control
Oh, oh
When I'm lost in the mystery To You my future is a memory Cause You're already there You're already there Standing at the end of my life Waiting on the other side And You're already there You're already there
Oh, oh, oh, oh
From where You're standing Lord, You see a grand design That You imagined When You breathed me into life And all the chaos Comes together in Your hands Like a masterpiece Of Your picture perfect plan
When I'm lost in the mystery To You my future is a memory Cause You're already there You're already there Standing at the end of my life Waiting on the other side And You're already there You're already there
One day I'll stand before You And look back on the life I've lived I can't wait to enjoy the view And see how all the pieces fit (x2)
One day I'll stand before You And look back on the life I've lived Cause You're already there You're already there When I'm lost in the mystery To You my future is a memory Cause You're already there You're already there Standing at the end of my life Waiting on the other side And You're already there You're already there
What'd you think? Pretty, huh? So, basically this song rounds up all I want to talk about, everything I did talk about. God's already in our future. God's already talking to us in heaven. And, you know how I was talking about how, everyone's their own person and all? Well, I just thought of a song I wrote a few nights ago on Thursday I believe. It's called Raining Daisies. It's a song saying that, I'm beautiful, I'm my own person, I'm going to stay myself, Beautiful, because, God wants me to stay myself.
Note to KayleeBeth- Kaylee, I know I used your blog name, I realized that after I wrote it. But I promise, if I ever become famous I will give you free tickets and backstage passes for your family to one of my concerts and I will say after the song that there is a blog called Raining Daisies by you.
So, I don't think you've met the real me. Or you've heard of myself. So, I'll start an introductory.
Hi, my name is Meena Kat, I turn eleven next week, exactly on June 25th. I love singing, writing and making jewelry. Christian music is my passion and if I could I'd listen to it every day for the rest of my life. Casting Crowns and Lindsay McCaul preferably. I'm a bit of a computer genius if I do say so myself. (My mom even says I know more technology stuff than she does! Her words, not mine. I promise ;)) I'm writing a series, I love making blog designs and blogging. I'm available for any people whom may need a guest-post or two. And my favorite sites are:
So ,that's about it for me, oh yeah! You've seen that picture of me with long hair right? Well, I go a hair-cut, super-duper short! And you know Jamie Lee Curtis how she looks in Freaky Friday after the make-over her daughter did? Either, way, here's a picture.
See Jamie's hair? Lower those spikes, put the hair-style on me, that's how I look! I'll take a picture and upload it later! So, that's my Me, Myself and I post for ya, hope you enjoyed the real me typing, not a phony wanna-be.
Alright, so, I just went outside for a long 45 minutes to get some GREAT!!!! pictures of my jewelry. Although, I still need to take some pictures of some beautiful neck candy, I decided maybe, you'd like to know the size of my rings. Yes. I finally learned how to make rings! I've got eight roses and three twisty ones. So, here are the ring sizes I have.
Red Roses- I have one ring size 6 and the other one is a ring size 5 and 1/2
Gold Roses- I have one ring size 6 and the other one is a ring size 5
Pink Roses- I have one ring size 4 and the other one is a ring size 5 and 1/2
Silver Rose- The silver ring is a ring size 5 and 1/2
Bronze Rose- The bronze ring is a ring size 5
Red Twisty- This ring is a ring size 5
Gold Twisty- This ring is a ring size 4 and 1/2
Gold Twisty w/ Bead-This ring is a ring size 6 3/4.
That's it! And all of them are for a price of just, $3!!!!!!!!! and if you want a few, there is a discount. Buy 4 for just $10!!!! this is a limited time offer! So, if you want something, please email me at beansizedbeads@gmail.com. And if you email me you get a 10% off discount! And another 20% off discount on top of that if you pay in cash. If you comment saying you want one, and to email you at your address, I will not pentalize you. Although, if you try to get me to sell you the ring in a comment, you will be pentalized. And the penalty woud be:
The penalty would be: You cannot enter the next giveaway.
The only reason you'd be given a penalty is because God does not want people selling in his temple.
Well, I've been DYING!!!!! to write a post but I knew I was taking a break. Yes, I did go on a few of ya'll's blogs. I saw some interesting posts! Anyways, I wanted to do an, um..... oh! giveaway post sometime soon. And it'll be for:
A Free Custom Blog Design and possibly, a Rose Ring made by Moi!
So, I'll try to get a jewelry post out soon and you'll be able to (I promise) win something and I'll try to give you 60+ points! That's right! You can win something super-duper easily! So, stay tuned! And also, make sure to check out the song of the day on the sidebar!
So, I decided, it might be fun to do this every few days or weeks! I love designing blogs, so, I figured, maybe, this could be an actual rafflecopter giveaway! Now, last time, Christina Francis won, now, you guys can really try to win too!!!! So, I suppose, I should mention, that the prize is,
The Prize is A Free Custom Blog Design!
The blog design includes:
A New Background
A New Header
A Few New Buttons (Including A *******Blinkie******* Button!)
A New Signature
A New Instagram
A New Domain Name (optional)
A New Blog Title (optional)
A New Portfolio! (optional)
And if you'd like anything else, I could see what I could do! So, let's get to the giveaway!
Alright. I'm going to have a small prize, for people who comment! Here's what you have to comment about. Oh, but, first,
You Could Win!
A Free Custom Blog Design!!!!!!!!!
That includes:
A New Background
A New Header
A Few New Buttons
A New Signature
A New Instagram
A New Domain Name (optional)
A New Blog Title (optional)
A New Portfolio! (optional)
Please Note that if I put this blog design on your blog, I have the right to include my personal signature saying I designed the blog.
So here's all you have to do:
Comment!!!!!!!!!!! You have to comment about: What you're looking foward to this summer. And you have 5 days to leave a comment. Then, I will randomly choose a winner, and then, if you win, please either leave your email address in a comment under that post, or, leave a comment saying you emailed me about it at beansizedbeads@gmail.com.
Now, I wasn't quite prepared for this poem to come up so fast! So, I'm going to give you a poem that I barely have memorized (that I wrote), so, this may take a while!
Dear Gale Hawthorne
Dear Mr. Hawthorne,
I've had a huge crush on you for a long time!
I know, you've got a thing for Mrs. Everdeen,
but, sweetie, she's settled with Mr. Mellark.
And I know, you hate him, look, our first coincidence! So, could you settle for me baby? Look, I already have our little love poster like they had, and have.
He-he! Liked it?! I like this, maybe it could be my new button? What do you think?! Me and Gale, good luck girls, Peeta's married, Gale ain't! Although, I still have another 8 years before I can marry Gale. But, he's already with Miley Cyrus, so, I won't even bother!
I'm going to start another series (yes, another series) called pinning my passion. Now, unlike most series, this is going to go on random dates each week, so, you never know when your going to see these! But, anyways, Pinning My Passion is going to be sharing my favorite things on Pinterest. So, if you love pinterest, your going to love the Pinterest Link-up! I'll explain what to do, after my favorite pins, and the buttons.
Now, here are my favorite pins!!!!
Footsteps.
Go Candace!
Awesome Nails, I'll have to try this someday!
Every Girl is God's little princess. So, that means baby girls are princesses too. Although, I didn't want to be just a princess. I wanted to be a mermaid princess!
Cute for a Christmas Present!
Oh yeah! I definetly need to do this when someone makes fun of me. Although, I suppose we'd have to be in the games. *Get's on the phone and calls the airport* Excuse me, but how do you get to Panem from the U.S.?
Well, this pin, is a Hunger Games pin. LOL
Put glow sticks in balloons, place them in the pool, you've got pool lanterns.
Romance!!!
Minnie mouse Nerd.
Here's my pinterest account! Click the Pinterest button, and you're at my account!
Would You Like To Link-Up?
Link-Up Rules:
Type up a post with your favorite pins (10 min.) including the "Pinning My Passion" button at the top of the post, and the Pinterest Button at the bottom.
Come back to this post and use the linky-tool below to link-up!
What I am about to write, is going to crush some people. (Not naming names. Okay, Jessica, Talia, JesusChick, and Maya) I hate Peeta. Hate him, hate him, hate him! An I'll say it loud!!
I Hate Peeta! I Hate Peeta from Hunger Games! I Hate Peeta!
How'd that make ya'll feel? I'm sorry! I know, you hate Gale, but, I've got a crush on him. Huge. Huge crush on him. And, would you like to know why I hate Peeta? Well, here's why.
Why I Hate Peeta Mellark
He's Lovesick. Lovesick. He's trying to pretend he loves Katniss for more than likely $$$$$, and the cameras. I don't care if he loved Katniss for like, ever! Even if he did take a hit in the face (that was awesome when I heard about that!) to give her burnt bread, he stinks!
Do you remember what he said at the interview in Catching Fire? Remember, he told Caesar that Katniss and him got married (had, you-know-what) and Katniss was pregnant! For crying out loud stupid!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but, I'm having a 25 follower giveaway! I come home, and 25 followers greet me! Thanks all of you! And this is my giveaway this week, instead of a regular giveaway with no purpose. But, this way, well, there really isn't a difference! But anyways! 25 followers?!!! Are you serious! Thanks guys! It means that, well, you either really wanted a giveaway, or, you really love this blog! Hopefully, the second reason. So, here we go with the button, sponser, and giveaway! So, here's the sponser!
Mr. Pascal Campion, with an original drawing that will remain a mystery for now. Well, if you win it, you will get it! F.Y.I. he's a professional artist! And, hopefully, you will enter, because, I'm also throwing in a beautiful blog design from me! So, Hopefully you'll love it!
Alright here's the button!
And now, here's the giveaway! I hope you'll love it! And, if all you see is a Read More<<< link, please click it to see the giveaway. And, maybe, I'll do a giveaway this week again! But anyways, you guys have 8 days to enter this giveaway. That's a pretty long way 'til the deadline! So, here's the giveaway!
Meena - thanks for asking me to guest post! This is super fun!
My name is Grace, I am 12 years old, and I have been blogging since I was nine. My blog is {growing up grace}, and this is my first time guest posting. I enjoy photography and animals, and currently own four rabbits and a lamb. I'm going to post about a few bloggin' tips I've picked up since I started blogging in May '09... 10 TIPS FOR BETTER BLOGGING Everyone wants more readers, right? One way to get more is to visit other blogs and participate in Design Challenges, Photo Challenges, or just comment! If you decide to comment on a blog.... DO NOT DO THE FOLLOWING: This. Is. Annoying. To tell you the truth.... I am most likely not going to visit a blog who comments that. If there is a really nice comment, and I can tell the blogger really does like my blog, THAT is when I will go visit their blog. But my example above is just spam!
Another way to get more readers is to button swap, set up a Facebook page for your blog, get a Twitter account for your blog, or get Google+ for your blog. Now, not everyone's parents want them to do this. I can't get Facebook, Twitter, or Google+! Respect your parents decisions. But, if you want to button swap, email me at gracygirlblog@gmail.com!
Blog what YOU want to blog about, not what you think your readers want to read. If you start blogging for readers instead of blogging for the sake of blogging, the topics you blog about might change. People started following you blog because they like what you wrote in the first place!
Keep your posts appropriate. No questionable language!
Be kind to others! Meaning, if you want other people to mention you on their blogs, mention other people! I started a New Week New Blog weekly thing a few months ago, and other people joined in! They blogged about me! Now, that was not my intention. I didn't start New Week New Blog just so that other people would blog about me. I did it to be nice! So, what I'm saying is, BE NICE TO OTHER PEOPLE! :)
Design plays a big part in who reads your blog. A bright and cheerful design makes people want to stay! There are lots and lots and LOTS of people who like to design blogs for free! If you don't want to design your blog yourself, here are a list of people who will do it for free:
Look for opportunities to guest post for other people. This is my first time guest posting, and I'm having a blast! By guest posting, your blog gets out there, you meet new people, and you have lots of fun! I am willing to have someone guest post on my blog, if anyone is interested!
Please, please, please take off the word verification on your comments! It's super easy. Here's how:
Step 1. On your Dashboard, click "Settings" (circled in red in the picture below. click here to see the picture bigger)
Step 2. Click "comments" (circled in red in the picture below. click here to see the picture bigger) Step 3. Scroll down until you see the option of turning off the word verification (circled in red in the picture below. click here to see the picture bigger)Have lots of pictures and fun text in your posts. It keeps people reading! Add some links in your post. Make some words bigger, and some smaller, and maybe bold a few sentences.
HAVE FUN! Blogging is about expressing yourself and meeting new people in a fun way.
I'm going to sign off by listing some of my favorite blogs and a small review about them:
Girls for God - One of my favorite blogs! Fashion, hair, and nails from a Christian perspective. Super fun!
Lilies Among Thorns - An online Christian magazine for girls! Reviews on clothing stores, interviews with bands, and more!
Sierra's Booklist - A great website full of reviews about books for teens! I trust Sierra's judgment on books. She rates them, says if there are questionable scenes/language, and says what age group is best. I read The Mostly True Story of Jack because of her and loved it!
Hey Girlies! A few months ago I had a giveaway on my blog, a girl named Ireland won a prize and she mailed me a letter back! She asked me to be her pen pal! Daddy said I could and we have had a fun time! Except that with my busy/crazy life I sometimes don't mail her a letter very fast... Anyway, today we are skyping! I get to see her over the internet! We are both SO excited!
One thing I love about blogs is you can make a friend that is 18 and be 13! It is not all sticking in your "age group" But that is just my opinion (which you will figure out I have alot of those!)
Now, the 4 amazing bloggers that are going to be doing this series, they are, Emma Margaret from, Forever in My Heart (she already introduced herself. If you want to learn about her, click here) Laura from Princess in Mudboots and last, but certainly not least, is Grace, from {growing up grace}. And me, Meena Kat. So, hopefully, you'll love their posts, and -yes, yes we are- giveaways! I'm doing the giveaway this week, then, Emma, then Laura, then, Grace! So, hopefully, you'll be a good sport, and support these people while they guest post.
A lot of people have quotes. Like, one of my favorites is, "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."- Walt Disney.Well, I was thinking yesterday night, how 'bout I make up a quote. So, I did, and I hope you love it!
If you wish to age, then you won't have a chance to be given the key to life. Imagination. Which can only be received through childhood. ~Meena Kat
Now, I, originally wrote this. And, I was trying to tell people, you don't want to grow up. You really want to enjoy your childhood. Because, if you rush to grow, you can never ungrow! Like, honestly, I'm trying to grow up, but, my mom and dad, wish to be a kid again. Specifically my age. 10. So, here's the "Dare Day". I'm going to start a series called Dare Days, and what I'm going to do, is dare you to do something on your blog. (I wont make you do something stupid.) I'll have you do something that will require passion. So, if your not super imaginative, then, these dares won't work good for you! But, I'll do the dare first, to show you some kind of example. So, I'll do it after the button.
I Imagine, Unicorns flying over rainbows.
I Imagine, Thousands of followers!
I Imagine, well, having a great blog!
You're Turn!
Dare Days: Imagining Dare
Rules:
Write a post about stuff you imagine, including the button on the top.
Come back to this post and use the linky tool to link-up!
Hi! I am Emma! You may have seen me on others blog commenting as Emma Margaret! Or from my blog Forever in My Heart! First I would like to say, I can't believe someone is calling me an Amazing Blogger! What a big honor! I was not always a (halfway) good blogger, I started out with other blogs, but I would forget about them, get tired or blogging, ya know! So I am very happy that I have actually been able to stick with a blog! (yeah me! ;) So I am very happy to be joining the 4 weeks 4 Amazing Bloggers (even though I am not an Amazing blogger!) So I hope as we get to know each other that we can make friends! I LOOOOVVVEEE making blogger friends! (also if you ask my followers they will tell you I LOVE to use the word LOVE)
Ok and now you know I am a nut :) I am kinda proud of it ;) lol
So I hope you keep reading my post, and maybe check out my blog! I am having a giveaway on my blog with 5 prizes, SO I would LOOVVEEE if y'all checked it out!
