What an honor it was to be featured by Yvonne of Dear Sunny Vintage last week in her tour through blogland. When she emailed us about this fun opportunity to share our favorite bloggers and meet new bloggers, we couldn’t pass it up! So, now it is our turn to talk a little about ourselves and introduce you to some of our favorites!
1) What are we working on? We have a couple of fun collaborations with other bloggers and media sites that we’re pretty excited about. Our main focus right now is keeping things low key going into the holidays so we can spend lots of time with family and friends.
2) How does our work differ from others in it’s genre? Honestly, not a lot. There are countless blogs that do an amazing job entertaining and inspiring fabulous fashion. If we could say one thing was a little different about us, it would be our mix of credentials that we bring to the health aspect of our blog.
3) Why do we write/create what we do? For several reasons. One, we write about fashion and beauty because we love it! Just like browsing the mall with a couple of girlfriends, sharing outfits and reading other fashion blogs is so much fun. The health side of our blog we wanted to share to be the gentle side of health and fitness. So much of what you come across on the internet is extreme and confusing; from workouts to cleanses and strict diets. We wanted to be a free resource that showed that you can be healthy by making small changes. Working out just a few days a week, 30 minutes at a time is great and making a meal your entire family will love with simple healthy ingredients is easy!
4) How does our writing/creating process work? We sit down each month and come up with an editorial calendar for our blog. We try to hit on each subject of our blog (fitness, nutrition, fashion) once a week and throw in other fun posts as they come to us. We do monthly photo shoots for all of our outfit posts, this is partly because neither of us lives in an area that is great for photos and partly because we don’t dress to the nines every single day. So, we choose a fun new place to go each month for our pictures and snap away for a couple hours! We also find that planning in advance helps us with our writing because we’re never rushed and just throwing a post in.
Now, on to just a few fabulous ladies that we love reading everyday.
I’m 27 years old and live in Maine with my amazing husband, who I met in 2007 and married last summer. I was inspired to start LOVE, JOANNA in the fall of 2013 as a way to connect with others who share the same interests as me- particularly fashion. My other passions are anything related to Golden Age of Hollywood, spending every spare second with my nose in a book, obsessing over my two adorable cats, and expanding my never ending collection of high heels.
Although I’m new to the blogging world, I’m really enjoying it and have met so many inspiring women. It’s nice to have a place to call my own, and my site is a true reflection of my life and interests.
Without dating myself, I have dabbled in and out of blogging since my sophomore year at James Madison University… over ten years ago! While my topics have varied, my purpose hasn’t: I blog because I love to write, share and document my life.
To clarify a common misconception, my name is Susan. My blog is named after my two cats and my border collie, Chloe. While I adore my fur babies, I’m not a crazy cat lady writing about her felines. At least not every single day!
2 cats & chloe is a lifestyle blog that focuses on clean eating, adventures, and all things that glitter. I love good wine, wonderful celebrations, spectacular views and cute clothes. Stop in and say hi! I love this wonderful, creative blogging community and cannot wait to meet you!
I do deClaire started as a result of needing a creative outlet for myself after having my daughter (that would be Claire, I’m Laura. Yes, I know that is confusing for some if you just read my blog title. I don’t judge if you accidentally call me Claire though. I obviously love the name). I had been reading quite a few blogs up till that point and decided nothing was really holding me back from starting my own.
A year and a half later I am shocked by how much I’ve learned, how many people I’ve met, and how much I still love blogging. I enjoy sharing easy recipes, sharing parts of my life, remixing my clothes and trying to stay on budget as much as possible and I am excited for what’s to come!
Thank you so much to Joanna, Susan and Laura for participating with us. Be sure to stop by their blogs and say hello!
– Brooke and Erica
What a fun way to get to know you guys better! Can’t wait to see what you have planned in the future. I know we will be following along.
xo, Whitney and Blaire
Peaches In A Pod
Thank you so much for featuring me!! xo
lovejoanna.com
Great read 🙂 I’ve been starting to keep a very basic editorial calendar myself and it really does help.
Alex – Funky Jungle
Thank you again for featuring me! I always enjoy these posts and finding new blogs!
loved reading more about y’all and these lovely ladies!
I love me a good blog post by Susan! And Laura posts some of the cutest outfits! Thanks for sharing because I found Joanna for the first time. I love discovering new blogs! 🙂
I adore the idea of merging fashion and fitness in a way that is approachable– you definitely do that on your blog and I love it! You’re so right that so much on the internet is pretty extreme and confusing. I’ve been really enjoying all your posts and am grateful that there are ways to be fit and fashionable without going overboard 😉
Simplicity Relished
Love how organized you are! 🙂 Creating a monthly calendar is a great idea. I love that your blog touches on other areas of life too!
xo Erin
http://www.winkandatwirl.com
I LOVE that Bloggers are doing this – it’s so fun to learn about everyone! Thanks for sharing!! -xo
Shauna
http://www.lipglossandlace.net
Love these posts! Getting to know the bloggers we follow a little better really improves the reader/blogger connection. Thanks for sharing more about yourselves and also introducing us to other cool blogs!
http://www.girlinahotcity.com
Very cute look!
Nice post! I like discovering new bloggers 🙂
xx
STYLE VANITY
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So great learning about you and other new bloggers! So much fun!! XO
Anna
alilyloveaffair.com
Love your answers to the questions! It’s so clever to do the monthly photo shoots and spread them out throughout the month. I need to try that 🙂
http://www.betheplebeian.com/
Just love reading more about these fabulous women behind their blogs! Thanks for sharing!
Marianne
http://www.goodgirlgoneglam.com
I love this blogland tour concept. Always fun to learn more about my favorite bloggers and discover new ones. I just love Laura.
xo, Amy Ann
The Real Arnolds
Fun post, love learning about other bloggers! I love Laura too and just recently discovered Susan’s blog through her link-up. Going to go check out Joanna’s now. Hope you are both having a great start to the week:)
Marta
http://www.sweatersstripesandsweets.com
Girls! Thank you so much for having me! xxoo