Blogging – Page 3 – Jennifer Michie

May 5, 2011 / 0 Comments

2 Year Blogaversary

I’m growing up! I have now been blogging for two whole years today! I never thought that when I wrote my very first post, that I would meet such kind, artistic, generous women (and men) who follow me, read me and support me.

I truly appreciate all of you and I want to personally Thank You for taking the time to read me and to write me. I look forward to this next blogging year to come and I hope you continue to stay with me, I have so much more to say and do and see…

Here is just a sampler of some of my favorite posts over this past blogging year:

Summertime in the South
Mile High Banana Cream Pie
My Fox
A Tuesday Date
Pumpkin Hunting
Goose Girl & Foxy
Goose Girl & Foxy’s London Day Out
The Force is Strong

(Image created by J. Michie)

January 4, 2011 / 0 Comments

Thank You

Thank you all for your lovely comments and warm wishes to me over Christmas and the New Year.

I hope that you all enjoyed the holidays and created many happy memories to treasure in years to come! Your comments mean the world to me!

Warm wishes for a very happy New Year!

October 12, 2010 / 1 Comment

Oh My Word!

Last week, in all the craziness that it was and became, in the five minutes peace I had, I went to a blog I love, Oh My Word, by the very wonderful and kind Evelyn. We talk to each other on Twitter and she has the hootiest husband, who along side his brother has turned an old ambulance into a Ohio State University tailgating machine, which I just love.

In all that was happening last week between work and home, I went to read this very lovely blog and Oh My Word, you will never guess what happened? I looked over to her “fabulousness” column and there amongst other women I admire, sat my little button.

I could not believe it! Surrounded by other great bloggers, Jenny Wren’s was there in the “fabulousness” column, well Evelyn, I thank you; you more than made my day, you made my week and I think you are pretty fabulousness too!

If you don’t already read Oh My Word, please make sure you take a look, take my word, it is a blog worth reading!

September 26, 2010 / 0 Comments

The Art of Simplicity

I have gone through so many changes with my new blog, In the Art Cupboard. I had so many different ideas of how I wanted it to look. It would be cleaner, simpler, not all the girly flowery things that exist here on Jenny Wren’s.

I mocked-up a “board”, trying a background that looked like a cork board with my designs pinned on it and lived with that for awhile, although something about it never felt right. I tried a stretched canvas background, a solid color in a variety of hues. Like Goldilocks, I just new they were not the right fit.

And, then it hit me! I was trying too hard, too hard to make it look like something it wasn’t, this is a blog about simplicity, about finding one thing a day you want to photograph and putting it up for the world to see and so, the site itself, should be just that. I lost my way for a little bit, but I found it again, simplicity is key.

May 5, 2010 / 2 Comments

1 Year Blogaversary

Today is my One Year Blogaversary! So put on your party hats! I can’t believe that a year has passed so quickly! I started this blog as a way to keep my creative juices flowing, to write about all the crazy things that flow in and out of my head and to work harder on my goals of getting my children’s books published and start my Etsy shop.

I never thought when I wrote my very first post that I would would meet so many wonderful people over the year and I want to thank all of you for reading and commenting, I never dreamed that I would have followers, readers and commentators, I thought only a few people would find me here and there, and that was ok, I created this Blog for me, and I have enjoyed every minute of it!

I wish we could all be together, I would have a party, a tea party of course since I live in jolly ole’ England. But, we might have to serve some iced sweet tea as well, I have not forgotten my Southern roots! If I was having a party I would serve this cake:

It just made me smile, and it looks perfect for a fun garden party. It also made me think of Burl Ives’ Lollipop Tree song, I had this record when I was little and my sister and I would dance around to this song. Oh if only there could be a real lollipop tree, I would quite enjoy that!

Keep reading, I have so much more to come, so much more to write and share, so much is happening at the moment, I am on the rollercoaster of life and not the merry-go-round and I am prepared to be surprised!

(vintage party children copyright The Baby Gardner)
* Obviously tea parties are floating around my head at the moment, since I wanted to have one on Monday as well…
**The actual Martha Stewart Lollipop Cake is a carrot cake with a cream cheese frosting, but I love the recipe for the Ruffle Tower Cake so I chose to use that one instead; you can find both on her site.
***Happy Cinco de Mayo

April 3, 2010 / 0 Comments

B.I.

B.I. or, “Before the Internet”. Our internet has been affected this past week due to a flood in the Paddington area. I got on-line Wednesday evening to work on a post for Thursday and no internet, so after much button pushing, hemming & hawing, praying and stamping my feet I realized it was all to no avail.

So we have been living a life of “Before Internet”, we have become Fred & Wilma without the giant pearl necklace and water buffalo hat! It has been quite amusing. You don’t realize how much you rely on it, or at least I do, when I need to convert a recipe or research an idea that has popped into my head! But, we are back on-line and going strong!

To Debs, I don’t know who you are, but thank you for your two comments, I loved your foxy information and hearing about “Sausage” and thank you as well for sharing the Blog info with me. I have two things I have been dying to post (sad I know) and I want to get caught up reading all of my pals because I have missed what you have to say! So I am going to do that right now, hang tight, there is more too come!