Meet Sandy from Cherished Handmade Treasures.

Tell us about your blog.

It has an endless supply of fun, inspirational craft projects. Free crochet, knit & sewing patterns. A treasure trove of DIY home projects–including the instructions (and patterns). Favorite family recipes, even gourmet dog treats! Even coupons, some products reviews and a few giveaways.

Why did you start blogging?

This started as a way for me to express my creative side and communicate it. I love to craft, sew, bake, write, etc and I wanted to have a place to share it with others.

What are your goals for your blog going forward?

Truthfully, I’m not sure. At times, I feel as if I bounce all over the place with my blog. I would definitely like to see it continue to grow. I work full-time and this takes a lot of my spare time, although I know CHT is small compared to a lot of other blogs.

Are you active in Social Media?

Yes What do you enjoy about it? Honestly, not a lot. If it wasn’t for my blog, I probably wouldn’t have a social media profile–with the exception of Pinterest. I love that site. It is very inspiring and you can find anything on there.

If you had to pick a favorite post on your blog what would it be and why do you like it best?

This a a really hard question for me. There really are so many that I like. I guess one of my favorites is my Wickedy Witch Sign My sister and her husband created the pattern for this project after my sis saw a similar sign posted for a wood craft class. The whole project was fun to work on–creativity, Mod Podge and fun, decorative papers–yeah! Who wouldn’t love it? My 15-month old granddaughter tried to use the letter “C” as a step-ladder the day after I finished it and I had to remount everything, but hey, it was as much fun the second time as it was the first!

Meet Charise from I Thought I Knew Mama.

Tell us about your blog.

I Thought I Knew Mama is a window into the adventures of stay at home mamahood, natural parenting, and green & healthy living.

Why did you start blogging?

When I was laid off shortly before my first child was to be born in June 2010, I was faced with an experience that I had never planned upon – being a stay at home mama. I decided to start a
blog and dedicate it to examining the experience of being a full time mom, my attempts to incorporate natural parenting and a green and healthy lifestyle into our days, and to exploring this stay at home world with my son… a world that I thought I knew and understood, but now realize is a layered, fascinating, and blurred experience which I wade through in this new life of mine.

What are your goals for your blog going forward?

My goals are to keep sharing the information that I learn about creating a green and natural life for my family, as well as documenting my pregnancy (I’m due with my second babe in May!) and learning how to care for our expanding family. I’ve also got lots of green and natural giveaways for mamas coming up.

Are you active in Social Media? What do you enjoy about it?

I am very active in social media, and I actually wrote an entire post about why it is important to me: Has Social Media Changed You? A Stay at Home Mom’s Perspective.

Social media provides me with the opportunity to connect with all different kinds of people – those who have known me forever, those who I knew long ago and have now reconnected with, complete strangers, loved ones, and brand new friends. And thanks to social media, I can now interact with them through the platform that makes me most comfortable and allows me to express myself easily and freely.

As a stay at home mama, social media provides me with something that stay at home moms in the past might have missed out on and craved: regular and consistent adult interaction and stimulation.
You can find I Thought I Knew Mama on Facebook, Twitter, and Google +.

If you had to pick a favorite post on your blog what would it be and why do you like it best?

If I had to pick a favorite post, it would probably be the post that launched my blog and explains the name of my blog.

Get to know Ashley from The Undomestic Mommy.

Tell us about your blog.

The Undomestic Mommy is my little collection of my rants, raves, and product reviews, as well as pictures and stories about my life as an, again, soon-to-be single mother of two girls.

Why did you start blogging?

I actually didn’t start out blogging to write about any of the stuff I write about now! I had a really hard time coming up with a name for my site and somehow decided on Split Ends S*ck which isn’t even remotely related to the things I was posting about, which were freebies/samples I was finding online. I went through a pretty long phase where I spent a lot of time signing up for freebies, my mail box was constantly full, so I was posting them on my blog to hopefully help other people be able to score some free goodies too. Then I started to slowly blog about my life with my kids and my soon-to-be ex-husband and I started reading some other mom blogs and noticed they were getting free things to review, things that were a lot better than the samples I had been getting. So I started reviewing some things I already owned and then started contacting companies to get review products. Once I started contacting companies though I knew I needed, at the very least, my own .com URL, and since the old name had caused me to miss out on some review opportunities due to the swearing, I wanted a whole new name, and that’s how The Undomestic Mommy was born.

What are your goals for your blog going forward?

Going forward I hope to increase my readership, because what’s the point if no one reads it really, and to get better opportunities to work with bigger brands.

Are you active in Social Media? What do you enjoy about it?

Am I active in social media? I’m only 19 so I have grown up with the social media age, so I have been very active in it from the start! Way before I had thought about blogging. I love that it gives me the chance to connect with people I’d never otherwise meet and to stay caught up with my family that doesn’t live close and my friends after we finished high school.

If you had to pick a favorite post on your blog what would it be and why do you like it best? 

I’ve had nearly 500 posts now so picking just one that I like best is tricky. My favorite, more recent one, is probably A Leap Day Baby, Why You Shouldn’t Purposely Have One because I was finally able to vent all the frustrated feelings I’ve had about being a leap day baby.

Today we’re introducing you to Melissa from My PB&J.

Tell us about your blog.

I talk about my kids (shocking I know! ) The chaos of two under two, my son’s journey of being born with a cleft lip, my weight loss journey, recipes, and gettin’ crafty!

Why did you start blogging?

I starting blogging as a way to document our life as newlyweds and as a way to stay connected with my husbands family who all reside in New Jersey. My degree is in English, however, I do not follow proper grammatical rules on my blog, don’t judge. We got a puppy and then I got knocked up a few months later. The blog changed gears and I found myself talking about my growing ute! I struggled with severe post partum depression with my daughter and blogging was my way to stay sane.

What are your goals for your blog going forward?

I want my blog to continue to grow. I struggle with reader comments so trying to figure that out as each day goes by…

Are you active in Social Media? What do you enjoy about it?

Yes! Twitter, Facebook, etc. I love it because I can connect with more readers and fellow bloggers for support and ideas!

If you had to pick a favorite post on your blog what would it be and why do you like it best?

My fav post was probably my daughter’s first birthday, Payton’s Winter Onederland. Not because of the party but more of how we made it through one year. I struggled so badly with my PPD and then returning to work as a full-time mom. Our year was nuts, but we made it!