A Beautiful Blogging Party!

Welcome everyone, to my little corner of the Beautiful Blogging
Party, hosted by Joy from Cupid's Charm. This Party is
dedicated to everything we love about blogging , wander over
her way to link to other party participants and find out what

they love most...

My blogging journey began last January. A few months before
that I had begun reading a blog written by my cousin at
Pony Girl Rides Again. I thought it looked like something I
might like to try and with little computer experience and not
much information, I took a blind leap of faith.
All at once, I went to Blogger and began my blog, Loveleigh
Treasures, as a private venture to play around in and for my

family to read. I was hooked!


Oh, the fumbles, the frustrations, the fun. Trying to figure
out how to create on a blog while not even knowing how to cut
and paste, yes I'm embarrassed to admit it, was full of
challenges. However the possibilities for creative opportunity
it opened seemed endless.


Once I began to learn my way around, I helped my Aunt and
Mom set up blogs of their own. I think this is one of the things
I love the most about blogging, choosing the template, the
layout, the gadgets, pictures and banners, colors and fonts. I
can spend hours on the computer, on the hunt for new pictures,
artwork, gadgets and doo-dads to put on my blog. I'm always
moving things around and changing backgrounds and banners,
and cropping photos. I think I began this love of creating
layouts in High School while on the Yearbook staff for two
years. Art class was also my favorite subject in school and for a
while drawing was a lot of fun for me, but I wasn't passionate
about it and it has fallen by the wayside over the years.
Beginning a blog has opened a window to create I am LOVING!

a drawing by Sares for her grandfather

Once I had been blogging for a couple of months, I decided to
expand my horizons again. I was feeling the need to reach out
to other bloggers in a more open forum, so I took Loveleigh
Treasures public. I haven't regretted it since!
Every day I continue to be amazed by how inventive and
talented you all are. The handmade pillows, aprons, tussie
mussies, the beautifully designed rooms, refurbished
furniture, paper crafts, and all of the stunning handmade
jewelery, they all inspire me to want to do better!
I am also amazed by all of the wonderful people that blog
and offer nothing but praise and encouragement to
others in their endeavours.


Blogging has also been an enormous blessing to my family.
It has allowed the 9 family members that have blogs (and those
that don't) to keep in closer contact with each other through
weekly postings of pictures and stories. This is a part of
each other's lives we would otherwise only here about a
few times a year during visits or phone calls.


I think the number one, most favorite, best, thing about
blogging, is hearing about the day to day lives of everyone out
there that blogs. All the little things, the family tales, the yard
sales, the travels, the recipes, the adventures, the troubles, I
love how it can turn strangers into friends. It's all too much fun
and I can't wait to see more, do more and to learn more with
you all.


So, my fellow blogging compadres, until we meet again,
I leave you with this loveleigh thought...

beyond ideas
there is a field

will you meet me there?

rumi