Friday, January 24, 2014

Grow Your Blog



Welcome to my blog.  Hi, my name is Shanna.  I was born a few decades ago at a very young age...and I like to quilt!  We are displaced Alaskans living in Texas.  I started this blog 3 years ago as a way to start writing.  I have a friend who writes about writing and he is very good at it it.  one of his pieces of advice is that you will never improve your writing unless you write and that one should write about things one likes.  I had only just started quilting about 8 months before I started my blog so it became a journey as I tried to not only work through the making of things, but also work through the grief of loosing triplets.

I have found that the blogging community is an amazingly supportive group of people!  I have made blogging friends from all over the world who were "with" me while I brought my daughter into the world as well the loss of two more pregnancies.  There are always some aspects of blogging that can be hard, but overall it has helped me to not only become a better quilter, but I feel a better person.  I also write a lot about my family, reading and my daughter Miss Z!


I am not quite sure what else I should tell you about myself so let me ask you my favorite question!  If your life was a movie, what songs would be on your soundtrack?  I actually have a category on my ipod as such which the playlist is always changing to tell you the truth, but here are a few of the songs on that very long list.

1.  The Story
2.  Forever
3.  Don't Call Me Daughter
4.  Fuller Sense of Peace
5.  There is A Fountain
6.  A little C.C.R.
And Many more...

Each song invokes a memory for me, what makes you choose your music?


Thank you very much for stopping by and visiting me!  I wish I had a special something to giveaway, but I do not.  I do ask that you might go to the blog list and especially support the newer bloggers out there.  I think they could use the encouragement.  Go HERE to see Vicki's list!

*\0/* Cheers
Shanna

23 comments:

  1. You've had a productive quilting life!!! It's nice to see them all together like that, but where is that great new finish?

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  2. Making the Grow Your Blog tour. I already follow you on Bloglovin. Best wishes from Oklahoma, USA. crystalbluern at onlineok dot com

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  3. I am admiring your quilts and visiting to say Hi...picked you to visit first as I love the name of your blog...I have a thing for sparrows Too.....Happy day to you and yours and best wishes with grow your blog day
    Daisy j

    http://lazydaisyjones.blogspot.co.uk/

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  4. Hi, I'm Linda from craftygardener.ca and I found your site from the Grow Your Blog event. It sure is a big list of places to visit. It has been nice browsing through your blog.

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  5. Hi Shanna. Welcome to the GYB 2014 event. I enjoyed learning a bit about you. Many losses in a young life. So happy to see a lovely photo of yourself and Miss Z. Bet she keeps you busy.... Your quilts are lovely. Hope you enjoy visiting the other participants. Lorraine (GYB volunteer team).

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  6. Beautiful quilts! I adore the American art of quilting, have seen a lot in books and today in several blogs...
    Have a great party and thanks for comment :-)

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  7. Hi Shanna, thank-you so much for stopping by blog today! Big WOW on all the quilts. I love to write too, and I couldn't agree more with your friend, practice is the only way to get better. Enjoy the party and I look forward to getting to know you better,
    Andrea

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  8. love your quilts, follow by bloglovin

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  9. Hi Shanna. Thanks for stopping by my blog and nice to meet you. I just love your quilts. Great job on them all.

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  10. Hey Shanna - glorious quilts!
    Have fun at the party.
    I'm loving getting a peek into so many different world.

    go easy ~p

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  11. I am very looking forward to following your life and creations! Gorgeous work! xoxo Jen

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  12. Hello Shanna, visiting via GYB. What lovely quilts, so much work. Will be back to read more. Nice to greet you.

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  13. Such pretty colors! I love that pillow case with the shapes and black background!

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  14. Nice to meet you. Thanks for visiting my blog.

    Judy in Colorado
    judy@atticraggedys.com

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  15. Writing and quilting and blogging are wonderful pursuits. Love your happy photo with the little one. Vicki's GYB is amazing and I will be visiting again. Thank you for sharing...

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  16. Hi Shanna, thanks for visiting my blog. I love the collages of all your brightly coloured quilts, they look great. I agree that to get better at writing we need to practice so here we all are blogging together, writing and getting to know each other.

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  17. Hey Shanna, wow you have some lovely pieces. I really like what you do with all your scraps. I keep everything and should start doing something like this. You have a lovely family. it has been nice getting to know you.

    Hugs
    Caroline

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  18. Shanna, what a great post! You told us quite a bit about you and let your quilt photos speak for themselves. Lovely and bright. I'm here for GYB, but I will be back. Thanks for helping Vicki.

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  19. Greetings from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Nice to meet you. Nice work! Thanks for sharing.

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  20. An inspirational blog. I enjoyed reading some of your entries. Thank you for sharing. Your work is lovely. Thank you so much for sharing.

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  21. hello, so lovely to meet you. Your work is just gorgeous, especially your most special piece of work - miss z!

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  22. Hi Shanna--thanks so much for visiting me via the GYBP :) Your quilts are GORGEOUS!! I love the tree block especially. So glad to be getting the chance to know you. I'm your latest follower. Blessings, Diana

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  23. I love your last comment, we do need support. Happy blogging

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