Why do I blog? Do I blog for followers, for publicity? Do I blog because I love it, or because I think other people will like me more because of it? Blogging is such a hard talent to figure out. I have to admit, sometimes I do put posts out for the sheer joy of a comment, a new follower, or a link. I blog because I love to write, not only on paper with ink. 

I blog because I am an artist. The blank post is my canvas, and the keys are my brushes. I paint with words, add color with pictures. I blog to share my paintings, because without this blog they would go to waste. My paintings would not be shared, criticized, made better. I may not be an artist who paints (hey, I try) with watercolors or pastels, but I paint with words and photographs.

I blog because I am a writer. I write to tell a story, to tell my thoughts in a matter of sentences. I blog to string all the words jumbling around in my head together, to clear my mind of the day that has happened. Without writing, i wouldn't be able to form a coherent sentence. 

I blog because I love it. I love to write, photograph, and most of all, blog. 

This is why I blog.

diy magazine envelopes! these are so cute & fun to send in the mail! #snailmailholler

1 rip out a page from an envelope with a design you like.

2 flip over and fold the top two corners, like a paper airplane

3 fold the bottom two corners to half the width of the top two

4 fold up the sides to meet the edge of the small corners

5 tape up any loose edges

6 fold up the bottom half to meet the top corners

7 tap the sides to make a pocket

8 see? pocket time!

9 fold over the top edge to make the flap

10 finished product!

i've been obsessed and pretty sure i'm mass-producing these. #movingon