I heart Segullah (and some business)

So I may not have landed that all important first job, but I am quit honored to announce I have been chosen to volunteer my hours doing public relations for the fabulous Segullah.

If you're not familiar with Segullah you should be because it's awesome. Segullah is both a printed journal and online blog. More importantly, it's all about "exploring ideas, sharing experiences, and highlighting individuals...to encourage literary and artistic talent, provoke thought and promote greater understanding and faith..." (Sounds right up my alley, no?)


Join the conversations at Segullah here. Read up on archived items from the journals here. And connect with Segullah on Facebook here.


Oh, and while you're at it...I'd love to hear your thoughts on all-things Segullah. I'm here to serve, my friends...here to serve.


Always,

P.S.

If you are a member of 20SB...go vote for me for October's featured blogger...please and thank you? Go...do it...HERE.

Creativity: Mila of Free Bird Train

Post 8 of HEIA: Creativity.

Mila is the lovely and inspirational momma blogger at Free Bird Train. Today, she's sharing a small part of what creativity means to her. Read up and get inspired yourself...

Oh, and as if I didn't already like Mila enough, she went and awarded me the Hello Beautiful Blogger award. Thanks, Mila! (I nominate Hannah and Amy.)

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Hello Hannah Explains it All readers! I'm Mila from Free Bird Train and I am so excited about sharing about being a part of this special project.

Being creative to me is taking a classic and making it your own. The thing I love the most about creativity is that is has no limits and anyone can do. It's a showcase of your uniqueness.

My creativity comes mostly from my brothers mum, Hazel. She taught me how to knit and sew which has forever changed the way I look at creating.

Can't wait to share more with you all on my creative process.


P.S. Want to add your voice to the discussion on creativity? E-mail me at hannahmoore2007 at hotmail dot com for more details.

Let's talk about OKC

Alright, people, for some reason when I say "Oklahoma" to my California friends they all wrinkle their noses. But let's be real -- Oklahoma is awesome (I'll even admit I like it better than Texas, but sshhhh, I don't admit that to my Texan friends). Alright, maybe I haven't seen the entire state, but what I have seen, experienced, and even tasted, has been fabulous.

First and foremost, for 5 bucks you can enjoy an evening at the ballpark watching the Oklahoma City Redhawks. Of course, it would have been much nicer if we weren't sitting in the middle of a ridiculous heat wave...but what can ya do? It was a good time anyways.

We were literally the only people in the grass section until an usher came and told us we didn't need to bake in the sun with so many seats open.

Creativity: Kristina of F is for Foutz

Post 7 of HEIA: Creativity.

Okay, I'll admit it: I met Kristina of F is for Foutz at girls camp. It's ridiculous, I know, but at least I met her as a leader and not as a camper this time around. What can I say? Camp is the greatest. 

Anywho, when I first asked Kristina to share her thoughts on creativity, she very nicely told me no. I didn't reply right away because I was trying to think of a good way to convince her that she was, in fact, a creative person (she is a photographer after all, and seriously has the best sense of humor.) But before I had to think too long, Kristina did the convincing for me, and e-mailed me back telling me she had changed her mind. I think it was the perfect precursor of the post to come. Keep reading to see what I mean:

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Title: Creative is as Creative does

A guest post by Kristina of F is for Foutz

Yeah I really don't know where I am going with that post title either. Maybe it is just a warning that when it comes to my blog entries you never know what you are gonna get. Or maybe I just watched a preview for Forrest Gump and I have Tom Hanks on the brain.
I was surprised when Hannah asked me to write a post on creativity because honestly I have never sat down to reflect on myself and come up with the word 'creative'. In fact, I'm not sure sure I have ever sat down to reflect on myself. Except when I put on my makeup, but I don't think the act of staring deeply into your eyeball as you apply eyeliner really counts as reflecting upon yourself although a reflection and yourself are both present. It's a funny juxtaposition that way.
So I have established that I don't think I'm creative, but the fact that Hannah thinks I am makes for one interesting fact: I am awesome at faking it. (Creativity). So today I am going to talk about the best way to fake being creative, cause apparently it works for me.

1. Find something interesting and exploit it.

I am not interesting. I am a stay at home mom with a small photography business and a totally eclectic blog. I work part-time at Vandelay Industries. I don't use my days to their fullest and I'm a terrible housekeeper, and I don't craft. Like, AT ALL. But every once in a great while something cool will pop up in my life, like recently I screwed up our anniversary plans to see Jimmy Fallon and decided to make a big fuss until someone fixed my error. Seriously I think there were 5 consecutive posts about Jimmy Fallon -- but people apparently like him so I milked that for all it's worth. Just beware of repercussions, apparently now the Jimmy Fallonverse thinks I am 100% obsessed with Jimmy Fallon and have recruited me into their ranks. Watch as I crush their hopes and dreams in a new blog post titled, "I am not 100% obsessed with Jimmy Fallon: a study on peer pressure" Coming soon! It is going to be awesome, and yet will be the 6th or 7th post I've written concerning that dude. EXPLOITATION TIL YOU REACH CREATION!