Recently you may have noticed the crickets chirping all by their lonesomes here at Bonne Vie. This bird has been busy, buying textbooks, cleaning out cobwebs, and writing a lot of really insightful stuff for clients. Learning, growing… you get the idea. I’ve hardly had time for outfit photos, let alone a good afternoon of [...]
It started with the feather extension craze… A twitter contest landed me in one of the plush seats at Swink Style Bar in downtown Seattle. I’d seen the feathers on a few of the Twitterati (an affectionate nickname for my favorite group of girls…) so I was stoked to have a set of my own. [...]
Not having a whole lot of extra spending money, I’m constantly trying to look for ways to update what I have for cheap. I still love the thrill of a purchase, but I have to be very choosy when it comes to what I’m buying. I’m looking for quality items that work with what I [...]
How do fashion bloggers do it? Since this girl doesn’t have the reliable income she once did, I have to find a way to be a “fashion” blogger on $100 a month. That means if I want those ‘Vogs everyone is talking about (and I do!) I have to save for OVER three months to [...]
It’s been just over 4 months since Mister and I embarked on the marital journey. It’s funny because it doesn’t seem much different than before and people continually ask, “How’s married life?” And I reply, “Same as real life?” It’s funny how little marriage changes reality, and the weird ways in which it does. I [...]
2010 has been a big year for a lot of people, myself especially. It was, in many ways, the year that defined. I look back at posts that made me think, social media that connected us, and posts I wrote that really helped define la bonne vie for me. Some of my favorite post thoughts [...]
I think I found this list on Psychology Today and because I know we’re all looking at our Resolutions for next year, I felt it was appropriate to post today. Do you want to change something about your life? Is there a goal that eludes you? Try this, and it just might stick! Break down [...]
I originally posted this tutorial on Dramatis Personae on November 10, 2009. I thought it’d be a good idea to repost it here because it’s almost Halloween and I KNOW someone needs a tutorial on how to apply fake eyelashes. I’m no *real* pro when it comes to makeup, but I can assure you that [...]
So there was a little downtime this week while I was on vacation! I went to Vegas (a yearly ordeal) and on coming back I feel the need to invest in a little detoxification. In Vegas, we eat crappy food (McDonalds chicken nuggets, fried foods, no veggies), and some very rich meals (dinner at Mon [...]
The Delicate Balance
Permalink | Shortlink | Comments (4) | Trackback | Filed in Fashion and Style, Social Media for Bloggers Tags: add value, blogging balance, cultivate, fashion blogging, how to blog, how to build facebook interactions, how to engage readers, how to find blogging balance, how-to, inspiration, motivate, positive, relationship, valuable comments, wordsSo often I find myself walking a fine line between posts that are *~FLUFF AND FASHIONZZ!~* and meaty, essay-style articles. Straddling the line between serious-blog and fun-blog can be a little daunting, but I feel like it takes a delicate balance between fun and thoughtful to make a blog successful. It’s those meaty, well thought out [...]