So, what’s the big idea?
I have had the idea to do an art-based blog for a while…
Looking at art being created around the world is very exciting and inspiring to me. Scrapbooking and paper arts are a passion of mine, and I enjoy getting others excited about it, as well. There were a few things holding me back..Well, many things (see: first blog post!). Another hesitation I had was that I am not a regular Scrapbooker. I am a stay at home mother of 3, active in church and with family and keeping up with my home. So, how much and how often could I share my projects with others? Yet, I still love it and really make an effort to ‘get my hands dirty’ from time to time. (Seriously, if I show up to an event with green fingernails, it’s ink, not a fungal infection!)
While the idea for my blog was brewing, I overheard some girls from my church talking about their blogs. Many of my friends have “Mommy Blogs” documenting their day-to-day lives in the home. I have peeked at all of them, and follow some of them closely, I have laughed and cried over many of the stories of their sweet little ones. This conversation, in fact, centered around just that-using their blogs to make a difference in others’ lives, by exposing their hearts in their love for their husbands and children, and their desires to see them come to know the Lord and live a life that honors Him. Hearing these women, and looking at their motives in light of my wanting to do an Art Blog, I could think only one thing – “I’m a jerk.” My hatchling of an idea for my blog was quickly dropped, and forgotten.
But once again, try though I might, the blogosphere (shudder) had me in its sights, and there was no escape. As I have mentioned, there is a smidgen of a chance that I will need to have a blog to document my time on a team I might be part of. (One more week until the announcement!) (‘might’ and ‘chance’ being the operative words) So, there I was again, back at the idea for an art-based blog. I talked the problem (desiring to say something meaningful in a potentially frivolous blog) over with my hubby, Matthew. As is the trend with his casual, no stress, frazzleless, optimistic, rather medatative, and alltogether CRAZY worldview, he did not see any of this as a problem! In fact, he started to get really excited about my (?) idea of blogging about art-WITH A PURPOSE! Make the meaning behind the art the focus, and put tips and tricks to achieve the look of the art as a side point. He was right, of course: You can copy someone’s style as much as you want, but if what you’re creating doesn’t mean something to you, it can never be special to you. That is true whether you’re someone who Scrapbooks a couple times a year, or every day, 10 minutes a page, or weeks on one page. If you’re more of a photo album and frame kind of gal, or you create hand made cards to share at Christmas, it’s what you’re thinking about while you do these things that matters. Only then can it matter to anyone else.
So, there’s the outline for my blog. I give in world, Jenna Kellso has a blog, happy? Believe it or not, I am happy, I think it could be a lot of fun. I already have a few of my most recent projects photographed and ready for documentation, and now that i finally have my intro finished, AWAY WE GO!!