Excuse me Miss, do you Blog?

[kamikat]

I started a new blog to document my vintage sewing. Please visit! If you have a blog about vintage clothing or living a "new vintage" lifestyle, I'd love to add a link to your blog. Right now, all my links are sewing related, but I plan on adding some more general interest vintage links, too.

http://newvintage.wordpress.com/

[Miss Dottie]

Thanks for the heads up! I'll certainly add it to my bloglist.

[PS]

I see there is a new Etsy sticky, with all of our Loungers who sell providing the links for their shops. l love seeing all of this in one spot and it started me thinking there should be a sticky for Blogs as well. I also have a questions for the gals who do blog. . .

Why did you start your blog?
How did you decide on a topic, find your niche?
Are you motivated to maintain your blog, why?
Have you found your blog to be an outlet or a way to stay passionate?

I've often thought of starting my own blog but just can't imagine why anyone would want to read it and then start to wonder why I would want to write it.
My head is just on backwards lately and thought blogging would help me re-organize mentally.

[GlamourDoll]

1. Why did you start your blog?
I figured it would be a good outlet to express myself and to just share
my love of all things vintage.

2. How did you decide on a topic, find your niche?
I actually don't have a topic, really. My blog is under my name and
I just talk about anything and everything vintage.

3. Are you motivated to maintain your blog, why?
Yes, I keep up with it about twice a week. But it's so new that I only have two posts so far.

4. Have you found your blog to be an outlet or a way to stay passionate?
Yes, I have.

[Inky]

good idea!

I blog (it's in my signature) but it's for me, myself and I. Some people read it, I even have a few followers, , and some lurkers who never comment.

It's called "inkyknits" because I used to knit a lot more often. I think I should change it to ShrinkyInky because that goes along with my body-transformation journey, but I haven't gotten a "round toit."

I don't blog often lately, just if something happens or strikes me as fun. Though I try to post a "make do and mend" type of link or idea on the first of each month.

Mostly i do it for fun and to entertain myself, but lately I've been thinking of other thoughts for a blog.....we'll see.....

[Antje]

I like lurking the blogs, but don't have one

[ThesFlishThngs]

I do. Originally I had a website with a complicated url, that just wasn't very easy to maintain & update, so I moved over to the simplicity of Blogger. Though ideally its purpose is to keep my arty friends and followers in the know, I do tend to ramble and post whatever's on my mind at the time. I like to update it once or twice a week, but sometimes it's more, sometimes less.

[Lauren]

I also blog. My name says what it's about.
http://wearinghistory.blogspot.com
I use it for sharing research, sewing, and style, and updates on what's going on with my etsy store. I like blogging, really, but sometimes I don't do it for a few days because of lack of motivation to upload images! I think it's really fun to see what others are up to, and it's a great way to keep in touch with what's going on with long distance friends.

[kamikat]

I blog. In fact, I have 3. One is for my extended family, generally for family news and pictures of the children since the grandparents and cousins aren't local. One is under my name and is pretty general. Most of those posts are actually kept as drafts, so it's mostly diary-type writing. My most active one is in my signature. I used to post a couple times a week but I'm not sewing as much these days. I try to post a new project every Sunday or Monday. Having a deadline helps me stick to a project.

[Amy Jeanne]

Why did you start your blog?
I started a Live Journal in 2003. I was tired of doing my "GlamSpams" (they took a few days to prepare!) so I moved to Blogger and made it more vintage-general.

How did you decide on a topic, find your niche?
Always vintage!! Now I discuss sewing mostly, but I like to mix it up with movies, magazines, furniture, music, and buildings.

Are you motivated to maintain your blog, why?
I used to update my LJ every 2 days. I update my blog once or twice a week.

Have you found your blog to be an outlet or a way to stay passionate?
Always an outlet, always to keep the passion! The husband isn't so much into vintage patterns and hairdos

I've often thought of starting my own blog but just can't imagine why anyone would want to read it

I felt and still do feel the same. I still don't know why I have 145 "Followers." I mainly write for myself, though. On LJ i had an "audience" who expected a certain thing of me and I delivered. On Blogger I am a cracking bore . Also, my Facebook is a LOT more interesting. I guess I'm more interested in maintaining that instead. That's where I keep all kinds of vintage goodness hidden away. Hehe!