Why blog?

Now there's an interesting question!   Why blog?  Why do I blog?   Today is my 901st blog post.  Well done me!  But I'm still asking myself the question.

I started in 2008 with two blog posts for the whole year.  I have no idea now why I started or what purpose I had in blogging.  Which is maybe why I've got to this point and am challenging myself to blog for 30 days.  I'm using the 30 day blogging challenge from Sarah Arrow.   It's much better to have a purpose, a goal or a vision when you start something because then you can measure whether you achieved it.   Since I don't know what I set out to do, I can't tell whether I've achieved it.

However I have achieved 900 posts.  I've hosted giveaways, I've shared my artwork and my photos.  Occasionally I've been brave and shared my feelings and my state of mind.   Many of my readers have been with me the whole time and some have joined me during the journey.  Thank you to you all.

So I would like to ask you a question.  It might be questions!

What types of blog posts keep you coming back?  Which are the ones you most like to read?  What sort of posts do you just click through - go on, I know you do because I do the same with the blogs I follow.  What would you like to see more of on my blog?

I would really appreciate it if you could answer in the comments below.  Thank you

October week 5: Sanctuary

The last of my October ReWind posts for Take Me Deeper is Sanctuary from May.

I used Ranger Transparent Gloss Texture paste through a  stencil.  I love this new-to-me product because when it is dry it looks like how heat embossing with clear powder looks but without the hassle of the powder - which gets everywhere!

While it was drying I watched a new Dyan Reaveley video from Ranger where she demonstrated how to ink a page properly.  So I tried it - although I still didn't get as much ink sprayed on to the page as she said.

I pressed the left hand page onto the wet page and got this result.   This is how I know there wasn't as much ink as in Dyan's video because she had ink pouring out of her journal.

Anyway I rather liked the result so I left it alone - apart from drying the page.   Then I wrote out some of the verses from the month long study prompts.

Sometimes you do pages you really like and sometimes you do pages that look really ugly.  I'm glad to say I think this one looks 'real purty'!

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Happy Birthday HKC

Prizes and Discounts to celebrate our 1st birthday.

Welcome to a very exciting blog hop. This week His Kingdom Come is celebrating its first birthday. Can you believe that we only launched our community on November 1st 2014 and we have grown to over 2000 members. This week we have a special blog hop and event to celebrate. Keep reading!

Thank you, everyone of you, for making this journey with us. We had no idea what we were taking on when God called us to build a new Christian creative online community. And it is totally thanks to him that we are where we are today.

If you have been with us the whole time then thank you for your support. It has been most appreciated by the Foundation Team. If you have joined us during the last few months then you are very welcome. To find out about our history visit the His Kingdom Come website where you can read our story.

The Foundation Team are already planning new classes and new products for 2016 and we hope you will continue to belong to the His Kingdom Come community.

To celebrate our first birthday each day this week the Foundation Team is blogging about their experience of HKC and showing some of their faithart.

Each blog has the complete list of participants so if you miss a day you can go back and read our blogs.

Monday        Diane Marra
Tuesday        Shonna Bucaroff
Wednesday   Merri Dennis
Thursday      Mary Brack
Today           Me!
Saturday       His Kingdom Come

As you visit each blog please leave a comment. Each of us will choose one person at random to win a prize. Please leave your comments by noon PST (8pm GMT) on Tuesday 3rd November.

My year with HKC
It's hard to believe it's a year since we started.  We had plotted and planned for about 3 months and then we launched!  It's been a roller coaster of a year.  We have hardly advertised our online presence but God has been good and brought new people to the community almost every day.   I have written devotions for Take Me Deeper - writing devotions has been a whole new expereince for me and a great learning curve.  So glad Mary Brack was there to edit and check my theology!   I've done more faithart this year than I have probably done in my life.  Before being part of HKC I rarely shared my faith or my faithart online.  Or to be honest to anyone.  I have tried out lots of different techniques in  my TMD journal but not sure I have actually found my art style.  But I do have a few favourites to share with you.

And there’s more!
To celebrate our birthday on Sunday November 1st we are offering you a discount of 25% off these classes: Faithart 101 5 class bundle, Faithart 102 God’s Aviary class, The Zigzag Postcard Book and the Altered Books: The Promised Land 3 class bundle. These will be discounted on the shop site so you do not need a code at the checkout.
You will be given a full refund if you buy one of these classes on Sunday 1st November and then win the class from your comment on a blog.

You can also receive 10% off any HKC Faithart products you buy from the HKC shop by using this code: bday2015
You will be given a full refund if you buy one of the products on Sunday 1st November which you then win from your comment on a blog.

These discounts apply between 12.01am PST and midnight PST on Sunday 1st November. (Sunday 8.01am GMT to 8am Monday)

Prize winners will be announced on the His Kingdom Come Blog on Wednesday 4th November.



Prizes to be won by leaving comments on the Foundation Team members’ blogs

Diane Marra         A God’s Aviary Dove stencil & a set of Doves stamps
Shonna Bucaroff   Faithart 102 God’s Aviary class
Merri Dennis        Faithart 101 5 class bundle
Mary Brack          A God’s Aviary Eagle stencil & a set of Wings stamps
Bernice Hopper    Altered Books: The Promised Land 3 class bundle
His Kingdom Come A set of Promised Land stamps & a set of Sparrows stamps