(This is obviously a day late, but let's ignore the fact it's actually Saturday and pretend it's Friday)
Inspired by Tastes Like Love's "Start Your Week Off With..." blog series, I wanted to share with my readers inspiring posts or ideas I have collected from around the internet. People are truly the root of all my inspirations and I am constantly inspired by their honesty, creativity and talent. Here are a few favorites I'd like to share this week:
#ABEAUTIFULMESS IPHONE APPUm, seriously can Elsie + Emma get anymore talented? Surely you know their blog, A Beautiful Mess. Well now they have gone mobile and created a photo-editing app that will add that special handmade touch to your photos. I have only edited a couple photos so far but this app seriously makes me want to go back and edit all the instagrams I have ever instagrammed.
INSTAGRAM'S ENVY EFFECTBelow is a preview of an amazing article written last month about the danger of social media's well-edited, filtered partial truths and the envy effect we all seem to suffer from it. It was a great reminder that life cannot be captured in status updates and that although social media is a great tool, be careful to not use it for comparison, but rather connection.
TO WOMEN BY THE FLOWER CHILD DWELLINGA beautifully written article by Kelly Ann taking on the topic of feminism and women encouraging other women versus berating other women for taking a different route. Kelly references the incredible accomplishments women have made throughout history and the challenges they have faced and conquered. Kelly reminds us women to stick together, support one another and believe in ourselves.
WONDERFULLY MADE SERIES // POPPY THE BLOG
Kristyn started a blog series named "Wonderfully Made" to showcase and celebrate who we are as women. On her guest posts, she asks her bloggers to list what three things they love about themselves. I am in absolute love with this concept. We as humans are susceptible to focusing on our "flaws" versus our strengths along with viciously comparing ourselves to one another. This is a great series to take a step back from our short comings and focus on what makes us thrive. Beautiful series!
THE LIGHT // THE ALBUM LEAFJust listen and you will understand. This song will forever remind of the tv show Scandal (any fans out there?!). It is beautifully composed and a well thought out piece of music. Enjoy!
Anything you'd like to share this weekend?
I think it is extremely important to share and support other individual's content and creativity! I come across so many beautiful pieces of work and I can't help but want to share it with everyone :)
See you readers on Monday!
I adore kristyn at Poppy the blog so much! I love that feature and think its such a positive way to feature women. Also- i love that little bit of an article you posted about partial truths and instagram. It makes me want to detach my self a little and get back to connecting the old way!
ReplyDeleteI adore her as well! It is nice to step away from the everyday blogging and actually get to know the bloggers aside from what they are blogging about! When I read that article about Instagram, I instantly fell in love with her words and viewpoint. It really makes you take a look at social media and how it affects our social behavior. Thanks so much for your feedback!
Deletewhat a great post! I look forward to the next in your new series :)
ReplyDeleteum and the beautifulmess app I'm OBSESSED! Elise and Emma are so inspiring, they a such a wonderful example of what you can do when you work hard and follow your dreams :)
Thank you so much Brooke!
DeleteI am so glad you enjoy this series and I can't wait for next weeks!
I don't think I could have said it better myself about how Elsie + Emma inspire all us bloggers. I wonder if they ever thought they could have this much influence on us all :)
aww, melissa i can't thank you enough for featuring me in this post! i'm so glad there are many of you that enjoy my wonderfully made series--i hope it continues to inspire acceptance of self and others :) have a wonderful weekend!!
ReplyDeleteAw, it is my absolute pleasure Kristyn! Just love when people put out some good energy into the blogging world :) It is nice to have some encouragement! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend as well!
DeleteI love this concept! I'll be looking forward to reading the series every Friday!
ReplyDeleteThanks girl! :) I already have next week's lined up!
DeleteMelissa, thank you so much for sharing my post - I appreciate you and I am so, so glad that readers have responded so well to what I shared. It's heartwarming, encouraging, and inspiring! Thanks again, xo.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Kelly! Thank you for writing such beautiful and encouraging words. It is refreshing to see bloggers listen to each other and work hard to change viewpoints. The world needs a bit more of this :)
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