I’ve been making some changes to The Flourishing Abode, to make it easier for you to use, and to help keep it running! I’m pretty excited about some of these changes, and so I wanted to share them with you. There’s a ton of great stuff I want to tell you about ranging from free classic vintage clothes, to a DIY gallery, to a exclusive deal for my readers, to milkweed kisses. Um, I guess you’ll have to read on to understand that last one.
‣‣‣ First (and this is just a small change, but might make it easier to navigate and find posts on certain subjects) there is a new “Categories” drop down menu over on the sidebar, just below the search bar. Basically, you choose any topic from the menu, and it will bring up a list of all posts on that topic! Handy. 🙂
‣‣‣ Second (and this is one I’m very excited about!), The Flourishing Abode now has sponsors! These lovely sites help me to be able to keep my blog running. You can see their links over on the sidebar, right below the “Sponsor” bar … obviously. 😉 But I thought this would be kind of fun – I went through each of their sites and decided to share a “you shouldn’t miss this” find from each site. So here you go!
If you love vintage clothing, you should definitely be aware that over on the “Dressed Her Days Vintage” blog, she is GIVING AWAY a series of gorgeous pieces from her vintage collection. (Hard to beat free and classy, eh?)
If you like the yellows in my blog design, then you shouldn’t miss the mustard scarf in the knit section on Neckstyles.
(I love yellow!)
If you love tea (like me!), then you should be sure to check out this lovely teapot pastels painting by Cynthia Haase Art.
(Mmm, tea….)
If you’d like a free pastry from Panera bread, and find out about other deals and coupons, then Frugal Living and Having Fun will be right up your alley.
(Panera pastry? Um, yes, please!)
If you’re looking for something simply beautiful and fresh, you should see this summery painting from Finnell Fine Art.
(“Old Garden Rose” … ahhhh.)
If you want to see something that just makes you feel cheery when you see it, then you should check out this adorable “fete” bunting embroidery by CatShyCrafts.
(Cuteness … to the max!)
If you like foxes and whimsy (and foxes have been so trendy lately!), you should see this lovely piece by Bettina’s Tree House. (Who wouldn’t want to kiss milkweed seeds after seeing that?)
If you enjoy things that smell good (and, I mean, who likes the alternative?) I’ll tell you I’ve bought from Gardenmis before and loved it … and these lavender map sachets are calling my name. (Sachets: “Apriiiil…”)
If you like vintage jewelry, then you should definitely see this beautiful vintage cameo pin from Vogel Haus Vintage.
(Unless I buy it first…)
If you like zebra print (fun!), then you should definitely see this zebra dinner set from Made 4 Home … and I have to say, it’s an awfully good price, too. (Hm, I should probably put some clever play on word about stripes here, but I’m drawing a blank. Check it out and suggest your own witty line.;)
(By the way, if you are interested in sponsoring The Flourishing Abode, you can check out the information here.)
‣‣‣ Third (and I’m also very excited about this one) – I’ve set up a visual gallery of all my DIY, how to, and tutorial posts! Do you see the light bulb icon right below my banner? Previously, that led to a fairly boring list of links. Now, though, after a weekend of designing and coding, it’s a visual gallery of projects! Here’s is a sneak peek of how it looks:
There are over 30 of my own original projects and how-to’s there – each picture links to the tutorial or tip post. I hope you’ll enjoy it, and find lots of fun projects and inspiration! 🙂 Click the light bulb under the banner … or just click here.
‣‣‣ Fourth (and last) – I’ve decided as a special thank-you to all my readers here on The Flourishing Abode, that each month this summer I’ll be picking one print from my FlourishCafe shop, and offering a ridiculous 50% off coupon here on my blog for that print for the entire month! Here is June’s print (it’s one of my favorites..):
Just use the coupon code FROMTHEABODE for 50% off this print, just for the rest of the month of June. (This coupon is valid ONLY for the “Tea is my cup of tea” poster, shown above, and ONLY in the month of June, 2012 – so snatch it up if you want it! Any other prints you wish to purchase must be bought in a separate transaction.)
So that’s the news and changes around here – I hope you’ve found some fun new things! Is there something you’d like to see here on my blog? Maybe a blog topic you’d be interested to read about? (I noticed recently that there were some searches on my blog for curly hair care … hm, maybe!)
Leave your thoughts and comments below – I do a little happy dance in my mind each time I get a new comment. 🙂
Posted in art, blogging, creative biz, etsy, vintage
Thanks for all the comments on last week’s “truth and evidences” post! I really enjoy and appreciate your feedback, thoughts and responses. 🙂
So, last week we talked about how truth itself is not a matter of faith, but rather our faith should be based on what we learn to be the truth. This week I want to pose these two questions to consider:
Does absolute truth even exist? Aren’t we just supposed to be open minded and tolerant?
First: Does absolute truth even exist?
This is something which in our society today seems to be highly questioned. Is there such a thing as absolute truth? Is everything, including truth, just relative?
Somehow these questions largely seem to come up in matters of morals and religion, not in everyday life. If you ask your spouse, “Do you have an umbrella?” you don’t expect the answer to be, “Well it depends, since it’s all just relative and there is no one truth on the matter.” No, we expect that there is one answer that is the truth. Either you have an umbrella, or you don’t. But when it comes to matters or religion or morals, people seem much more likely to say, “Well, it depends, since it’s all relative and there is no one truth about it.” Is that a common answer because there is no such thing truth – or because it feels more comfortable to answer that way? We need to establish that choosing to not believe something doesn’t make truth cease to exist.
I want to point out the difference between belief and truth. The truth exists independent of whether there is belief or not. (For instance, the world was round, even when everyone thought it was flat.) Truth doesn’t change when belief changes. (The world didn’t change to being round when people started believing it was round.) Being good and sincere in a belief does not make it necessarily the truth. (I’m sure there were good people who sincerely thought the world was flat.) There can be any number of beliefs, which may vary for any number of reasons. Someone could believe the world was a triangle, or that the world was sitting on the shoulders of a giant, or that it just stretched on forever, if they wanted to. But just because they believed it would not make it true – and it also would not mean that the truth does not exist on the topic. Truth exists independent of whether someone believes it. Any number of beliefs may exist, but that does not mean they are all true.
But for the sake of argument, for the moment, let’s just say there’s no such thing as absolute truth. Ok, ready?
“There’s no such thing as absolute truth.”
But, wait, there is already a problem.
If you say there is no such thing as absolute truth … is that absolutely true? If so, then you’re contradicting yourself and disproving your point because you’re claiming something doesn’t exist by giving an example of it existing. Or if it’s not absolutely true .. then it’s not aboslutely true, and absolute truth does exist. It’s a self contradictory stance.
The same goes for other similar arguments: “You can’t know truth.” (Then how do you know that?) “Truth does not exist.” (Then is that statement not true?) “Truth is simply relative.” (Is that just a relative truth as well?) “You can’t say one thing is more true than anything else.” (So is what you’re claiming no more true than the opposite – that some things are more true than others?) Truth exists – to even claim otherwise is a contradiction of its own viewpoint.
“But this all sounds very narrow, to say there is absolute truth. Aren’t we all just supposed to be open minded and tolerant?”
These are phrases (open minded and tolerant) which get thrown around so much, I’m afraid they’ve started to lose their meaning! Let’s look at them one at a time, because they are two different items.
Yes, we should be open minded! And before you read any farther – why is it that we should be open minded? Stop and think about it for a second. Isn’t it so that we don’t continue to believe something that is false? So that when we learn something is the truth, we will accept it and not be closed minded to it? For instance, I remember when I was a kid, I thought that your belly button was actually a button you could push to make yourself hungry and make room for seconds. (HA!) When I got older, I discovered that was not the truth. If I had not accepted that truth, I would have been extremely closed minded. I was open minded, and when I realized I was wrong, I changed my belief in the matter. But now suppose that as an adult, I told you that I wouldn’t say whether the belly button was actually a button to push to make room for seconds, or whether it was not, or even if there was a truth about it at all – because I was choosing to stay open minded on the subject. Is that really what open minded means? Should we stay “open minded” about whether the earth is round or flat? The whole point of being open minded is to recognize that our beliefs can be wrong – not that truth doesn’t exist. We stay open minded so that we can recognize the truth when we see it.
But what about being tolerant? What does it mean to be tolerant? Does being tolerant mean that truth does not exist? Actually, to be “tolerant” of something implies there is a difference – if nothing was actually true or false, then there would be no difference. If you tell me the world is round, I’m not “tolerating” your statement, I agree with it. Tolerating is when there is a difference of belief, not a difference of truth. To tolerate someone’s belief is completely different than to be forced to admit their belief is equally true. Again, that’s not tolerating, that’s agreeing. I have actually heard of a group of people in modern time who do believe the earth is flat. Should I be vicious and punch them or throw bricks in their windows because I disagree with them? Obviously not! But does being tolerant mean I have to accept that there is no truth on whether the earth is round or flat? Not at all. In fact, to claim that we should be so “tolerant” of everything to the point that we actually agree with everyone is not tolerant at all. Because you don’t have to tolerate something you already agree with – you just agree with it. Then the one thing left to disagree with is someone who holds that absolute truth does exist. Will they “tolerate” that? No, it is the very thing they are arguing against. So the one thing that they disagree with is the one thing they won’t “tolerate”, if tolerating really means to agree with it everything.
Yes, we should be kind and respect the fact that others have different beliefs. But that does not mean that truth does not exist. And, in fact, being kind sometimes involves pointing out the truth to someone. If I was driving a car in England, and didn’t realize they drove on the other side of the road, I wouldn’t want the passengers to just “tolerate” or be “open minded” about my driving – I would want them to correct me! No, I wouldn’t want to be cussed out or abused, but when done properly, having someone point out the truth is not unloving – in fact, in can be the very opposite.
So to sum up: Contradicting beliefs may exists, but that does not mean truth does not exist. The existence of truth is not dependent on belief. Truth exists – to claim otherwise is self contradictory. Being tolerant and open minded are both reactions to different beliefs, they do not mean that truth does not exist.
Leave you thoughts and comments below. 🙂
Posted in bible, truth and evidences
Hello everybody! Tim the Husband here to introduce a new weekly feature on the Flourishing Abode. Every week at work I have to fax an RTW form to our warehouse, which isn’t even as exciting as it sounds. One day a few months ago I added some stick figures at the bottom of the page just to fill the void and to add an element of interest. Without intending to, these little drawings became cartoons and the cartoons became a pretty regular feature on my faxes. April asked me to share some of them here. They’re nothing special, but I hope you enjoy them!
Posted in humor, RTW Cartoon, Tim
Well, a little while back, I asked you all what are your favorite road trip games, and mentioned an upcoming vlog about it … so here it is! (If you’re reading this in a reader or email, and can’t see the video above, just click here) By the way, after the little ending segment, there’s a bonus clip of us playing one of the road trip games. Keep in mind … the emphasis of that game is more on cacophony than being on key. 😉
Leave your thoughts and comments below – I always get excited when I get a new comment notification! 🙂
Posted in family, humor, travel, video, vlogging
I never would have thought of today’s hack-a-week project without my husband, Tim. He currently works in the auto glass industry, and brought home this lovely piece of dark glass. It was his idea to turn it into a tray! Handles were posing somewhat of a problem, though, and so I suggested feet instead. And voilà, here is today’s project!
Now, you might be thinking, “Great, I don’t work at an auto glass place. How on earth am I supposed to get my hands on something like that?” Well, here’s the deal. Apparently on certain kinds of trucks with divided back glass, if they have to replace one of the pieces because it is damaged – they have to replace all the pieces of the back glass, regardless of whether the other ones are damaged. So from time to time, there is this extra piece of glass that they had to take out, and it’s just headed for the trash. Now, it’s going to be hit or miss because typically they’re only replacing broken glass, but if you call some auto glass places and ask about it, they just might have some you could use. Who knew, right?
And if they do, well, you know what you can make with it: a diy tray!
You will need…
– A piece of auto glass.
– 4 Copper “feet”. This is where the plumbing parts come in – if you go to your local hardware store and look in the plumbing pipes section, you can find copper pipe end caps. These cost me just 67 cents each! And I think the copper looks really sharp compared to the dark glass.
– A glue gun and glue.
– A hot pad.
Step 1: Clean the glass. There may still be some adhesive around the edge of the glass, from where it was held in place on the vehicle (which can be removed with a razor blade and/or some scrubbing) as well as fingerprints, smudges, etc. (which can be removed with glass cleaner).
Step 2: Fill the copper feet mostly full with hot glue. Use the pot holder to hold a copper foot while you fill it – the copper will get VERY hot. Fill it almost to the top, but not quite. Repeat with all four copper caps, and then set aside to cool.
Step 3: Measure and mark where you want the feet to sit. The glass is slightly curved, so you probably don’t want the feet too close to the edge – and you also want to make sure you mark on the underside of the glass, so that the tray will be ever so slightly bowl shaped. Where ever you decide to place the feet, though, you want to make sure they’re equidistant on each side. Here is one easy way to do this, courtesy of Tim, and pictured below: take a square piece of paper, and fold it into quarters. Slide the corner of the glass into the folded paper so the the corner of the glass is snugly aligned in the folder corner of the paper. Use the glue gun to place a dot of glue where the edge corner of the paper reaches on the glass. Repeat on the other four corners – if your paper is a perfect square, it doesn’t matter what direction you slide the paper on the glass. If it is not a perfect square however, just flip the paper as you go to each corner so that each corner is properly mirrored.
Step 4: Top off the glue for the feet, and place on glass at the markers. Once the glue in the copper feet has set and the copper is cool enough to handle, take one of the feet and fill to the brim with glue, plus a *tiny* bit extra. You need to make sure the glue is high enough to encounter and hold to the glass – but you don’t want to fill it over the top too much, or it will be hard to get the exact same amount in each foot, and your tray will be wobbly because the feet will be different heights. Once you have glue ready in one of the feet, place it centered on top of the dot of glue you marked earlier. Repeat with the other three feet.
Step 5: You’re done! Just make sure the glue came in contact sufficiently with the glass, and that the glue has set (which happily happens oh-so quickly) – and your tray is ready to use! After handling it so much, you may want to give it a another swipe with glass cleaner. Then just find a place to display it!
I really like how it turned out – thanks for the idea, Tim! 🙂
I have a couple other tray ideas I may post in the future. Plus, I should share photos of the gorgeous handmade wooden tray the Tim designed and made as a gift for me. Yeah, I love trays. 🙂 What would you turn into a tray?
Leave your thoughts and comments below, I love to hear from you!
Posted in Challenge, hack a week, home decor, upcycling
So, as I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we’re going to be taking a step back from the “Seek the things above” series, and asking a series of questions that are very fundamental. Is it possible to know the truth about God? Does he even exist at all? Is there even just one truth – or are all beliefs equally true? After all, why should we listen to the Bible at all if we don’t even know if there is any deity at all … much less whether the Bible itself is true?
I think C. S. Lewis makes an excellent point here. If the Bible is not true, then it is of no importance. And if it is true, it is utterly important. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.
But can we know which it is? Or is it true for some people and not true for others? Is it only a matter of a faith? And is faith just another word for religious opinion and preference?
We’ll start with those last two questions today, because if it is “just a matter of faith”, and faith is just subjective opinion and preference, then there is no way to ever come to a definitive conclusion, except on a purely personal level. We might as well be trying to discuss what is the best pizza topping – you might think one thing, and I might think another, and it is just a matter of opinion.
So, what is faith? Faith, at its most basic form is just trust or confidence in something which a person has not experienced first hand. I would like to point out that faith is not limited to religion. A person can have faith in the God of the Bible – he has not seen God personally, but he believes that he exists. A person can have faith in evolution – he did not personally watch one animal evolve into another, but he believes that it happened. A person can have faith in scientists having all the answers – he has not seen scientists answer every single question, but he believes they could. A person can have faith in polytheism – he has not seen multiple gods with his own eyes, but he believes they exist. And so forth and so on. A person can have faith in any number of things. But any world view you choose to take involves some amount of faith, because they all involve aspects which cannot be experienced firsthand and must therefore be taken on faith.
If someone disagrees with the above paragraph, it is probably because they would argue that some of those are based on evidence and some are not. First of all, there is a difference between evidence and proof. None of these worldviews can be absolutely proven – if one of them could be proven then none of the others would have a leg on which to stand. But secondly, there is certainly a difference between having a blind faith and having a faith based on evidence. To have a blind faith is to believe something simply because you decided to believe it, and for no other reason. But, again, blind faith is not limited to religion. Certainly, many people have a blind faith in religion, but many people also have a blind faith in many other things. Either way, having a completely blind faith is not healthy. To have a faith based on evidence, a person needs to examine the evidence and come to a conclusion as a result, and from that they can then have faith. But in all of these things we are talking about evidence, not proof, which is why it is faith. We can’t travel back to the beginning of time and simply watch and see what happened, and experience that first hand. But there IS evidence for what did happen, and the goal is to examine the evidence and reach the most reasonable conclusion, and have faith based on that conclusion.
To sum up, faith is a trust or confidence in something which we have not experienced firsthand. A healthy faith should be based on evidence. So as we start to examine a variety of questions in this series, we cannot dismiss the questions by simply saying, “Well, it is just a matter of faith,” because it is not that a purely subjective faith should be basis for the answers – but rather it is the evidence and the resulting answers that should be the basis for faith.
Leave your thoughts and comments below!
Posted in bible, truth and evidences
Our trip to Boston was won-der-fulllllllll. I am so looking forward to living there soon, Lord willing! While we were gone we took lots of pictures, naturally, and we also made some travel vlogs while we were driving. I was hoping to post one of those today, but due to technical difficulties with the video, I’m going to have to postpone that one.
So instead today, I want to share with you one simple travel tip: go to the library!
First off, it can be a good idea to visit the library before you leave and check out some books on cd to enjoy on the road trip – I know I’ve definitely enjoyed listening to narrated stories while driving.
But, actually, when I say “go to the library”, I’m not talking about preparations for the trip, I’m talking about while you are gone. If you’re going to a decent sized city on your trip, chances are the library where you are going has some interesting sights and free activities. And when you’re on a trip, fun things to do that don’t cost any money are nice things to find!
I love books, of course, (in case you couldn’t tell) but many libraries have more to offer than books alone. You might be surprised at what you find at a library, especially in a large city.
So one day in Boston, after a stop at, naturally, Dunkin Donuts, my 4 year old and I set out to find the library. I’m so glad we did! Here are some of the things we discovered about the library…
‣‣‣ First of all, before we went inside, it was in a beautiful downtown location, and loaded with statues. I don’t know about your kids, but my little one loves statues. She wanted her picture with this one:
and if there’s a spot that looks like it SHOULD have a statue and it doesn’t, well then of course, you just have to fill in where you can:
‣‣‣ Once you’re inside the library there is a charming little restaurant called The Maproom Cafe, where you could have sandwiches, coffee, pastries – or even a formal high tea! And if you didn’t want to eat in the Maproom Cafe you could take your food out to…
‣‣‣ The Courtyard. In the middle of the library is a huge outdoor courtyard with a fountain and terracced walk ways lined with tables where you can read and enjoy your food. Um, yeah! But before you get to the courtyard you first walk through …
‣‣‣ Amazing architecture! In fact, I noticed there were actually guided tours you could go on to learn the history about all the beautiful architecture. We weren’t there at the right time for that, but we enjoyed wandering from room to room anyway…
‣‣‣ One room we discovered was the map room. I loooove maps. There were all kinds of historical maps on display, plus there were all these little tiny window-seat areas, and in each one was a different map-related activity for kids! My little one really enjoyed the map puzzle nook.
‣‣‣ We also found there was an art gallery exhibition going on at that time in the library, so we stopped in and enjoyed the art:
By the time we had done all of that, we hadn’t even gotten to the part of the library where there were books to check out! But it was time to leave and go meet some friends, so we headed on out, and I can explore that part of the library next time we’re in Boston.
But I’m sure you can see now why I like to visit libraries when I’m travelling – you never know what you’ll find, but chances are, you’ll find something interesting. In fact, I’ve seen libraries featured on the Travel Channel before when they talk about places to visit in certain cities. So check it out! I know I definitely would like to have tea at the library in Boston someday. *hint, hint, Husband* 😉
Do you visit libraries when you are travelling? Or do you have other low-cost high-value tricks up your sleeve?
Leave your thoughts, comments and travel tips below, I love to hear from you!
Posted in books, exploring, family, travel
I’m taking a little different approach with this week’s hack challenge … instead of one more-involved project, I wanted to give several different upcycling decor ideas that are so simple, there’s no assembly required!
1 – Repurpose clear glass vases to store layers of colorful scarves:
2 – Use vintage insulators as unique book ends:
3 – Use a whisk to hold recipe cards:
4 – Repurpose an old tv stand as a book shelf:
5 – Use a vintage skirt hanger as a unique method of “framing”:
Do you have any no-assembly-required upcycling ideas to share?
Post them in the comments below, I love to hear from you!
Posted in Challenge, hack a week, home decor, style, upcycling, vintage
Well, after being gone for over a week, we are home again! WooT! Yesterday (Tuesday) was our first day home, but it felt like Monday … probably because it was the first day getting back to a “normal” weekday. All day I kept thinking that it was Monday and that the NEXT day was Tuesday, to the point I almost forgot to write this post because I write my Wednesday posts on Tuesday night … so I thought I had another day. Oops! But, since you’re reading this, obviously I caught it in time!
Next week starts the new Wednesday topic of “is there truth, and how can we know what it is?”, but today, as the last in the current “Seek the things above” series, I wanted to tell you about a conversation that Tim and I had while we were driving together on our road trip to Boston last week. Although we never brought up this passage specifically, this is what it was about:
Our desire for our home – for ourselves and our house to serve the Lord … and goals and habits we need to do better about in that realm. Specifically, family Bible study. Tim has personal study that he does, and I have personal study that I do, and we talk about the Bible with our little daughter – but one thing we don’t do enough of is Bible study together. I mean, we have Bible study together when we congregate with other Christians in worship, but we don’t have set aside time for our own family Bible study at home. And that is something we both want to do better about.
We broke down the ways we want to study together in two basic types: topical (where we pick a certain topic, like prophecies of Jesus in the Old Testament, etc.) and textual (where we pick a certain section of the Bible, and study that part in greater detail.) So we decided to pick one topical study to do together and one textual … and we set aside some days for more personal study, and some days to study together.
Here is what we picked – for our topical study we will be studying together here in our home the same topic that is also going to be here on the blog on Wednesdays: How can we know what truth is? It is a topic we’ve both studied before, but never studied together, and I’m sure you’ll hear about our discussions here on Wednesdays. 🙂 And for our textual study we are going to be studying the book of Ephesians together.
I am very much looking forward to this! Currently we have various casual/spontaneous conversations together about Biblical topics and such, just from things that come up, but having a set aside time to study the Bible with each other is something that has been missing and that we want to do much better about.
That is one nice thing about road trips – it gives you lots of time to talk together and figure out things you want to improve and do better about. Aaaaand lots of time to be goofy and play road trip games … but that’s a whole other post! 😉
I’d very much enjoy hearing what you are currently studying – whether individually, or with someone else!
Leave a comment below, I love to hear from you. 🙂
Posted in bible, seek the things above
Well, I’ve decided to take the plunge and open my blog up to sponsors! So, if you like TheFlourishingAbode, and would like to advertise your own website here, now is your chance. 🙂 My blog has been growing lately, I’ve been averaging 48,000+ page views per month. And as a special feature for those of you who might be interested in being the first sponsors of TheFlourishingAbode, I’m going to be offering half-price ads in the month of June. WooT!
So, if you’re interested in becoming a sponsor here on TheFlourishingAbode, here are the details:
–Location: Sponsor ads will be displayed in the sidebar, just below the gray “sponsors” bar.
–Sizes:
200×250 size ad: only one available each month, positioned at the top of all the sponsor ads. Cost: $50 (Half off, so only $25 for June!)
*** UPDATE: The largest ad for has already been claimed for June – December ***
200×150 size ad: Ads of this size will be located directly below the 200×250 size, and the order of all ads this size will be rotated halfway through the month, to allow for fair distribution.
Cost: $35 (Half off special, so only $17.50 for June!)
200×100 size ad: Ads of this size will be located directly below the 200×150 size, and the order of all ads this size will be rotated halfway through the month, to allow for fair distribution.
Cost: $25 (Half off special, so only $12.50 for June!)
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Between Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, I have 1,500+ followers.
Content:
My weekly blog features are: Fridays: a how-to/crafty/challenge post Wednesdays: a faith/religion based post Mondays: general topics from food, to family, etc.
To keep my blog true to the way I have designed it to be, and to keep the reading experience of my subscribers as positive as possible, all ads need to fit the general feel and aesthetic of my blog. (For instance, all ads/sites advertised should be G-rated.)
Purchasing:
If you would be interested in purchasing an ad space on my blog, just drop me an email with the following information: – your ad image (no animated/moving ads, please) If you need me to design an ad for you, I would be happy to do so for an additional $10, or $5 in June (half off again!) – the address you want the ad to link to – your email address to which I can send a PayPal invoice I will review your ad to make sure it is a good fit for here on TheFlourishingAbode – this is in both of our interests, since your money is best spent advertising on a site that reaches your target market (for instance, if your niche is selling skull bandannas for bikers, sorry, but advertising on my site won’t do either of us much good!:)
If your ad is a good fit, I will send you a PayPal invoice. Then, once you’ve paid, your ad will go up on my blog beginning June 1st!
So be sure to grab this half off opportunity this week so your ad can start in June – June starts on Friday, and this half price deal is just for June.
I appreciate so much the comments, support and kind words so many of you have offered. I enjoy interacting with you here so much! And as I hope to continue blogging for some time, I felt now was the appropriate time to start taking sponsors to help support my growing blog and the time it takes to continue blogging. So thank you for helping my blog to grow to the point that it is at now, and I look forward to hosting ads for your own blogs/websites as well, and hopefully bring some traffic your way, too! 🙂
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Posted in blogging, creative biz
