Here is a recap of my favorite posts from September in case you missed anything! October marks three years of this blog so it’s going to be a great month around here! I have some awesome surprises planned and hope you’ll be around to celebrate with me!

 

Favorite Posts of September:

1 Juxtaposed 02
2 Billions of Stones at Jasper Beach
3 A Zoology Themed Round-up
4 An Illustrated Guide to New Orleans
5 Boston to Maine to New Orleans
6 A New Favorite Font – Brandon Grotesque
7 Stop Acting As If Life Is A Rehearsal
8 A Beautiful Battlefield

 

Ciera Design elsewhere in September:

– Getting Your Name Out There featured on Alt Design Summit Blog, Pinegate Road and The Everyday Socialista
– Design Tips for Facebook Timeline Pages featured on the Alt Design Summit Blog
– How to Manage an Effective Online Life featured on the Alt Design Summit Blog
– An Illustrated Guide to New Orleans featured on the Lucky Magazine Blog

My social media series has also started on the Alt blog! The first post is Growing Your Blog Through Social Media

Thanks to everyone who shares my content, I really appreciate it!

This post is for all of my New Orleans readers! My sister and I are having a Stylin’ Garage Sale tomorrow and you are invited, rain or shine!

Come shop our selection of vintage, name-brand/designer, new and slightly used clothing, shoes, handbags, jewelry & accessories! We will also have home goods, artwork, kitchen items, and lots more, so everyone should attend, it will not only be “girl stuff”

We are sharing some sneak peeks of what we will be selling over on the Facebook event page, so go check it out!

Non New Orleans peeps: if you see anything that you can’t live without, we can always send a Paypal invoice & ship it to you!

Our moving truck came on a Tuesday and we headed out of Boston after living there for two years. With our belongings heading South, we headed North to Maine for a week (I know, a little out of the way) to visit Zander’s grandmother and spend some time on the water. After some rest and relaxation we hit the road to New Orleans with a few short stops along the way. During these two weeks we went on evening sails, steamed lobsters, jumped in ponds, had dinner in the fish house, visited the Antietam National Battlefield, dipped our toes in the Potomac River, got souvenir Civil War hats (they make an appearance in the video), drove through the Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive, drank lots of coffee and saw some beautiful sunsets! Things got a little crazy down South because of Hurricane Issac. We drove through some bad weather, downed tree and an interstate that was about to overflow with flood waters but overall it was an amazing drive home! We got a GoPro camera for the trip, so we shot some really cool video footage on the road.

If you have ten minutes, check out the short film, Hub to NOLA, that Zander made of our journey home! I highly recommend watching full screen on Vimeo but it is also below. Don’t worry, it’s not just us in a car.

I love collaborating, learning new things and connecting with other bloggers & creatives, so I’ve been thinking a lot about having some regular guest contributors! The idea of having a fresh face around here sounds like so much fun. So, here is my official call for guest columnists!

I’m looking for original, top-notch content that is relevant to the readers here at Ciera Design. If you’re interested in having a column, just e-mail me. I’m very open to all of your ideas – thoughts, visuals and examples are all welcome!

Advantages for You:
– Guest blog posts will include your name and a link back to your blog or website.
– Blog posts will be promoted across my network of followers.
– This is an excellent way for you to promote your blog and/or business for FREE!
– Being a guest contributor helps to distinguish you as an expert in your field.
– Regular contributors get to display a photo, short bio & link to their site in my contributors section.

Please understand that not everyone who submits an idea will be selected to be a guest contributor.

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