two things:
1. i love jenny on the spot and her vlogs.
i met her at the Coca-cola social media event in atlanta and wished we'd had a few more days together.
she is EXACTLY like her vlogs.
that is her through and through.
when you watch that video you are seeing HER.
so……i would like to copy her.
and vlog.
but really….what would i say???
i talk and talk and talk but when it comes to this….i am blank.
what do you want to hear come out of my mouth?
besides my dorky voice.
should i have a friend?
should i be with waffle?
should i show you my new mom swim dress……ha ha ha!!!!
only the special people that frequent the public pool in our town get that lovely treat.
and only for two second before i quickly drop my towel and jump-in-the-water-before-anyone-saw-me.
and also there was one time a kirby vaccuum salesman came around to my backyard while i was in my suit on a lawn chair thinking he'd get my business by coming in my yard with me barely dressed with my children all around.
yeah….he did not.
tell me.
tell me what to do.
cause you have the best ideas.
update: it took 61 comments for someone to notice that i said i had two things to share…..
and only shared one.
ha!
i was sleepy when i wrote it.
and also….not to worry.
IF i do a vlog it will be once in a blue moon.
they take WORK.
thanks for the suggestions…
so….WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS for me to ANSWER???
Terrie - I just had a flash of you sitting on a couch…(of course it would be a gorgeous antique find that you had reupholstered in a rainbow floral fabric…or maybe stripes or polka dots) and there would be lovely throw pillows with white pom-pom trim… in a basement with paneling and you had painted over the boring brown and adorned it with colorful rainbow stripes…and your husband was playing a guitar and your kids were singing “meg’s world, meg’s VLOG, mom’s world, excellent…you get the picture! (And yes, I just had to go to you tube and watch some ExCeLleNt videos of SNL Wayne’s World clips!! I’m such a dork!!)
Ashley - I want to know what your favorite daily products are! Such as for your makeup, hair, body! Everything!
liz - hi meg, i absolutely love love love love love your blog. i am a “newcomer” and i actually started reading it from the wayyyy beginning! i was almost sad when i was caught up, because i love reading it so much 😉 i agree with some of the others…i’m not sure about the whole “vlog-ing” thing? it could be the whole “mystery” thing, i don’t know? but, if you did, i liked the suggestion above – if your kids interviewed you i think that would be hilarious.
crystal beutler - If you start vlogging, can I come and be your Ed McMahon? We could have a few minutes of witty banter before you launch into your post. 🙂
So glad you got away with the hub for the weekend. Those are always so much fun. Matt and I always end up saying “I forgot how much I like hanging out with you!”
Amber - Hi Meg!
Are you on twitter? x
@ambermelody
Terrie - Okay silly girl…you still didn’t tell us what #2 was! I’m not sure I’ll be able to sleep!! LOL!!!
PS – I got my ‘whatever’ print yesterday…and today I got the frame and tomorrow…my husband will hang it in my newly redone craft room where it will inspire me! It’s the little things that make me happy! 🙂
Shairee - You could vlog HOW you get all those things in the HAPPY THINGS list!! A craft thursday!! How to Tackle a laundry pile because yours sure do get big sometimes!! You could vlog your sewing projects!! rainbow sweatshirts, happy pillows – just don’t burp 🙂 Anything else you do would be great! Annie reading was totally adorable!
I KNOW!!!
You should have your oldest with you so she feels special! Wait, would she? No, I guess not. You could vlog something SHE loves…maybe?
Anyway good luck!! Super exciting!!
Valerie@Chateaualamode.typepad.com - I don’t care what you vlog…just do it…I’d watch cuz you’re so darn cute!
merran tatum - i think you could do exactly the same thing you do in every post, just spoken and recorded. i love your blog b/c it’s just you and your thoughts and a glimpse into your daily life, and for me it’s like spending a few minutes with my good friend meg every day. i think it should just be you and your coffee, sitting on the couch or in your kitchen or in your craft room, and talking to us for a few minutes…maybe about what you are working on in your craft room, what you are reading this week, you and the kids working on a thursday craft, you throwing together a yummy easy dinner, or maybe taking us on a tour of your favorite spots in your house (i LOVE your house and would love to see more!). don’t stress too much over it and don’t script it. just be you and we all will love it!
Katy - I agree.. A day in the life of Meg! That would be so fun!
Janelle - I would love to see what your average daily schedule is like. With four kids and a new puppy I am going a little crazy and would love to know how you do it…or maybe know how you don’t do it so I feel a little better 🙂
teresa - Am I missing where I can subscribe to WHATEVER?
I would love to have YOU delivered to my email each day!
xo
teresa - Hi Meg~
My name is Teresa!
You don’t know me…but every now and again…for several years or so…I pop over into your FUN world!
The other day I popped in and read in AWE about the CRAFTy weekend you hosted at your FUN house!
What a GIFT you are.
I know this…and yet I don’t even really know you.
I too like to watch Jenny’s vlogs.
She lives not too far from me…way up here in the Northwest.
I watch Jenny and think how natural she is!
I mean the other day…she created a VLOG in her car…for crying out loud.
As far as vlogs…I have posted several on my own blog.
My readers seem to LOVE my vlogs.
Crazy thing is…I never have anything planned to say.
And they LOVE it!
They say it makes them feel like I’m right there…in their kitchen with them.
My sister told me she thought my vlogs were boring and long.
Sisters can be brutal like that! ;o)
But my readers seem to LOVE them.
So I say…just be you!
Most of the time…I don’t even wear any make~up.
Just talk to your readers as if you would a good girl~friend!
Once my sister told me I needed to stop saying the word “SO” so much.
I went back and re~watched the VLOG and I said “SO” like 20 times! Ah….haha!
Any~hoo…I trust my readers and know that they won’t be counting the times I say “SO.”
They don’t care if I have anything OFFICIAL and PROFESSIONAL and PROFOUND to say.
They just want to visit.
And don’t you just LOVE that about blogging friends.
I hope you SHARE a vlog with your readers.
I just KNOW they will LOVE it!
They will surely SMILE the entire way through it…I’m certain of it!
Happy Day Meg!
I love your style!
You are precious.
Oh…one more thing about vlogging.
Today I popped on someones blog I didn’t know.
A tweet led me to this blog.
I happened upon a vlog.
I clicked on it.
And guess what happened.
She was up early…no make~up…no kids…just her.
She had been listening to hymns…on a record.
She began to read the words from my very favorite hymn…The Old Rugged Cross.
How precious.
How sweet is that.
I teared up…I was so touched.
I didn’t even know her.
But now I do.
Hearing her read those words connected me to her so much more than if they had been written.
Go for it Meg~
Your readers will LOVE it!
xo
Josie - I love your entries when you give a shot at the real life – laundry to do, rooms to pick up, dishes to do. It makes me smile. I think a video of it would be funny since you you are so creative!
Kristin S - What is #2??
I love your blog just the way it is. I love that you surprise us with completely random posts. I love when you share your kids’ crafting days (I only wish I had an ounce of their creativity). I love that you are real and normal!
Jess - Okay so I love vlogs, and love your blog. But I do not want your blog to turn into an every post is a vlog. I can’t always view your blog on my home pc, mostly at work. And I cannot watch vlogs at work 🙁 Silly flash rules 😉 So sure, once in a while, but not an every post kind of thing.
I used to read Ross’s blog from Jay Leno, love him, all the time, but he went to vlogging and I just lost interest. Maybe its the mystery? Either way, you’ll do what you think is the best thing.
Suzette - The Mom swim dress! Hilarious!
karen - ahhh yah you should be with waffle!!
For real Meg…just vlog exactly what you blog about…don’t think about it too much…you are loved because you are you! 🙂
Rachel - Do vlogs! When in doubt, answer peoples questions, or make up questions and say someone asked them. No one will know.
Tracy Fisher - I thought you meant tell me what to do about the swimsuit…hahah… because I was going to read the answers… I am going to CA in less than 3 weeks and have to get into one myself…yikes!!! … and go to a waterpark… yikes!!..
Tracy
Chantelle - I A-DORE Jenny too and was just thinking the same thing!!! Problem is that I’m not naturally A-DORABLE like you and Jenny… Hmm. Anyhoo, I’d like to just SEE you. And yes, with your pup. 🙂
Julie - Perhaps share what you are passionate about.
Man voice optional.
Sandra K - In my opinion, please don’t vlog. I often read your blog in the quiet of my house at night or sometimes (gasp) in the office and I’d rather read then turn on the volume on my PC, wait for the file to download, etc. Whatever you do, I will still check in every day though. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Krystle - I’d take a tour of your home! I think it’s beautiful!
Su@The Intentional Home - craft demo. . tour of your home. . .sewing demo. . .
Staci - Oh Megan…it soooo doesn’t matter what you do…people will love it!!! I’d watch whatever you decide 😉 Looking forward to some vloggin 🙂
Kristin Bommer - i feel like such a dorkus when i do video blogs too. but everyone else always thinks it’s so fun 🙂
Danielle - Hey Meg, just a head’s up. I’ve sent you a couple emails would you mind checking your junk mail they might have gone there:) Thanks!
Lindsay - Have your kids interview you! That would be great. Kids ask the funniest questions. And what else could be more REAL?
Christy - How about some sewing tips? Or a tour of your town? Question and answer session?
Jenny B. - Every idea I had has already been mentioned, so I ditto the above! Especially craft Thursdays, Q&A, or a video house tour (messy laundry room and all). 🙂 I will say that I tend to skip videos that are longer than 5 minutes. That’s just me, though… 🙂
Anna Marie - So many people seem to have various questions for you. Until you find your vlog “groove” you could do a bi-weekly “question post” where we ask you questions and then you answer them in vlog form. I bet it would go faster than having to type. Plus you might be able to “show” us things to go along with those answers.
Also, I too would like to see tours: house, specific rooms, not-so awesome spaces of your house like maybe an icky basement or something cool and/or odd, neighborhood tour, driving tour of your town (if that is safe), etc.
Irregardless of what you do I really do think it would be neat to have you vlog regularly. It just adds something more to this blog…I don’t know…I can’t find the words for it but I know I would like this blog even more.
Jennifer - I want a tour of your lovely house from your perspective!
Julia - How about a blog with you and Chicago Jenny? Or, chatting in the car on you way to Sonic?
Anne @ Baking - I think a photography tutorial would be awesome 🙂
carissa... brown eyed fox - oh YES… vlog!
do it!
do it!
i want to hear your voice!
that sounds so odd… i want to hear your voice! ha!
when i have met or talked to fellow bloggers on the phone that is always the biggest surprise!
how they talk!
all good… just to HEAR them is such a change!
so much personality in one’s voice… so much of them… you know?
plus… they usually have an accent i never thought they would!
SO fun!
i say anything you end up talking about will be a hoot…
everyone will get a kick out of it for sure!
can’t wait!
Courtney Walsh - I’ve thought about the vblog thing too, but I have to be honest, I don’t really watch them! I think this is just me, but I’m more of a reader, so I’m not sure it would fly on my blog. lol
I like Shauna’s idea…tap dance baby!
Jacci - My favorite is when she goes through the junk drawer. That one cracked me up. Something like that would be fun. Or take us through the school pick-up/Sonic routine complete with edits that showcase Annie-isms 🙂 Or just pick a time to vlog when the house is *extra* full of energy, everyone is doing something practically on top of everyone else, it’s LOUD, and you have to yell at the camera to get us to hear you clearly. LOL. I’d like that. Again, plenty of Annie, too 🙂 Just my 2 cents. I think it’d be fun whatever you do.
Regina - Yes, include Waffle (in a dapper bow tie), and name it “The morning show with Waffle”, 🙂
Shauna - Tap dance routine?
Sheri - Ok Meg – I LOVE your blog. Love love love your cooking. Have tried several of your recipes. You are just so down to earth and funny. Would love to see you include vlogs in your blogs. That would be awesome. It could be called “From the Mouth of Meg” – ah haaaa. How’s that. Keep up the good work and keep posting – AWESOME.
deborah@applesinwonderland - i am considering vlogging too. i’ve done it for other sites, but my own–just me? scared. i’m scared. why? are you scared? what are you scared of? oh boy. do it. do it. do it. (i’m chanting for both of us now) alright, not really chanting–more like enthuastically encouraging. how’s that? art thursday could be a vlog for starters?
ashley jensen - Oh my goodness she is hilarious! I love the swine flu masks. My question would be (since you LOVE rainbows so much) what would your reaction be to DOUBLE RAINBOWS in your backyard? I dont know if I could ever do vlogging. Scary stuff. Especially for someone shy like me but it wouldnt really matter since I am just talking to myself, basically. Right?
Amanda - How about a walking tour of your house? It’s awesome 🙂
jennyonthespot - I like what Jill above suggested!
I’d like to see your reaction to the vacuum salesman. Can you re-create that in a vlog? Heehee…
Oh girl… tutorials or show us areas of your home (or projects) that you have shared in pics and expand 🙂 Got any good jokes?
My friend Lu has recently started vlogging (http://www.art-slam.com/) and we’ve been roommates at a couple of events. I LOVE watching her videos because it makes me feel like we’re gettin’ together a little bit.
I want you to vlog so I cna feel more like we’ve had a little date 🙂
katey - You could have done the vlog of trimming waffle, if only you had thought of it! LOL!!! That would have been funny! No really start out with something easy like answering questions, then advance into a craft! You will decide the right thing!
happygirl - I love your blog as it is. I love your pics. I think your home decor is wonderful. I love your stories of life. I love your fearlessness of putting it all out there.
Jill - Maybe a Q&A. Your readers can submit questions that you can answer in Vlog. I think that’d be pretty cool!
sarah - I think people should vlog you their questions and then you answer them!! More vlogging to go around 🙂
Sarah @ Handbags*N*Pigtails - A Day in the Life of Meg
A house Tour(I cant get enough of that gorgeous-ness)
or WHATEVER… I’ll watch it no matter what its about:)
Have a fun weekend!
xo,
Sarah
Sarah - Cook, craft thursday, decorating project, vlog a tour of your craft room! or vlog a home tour….bet everyone would love that!
Sandy W - I prefer reading to watching video. It is rarely quiet enough around here for me to listen to a vlog.
heidi @ wonder woman wannabe - i think you’d be great at vloging! many of your posts could easily transfer onto that platform. check out mama mary’s blog – she is a vlogging PRO and was even recently invited to speak at a blogging conference about it!
http://www.mamamaryshow.com
cheers!
~h
melissa rice - I like you just the way you are. I wouldn’t want all vlogs b/c out here in the country we don’t have fast internet!!! it would take me 30 mins to watch you !!!
you make me giggle! thanks for the inspiration.
melissa
http://www.theshabbyfarmchick.blogspot.com
sara @ it's good to be queen - yes do a vlog! we would LOVE it. and double yes, show us the mom swimsuit dress. you are a hoot!! 🙂
Terrie - I wish this were like facebook…’cause I’d ‘like’ Jenn Shock’s answer! 🙂
Jenn - I’m for the answering of questions. I also think a craft demo would be good too! And a cooking demo 🙂
Jessica Johnson - I would LOVE to see your mug in a vlog. Honestly, normally they freak me out a little bit and make me get all anxious for the person. Kind of like watching Dr. Phil or Jerry Springer? Do you feel me on that one? Like “train wreck! train wreck! Stop! STOP!” But I think you would be fab. I vote you talk photography. Or dog grooming. 😉 And Waffle definitely needs to be in it.
Holly - I love the vlog idea! I have been thinking about doing one for a while now. You should totally do a craft thursday vlog!
oh and I just watched annies video and I was cracking up at her licking her fingers whne she turned the pages! So cute!
Kimberly Dial - Why not mix it up & do a bit of both? Your blog is a fave of mine but a vlog may be fun too (on occasion) … oh my, decisions, decisions …… have a great day!
Jenn Shock - I like the idea of answering questions via vlog, but how about maybe doing a video of Craft Thursday?
jill - you talk, i’ll watch. it won’t matter what it is about. 🙂
Heather R. - Whatever 🙂
CathyC - Good morning Meg! Your blog is my FAVORITE. FAVORITE. I look forward to a new post every single day and I am always pleased thankyouverymuch.
But, I do not think you should copy anyone else, Vlog, or whatever (no pun intended). I think that the reason I like you so much is because you are so genuine and lovely and it is expressed perfectly through your written words and your photography. Vlog would take away from that, even though I understand that it works for Jenny on The Spot.
Now I am not saying that I would not want to see you on video, (especially if you are taping a tour of your house, just saying), but I hope you know I, and probably most, like you just the way you have been showing up every day.
That’s all.
Cathy C.
Becki G. - how about Q & A?
or a craft video?
i also think you’d be awesome at making a day in the life video
set to music. c’mon…do it!!!
KTG - You have a lovely voice not dorky. I remember when you read some Dr.Seuss with Annie. I think it was. I thought you sounded like a sweet lady!
Rachel J - I LOVE the recipes. We make your peanut butter pie here pretty regularly. 🙂 Vlogs with Waffle would be really cute. You could interview your kids about goofy stuff or more about your walk with God, the ups and downs or what books your reading or music your listening, movies you watch. We love you and and your blog. Just keep being you and we’ll keep reading! Happy Friday!
Teresa - Teach us how you edit your pictures as well as how to use a DSLR. Talk about the funny things your kids say. I always read them and wonder if you’re cracking up as you’re typing.
Talk about what you LOVE 🙂
lorelei - this sounds fun. i have done several vlogs, it gets easier as you do them. i know you’ll be great! can’t wait to see your first one!
Kat - Go for it. I am sure there are lot of us who would love to just hear you chat, answer questions and muse like you do on your blog.
Lets have a “get to know Meg” better session as a starter.
Sophie - I’m sure people have A LOT of questions to ask. (I for one have always wondered how you came up with Talby’s name) I think at the beginning, at least, you should just answer people’s questions. When you’re more comfortable, you can start talking about whatever takes your fancy. I’d definitely watch (:
Michelle - i love that you’re up late too 😉 seriously Meg I would love more recipes! I am proud to say I have made all of the recipes on your blog, I know I know, it’s a bit “stalker-ish” but I couldn’t help myself, everything is so dang easy and so yummy.
But I honestly think anything you vlog about will be great! You should do sit down interviews, with your kids, have them ask you questions, and vice versa. Or have your followers submit questions that you answer on a vlog 😉
Off to bed!
Hope this helped!
Gemma @ Musings of a gem - Hi Meg!
I agree with Megan….Cook! Your recipes are always ‘comfort food’ to me and I’d LOVE to see your kitchen a bit more : )
Gemma x
Georgia - I would like to know –
1) Who is the person you look up to and admire?
2) Do you have any regrets – (i.e fashion, life, jobs etc)
3) Whats your no.1 favourite food.
4) Whats your favourite pair of Shoes that you own?
Ooooh i cant wait! if you want more tips another blog i read ‘younghouselove’ they do video’s all the time answering questions.
xx
Megan - Cook! I love your recipes and think you have mad kitchen skills and quite a beautiful kitchen to boot! I’d watch you!