The Art Of The Blog

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNKiMug7nn8WbIv_SJr7J5UnblIkmOoz7bUcKXhQyuxtdoDG4rW19t-RlNfJXlrDTKCDH6qpiGE2zpP-xx0RfHkEgSJ32O4k3mNx1GHqyXz9SZRo9EKkS2eK3YT1e_FJ4GKN3KeY8FpcY/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-12-29+at+2.49.40+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyNKiMug7nn8WbIv_SJr7J5UnblIkmOoz7bUcKXhQyuxtdoDG4rW19t-RlNfJXlrDTKCDH6qpiGE2zpP-xx0RfHkEgSJ32O4k3mNx1GHqyXz9SZRo9EKkS2eK3YT1e_FJ4GKN3KeY8FpcY/s640/Screen+shot+2010-12-29+at+2.49.40+PM.png" width="432" /></a></div> {<a href="http://iusedtobesnowwhitebutidrifted.blogspot.com/">Mariska Meijers-I Used To Be Snow White But I Drifted</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>In 1999, pregnant with my first child and severely nauseous as a result, I quit my Color Theory painting class at the 92nd Street Y in New York, packed up my brushes, paints and easel, (as the smell of these would send me reeling), and never thought about creating art again... until this past year.  It seems that so many of the blogs that I gravitate toward are authored by artists.  Inspired by all of these talented ladies, I'm seriously considering making 2011 the year that I unearth my brushes and paints, and get back to it.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_TIoBtu4fjwBhuT-Avt_rwx8WIn2jsuQOszZMBuzyLpbRI7fV330VEVyEcHkO8cLuOffGAYorjovC58ZlH-zjDjgBx5CXibJPZMtwKxoEe19Q310JwMfizRlDGAadzAGc0NrQOXMlwJK/s1600/il_430xn-162739347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV_TIoBtu4fjwBhuT-Avt_rwx8WIn2jsuQOszZMBuzyLpbRI7fV330VEVyEcHkO8cLuOffGAYorjovC58ZlH-zjDjgBx5CXibJPZMtwKxoEe19Q310JwMfizRlDGAadzAGc0NrQOXMlwJK/s400/il_430xn-162739347.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">{<a href="http://sketch42blog.com/">Nicole Cohen-Sketch 42</a>}<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsJ0VfnLu1Qvm8GmVrdAz9EQuxPKTZLlWgjb8z5mwqBElZdrw4mm-qBhNd1kI9syO5uUboqdHoF6VuUpNpBxpUTlqjME3Z_Ujyde9e_tXOMRfmiBExywSN1GVU7YCWVR1wydlP__5xQ2c/s1600/Grandeur%252Bblog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsJ0VfnLu1Qvm8GmVrdAz9EQuxPKTZLlWgjb8z5mwqBElZdrw4mm-qBhNd1kI9syO5uUboqdHoF6VuUpNpBxpUTlqjME3Z_Ujyde9e_tXOMRfmiBExywSN1GVU7YCWVR1wydlP__5xQ2c/s400/Grandeur%252Bblog.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> {<a href="http://artbykarena.blogspot.com/">Karena Albert-Art by Karena</a>}<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT7tuBZxZ63Dls4J9H5JiDliJHN6de6XrZE5GH_hFUXbMZZ9lsCC5nhyphenhyphenzf-vRHZOH_3PTwBYTS_aBJ0_uq7hJYLEII0qe0VAGJ-tnlc26sgOfmIVBSMmuRnl6mTfGW6axSAgGEN-rLqRe/s1600/il_570xN.197941669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT7tuBZxZ63Dls4J9H5JiDliJHN6de6XrZE5GH_hFUXbMZZ9lsCC5nhyphenhyphenzf-vRHZOH_3PTwBYTS_aBJ0_uq7hJYLEII0qe0VAGJ-tnlc26sgOfmIVBSMmuRnl6mTfGW6axSAgGEN-rLqRe/s400/il_570xN.197941669.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>{<a href="http://annechovie.blogspot.com/">Anne Harwell-Annechovie</a>} <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z6RMaHYNQKevFPcJ7VJ2We3WoP9nPxWyhoBI5vcoMO_lZsdR0qQEeYtLbYsXRaNm1Rw6zWpJ7Y2jzY6vRHKtacK_oxJZXrgUJ78KWADPW6WHNAC8M8iBbvmvLhmJ4hxDAjrnYG5jmRkz/s1600/Fox%252Band%252Bthe%252BBird%252BTree%252B-%252BFebruary%252B2008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0z6RMaHYNQKevFPcJ7VJ2We3WoP9nPxWyhoBI5vcoMO_lZsdR0qQEeYtLbYsXRaNm1Rw6zWpJ7Y2jzY6vRHKtacK_oxJZXrgUJ78KWADPW6WHNAC8M8iBbvmvLhmJ4hxDAjrnYG5jmRkz/s400/Fox%252Band%252Bthe%252BBird%252BTree%252B-%252BFebruary%252B2008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> {<a href="http://spaceforinspiration.blogspot.com/">Charlotta Ward-Space for Inspiration</a>}<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYqWIwLAcS1xmG2u3_0ZNsTBnwgO21tuwdr69dTzIvIQBbOhemv4DJinrIM_pWRpNpcMLrwLLpELw6QgqlFsKi-1pzhwQKnmU4bsK1KimUMPXWgp0LU9AEpRrSMAqSSvQQxYE0HNwqyU7/s1600/il_570xN.137542557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYqWIwLAcS1xmG2u3_0ZNsTBnwgO21tuwdr69dTzIvIQBbOhemv4DJinrIM_pWRpNpcMLrwLLpELw6QgqlFsKi-1pzhwQKnmU4bsK1KimUMPXWgp0LU9AEpRrSMAqSSvQQxYE0HNwqyU7/s400/il_570xN.137542557.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>{<a href="http://pvedesign.blogspot.com/">Patricia van Essche-PVE</a>}<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirC2u3y8np_tq1rVKPnlV8xiZG-1bB9zlURFotxC0C1reTNQQ6k0IS4O_V_jMICnnlw3VV5-kpLbZXFj1ud1lA59wBzQOwTyX5wMio_2UX1MEcALhbie2b6WeSzZdGW-D2WRjSlRU4FtT7/s1600/PR-5401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirC2u3y8np_tq1rVKPnlV8xiZG-1bB9zlURFotxC0C1reTNQQ6k0IS4O_V_jMICnnlw3VV5-kpLbZXFj1ud1lA59wBzQOwTyX5wMio_2UX1MEcALhbie2b6WeSzZdGW-D2WRjSlRU4FtT7/s400/PR-5401.jpg" width="313" /></a></div>{<a href="http://www.madebygirl.com/">Jen Ramos-Made By Girl</a>}<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZ6-TsjejHjdOFgpM2t6HmTc_lKFTWuZI5qRDnFDee8e_cviGlX6z0QGro6c5DkuZlrWAZnJk8P2iBbHdG9jvcfVyoUgkTBChOWcjX5Sf52gNwKoUOQuInABxyg6EDtu_UjYQQdqSHxeT/s1600/il_570xN.200871924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihZ6-TsjejHjdOFgpM2t6HmTc_lKFTWuZI5qRDnFDee8e_cviGlX6z0QGro6c5DkuZlrWAZnJk8P2iBbHdG9jvcfVyoUgkTBChOWcjX5Sf52gNwKoUOQuInABxyg6EDtu_UjYQQdqSHxeT/s400/il_570xN.200871924.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>{<a href="http://brightboldbeautiful.blogspot.com/">Laura Trevey-Bright, Bold and Beautiful</a>}<br /><br />What's got you inspired for the new year?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /></div>

The Art Of The Blog

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Jonathan Adler Calendar Giveaway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNHzsC9N6IiqwONB5SnrWlb6Fi3cpOsweh8JE3Z7y5yqhtG_xpMffBONobnHatWexP-P76JZRkUxm7l2b5qAW-Db5_CsLsZYy_6HUrGFGU1JxeiNfGQdbsSKfGGOhVI_bwI4cR9p9nZG8/s1600/16365-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNHzsC9N6IiqwONB5SnrWlb6Fi3cpOsweh8JE3Z7y5yqhtG_xpMffBONobnHatWexP-P76JZRkUxm7l2b5qAW-Db5_CsLsZYy_6HUrGFGU1JxeiNfGQdbsSKfGGOhVI_bwI4cR9p9nZG8/s640/16365-4.jpg" width="448" /></a></div>The gift giving season might be officially over, but I'm still very much in a festive mood!  As a way of saying Thank You for stopping by and making The Zhush, part of your day,  I'm offering one lucky reader the chance to win not one, but two ways to stay organized in the New Year...with two fabulous calendars from<a href="http://www.zhush.com/"> zhush.com</a>!  The Jonathan Adler one above is so much fun, you will love keep tracking of your days and appointments with this stylish wall calendar.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNVZsLwqF2_2fpDEzCMK6aadRpqCi0n31z6xzdzQi0qpT4xngyEmI4tQQ1s2X4tuywnO6xwL3Wn3HpaNRCDI7gIBrI6GZk4B3VTD0ZvO8myB98i4eSapJx8kVnFVnkDpuNDyBM8gJTkyE/s1600/16365-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeNVZsLwqF2_2fpDEzCMK6aadRpqCi0n31z6xzdzQi0qpT4xngyEmI4tQQ1s2X4tuywnO6xwL3Wn3HpaNRCDI7gIBrI6GZk4B3VTD0ZvO8myB98i4eSapJx8kVnFVnkDpuNDyBM8gJTkyE/s640/16365-7.jpg" width="448" /></a></div>The second calendar is Jonathan Adler's desk top calendar.  Petite and chic and just the thing to keep my "Internet addled brain" on track!  My one resolution is to be much more organized in 2011! What resolutions, if any, have you made?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHju4rv7MufP4leLeHExgyPS7CTi26nStBMMrNCqX4YbsGxDxvu4D3uN0Ns9btHRLSGnxqQaIYcYUq6SISThfgQG4V82FSIODmyGq3V1PQ_buDckmxwgtRMCJynPGo4nyX-gAgCuTDHzlQ/s1600/nkYCe-UCnXn-GFoqP-CD+Calendar_l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHju4rv7MufP4leLeHExgyPS7CTi26nStBMMrNCqX4YbsGxDxvu4D3uN0Ns9btHRLSGnxqQaIYcYUq6SISThfgQG4V82FSIODmyGq3V1PQ_buDckmxwgtRMCJynPGo4nyX-gAgCuTDHzlQ/s1600/nkYCe-UCnXn-GFoqP-CD+Calendar_l.jpg" /></a></div>Just leave a comment below to be entered to win both calendars.  "Anonymous" as always,  you are welcome to comment ~ just leave an email address. Winner picked using random.org.  Giveaway open until Saturday, January 1, 2011, open worldwide!<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Good Luck...and Happy New {organized} Year!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">P.S.  Mary Jo from <a href="http://www.trustyourstyle.com/#">Trust Your Style</a> has a fun series going on about blogger's intentions for the New Year...you can check mine out <a href="http://www.trustyourstyle.com/#">here! </a> Thanks! </div></div>

Jonathan Adler Calendar Giveaway

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