B&B Review: Ali Edwards Blog

Each Thursday I review a book or blog related to scrapbooking.
The Review

I waited to review Ali Edwards Blog until after her December Daily project was over. Many of her posts in November were about the preparation of her December Daily project and many of her posts in December were about the actual project.

I reviewed her blog from December 23, 2010 to January 26, 2011.

On this blog, Ali Edwards has a balance of posts that are about her private life and her professional life. Ali rose to scrapbooking fame when she was on of Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame winners in 2003. She studied history and graphic design at college (and has the degrees to prove it!) giving her a unique educational background to support her scrapbooking expertise.
Balance: Personal and Professional
There were three posts about her son’s birthday, a post about her daily routine, and a couple of posts about other things that they were doing in their life.

There were also posts about her professional life. Arguably, the post about her daily routine could fit here, but I think it makes more sense to consider it her private life. There were four giveaway posts (two announcing the giveaway and two announcing the winners). Other posts were about her classes at Big Picture Classes.
Buzz
Ali builds a lot of buzz about her Big Picture Classes on her blog. What’s interesting is that she does some projects through her blog (A Week in the Life and December Daily). These projects could also work as classes at Big Picture Classes. Moreover, her classes at Big Picture Classes, could probably work on her blog. I have not taken any of her (or any) classes at Big Picture Classes, so it is difficult to know what is available there that could not be offered via her blog.

All in all, Ali Edwards Blog is rather unique compared to many of the other scrapbook-related blogs. You find buzz about her products available elsewhere (e.g., Big Picture Classes). You also get some instruction about specific projects (e.g., December Daily). And you get to know Ali as a person through her blog. It is not all sales and it is not all personal. I recommend checking out her blog sometime and if you don’t find something that suits you on your first visit, check back again later as the content does vary from day to day and month to month (e.g., December was almost entirely devoted to the December Daily project).

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