That’s right you participants of Project 52: Date Nights. You’re famous now. Remember a few weeks ago I talked about having a phone interview on TV with KSL Studio 5? They are a lifestyle TV show in Utah. Anyway, they were kind enough to send me a DVD of the show and gave me permission to post it on SMM. Many of you weren’t able to watch it since you are not in Utah, myself included. And many of you have been asking for a clip of the interview. So here it is. Boy, was I glad that it was just a phone interview. You only have to listen to how nervous I was and not have to watch it. This is exactly why I never went into broadcast journalism. I am not cut out for TV. And don’t worry, it’s just a 4 minute video. Thanks KSL Studio 5 for having me and allowing me to share Project 52: Date Nights with your viewers.
But most of all, I just cannot express in words how grateful I am for my readers and followers. Thank you for all your emails. Thank you for sending me pictures of things you have made from my tutorials and things inspired by something on SMM. Thank you for your questions, comments and words of encouragement. And thank you for telling your friends and family about SMM. I really do believe I have the best readers in blogland. I love that you share your ideas and tips. This is exactly what I wanted… an active community of modern moms. We have so much to learn from each other.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend! xoxo
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I think it’s true. I believe my voice will be on TV tomorrow, as in Friday, Feb. 19. At least in Utah it will be. Perhaps my voice attached to my photo? Brooke and Darin, the hosts of KSL Studio 5 wants to interview me about Project 52: Date Night. Oh boy. Did I mention it’s going to be a live phone interview? Phone interview because they’re in Utah, I’m… well, I’m not in Utah.
I hesitated to tell you because I’m hoping you won’t listen to me make a fool of myself on TV if you’re in Utah. But if you do watch it because you’re nice, please cheer for me as I’ll be nervous. I’m not used to being on the receiving side of an interview. I’m used to being the one asking questions from my days working as a journalist. And back when I was studying journalism in college, we had to do radio stories for a campus station. That’s when I learned I do not have the voice to be on radio.
All I’m saying is… thanks. Thanks for all your support. I have the best readers in the blogosphere.
Now off to warm up my phone voice.
P.S. If anyone in Utah can record this for me, somehow in digital form so you can email it to me. Unless you are willing to send it to me in another form. I will be so grateful. There may be a little something, something for you if you do. (Not to bribe my readers.) My parents and Nathan’s parents (none of which live in Utah) would like to see it. I don’t know if I could watch it myself. But, you know, for them… Email me if you’re willing to tiffany{at}simplymodernmom{dot}com.
I have Emily and Anne from Bloom posting on Simply Said today, and I’m over at Make and Takes talking about how to implement Project 52: Date Nights into your lives… it is doable. Come read.
If you came from Make and Takes, welcome! Come in. Have a seat. Stay a while. And I hope you will become a regular here on Simply Modern Mom.
I couldn’t believe Destri of The Mother Huddle invited me to guest blog for their Bullet List. I mean, it seemed like it was a thing for the elite. Only amazing bloggers and designers have gone before me doing the Bullet List. So, WOW!
Destri asked me to write a list of at-home date ideas. Of course! I was all over the opportunity to make another list. You know how I’m an avid list maker. It was nice to come up with ideas that I could use throughout the remainder of the year for our Project 52: Date Nights. Therefore, I highly suggest going over to The Mother Huddle for my list of 16 at-home dates. That’s enough dates to last you 4 months.
Thanks, Destri for giving me the honor of being on The Mother Huddle!
I love making new blogger friends. So many of you have been so generous in helping to spread the word about Project 52: Date Nights, showing off my master bedroom makeover and sharing my tutorials and DIY projects. I haven’t met many of you, but can I just say how much I love you? A bit much? OK, how about I just call you friends?
Now check out these amazing sites and people…
FedEx started a blog called Out of Office. They contacted me wanting to feature Project 52: Date Nights in one of their posts. Awesome!
Australia’s Craft Blog featured my Bird tree canvases in a post. Oh how I would love to be in Australia right now.
Designing Moms shared my bedroom makeover. Thanks, Cat! We’ll be hearing from her soon.
Craft Gossip posted about my felt hair clip tutorial. I love craft gossiping.
Lyndsey of The Stationary Place featured my snowflakes. If you love stationary or any type of paper crafts (I do!), you have to see Lyndsey’s site.
Sew, Mama, Sew’s list of tutorials included me! Who doesn’t love Sew, Mama, Sew? I adore them. Such a great sewing community.
And I can’t forget the ever so generous Melissa at The Inspired Room who referred all her readers over to me for my big bedroom reveal. She’s the best!
First of all, congratulations to Sonja for winning the set of mustaches from The Gift Box. The Random Generator picked you. Look for an email from me. Thanks for all who entered and gave me wonderful feedback to my store. I have a couple things to add to my store, hopefully soon. I did add one of my aprons there. You know. It’s the holidays. I have a few other projects that has taken precedence over coming up with new stuff for my store. But I will keep you updated.
Next item of business… My twirly snowflakes are being featured at Designing Moms today! See me there.
Did you see me yesterday on Tangled & True? The lovely Brittany from Tangled & True invited me to be a guest on her blog and I posted the Thanksgiving garland that is super simple to make. You can also find the tutorial on my TUTORIAL page or this link. Thanks, Brittany, for allowing me to experience Tangled & True. It was fun!
That’s Simply Modern Mom. And I am Tiffany Bird, the mom behind it all. SMM first began as a place for me to share my craft projects and ideas. A few months after the launch of SMM, I realized all modern moms had a common need. Simplicity. So I steered the site into becoming a tool for modern moms to simplify their lives. Modern moms don’t have time to read elaborate articles. Modern moms want quick, simple, easy to do ideas that are feasible for any mom’s lifestyle. Simplicity is my life motto. I am constantly looking for ways to simplify and systemize many aspects of my life. Making lists is what I do best.
