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5 Portland Mommy Bloggers You Should Be Following
No matter which type of mom you are, there is a Portland-based blog to give you creative and practical guidance.
From recipes to summer camps, arts & crafts activities and back-to-school shopping lists, being a mom in Portland is a full time job. These Portland Moms have taken to typing, and channeled the stress of day to day family life in to creative, fun to read blogs.
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Portland Moms Blog is a community—online and off—of women raising kids in the Portland metro area. They are passionate about bringing moms together in a supportive community and encouraging other parents as well.
It is a collaborative blog written by and for local moms with posts on things to do around town, ways to get involved in the community, parenting tips, personal essays from local moms, local business spotlights, giveaways, and more.
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Born in 2004 as a community of like-minded mamas, a place where Portland parents could share tips, advice, reviews, ideas, fun, challenges, and more. urbanMamas has grown up over the years, and now uM represents the lifestyle of the mama that treads lightly on the earth, which often means there are many adventures in urban homesteading, preserving, gardening, accomplishing life on bike or alternate transit.
Many coffee play-dates, w(h)ine nights and naked mama parties later, the original urbanMamas are still deeply invested in the community.
Design Mom, praised as a "Website of the Year" by Time Magazine, and a top parenting blog by the Wall Street Journal, Parents Magazine and Better Homes & Gardens, features everything you find at the intersection of Motherhood and Design. From DIY projects and home tours, to book reviews, family-friendly travel, and discussions about modern parenting. The new generation of mothers, come to Design Mom to find daily inspiration.
Gabrielle Blair, designer and mother of six, embraces the current widespread love of design, and approaches motherhood from a designer’€™s perspective —€” writing posts like tips for great family photos, her favorite parenting trick, thoughts on selfies, and forty things she loves about her husband. In addition to Design Mom, Gabrielle’s active internet career also includes being a founder of Alt Summit, and a creator of Olive Us. Married to Ben Blair, they live with their six kids — Ralph, Maude, Olive, Oscar, Betty and Flora June — in the French countryside, in a farmhouse with a name instead of an address.
The Portland Local Mom Blog is a spunky take on the traditional, perhaps more normative white picket fence-esque, parenting blog. She addresses her audience directly on her site:
"Hello all, I am Sarie. An artist, foodie, master multi-tasker and mom of three spunky little girls. I love all things creative, making old things into new, rearranging my furniture often, changing up my hair (I shouldn’t have scissors in my house), fashion, music, construction, theater and creative writing. I can’t go a day without laughing at myself, 10 percent out of amusement 90 percent embarrassment. I am always looking for my next project around my house. I love to change up rooms as the seasons and holidays change. My husband gets to come home to a different theme every month in our house. Where my art generally involves re-purposing paper of some kind and stringing them ornately around door ways and windows. Finding ways to connect with my children brings me the most joy I can possibly express."
Home Based Mom is a comprehensive take on a stay-at-home mom blog, with tips and tricks to help ambitious women balance work and family life, while still finding time for themselves. Created by Leigh Ann Wilkes, mother of 4 and a master of time management, she aims to inspire other home based mothers with creative ideas for cooking, crafts and more.
"The purpose of this blog is to share with you my journey to finding the pretty and delicious in life. I have learned that the pretty is always there, we just have to look harder for it sometimes than others.
I also want to share with all things that I enjoy – creating treats and meals in my kitchen, spending time in my garden, entertaining and party planning, reading, self improvement and tips and ideas on style and fashion. I also look forward to hearing from you – I hope you will take the time to make a comment on a subject that inspires or interests you and that you will share some of your tips and ideas, recipes etc. too!" - Leigh Ann Wilkes.
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