By Ashley Wells, on October 30th, 2010 Each month, I like to take the time and introduce you to that month’s “Featured Partners.”
Right now all of my Featured Partners are people or companies who partnered with me to provide prizes for Give! Win! Send!.
So, without further delay, here are my Featured Partners for this month:
Angela Vinez Designs
Angela Vinez Designs is a wide range design company that has a lot to offer! Angela offers very affordable items that are custom made for you!
You can also find Angela on twitter, a design blog, and many other places.
Becoming a Young Woman Who Pleases God
Becoming a Young Woman Who Pleases God is a new book by Pat Ennis that is written for teen girls. I was honored to receive a copy of this book to read and review, and found it to be very enjoyable (You can read my review here).
(in)courage
(in)courage is the home for the hearts of women. This is a place where you can find encouragement each day you visit. (in)courage also has a shop where you can find uplifting products of all sorts!
You can connect with (in)courage on twitter, facebook, and through their blog frog community.
Ultra Prints
Ultra Prints is a family owned business located in Central Ohio. They started out as a small screen printing shop, and have expanded their services and product base to include embroidery, signs, banners and magnets. They have in-house design capabilities and specialize in custom work.
Jeanne Winters
Jeanne Wintersis the author of Inspirational Home (Which is available through the Putting God First Place Shop). This fun and valuable resource is packed with unique do-it-yourself home accents and gifts with Christian themes. Jeanne is also the owner of Creative Faith Place, a Christian home, gift and idea showplace on the Web.
You can connect with Jeanne Winters through her blog, twitter, facebook, and you can buy her art through etsy.
Adoption Bug
Adoption Bug was started by Tammi—one mommy-to-be that was seriously bit by the adoption bug. If you have adopted, are in the process of adopting or even seriously considering adoption, you know that once you get “the bug” your heart is changed forever. This store is your source for fun, stylish products to help you express the excitement, joy and frustration that are all part of the incredible journey.
You can see all of their products on their site, and connect with them on facebook and twitter.
Make sure to take some time and meet this month’s featured partners!!!
By Ashley Wells, on October 29th, 2010 As I have sat down to write posts to help me process and share my experience from The Relevant Conference, I am honestly at a loss for words.
It has been so hard for me to write about what happened.
Honestly, I don’t know exactly what happened…
I know that God was there.
He was there in each hug, and each smile.
He was there throughout our conversations.
He was there with each speaker.
He was there.
This conference was much needed for me. I have been feeling overwhelmed and lost. I felt as if I was lacking a vision and hope…
But, He was there for me, putting me back on the right track.
What is the right track?
Putting God First Place.
Keeping HIM the focus of our lives. Each thing we do, doing it for His glory.
He was surely there.
By Ashley Wells, on October 28th, 2010 I tried to take notes throughout the whole conference…here are some of the quotes that really spoke to my heart:
“Anyone can be a successful blogger, but only one person can be a wife to your husband and mother to your children.”
Crystal Paine
“You don’t have to be qualified to have a message.”
Sally Clarkson
“Your life and your blog are temporary, but your message is eternal.”
Kristen Welch
“You don’t need to be a gifted writer, you need to make your writing a gift.”
Ann Voskamp
I hope that these quotes give you a little glimpse of what happened at The Relevant Conference.
Did you go to the conference? Do you have a quote you would like to add?
If so, add your thoughts in the comments!
By Ashley Wells, on October 27th, 2010  One of the most exciting things I was looking forward to about The Relevant Conference was meeting some of the wonderful ladies that make up my personal blogging community.
My blogging community is the group of women who are inspiring me through their blogs, their tweets, and their comments here.
And the beauty is that this group is continuing to grow  the more of YOU I meet!
It was truly an honor to meet these ladies face to face. It was weird, but also absolutely wonderful.
I think what made it weird was the fact that it was like I already knew these women, I knew their hearts and their stories from their blogs…but yet, I still didn’t know them.
 It made for an interesting experience.
It really didn’t seem like an introduction kind of weekend.
It seemed like a reunion.
PICTURE INFORMATION:
1st Picture, left to right: Me and Donna
2nd Picture, left to right: Jessica, Michelle, and Me
3rd Picture, left to right: Alicia and Me
By Ashley Wells, on October 26th, 2010 There were lots of things that I loved about The Relevant Conference (Don’t worry, I’ll talk about that more in the coming days). However, there was one thing in particular that was my favorite part…
The closing of the conference was worship.
In those moments, it didn’t matter who we were, what our blogs were, what our stats were…
At that moment, it was all about Christ and praising Him.
Truly, it was a great follow-up to Ann Voskamp‘s message about blogging in an upside down kingdom.
She spoke so wonderfully about how you are a successful blogger from day one if you are doing it for God.
She gently reminded me that as long as I am blogging for the sake of Christ, nothing else matters!
To worship after hearing Ann Voskamp‘s talk, was perfect.
To sing In Christ Alone and come to tears at the words, was perfect.
To remind myself that in life, and in blogging, I am complete in Christ alone, was perfect.
So, I am handing this blog over to Him. It’s about Him. It’s for Him.
What an unusual way to end a blogging conference, but so perfect. We need to focus less on us, less on our blogs, less on our stats…and more on HIM!
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