Saturday, August 17, 2013

Craft Page Added to Pintrest

Hey everyone!

I've added a personal craft page to my Pintrest account! These are items that I have personally created - so you may even see an item or two you recognize.

To see this particular board or check out any of my other Pintrest boards, click on the link below.



There will be more added in the coming weeks, so be sure to check back, and as always, feel free to comment or repin!

Friday, August 2, 2013

Shutterfly Picture Updates - Garden

                     

                   

Check out the complete set of pictures at:


Cucumbers
Beets
Habaneros
Green Beans
Jalapenos
Tomatos
Corn
Cilantro
Peas

Friday, July 26, 2013

Shutterfly Picture Page



I have created a Shutterfly Picture page recently so that various family and friends can see what we've been up to here in Lottes Land and Beyond. 
If you're interested in viewing the updates, feel free to click on the link below or use the provided QR code to link directly to the site. 

QRCode

Monday, July 1, 2013

The Social Media Explosion!

Some of you may have noticed that I have created an additional Facebook, Twitter and Blog pages.  Thank you to those who have liked, connected with and supported these pages in the past couple weeks.


I wanted to provide a heads up... seeing as though it may seem strange to some that I have just come out and created my own consulting business without saying anything to anyone.

As some of you may know, I am taking a Social Media Marketing class this summer as part of my Associates - soon to be Bachelors Degree program - through Dakota County Technical College.  We have been asked to create social media pages, blogs, searches, etc as a way to become familiar with all the various tools and resources out there.  Currently, I have 2 Facebook pages, 1 Facebook fan page, 2 Twitter Accounts, 2 blogs, created Tumblr, Delicious and Flicker accounts, partially optimized my LinkedIn profile, hooked up with Hoot Suite, created an Instagram Account, added an event board to my personal Pintrest page, and updated my Feedly feeder to follow additional blogs (let me know if you have any that I should add!).  I've included links to all of these accounts below.  Please feel free to add, connect, tweet, share and like any and all of them.  Please keep in mind that these are all a work in progress and are all being worked on as time allows/aspects are assigned.

Although, I am currently not actively building my own consultation business, I do hope to one day offer these services to those looking for event planning assistance.

Check out any and all of my Social Media Pages - please feel free to leave comments! :)

Facebook:
Personal Facebook Page
School/Professional Facebook Page
School/Professional Facebook FAN PAGE

Blog:
Personal: http://heidibrynn.blogspot.com/
School/Professional: http://hilobrynn.wordpress.com/

Twitter:
Personal: https://twitter.com/hilobrynn
School/Professional: https://twitter.com/HBLottes

LinkedIn: (Personal/Professional)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/heidi-b-lottes/14/448/831

Pinterest: 
Event Planning Board

Flickr:
School/Professional Flickr Page

Tumblr:
School/Professional Tumblr Page

Thanks all!

Monday, June 24, 2013

When I Grow Up...

 I used to think that I would be a stage manager, then a theater manager, then I played in the accounting world - quickly realized that I didn't want to do that... then I played around in the executive assistant world...and swiftly realized that Event Planning was what I wanted to do.  It kinda sums up all of those previous worlds that I've played in. Just in a more grown up, "real world job" kinda way.

Through the Social Media class I'm taking, I am finding more focus and direction into honing what it is that I want to do when I grow up - Event Planning.  I have been busy creating various social media outlets as assignments - Professional Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Wordpress, LinkedIn - you name it, I've been working on it.  Granted these are all assignments that I'm required to create, and don't get me wrong, the current content is very weak, but it is giving me purpose and direction.  This is a great feeling.  Scary, but great. I finally feel like I'm achieving a forward moving momentum instead of just maintaining status quo.

Keep an eye out for more updates.  Once they are presentable, I'll post the Pro-links I've been working on. In the mean time, you need an event planner? Give me a call ;)

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Mashable Assignment... Handwritten Notes are the Best

One of my assignments this week is to visit www.mashable.com, read through the recent blog posts, pick one that interested me, read it and then post in our discussion section about it. Oh, and we couldn't pick one that someone else had already picked.

Naturally, wanting to have the widest selection, I jumped on this like white on rice...(did that make sense? not sure, oh well).  Anyway, this is the post I chose: notes-make-you-smile .

It's a collection of various handwritten notes, to various people, for various reasons. It caught my attention due to my love of the handwritten anything. I have saved almost every handwritten note, letter, quote, limerick or poem that anyone has ever given me.  Personally, the ones from unknown people are the bestest!! (as long as they aren't a death threat or ransom note... but even sometimes ransom notes can be pretty awesome)

Take for instance this one:

I know exactly who this was from and I believe that it may have actually been left for 
me at the box office I worked at in college. 
There's also this one:


I have NO idea who left this on my car while I was in class, but someone took the time to find 
a piece of paper and pencil, write the note and leave it for me to see when I got to my car. 

There's nothing wrong with electronic or typed out letters or notes, etc; Handwritten just say so much more to me.  If you ever want to make my day (in a good way, not in a Scarface kinda way) write me a note. :) 

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Summer School Experiment... oh, and Mark Harmon

You read right, I'm taking summer school.

Well, actually only one class. Social Media Marketing.

 Since I am taking this class, I've decided to use my blog as a "Proof that I'm Learning Something" tool and apply each week's lesson to a feature, the content, etc of my personal blog. Hopefully, if there is anyone out there reading this, you'll be able to see a difference by August 1st. If not, well, maybe I'll need to find another hobby.

 Here's to a great summer semester!