I recently hosted the Carnivale of Couture, run by the super-fantastic shoe blogger Manolo — but I wasn’t really sure what I needed to do. Today I’ll share what I learnt along the way.
So if you’re a blogger and have thought about hosting the Carnivale of Couture but don’t know what to do, read on!
(Most of this advice is applicable to other blog carnivals as well. If you’d like to see which other festivals are out there, check out the Blog Carnival Index.)
Today I’m very, very late to my own party. I hosted last week’s Carnivale of Couture, in which I asked:
What is your best-ever bargain? Where did you find it, how much was it and why is it your favourite?
Due to extreme technical difficulties I’ve taken a little while to post mine. But here they are! And no, I couldn’t narrow it down to just one…
I’ve been spending some time catching up on the blogs I love after being off-line for so long! Here’s some highlights:
Designer Ella on what she hates about fashion… I’m sure we’ve all felt that way when we need something specific (new work outfit, flattering evening wear, jeans that make your bum look fantastic) and the gods of fashion have decreed that noone wants that this year so not a single store stocks it, no matter how much you have to spend.
I love great real outfits so much more than high fashion photo shoots, although I’m also pretty partial to the latter. But while striking images are great, there’s nothing better than seeing how someone ties their scarf or layers their jackets and thinking ‘I could do that’ — especially when it works when you try it and you’ve suddenly got a great new look for free!
Regular readers of this blog might’ve noticed that it hasn’t been updated as often as usual for the last few weeks. For this, I want to apologise profusely and offer a brief explanation.
Long story short, we moved house last Wednesday but only got the phone connected today (thanks Telstra). We now have dial-up, but no DSL for another fortnight. Which means I can post here and update my del.icio.us categories again, finally, but is a bit bandwidth-limited for other things like reading blogs.
I’ve used my time off-line productively though: she’s been planning some exciting new things, which you’ll get to see in this blog soon.
The Bargain Queen has a guest post on FrugalForLife today. It’s called My Frugally Fashionable Life and it’s my attempt to show that frugality and fabulousness can mix. If you’re interested, go take a look!
For this week’s Carnivale of Couture, I asked…
What is your best-ever bargain? Where did you find it, how much was it and why is it your favourite?
…and the response has been phenomenal!
Here’s some more amazing bargains the Carnivale’s readers have found:
To finish off my first-ever Carnivale of Couture, here’s some amazing bargains submitted by the carnivale’s lovely participants.
Firstly, the fabulous people who posted pictures, because I LOVE pictures:
For this week’s Carnivale of Couture, I asked to hear about your best ever bargains. Here are some of the incredible bargains we’ve heard about already…
Next week, I’ll be hosting the Carnivale of Couture for the Super-Fantastic Manolo the Shoe Blogger. My topic is:
What is your best-ever bargain? Where did you find it, how much was it and why is it your favourite?
If you’d like to participate, post your answer on your blog and leave a comment here. Or if you don’t have a blog, you’re welcome to put your whole answer here.
Let the showing off begin!
The Bargain Queen is taking a few days break from blogging while she moves house.
See you in a week!
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