27 Jun
Your Favorite Female Mormon Bloggers
I’m working on a really exciting project for one of my classes and could use your help in the preliminary stages of my research. I’m going to study some of the top blogs written by Mormon females, but when I write down the list of blogs I know of I’m not coming up with enough. Would you mind telling me what your favorite blogs are that are written by Mormon females?
The only criteria I have so far is that they must indicate their religion on their site in some way. In an FAQ section, a post with pictures of them walking out of an LDS temple, a link in their sidebar to Mormon.org. They can be a mommy blogger, lifestyle blogger, craft blogger, food blogger, fashion blogger, or anything in between. They must be Mormon, must be female, and they must make both of those things known to their readers.
I'm a farm-raised almost-crunchy stroller-pushing picture-taking lifestyle-blog-writing gastronomy-obsessed divine-seeking thrift-store-combing cheese-inhaling pavement-pounding laughter-sprinkling lover of individuality and taking chances.
I wouldn’t say she is my favorite but she can be entertaining (and I don’t think she has been mentioned yet on your facebook page):
http://mormoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/
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1Other than yourself, here are the Mormon female bloggers I read:
+Rockstar Diaries
+Oh Happy Day
+Ruffles and Stuff
There were a couple more that I thought were Mormon, but I can’t find a mention of it on their blogs to confirm.
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Jenna Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Paste more in, I’m willing to do the legwork to figure out if they might be Mormon!
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Naomi C. Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
Here they are:
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/
http://www.cardiganempire.com
http://www.sensiblystyled.com/
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Lauren Reply:
August 6th, 2012 at 1:26 am
Cardigan Empire is definitely Mormon. She is the godmother of Stephanie Nielson’s kids.
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Design Mom & rockstar diaries are 2 that come to mind that I personally read regularly.
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3I have a few, but you might already have these ones:
Sydney Poulton from thedaybookblog.com
Jennifer Borget from babymakingmachine.com
Jordan Page from funcheaporfree.com
Sara & Kate of ourbestbites.com
Cjane from cjanekendrick.com
Jordan Ferney from ohhappyday.com
Liz Stanley from sayyestohoboken.com
Gabrielle Blair from designmom.com
Natalie from natthefatrat.com
Allison of oopseydaisyblog.com
Those are the ones that I can think of off the top of my head, if I remember any more I will post them too! Good luck, sounds like it will be an interesting read!
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4Besides yours of course
http://www.kristineorpolly.com/
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5My favorite is Every Day I Write the Book. I know the author’s name is Kacy, but I don’t know her surname.
I don’t know if this one counts, because it’s a group, but I also like Feminist Mormon Housewives a lot.
Also, because of your post about grammar from the other day, I thought you might like a gentle reminder that the singular of criteria is criterion.
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Jenna Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Thanks for the grammar tip Erin! I didn’t know that. You’re going to have me sounding so smart within the next few weeks.
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My favorites:
http://www.loveandphotographs.com/
http://www.feministmormonhousewives.org/
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7Janae at Hungry Runner Girl!
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Jenna Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
I’m so happy to add a healthy living blogger to my list.
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Voice of Reason – http://missnemesis.blogspot.com/
Busy Bee Lauren – http://www.busybeelauren.com/
Clothed Much – http://www.clothedmuch.com/
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9Oh, and not necessarily my personal favorites, but in the interest of your research:
Nat the Fat Rat – http://www.natthefatrat.com/
The Daybook – http://www.thedaybookblog.com/
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10I love this one: http://beinglds.blogspot.com/
She’s a really great writer and I love how she puts so much effort into living the gospel and teaching it to her kids.
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11Perry’s Plate
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12hungryrunnergirl! my absolute favorite
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13My friend Lauren has a great blog:
http://www.dv-la.blogspot.com/
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14I wouldn’t say favorites, because I’ve never really read her blog, but I know somewhat famous is Stephanie Nielsen, the woman who was burned (along with her husband) when the plane they were in crashed. I remember first hearing her story on Oprah.
http://nieniedialogues.com/
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15http://www.thislittlemiggy.com/
http://www.designmom.com/
p.s. I’d love to hear more about your project when you get time and if you’re willing to share
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16I’m surprised no one has mentioned http://www.cjanekendrick.com/ yet. She is amazing. Though I’m not Mormon, much of what she writes resonates with me. If you haven’t read her work, I highly recommend her blog!!
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17http://thedutyfamily.blogspot.com/
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18Nat the Fat Rat, Natalie Norton Blog, The Daybook, The Redheaded Hostess, 71 Toes…I could go on. The majority of the blogs I read are written by Mormon women.
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Jenna Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Go on, please! I think I want a certain number from each category, so I’d love more to choose from.
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http://www.natthefatrat.com/
she’s amaaazinngg
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20vintagerevivals.com
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21I read like the rockstar diaries and oh happy day. The writer of oh happy day also has a sister that blogs but I couldn’t find anything on her blog about being mormon, other than when she mentions that she watched conference, but her blog is designmom.com
I’m glad to read about so many more that I will get to discover!
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22everydayreading.blogspot.com — I think you know Janssen so this may already be on your list?
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Jenna Reply:
June 27th, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Love her! Yes, she’s on my list.
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Besides you, I read nie nie, rockstar diaries, and nat the fat rat
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24http://babymakingmachine.blogspot.com
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25http://www.thepinkpeonies.com/ great fashion blog!
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26I read (and really like) http://www.reesedixon.com/
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27ablogaboutlove.com
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28the ones i read have already been mentioned (really respect designmom). also dandee-designs is great!
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29besides yours, the mormon child bride…
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30Natasha Parker writes themormontherapist.blogspot.com
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31Love this one:
http://dandelionmama.wordpress.com/
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32My favorites are:
Yours
La Vie Petite (laviepetite.blogspot.com)
The Daybook (thedaybookblog.com)
Good Cheer (jamesandkarlybarker.com)
I also like the blogs written by Nie Nie, Janssen, Janssen’s sister Merrick, Natalie (Nat the Fat Rat), and Naomi (Rockstar Diaries).
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33http://womeninthescriptures.blogspot.com/ Awesome blog about women in the scriptures and other LDS things!
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34Ahhh! Everyone got the ones I know, but I’m excited to add the others listed. I would never have guessed that some of my favorite bloggers would be Mormon, as I am not Mormon myself. I wonder what the mix of readers are of these blogs- Mormon vs not Mormon. Jenna, let us know what your project conclusions are when you are finished! I’d love to know!
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35http://angieinthethickofit.com
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36I have one!
http://thebuggslife.blogspot.ca/
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37My new favorite blogger is Meg in Progress. She is an amazing writer and has one of the first blogs I have read that is completely honest about everything. I know she is mormon because she talked about going to an LDS temple last week.
Good luck!
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38woops! The blog url is meginprogress.com
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39I wouldn’t say any of these are “top” mormon bloggers, but I certainly appreciate what they say and enjoy reading about their life experiences. I look forward to reading about your project on this.
http://www.sterlinaclegg.blogspot.com/
http://applehandmades.blogspot.com/
http://sisterkanderson.blogspot.com/2011/11/how-is-your-faith.html
http://www.fortunafam.blogspot.com/
http://lovingeverysinglemoment.blogspot.com/
http://morganambers.blogspot.com/
http://jilli-em.blogspot.com/
http://www.daniellalindsay.blogspot.com/
(my favorite post: http://www.daniellalindsay.blogspot.com/2011/05/would-captain-moroni-smile.html)
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40I’m shocked no one has mentioned Marta Writes or Little Red House..
I’m not Mormon but read a lot of Mormon blogs.. my favorites:
Marta Writes
Oh Happy Day
The Day Book
Little Red House
The Painted Peacock
Say Yes to Hoboken
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Evelyn Reply:
July 4th, 2012 at 11:58 pm
I also love Marta Writes, and her mom’s blog is insightful too, i can’t think of the url, but it’s Traveling Oma.
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I can’t say for sure, but I really think this is a Mormon blogger…she’s one of my favorites. http://navigatingthemothership.blogspot.com/
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42http://www.inthelittleredhouse.blogspot.com/
Sheena is my favorite.
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megan Reply:
June 28th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
she is a healthy living, running, adventurous blogger
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http://sarager.blogspot.com/
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44Food Bloggers: http://www.ourbestbites.com/
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45http://www.Mooshinindy.com – if you go to her about me section she mentions that she’s a mormon and that she sometimes writes about it.
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46http://thepolishedpickle.blogspot.com/ – I don’t know that she has many followers, but I read it and love it and either laugh or cry with just about every post.
http://jessica-jensen.blogspot.com/
http://thosehardings.com/ (doesn’t indicate LDS anywhere except in the content, but they are …)
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47I’m on my phone and it’s not working out too well for commenting! I like Make It and Love It (makeit-loveit.com) , I Am Momma (iammommahearmeroar.net), The Daybook (thedaybookblog.com), Design Mom.
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48Jessica at Balancingeverything.com. She is a fantastic LDS mother to four kids.
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49My absolute favorite design blog is written by an LDS mom in NYC – http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/
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