2.04.2010

appearing a bit more serious than I really am....




{and like an idiot I forgot to mention that it's my dear friend kim who made the focus and kurva charms for me}

47 comments:

Kim Mailhot said...

So fun ! I have heard your voice and I have seen your face but I have never seen the whole beautiful package. I think you look great and what I love is how natural you were. Brave, and open hearted, just as I imagined you. BTW - you have a beautiful smile ! ;)
Big love to you ! Good choice !;)

slommler said...

Beth honey...you are so brave and you look fabulous!! I love the hoop earrings on you!! I love the earrings. LOL!! I agree with Kim...beautiful smile!!!!
Hugging you
SueAnn
PS Loved the charm necklace...very cool!!

cinner said...

Beth, lovely I could hardly hear you, but it was nice to watch, I love, love the necklace, you are so gorgeous, you have the most amazing skin! But the most beautiful smile. Big hugs.

Glen Hartjes said...

Interesting way to get to know your blog neighbors, well done!

Elena said...

Oh Beth, I was feeling so amazingly down and found my way here and you crack me up. You are as beautiful outside as you are on the inside. A total natural. Love the earrings. And really really like Kim's charms. What a great idea!

TechnoBabe said...

By being brave, you were able to post a very nice video and get past the nervous newness of being in front of the camera. Good job.

Deborah said...

Beth I wasn't at all sure what to expect when I saw your face come on the video, but I really enjoying seeing and listening to you.
I'll leave the compliments to everyone else, although I will say that you came across as very natural and funny.
Liking your face! Now that's a novel idea. Pretty brilliant, actually, for this idea to come up. You might get a bunch of copycat videos...

ELK said...

what a joy it was to see and hear you..you are brave...

Cindy said...

Terrific video blog :) The opposite/mirror image must be strange but you'll get used to it. Now we're all going to wait for you to come up with something fun, heehee.

The Bodhi Chicklet said...

Oh my gosh! You are beautiful! I mean, I knew that before because I could see you, but this is different. Cool earrings too.

Char said...

pooh...i can't see videos at work. you tease me lady...

but i'm sure you are gorgeous just as you are in the inside.

xox

Dani said...

love love love it! and you! i may try this sometime! because you've encouraged me.
isn't it funny how people sound? remember when we talked on the phone and you said i sound young...and it's not that you sound different than what i expect you to, it's just that we read and read and see and see and then there you are. the real you. love it! (and you).

S. Etole said...

this was fun ... always enjoy hearing people's voices

yorksnbeans said...

Good for you! You did great! I went through that same exercise about 1 and 1/2 ago when I started doing video reports for CNN iReports. It does take getting accustomed to, but you seem to be a natural! Go Beth!

Cam said...

BETH!!!

I love it! And, I love you!

Okay, I am inspired to be brave now too. Maybe I'll do my own vlog blog. (fog, jog, dog, frog)

I'll start working on figuring out how to do that!

Nice earrings! No Tarzhay down here in the swamp, but next time we go to the island, maybe I can swing by...

Christine said...

This looks fun! I was gifted a webcam for my birthday, but something was amiss and it repeated crashed my computer so I'm hoping to get a new one soon. It's original purpose was Skype, but an occasional vlog blog sounds fun.

Thanks for being brave! =)

suzyQ said...

I love this! It is so neat to see your fun personality in real life!

And I love the "faces" idea.

And I just love this place.

Caroline said...

Love this post! It was like hanging out with an old friend. You are so easy going on the camera. So cool. Not sure I will ever be brave enough to do that...only because I hate my voice. I have that awful Chicaaaaago accent. Like "Let's go to the Jewels and get some saaaaasage." Da Bears! Seriously...it's bad!

Grey Street Girl said...

Cute vlog! You're so beautiful and those earrings look great on you! I can't wait for your next video - you seem like a natural to me!

Bernie said...

Beth, you look great. You have beautiful skin and gorgeous teeth. I only wish I looked half as good so up close and personal....Great post my friend.....:-) Hugs

Meri said...

Wow - brave and wild, both, Beth!

Vicky said...

I'm hoping that you do, you know, like it too. Can I just say for some odd reason, I noticed you have really beautiful teeth... they're even and white and I was just fixated for some reason even though really all of you is equally as beautiful! Loved hearing you!

Mark said...

A natural? I felt like I walked into your kitchen and sat in on a conversation you were having with a best friend at your table over coffee.

Laura said...

Totally cool!!! It is good to see you. Love it!

Char said...

I didn't know that I could adore you more! mwah!!!

I'm not sure why I'm surprised...you sound a bit different than I thought you would. Maybe the voice is a bit deeper than I expected - but in a good sex-ay way. LOL

Love your necklace - I don't wear earrings because They bug me. Yay for you being brave.

Jennifer said...

oh just love you!!! you are so brave so incredibly brave. It was so great to hear your voice and see your words flow out of your mouth. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. You are beautiful. I cannot wait to see and hear more ;)

Barefoot from Heaven said...

Oh Beth it's great to see you face to face. Love what you did and had a big laugh over the fact how long you can talk about earrings....yea you rock woman. I never ever could do this I think...I'm so darn camera shy I would turn out too funny and scare the s..t out of you all. But I am so glad again,...to have seen you, hear you I might play it again and drink a coffee with you(maybe this is an idea for your next video blog). Looking forward to it. Dagmar

kt40 said...

keep theses videos coming what fun! i love the earrings by the way, you should wear them to the supermarket they look great on you!
kt

Jakki said...

I think your Vlog went perfectly! I love it because now when I read your words, I can hear your voice and that is major for me...

I've heard people remark about the the whole opposites thing when doing the vlog and me, myself, I would get a small case of nausea or something with trying to do it...

suzanne said...

brave & beautiful beth!! loved your vlog. and your word for this year and the fact that you don't know what it is you'll be doing but you'll be doing. i am right there with you. :) and i agree with kt, the earrings look great on you. xx s

Ricardo said...

Nah, no issue being on camera for me ;-) I do these but haven't in a while. I'm actually working on one because people enjoyed my vlogs and started asking what happened to them.

Really the secret to it all is to keep focus on the light by the lens and imagine your friends are there and you're talking to them. It's strange doing these video posts at first but you will start having more and more fun with them before you know it.

MORE VIDEOS!!!

Country Girl said...

You are ever so much more brave than I. Congratulations on doing it!

dogfaeriex5 said...

giddy up on the earring beth, they are hot!! and you rock sister!
xox~KIM

Joanna Jenkins said...

WOW, you are way more brave than me. What a fantastic video. You rocked it Beth!

I'm just catch up on my reading this week. I'm so glad I stopped by and saw this. Thanks for dong it.

xo

Liss said...

I don't have a video camera but maybe I'll try a self portrait soon, I find it really difficult to look at pictures of myself. I think you did a great job of your first video blog.

Keda said...

well done. very well done!

love the word a year idea and the earrings are great as well.

~JarieLyn~ said...

I really enjoyed this video. Your voice sounds just as I imagined. That is so very cool.

I am very self conscious in front of a camera, especially video. You did a great job.

Marilyn said...

Loved your video and the earrings from Target. What fun to see you sitting there talking to us. I am not sure I would be that brave.

Janet said...

great vlog! cool earrings! and i learned a new Sanskrit word - kurva. didn't know that one before. thanks!!!

deb said...

Everything about this is perfect.
You are a such an inspiration in a gentle and easy and empowering way.
That your pictures and words always reflect kindness, compassion, and gratitude is reinforced in this vlog.
Thanks for sharing and adding another dimension to this space, to our virtual friendship, to this community as a whole.

deb did it said...

Beth, I hope you liked making your video...CUZ I LOVE IT!! Bravo...make more, and keep lovin yourself...

Holly said...

I forgot to leave this comment when I watched you. That just goes to show how caught up I got in the watching.

What I was going to say is that, you sound EXACTLY the way I envisioned you would sound. And,

I don't know if that exercise helped you to love your face more, but it sure helped me to love you even more.

Relyn said...

applause, Applause, APPLAUSE!

Way to go you brave girl. I loved this. And, your earrings.

Ljus, färger och friska dofter said...

Hello!

That was a cool video! Well done!! I am a portraitartist so I paint portraits; peoples faces. But I am really having a problem with my own face! I could ever do this what you just did. It was inspiering though to wach you talk right into the camera - and who knows? With some PRACTICE maybe even I could become this brave!!!

love,
Olga

Mary said...

Beth, you are such a cutie! A beauty, really... :) If I ever made a video of myself, it would be with a big hood over my head lol So I guess I'm not really there yet in the "loving my face" race... :)

spread your wings said...

i LOVE that you did this. what a pleasure it was to see and hear your voice this way. I don't believe I could ever do this.
thank you for being brave. really.

Christine said...

make some more! so fun to get to know you a bit better, your beautiful inside & out ♥

you inspired me to figure out how to do a vlog on my blog! i'm new to blogging and having so much fun ~ do you have a list of the blogs you chatted about in the video?