Buzz a Mom: Shynea, Inspirational Penny Pinching Diva

This week ‘Buzz a Mom’ features Shynea, owner of Penny Pinching Diva and founder of Mornings with Mom.

Here’s what Shynea had to say about being a Mommy Blogger:

I love hearing about how moms started blogging! Please share your blogging story with us, Shynea.

My blogging journey really isn’t that complicated. I have been privately blogging on LiveJournal since 2003. It was nothing special. Just a journal where I kept a lot of my thoughts and only allowed a few people to read it.

I started publically blogging at PennyPinchingDiva.com in August of 2008. I wanted to learn how to start saving money and how to use coupons more efficiently, so I started following all of these money saving blogs. They were great, don’t get me wrong, but for a newbie like myself they didn’t explain the process as clearly as I needed. I figured, “Hey, I could do this.” And that is how Penny Pinching Diva was born.

In addition to Penny Pinching Diva, you recently kicked off a new magazine style blog, Mornings With Mom. This new blog is completely different from you frugal blog. What motivated you to start a magazine blog?

Mornings With Mom has been a long process. I have been wanting to do a group blog for Christian women for a long time.

I have written for several group blogs, but I never felt like I “belonged.” I never felt like the articles that I contributed made a difference, or that anyone was affected by them. I was always grouped into the “money saving” niche when I loved writing about other topics. I am a woman, and I love my faith, and I wanted to be able to share that love with other women.

Please share with us the steps you took to make your idea a reality? How did you find your talented co-editors?

I have had the idea for this website since September 2008. I first purchased the domain and I let it sit for months. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with it.

Then I sent out a tweet in February to see if anyone would be interested in writing for an online magazine for Christian women. The responses I got back were so positive, I decided to go ahead and start the process of opening the site. My beautiful co-editors came from Twitter and Penny Pinching Diva.

Like you, I have 4 young children who require most of my time and attention, what tips do you have for juggling 2 busy blogs and 4 active sons? Where do you find time to be a Mommy and a Blogger?!

I am not an expert at juggling. It has taken me a long time to find a system that works for me. I do all of my writing and blogging at night when all of the boys are in bed asleep, and then again in the morning before they wake up. I also answer emails during the babies’ naps. I do everything around my children’s schedule and it just so happens to work for me. Late nights are my best friend.

Thank you, Shynea for sharing your blogging story with us!

If you are interested in saving money be sure to visit Penny Pinching Diva. Also check-out Mornings with Mom for great homemaking ideas, inspirational stories and encouragement. And, if you are interested in writing for an online magazine for Christian women, I noticed Shynea is looking for new contributors.