30+ holiday blog ideas

AUTUMN creative business CAMP...holiday planning blog series continues. In the first post I shared how to create a DIY post-it blog calendar.  Now it's time to plan! Here are over 30 ideas/questions to get you inspired to plan your holiday blog content...

1. brainstorm a list of blog post topics and ideas. list whatever comes to mind, you can always edit later. keep a running list of ideas, the additional topics can be used for next month.
2. brainstorm a list of holiday related ideas, themes, colors. these words might spark ideas for blog content.
3. if you have a regular blog series, think of ways you can incorporate the holidays. {ie. if you do a fashion blog post series...how about holiday colored clothing or an ugly holiday sweater theme}
4. create a blog series.  In 2009, I created my blog series, 24{holiday} inspirations, my goal was to post 24 days of creative inspiration posts during the month of December, that revolved around topics to celebrate the holidays. This series includes DIY tutorials, color palettes, art journaling prompts, artist profiles and daily life posts all related to the holidays. I have continued the blog series for the past three years and the content has been some of my most popular posts.
5. think about creative ways to show your audience the behind the scene snapshots of your studio...how you create your products or artwork.
6. give a sneak peek of upcoming product releases
7. what types of tutorials can you share with your audience? don't copy what's been done already, share new ideas. If you have an idea, do a quick google search to see if it's been done before. if it has, how can you make yours unique and different?
8. what are your favorite things to do during the holidays? how can you translate them into stories for your blog?
9. look at your photographs, what stories do they tell? photographs can always inspire great ideas for blog posts
10. do you have favorite holiday memories or yummy recipes? tell the stories, share photos of the holiday table or dishes.
11. ask your audience...take a poll to find out what your audience wants to read more about on your blog.
12. collaborate with other artists..find ways to work with your favorite bloggers/artist friends. maybe a fun technique blog post, a themed post with photos.
13. share your favorite holiday decorations.
14. how can you translate holiday trends/themes into a blog post? Etsy has great merchandising resources that you can use to inspire your blog content.
15. look at patterns, prints and color palettes. create a holiday post about colors.
16. create a Pinterest board or flickr photo gallery of holiday inspirations
17. share the LOVE..help promote your friends or other artist you admire
18. create an holiday ETSY treasury
19. holidays around town--->take your blog readers on a holiday tour around your hometown
20. holiday window displays. I love peek inside my favorite retail establishments especially Anthropologie.
21. visiting or vending at a holiday craft fair...share you experience in words + photos
22. what holiday traditions do you celebrate? signing holiday carols, lighting the christmas tree, family vacation, etc.
23. where do you find your inspirations? books? shopping? on a nature walk?
24. share the season in photos
25. vintage christmas or vintage halloween decor..places to shop..what to look for...colors and themes.
26. interesting holiday paper projects or wrapping paper and gift wrapping ideas
27. what are you thankful for? write a post about it, create an art journal page and share it in photos.
28. create lists...top 10 holiday deserts, 20 places to find interesting gifts, my santa list
29. share your kids or grand kids art making holiday projects
30. write about your favorite holiday book or movie
31. share ideas for setting the holiday table and fun party planning ideas
32. how do you celebrate Halloween? parties...costumes...pet costumes
33. kids holiday project ideas and tutorials
34. setting the holiday table and fun party planning ideas
35. what music do you listen to during the holidays? create a playlist, share your favorite band's music or holiday album
36. read your blog comments, they might spark more content ideas

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do you have favorite topics to write about during the holidays? share you thoughts in the comments. happy holiday planning...xo~Traci

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[Angella]

Hi Traci
loved this blog post - such great ideas! I have only recently started my blog so this helps a great deal. I love your blog- check in daily. Yesterday Your book "Doodles Unleashed" arrived in the post (I ordered it about a month ago). WOW ! Nothing got done - I was immersed in doodle heaven. Thanks for a wonderful publication! So so inspiring. The book itself is a work of art.
much love

[Toni Brown]

Traci --

it may be you've thought of this, but I wanted to write it anyway. I lost my job a little over a week ago, and one of the most soothing, invigorating, inspiring things I've found myself doing is coloring in the black and white doodles and Glam Girls you included in the recent journaling kits I had ordered. I wonder if you couldn't put together packets of those and make them available on your store. I'm certain I'm not the only one who would love to have a Traci Bautista set of coloring pages, or an entire book! (I realize this hasn't anything to do with your post -- sorry).

[Anisley]

This looks like such an amazing blog! Certainly one I will be reading :) My kind of blog - great mix of everything!

[Matt]

Some fantastic ideas in there!

[debra cooper]

This is such a great list. Thank you for sharing it! I've been blogging since 2005 and, even though I still love it, there are seasons when I have a terrible time coming up with new ideas to feed the blog! Thanks to you, I have several new ideas and am looking forward to a fresh brainstorming session to generate even more--once I find a free moment, that is ;-)

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[Ashley]

Almost all the ideas are great. Each one is better than the other one. The sixth one is most appropriate one for Christmas blogs.

[Leila Ahlberg]

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[Anil kumar]

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