The Shine Project~

Hello lovelies! I would like to introduce you all to my new friend, Ashley and her blog, The Shine Project.  Her blog is amazing.  It is positive, optimistic, and encouraging.  Ashley is truly a ray of sunshine and I'm excited to share The Shine Project with you.

Ashley believes that everyone has endless potential to shine and here is why she started her blog ...

“I started The Shine Project with the intentions of motivating people to go for their dreams, while helping others along the way. I had chosen the word SHINE as my theme for 2011, and it has taken off.”

What is The Shine Project?

The Shine Project is going out of your comfort zone to bring light to those who need hope.  The Shine Project emulates love, sacrifice, and CHANGE.

“Each week, I challenge my readers to do something. Something challenging. Something that will make them go out of their comfort zone and act. I feel like every single one of us has a dream or goal or something that we want to accomplish but for whatever reason we just don’t do it! I have been inspired to make this site to help others (and myself for that matter) to do hard things and to start doing them now!”

Previous challenges have included:  writing thank you letters to former teachers, meet your neighbors, cheer on your enemies, and creating something new to form a sense of accomplishment.  

“Sometimes, all we really need in life is someone who believes in us. Someone who believes that we CAN and WILL do things that we never thought we could do. Sometimes, all somebody really needs to do something fantastic is just a little encouragement and a push in toward their goal.”

Ashley is by far one of the most optimistic and motivating people I have ever met. 

Listen to how dedicated she is to The Shine Project:

"Let's see how much good we can accomplish by performing extra act of love.

Let's see how many people we can make smile, 

and how many lives we can improve because of it.  

I want to hear about what you've done to shine, and how it's changed you.

Not only does it involve helping others, but feeling good about ourselves so that we can SHINE too!

From creating, to dressing in a way that brings out your personality,  The Shine Project allows us to do little things in our own lives to make up feel GOOD!"

 Ashley has created "SHINE" necklaces to remind her of her goal and currently sells them to help others to "SHINE" as well.    They are not only beautiful but affordable! They are available for $11 and $1 from each necklace purchase goes towards The Shine Project Scholarship Fund.  The Shine Project Scholarship will be awarded to an inner-city student for their college education.

Isn't she amazing?  

Ashley's, The Shine Project was recently featured in a local Arizona newspaper! How awesome is that?!  You can check out the article here. 

{all quotes and photos via Ashley}

Now go ahead, go visit The Shine Project and see for yourself!  Trust me, you will be glad you did! :)

LOVE and INSPIRATION ... XOXO