6 months on........The World of Blogging

Hello Again

As I said in my last post, I have officially been a "blogger" for 6 months. That's 181 days, 26 weeks, 4,344 hours and 260,640 minutes (approximately). Do you want to know the seconds. Ok.....enough of that detail.

Since starting my blog on the 22nd December 2012 (my first post is dated this) I have had three blogs. Yes I know this is strange, but without those two other blogs, I wouldn't be here today!

My first blog was titled "As Wrens Fly" - I liked this name at the time. I was inspired to blog by Jo at Lost in the Haze. I did fashion shoots for all my posts, just like her. This blog was also hosted on wordpress. I found it very hard to do anything (you have to pay to customize). Anyway, I had readers and comments and it was fun. I continued to read other blogs, and soon realised what my blog didn't have. A blog design.

Being a person who has a habit of researching and thinking things out, I soon learnt, that wordpress causes money to go down the drain. So I made the change to Blogger (which I will admit that I hated). I continued my same blog name and learnt how to design my blog (simply). I used image-maps and it really was just simple.

But I soon got sick of the name and the image my blog had, I had ideas for sharing other things on my blog, not just fashion (also, I don't have an endless wardrobe, haha). I spent the next month, thinking of new blog names. At this point, I discovered Emily Wind's blog, Crafty Girl. I wanted a craft blog. But I finally actually started to think things through. I set up Cupcake Crafty as a trial blog, so I could test out what I wanted to share. I started experimenting with different designs and I got my iPad Mini. I made my first real design - so my 'trial blog' would be appealing. I started at the beginning of April and I set it all up, like I would never change it, and true I didn't. But when I realised my blog was here to stay, I re-designed and continued what I was doing as it is to this day.

If you look through my blog now, you will not find any crafts (something I probably should do in the future!!). And to the future, I would love to set a blog design company, as I have given a few blogs a makeover and just continue what I am doing, as you, the readers seem to like it. I am in no hurry to change anything or start a new blog again!!

So in my six months of blogging, I have learnt a lot about being a blogger. Not just what post layout/format, what design readers like and how to keep your blog safe from copyright. I know that's all important to know about when being a good blogger. But finding yourself and being you is one of the most important things of all. If you are a lifestyle blogger, you don't have to share your whole life on your blog (it is the internet remember), and you shouldn't lie about yourself. You can hide things from the world but making things up is not a good idea. Bloggers are all a big family, and I would love to help anyone on your way to your blogging dream. Please email me, if you need advice. But I am not the best blogger out there. But then again....... I don't think you need to be the #1 blog on BlogLovin, or ModCloth's blogger of the month. People just need to recognise who you are and what your blog's about. Don't be put off by no views. Just keep trying - keep calm and carry on.

Love Harri
xx