The fact that I’ve kept up with this blog for six months is pretty astonishing, considering my apparent allergy to follow through. I was very excited to share my crafts and my story, and to give my friends a platform to share their stories as well. I began at what I thought was a reasonable pace to write my own posts, and edit, post, and market everyone else’s.
But I also have to live my life. Whether I like it or not, I have a full-time job and chores to do. I also have to do all of the crafts that I write about. And I have cats and myself to take care and a surprisingly active social life.
It seems my life has gotten busier since I started this. I learned to take pride in my abilities, perfect or not. I learned there was a ghost in my house who has a lot of opinions about the books I read and TV I watch. I tried my best to wrangle my jealousy, and with Ella’s help, successfully cursed one of my college friends. All while social distancing restrictions relaxed and work got busy again.
And I have another big change coming up. I haven’t mentioned it yet, but I’m moving. As much as I love the Marceleste and all the friends I have there, I’m sick of fighting other tenants for the laundry and I just want central air. I decided that my job is dreadful enough that I at least need those two luxuries.
So what does this mean? I’m taking a bit of a hiatus to figure out how I can better run this blog, and market it, without running myself ragged. I need to make sure I’m living a good life the rest of the tine. During this break, you might intermittently hear from other contributors. I don’t want this to be a complete break.
So what will it be like when we come back? Well first of all, we probably won’t be posting quite as often. As grateful as I am to those of you who read this blog regularly, I do want to build a larger following of subscribers. So that means less time writing posts, and more time marketing them. I’m trying to figure out better ways to direct Instagram directly back to the blog, and I’ve been thinking about (yikes) TikTok.
I’m also going to change the focus of some of the posts. At first, Ella and I we’re trying to give step-by-step recipes and craft tutorials, partially as a learning tool, and partially to attract readers. But I think we should start focusing on what makes this unique. Which is:
- Our stories
- Showing the actual cost of these projects
- Showing the amount of time these projects take.
Three things you won’t find on any other craft blog
So thank you, for being part of the story, and sticking with it through all the twists and turns.
-Erica
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