The last two months have been crazy busy and I just hadn't had a second to sit down and write for myself. I've had some many posts running through my
head and I know I won’t have time to write them all so this is a bit of a mash
up.
June started with my birthday and I turned 35 which mean I
am edging closer to 40. I thought this would scare me as 30 was tough for me, but
it doesn’t. I have realised that even though I may look older on the outside I
still feel young inside.
The day after my birthday I rushed down to London to attend
Blogtacular which had a huge effect on me. I knew I would be inspired but I
didn’t know what it would set off in me. From the very first speaker I am immersed,
inspired and filled with excitement for the future.
Blogging has had its ups
and downs for me the past few years. I lost my way for a while but I kinda know
where I want to go and that is exciting.
Grace Bonney kicked things off; she was so inspiring and
just awesome that I had a buzz all day. She got us all to right down three
fears and then we had to go and talk to another blogger about one of them. We need to surround ourselves with people that
know what we do and can relate. At lunch time I met a blogger that helped me
with one of my fears (I will come back to this) and in turn I could help her.
It felt good.
By the way you can watch Grace’s keynote speech here.
All the sessions I went
to were helpful and inspiring. One of the breakout rooms had a little craft
section and people were making affirmation necklaces. There were three to
choose from:
Grow
Brave
Create
I wanted to choose all of them but when with grow and that’s
what I need to do. Grow as a blogger, grow my skills, grow as freelancer and
grow as a creative.
Ok back to that fear. One of my fears is public speaking, ironically
I used to be trainer and speak in front of people all of the time. However I
was off to speak at Britmums Live in a room full of my peers and it scared the
crap out of me. The lovely blogger that I met gave me some great tips and I was
brave and I survived and it was fun.
I was a bit naughty at Britmums Live as I mainly stayed in
the craft room for the whole conference, I made half of the Embrace Happy
workshop which was fantastic but I had to leave for my session. However it must
have been the right place for me to be, I learnt how to make fabric hexies and
how to knit, which has inspired me to learn more crafts, create and grow ( can
you see a theme).
The people at Make it Coats who sponsored the room and
provided the amazing fabrics and yarns have asked me to me a craft ambassador
for them, big yay! So I will be sharing my projects with you over the coming
months.
In June I also went to two gigs and spent time with my brilliant
family. I miss them all so much and wish we all lived closer.
July has been half catching up and half getting ahead for
the summer holidays. It may be another quite month from me but you can always
find me on Instagram @thecaroljs and see what I am up to.
I am truly excited about what the future holds!
Have a great summer!
See? Doing what you wanted by staying in the craft room paid off! Well done on being a Coats ambassador.
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