Sunday, May 22, 2011

Renamed, Revamped and Rebranded

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First of all I must thank all my followers and readers for your kind comments and spectacular advice. It was your advice that helped me make a decision. I've always loved blogging and the community that has been formed around the blogosphere but my blog started to feel too impersonal and restrictive. One of my readers commented that I shouldn't feel pigeon holed into one area and she was certainly right. I originally thought I'd be on a hiatus lasting a month or more but I discovered that once the decision was made and the pressure was off that I really wanted to blog.


So with all this in mind let me officially welcome you to my totally renamed and rebranded blog All These Pretty Things! This blog will cover all the things I love - Japan, Kawaii Culture, Baking & Confectionary Making, Craft, Beauty & Fashion. The design has been revamped too and is now less generic and a true reflection of my interests and personality. I hope you'll all stick with me and enjoy the blog, it will be drastically different to how it was before especially as fashion will only be a minor part of the blog but I'm entirely happy with my decision. I will be doing my first full post tomorrow and it's perfect for those of you like me that have a sweet tooth!

I'm excited to see what you all think of the new direction!

Faye!

 

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11 comments:

  1. Girl I am so proud of you! I think all these recent changes reflect tremendous growth on your part which can sometime be disconcerting when it comes to identity. I am glad you pushed through it, didn't give up blogging and didn't give up being youself. YOUR BEST CONTRIBUTION TO OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING YOURSELF. I look forward in seeing this less restrictive more reflective version of your blog, and one day, I hope to meet you and hug you in the real life! xo. Bella Q

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  2. Faye this is too cute! Congrats ,and good luck with the redirection- it think it's great you're opening your blog to everything you love- it's a big step. Thank you for your honesty above alla nd being open with your readers. xoxo.

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  3. Well, it looks like I've missed a lot over my week-long blog hiatus! Congrats on the changes, Faye! I feel like this will give us an opportunity to know you so much better. Can't wait to see what will come. :)

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  4. Well, blogging is all about writing about stuff you like and not trying to pick a certain theme ( fashion editorials for example). I like lots of things like fashion, travelling, places in my city that I love etc. So I write all about it (I tried to do 2 blogs one about fashion and one for travelling but I wan't happy so I merged them). And as fashion goes I can write about many things: outfit posts, random fashion thoughts, trends I like and so forth. So I like your title and can't wait to see your posts about pretty things!!!

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  5. wow - that was fast! anything japanese, fashion, beauty and yummy stuff-related and i'm in! :) so welcome back to the blog sphere!

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  6. Yay! It looks great, Faye! I think you'll feel much better knowing you can cover anything you want here!

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  7. You go lady!!! Your revamp is adorable!! I read your first post and it reads like you're happy, the content feels more natural. I hope you are in love with it :).

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  8. I admire that you've made the decision to blog how you want. Feeling restricted when you do enjoy something is really disheartening. I love this new layout. I'll be sticking around!

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  9. Yep I am its less restrictive and blogging no longer feels like a chore xx

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  10. I already do feel better its very freeing xx

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