Today, I'm bringing you a quick update of an upcycled craft. Part of my goals from my
Blogging Staycation was to update and revive some of my old content along with adding in some new content. What us a Blog Staycation you might ask? Bloggers Jen of
JENerally Informed, Trish of
The Trish List, and Julie of
Girl on the Move brought a group of bloggers together with a common goal of moving their blogs to the next level. They created a
Facebook group, hosted chats on Twitter and Facebook using the hashtag #BlogStaycation, and sent out informative newsletters each day of the Staycation.
Because of the Staycation, I was able to connect with new bloggers and moms, and make a few new virtual friendships. With the help of tutorials from Kristie from Blog Ambitions, I was able to set up
Google Analytics properly to finally track my numbers correctly.
Here's a few of my blogging goals to accomplish for the remainder of 2015:
- Update and revive old content
- Incorporating more guest posts
- Incorporate more lifestyle posts
- Utilizing my editorial calendar to its fullest and creating content to get ahead.
- Monetizing: signing up for a campaign
- Getting my newsletter set up and gaining subscribers
- Moving from Blogger to a self-hosted site
You may remember my
Spring Chalkboard that I created last year using some upcycled materials and a bit of chalkboard paint. It happens to be one of my most viewed posts, and I love it. It matches the décor in my kitchen, so I put it up each year. I wanted to freshen it up this year, making it bolder and a few sparkles. Everything is better with sparkles!
To track back, here was the finished project,
originally:
It all started with this harmless, old wooden frame with a mirror in the middle. Simple, and functional.
But it had absolutely no way to hang it, so I
came up with a solution:
