If you follow my blog you will know that I took part in Blogtober last month. My challenge was to do something Autumnal or Halloween themed every day in October, and publish a blog post about it. I am pleased to say that I succeeded in doing this! Did I find it easy or tough? …
Wow, it’s the 31st October already! Happy Halloween, everyone. This month has gone by so quickly, it only seems like yesterday that I was writing Blogtober post number 1! Seeing as it is Halloween, I decided to cook a Halloween feast for my family! One of my favourite meals to cook is a pasta bake, …
For today’s Blogtober activities, my focus has been to get my Autumn vibes on in the digital world! You may have noticed that I have changed the logo on my blog to reflect the season. I will keep this logo until the end of Blogtober and then I will change it back to the usual …
I had been thinking about taking part in Blogtober this year, but decided against it. However, two days ago I changed my mind! What is Blogtober? Blogtober is a challenge that many bloggers take part in during the month of October. The one simple rule is to publish a new blog post every day in …
One year ago today, on the 16th September 2018, I published my first ever blog post on This Brilliant Day! It’s fair to say that I had very little idea of what blogging involved when I first started this blog. For the first few months, I would just quickly type up a post and publish …
It’s time to review how my August Challenges went, and let you know my September plans! In August I set myself two challenges: Use up 3 products / items from my ‘use up pile’ each day. Work on blog improvements for 1 hour each day. So, how did I do in my challenges? Using Things …
As usual, I have set myself challenges this month. These are my August challenges: Use up 3 products / items from my ‘use up pile’ each day. Work on blog improvements for 1 hour each day. Here is a little more detail about my challenges: Using things up I set myself the exact same challenge …
In June, I challenged myself to pin regularly on Pinterest, in order to gain more blog traffic through this source. You can find more details about my challenge in my previous post, but here is a summary of the Pinterest strategy I used: Pin at least 25 times per day. At least 5 of which …
This month, I have decided to focus on building up my Pinterest account. I have had Pinterest for a couple of months, but so far I haven’t used it to its full potential. I have been pinning very irregularly, and my pins have not been optimised for Pinterest in dimensions or content. Therefore I have …
I am delighted to have been nominated for another blogging award! This time, it’s the Blogger Recognition Award, and I have been nominated by two fantastic bloggers: firstly by Mama Robbins of An Undistracted Life, and more recently by Kendra of Hearts and Houseshoes. Thank you both for the nomination! I have been following both …
