Toodlebelle Instagram!

Hey there! So kind of you to stop by the blog again! Remember when I said I'd get back to blogging? Well I mean it this time! The blog world is so pretty at Christmastime, as is my Instagram feed.

I created a Toodlebelle Instagram account a while back ago, but finally decided to link it to the blog and start posting to it today (I think my friends were starting to get tired of pictures of my coffee and other blogger-style shenanigans)!

If you'd like to follow along, I'm begging, please, you can follow through this link! or by clicking the cute yellow button up in the top right corner!

Yes, it's a little empty right now, but I'm sure it won't be for long! 

Happy Holidays! 

Happy Birthday, Toodlebelle!

I'm choosing to celebrate today as Toodlebelle's blog-birthday!

Blowing out the candles on a great first year! 

I originally started this blog because I wanted a social media outlet that I could turn into my online journal of sorts. My first posts were some lovely high school poetry (that I've since deleted, sorry/you're welcome) and mostly about New York City.

A year later, I still want to live in NYC, and am still approximately a thousand miles away from that dream. (Blog title before I transitioned to "Toodlebelle's Blog"? "1000 Miles from NYC")

But a year ago from this day was when I stepped into what we'll loosely define as "lifestyle blogging". I'd fallen in love with TheCollegePrepster.com and some other fab blogs, so I wanted my own.

It's still basically my online journal, but slightly more structured, and (I like to think) organized with around least three posts per week.

Blogging over this past year has helped me realize how much I love writing. I may have never joined my school newspaper or decided to minor in English if it weren't for this blog. Now I recommend it to everyone, and have even helped some friends design their own blogs for school projects.

Even if I'm never "successful" enough to make a career out of blogging, and even if blogging is "on its way out", I'll blog until I don't want to anymore. Plain and simple. Who knows where this next year will take me (I'm guessing not that far, but a girl can dream). I'll keep writing even if y'all stop reading!

(But please don't stop! After all, aren't we friends yet?)

P.S. Did you notice I have my own domain name now?? Toodlebelle.com was a birthday present to myself :)

Bloglovin!

Hey everyone! I'm now on Bloglovin!

You can follow me by clicking on the little button under my archives :)

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