WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE. For real. How has it been four years? I vaguely remember sitting down at the dinner table and just,, making a new blog. Being sure that this one wouldn’t last that long anyway, since I had never been able to keep up a blog for long. AND NOW HERE WE ARE. FOUR YEARS LATER. WHAT
Right now it’s easy to believe that I actually stayed with this blog for so long – I absolutely love blogging, shouting about books, meeting so many lovely people… Blogging has become a huge part of my life and it’s hard to imagine a life without it, but I’m sure if I were to go back in time and tell myself ‘hey this little blog you just made? I just celebrated its fourth blogoversary!!’ I wouldn’t believe that lol. I don’t know how many blogs I had before this, but there were quite a few. One of them I stuck with for about two years I think, but I didn’t blog very regularly nor was I that passionate about it. I guess I never really blogged about something that motivated me enough to keep blogging – it never even occured to me I could blog about books and writing, and that there were so many people blogging about those things!! (I was very clueless when I started this blog)
So things have changed a lot since I started this blog. This blog looks very different now compared to back then:
Can we,, can we just talk about that design? Or more like the lack of it dsjgh This is terrible. Also I had no clue what I was doing and my posts were terrible. Don’t even get me STARTED on my reviews. I reviewed all the books I read at the end of the month in a wrap up but since I barely remembered anything and had no idea how to review books it was like two sentences bjdhsg I wasn’t very critical either. I’ve improved a lot since then, thankfully. After this design my blog went through a few others, but my heart can’t handle more ugly designs sgjh So I’m just leaving you with my very first design because that one was definitely the worst
I’ve also changed a lot as a person of course, which really reflects in my blog posts. First of all I realised that I’m not straight, like, at all. And secondly I’ve become a lot more open about a lot of things. Of course I don’t share everything on here, but I do talk about my mental health and I even managed to open up about the abuse I faced in my Starfish review – which is not something I could’ve done four years ago, and I’m very proud of that.
I’m very grateful for the past four years. Blogging has taught me a lot, changed me for the better, helped me accept myself and brought so many lovely people in my life. Thank you all for sticking with me, whether you’ve been here since the beginning or just yesterday. You guys are what makes blogging so so worth it ❤
Giveaway
To thank you all, I really wanted to give something, but since money is tight and international shipping is a big no-no (and only doing a giveaway for my Dutch followers wouldn’t feel right), I’ve decided that I’d do an aesthetics giveaway instead. I will make an aesthetic for five winners, who can pick whatever topic. I can make an aesthetic for you yourself, your blog, books, tv shows, certain characters, ships, your WIP or characters, etc. though you might have to give me some guidelines because I may not be familiar with whatever you choose. It’s all up to you, but I do have some things I won’t make aesthetics for:
💛 No NSFW
💛 No MBTI and zodiac stuff unless you give me something to work with because otherwise I’ll be a confused lil bean (more than i already am lmao)
💛 No Ilvermorny Houses – I’m not that familiar with them (again, unless you give me guidelines! So if you explain what these Houses stand for I could still make aesthetics)
💛 Stuff that’s triggering for me. There are certain ships that I consider abusive, so please don’t feel offended if I don’t want to make an aesthetic for me, but for example Kara and Mon-el from Supergirl where incredibly triggering for me, so I really don’t want to make an aesthetic for them. Also please don’t request anything that has to do with 13 Reasons Why
💛 It’s possible that there’s other stuff I’m not comfortable making aesthetics for that I currently can’t think of, so please keep in mind that I might ask you to come up with something else
If you’re not sure, you could always give me more options so I could choose!
Here are some examples of aesthetics I have made:
One of my WIPs
Starfish
Over Raging Tides
Cinderella Boy
Amy and Roger’s Epic Detour
One of my characters
Autoboyography
Agatha Wellbelove from Carry On
That time I made an aesthetic for a Hufflepuff writer without realising that’s basically me/my blog name sdjgh
Mal and Evie from Disney Descendants
Me
Me
The giveaway runs from today until the 14th. Click here to enter
How long have you been blogging? Is your blogoversary coming up as well? How has your blogging experience been so far? Let me know in the comments!
Congratulations on your blogversary!!
Thank you! :)
Happy blogiversary! :)
Thank you! :)
Ahhh happy four year blogiversary, Michelle! <3
I feel like I've been saying this so much, but I'm so in love with your moodboard aesthetics, and this is such a lovely idea for a giveaway – I'm definitely crossing my fingers to be one of the lucky five winners. ☺️
I've been blogging for seven weeks now, and I feel like such a baby blogger now, haha.
Thank you! ❤ Ahhh only seven weeks?? Your blog looks so good I wouldn’t have thought you’ve been blogging less than two months haha (also I thought I already followed you but then WordPress informed me I didn’t?? Following you now though ❤)
Thank you so much, I’m so flattered!! :’)
Ahh you’re so sweet, no worries! <3
Oh my goodness, CONGRATULATIONS on 4 years of blogging! Such an amazing accomplishment, and I look forward to all your blogging in the future. ❤️❤️YAY, GIVING YOU ALL THE HAPPY FEELS AND CAKE AND BALLOONS TODAY!!
Thank you!! Yess me too :D
THANK YOU LET’S MAKE IT A PARTY
Congrats!! Your aesthetics are so lovely.
Thank you! :)
Ahh so proud of you for having blogged on here for 4 years!!! 💛 Your aesthetics are beautiful, and such a good idea for a giveaway!!
(also now I feel really inspired to make aesthetics aaahhh)
ahhhhh do it!!!
Thank you Em!! 💛
FOUR YEARS AH MICHELLE CONGRATULATIONS THIS IS INCREDIBLE I AM SO HAPPY and proud RIGHT NOW AHH congratulations!! <3 <3 <3
I'm so happy you have kept on blogging for so long and that we met thanks to this, honestly I always love reading your blog posts and talking with you <3 <3
AND OH MY GOD AN AESTHETIC GIVEAWAY. I am totally screaming right now because your aesthetics are the best ones haha, I will keep my fingers crossed for it all, thank YOU for hosting such a fantastic giveaway <3
Here's to many more years of blogging to come! <3 <3 <3
THANK YOU MARIE ❤❤❤ Me too imagine if I had quit after a few months! Same here ❤❤❤
Hahaha I’m glad you think it’s a good giveaway. I always feel so bad that I can’t give away books!
I think it’s a PERFECT giveaway honestly, I love it <3 And don't feel bad at all, books are expensive! <3
Ahhh thank you! ❤
Oh YAAAY! Happy blogiversary!!! You can definitely be a blogosaurus too now if you want to?
We’ve been at this for waaaay too long and I don’t even want to think about my own design choices in the beginning. I am pretty sure there was a black and pink phase somewhere in there? Anyway, I loved hearing about how much things have changed since then and I am proud of the things you’ve accomplished as well.
I hope you already know this, but just in case you don’t, I ADORE YOUR AESTHETICS!!! It would be a dream if I could win and maybe we could talk about an aesthetic for Arcadia? I’d obviously tell you more about that story if that should happen haha
Thank you!! ❤ Haha I DEFINITELY want to call myself a blogosaurus :P
Hahaha it’s so funny looking back on blogging choices you made in the past, knowing you fully stood by them back then and now you’re wondering whyyyy 😂
Ohhh I would be honoured to make an aesthetic for Arcadia!!
I KNOW!? Looking back at stuff, I am just wondering what I was thinking even though I KNOW it made perfectly sense back then haha
CONGRATULATIONS ON FOUR YEARS!!! THAT’S AMAZING!!! IM JUST SITTING HERE IN AWE *heart eyes*
THANK YOU! ❤️
No problem!! YOURE AMAZING
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OMG CONGRATULATIONS!!!! THAT’S SUCH A LONG TIME AND I’M SHAKEN AT HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE. Also??? I freaking love all of your aesthetics so much they’re amazing and I lOVE THEM!!! <3 (DW about your old design I think that it was pretty cute!!!)
THANK YOU!!! ❤️ I know I can’t believe I’m still here?? Definitely didn’t expect that when I started
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Haha thanks :P The weird thing is I vaguely remember an ugly background (not sure what it was except it was ugly) but the wayback machine didn’t show that? So I have no idea if that’s an error or I just remember it wrong lol
HAPPY FOUR YEAR BLOGIVERSARY!! ❤️❤️❤️
THANK YOU! ❤️❤️❤️
Happy Four Year Blogiversary, Michelle!! 😍🎉💗 It’s absolutely amazing that you’ve been blogging for four years; I’m so happy for you! ☺️ I’m a new follower and blogger (I started my blog on June 11th), but I’m in love with your blog already; I always love reading your posts. 😊 And despite my short time in the book blogging community, I already love it so much! Everyone is always so supportive and kind, and I love interacting with all of you guys in comments. :)
Ahhh thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
Isn’t it? I know every community has its rotten apples, but there are just SO MANY lovely people in this community that this honestly feels like the best :)
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Congratulations and the highest of fives!!!! That’s so awesome and I lovelovelove your blog and your aesthetics <3 Thanks for being so fab as to host a thing for your own anniversary!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY 🎉🎉🎉🎉 We’re almost blog birthday twins, omg. YOU’RE SO FANTASTIC AND WONDERFUL AND YOUR BLOG IS GREAT!!
THANK YOU EVI ❤️❤️❤️ Omg when is yours did I miss it???
Technically I missed it, lol. I think it was back in May? I might make a post for it sometime soon!
Ahhhh well happy belated blogoversary!!
THANKS ILY
LOVE YOU TOO
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Aah HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY MICHELLE! <3 I've loved reading your blog for this long and I'm so happy we're bloggy friends :) I think my…5th blogoversary is actually coming up this autumn? Which is VERY WILD. Anyways, your aesthetics are also amazing so I am crossing my fingers for the giveaway haha.
THANK YOU EVE! ❤ Right back at ya :) Ahhh oh my goodness FIFTH? That is so exciting
Aw thanks! <3 I actually thought that I'd got something wrong and it was actually 4 years but then I went back to look at my first post and YIKES.