The grass is certainly longer and more established The grass is certainly longer and more established since this snap from early January. 🌿 Despite Rhodie being a little naughty and pulling a few chunks of lawn up in first few weeks, the lawn is going well. 
But as sunshine starts to appear, our next project is fast approaching - our garden! I have some high hopes for our long garden plot, including a larger patio and some much needed privacy. I didn’t think I would be, but I’m rather excited to get green fingered, and hopefully create a inviting outdoor space 🌿 Any advice for our rather daunting blank canvas? I’d love to hear any ideas! 
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I am so stoked that our loft is now BOARDED!🌿 Y I am so stoked that our loft is now BOARDED!🌿 You know how it is, those childhood mementos, wedding day cards and the odd air loom just have no other place that somewhere safe, like a loft. It’s something we completely underestimated, but we managed to find someone to undertake the work and we can see the light on our current mess that is upstairs! 
Yes, I thought he was coming on Friday, and yes he did get a fright when I opened the door yesterday morning in my dressing gown, but hey ho, it’s done and I didn’t know I could be so bloody excited for some plywood in a loft! 
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Did you see it? ✨ The moody new blue in our loun Did you see it? ✨ The moody new blue in our lounge? Dunno why but my colour transformation reel isn’t showing on my grid, but it’s still kicking my around. To say I’m in love with our new colour would be a understatement. Being a bit braver in our new home is coming together, just a few finishing touches to go! 
👈🏼 Swipe left to see the bland before!
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Back to work this fine Monday 🌿 After a week of Back to work this fine Monday 🌿 After a week off ( and tackling a whole load of home decorating ), I’m sadly back to the WFH routine. Is it the weekend yet? 
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Hello Monday 👋🏼 Our weekend was a slow and s Hello Monday 👋🏼 Our weekend was a slow and steady one. We found snow on our Saturday afternoon walk! And polar bear Rhodie LOVED IT 🐶 Sunday was a slow one too, with a mid morning walk, sweet treats and even some painting! Both me and my husband have the week off, and since the splash of colour yesterday afternoon, we seem a little more eager to get more colour in our home, pronto! 
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Just a little snap shot from our bedroom ✨I can’t show much else in all honesty, since we still have clutter in boxes, and a tv currently living on a ladder step 🙈 But hey, my perfume collection looks just perfect for now! 
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It’s Saturday and the usual weekly shop is the only thing on the agenda. Maybe a quick pop to get some paint too? We both have a week off and whilst we will mainly be doing sweet F-all, we may just do some decorating! 
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Our short sprinkling of snow has all disappeared, Our short sprinkling of snow has all disappeared, much to Rhodie’s disgust. ❄️Now that’s out of the way, can Spring hurry along? I fancy some sunshine, colour and garden time!🌷
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Welcome 🌿 to my flurry of new followers! Let me Welcome 🌿 to my flurry of new followers! Let me introduce myself...I’m Charlotte and I have just moved into my new build home with my husband and pup. In 6 short weeks we have made our blank canvas a little more us, but here’s hoping my husband will let me paint soon because I’m already tired of all white 😂🤞
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ITS FRIDAY THEN,  it’s Saturday, Sunday WHAT?!🐶 Getting our mud pit turfed was the best decision yet. Although he can’t run the entire length just yet, he often spends a lot of time just sitting on the grass and enjoying the breeze! 
God, I love him! 🥰🐶Question is, will we finally peak out here and see snow this weekend? 
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This is a shot of our old bathroom and well, our n This is a shot of our old bathroom and well, our new one looks nothing like a bathroom. You’ll see when I share the much anticipated upstairs tour later on stories 🙈 Moving is so tough, and even 6 weeks later, we have unpacked boxes and plenty of bits without a home!
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Charlotte – Nichole

28/11/2017 Blogging

Are you blogging for the right reasons?

**Newsflash** Blogging doesn’t give you a never-ending stream of new products or cash flow. Nor does it guarantee a lifestyle of late nights, lay-ins and surfing the web in the way of a ‘job’. It’s not ‘easy’ and doesn’t just happen over night. It’s not something you can ‘learn’ and there is no easy how-to guide you can follow to guarantee success.

If this is why you are blogging, stop. Stop Now!

I can only imagine how many ‘youngens’ are in the wings dreaming of youtube and blogging fandom. Thanks to the rise of Zoella and many alike, a new breed of bloggers and vloggers are being born, and I feel under a false pre-tense. How many of them will just start filming and writing and believe after a few years, they’ll be on par with Zoella and Alfie earning big bucks and living a life of luxury.

I can also imagine how many adults disregard the real pressures and dedication blogging takes. Also, disregard the talent it takes to engage and relate to enough people to actually make a success and income from a blog/youtube account.

I don’t need to preach to the converted here on what it takes to be a blogger. But here’s what to expect and what you need to ask yourself if you’re doubting it, or even considering it yourself.

Read : Finding your blogging spark

It’s hard work

Andddd many would say that is understating the true workload of running and creating your own blog. Planning, prepping, producing, posting, promoting. It’s all the p’s that are needed to even get slightly noticed in the blogging sphere. There are hundreds if not thousands of fellow bloggers doing similar if not the exact same thing as you. You will be working endless hours even after your part-time or full-time job.  You will be questioning why you even do it when you’ve taken 10+ flat lays and still not happy. But, as long as you are doing it because you enjoy it, and not for financial, fandom gain, it will be worth all the hard work.

It will take investment

In time, energy and money. You do not need to have a glamours lifestyle of 10 holidays a year, nor a wardrobe and make-up area Kendall Jenner would be jealous of. I stand by my statement that many ‘big’ bloggers who are only relate-able to the filthy rich, are only big because we are a species who are naturally nosey! Nothing more. You will part with some dollar when being a blogger. It may be for a new photo background, props or just a new lippy because you’d like to review it. You can make it as expensive or inexpensive as you like.

You will not be top dog

Whilst you could do exactly what Zoella has done and hope it will work for you, chances are it won’t. As with everything, thinking of the new, upcoming out of the box thing will make you stand out and a chance in being successful. If you believe just posting a couple of posts every week will get you to the top, it’s not worth considering blogging as an avenue for you.

There’s no such thing as freebies

Honestly, there’s not! You will not be sent a item just because they’re feeling generous. You will be expected at least to feature it somewhere on your blog, on your social media accounts and more. You will have to promote that product in every way possible, and you probably won’t get paid on top of the gift to do it. Nothing in blogging is free and it works both ways. Many companies will try to take the biscuit. Know your worth and stand your grounds. Companies who pay you for your content know how valuable it is, and they’re worth working with.

Money making takes time

No one I know goes into blogging because they want to make a shit-tonne of money. That’s because you are bloody lucky if you make any! Some of us do, but not a considerable sum that gives us a free ticket to self-employment and an apartment in the city!! If you take on blogging and realise it’s everything and more you want from a long-term career, then great. But be aware how much of all the above is needed to make enough to even cover your rent. It’s not a race, so there’s no rush. But if you’re here to make a quick buck, you’ve chosen the wrong thing completely!

My advice to anyone looking to get into blogging, or considering keeping it up, would be to forget the numbers. Forget the numbers of followers, likes, clicks, views, comments, paid opportunities, etc etc!  

If you keep your mind on the numbers, rather than the passion behind what you are doing, you will loose all essence and pride in your blog.

Whilst it’s nice when those numbers begin to rise and grow, focusing on them alone can be disheartening to say the least.

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