Numbers and celebrations..one year on!

  Christer Strömholm, Ingalill, 1979 via Abundance

More than a year and a half ago, my friend Helen James and I started talking about doing a blog. It was exactly a year, this month, that I started blogging.

This is post number 200.

I really can't explain what having a blog has meant to me, and how it has changed my life. With 10,000 views a month...it has opened a whole new world, which I can't imagine doing without.

Living as a designer in Ireland, with all the magic that it has, it's also very secluded and isolated.

Being alone, or feeling alone, is just part of the business...

Certainly for someone who has always been considered a foreigner or outsider no matter where I was living...the blog has connected  me with like minded people and with some, who a year ago , I  would have never imagined having access too.

It has also brought me closer to people in the 'real' world...being vocal and open, has made others realise it's OK to feel and to fear, to have insecurities  and to have an opinion...

The blog has also helped me be public about my admiration for those  who I care about, writing dozens of  'love letters' to thank them for their influence.

It has also helped me overcome extreme shyness about showcasing my work, a  'publish' click is easier than a phone call!. And has also helped over come my fear of writing in English.

Thank you so much dropping by, it has been a great year...!

Comments

[Jane Flanagan]

Hoorah! Congrats Eilis. I'm so happy to have discovered your blog and to follow your posts. You're such a great voice in the blogosphere - one of my favourites!

[Madeleine Gallay]

Deep appreciation for what you put in and, uh, there are enough entries for The Book.

[the errant aesthete]

Dearest Ellis,

It has been a joy to watch you unfold in all your magnificence.

[helen james]

I can't believe it has been only a year so much seems to have happened! and I know that Blogging has been a huge part of all the changes. Your Blog is wonderful as are you my darling all my love x x

[Kendra Boutell]

Congratulations Ellis, I think blogging has replaced letter writing in many ways and can be just as genteel. Kind regards, Kendra

[pretty far west]

Congratulations! Your blog is unique in its focus and enthusiasm, and always a good read.

[Laura]

Congratulations! Your blog is always a joy to read, I was so excited when I saw a link to my own humble efforts in the margins! x

[Silent Storyteller]

Thank you Ladies!!! Each one of you is such an important part of my daily feed..and online community!