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1 Year Blogiversary: Lessons Learned After Running A Blog For A Year

One Year Blogaversary: What I've Learned After 1 Year Blogging / Blogging Lessons Learned

It’s eyeliner wings & pretty things’ one year blogiversary! I can’t believe that just one year ago I started my own blog and it’s grown to what it is today. eyeliner wings & pretty things has officially turned one and I feel like a proud mom. Above is me eating some chocolate chip cookies full of food coloring in a celebratory fashion.

Like, excuse my language but holy shit, this has taught me that a year flies by. There are so many posts that I forget even writing and so many things I forget even accomplishing. I bought a domain, became self-hosted, join blogger networks, did sponsored campaigns, got some freebies, wrote over 100 posts and generally just build a brand. Also, I got business cards which is the coolest most adult-y thing I have ever done.

I thought I’d share some of my blogging lessons learned after blogging for one year, because what better way to celebrate than a bit of self-reflection?

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19 Things I Want To Do Before I’m 20

19 Things I Want To Do Before I'm 20 // eyeliner wings & pretty things

My 19th birthday was yesterday and it’s reminded me just how quickly time flies. To think that in just one year I’ll be in my twenties is absolutely insane and pretty frightening. The “teen” will be gone from the end of my age and I’ll for real sort of kind of be an actual adult. Yikes.

With that being said, I’ve comprised a list of things I hope to do before I turn the big two-oh. Some of them are a bit unlikely, but it never hurts to toss in a few big dreams, right?

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Life Lately: Explore Your Hometown

Life Lately: Explore Your Hometown // eyeliner wings & pretty things

When I think of Staten Island, I don’t think of pretty trees or cookie cafes, I typically think of chain restaurants and traffic. This Thanksgiving break I saw some new places in my hometown and it reminded me how important it is to keep on adventuring, even in places you’ve lived in before.

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5 Things I Simply CANNOT Do

5 Things I Simply CANNOT Do // eyelinerwingsandprettythings     This post has been on my list of ideas for a month, but I’d been putting it off. Once I saw Dana from The Wonder Forest‘s post about this, I decided to finally write this up. Her blog is gorgeous BTW, I’m definitely a fan.

Anyways, I’m a pretty inept person when it comes to a lot of basic things. I can paint my nails like an ambidextrous person and wing my eyeliner like a professional, but when it comes to these things I simply cannot…

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