PRETENDING TO TAKE A BREAK

I've decided to take a mini vacation from the blog for the month of June. I'm going to miss this little guy but will be so busy this month that I just have to focus on a few other adventures.

Why will I be so busy you may ask?

Well, moving of course is taking up a lot of time and energy- especially if you are like me and are obsessed with decorating and redecorating your new space. It's a time sucker.

And, Saturday, the day after I'm officially moved into my new place, I will be heading home to Minnesota for ten days of R&R to spend time with my family and friends and see my cute little cousin Kelsey get married.

I'm also very excited to be taking the Blogging Your Way 2.0 e-course from Holly Becker of Decor8. I took her first Blogging Your Way course last fall and found it so wonderful that I've decided to move on to the second course. If you are a blogger or thinking about starting a blog, I 100% recommend participating. This summer's course is sold out but she teaches them a few times a year. The things you learn and relationships you make are invaluable. The class runs all of June so I want to dedicate all my blogging "juice" to learning and being active in the lessons.

Hope that explains it. And who knows, maybe I'll pop in once or twice to say hello! I hope you all have a wonderful start to your summer and I'll see you back here in the heat of it. You can of course follow all my moving and trip adventures through my Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts.

xo,
Marit

photo from my instagram.

"night class" for bloggers: alt design summit webinars

Last week I participated in my first, of what I hope is many, Alt Design Summit webinars. Alt Design Summit, a.k.a. the bee's knees of blog conferences, is now offering customized webinars throughout the year in a variety of blog-realted topics, all taught by experienced and successful bloggers. Classes are only $15 and run a few times a week. Be sure to check out the roster of upcoming courses. Consider it night class for blogs!

My teacher was Melanie Blodgett of You are my Fave. She nailed the topic "Bringing Home the Bacon When Your Blog Isn't Huge". Everyone was able to talk amongst themselves, share ideas and network. I met so many other creative people through that single hour of my time. Definitely worth the investment. It also has me really itching to attend their yearly conference next year in Utah. A conference full of people who obsess over pretty things as much as me, sounds like my kind of trip.