The last couple of months I have been doing a lot of work reassessing the Seamless brands while we work on their revised designs, both online and off. And in the process I’ve been doing some soul searching about what it is I actually want to do with my time. Over and over again I fall into the trap of saying, “Yes!” to too many things, which has simply resulted in having too little time to focus on the things that make me happy.
So, possibly one of the biggest realizations I made throughout this process was: I do not want to be a wedding blogger.
While I still love weddings, there are just so many other people out there (with blogs I still read and will continue to read) that do a much better job than I. I’ve discovered that it’s really not where my passion lies; and there are many aspects of these events that I’m just not as interested in since getting married. I simply can’t keep up with a project like this on a daily basis when my heart’s not in it.
However, the vast majority of my posts here, and the ones I am most personally connected to (other than those about my own wedding), have some sort of design component to them. I am still completely enamored with invitations, stationery, and any and all visual inspiration. So all of that content will come over with me to design work life. As of now, there won’t be any sort of schedule — it will simply blend right in to the daily posts I continue to publish — but that could change in the future.
I will also still continue to design paper goods for weddings and events through Seamless Paperie—which is getting a huge makeover and expansion in the next few months.
I’m not sure exactly what I’m going to do with this space yet, whether it will become a personal — and less often updated — blog, or if it will simply exist as an archive all of our wedding plans. But for the time being, it will no longer be updated regularly.
If you’re new to the site, feel free to take a look through the archives. There’s lots of bits of inspiration to be found. And if not, I hope you’ll come over to dwl with me and follow along.
Thanks so much for your readership over the last year or two. This online space has been a great outlet for me to navigate through the world of wedding planning, and I’ve truly appreciated all the connections I’ve made.
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I already follow on you dwl, and those posts make me happy — I will survive :) I don’t even update my one blog on a regular basis, so your 2 + Seamless…I can’t imagine! Good for you to focus your time/talents on your passion!
I love design work life so I will follow that, but massive kudos to you for making a decision about what you really love and sticking with it. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for the future!
i am sad to see this blog go, but totally understand where youre coming from! there’s only so much one girl can do! :) i love dwl and will continue following you there. plus, i cant wait to see what you have planned for seamless paperie!!
I just stumbled on this and I can’t believe I didn’t follow this before. I recently got engaged and I love going through this blog for inspiration for my wedding. I’m thankful that you’re putting focus to the future (and design work life!)
Very sad to see this blog go, but extremely happy that you are continuing on with DWL. :D This blog is utterly amazing and I’m so thankful that I’ve been following it.
Goodluck with the rest of your journery! <3
Thanks for sharing! I’m going through a similar reinventing and I completely understand that you have to follow your heart. I’m glad that you’ll still be doing blogging. I’m just starting to get into blogging and don’t know what I’m doing yet but I’ll take this advice!
such a good read
Hello.. I had a question on an older post, Joannes shower, where you wrapped the top of the box with paper. How did you do this?
Oh my! Just when I saw your page? It’s sad to see this blog go. I’ve been browsing your site and it’s wonderful.