One Full Year of Blogging!!
Yup, I’m a little surprised myself! This is my 52nd post!
About eighteen months ago, I started thinking about writing a basket blog. So I started researching and asking questions. Of course that just raised more questions, but I was getting more and more interested. So I made a list of what would need to happen – I almost stopped there!
First I had to build a new web site. Being Dutch, I was too cheap to pay someone else, so I spent a whole month just reading and taking notes. Boy that was steep learning curve – I didn’t understand a word for the first week! Then, with more guts then ‘know how’, I got started, wading deep enough to even write some code (makes me sound smart, but trust me, I forgot how to do that as soon as I could!)
It took me several weeks – but suddenly it was August, 2015 and I was ready to go live. I held my breath. It worked! It looked pretty good. And for a few days I was up and running – then EVERYTHING disappeared. I called my server. The tech said, “No problem, we’ll get it back up for you”. Two minutes later, “Well … let’s look at … (total silence) Oh no, this is not good”. PANIC! Not what you want to hear the tech say! Thankfully I had done a back up the night before and so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been – but there were a several tense minutes!
Its been quite a year, I –
- interviewed six people about their art or business. (blog category: Out and About with Basket Weavers)
- started sharing my weaving travels with you in January. (blog category: Basket Weaving Events)
- wrote several tutorials. (blog category: Basket Weaving Tutorials and Techniques, you can also find them on the resource page)
- started a listing of teachers and basket suppliers across the country (you can find both on the resource page)
- introduced several of my new baskets (blog category: New Baskets , you can also find the patterns in The Store)
- and have given you a peak into my studio (blog category: In the Studio)
Now here it is a year later. I blog once a week, I have some readers and more blog ideas then I had when I started! My posts and pictures are not perfect (thanks for overlooking my typos-you know I’d rather be weaving!), but I have been enjoying this process of writing and sharing.
I have had a few people ask me how I find time to blog – that’s a good question. Last summer, I had this grandiose plan to be writing well ahead of deadline – HA! between events, packing kits, weaving and life in general – I blog by the seat of my pants. Maybe in year two I’ll figure out how to be writing ahead of schedule – then, I’ll let you know how I do it!
Thanks for being a Basket Teacher reader!
Keep up the good work! I love it.
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Congratulations on your first year. Truly enjoy all your articles.
Thank you…..
I have enjoyed coming along for the ride, Annetta!!!
Congratulations on an informative year of Basket fun and information. I love reading your blog and have told all basket friends of your great works. My computer is ready for another year of Baskets. Thank you Annetta!
Love your work!
Janet Goldman