10 Reasons Why Graduating Improved My Life

On Wednesday 3rd December, I graduated from my master’s degree. It was a year of laughter, love, stress, tears and hard work. But more than that, it was probably the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done, in more ways than one. I won’t lie to you – it was more work than my three years at my undergraduate degree combined. Over ten exams, a 28 page magazine, two group projects and articles written by the dozen. Overall though, I probably learnt more and grew more as a person during this one single year than any other time.

Blogs I've Loved In November

If you don't follow these bloggers already, you really should. Collecting and writing these posts each month really makes me realise just how amazing the blogging community is. The fact that each of us can come up with so many unique ideas for content on a regular basis truly is brilliant. December will be a quiet month so I'll be taking a break from this post until the end of January. But I'm pretty sure everyone is going to kick start the new year with style and a bang. So take a well deserved break this Christmas, catch up on your favourite blogs and add some more to your feed. This is the content I've been loving this month...

Holly SuttonDecember 1, 2014Blogging, Opinion, blog posts, bloggers, blogging community, blogging resources, blogs, creative Comments

Ten Newsletters You Need To Sign Up To

Recently I've stumbled across some pretty incredible creatives. These people are not only great writers - they're helpful too. Even more than that, they know you. They're somehow magically in tune with their readers. One scroll through their recent posts had me signing up to their newsletters on the spot - and there wasn't even a pop up. I don't think you should miss out on these, which is why I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Well, ten of them actually.

Holly SuttonNovember 24, 2014Blogging, Opinion, advice, blogging resources, blogging tips, creative resources, creative, life, newsletters, top ten, writersComment

My Daily Instagram Struggle

Are you on Instagram?

Of course you are. What a silly question.

The thing is, these days, we're all expected to be on it aren't we? Snapping and filtering our lives away. Don't get me wrong, I love Instagram and I love taking pictures of my life to look back at. But it seems that we're all guilty of one little thing when it comes to this app - we only take photos of the good stuff.

Holly SuttonOctober 9, 2014Opinion, app, filters, instagram, life, photo app, photos, pictures Comments

12 Things I've Learnt In 12 Months of Blogging & A Great Giveaway

This year I’ve written 173 posts, tweeted over 2000 times and taken nearly 300 Instagram snaps. I’ve shared my ups, downs, happiness, loves and life with you. There was a stage where I questioned myself and my blog but I came out of the other side more positive, confident and on track with where I saw this space going in the future.

Holly SuttonSeptember 8, 2014Blogging, Opinion, advice, blog posts, celebration, giveaway, inspiration, tips Comments

Journal Day #7: How Does Social Media Affect Your Life?

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've been lacking a bit on my journal posts from Sometimes Sweet but this marks the start of them again. I'd really love to know your thoughts on this one too...

Do you use social media in your daily life? Do you think it adds to your relationships with others, or takes away from them? And furthermore, do you think social media adds more positive or negative to your life? Write about your relationship with social media, and talk a bit about how you got started, and what role it plays in your world.

Holly SuttonAugust 11, 2014Opinion, communicating, facebook, instagram, internet, pinterest, social media, twitter, websites Comments

Post Love #9

Here we go with another round of lovely blog posts from around the web. Enjoy.

Write On: July Blogging Prompts by Hello Neverland is great list of ways to get your creativeness flowing for blog posts. I'm going to save these and keep them to one side for when I want some new ideas, but they'd be great to follow if you wanted to try blogging every day for a month.

How gorgeous is Kate's place? A Workspace Tour is just a taster of the stylishness this blogger has when it comes to decorating her home. I know exactly where I'll be heading for inspiration in the future.

I am in love with this blogger's style and this outfit is just one of many that I had to add to my wish list. Mediamarmalade is full of outfit ideas for any occasion and you'll want to add every item to your wardrobe.

Holly SuttonJuly 30, 2014Opinion, blog post, bloggers, love, posting Comments

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