year in review – Audrey's 74 A blog by Giulia Doyle Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:28:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.16 It’s a wrap – 2015 /2015/12/22/its-a-wrap-2015/ Tue, 22 Dec 2015 20:17:37 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=3961 Year in Review 2015It’s that time of the year already where I go back and think of all the things we did, the places we went, the food we ate and the fun we had. 2015 passed in a blink, faster than I can grasp – only one week left and I truly can’t think where time went. I posted a lot less this year, but was more active on Instagram. I had fun with the blog, but loved the challenge of the little square images captured on my phone. Life was busy with a six and eight year old, family life, school, activities, work and some travel.

Some 2015 highlights:

  • We split our vacation into three chunks this year and traveled to the Dominican Republic, Prince Edward County and Miami. It was wonderful, all were different and we had a lot of fun.
  • We hosted two pretty large parties this year: the Midsummer Party where everyone wore white and we enjoyed the longest day of the year and our Cookie Tasting party just the other week – a really sweet occasion.
  • I collaborated with The Land of Nod on my basement, here and here. And I added some Easter fun to our house with them as well.
  • I had another chance to work with Cup of Jo.
  • I was so happy that our house was featured on Design Sponge.
  • I also did some more styling and photography work for Ottawa Magazine.

So even though things were quieter on the blog – looks like things are still on a roll here at Audrey’s.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a cheers to 2016! Thank you for stopping by this little corner of the web, for following along and your feedback.

 

]]> It’s a wrap – 2014 in review /2014/12/31/its-a-wrap-2014-in-review/ Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:35:21 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=3388 year in review giulia doyle
Year two on this food blog has been busy and lots of fun. I decided early last year to reduce my posting schedule and truly focused on expanding my skills and experimenting a little with food and photography. This blog also gave me the opportunity to journal our great summer vacation.

As you’ve read on many other blogs, the environment has changed drastically since I started blogging almost 5 years ago. Readership is down, comments are almost non-existent and we all wonder why we put ourselves out there. Over the past two years I’ve been blogging to improve my photography skills and to use my blog as a portfolio site that would lead to paid print or online opportunities. This has worked great for me. So while my readership is very low and I’m sure I’d be delighted to have more stop by each day, I know deep down that that is not why I come to this space.

Some Highlights for me in 2014

I’m not sure what will happen to this space next year. I might stop in on a less regular basis, or it might be more. I really don’t know. I might also share other things, not just food and our travels. We have a couple of bigger things planned for the house, so I might share that again, as I used to do on my old blog. I’m really in limbo right now. But I made a deal with myself –  I will only blog while it’s fun and I enjoy doing it.

Wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year!  Cheers and hopefully I’ll see you here again soon!
]]> Merry Christmas and 2013 in review – It’s a wrap /2013/12/23/its-a-wrap-2013-in-review-and-looking-forward-to-2014/ Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:25:26 +0000 http://www.audrey74.com/?p=2156 Audrey'sWow, what a year! I started blogging in this little corner of the web exclusively at the end of January. While it wasn’t my first blogging venture, it’s the one I decided to focus on and wanted to use to expand my photography knowledge and build my portfolio.

After attending ALT Summit in January I put down a couple of goals for myself. Rather than comparing myself to other bloggers in relation to my readership (still very low) or my comments, I wanted to achieve things for myself and I wanted to collaborate with some of the talent out there.

I don’t want to use this post to brag, but I find it very important to remember successes we’ve had, and there’s no better time to do this than right before year-end.

Here are some of the highlights for me in 2013:

It’s been an exciting year and I couldn’t have done it without the support of my family and some of the kindest and most talented bloggers out there. I’ve got a couple of great things coming up early next year and I can’t wait to share them with you.

But now I’ll take the next two weeks to spend time with my family from near and far. My kids are off school, my mom is visiting from Switzerland. There will be gifts exchanged, food prepared, sleepovers organized and even a little get-away.

Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season and Happy New Year!  Thanks for stopping by my little space and making it a wonderful place for me to share pieces of my life – be it the sweet or the savoury. Cheers and I’ll see you back here on January 6, 2014!

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