Ta Daaaaa...

Well lookie what we have here! It’s certainly been a long time in coming, but I have finally managed to get round to giving my little blog a much-needed makeover.

It’s something I’ve had on my radar for a long time now, but for one reason or another it didn’t quite happen. Until that is, I had the rather excellent idea of contacting the lovely Jen to see if she fancied designing me a new blog header.

And she did! So here we are.

I’m so pleased with my gorgeous new header, so a heartfelt thank you to you Jen, especially for fitting this all in around designing new prints for your shop. You are the best! 

And a great big thank you as always to everyone who has stopped by here in the past year. With a special thanks to some of the lovely bloggers who have passed Leibster awards my way in recent months. I’m looking at you Claire, Tammy, Karen and Tara.

And while we’re on the subject of change, I thought now would be a good time to touch on my thoughts about sponsored posts. There have been a few different bloggers writing about the subject recently and their words have made me sit and take stock of this whole blogging caper.

I write this blog for free, because I enjoy doing so. I started writing it to have something to do while I was on maternity leave for the second time. It then quickly became a place to share my thoughts on our monumental move and the settling-in phase in England. Most recently it’s become somewhere I like to use to share my journey into photography and I’ve no doubt that my new role as a work-at-home-mum will feature here this coming year.

Ultimately though, it’s a simple record of our family life, which I like to maintain just because. And I intend it to stay that way.

However, now and then, when a great brand gets in touch and asks if I’m interested in working with them, I say yes. It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does, that little extra pocket money when you don’t earn a bean is pretty nice.  And being lucky enough to try a new product here and there or to be able to put my baby girl in a gorgeous new dress is also a nice little bonus. 

I don’t run sponsored posts frequently, but I am happy to consider them from time to time, and only from brands that I genuinely like (and think you will too). These posts are sponsored because they have been paid for in some way – either with cash or product and I will always disclose the fact that a post is sponsored or if a product is c/o (although from now on you will find this at the top of each post, rather than the bottom). I also always write sponsored posts myself, because that’s the way I like it.

So there we are… a brand new green tea & toast and a word on sponsored posts.

Where do you sit when it comes to blogs & brands?  Isn’t Jen a clever little artist?! Do you like my new digs?

* I am fully aware this photo has absolutely no relation to this post whatsoever, but she's cute, so I popped her in. 

** I'm not done fiddling with this blog makeover just yet, so bear with me while I primp and preen. And does anyone know how to get rid of those annoying grey bits at the side?