I recently started blogging again after a long hiatus and I really have begun thinking about my brand and what I’m about and what I wanted to say that was truly ME. For those creatives out there, you might totally feel me. I personally don’t like being defined in my interests and I’m constantly moving onto the next thing. There are; however, some pretty constant running themes that I’m noticing, especially sharing more lately on Snapchat. They are as follows.
CATS
I’m a self-professed crazy cat lady. There’s not a cat video I do not like. I talk about cats a lot, especially my kitty Dexter as seen above. I own another cat, Pixie, but she’s old and skiddish and truthfully has pretty much been banished to the den cause she can’t control her bowels. I know, TMI, right? It’s gross, but the poor girl just can’t help it. At least I get to cuddle and pet her during feedings. Anyway, I love cats…getting cat merchandise, seeing other peoples’ cats, and taking pics of them. It is a constant. We will see if this changes if I ever have a “kitten” of my own (meaning real baby), but I’m pretty sure this will be an ongoing PASSION of mine.
CRAFTS
You may or may not know, but I pretty much eat, sleep, and breathe crafts. Not only do I work at a craft company by day (iLoveToCreate, the makers of puffy paints, tacky glue, and tie dye), but I often come home from work and do crafts in my off time. Like I said above, my tastes are random. Sometimes I like to dive into jewelrymaking, and other times you’ll find me decorating pumpkins and ornaments. I would say my style is definitely bright, colorful, typographic, and bold. Even though I haven’t been crafting on this blog as of late, I haven’t stopped crafting in other spaces in social meia land. I hustled hard a couple years ago on my Vine account and have over 500 videos on there, many of which are focused on DIY. I have grown that account to over 165,000 followers, an achievement I’m both humbled and totally surprised about. My fans there are awesome and a lot of them younger (11-15). I think I’ve done so well on there in part because I love making simple and cool projects that are attainable and my audience gravitates there too. I also think it helps that I’m a 13 year-old in a 37 year-old body. LOL.
SOCIAL MEDIA
I have a passion for social media and how to use it to get results. I’m always hacking, tweaking, creating, and trying out new ways to use it. I currently have an affinity for Snapchat (follow me: Swelldesigner), but I love Vine, Instagram, and Facebook too all for different reasons. I think social media appeals to me because it combines a lot of my personal skill sets…graphic design, photography, videography,humor with connecting with people. I am always looking to find the right message to meet people where they are. It’s a FUN challenge for me to figure out and since the social media landscape is always evolving, it’s always something new and exciting.
OTHER RANDOM STUFF
So, I share with you my three passions. There’s a lot more things I love too. In a nutshell? I LOVE photography, Starbucks, pop culture, kitsch, desserts, and can’t forget PUNS and silly humor. If you hang around me enough, you will learn that I have puns of steel and I love to dance and not take myself seriously. Just ask my husband William, he calls this “showboating”. Haha!
Why am I telling you all this stuff? I think I just had to get this out there. For the longest time I really used this blog as a calculated space, meaning, I used it to craft DIYs that I thought viral magic -or- share things I though people wanted to see (roundups, for example). Now I feel a new freedom with this space to just be me and share an occasional craft, social media tips, creative insight and more. And while I do love cats, I promise to pepper that in sparingly. I don’t want this to turn into the crazy cat lady show.
Stay tuned Swellions, more wild and crazy fun ahead!
Alexa
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