ONE YEAR

One year ago today, I started this blog. 

I had been begging my parents for weeks to let me have one, and finally they consented.

I rushed to the computer and created a blog called ToDOLLy Awesome - my favorite name of all the ones I had brainstormed. 

I fiddled with the design for ages, and then I typed out my very first post. I wasn't really sure what I was doing, and I worked on it forever. My mom kept telling me to go to bed, and I kept asking her for five more minutes. Five more minutes.

I went to bed that evening so excited I couldn't sleep. Visions of photoshoots, giveaways, and crafts danced in my head. 

I rushed home from school the next day and posted my first pictures - awful, horrible, grainy shots taken with my phone. Then the next day I posted a dorm room tour. Then a photostory. And with each post, I gained a little more confidence.

My blog was originally really similar to Fun with AG Fan, but slowly I progressed from there. I ordered clothes from Etsy, figured out how to make my own headers, and thought of new post ideas. I found my blogging voice. 

And now, one year and two dolls later, here I am. 

Honestly, I can't say how much it means to me to be part of this community. I've become friends with some amazing people, and learned about the neatest stuff. 

I mean, where would I be if I couldn't text Maddie about Percy Jackson, or fangirl with Shelby-Grace over Aspen Heights? If I couldn't talk about Taylor Swift with Hannah, or drool over Adi's photos? If I couldn't be friends with all of you? 

Frankly I don't know. 

So thank you for supporting me.

Thanks you for being there for me.

And when we get down to it, thanks for being todolly awesome. 

Here's to another fabulous year. 

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

I may have had slightly too much fun with the Polaroid backdrop I made, so here's some of the other pictures. 

Nope. I didn't have too much fun at all.

*signing off with my old post signature because NOSTALGIA*