One of the
really fabulous things about having a blog is, it’s yours and yours alone! You
can use it in any way you see fit. For the most part, this blog is about my
Wedding Invitations and Stationery…. But it hasn’t always been that way!
THERE’S
MORE TO ME THAN
WEDDING STATIONERY!
During my
early years as a calligrapher, almost all the content on here was to share my
creative spirit and show off all the lovely lettered things I’d made, that
seems way back in a previous life now.
For the
past 3 years of my past 25 years has been concentrated on Wedding Invitations
and Stationery and aimed primarily at the North Yorkshire, Cleveland and County
Durham area. However I do know I have blog readers who come from far and wide
and from all corners of the world. Some of them are fellow stationery
designers, some are from my calligraphy family and others are creative types,
so not everyone who lands on this page is a potential client or Bride.
Now…. As
well as being chief maker and shaker at Inspired byScript, I also mentor, guide and support, other small businesses to get
to grips with marketing, blogging and building a small website… more
importantly ‘Modern Day Marketing’. Getting yourself out there and the
minefield of the many social media platforms they need to engage in is a bit
head blagging. Of course, most people know about Facebook
and Twitter but there’s Pinterest, Google + and of course good old blogs and
in particular Blogger to get to grips with too.
As well as
the business mentoring I do, I also love to help the DIY Bride! Together we
come up with some amazing and creative ideas. Sometimes they get me to make it
for them and at other times we make things together. Before I set up Inspired by Script I used to teach Calligraphy all
over the country. I love getting people all fired up and creative and so miss
my teaching days. Once a teacher, always a teacher J
I’m also
inspired to motivate and coach people in a ‘Feeling the Fear and doing it
anyway’ kind of way. When I went though a particularly bad experience with
anxiety and depression I learnt a lot which in fact turned my life around and
it’s great to be able to pass on these techniques to others. This also comes in
handy when dealing with the stressed out Bride! See all things come full circle
in the end!
WHERE I AM
NOW:
I’d love
to share those other sides of me here, but somehow it just doesn’t feel right.
My motivational calligraphy work certainly helps some people, however I’m not
sure visitors to my blog are expecting that kind of thing. Mostly my audience
consists of Brides & Grooms wanting wedding stationery.
What do I
do? I’m struggling here.
Do I set
up separate blogs and websites for this kind of stuff…or slip in the odd blog
post here?
I DON'T MIND TELLING YOU
I'm worried that I may not be taken seriously as a Wedding Invitation Designer if I go too far off the beaten track. Reading the many advice blogs, the thing they say over and over again is... don't dilute your content with other things. If you are a Wedding Stationer then blog about Wedding Stationery.... but I am so much more than that!
BUT! AND HERE''S THE GOOD THING!
You'll get to see and read the real me. One thing people say about me is I am real, down to earth and authentic. I'm not some high flying business woman, raking in the cash. Nope, I'm just me. Glad that the money I am given in exchange for my Wedding Invitations and Stationery, pays the bills at the studio and I have the pleasure of a workspace that's not at home :-) Plus I get to meet such wonderful people face-to-face.
SO! I NEED YOU HELP!
Any
thoughts/help/advice greatly appreciated
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