Hey guys! I feel like a lot of my readers want to start a blog, and they just don't know how. Today, I thought I would share "How to Start a Blog" and give some helpful tips for beginners. I only started blogging around four months ago, so I'm still fairly new, but I thought some of my tips would be helpful.
How to Start a Blog The first thing you need to consider before you start a blog is if you will have enough time for it. If you've decided that you can be dedicated to your blog, now it's time to pick a platform for your blog (Weebly, Wordpress, Blogger, etc.). I personally liked Weebly the best, and that's what I use now. After you create an account on Weebly, they don't give much instruction, so I just watched a couple of YouTube videos on "How to use Weebly". After watching some videos, creating my blog was pretty straightforward. I am definitely not the best person with computers, but Weebly Is so easy to use. After you create your account on whichever platform, the next thing you need to do is edit your site. I know Weebly has tons of templates to choose from, just pick one you like then change all of the titles. After that you're set! Now all you have to do is post! Tips 1. Try to post no less than once a week. You need to provide new content for your readers, so try to be consistent with your posting schedule. 2. Use high-quality pictures. 3. Use good grammar. Along with this, try to avoid short, choppy sentences. You will seem much more professional with longer, informative sentences. Also, don't use too many exclamation points. Looking back at my first couple posts, I used so many exclamation points, and that can get kind of annoying. I'm not saying to never use them, and to be completely boring, just don't use them after every sentence. 4. Post good content. Don't write a post with one paragraph, not really explaining anything. Your readers will feel like they kind of wasted their time. Instead, be informative, and interesting. Also, you don't want to talk about how much you love a certain top without showing any pictures of it. You ALWAYS want to include a picture of whatever item you're talking about. 5. Be original! Nobody wants a knock-off of another person, and whoever you're copying may get mad. Be yourself! It will make your blog much more interesting. So those were all of my tips for new bloggers! I hope this post helped. xoxo. The Georgian Prep
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Hey loves! A week ago or so I realized that I haven't shared much about me on my blog so I thought I'd do a Q&A! I asked my followers on Instagram to ask me questions that I could answer on this post (you can follow me @thegeorgianprep so you don't miss an opportunity like this again!) Let's get into the post! What's your favorite Lilly Pulitzer Print? So this is a really hard question, there are so many I love! My absolute favorites have to be First Impressions, Lobstah Roll, Oh Shello, and You Gotta Regetta. How/when did you become "preppy"? Around a year ago, my best friend and I had a preppy account on Instagram, but it failed. I was following tons of preppy accounts on my personal Instagram, and it really made me miss having my old account. Last December, I decided to start my current account! I guess I have been "preppy" my whole life, and I really love the community! What's one thing you think everyone should own? Great question! I thought about this for a really long time and I couldn't decide between two items. I think everyone should own a pair of trendy yet cute sneakers, and fun shorts. When I thought about the sneakers, I was mainly thinking about my converse. I wear mine all the time and I think they are great to wear with a t-shirt and jean shorts for a more casual look (they're super comfortable, too!). Fun, patterned shorts are so cute paired with a solid colored top, and there are so many adorable pairs out there! What's your favorite thing to do when you are bored? Currently, my favorite thing to do when I am bored is paint. I've been really into water-coloring Lilly prints lately, it's so fun! What's your go-to outfit? For a casual look, I'd say a preppy t-shirt, jean or Nike shorts, and my pair of converses I mentioned earlier or my Birkenstocks. For a little fancier look, I love how my black and white gingham bow shorts and a simple white tee with black sandals look! What's the #1 thing on your current wish list?
The #1 thing on my wish list are these Lilly Pulitzer shorts. I currently don't own any Lilly Pulitzer items, (other than a head band and a planner) and I can already see tons of adorable outfits with these shorts! Thank you so much for reading! xoxo, The Georgian Prep I'm sure y'all know that my family took a vacation to the big island of Hawaii about a week ago. It was totally not what I expected, but it was super fun! I'm not going to go into full detail about each day because this post would be very long, so I will just tell y'all the overall plan for each day. Arrival We left Georgia on the 13th around 1:00 pm. This being my first time on an airplane since I was a toddler, I naturally had to take a ton of airplane pictures. We laid-over in L.A. for around an hour, then we hopped on a six hour flight to Hawaii! Since it was around 2:00am Georgia time, we planned to stay in a hotel in the town of Kona (the far west side of the island) close to the airport. Wednesday, June 14th The next morning we woke up, checked out of the hotel, and made our way to Hilo, a town on the east side of the island. In order to get to Hilo, you have to take the highway that runs all the way along the southern border. We planned to do all of the stuff on the south side while we made our way to Hilo! My dad wanted coffee, so we stopped at a little shop close to Kona. It had beautiful views! Our next stop was this ancient burial site. Kind of creepy, but it was so pretty! After driving a little further, we stopped at this gorgeous site in the town of Honaunau. Definitely one of the prettiest destinations on the island. Our next stop was another favorite- the "Place of Refuge" in Honaunau. It was an old prison, but is absolutely gorgeous! It's like a mini beach with tons of palm trees and lava rocks. On our way to the next destination, we stopped at a little bakery in the town of Punaluu for lunch and malasadas! A malasada is basically the Hawaiian version of a donut, except it is covered in sugar! Close to the bakery, we stopped at the black sand beach. It was so cool! Our next stop was Volcanoes National Park. First we looked at the crater, then we walked through the Thurston Lava Tubes, basically where lava formed a giant tube that you can actually walk through! Finally, our last stop of the day (my personal favorite) the sea arch. This was formed by waves crashing against the lava rock so hard that the inside eventually collapsed. Thursday, June 15th Today, our plan was pretty much the same as yesterday's, but instead of travelling along the south side, we drove around the north side to the town of Waikoloa, where we stayed the rest of the trip. We woke up and started our day by going to Rainbow Falls. If you get there at just the right time, you can see a rainbow just above the waterfall, but unfortunately, we were a little too late. Driving a little further on our route, we decided to stop at the Hawaiian Botanical Gardens. It was this HUGE garden with tons of greenery and flowers! (there were even baby pineapples!) Also, since I new that we would be walking lot, I wore my The Pinkish Flamingo T-shirt with black leggings. The shirt is so comfortable, and you can get yours 30% off with my code "Caroline3"! Before I tell y'all about our next stop, I wanted to point out something. Probably 3/4ths of the island is dead land with mounds of lava rock and tall grasses sticking out. It was definitely not what I expected. Our next stop was one of the largest waterfalls in the United States-Akaka Falls. In this picture you can't even see the bottom of the waterfall, it was that long! The rest of the day was just driving to our hotel in Waikoloa. Thursday, June 15th One of the days I was most excited for was Thursday because we planned to go on a horseback tour in the valley of Honokaa. I have always wanted to ride a horse, and it was so fun! After our tour was over, we pretty much just went back to the hotel to relax. The rest of the trip Since we had already seen pretty much everything on the island, the rest of the trip was just relaxing by the pool or the beach. However, we did do a couple of fun things, so I will tell y'all about those. One night we drove up to the dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, because they have a star tour where they will tell you about the stars and constellations. Since we got there early, we were able to see the sunset, and it was incredible! On the last day of our trip, our hotel had a luau. If you ever go to Hawaii, you HAVE to go to a luau, it might of been my favorite part! I didn't take any pictures, but it was so interesting learning about the Hawaiian culture.
So that was all for my Hawaii Recap post. I hope y'all enjoyed the pictures, and I'm sorry I didn't have a lot for the last part of the trip. xoxo, The Georgian Prep Good Morning! Before I get into the actual post, I wanted to point out a change you've probably already noticed. Formally known as "Scripture Sundays" I've changed the name of this series to "Satisfying Scriptures". Why? Well, It just now came to my attention that Faith from A Pocketful Of Faith's (check out her blog here!) series is also called "Scripture Sundays". I've been reading her Scripture Sunday posts for awhile now, and her posts actually inspired me to start this series on my blog, too. I guess it never caught my attention that I called my series the same as hers, so I wanted her to have the name since, well, it was her idea first. Faith, if you are reading this, I am sorry for the little mishap. I guess I got so used to reading your posts, I naturally called mine the same! So, now my series is called "Satisfying Scriptures", because I believe God's word is very satisfying, and is good for your soul. I went back to my four other posts and changed the name as well. If this is your first time reading a post in my series, I basically share a verse or two that I have really been loving lately. Today's verses are Psalm 62:6 and Isaiah 41:10.
Psalm 62:6- "He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken." Isaiah 41:10- "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." You are always safe with God. That's one of my favorite parts of Isaiah 41:10 where it says "So do not fear, for I am with you". If you trust in God, he will never let you fall. He is always with you and taking care of you. I found these verses in my devotional book and I love the part where it said "When you turn away from God, you can get hurt by the darkness that is in this world. Don't be surprised by how easily you slip into sin when you forget to hold onto God's hand." God is your fortress and your protection, he keeps you safe from the bad things this world can bring. Have a great week, and remember, God is always with you! xoxo, The Georgian Prep Ahh, it feels so great to be blogging again! As many of you know, my family recently took a vacation to Hawaii (be o the lookout for a recap post!) and I really wanted to relax on my vacation and not have to worry about lugging my laptop on the airplane. I am so excited to be blogging again and I have lots of fun content planned! When we got home from the airport, I saw a package waiting on our front steps and it turned out to be my Southern Girl Prep summer rep package! I was so excited to see what was inside! I unboxed everything on my Instagram stories, but I thought I could give a more in-depth review of each item in my box. (Sorry for the horrible pictures! I took these as soon as I opened my box at night so it was super dark in my room,) So this is what my package looks like! It is just this big goody bag filled with lots of stuff. Gingham tank
The first item I pulled out of my box was this adorable mint green racer back tank with gingham trim. It has their little dog on the chest and on the back it says Southern Girl Prep. The material is so soft and stretchy, it would be the perfect workout tank. It does run a little small, so I would recommend ordering a size up. I'm sure you've probably heard of bullet journaling. If not, I'm here to enlighten you! Bullet journaling is kind of like planning, but I am A LOT more creative with my bullet journal than I am with my planner. From little doodles to fun pages I feel that bullet journaling is a great way to let you have fun and be artistic but is still an amazing way to stay organized. In this post I will show y'all my pages so far and tell y'all about my favorite products. (Also, so sorry for the bad lighting in these pictures!) This is my bullet journal. It's a marble-printed notebook from HomeGoods that I got for really cheap. Basically any notebook will work! The little rose gold bar says "journal". The first page of my bullet journal is my index. This is where you write down what each page is and its page number so you can locate the page easier when you have a lot of pages. ( The orange washi-tape on the side is just covering up where I had cut out other pages. I had lots of other pages before but I didn't like how they were organized so I cut them out) The next 2 pages I left blank for extra index pages. My next two pages are my calendars. The first page is my 2017 yearly spread and the next is my June spread. Below I wrote important dates and holidays for that month. The next page in my journal is a habit tracker. I drew a giant grid (always use a ruler!) and wrote down the dates at the top and tasks that may be easy to forget on the side. I basically wrote things like "clean the guinea pig cage" or "bible study". This page really helps me to stay organized. After that I have my Instagram tracker. On June 1st I jotted down how many followers, posts, and blog posts I had. Then, on June 30th I will do the same so I can see my growth for that month. Below, I had space left, so I just wrote my goal there. On the right side is my gratitude list-what I'm thankful for, or examples of God. Here I write down anything I am thankful for so I never take those things for-granted. So those are all of my pages so far. Now, I will show y'all my favorite products to use. I use these GelWriter pens I got from Sam's. Yes, I know 100 pens is kind of crazy, but they were only $15. These pens write so smoothly and they come in every color imaginable- even neons, pastels, metallic, and glitter! They came in their own stand so you don't have to take them out and cram them into a pencil pouch. The only downsides is that they run out of ink fast, and they kind of bleed through if you write too hard. I definitely would still recommend them though! These are my favorite colors. I used the flash in this picture just so y'all could see how sparkily they are! The washi tape I use is just from my old planner that I got at Michaels. I love the designs!
So those were really the only products I use. If you want to start a bullet journal, I've gathered up some page ideas to help you get started! Birthdays Outfit ideas Quotes Bible verses Travel bucket list Blog post ideas (if you have a blog) Monthly Memories The list goes on and on. If you ever need more inspiration, check out Pinterest! They have loads of creative ideas for your bullet journal. Thanks for reading! xoxo, The Georgian Prep Hey guys! Today's post is all about my current obsessions from a website called SheIn. SheIn is a website that sells super cute, trendy, preppy clothing for a super affordable price. When I say super affordable, I mean it; most of their pieces are between $10-$25! I will link each piece individually, but I've linked the website here. The list goes on and on, but I've linked my top 15 favorite pieces. Shop each piece by clicking its name in bold. Black Gingham Peplum Top - $13 Blue Ruffle Top - $10 Royal Blue Cut-out Top - $13 White Tiered Top -$14 Black Gingham Top -$19 White Bell Sleeved Top with Pom Poms (similar) -$20
So those were my top 15 favorite things from She In. Thanks for reading! xoxo, The Georgian Prep |
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