plus, happy monday (if monday's are every happy?!?!? ha!)
x&o.
cake & valley.
- who: that'd be us! a set of 30 something twins who started this ol' blog back in 2012!!! see first post here.
- what: a blog, doi. but really the "what" for us was creativity. when we started this blog we we're six-ish years post college and both working 9-5 desk jobs. in college we had both studied art, specifically photography. we were missing our old life of taking photos, editing, and working together on projects. so we saw the blog as our "syllabus" for creating fresh work to share.
- where: so originally when we started this venture cake was living only 90 miles from valley. a very doable distance for a weekend trip, or even a day trip, to create content. we were literally seeing one another almost every five days, aka we didn't know how good we had it! then all of a sudden cake's husband was offered an amazing opportunity and she moved 900 miles away, making it next to impossible to create content on a weekly bases. luckily, we had some built up back log & lots of planned trips to see each other. we were able to keep the blog up and running with new content basically for the next two years. we then hit a new bump, literally, when cake had her first baby! this greatly diminished the availability to travel and document our time together. we slowly started to adjust and were able to post here and there. then along came bump #2 and life became even more crazy! all the while valley moved twice, started new jobs, & picked up a guy we refer to as her husband <3
- when: we guess, right now . . . . and all time between 02/25/2012 when we started this blog!
- what next: so now we're not sure how to proceed with the blog. since we started the blog as a collaboration and as a way to flex our photo skills it seems impossible to keep those goals in mind when living 900 miles apart. clearly the easiest solution is to take individual photos and post those, but doesn't that delete one of our original goals? working together, because duh we're BFFs since the womb! if we go that route we also loose the creative aspect of photographing each other because most of the photos we'd be sharing would be iPhone photos. so, again it wouldn't be fulfilling one of our original reasons for the blog. However we love looking back through the blog and having our life documented. it's pretty cool. we clearly have lost that in the last few years. we also love the people who regularly ask us about the blog or check in our posts! we realize we don't have a HUGE following by any means but that was never our goal. so do you guys want more outfit, iphone photo posts? do you want to see more our regular life? hear about what we're shopping for? reviews of what we've recently bought? HELP. this is new territory for us and we're not 100% sure of how to proceed. heck, we're not even 48% sure of how to proceed . . . . ha. share some feed back with us either down below in the comments or on our most recent instagram. let us know what you want to see, if anything?
below is basically our current life situation. stupid 900 miles between indiana & new hampshire.
I would love to see you two take several pieces of an outfit, put it together in your own way and see how similar/different the looks would be. That would be fun for both of you I think.
ReplyDeleteAlso love to hear what you have bought...makeup/clothes/hair products that you like or dislike and why.
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thanks Nancy!!! love your ideas! reviews of new products would be a really fun addition too!!! xo. c&v.
DeleteI enjoy reading the posts about your personal lives! And what about keeping up the fashion/photography aspect but incorporate those cute kiddos and the new hubby as your models on some occasions? Either way, keep up the great blogging!
ReplyDeletethanks for the support!!! often we feel like our lives are so ho-hum that it feels silly to share but with some support we'll likely get over that! ha! more posts coming soon. xo. c&v.
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