There is more to this day than just this workshop and I promise I'll tell you all about it but for now, I give you a glimpse of what it's like to attend a workshop organized by Cebu Content Creators on a Saturday afternoon. The workshop, by the way, is called Blogging for First-Timers and it was hash tagged as #BFFWorkshop. It was held at Handuraw, Mango last July 29, 2017. When I found out about the workshop, truth be told, I was hesitant to register. I had a bad experience with a blogging workshop last June. It was a total scam. I won't say any detail about the last workshop I attended because I don't want them to have any kind of traffic/views/searches. Good thing I didn't let my fear of being scammed again stop me and registered for this one though. I wouldn't have known all the things that they shared and taught us.

I was an hour late and missed the meet and greet part of the workshop. They were at least 30 minutes in and I didn't miss anything major so it was fine. The first part of the workshop was all lectures and demos. When I arrived, the speaker was  Rome Nicolas of Basta Bisaya. He talked about the basics of starting a blog. The second speakers were Katherine Ann Cutar of Nested Thoughts and Ramzyrizzle. They shared their personal tips and tricks on how to take better photos through our handy-dandy phones. They even showed us a live demo on their flatlay process. This actually is my favorite part of the workshop. I love taking photos and watching YouTubers who give tips about mobile photography. Them doing a demo actually felt like I was watching a real-life YouTube tutorial which was so fun! Afterwards, Kath and Ram encouraged us to take photos outside but no one felt like standing up (yet). Until I stood up and brought a new friend with me! See photos below.

        I can't believe it's been a year since I re-launched this blog. I never thought that I would have readers that would genuinely care about the content of the site but I do now (yay!) and for that, I am thankful. HB has grown from personal to lifestyle to fashion to coffee to "whatever-I-think-about-writing-about" blog. I never planned it this way but I can't say I'm unhappy about it. It has become a window to my thoughts and a way for me to connect with people through the content that I publish. Even though sometimes, I'm late, you guys visit me here anyway. :) To celebrate the festivities, I asked help from my workmates (down below!) to help me take photographs for this post. (As always, thank you guys!)

         As some of you might know, this is not my first blog. I was once a fashion blogger a few years back. I was just trying out blogging at that time in hopes of finding ways to amuse myself. I also wanted to share with my friends where I got certain pieces of clothing so I thought, what better way to share than through a blog? I loved it so much that I immersed in the blogosphere almost every night. I would comment on blogs from all around the world, drooled at outfits from LookBook NU, scrolled through majorfashion.tumblr.com (a must-visit site for my sister and I way back 2011) and watched how Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen and Jenny Humphrey styled their outfits because I believed back then that black ribbon headbands and sequined shirts were the bomb.com. I can't believe how much I've grown, style and personality wise. I was such a huge fan of accessories back then but now, I wouldn't be caught dead wearing a chunky, chain necklace (which was a staple wardrobe item for me back then lol). It's just not my thing anymore.

     As we're celebrating (yes, you're part of the party too!) let's take a short trip down memory lane, shall we? Here are some of my favorite moments from past blogs. And to add a little bit of fun, I'll be sharing below some of the fashion faux pas of the past! Hahaha have fun and happy anniversary to us, dear readers. I truly am thankful for all of you. Kisses :*

Brownie : Php. 70

Mango Shake : Php. 80