District Magazine March 2015 | Page 18

What is bowtifullife. com all about? How long did it take for your blog to take off? Bowtiful Life is a fashion and lifestyle blog which features everything from outfit of the day posts to downloadable desktop backgrounds to monthly Spotify playlists. For me, Bowtiful Life is about expressing myself and then sharing that expression with my readers and followers to connect with them and start a conversation. I don’t know exactly when I’d say it “took off.” However, sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Tumblr have been instrumental in gaining a following for Bowtiful Life over the last three years. I’d say I’ve noticed a lot of growth in the last year in particular and it constantly blows my mind when I meet someone and they’ve already heard about Bowtiful Life! How did you get started blogging? I started blogging my junior year of high school after running into some health issues with breathing and having to pull myself from my highly competitive dance team. (Luckily all of these were resolved in just a few months and I am still able to dance to my heart’s content!) After I told my coach and team that I couldn’t keep dancing, I realized I would have a lot of free time on my hands and I decided to start my own blog! I’d been playing around with Polyvore for a few years already, so that’s where I took my first steps to actually share my creative interests in fashion with others. I never thought anyone would actually read it and I didn’t even put my name or face on it for the first