District Magazine November 2014 | Page 16

What is lixhewett.com all about? lixhewett.com is basically a window to my soul — or at least to my creativity! It’s a blog that aims to introduce new and old readers to my work as a freelance creative. I try to showcase my design work, display my photography, share my personal style and give an honest look into my life as an expat in London who’s trying hard to make a living off creating beautiful things. As much as I love my work, I’m also a human being, and I want my blog to be a well-rounded, transparent account of what it’s like to be me, anxiety and zero disposable income and all. How did you get started blogging? My introduction to online journaling happened a very, very long time ago — when I was a young wee gal of fourteen and I convinced my parents to get an Internet modem. I quickly fell into some Charmed (the TV show) message boards, which eventually led me to Livejournal.com. I’ve been using that site since February 2005. Three years ago I decided to try to make money off my work, though, starting with a poetry book, so I decided to start a blog to share my poetry and style, and do posts that mixed the two — outfits inspired by poems, was the idea. A Classic Notion was the name — a line from one of my favorite poems by Maryann Corbett. I dipped my toes, so to speak, in the blogging world when I decide to crowdfund a new laptop slash a clothing line. Where in the world (The laptop worked out; the clothing line would you love to is on the back-burner.) do a fashion photo And one fateful July evening, while shoot? I was desperately waiting for my campaign funds to be processed and get Oh god, I’m going to give the most cliched answer ever: Paris! to me so I could order a new laptop, I somehow decided to purchase a hosting I would also love to shoot in plan with a friend. Meaning she paid for Oxford, because I fell in love the first year — it was hugely discounted with it when I was there in 2008 and that love has never for — and we’d share the server. And that’s when I really got started blogging. a second wavered. 16