Tuesday 10 May 2011

What's in a name?..............




...........Have you noticed?........... the ever so slight bloggy name change? I have been pondering whether to do this for a while. When I started this blog, I had finished my job. I was entering down a new path. I had the time to start on a crafty journey, something I had wanted to do for a while. The blog was going to be my way of recording what I was doing. To jot down a few crafty thoughts, record my makes. I didn't think anyone would really find me, or read me. It was just for myself really. I wasn't really 100% sure of how it all worked if I was honest.


Well.......almost two years down the line and my blog has become something completely different to what I had originally thought it would be. It has become so much more. It has my makes, but it has a lot more of me in it, my daily life, all my loves, my highs, my lows and lot of thoughts! This blog is far more than just crafty, and I was beginning to feel that the name perhaps ought to reflect that a bit more. I didn't think it would be a big deal, but it does feel a bit weird....but weird doesn't mean that's bad does it?.......a good weird! As this little old blog of mine has become a sort of a diary of my life in general, I thought that was what it should be called!

So......a new name......ish!

Have a lovely sunshiny day all!!!!!!

Vanessa

xxx

32 comments:

  1. I love the new name and your banner looks fab!!

    S x

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  2. I think it suits your blog really well! Love the new photos in your header too :)
    Kandi x

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  3. I love your new name and the blog banner too! So pretty and colourful and totally yummy pictures.

    I have been blogging for about the same length too. And Have wondered whether the name of my blog reflects its content. But weather is be sewing stitches or wooly ones I think I can get away with it....... just! lol and truthfully I like the name too much!

    Hope you have a lovely day.


    MBB x

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  4. I did notice the new name and I love it! I love the very word 'diary' and love to read published ones! It's perfect for your blog too! and the header pictures are really lovely. Have a happy week.
    Helen x

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  5. love the new name. it's perfect.
    your the new banner, too.

    xo
    ~molly

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  6. I say definitely 'yes'! There's something quite delicious about being allowed to read someone's diary!

    Love the banner too.

    Hx

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  7. Oh yes - I'm liking the new name. It seems to free up the content - you can now take your blog any way that takes your fancy. And that is what is so great about blogging, isn't it?
    Gorgeous x

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  8. Great name change, lovely banner too :) x

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  9. Looks and sounds perfect.

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  10. I think the new name is perfect!

    Victoria xx

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  11. Perfect! Thank you for letting us peek into your diary :)
    xx

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  12. I love the subtle name change! I am very new to the Blog Scene, and I am consierably more in love with blogs which give us a special peak into that secret world of others :)

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  13. Loving the new look and the new name is great.
    I've been having name issues recently so the 'what's in a name question' has been on my mind a lot. Someone has set up a blog with a very similar name to mine.

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  14. Great name change - fab new banner! Thanks for sharing all your loveliness with us! Abby x

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  15. Such a lovely name to a so lovely blog. Loving your pictures!!
    xx

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  16. your blog is so lovely, you have no idea!!!!great!

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  17. Perfectly lovely. I love the new banner as well. :)

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  18. It suits you totally! The new banner is fabulous too! Must learn how to do that, is it very difficult?
    Rachel x

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  19. Congratulations and Welcome to your new name - and lovely it is too darling!!

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  20. Thanks so much for stopping by! Your blog is so gorgeous...I love it, i'm your next follower and will be back so SOON! :)

    Huggs, Veronique

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  21. Vanessa's journal is perfecto ;0)x
    i love the idea of it being a diary...i often think my blog name doesnt really reflect me anymore- i do like the whimsical charm of it, but at first it was gonna be just about my art n drawings...but now its made me realise how much i love interiors,thrifty buys, photography and home tales. i guess ive been so inspired by blogs like yours vanessa that its taken my blog to new avenues and loves...i'd love it to just be called Kazzy Tales...but hey ho im not sure?!!
    I love your new header tooo!! do you create that on photoshop???? i love the windows seperated and all the colourful words. im Not very good with styly's.
    Your piccys are like a perfect homes mag!
    i bet your home is a real treasure!
    xxxxxx

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  22. I like it!
    And I can't believe that you made 140 squares in a weekend - have you not got RSI?! You should enter the crochet olympics (if such a thing exists!!!)

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  23. loving the new banner..and the new name!
    I share your reasons for blogging - and like the idea of my boys being able to look back at their childhood through my eyes (and today, their own...have a guest blogger!)
    Yours is one of my very favourites!
    fee ♥

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  24. Lovely name...so suited to your blog....they do become very personal, special places over time don't they?...
    Susan x

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  25. i think the new name and banner is perfect...
    both totally reflect what we all come to see here...

    always love a little coco rose daily fix....

    melissa x

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  26. I like the new name! It's much more suited to your blog. Must feel weird, I'm sure, if you've had the same name since 'birth'!

    The photos on your banner are gorgeous too, I wish wish wish I could take such pretty photos.

    Nicki xx

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  27. Love it all my friend...your banner is lovely .xoxoxo hugs

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  28. I noticed it instantly! Your banner looks great. I like it. Keep up the entertaining journal writing. We love to read it and indulge in your arty pictures and colors. :D

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  29. I love your new title bar and bloggy name. Blogs are wonderful in the way that they evolute to be something that is just perfectly you.

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  30. Dear Vanessa, you are great. I love the new header, the new text that comes along with it and to read about you and your blog ~ the life that you have together. I hope to enjoy and be inspired by the CocoRoseDiaries forever!
    Love, Maaike

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  31. Hi Vanessa, I absolutely love your new look and name change! It totally reflects your tone and style. It all looks STUNNING. I keep saying to my husband that my little blog is my diary and god forbid I get hit by a bus, then my children can see the things their mum did. Have a fab week hon.

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