Continuing to reflect on 2024
Bologna, book launches and books, oh my!
Hello my dears! This is the second part of my reflection on 2024, continuing my year in review (April to December), from Part One of my New Year Spruce Up. (Does that make any sense to you? As I write that, it’s like a tongue twister!)
In classic Ella fashion, I have meandered through my reflection on 2024. I originally wanted to write the post all in one go, then, after realising how long it would take me to do it that way, I decided I would do it over three posts. And in the end, I have decided to finish the rest of the year off in one big post! Thank you to
for encouraging me to finish this off. I have to admit, I was putting it off (partly because I knew it would take so long) but I wanted to do it for a reason - many reasons - so although I am feeling resistant to it, I am ploughing on, and trusting that I will reap the benefits!Also, in the spirit of the full honesty (that I have decided to pepper these posts with) I was a bit worried about it feeling a bit self-indulgent to do a whole post reflecting back on my year - who wants to read that?! I thought to myself! But I tried to picture someone whose posts I look forward to and I thought I would very much like it if they made a post reflecting on their year, and so in that spirit, here goes…
(if you want to read Jan-March, it is here)
So, I left us off at the end of March; I had been knitting, finishing off Dear Vincent, Rewild the World at Bedtime had published, and I was painting windows, I travelled to Portugal for a mad 2 day trip, had a birthday, and found out I had been shortlisted for the V&A illustration prize! What will the rest of the year hold in store? Only one way to find out…
I have a New Year promotion on right now. I’m offering 25% off all subscriptions for a year until January 31st. so that means a monthly subscription is £4.50 £3.50 and annual subs are £45 £33.00. I’d love it if you wanted to hop on board! This expires at the end of January.
Rather than do the rest of the year chronologically, as that will just take forever, I am going to pick out some highlights, starting with…
Bologna & Rome