On this day waaaaay back in 2007, I shared my first post with the internet: tomato, asparagus, and fontina frittata. Food blogging was SO new at the time that I didn’t even realize I should have taken a picture of that frittata to share with the recipe!
12 years later, I’m still at it here at SLH. I’m considered a veteran blogger now! And while it’s been a lot of fun over the years, I’ll be honest with you: keeping up with this blog has not been easy.
With working full-time out of the house and with considering blogging as a hobby, I haven’t committed myself to sharing as many recipes as I’ve wanted to over the years. And there have been many times where I’ve felt like giving up this space and walking away from it altogether.
But I’m so glad I haven’t taken that route! In the past year, I’ve felt more grounded in what I’m sharing with you here than I ever have. I’m feeling more creative in the kitchen than ever.
And I’ve been working on improving my photography skills (BIG shout out to Foodtography School here!!) and have started making some videos of my recipes. (They’re still kind of janky because apparently, there’s this giant curve in learning how to shoot and edit videos. Sigh.)
However, my perspective on blogging as a hobby has changed and in the coming months, I’ll be working on SLH full-time! YAY for more recipes!! I’ll write more about the reasons for this big shift in a future post because today, I want to celebrate this 12-year milestone with YOU!
Cue the confetti!!
If you’ve been reading long enough, you know that coffee is a BIG THING with me. BIG! Coffee and espresso have made their way into lots and lots of my recipes. And I love making my iced lattes at home!!
So let’s celebrate SLH being a full-fledged pre-teen with a BIG giveaway!
I’m giving 1 Nespresso machine, milk frother, and a month’s supply of coffee pods or espresso pods (winner’s choice) to 1 lucky winner!
This is the machine we’ve been using at home for about 1 ½ years and we just LOVE IT. I mean, we love it so much and we use it pretty much daily.
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I seriously can’t thank you enough for all of the support you have shown over the years, and especially for all of the love you have shared with my family this year as we officially welcomed Riley into our family. The world is such a huge place and it still continues to amaze me how this little blog can bring such wonderful people together. THANK YOU, FRIENDS.
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Thank you so much for being a true food blogger with integrity. That may seem silly, but you can always tell the difference and it is appreciated. I have enjoyed your writing and recipes for many years!
Thank you so much, Stephanie. This means more than you know. The face of food blogging has changed so much over the years and it’s so nice to hear from readers who are still here for my writing and recipes. I appreciate you sticking with me so much!
Wow! What a great accomplishment and please know you’ve been such an inspiration Ü It is obvious how much time and effort you put into each and every blog entry and recipe share! Happy Anniversary and I look forward to many, many more years of Smells Like Home ♥
Ack! Just seeing your comment now, Tracy! Thank you SO much for your kind words. It just fills me up to hear that I’ve inspired you; this has been my mission here all along. I really do love sharing my recipes and spreading the love we feel in our home with this food. I’m so looking forward creating new recipes and sharing them with you very very soon! <3