Hello everybody, here is Calaminthe doing the weekly blogspot today.
There is some important stuff I'd like to discuss with you, important for future blogspots. I really would love to read what you think about this and that, before making a descision. If you are still interested in what I do, please read it all:
- Well, I decided to blog on next weekend. There are several things I can post, either reviews or Halloween Fashion.
- Today, I brainstormed which of my MH dolls are not yet pictured in Group Photos, and there are a lot. Some of them even are not here anymore in the original versions, but I still have the fashion. So, there is much, much photowork to do, still! Much stuff for Photo Specials in the future.
- I didn't plan a Halloween Giveaway this year. There is not enough stuff to give away. Maybe we will have enough at Christmas, but that also depends on how big the interest will be, and how much money I can spend on international shipping.
- For future Giveaways I'd like to know, if you would have interest in stuff for other dolls as well, like Barbie, Mc² and Lammily maybe. I still have a MC² doll I want to give away, but need to know how big the interest would be before changing everything.
- I also spend a lot of time with cleaning up my home at the moment and going through old stuff I eventually don't need anymore, and I found some cute things that are nice for Clawdeen and her Monster Friends as accessories for future monster fashion projects and also maybe for future Giveaways.
- Sometimes, I am not sure if I should go on blogging. There isn't much feedback anymore, I know that many MH fans already lost interest and during the last weeks, I am unsure if I should give up this Blog as it is and start on another, which then would be a mixed fashion doll review blog with just a little self made fashions, giveaways and other things. And that one would be in german too, there are already so many toy channels and blogs in english language.
- I's not that I don't care anymore about my international readers, I always was very prowd that so many people around the world seemed to like what I do and still are. I too still enjoy being part of all the international MH facebook groups, where I made great friends which I don't want to loose. But as I already said, there are already so many international doll and toy sides, especially some really great YouTubers who all do similar stuff.
For Germany, there are also some similar sides and channels, but not as much. Also, half of my readers ARE german, and I know they would feel more comfy having a blog in our mothers language.
- Its also a little bit tricky to blog since the laws about how to post things changed this year. There is so much one can do wrong, and I want to be a friendly blog, even for children, and not break any laws, of course. I don't sometimes dare to post links to other websites. I had many ideas how to go on just with MH in future, for example search pages where to get MH stuff yet, or maybe from time to time post cooking recipes that would fit the theme, but I don't know if I am allowed to. It is especially difficult when everything I do is written down in a language that is not my mothers language. To research words and phrases in english still is a big part of each weeks blogspot, and sometimes I am not really able to talk about what I want to, just because I don't know how to do it in a language that isn't mine and I learned when I was in school 35 years ago. Of course, though, its great to practice my english and communicate with people all around the world, always hoping to be better in future.
- It's not over yet as it is, I just brainstorm. Maybe next week I just go on as I always did, letting my Clawdeen and Cleo be the ones who talk and do things.
- If I would change, those two still would be two of the most important characters, but I also have so many other dolls that never had the chance to be "alive" or shown, like Barbies, a Lammily, Bratz Sasha, some few Disney characters and else. A short time ago, I bought some of the new Mattel Harry Potter dolls... there are endless possibilities.
I really would love to read what you think about all of this. Please comment, either on our facebook site or under the blog itselves.
It's a difficult decision for sure. Since MH is pretty much dead, so many people have lost interest (me too). But I think we all still like dolls in general, so I think making a blog for various dolls is a good idea!
ReplyDeleteI am still not sure that including others had been the right descision, since reading numbers still sank down afterwards. But at this very moment, I don't want to give up.
DeleteIt's struck me that Monster High's fan base is starting to lose steam with most of the doll lines being going away right now. It will make future content with newer items harder to write unless you intend to pick up the older dolls you don't have, or continue to keep the blog more a personal fashion blog, with outfits you've made, picked up, or have repurposed from another line.
ReplyDeletePersonally, it's never been about the dolls branding for me when I read your blog. I like hearing about where you live, like seeing the new and creative ways your dolls personalities shine through with your photographic work, and enjoy hearing from you.
New fashions, the fun way that your dolls speak on their own behalf and the history of where the shots take place also have been something that kept me coming back to check out the next one.
If you'd rather write in German, I understand that. There's a Google Translate feature on this page that I think would make reading what you write clear enough, most likely, but even if a few of them a month were International friendly, I'd still keep 'reading' the blogs for your pictures.
Ultimately, go with the option that feels right for you, though, Calaminthe. I look forward to seeing the future of your blog, and stay a loyal reader.
I sure am going on making outfits for my monsters. I feel that still is a lot of fun, but yes, I miss getting new characters very much. MH seems to be out of nearly every shop in the world right now, but I don't like giving up on them.
DeleteMy other dolls are also important to me of course, but not asd much somehow. Maybe because I never wasn't that creative with all of them but my Lammily doll (which will be introduced to you also in future).
Yes, I love letting my dolls speak for themselves, that makes them more little persons. I also will continue with shots of places, because those let my fashions really look better and the dolls more lifely too.
At the end I decided to go on in english, because this way people worldwide can read my blogspots more easily. Germans learn english in school, but some of them forget about it afterwards, so maybe it's a good way to practice what they learned (even though I am sure that my grammar isn't perfect and my english teachers maybe headdesk. ;-) ) This very comment and the one you gave me in the group helped me going on, even though the numbers of people reading still sink.