Category Archives: Blogging & Instagram

#SpringCostumeChallenge – Instagram Historical Costuming Challenge 2024

28th March 2020Blogging & Instagram, Themes Across ErasinstagramLina

Yay! It‘s time for #SpringCostumeChallenge – my annual historical costuming challenge that I host on my instagram account @sewhistorically_costumes! 😀

What Is #SpringCostumeChallenge?

#SpringCostumeChallenge is a month-long historical costuming challenge which I host on my instagram account @sewhistorically_costumes! #SpringCostumeChallenge starts on May 1 and ends on May 31, 2024. Every day there‘s a prompt, such as ‘favorite historical dress’ or ‘details’, and you post a photo that fits the theme. Here are the prompts of last year’s #SpringCostumeChallenge. Continue reading #SpringCostumeChallenge – Instagram Historical Costuming Challenge 2024 →

How To Get Your First 1000 Instagram Followers In 2 Months

29th January 2019Blogging & Instagraminstagram, tutorialLina

How to grow your instagram account organically from 0 to 1000 followers fast – in less than 2 months! You’ve come to the right place to learn how to get your first 1000 instagram followers.

It’s a lot of work to get your first 1000 instagram followers: it takes time and effort – every single day! These 25 proven strategies really work to seriously grow your instagram following (updated in 2020).

This is a real life example of how I grew the new instagram account of my pet @khaleesi_theblackgsd in September and October 2018 from 0 to 1000 followers in less than 2 months! Continue reading How To Get Your First 1000 Instagram Followers In 2 Months →

25+ Easy & Cheap Backdrop Ideas For Blog Photography

17th August 2018Blogging & Instagramarticle, blogging, DIY, instagram, roundup, tutorial, upcyclingLina

Even if you don’t have a rustic textured table in your home for your food and craft photos or a professional photostudio for your fashion shoots, you can take professional looking pictures with these 25+ easy and cheap backdrop ideas for blog photography.

Some great DIY photo backdrops might be already lying around in your house. In this post I’ll show you what I use as backdrops for my blog photos. Some of the ideas are for DIY indoor backdrops and some are natural outdoor backdrops. Continue reading 25+ Easy & Cheap Backdrop Ideas For Blog Photography →

Instagram Sewing, Embroidery & Historical Costuming Challenges

28th March 2018Blogging & InstagraminstagramLina

I love to take part in instagram challenges – they’re so inspiring and great to meet like-minded people! And I’m also the host of one of the following challenges: #SpringCostumeChallenge – a historical costuming challenge in May!

Below you’ll find monthly and year-long instagram sewing and historical costuming challenges. I’ll update the list from time to time to keep it up-to-date (last updated in 2024).

If you know of any other sewing, embroidery or historical costuming challenges on instagram, please let me know in the comments and I’ll add them to the list! 😀

Continue reading Instagram Sewing, Embroidery & Historical Costuming Challenges →

500th Blog Post! + My Top 10 Favorite Blog Posts

1st February 2017Blogging & Instagramblogging, roundupLina

That’s my 500th blog post! Yay! 😀 Almost 2 years ago I published my first blog post. In the sidebar you can find the 10 most popular posts of my blog, so today, to celebrate the 500th blog post, I thought you’d like to know my top 10 favorite blog posts/ projects.