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Polka dots skirt – Dress Link

Hello my beautiful friends,

and Happy 1-st Birthday to MaryPolka Fashion and Lifestyle Blog! I started the blog back in 2014 during the time I was living in Madrid and it was one of the best decisions in my life.

As you have already notice the name of my blog includes the word “Polka” and that was my aim when my cousin came up with the name of the blog – it contains a fashion related word and some word myself related – so here you go – “Mary” as my name is Mariya and “Polka” as “Polka Dots” – marypolka.com {MaryPolkaDotcom} In the look above I am featuring this gorgeous polka dots skirt from DressLink and I am loving the way it completed my idea for a chic and feminine look.

I would like to share with you some of the things I’ve learned and accomplished during my first blogging year and hope to encourage some of you who are reading this post and are at the very beginning of this wonderful journey called blogging.

• I had the amazing opportunity to connect with another fashion fellows around the world and to support each other along the journey
• I had the honor to connect with bloggers such as The LIFB Issue, Style by Raysa, Sweatshirts & Dresses, Icing and Glitter, Want Go Repeat,The Style Contour, Kationette, Tie Bow-Tie, Lenparent, WhatWouldVWear and many more:)
• I had the great opportunity to collaborate with brand such as NEO Adidas, Choies, eShakti  and many more…
• I also understand how important is to be real and to be yourself

And here are some tips I would like to share with you guys:

• be active and keep working hard
• take some quality time to get inspired, also take time to spend with your family and beloved ones, do not ignore them, they could be a really huge support during this journey
• connect, connect, connect – that is the secret to success, it is all about fellowship and connections, you can be the perfect stylist, perfect editor, you can have the most expensive and luxurious clothing, shoes, bags, but without people to read your posts, to be able to know your personality – it is not worthy at all!
• put 100% effort and don’t think readers will not notice you being fake and pretending to be someone you are actually not
• respect the hard work, always appreciate the support from your readers and people you are surrounded with

Being a blogger is not as easy as many people think. It is a real commitment, hard work and requires a lot of creativity, time, money. At that time of my life it is not a full time job but I hope and pray it will become one day in the near future:) Why not? Dream big, work hard, hustle and pray! Never stop hustling! And here is one of my favorite quote: “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough”

Happy 1-st Birthday MaryPolka blog!

Love,

    Mary ♡