I can't believe that I've been writing this blog for over a year already. It has flown by. After years of indecision about whether to start one or not, I'm glad that I finally took the plunge at the end of last August. For a start, the feedback from so many of you has been amazing, especially when people request posts from little old me! I never imagined how popular it would become in such a short space of time, in just one year it's been featured in an article in the Daily Mail and been linked to by Rock my Style on a few occasions. But crucially I've really enjoyed have a space of my own to document our house renovations, travel adventures, wedding projects, memorable days out and some of my favourite recipes. If you hadn't guessed already, I love photography and I can't bombard Instagram and Facebook with all my snaps so this is really a place to house them all.

As I said a few weeks back, I feel like I went crazy with the blog at the start, blogging every day to catch up on years worth of content that I wanted to post. Since then I've slowed it down a lot, partly because most things are now documented but also because I need more a life balance. This is just a hobby, not my job. I work for So You're Getting Married, an award winning wedding blog - which has been one of the best things that happened to me in the past year. So that takes up part of my time but also I don't want to be glued to a computer too much. Life is for living. So while I still absolutely love checking in here as much as possible, it won't be everyday. That being said, the autumn and winter are coming up with dark evenings that make cosying up with a laptop much more appealing than long summer nights where you just want to be outside. I'd like to keep up with blogging our travel adventures and days out as well as more of my favourite recipes and house/garden projects. Plus anything that I find particularly inspiring.

I have a constant inner battle with myself about putting so much of my personal life out on the internet though. Partly I love it, I'm obsessed with Instagram of course and love sharing photos. That I'm ok with, although I don't share everything - far from it. And I've had the odd comment from people that my life is perfect or that all of this sharing is a form of showing off. I really do love my life {but life is what you make it, everybody should love their life}, but I have an issue with others comparing themselves to me based on what I post on social media. Everybody has their ups and downs, battles their fighting, highs and lows. I don't post photos of the boring parts of life because nobody wants to see that. I like to focus on the positives and share things that make me happy. I post because I love sharing photos with others and want to look back on it all on a rainy day.

I'd love to know your feedback, which posts you like the most and which you want to see more of. Feel free to leave a comment or message me via Instagram {@rvk_loves} if it's easier.

I've put together a look back at some of my favourite, and some of the most popular posts below if you're in a blog reading mood. I'm taking a week off as I should be somewhere in the Greek Islands by the time you read this! Back soon, and please let me know if you have any particular requests.

All of the interior/makeover posts here including:

• Our Kitchen Before and After.
• Better Kitchen Photos here.
• Our Bedroom
• Our Lounge.
• Our Bathroom
• Scaffold Board Shelves
• Recycling Diptyque Candle Jars.
• That day when Ideal Home came to visit.
• That day when Rock my Style came to visit {house tour}.
• The best vintage market in England where we've found half of our treasure.

Everything Garden related here including:

• Our Garden Transformation from start to finish.
• Summer 2015 in the garden.
• Planting up galvanised tubs.
• How to have a cutting garden.
• A year with our allotment.

Everything wedding related including DIY projects here including:

• How he proposed.
• Some engagement photos.
• Choosing the dress.
• The little details.
• Our Wedding Photos.
• Our Wedding Video
• DIY LOVE Marquee Lights.
• Displaying our Wedding Photos at home.

I'm one for styling the seasons in our house such as this:

• Decking the halls for Christmas. {and all festive posts here}
• Valentine's Day.
• Decorating for Easter.
• Halloween and Bonfire Night.

Personal waffle and end of the week round ups here plus:

• Beauty Secrets.
• How running keeps me sane.
• Talking Food {and diets}.
• Being Married.

Days out around London and the rest of the UK here including:

• Beach Hut Heaven.
• Row Boats and Old English Roses in Oxford.
• The best flower market in London.
• Kew Gardens amongst the blossom and spring blooms.
• Anyone for Tennis? Wimbledon.
• The Hitchin Lavender Farm.

Food; recipes and favourite restaurants here including:

• The Best Victoria Sponge Cake.
• Healthy Pizzas.
• An Iced Lemon Curd Cake.
• Talking Food {and diets}.
• Brownies made with Oreos and Cookie Dough.
• Coming up to Crumble Season again, yay!

{Autumn colours creeping into the garden}

{Columbia road blooms still filling the house. And a new message for the chalkboard. Vitamin Sea!}

{Hay bales and hedgerow pickings with the air of September}

{First morning wearing wellies for as long as I can remember, and a happy little Roo}

{Apple season}