Sometimes I feel like my blog focuses way too much on food. I didn’t initially start it to be a “food” blog per se; the food blog community found me! But I have so many interests other than food. CCK doesn’t just sit around and eat all day. Some of these other interests:
Arts-n-Crafts, like scrapbooking or making Africards:
Africards:
I sell the Africards to friends, family members, neighbors, and I also donate them to the local high school’s “Hope for Africa” club, so that we can raise money for The Enough Project, which is working to put a stop to Genocide. (The Africards also represent another interest: charity work/ helping others.)
A few years ago, I read an incredible book called “What is the What.” In high school, I’d learned about the Holocaust and other such atrocities that took place in the past… but for some reason, no one ever mentioned to me that disgusting acts like these are still taking place today. After reading the book (which talks about Genocide in The Sudan), I immediately knew I had to do something. I’m selling the cards for $5 (or a higher donation), which I know hardly helps in the grand scheme of things. But I am a big believer that every little thing you can do is better than nothing. The little things do add up.
Perhaps I need to write another post solely on Africards! For now, I’ll get back to the focus of this post: my non-food interests.
Decorating cake or cupcakes, like my sister’s Pink Princess Cake.
Or decorating anything, really– notebooks, tee shirts, even the furniture I took with me to college!
Being around animals, and My Veganism.
Nail art and crazy nail designs like my Watermelon Manicure.
Once, I did a candy-corn manicure too. Yes, I know candy corn isn’t vegan. Good thing I don’t bite my nails!
Learning about current events and history.
Photoshopping, running, dancing, tennis, soccer (basically just being active in general), sports (go Stars!), parties (especially theme parties), music, friends (and boys!!), grammar, linguistics, language, travel… See, there’s way more to my life than food.
What about you?
What are your other interests aside from food?
I love all the topics you’re thinking about blogging about! You are seriously so creative – I love the scrap booking, cards, and cake decorations! I wish I could decorate my baked goods as nice as yours.
Some of my other interests besides food include fitness, reading and being green. I do enjoy mainly talking about food on my blog though since it’s one of my favorite topics 🙂
Yay for more insight into your chocolate-covered world! I love learning about people’s other interests, aside from food.
My other interests include hard core shoe-shopping, running (obvi), and singing!
I think it’s a great idea, as it’s your blog and you seem to have a HUGE following that would still read even if you posted the phone book. As for me, my blog is still pretty new and I’m still trying to find my niche, so to speak.
I feel like I have to put something about food to “fit in,” (and the fact that I’m always thinking about it anyway) and I think that self-imposed pressure is taking the fun out of it for me. So, I’m taking a step back and trying to find out what “I” really want to blog about. There’s so much we can share!
Like you, I’m artsy, active and an animal freak. Look forward to your posts!
I’m looking forward to reading more from your nice ccv world! I have a problem right now because I’m preparing to start my longer fast-which means no food anyway and no culinary adventures from my little world. My other interests: running, trekking, statistics, languages, hiking, fasting, health, medicine, psychology…
P.S. – Sorry, forgot to tell you great post!
You have such fun interests! Incorporating them into your posts sounds like a marvelous idea.
Personally, I love collaging, playing with polymer clay, knitting, yoga, and reading anything I get get my hands on. 🙂
im pretty artsy, so i love drawing. i used to paint but now that im in a teeny tiny ny apt, its an interest that has been sacrificed. i do feel like cooking has taken over my spare time bc of the blog, and its something i love, but i do get tired of it at times…plus i think kyle gets annoyed when im always on the computer, so i try to put it away when he is around.
otherwise i have too many random athletic interests to count.
Hi Katie!
I am a 35 yo mother living in a small Texas town. About one month ago i decided to go vegetarian/ 95% vegan for health reasons. I came across your blog after doing an internet search for vegan blogs. I love your site!! Keep doing what you’re doing including talking about your other interests as well. One funny thing, you are costing me a lot of money!!
Because of your food reviews i have a ton of nut butters on order including peanut butters from New York and Artisana butters! Can’t wait to get all these butters in the mail!
I hope that my 10 yo daughter grows up and shares her talents to the world as you are doing now!
yay for other things! I LOVE the food posts BUT sometimes they make me too hungry lol (but then again I’m always hungry so who knows). Honestly Katie, I’m pretty sure 99% of us read your blog b/c of your personality anyways. Yours is like one of two I follow and it’s because you’re soooo funny and awesome haha. I literally laugh out loud everyday from your posts! 🙂
Hi! I’ve been reading your blog for a while without posting but I thought I might as well introduce myself now!
I recently started a blog which is about my life generally and my attempts to find a healthy mind and body place. So that’s one of my hobbies. I also love to read and to cook, and every now and then (especially now) I have a sudden obsession with baking – the unhealthier and more fattening the better!
I also love walking and hiking, photographing everything that moves – and most things that don’t – usually until the battery dies in my camera and I realise I forgot the charger…
I take a fair few holidays, and love to go on cruises. I think that’s about it for now, except that I am trying to get into running but discipline is a problem for me. Which also handicaps my efforts to write a novel – I’ve started several but finished none so far. Not giving up though!
And I love reading about nutrition, health and food!
“I didn’t initially start it to be a “food” blog per se, as my life is about so much more than what I eat” Even though the title of my blog reads “food adventures”, there’s more to my life than food and I like to share it with others 😀
I love traveling, fashion, dance, yoga, decorating/crafting, making art and videos, hanging out with friends and Matilda (my dog), researching things, reading, and daydreaming 😀