{"id":3550,"date":"2015-09-18T03:57:06","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2015-09-18T03:57:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:57:06","slug":"10-years-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/10-years-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"10 YEARS IN THE MAKING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00a0started blogging about ten years ago when blogging was a relatively new medium. I started out on Blogger with a blog called Making Things. It was a blog geared towards DIY crafts with a particular focus on knitting. Somewhere along the way, I lost interest in the blog for various reasons. Part of the reason was because of its specialized interest that felt too limiting and there were other subject areas I wanted to write about. So finally, I am creating this blog to bridge all the creative gaps I have in my repertoire. I will be showcasing different aspects of my creative lifestyle. Stay tuned for more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u00a0started blogging about ten years ago when blogging was a relatively new medium. I started out on Blogger with a blog called Making Things. It was a blog geared towards DIY crafts with a particular focus on knitting. Somewhere along the way, I lost interest in the blog for various reasons. Part of the reason [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11338,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/a-new-beginning\/","url_meta":{"origin":3550,"position":0},"title":"A New Beginning&#8230;","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"January 22, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi, it's me, Andrea Mai. 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