17 Years of Daisybutter
Today marks 17 years of Daisybutter!
Seventeen years of creating content that shares my life online, and it’s been full of adventure, hasn’t it? Despite it being a quiet year for me in terms of working with brands and even sharing ‘organic content’, I’m really glad that we’re still here. I considered not renewing my domain and hosting last month, but then I realised that this blog is really, truly a big part of me. Even when I’m not posting, I still return to my own posts to reminisce my travels, my incredible partnerships, and endless pinch-me moments that creating Daisybutter has brought me. I’d like 2026 to reflect that.
Seventeen years ago, I was at university, and this blog really helped me to work out who I was. There are countless iterations of me on here, and I’m coming to learn that that’s precious and rare and special. It might be embarrassing to share online in the moment, but I don’t and didn’t feel that way at all. I’ve met some of my best friends through this blog, and realising there were other people that collected Vivi magazine, fangirled over B2ST, SHINee and BIGBANG, grew up British-born Chinese, and shared so many of the same interests as me. In fact, I hadn’t ever felt embarrassed to share myself online until recent years, and I’m sure some of you will have noticed that I don’t talk about my huge interests in Taylor Swift, K-pop, reconnecting with my East Asian heritage, video gaming, and other things, anymore. I’m sad about that, especially because that’s how we all found each other here in the first place: shared special interests.
So, I’ve decided that 2026 is my year to unapologetically be myself again and to savour it all on here. I’m bringing back the silly little short posts, the rambling entries about my niche favourites, long-form pieces about being British-born Chinese and on friendship, outfits and essays inspired by Taylor Swift lyrics… Now that I’m gladly off Instagram, this is my safe online scrapbook space; crucial evidence I didn’t imagine the whole thing.
