I can remember my favorite birthday party as a kid in great detail. I was turning 10, all my classmates had been invited, and I had the coveted Barbie dress cake (you know, the one where a bakery puts a Barbie on a cake stand and builds her dress out...

It's surreal, in a weird way, to be back "in the blogging world". In many ways, I never left. I kept my Instagram going throughout the years (although far less active) and I've been actively contributing to the XO Marshmallow blog. But I've been out of the game, if you...