4.24.2009

Three Years

Three years of this thing called blogging... That's how long I've been pounding the keys and hitting PUBLISH POST. It all started when I was buying a house three years ago... So much has changed since the day I followed in my mom's blogsteps and chose a blog name. To celebrate today, I thought I would give away some goodies I've been collecting!! A while ago, shortly after I got certified to be a Fiskars demonstrator, I got a goodie package from one of the lead Fiskars gals! There was SO MUCH yummy stuff in there, I was able to save a set for myself, send a set to my friend Christi, and save one to give away!! Here's what the bag of goodies look like!!


THEN I found a bag a while ago, at WalMart, that I wanted. I waited and waited to buy it, because it was FULL of papers and chipboard, and all sorts of goodies that I would have felt guilty not using, but totally didn't need... Then we got serious about the Texas TallyRally, and I saw the bag in action at a crop I went to. I knew I needed the bag, and for the price, the goodies were really free. AND by the time I got it, it was on clearance... I promptly bagged the goodies, and set them aside for today!!


SO here's to another year of what's on my mind... In celebration of the connections and friendships that I have unexpectedly come into through this crazy thing called blogging, I want you to give me a link to a blog on line of someone who inspires you. No need to be a big name... just a person that you feel connected to here on the world wide web. If you leave a link, I'll put you in the drawing to win the goodies up above!!

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21 Comments:

x vInTaGe VioLeT x said...

wow three years! i've been blogging just over a year and have met some lovely people through my blog & blogging on buttonfloozies {like you!}
but my bigest blog crush is this very very talented lady
http://hensteethart.blogspot.com/
she is the BEST!

CarrieJ said...

Congratulations!! I am just getting to know you thanks to Twitter, but I am loving ya!
My favorite blog and my favorite Seesters!
http://visualchronicles.typepad.com/

Leah Crowe said...

Well.. I would link you up... but that would look like I was brown nosin' ;) Congrats on three years!! way to go!

Jennifer said...

Here is a blog I stumbled upon (by accident) and have been an avid reader every since:

www.ournameisblog.blogspot.com

Lorrie is one of the funniest writers out there and we've become cyber friends. She is one person I would love to hang out with because I know we would have a great time.

Love the goodies you're giving away and congrats on 3 years! I'm so glad we met during the Emily Falconbridge card challenge!

JessiW said...

A blog that I love that inspires me is http://danijohnston.typepad.com/dj

Dani is very talented and so honest in her blog and her layouts! I just think she's great.

springtreeroad said...

congrats on three years! :0

i just found this blog last night and i'm in love. wish i'd found it sooner. she has been living in japan, but is moving to canada. love her photos and writing.

http://goodness.typepad.com/

kelgell said...

I really like this blog...
http://knitterings.blogspot.com/
She has some great knitting projects on here and interesting experiments with wool dying.

Congratulations on reaching 3 years too!

Jocelyn said...

Congrats on the three years. I just adore this Blog http:/lisathoward.blogspot.com/ She writes the best stinking stories and has me in stitches. We have become fast friends and even now talk on the phone!!!!! I plan to visit her in NC!!! You HAVEEEE to check her out!!!! Have a great one!!! I just adore your Blog and Oh Boy, looks like some awesome goodies!!! If the link does not work, check my Blog and click on LISA!!!!

Bree/Reilly said...

congratulations on 3 years - that is a lot of typing. Here is one of my favorite blogs
http://dawnking.interspike.com/

Ashley said...

3 years?! That's a long time.

I found this girl through another person's blog. I love her.

http://janalaurene.blogspot.com/

Susan said...

here is my link

http://embers.typepad.com/e/2009/04/a-reminder-that-it-is-all-worth-it-.html

Thanks to you I visit often and have found such amaizing inspiration here. I have done many but not all of the promts and have found it to good for my soul.

I feel the same about our Year journal that your are doing through Tally.

I am going through a great deal this year and these two sites have soothed and fed my soul more than any other blog space I have visited.

Laura Pace said...

My goodness. 3 years, and I'm just meeting you a few days ago! A big congrats!

Here's a blog that is very inspirational to me, plus he's touched a lot of artists around the world this year with his Disintegration Collaboration:
http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/

Breann said...

three years?!? and to think that i have known you for two and get to meet you in july...crazy. i like to go to emily anderson's blog. i love her layouts and her scrappy blog was great, but now she just has her family one. it still showcases her beautiful photography and cute kids! plus, she is from Kansas so i like to think that even though she is younger than me, there is a life beyond the one i am living now and more is to come.
http://www.andersonfamilycrew.blogspot.com/

Nicole Laird said...

Wow! 3 years!! Yow-zow!! I have enjoyed reading your blog regularly for a while now...even though I don't always comment.

Here are 2 links to blogs that inspire me....Even though I have many more. (Different people inspire me in different ways.)

The first is Susan's Bloom...I've been rediscovering things about myself lately thanks in big part to her blog.
http://inspiredbynana.blogspot.com/

The next one is Christine's Scrap it Forward...I haven't participated in her posts as of yet. But they always remind me that it makes me feel good to make other's feel good.
http://scrapitforward.blogspot.com

Sarah said...

Hi!
There are so many people that inspire me-it was hard to pick one!
http://fraiing.blogspot.com/
So I picked three! And that was hard too!
http://eyecandy-can.blogspot.com/
http://swanofdreamers.blogspot.com/
This is a great idea!
Sarah

BellaKarma said...

I literally gasped when I saw all the cool stuff you're giving away! You are totally rad! ;-)

Since we run in the same circles, I thought I'd share a blog that you might not have seen yet:

http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/

Cynjon said...

Not sure who all you read already, and I have a few different favorites for varying reasons...but here they are!
http://speakwithoutmyvoice.blogspot.com/

http://dneese.blogspot.com/

http://www.patriciaanders.com/

Shanna said...

WOW three years!!! AMAZING!!!!! :)
You so rock my friend! YOu are by far my most frequented blog since its my homepage on my iphone! :)
I also love Christies!!!!!
http://www.jlmcreative.com/time2blog/

BT said...

This is a wonderful blog. She is an artist, poet and writer and does a bit of each every day, plus takes great photos:
http://whenthedogsbite.blogspot.com/

She's had her first novel published too.

Adrienne said...

Holy WOW! Three years!! Congratulations!! :D You are the best, such an inspiration to me and we think alike!! :D You're super awesome. BUT

I did not just want to comment to suck up (but it was an added bonus, yes??).

But I wanted to tell you the two blogs that popped into my mind of my inspiration::
Moralia's Weblog I love her blog because her cards are ALWAYS gorgeous!! ALWAYS. I love her style and her blog and she is soooo dedicated!
And then
My best friend's BlogI love her blog because she is my best friend. But not only that, I love her!!! She is there for me! Inspiring me, challenging me and just being awesome!! :D

Thanks Rach!

{ erin } said...

3 years!?! That's awesome. I'm coming up on my one year mark and that feels crazy long!

My fave blog... Adrienne's. Hands Down!

http://scrappin-a-rose.blogspot.com/

Gorgeous RAKs by the way. :o) See you on Tally!!

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