Pink&Green Thursday, One-Year Blog Anniversary Edition

Happy Pink&Green Thursday!

&

Happy Birthday to My Little Blog!

I can't believe it has been a whole year since I started this blog with the premise of posting my random projects&recipes, originally with a specific focus on my Halloween projects&recipes. Well, my friends, I did make a lot of those, but I did not blog a lot of them. I am not sorry, though, as I did eventually find my niche in this amazing blog community, & I am so glad that I did!

From...

...My Style Monday

to

Post It Note Tuesday

to

Wishful Wednesday

to

Wordless Wednesday

to

Pink&Green Thursday

(Y'all know it's my favorite!)

to

Sips of the South

to

my own little What I Want This Weekend...

...with every random...

...award,

celebration,

opinion,

& recipe in between...

I appreciate all of you

commenters,

followers,

& readers

for

encouraging,

inspiring,

& motivating

me along my fledgling way.

Your sweet comments were what kept me up later, searching for that perfect photo. The posts on your own inspirational blogs were what made me set aside recipe posts for yet another week or two, as I attempted to contribute something that might be as beautiful or as meaningful, to your hop or linky. But it was

your kindness,

your understanding,

& most importantly your friendship

that made this such an amazing freshman year in blogging.

Thank you

thank you

thank you

to all of you!

& a special thank you to:

Beth Dunn at Social Climbers

Margaret Asbell at 2PreppyGirls

Short Southern Momma

Kelsey at the Seattle Smiths

Angela Kolachny

Cassandra at How do You Burn Cereal?

Melissa at Sweet Tea & Biscuits

Jessica Maher at Kitchen Belleicious

Princess Freckles at Her Highness of Cute

Lori Driver at Shopaholic in Alabama

Misty at Southern Belle Mama

Gwen at Handbag Obsessed

Mollie Morris at (a)Mother Blog

Queen Bee Swain

& especially Trish at Pink Preppy Lilly Lover

...All of you have been here since almost the very beginning. I truly appreciate y'all for getting to know the real me, & for sticking around while I got the hang of this blogging thing. You are all *so loved!*

(via: Luminous Photography)

(via: the Loveliest Day)

(via: PartySpot)

Felicity Cake Bunting by Kiki La Ru

(via: Bottle Your Brand)

(via: Wet Behind the Ears)

the Birthday Party by Philosophy at Sephora

& the winner...

of the Boutique Me! giveaway I hosted for my blog anniversary

(my first giveaway ever!)

is:

Dana at Eclectic Prep

(Love this lady & her blog! Go check it out!)

Melissa will be contacting you shortly!

(My Prince helped me do this giveaway the old-fashioned way...drawn out of a hat! ;) You can see the drawing on Twitter.)

& again, a big thank you to Melissa for contributing such a fabulous prize for my blog anniversary giveaway! Don't forget to go see all the fabulous goodies at her shop!: