oh, hello friend in 2009:

hello friends! well, 2009 has almost come to an end. i am really excited for 2010... for many reasons: looking forward to many changes, new friends, and of course: blogging! but i didn't want to forget about this year and how much the blog has grown over the last year. so here is a review of some posts from '09!

as seen in:

+ guest post at decor8: in august, i got an amazing opportunity to do a guest post at decor8 while holly moved to germany!

+ diy column at utterly engaged: i put together some pretty packaging for issue 003 of utterly engaged!

blog + shop:

+ lovely package exchange: in july, we did an exchange where over 250+ people exchanged lovely packages.

+ lots and lots of craft shows: in 2009, i sold at over 10+ craft shows. it was lovely! i will be posting a whole guide to planning for a craft show next year!

+ reached over 1000 etsy sales: hurray! am really going to try to focus more on the etsy shop next year!

+ celebrated 1000 followers: in november, the blog hit 1000 followers. so cool ;) its kind of cool and my twitter and blog follow each other in number of followers. its really fun when they both match up!

+ customer appreciation week: lots of fun. look for customer appreciation week in 2010!

+ changes: in june 09, i changed my whole blog layout!

+ over 30 weekly giveaways: in 2009 we have over 30 weekly giveaways from so many lovely shops. click to see the archive!

+ inspire lovely: so many lovely photos in the archives. click over if you need some inspiration ;)

crafts + packaging:

+ book of notes for nick: this appeared on stumbleupon! so exciting!

+ more notes: a little online scavenger hunt note book. this was lots of fun to make.

+ hot chocolate gift idea: some sticky fun!

+ bridesmaid project two: a lovely bridesmaid book of gifts, made for lucy.

+ bridesmaid project one: pretty little ring lockets for michelle.

+ shop packaging: i love pretty packages, if you didn't already know :) archive of all the shop packaging posts!

collections / series:

+ 17 lovely business cards: with some commentary from designers ellie snow and whitney deal.

+ 10 lovely iphone apps: a collection of some fun apps, for you iphone users.

+ fun cameras: it'd be fun to own all these novelty cameras.

+ notions series: a week long series on ruffles. crochet. lace. cutout. pleats.

life:

+ proposal story: in november, nicholas proposed :)

+ always, sometimes never: if you are new here and want to read a little something about me, this was a fun little post i enjoyed doing.

+ met ruby ellen from cakies: in july - i got to meet ruby, true, and brave for breakfast. it was so much fun, i felt like i had already known her forever.

+ met jessica jane from petite house: jessica and i had been 'blog' friends for a while...we texted a lot too. i was so excited when they moved to southern california! we first met at renegade craft - which is appropriate since we're both crafters. i also got to meet valerie, both of them were so cool!

+ blog social at urbanic: this was a blast. met so many lovely blog friends like amanda from 100 layer cake, audrey from parcel post, monica from our designed life, and rachel from heart of light!

+ turned 24: in june, another year older.

+ met dionne from city of dionne: for a socal bloggers social she put on. it was so much fun.. and kind of my first real blog meet-up. before i walked in, i was like "nick what if they turn out to all be old blogger ladies?" hehe. they were all so cool.

misc pics:


random weekend post.


pretty puzzle books.


thrift finds.


an awesome banner from the fabulous katie of made by hank.


i love this vintage dish.

i made a skirt in sewing class!


a sweet book nick made for me.

see you in 2010!
have a safe and lovely new year.
xo.