I am so excited to share that today my followers list reached 100! First of all, I want to say thank you to all my readers! I really enjoy blogging, and knowing there are others interested in projects and crafting like me makes it all worthwhile! It’s been a couple months shy of a year since I started blogging. It came about in a weird sort of way, actually. I was awakened early one morning (4:30am to be precise) by a wrong number caller. Those of you who know me, know that I am NOT a morning person. Normally, I would have gone right back to sleep. But on this particular morning, I was unable to do so. I went downstairs to make a pot of coffee and decided to flip on the T.V. (because back then I didn’t even have a Blogger account, let alone read any blogs!) There was, of course, nothing on at this ghastly hour except for infomercials. I happened to see one for the Cricut Expression.
Not considering myself particularly crafty at the time, I wouldn’t normally have considered purchasing this pricey machine that until this very moment, I hadn’t even known existed. But, I was sucked in. This cool machine could do so much! My children weren’t babies any more {sniff!}, and since they were both in school, I often found myself subconsciously looking for a creative outlet. I pondered over it for a few days, researched it on the web, and finally decided to go for it. Little did I know where this would lead.
In learning how to use my new awesome machine, I discovered some videos on
Youtube that demonstrated how to use the machine much better than the included CD-Rom and instruction manual. (I am a visual learner, for sure!)Some of the crafty folks out there who posted videos of their projects in action also offered links to their blogs. As I began exploring the many lovely blogs out there, and learn about all the neat projects people were working on, I started to consider starting my own site. I am not a very tech-saavy person, but I thought I might just try and figure it out! I thought I would blog mainly about my couponing and paper crafting. Since then my interests have changed. I discovered the world of thrifting and upcycling. My mother has shopped in thrift stores for years, but if you ever told me I would set foot in one, I’d have thought you were crazy!
I’ll set the record straight by stating that I am a little hoarding-aphobic. I can’t STAND clutter! And the thought of hauling someone else’s old stuff into my home would have at one point made me all but break out into a rash! I honestly mainly stick with my local Goodwill. It’s bright and clean, the people are super-nice, and I have found some great stuff there! I usually don’t go for clothing items, but stick mainly with housewares and furniture. Although I have found a few select clothing items in my travels, like a gorgeous red velvet holiday dress for my daughter that came from a high-end children’s clothing store for 3 bucks!
So, a hobby was born. I am inspired by all the wonderful projects I see out there in Blogland, and grateful I have found a creative outlet and gotten the chance to get to know so many friendly fellow crafters out there! And I’ve learned all about things I once knew nothing about like HTML code, linky parties, blog buttons, and all sorts of other techy-sorta stuff!
So, I’d like to say thank you to this mystery caller, whoever you are. I think of you fondly as “The One who Started it All!”
CONGRATS ON THE 100 FOLLOWERS.
Congrats! I am a new addition to your follower list…but your blog has already been very inspiring to me! I am glad that you caught the blog and craft bug…its such a fun hobby!
lovely post, finding blogging/crafts was obviously meant to be! I sort of 'fell into' blogworld too, I was surfing for instructions (on what, I cant remember any more!) but all that were coming up were blogs, so eventually had a peek, and was hooked! I love the fact that this little internet thingy can provide inspiration and information from people across the globe in a nanosecond, great stuff! Happy blogging and crafting!
BH x