a blog'versary

One year ago, today, this very day, I published my first blog post.  Obviously, I had NO IDEA what I was doing.  But hotdamn, I just kept on pushing "publish" and One year and Three Hundred and Twenty Six posts later {can I get a HolyMoly!?!} here I am, celebrating a whole entire dang year of blogging!  I just spent the past hour click, click, clicking through the past year of posts, and oooo the memories....... there are so many great ones from this past year, and they are all here. 

Memories.. like the time Rhett gave himself one hell of a Bubble Bath //

 and the day He proposed , are here.

memories of the obsessive photo shoots I subjected my family to, 

that caused photos of Christmas 2011, like this // 

and Epic pictures of our 2012 summer reunion, like this,

 they are all here, permanently etched into my online history. 

Plaid + White // Pearls & Booties // Yellow Trend Challenge

and ooh, all the style evolution, and "What I Wore" posts 
caused by style blog parties and challenges. 
All here. 

The most Priceless Post?  Maybe the first time I Snooped on his phone?  Or was it the time he Defied me and opened a Facebook when I said No Facebook?  No.  No, the most priceless goes to the day I picked up the phone and he said, "Mom, I think I got Puberty".  It's all here, recorded, in black and white, the links teed up and ready to be seen again ~ on his wedding day.  Noooo, I wouldn't do that.  Well, yes, I probably WILL do that.  :P  

from the Beach // to the High Desert // to the Mountains

All the places we went!  All the things we saw!  

All here.  

DIY Chevron Wallet // DIY Fort Kit

I even got creative and 'ish! 
it's proven, all on here.  

and apparently, as seen here, 
I have a slight Striped Maxi Obsession 

that I took from Spring, to Summer, to Fall 

A Pallet Booth // My first show! // Going out on a Limb

and then, of course, there is Blog World.  It's a Real World. 

That connected me with women that Support and Encourage

and gave me the push to put myself and my jewelry frames 

out there.  That's all here too.  

now, this didn't happen on my blog, but it happened because I blog.

And it's something I had to opportunity to be a part of,

something bigger than myself, that will stay with me, forever. 

Read this and Watch that /\.  Fair warning, you might cry. 
Yep, right here, you might just cry. 
But do it.  I highly recommend you do it. 

and while we're on Vlogs... 

I did my very first and maybe last Vlog, Ever!  How I curl my hair tutorial!  If we can call it that. 
My sissy suggested a script next time.  Ha!  
Yep, that happened on here this year too. 

Wow!  And all that, doesn't even begin to cover the tip of all the memories this blog here has forever cemented, of all the things that have happened in my life the past year, of all the photos of the wonderful people in my life, of all the places I went, and all the things I did, and here is where all of it will be forever stored.  I cherish this blog for that.  And I cherish all of you that read my blog, and are so darn wonderful, and have made my first year of blogging an experience, that I'll always cherish.  Thank you!!  

AND, it just so happens that the fabulous Shanna over at Because Shanna Said So is hosting a HUGE giveaway, valued over $300 dollars, that I am a part of today!!! Gift Cards to Old Navy + Starbucks + Target + Forever 21 + Sephora & More.  Winner takes ALL.  Get yourself entered in this one!!  And to my non-blogger friends and fam- you don't have to be a blogger to enter!!  You have a Google profile, right? Or a Yahoo profile?  All you have to do is log into your profile, and you can follow and enter too!  Get on it!  Start by clicking right, here!!!

maybe, my most favorite "photo shoot" yet

and last, but not least,

Cheers.  Cheers to the next year!

-m-