four score and one year ago....

today marks Craftaholics Anonymous's official ONE YEAR blogiversary. wow. it feels like forever ago that i sat down and typed out my first post on here. {PLEASE do not go back and read it. i didn't know what i was doing. ok, so i still don't know what i'm doing haha} i have a few mixed emotions about the past year. there's been ups and few downs with blogging, but mostly ups.
one of my favorite memories is when i got my very first follower {other than friends and family}. i stalked her. seriously. i called up my friend and gushed to her about having my very first follower. She then proceeded to stalk my newest follower with me. lol. that poor girl. sigh.

a little Craftaholics Anonymous history.....
it took me 4 months to get my first 500 GFC followers. after that i gained followers quicker. i hit 1000 GFC followers by 6 months. after the first 6 months or so, i got a little burned out. my blog had become my life. i constantly thought about it and obsessed about it. and i got burned out. with Davis's encouragement, i continued blogging, but i decided to slow down, take short breaks and post less. and to my complete amazement, my blog currently has around 7,000+ followers and subscribers. WOW!! i had no idea i would ever see numbers like that! 

in this last year i have learned:

• what a linky party is
• how to take better pictures {although i am continually working on that. living in a forest doesn't help.}
• what html code is 
• learned just enough html to get by....but still have issues....
• that i never want to be a computer programer
• that i will have typos no matter how many times i reread my posts {argh}
• how to link back
  
• what a domain is
• that i HATE word verifications with a passion
• that mean comments really do hurt
• blogging is a lot of work

 my favorite post:
You know you're a Craftaholic when.... {i plan to do future posts similar to this. it was so fun!}

my most popular post:
Zipper Ruffle Ballet Flats

my most popular tutorial:
Zipper Daisies

my favorite blog event
Gift Exchanges {next one will be in November}



i didn't make my one year blogiversary a big deal today because i had a huge 6 month celebration. i'm sorry there's not a bunch of giveaways, posts, and mayhem. i wanted to keep it simple and savor the moment.

thank you
thank you for reading my blog! and thank you for each of your sweet comments. i love reading every single one!

here's to another fabulous year of blogging and crafting.
cheers!