May 3rd was my one year blog anniversary. Slipped my mind. Guess having a baby on April 25th sort of overshadowed it a bit. It’s hard to believe that I’ve had While She Naps for a whole year. This blog has been a lot of fun for me. It provides me with a wonderful sense of purpose every day, even if I don’t post every day. Knowing that While She Naps is there, in cyberspace, motivates me to produce, to create, to get back to my desk and to my sewing machine and make something new. And when I feel tired or frustrated, I sit and read the wonderful crafty blogs I check every day (all 89 of them!) and suddenly I’m ready to start again.
Over a year ago I sat in a coffee shop on a rainy night with Charlie and told him I was thinking of starting a blog about crafting and cooking and sewing and gardening and anything else that I was working on while Roxanne was napping. While She Naps has certainly touched on all of those things, but primarily it has become a blog about making soft toys.
Over the course of this past year I’ve learned so much about how to sew and how to construct softies. I still have a long way to go to be able to really make what I see inside my head, but I can feel myself getting there and I can see how much sharper my skills have gotten. Thank you to everyone who comments and reads, to those of you who found me just recently, and to those of you who were here when I first started, who stuck with me when I took a blogging break for over a month because I had such severe morning sickness and who are still here. Thanks also to everyone who has bought a stuffed toy from me this year. It makes me feel so good to know that other people are enjoying something I’ve made.
Okay, enough sappy stuff. Here is a little sock monkey made from a pair of girl’s socks I bought at the Christmas Tree Shops last Saturday for $1. She is going into the auction basket.
Well, congratulations, and many happy returns.
Happy blogging aniversary….LOVE the sock monkey!!!
Happy belated blogiversary!
Nice post – happy anniversary!! Your stuff is really lovely and I tune into you everyday!
Congratulations on your first anniversary!
I’ve discovered your blog only recently, but I’m enjoying it very much :))
congratulations on the one year!
i found you a little late in the game but i am glad that i did find you at some point…
(besides, i read ALL of your archives so its kind of like i
found your blog at the beginning…)
heehee…
hows that for stalker-like-dedication?
🙂
Happy Blog-iversary or blog-day or whatever! And such a cute little sock monkey 🙂
What cute sock monkey! And happy belate anniversary.
Happy belated blog anniversary to you. I love that sock monkey!
Congratulations!
I’m one of those who recently found your blog and thoroughly enjoy it. Keep it up!
Great monkey!
Congratulations on your Blogversary!! And that is a fabulous little sock monkey. 🙂
How are the babes doing?
Happy blog anniversary! The sock monkey is adorable. I’m amazed you’re able to do some crafting with a new baby. It took me 18 months to get back to my sewing machine regularly after Mia was born. I was just too exhausted. So happy to see your posts!
Congratulations! I love reading your blog!
Abby, I have enjoyed your blog for quite awhile now, everything you said about how it has motivated you creatively put it all so well for me. Thanks for always being an inspiration to all of us. Happy blogaversary!
The double stroller is the one thing I cannot live without. Seriously, the best money I spent on anything EVER. Enjoy!