ha! i did it!

Most people who know me really well would say that they didn't think I would stick with this crafting and blogging thing.  I'm well-known for my very short attention span.  I love to try new things and start new things, but I don't love to maintain those things. 

Truth be told, on the days that I wanted to give up, my motivation to keep going was this comment said last January by a person in my life who will remain nameless: "I guarantee you that you won't be doing this six months from now."

Ha!  I did it!  (Oh, you know who you are, and I love ya for giving me the motivation to keep going in the moments of low motivation . . . well, I love you for a lot of other reasons too.  There is nothing like proving someone wrong to keep a gal like me motivated!)

Anyway . . . one year ago January 2, I started this little blog literally on a whim.  I thought about it in bed the night before.  Woke up that morning and thus twelve crafts till Christmas became an official blogger blog. 

I thought my family and a few friends might read this blog and keep me accountable in my gift-making goal.  That would have been a total of about 14 readers.  So you can imagine my complete surprise when 120 people signed up on GFC to read by June, and you can imagine my jaw-dropping, fall-off-my-chair-fainting surprise that over 1000 follow through GFC and over 2000 subscribers almost a year later. 

I'm not going to have a huge party, but I am going to celebrate a bit.  When I stick with something for a year, it deserves celebrating!  So . . . expect some fun posts the first week of January and a week of giveaways as well. 

If you are interested in sponsoring a giveaway during my blogversary week, let me know.  There are two giveaway spots still open, and I have a perk or two in mind for those interested in promoting their site or shop through an blogversary giveaway.  Or perhaps you would just like to pop in with a guest post . . . let me know that as well.  Contact me at twelvecrafts(at)gmail(dot)com.

Feed me Friday will be up tonight.  And guess what . . . we are going to welcome back stuff your stockings Saturday tomorrow with a last-minute stocking stuffer and giveaway.

Craft on!