A Simple Thank You

I've mentioned that work life has been a little stressful lately.  Luckily, I think the worst is behind me and I'm going to be just fine (I've decided).

The wonderful thing about bad situations is that you really find out who your friends are and just how much people care about you.

So, now I'm living in a state of gratitude, especially towards all of the people who have been close by and have been helping me get through it all.

One person has really stepped up and gone above and beyond to help me, to listen to me, and to even offer me the possibility of a job, if it comes to that.  So, as a very humble show of gratitude I baked him a loaf of banana bread and made a simple thank you card.

Because he's an adult male, who I know professionally, and just as a friend, I had to hold back on the glitter, the butterflies, and the flowers.  This was no easy feat for me.

I just used some simple paper that had a nice border and with my Silhouette I made the Thank you plaque.  I inked the edges with some red cheapy ink from Michaels and popped it up on some 3D dots.  Does anyone out there know how to make Silhouette fill in lettering to make it solid?  I can't seem to figure it out.

Very simple, but sometimes that's all that's needed~

What a great week!

Wow!  I had the most amazing blogging week last week and it's all thanks to you guys!

I was featured on some amazing blogs (see the sidebar), which brought all kinds of wonderful new friends and followers;

A very special sponsor agreed to help me celebrate my 1 year anniversary later this month (stay tuned for some great prizes!!!);

The local exhibition (fair) was in town and I won on my second Bingo game  (OK, that didn't really have anything to do with you guys but it was still great!);

And to top it all off I won two amazing prizes!!  One over at Whimsy Couture Sewing Blog .  Click on the link to see what I won!!  (And make sure to check out the Pattern Shop for amazing kids patterns and e-books.)  And another fun prize over at Sew Can Do !!!

Thanks for hanging out with me and for all of your lovely comments and words of encouragement.  You've made this one of the craftiest, funnest, most inspired years ever for me~

Thank you!

As I approach the 6 month birthday of Etcetorize I've been looking back and I can't believe how quickly this blog has:
-taken shape
-taught me about blogs, gadgets, and widgets
-expanded
-connected me to people I never would've met otherwise
-taken over half my life!

I enjoy it so much.  And I really enjoy hearing from all of you  and seeing the readership grow every month.


                                  



It's all because of you, so as a thank you to all of you who support Etcetorize I wanted to do something special, so now there's a new tab up top called Follow My Friends!

If you are a follower of Etcetorize and you have a blog of your own, feel free to add a link to your homepage.  From time to time I'll feature one of you.  We'll all get to know one another, share our ideas, and get inspired to create even more!

What are you waiting for?!?!? Go add your link!