Celebrating a Crafty Day Off!

One of the big blessings/curses of my life are my brothers and sisters. I have 10 of them. Seriously.  I won't go into names and such 'cause I'd like to get to the point sometime this decade. But one of my favourite things to do with them is to share a meal. Another favourite is to argue about every tiny insignificant meaningless little thing under the sun. That's always fun. But my ABSOLUTE favourite thing to do with them is to sing. For real. When we sing together, everything falls away. You know all the baggage that sits there between brothers and sisters? It just evaporates. The feelings I get when I'm amongst them singing is... well honestly, words fail to express it... When we're singing together and I close my eyes, I am transported to another place. It's very strange because these are my siblings and they drive me nuts for the most part, right?... But in these moments, when our voices come together, I am almost convinced there's a heaven.

I wouldn't trade these moments for the prettiest craft room in the world. Or even, come to think of it, for the world itself.

So today, on this blog's 3rd blogiversary, I'm putting my feet up, whipping up a tall cool glass of lemonade, and giving myself the crafty day off. I'm also presenting myself with the following gift. It's a video of one my singing siblings.

Here's my little brother Joel regaling us with his song "On The Blue"...

Happy 3rd blogiversary to me, eh?

♥M

An Incomparable Craftypod Gift

Approximately a month ago Diane Gilleland (yes, THE Sister Diane of Craftypod) emails me asking me if she could feature me on Craftypod. So after screaming in disbelief, running around the room, jumping up and down, and screaming in disbelief some more, I email her back saying: Are you kidding me? Is this some sort of a joke? And she responds saying: No. No joke. Not even a teensy bit jokey. She was serious.

That was a month ago give or take. So then she emails me today to tell me she has done the deed. And there I am, featured on Craftypod on my 1st Blogiversary.

The Letter B from that very first post: B is for Blogging.

YES. You heard me. Today is my 1st Blogiversary. Yes, today. I have been doing this bloggy crafty exploration thing for exactly 365 days to the day. So Happy Blogiversary to me from Sister Diane! And get this. SHE HAS NO IDEA that she's just given me the best blogiversary gift ever! Ha ha ha ha ha hee hee... It's totally completely absolutely coincidental.

I LOVE BLOGGING.

Thank you Sister Diane. Thanks for the greatest surprise gift. You are amazing in all ways, AND you have impeccable timing. ♥ (By the way, I have yet to regain my composure so I'm just going with it!)

Go on over to the Craftypod and check it out!