Happy Birthday to YWB!

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Yesterday was my blogoversary! Three years ago I started my blog. 🙂 Since then, I’ve had over 105,000 visitors, written 488 posts, had 4,000 comments, was featured on several other blogs (including The Graphics Fairy). For the first time, I posted more in another category than I did about food. Due to our move this summer, deocrating and creating were my two most posted categories. What do you think, time to balance it back out?

Top 10 Most Viewed Posts in the Past 365 Days

10. Cinnamon Extract By Accident – Cinnamon hit the top ten in two places.

Cinnamon Extract

9. Wall Art for Master Bedroom – My home decor projects made a big sweep in the top ten countdown.

Wall Art for my Hubster ❤

8. Disarrono Soap Dispenser – Not too many recipes made the list this time, but at least we have another post that represents the kitchen.

Disaronno Soap Dispenser

7. Indoor Succulent Garden– Perfect centerpiece for the dining room or kitchen table.

Indoor Succulent Garden

6. Majestic Pillows for a Regal Room – Most of the crafts that made the list and items I’ve created for my guest room.

5. Flirty Fleece Ear Warmer Tutorial – This one keeps it warm, staying in the top ten.

Flirty Fleece Ear Warmer Tutorial

4. French Chic Wall Art – This craft makes a terrific gift for newlyweds or new homeowners.

French Chic Wall Art

3. Cracked Glass Candy– This oldie, but goodie continues to give my blog many hits each December.

Cinnamon Cracked Glass Candy

2. Fairy Lights for Guest Room – I guess with all the guest room posts, I’m getting ready to finally reveal one room.

Fairy Light Bird House

1. French Chic Lamp– No surprize here, this lil’ craft landed me on many blogs and giving me over 10,000 views in March alone!

French Chic Lamp

Did your favorite post make the cut? What one was you favorite?

Please excuse the sparse postings in April. I started off super strong the first week, but I completely over did it while landscaping over my Easter break. I hurt my back… really really bad 😦 So I’ve been out of comission.

Happy 4th Anniversary Hubster

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Four years ago today Hubster & I joined in matrimony. Individually we’re not perfect, but we’re perfect for one another. Today we will celebrate our anniversary with Pumpkin. Even though we became a family on day one, we like to focus on the day we officially became a family. Tomorrow, Hubster and I will celebrate ourselves.
Happy 4th Anniversary Hubster!
❤ Young Wifey  XOXOXOXO

Happy Anniversary Hubster!

Seven Year (Late) Blanket

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Remember me?
I started this blanket a year and a half before my parent’s 25th wedding anniversary… In my college days, I could pump out a full size afghan in just over a month, less than a month if I had a break… I would crochet while I studied my notes or while watching television. I figured a year and a half would be more than long enough to tackle an extremely large blanket. My vision was for their blanket to be long enough to cover a King Size bed, with both them under it, and still have enough to hang over the sides of the bed. I used a housemate’s queen size bed to estimate the size of this blanket. Of course, by time I completed my 10th row, I knew this was going to be larger than I planned… I continued with my project anyway.

Before I realized, graduation, work and grad school got in the way… I actually had left it at my parent’s house for a few years during grad school. So when I got the blanket back, I wasn’t surprised to find out that one of the colors was discontinued… so my project sat and sat… Last year, another blogger introduced me to idea of a “UFO”, unfinished object. I went to the craft store and found out the yarn color had been reissued. Yay! Work began again… then life fell back to my busy routine and the blanket was pushed to the side again.

When we knew we were moving, I wanted to stash bust. I wanted to finish this blanket before we moved and I was making a lot of progress. Unfortunately we had more packing than we thought…

Stripe Pattern

In January I unpacked a box and found the blanket… I was in the home stretch now, and couldn’t let it slide away (I wanted it finished before I had to pack again). The problem is this blanket is so difficult to work on due to its size. I had to sit in the middle of the couch, with my feet on a footstool in front of me, the blanket stretched out of either side of me, spilling over the footstool. Or I’d sit on my bed and work on it there. A lot of sweat went into this blanket… It’s large enough to fit a California King and still hang down the sides with both them under it.

Folded in half it covers a queen bed perfectly…

Finally finished your blanket Mom & Dad! Happy 32nd (and a half) anniversary… I hope this keeps you warm!

What unfinished projects do you have yet to complete?