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Happy New Year and Giveaway!
January 4th, 2010
Hello, hello! My goodness it feels like I’ve been gone for ages! I hope you all had a fabulous holiday and festive New Year celebration. I managed to squeeze in some rest and relaxation with both sides of our families and it was a great long break. In honor of the new year and fresh beginnings I wanted to start things off with a giveaway!
In the midst of all the holiday cheer Twig & Thistle had it’s 1st birthday! I had the best intentions to do some grand event but the day slipped by without much notice. So, I’ve decided to celebrate the blogversary this first week back. I went to one of my favorite paper stores here in Seattle and bought a few things that I would love to own myself and am giving away this little gift to one lucky winner. The set includes a beautiful fabric covered notebook from Elum, a set of 6 letterpress thank you note cards by Hello Lucky and twenty-five polka dot fabric thumbtacks from Girl of All Work.
In order to win, please answer the following question by Friday, January 8th, 2010. **Contest is now closed**
What one thing would you like to accomplish this year?
*The winner will be announced Monday, January 11th, 2010. Best of luck!
I can’t thank you all enough for your generous support and readership over the last year. This has been an incredible learning experience and adventure for me. There is something so special about sharing my love of design, weddings and crafts with an audience that is as equally as interested. Thank you all so much and here’s to another exciting year!
xoxo, Kathleen
January 4th, 2010 at 5:38 am
Well, this year I’d like to finish our bedrooms in our house we are renovating. And I also would like to live in it, or maybe camping
January 4th, 2010 at 6:13 am
I want to have another baby!!!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:14 am
What a great giveaway–I love the orange and grey! I fully intend to start my photography and design business this year. Two booked clients and (hopefully) more to come!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:18 am
I would like to get in better shape, get toned up & hopefully lose some weight in the process!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:20 am
This year I want to paint and decorate my bedroom – it’s been blank for far too long!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:21 am
It’s probably not the most original resolution this year but as a college graduate last spring I’m hoping 2010 will be the year I get a real job in my chosen field and start a career. Obviously 2009 wasn’t the easiest year to be a recent grad, especially in the creative industry.
This week I’m updating my resume and portfolio and diving in strong. Someone must need a young, motivated, enthusiastic, interior designer to come design restaurants, hotels and retail stores for them!
Happy 2010! And congrats on your first blogoversary! Hope it’s a good year for you!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:22 am
What a beautiful combo!
In 2010, I would like to spend 1 hour every day doing something I *really* like to do. This can be something crafty, but it might as well be playing a game with my children, or enjoying a walk outside with my husband. And I plan to cherish these moments a lot more than I did in the past!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Congrats on the 1st birthday! How very exciting
This year I’d like to further establish my handmade card business. I had my first market stall at the end of last year, so my plan is to do at least 10 of those this year, in addition to selling online.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:28 am
What a great idea – I guess this year’s resolution is to start building my own family
January 4th, 2010 at 6:31 am
This year I intend to finish all of the knitting projects I started in December… That means knitting even when the weather becomes warm again. (A major downfall of mine).
January 4th, 2010 at 6:32 am
On my 2010 to do list is “paint and organize office”. Interestingly enough, painting one wall the same shade of orange on the thank you cards was in the plan.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:37 am
accomplish ? you say.
I guess, it would be to have a work room of my own, where I can do my craft and to blog of course..
January 4th, 2010 at 6:41 am
My house needs some decorating — inside and out — so I would like to do some painting, hang some artwork, and put in flowerbeds.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:45 am
My biggest goal this year is to go through the house and throw everything away we don’t need before our MOVE TO GERMANY!!!!
Beautiful! I LOVE orange! (AND polka dots!!)
January 4th, 2010 at 6:47 am
This year I’d like to pass my horrible physician exams so that I can spend the rest of my life learning relevant things I WANT to know about, plus have a life and do the things I’ve been putting off (redecorating, blogging more, writing, volunteering, spending time with friends and family…having a life!)
January 4th, 2010 at 6:49 am
In 2010 I want to have more positive thoughts than negative – create and attract more positive vibrations than negative!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:49 am
Oh wow… oh wow… such a gorgeous pattern and color! My goal for 2010 is to work on my own happiness — whether by finding a new job or getting healthy again.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:50 am
I’d like to learn to crochet this year. I can do most everything else fiber related but just can’t seem to find time to learn this — and I’ve seen too many Garnet Hill catalogs with outrageously priced granny octagons that I covet.
Or many I should just covet less this year…
No, that’s harder yet!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:54 am
I would like to redo my kitchen!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:57 am
One and the only promise for myself this year is to more positive. Not so hard but still…
January 4th, 2010 at 7:02 am
I would like to accomplish preparing and mailing my manuscript out to agents. I know being published is a long shot, but taking this project, this one well loved piece of my creativity, as far as this would make me proud. 2010 will be my year to doubt less and do more.
Thanks for taking the time to inspire us with your lovely blog. Happy New Year!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:03 am
besides getting through the rest of my wedding planning and the wedding day itself without going tooo crazy, I would like to open my etsy store. I’ve been thinking about it so much and I want to do it this year! (even if I have to wait til after my wedding…)
January 4th, 2010 at 7:04 am
This year I am attempting to stop and smell the roses more. I have started a grateful journal and at the end of the year I would like to have accomplished a full journal.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:07 am
I want to sew a quilt this year – maybe a little one for a baby but regardless a quilt!
I am still a beginner/intermediate sewer so the thought of tackling a bigger project like a quilt is thrilling and a little scary! 
January 4th, 2010 at 7:08 am
This year I vow to go easy on myself. Certainly I have a list a mile long of resolutions, but I will NOT berate myself for not completing everything on paper. For if I do, I may get tunnel vision and miss out on all of the spontaneity!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:09 am
How lovely!
This year will be the year that I learn how to sew… This year will be the year that I learn how to sew…This year will be the year that I learn how to sew…!!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:10 am
What beautiful things, I would love to win them! This year, I would like to learn the art of needle-felting. I’ve been meaning to do that for the past five years, and I just haven’t. This is the year I learn!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:16 am
15 minutes of reflection/peace & quiet in the mornings. I try to accomplish this on a number of occasions, but generally give up for the extra sleep. Prioritize!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:18 am
I’d like to get our house finished, we have been redoing things since we moved in this past fall. And I’d be especially happy if my husband and I were able to have a baby. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:19 am
I’d like to unsubscribe from all of the junk mail that clutter my inboxes.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:19 am
I would love to start up the Etsy shop I have been plotting for about 6 months now. I think that is one of my biggest goals.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:21 am
I would love to achieve some sort of balance between work, exercise and creating. It’s a goal I have for myself every year. Hoping this time it will stick! Happy New Year!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:22 am
My goal for 2010 is to remodel my kitchen. We’ve got ideas, it’s just a matter of putting it into action!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:22 am
Ooh . . . such pretties!!! The one thing I reallllllly want to accomplish this year is to get some unresolved health issues under control. And I’m pretty sure that is going to involve simplifying and de-stressing considerably. That’s a good thing, right???
January 4th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Build our freelance reputation and get out in the community and make a difference. Would also love to finish this masters degree sometime lol.
Jessica
January 4th, 2010 at 7:25 am
my big goal this year is to get my creative business, urbanite jewelry, up and off the ground even further! i’m going to make it happen.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:30 am
I would like to finish some of the projects that I’ve started in year’s past!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:32 am
I want to read 52 books.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:40 am
I would love to have our entire downstairs painted and redecorated before the end of the year (this includes removing popcorn ceiling, gah!).
January 4th, 2010 at 7:42 am
I would love to get ahold of myself financially – just do better with what I have.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Happy New Year & Happy 1st Blog Birthday! Lots of good things to celebrate
What one thing would you like to accomplish this year?
My biggest project for the year is writing my first non-fiction book. For 2010, I’m focusing on writing & promoting the best book that I can possible make.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:45 am
run a marathon!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:48 am
This year I’m hoping to achieve more balance in my life (sounds vague, huh?) I just want to make sure I’ve got the right mix of everything so life can be as enjoyable, pleasant and memorable as possible for me and my family!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:49 am
I would like to get my etsy shop open by the 1st of February!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:51 am
I would like to surround myself with more beautiful things, like those lovelies!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:51 am
There are three main things that I would like to accomplish this year. The first being finally get married to the man I love, secondly, buy a house…financially it will be hard to buy a house and get married in the same year hehe…but we’ll see. The third thing that I would REALLY like to accomplish is to start my invitation/stationary business that has been somewhat of a pipe dream of mine for the past few years. I am doing all the stationary goods for two friends weddings, and have been in contact with another bride in my area that is interested in my services, so things are looking good on that front!
It doesn’t matter if I accomplish these three big things this year, (well I’d be sad if I didn’t get married – some things are already booked haha)…because this is going to be a year of positives for me, positive thinking, and positive actions!
Thanks for the chance to win! LOVE the blog
January 4th, 2010 at 7:52 am
I would like to create a life that looks more like I want it to…healthier, craftier, less tv, more exercise. I want to end the year even happier and more fulfilled than I am now.
tammy t
January 4th, 2010 at 7:52 am
Great giveaway! My goals this year are simple. I want to declutter my house & life.
Anna
January 4th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Congratulations on your anniversary!
One of the things I want to accomplish this year is to eat at least 5 vegetables I’ve never tried before, and maybe even to grow one or two of them in my garden.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:56 am
I would like to write more letters. Not emails, text messages, or status updates on various websites….but real letters. While going through some old boxes, I came across a stack of letters from friends and family that were all responses to letters I had mailed them. What a penpal I used to be! I still have a sacred love for all things stationary, but what’s the fun in buying it if it ends up just sitting on my desk? It should be shared, and of course what better way than through some good ole snail mail!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:57 am
This year I’d like to actually fill the empty picture frames I have hanging in my living room.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:58 am
This year I will graduate from grad school, and I want to find a fulfilling job (a worthy goal in itself) and begin building a joyful, debt-free adult life.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:58 am
This year I want to finish remodeling our bathroom (hopefully it won’t take all year!). I also want to take more time to actually sit and enjoy my home, instead of always running around tidying up, decorating, or planning my next project. Thanks for offering this giveaway – I regularly enjoy visiting your blog! Happy New Year!
Sarah
January 4th, 2010 at 7:59 am
I long to make art regularly enough to begin selling on etsy, opening an etsy store is my winter goal, and maintaining it and promoting it is my year long goal.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:00 am
to seize the little opportunities of every day instead of sitting by and watching them float away. i am tired of watching life go by. it’s high time to claim something special everyday!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:02 am
I would love to get into shape, shed some #’s and eat healthier!! Thanks for the give-away!!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:02 am
I’d love to really launch my business this year. I’ve been testing the waters lately, but with a fresh new year, it’s time to take the jump and go for it!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:05 am
Beautiful items for a giveaway. I know everyone says lose weight (which I need to do) or get organized (which I also need to do) but I’ve resolved to be more positive and grateful. Even though looking around at the world today both are hard to do, I think we all have been blessed beyond what we can even imagine and have tendency to forget that.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:07 am
I want to finish planning/working on our wedding and actually relax/enjoy it! (It’s this May!)
January 4th, 2010 at 8:08 am
In 2010, I want to be better at keeping my little journal daily.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:10 am
I would like to become more eco-friendly and self-sufficient! I am planting a large garden aimed at canning and have not used a single plastic bag in the last three days!! Despite our loads of New Year shopping!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:12 am
I would like to run a marathon!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:16 am
This year I want to organize and print out all my pictures that I have been storing on my computer!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:19 am
My resolution is to live simply, so that others may simply live.
Happy new year!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Would love to finally finish the house rennovations begun in 2006! Thanks for the chance to win!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:22 am
I would like to be more healthy (eating and working out well) and get rid of all the junk in my house I don’t need/love/use.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:23 am
I want to get my PhD!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:24 am
This year, i would like to do good in school and get good grades, also i would like to accomplish my goal of reaching 250 community service hours (:
thanks for giving me a chance to win a giveaway (:
January 4th, 2010 at 8:27 am
This year, I want to learn and practice the true meaning of discipline. Making a plan and sticking to it. Finishing the projects I start. Prioritizing and making time for those important things.
Thanks for the opportunity to win these lovelies! Happy New Year!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:28 am
I would like to complete my goal of being out of credit card debt!
I’m on track!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:29 am
Happy blogversary!
As for one thing I want to accomplish this year…I want to perfect a few of my baking techniques!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:31 am
honestly, i have several. yet the one sticking out the most … to get my poop in a group! i need to pull together my personal style and feel good about it. does it really matter what other’s think?
January 4th, 2010 at 8:32 am
I’d like to exercise. I don’t particularly like it so it is a challenege to work it into my schedule. You have a wonderful blog – I read it everyday with my coffee in the morning.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:33 am
Oh I have so many things planned- I hope to repaint the wall inside my house, plant a vegetable garden and make time to write.
Sam
January 4th, 2010 at 8:37 am
I have three main goals to accomplish this year. First I would like to learn to sew with the new sewing machine I got for Christmas. I would also like to successfully finish each knitting project I start (because some of mine have been dragging on unfinished for years!). And third, I would like to compete in an olympic distance triathlon, not craft-related, but a goal nonetheless!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:37 am
Happy blogversary and happy new year! One thing my husband and I want to accomplish this year is to become homeowners, and I would love to open an Etsy shop!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:38 am
2010 will be the year I reclaim my place as the woman I want to be in my family. No more being divided and squandering my time elsewhere or where it wasted. I am going back to the art-making, essay-writing, dinner-cooking, book-reading, race-running, focused woman that I used to be and that my family deserves to know again.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:40 am
Congrats on your 1 year!
This year I want to concur my fear of failure. I have a journal with several business ideas and I always seem to find a reason not to follow through with them. I am going to retrain my ways of thinking to “If I fail at least I had the courage to try it!”
January 4th, 2010 at 8:41 am
I’m hoping to mend strained family relationships and invest more in maintaining close friendships.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:42 am
I want to buy a house. Move into that house. Unpack all our boxes and actually hang things on the walls. Lofty, but worthwhile goals!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:44 am
Happy anniversary! This year I want to clean up & organize my craft room. I’m lucky enough to have a room dedicated to all my craft supplies, but I’m always so excited to make things & I’ve never really gotten organized.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:45 am
Congrats on your one year anniversary!
I would like to find a job after graduation and move to DC, fingers crossed!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:47 am
Happy New Year and Congrats! For 2010 I would love to accomplish planning less and doing more! That simple; I’m ready to toss my lists out the window and do what will truly make me smile!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:49 am
Happy anniversary! This year my mantra is “Simplify”. My first goal is to finish the projects I have started WITHOUT starting any new projects! We will see how that goes. So far so good…I have a journal with the project start date and finish date…now I am just chugging along one project at a time hoping to write in a lot of finish dates very soon!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:49 am
My newly-wed husband and I have our fingers crossed for an addition to our family in 2010
We are working away at “accomplishing” that!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:51 am
in 2010 i want (and need to) learn how to ride a bike! I know. . .im a little old to say that, but Ive never really learned how to ride in a straight line ( I blame it on the wind)and think its about time I was able to bike to my grocery store without wondering if Ill make it in one piece.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:55 am
declutter, declutter, declutter! my house and my life…great giveaway~love the vibrant color!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Happy New Year!!
Since I’m finishing my BA this year, one thing I would like to accomplish this is year is to take a class for fun. Whether that be dance, photography, language; just something fun to remind me how much I enjoy learning.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
During this new year my goal is to “catch up” on my scrapbooking by getting everything in books and not just placed in organized bags.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:03 am
i would LOVE to organize the basement and get extra stuff out of the house. and get back in to running shape. i’d feel pretty good if i accomplished both of those things. and yes, they may take a major portion of the year.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:05 am
My goal this year is to be comfortable. In my own skin ( by losing 30 lbs). In my home and office (by being more organized). And in my work (by creating more and managing less).
January 4th, 2010 at 9:06 am
This year I am finishing my dissertation and graduating. Go me!! Happy 2010!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:11 am
This year, my husband and I hope to become more responsible with our money, our recycling, our energy, and our time.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:11 am
I would LOVE to organize my house from top to bottom. Get rid of “stuff” and take on take on the “less is more” approach. Wish me luck!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:16 am
I’d like to finish school and get married on the same weekend–all while keeping my attitude good.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:18 am
This year I’d like to lose the baby weight from last year’s baby. I’ve done it before, after the 2nd baby, and the new year seems like a good time to get a “jump start” and begin again.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:19 am
This year I would like to begin trying to have a baby
I want to also focus my efforts on supporting my husband through paramedic school – his lifelong goal! And to focus on enjoying each day, the good, the bad and the unexpected!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:21 am
This year I want to loose the fear of publish and sold my work, I don´t nknow maybe I should open my dream etsy store this year!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I started a “project 365″. I’m going to take a picture everyday for a year! I hope I can stick with it all year long.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am
My poor neglected garden. I’ve been landscaping my front yard for four years now, this is the year I’d like to finished filling in the blanks spaces. In the back yard I want to set up a cold frame and get my little vegetable plot in order as well as reseed the lawn (as much as I like my dandelion crop in the spring…)
January 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am
I’d like to learn to be happy, everyday, with what I have. The sooner, the better.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Happy New Year to you! I love stationary… what an awesome way to start the year with a giveaway!
One thing I’d like to accomplish this year is start doing more sports, as I’m not allowed to run or play soccer due to an injury, I have decided to try and take up swimming, and maybe some aerobic classes at the gym. A small step at least in the right direction.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:25 am
To be able to live on my own this year. Independence is a HUGE goal for me and I know I am going to reach it. That is what I want to accomplish this year.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:26 am
I’d like to journal more often – I really want to work on my writing and articulation. Journaling would help with both!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:28 am
I would like to become a mother! Maybe get married first…but definitely, I would love to have a baby by the end of 2010! Fingers crossed!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Everyday I am inspired by what I discover. Weather that’s something on your blog, in a book, or packaging that catches my eye in a shop window. This year, I would like to accomplish getting back to taking that daily inspiration and applying it to what I love most. Design! A party invitation for my children, favors around the table for a family dinner, a thoughtfully wrapped package for a friend… I’m inspired already!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:32 am
Simultaneously playful and elegant. I love it! I would like to create something new each day, or, at least be crazy productive (not like last year).
January 4th, 2010 at 9:34 am
This year, I am aiming to take my sewing machine out of the box for the first time since it was given to me and actually USE IT.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:38 am
happy blogversary! What a beautiful giveaway!
One of the things I intend to accomplish this year is to work smarter, not harder, in my photography and graphic design businesses. Which will allow me to accomplish another goal–spend more time living joyfully with my beautiful family!
(I love the colors you chose for the giveaway–they’re the same colors as my company’s branding! Hee!)
January 4th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Want to be a much more open person: Open to try new things, Open to travel, Open to to people….
January 4th, 2010 at 9:39 am
I would like to not be so hard on myself.
Ha! I wish myself luck!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:43 am
I want to take a trip to do humanitarian work (to celebrate a milestone birthday).
January 4th, 2010 at 9:44 am
I want to get pregnant!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:47 am
i would love to accomplish decluttering my life! i have so much stuff stuff stuff… i want to simplfy.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:51 am
The gifts you chose are very beautiful. I love the journal. My number one thing I would like to accomplish this year is to get my interior and event design business going. I have been working on it since last year and I have a plan.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Congrats on your one year! I love coming to your blog for inspiration – so thanks for all that you share! I love Elum designs…these are beautiful! I hope to tackle some big dreams of mine this year – whether it’s getting them up and going or just starting the process – a step forward is something in the right direction!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:55 am
I’ve resolved to write a few sentences daily in my diary
January 4th, 2010 at 9:55 am
This year, I want to play more games with my kids (5 & 7). I’ve realized in the past few months that we need more fun in our lives!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Happy new year! I’d like to get a great score on my GMAT exam this year.
Thanks for this lovely giveaway!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I’m going to start marketing my etsy site.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:07 am
I love the giveaways. Perfect for orange lovers like me!!!
This year I would like to begin the motions of applying to grad school. I miss school and I’m ready to go back!
I’d also like to decorate my apartment with some vintage finds. Curtains, art, dressers, etc. I think it’ll be a fun endeavor!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:08 am
This year I hope to purchase my first printing press and start working on our new stationery line with my boyfriend
January 4th, 2010 at 10:12 am
I would like to take advantage of the free time I have to work on things that I’m inspired to do! The DIY projects I see are always so amazing, and I would like to make my friends and family feel extra special by bringing the joy of these little treats to them!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:12 am
What would I like to accomplish? That one is easy for me.
I need to heal my fractured ankle, in time for a half marathon I have agreed to run in June! Yikes!
And happy blog-birthday!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:16 am
I would really like to spend every day with my little guy and value each minute I have with him.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:16 am
this year i want to go to beauty school and learn how to do hair.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:16 am
It may sound cliche, but I want to laugh more, love better, and take advantage of every day I have with my family.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:17 am
This year I would love to go through my filing cabinet and actually get my paperwork organized. Right now, it’s all shoved in haphazardly. I also want to make some creative and beautiful inboxes so I know what needs my attention RIGHT NOW. (you know, instead of my scattered-pile method of organization.)
January 4th, 2010 at 10:18 am
My goal is to run a half marathon with my sister.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:19 am
I’m a design student that will be graduating this spring semester, and I hope to accomplish a lot this year! A good job in a brand new city, and to continue to pursue my own personal design projects and love of bookmaking.
Hope you have a great year!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:21 am
This giveaway is so cute! My accomplishment would be to get going on and launch my new endeavor.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:23 am
happy blogiversary! in 2010 i’d like to get more done. i spent most of ’09 wishing i had done more and i don’t want to repeat that!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:26 am
What a lovely giveaway! I missed your posts during the break but certainly understand why you need them. I hope to go through every drawer, closet, shelf and storage area in my home and get rid of many years of clutter. I have simplified the living spaces but the storage areas are another story. I fear that it could take the whole year
January 4th, 2010 at 10:29 am
Hello,
I just graduated college with a degree in Graphic Design. The one thing I want to accomplish this year is to move to N.Y.C. and land the perfect design job with the perfect magazine. In the mean time the give-a-way thank you cards will come in handy for sending out thank you’s to all the interviews I attend. The thumb tacks will be useful for pinning up clippings of possible job interviews, and I can use the note book for brain-storming design ideas and jotting down important interview questions. The whole give-a-way set is very beautiful and as a struggling artist in N.Y.C. these items can help aesthetically jump start my career as a designer.
Thank you for an amazing year Twig and Thistle!
Best,
Jennica Johnstone
January 4th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I plan to run 1,000 miles this year. I think I came close last year, but I didn’t keep track so it’s hard to say. Off to lace up my shoes…
January 4th, 2010 at 10:36 am
how lovely!
I have resolved to spend more genuine time with my family this year!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Happy blogiversary! A big milestone.
This year my focus is on paying better attention to my body’s needs. It’s not “lose weight” because I think that’s the wrong way to approach it. I’d like to start doing more yoga and running and give my body the nutrients it really needs. A massage or two might not hurt, either.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:38 am
I would like to gather creative momentum and keep that flow going! Open the creative floodgates! (And orange is the color of creativity).
January 4th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Those thumb tacks are kind of the best.
This year I would really like to accomplish throwing a really great party. I haven’t decided the them yet but it needs to involve a ceiling covered with balloons.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:51 am
My goal is to create and consistently post on my blog!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am
How sweet of you for doing a giveaway to start 2010. This year I would like to get my craft room organized.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:55 am
I plan on getting my house organized this year!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:05 am
This year I will be getting more organized – going through everything I have in storage and getting rid of everything I don’t use. It’s time to get my life in order, and this is where I will start.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:06 am
The one thing I’d like to accomplish this year is to learn to sew and to make lots and lots of pretty things!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:09 am
I would like to FINISH one project a month! You see, I have a two year old and a nine month old, so finding the time to FINISH things has been a bit challenging. Here is to more creative momma time in the year to come!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:10 am
I want to accomplish buying a new house with my fiance and my parents AND getting married in September. Phew – exhausted just thinking about it but those are my two goals for 2010. Cheers and thanks for the chance
January 4th, 2010 at 11:10 am
I would like to buy a house. I’m determined
January 4th, 2010 at 11:12 am
The thank you cards are adorable!
I would love to run my first half marathon this year
January 4th, 2010 at 11:15 am
In 2010 I’d like to find “home”. My new husband and I have moved to a new city and have the huge goal of buying a house this year. Even if we don’t actually purchase a house, we’d like to settle into our newly married life in a new city and make it feel like “our home”.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Get ready to make a baby
January 4th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Only one thing I want to accomplish? I have so many goals for this year, but I think the most important is to land my first contracted position. I just graduated from University and am ready to take on the world! Happy New Year!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:24 am
The one thing I would like to accomplish this year is to wear more dresses! It may sound trivial, but I want to give myself the freedom to both look nice AND still get dressed in a reasonable amount of time. The multi-tasking, easy nature of dresses make that seem doable to me.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Happy Blogversary!
I would love to get my house organized!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:27 am
i would love to get down to a size 4
January 4th, 2010 at 11:32 am
My goal is to not waste any days on wishing things were different–but to live fully, breathe fully, and love fully.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:32 am
This year I am setting aside time to write. Whether that means I will actually write the book idea I have, I do not know, but the goal will be to write in the mornings 4-5 days a week.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I am going to start blogging for my business! Congrats on your anniversary…I absolutely love your site!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:33 am
I would like to finally get a job in my field.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Happy blogiversary!
My goal this year—I want to design more things I love and less things that simply pay the bills. HAHA. As a graphic designer, I want to dedicate more time to the creative projects that my soul craves (screenprinting, crocheting, designing, painting, decorating, etc.).
January 4th, 2010 at 11:38 am
To simplify is my goal!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:39 am
I discovered your blog over your long break, and I went back over your archives for the entire year-I’m serious! You have a really fabulous blog, happy blogversary =)
I’m goal this year is to pass the exams and get my professional licence.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Oh, I love! So gorgeous!
My resolution? Tone, tone, tone!
Tone, only to *hopefully* get pregnant again this summer.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:43 am
I’d really like to shoot more personal work!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I would love to actually stick to that “New Year New You” diet and exercise program that I always start…haha.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:45 am
This year I’d like turn the TV off and make more time to read and journal/blog. I’ve been neglecting both for too long!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Ooooh, super fun!!!
Hm…one of my many hopes for this year is to gain more confidence before our wedding in October. I’d like to pull off a strapless, sort-of fitted gown!
Happy 2010 to all!!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:50 am
My resolution this year… to become more creative again. I have found that since having our son and moving, I really don’t focus on anything for myself anymore, and I’m losing that drive to be creative with so many of the things I love. I have already started a photography Project 365, but I want to really get into sewing and fashion as well.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I want to have another baby this year. If that happens, it will mean that our finances our under control…two birds with one stone!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I just recently found your blog before the holidays. I’m in love!
One of the things that I want to accomplish this year is my weight loss goal. I know that sounds so cliche, but I’ve been working on this since July in the midst of battling depression so it’s been like a new lease on life for me.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:53 am
I will become the ‘me’ again after an unwanted divorce. He was my high school sweetheart and we were married just shy of 25 years.
Someone said I was forever to be damaged – but I will take that still visible scar and join the world again with more empathy, kindness and wisdom.
I’m on board for a great and wondrous year.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:56 am
I have so many goals for this year, but the big one is to show love to everyone I encounter in any way that I can.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:57 am
This year I would like to be a better time manager… spend more time with friends, and make more clothes for my etsy store!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
This year I plan on actually scheduling all of those “we should…”. How many times do I run into acquaintances and never actually make time to visit with them? I plan on adding them to the calendar right then and there. No more half hearted “I’ll call you”.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
This year I intend take a few true vacations, push the creative limit with my glass owrk and more ‘me’ time!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
I would like to learn to crochet and get back to working! Maybe combine the 2!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
i will get healthy! physically, emotionally, spiritually…lofty goals, eh?
January 4th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
This year I would like to be more organized!! That seems to always make life easier.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
I would love to start a sewing/crafting business! It has been swirling in my imagination for years and now that I am at home with my new baby I am ready to start something new professionally too.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
This year I will take all the ideas I have floating around in my head and follow through with them!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
One of the first things I’d like to accomplish this year is to have more fun with my daughter. I’d like to be more patient with her(don’t sweat the small stuff, right?!) and practice more playful parenting. In retrospect, life is short so why not have as much fun as you can!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
This year I’d like to enter a teaching credential program. Keeping my fingers crossed that all will go smoothly and it’ll be this summer!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
My goal for this year is to be prepared, for everything. This includes prepared for work in the morning, prepared to scrapbook the pictures I get, prepared for health emergencies, prepared for starting my family, prepared for parties, and financially prepared for school.
January 4th, 2010 at 12:42 pm
oh this year, there are so many things left undone from last year, but the thing I’d really like to do this year is get in shape and get some upper body muscle strength…I have none! And hopefully have more energy to do everything else because I’m in shape
January 4th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
After spending most of last year being unemployed, I want to get on top of my finances again this year! And since that is boring, I would also like visit my best friend in Norway!
January 4th, 2010 at 12:53 pm
I LOVE this giveaway!!
This year I will spend more time doing all the important things….like playing with my children and talking with my husband. I just know this will be the year the house cleans itself and the laundry puts itself away:)
January 4th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
What a great giveaway! My goal for this year is to try and enjoy every minute with my eight-year-old son. The years are going by so quickly… I don’t want to take my time with him for granted.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
among many, a simple (and hopefully more attainable) goal is to write more letters. these thank you notes would be a perfect start!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
This year I intend to take my Fine Art degree seriously and “paint til I faint”, to make my painting career a reality.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
after giving birth the end of June I plan to accomplish running my first 5K by the end of the year. And to craft more.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Authenticity.I have many goals for a new decade, all of which lead back to my desire to be true to myself. To discover what makes me, me. To be confident to stand up and say, this is me, this is who I am, this is what I believe in, this is how I feel. To be real.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
It will be hard to top 2009 for me, as it was one heck of a year, but I’m on a mission! Going into my first year of marriage AND first year as a business owner, I plan to not be my own worst enemy, organize everything from my underwear drawer to my craft closet, lose enough weight that I feel foxy again (and then, hopefully, get pregnant!), laugh at least once a day, embrace my eye wrinkles, walk more and drive less.
Happy 2010 T & T!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I want to learn how to sew!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
I’d like to lose weight and get healthy to prepare for project baby in 2011/2012!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
Wow! How nice. I love that color scheme– it’s perfect for January.
This year, I would love to finally have a nice, finished space to craft– one that is inspiring and comfortable and endlessly pretty. Wish me luck!
Happy Blogversary!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I have so many things I want to do this year, but knowing I won’t get to them all, I will choose just this one:
Treat myself kindly. Forgive myself when I don’t get as much done as I would like, when I’m not as loving as I mean to be and don’t have as much patience as I would wish. Forgive, get over it, and start fresh. Every time.
Peace and health to all of you!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:39 pm
I would like to be more creative this year. In the hustle and bustle of being at culinary school this past year, I haven’t used my craft/cooking skills as much for gift making. I hope to do this by giving my blog more attention (starting with a much needed facelift) by documenting a craft/baked good at least each week (hopefully more). Thanks for the inspiration!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
All that orange and grey is killing me. My goal for 2010 is to organize my crafting space. Started already with the big fabric sort and purge but there is still lots to be done. And to try to do it without spending/buying too much and using what we already have. Not too hard right?!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
happy blogversary! my goal this year is to find out what i’m meant to do in this world. that should be pretty easy right?… right??
January 4th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Get in shape. Eat more organic foods. Blog more often!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Great giveaway, thanks.
I’d like to be succesful at my job firstly. taking some freelance works, work hard, be fit and be happy
January 4th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Well besides our upcoming MOVE I started Bryant 365. Bryant being our last name and 365 being the number of pictures I need to take. Basically I set myself the goal of taking at least one picture a day no matter how trivial or boring my day is I will photograph it!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
The one thing I would like to accomplish this year is a rebranding of my company, Jess LC. In part of that goal I intend to change my color from mossy green to orange, so this giveaway is perfect for me and my business!
January 4th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
ooooh beautiful!! Well, I guess the one thing I’d like to accomplish this year is to graduate high school
January 4th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Several things come to mind! I’d like to blog once a month!!!! (a major increase from 2 posts my first year…) and I’d like to regularly practice drawing which I began to work at last year.
Such a lovely giveaway! Thanks!!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
What beautiful items in this giveaway! For this year, one goal I have is to get my vintage-inspired jewelry operation underway. I’ve collected so many pretty and interesting components, but I really need to get more finished products from the ideas churning in my head!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
My goal is to marry the love of my life and begin a great adventure with him. And it’s gonna happen, too!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
I would love to get my entire super organized – I’m talking baskets, files, and labels on everything!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Happy New Year to you as well, Kathleen, and thank you for the endless inspiration!
This year I AM GETTING PREGNANT… we have been trying three times with IVF now and this year I am going to make it happen!
Thank you ever so much for the opportunity!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
LOVE those fabric tacks!
This year I want to SIMPLIFY – make more time for myself, sleep more, out with the bad and in with the clean and simple!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
My goal is to finish what I start I am a terrible procrastinator.
Happy Anniversary !
Diane
January 4th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Happy Birthday! I love orange! My goal is to keep a gratitude journal listing 3 things that I am grateful for daily.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I’d like to get my baking business up and running. Right now I’ve been doing events for friends and friends of friends but I want to get serious about it!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
My goal is to start yoga on a regular basis.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Bon Blogiversary and Happy New Year! This is a really cool giveaway, Thank you for the chance to win!
In answer to your question, my goal for this year is to get my house in order.
My husband and I moved into our house over 6 months ago and between working full-time, blogging, freelancing and mommy-ing, I’ve not had anytime to spruce up our space. Now that I’m finally home full-time; it’s my goal to hang paintings, organize and decorate!
OH, and I also want to redecorate my blog before Alt.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I make cards, and I guess one goal I would like to meet would be to get published in one of those cardmaking magazines. If not, I would love to win a few challenges!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
I am going to simplify.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
Well first of all happy blogversary! I know it isn´t easy to keep one up so congrats on that! Also because yours is one of very good quality!
And for me what I´d like to accomplish this year is to FINALLY get rid of “friends” who take take and take and never ever give anything, and I don´t mean material, but you know, give friendship, lend an ear, etc but always need, need, need from you (me in this case) I do hope I can cut those relationships.
Happy new year!!!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
What one thing would you like to accomplish this year?
Well, I’m about to have a January baby. I would like to survive being a good first time mommy who also has to go back to work full time. I hope to accomplish a routine that is good for both of us.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I’m going to be the healthiest and happiest version of myself yet!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
In 2010 I want to learn to cook…..really cook! And when I say really cook, I mean more than spaghetti !
I’m pulling out the cookbooks!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
You have been gone for ages. I’m glad it was a good rest.
My one thing….I want to change my life. It sounds like a lot of things and it is, but the end result is, I want to change my life. Me personally, the direction I am going, my environment, let go of the past, live for today, create my future, etc.. To me it is one thing because the thing is my life. Any positive long term change will affect my life.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:45 pm
graduate from grad school!!! whoo!
i love this giveaway by the way
January 4th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
I love these all together; so lovely. I would really like to sand and repaint my wood stairs. Too long ago I ripped up the carpet to discover wood stairs that could (will!) be beautiful. This year I’m going to make it happen.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
This year I want to become happy with my home. I have lived here for three years with the idea that we would move after 5. With the market the way it is, you never know what might happen. I want to make my space more my own…really move in!
January 4th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I need to refine my “resolution” more, but it’s to be more present. I sometimes feel like I float through my days – changing diapers, making bottles, cleaning up blocks. I want to really remember my children being small and I want to make memories for them too.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i’d like to get work on time, consistently.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
I want to create more and spend less in 2010! Thanks for the chance to win!
January 4th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Although I am looking forward to a busy year career wise. I’m hoping to find more time to do things that aren’t related to work. Playing more guitar and painting at least once a week.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
I hope to spend less time worrying about my future career, and more time realizing that I’m 19 and that being creative and exploring the world around me will allow things to work out on their own.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I want to spend more time with friends, and to say “yes” more often
January 4th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I’m hoping to accomplish graduating from school with a BFA in graphic design!! It’s gonna be a great year.
g r e a t.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
This is such a wonderful giveaway! Something I would like to accomplish this year is to become a more relaxed and thankful person. Often times I find myself too caught up into the stressful and hectic aspects of life and forget to just sit back and enjoy the company of my friends and family. This year I would really like to just be able to remember all the special memories that I have with the people in my life and be thankful for each and every single person as well.
January 4th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
I would like to be able to move from my “sometimes in the future” thoughts to actually doing what makes me happy right now. Carpe diem in a way. Life’s too short to wait for the perfect moment to do something that could be done today. Happy 2010!
January 4th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I want to be more organised and have a tidier house! I should go and do some tidying now!
January 4th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
This year, I hope to redesign my website & FINALLY update all my freelance projects. Who knows… maybe I’ll even do a little marketing for myself.
Great giveaway, Kathleen!
January 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
This year I want to organize all aspects of my life (home, personal, wedding, and career) in order to make everything less stressful
January 4th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Continue teaching myself how to bake bread from scratch!!
January 4th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
to love my body no matter what it looks like, being skinny isn’t everything
January 4th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
I want to get more organized in everything I do, at home and at work.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
I’d really like to sew a baby clothes quilt this year before my son moves into a toddler bed.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
My goal this year is to tone up my body and freshen up my house. I’m not sure if I’ll focus on yoga or other exercise, but I need more than just walking every day. The house and garage really need a good de-cluttering (well, I really should schedule a regular de-cluttering, not just a one-time). Plus, freshen the walls with new paint.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
This year holds MANY things in store for me. First, I am getting married on July 24, which in and of itself is a million projects that all need to be finished! I am planning to become certified to teach at the high school level. I want to work on the backyard of our new house. Continue my love for cooking and all things paper. And most importantly, try to figure out a productive way to fill my time after the wedding is over and I have nothing left to plan for… other than my fast – paced teaching job.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
My goal this year is to enjoy each and every moment, do things that I love and to try to document my year through photos.
January 4th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
What a lovely set of gifts! They make my heart happy.
One thing I would like to accomplish this year is to look for the good around me — in people, in my blessings…in the life that I live.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
I’m hoping to go from being a complete lifelong non-athlete to running a half marathon this year. Thanks for the giveaway!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Run my first half marathon…Seattle rock and roll in June!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
Happy New Year! In 2010 I’d like to learn how to crochet and only go out to eat or order-in once a week. Thank you for this wonderful giveaway!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:37 pm
Plant a vegetable garden that actually produces edible veggies for my summer salads!
January 4th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
I’d like to try and have a healthier lifestyle – incorporate more exercise.
and maybe learn how to crochet. Great choice for the give away! 
January 4th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I have lots of more generic goals, like being a great mom, a better friend and so on, but my main attainable goal is to learn how to use my sewing machine. It has been collecting dust in a closet for all of 2009.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
What a fun giveaway – the color scheme is gorgeous! I never really thought about how lovely orange and gray can look together.
I have a few resolutions for 2010, but another thing I’d like to do is learn to knit. And if I get really good at it, everyone can have a scarf for Christmas this year.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I lost a very very close friend this weekend, to congestive heart failure and cancer. She was always such a huge support to me in my photography business, and constantly encouraged me. One of my biggest goals this year is to make her proud, and bring her same kindness and laughter to my clients through their photographs.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
i want to run a half marathon (and it looks like i’m not the only one!) – up to 8 miles right now! such a cute giveaway and i love this blog!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
I want to finish graduate school!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I would really like to try to learn how to relax and realize that everything doesn’t have to be done my way.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
One thing… to be content.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
What beautiful items! I’ve been on the hunt for a fresh journal to start the New Year. The one thing I would love to accomplish in 2010 is growing my Etsy shop/jewelry business to pay my bills while I go back to graduate school for Interior Design.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
Ack! Orange, I’m in love.
This year, I want to run a 5k. I’ve never been a runner and I started late last summer with the intent to run in a Jingle Bell run. But I chickened out, feeling like I wasn’t prepared to finish in the time limit. I want to get over that fear and just do it!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
organize my computer. all my pictures, documents, everything on my computer.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:38 pm
This year I would love to build my freelance business enough so that my husband could stay at home and look after our two kids and play some more golf.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
What a gorgeous idea to start off this year with a kind giveaway! Happy birthday! I have been following your blog in the last year and it was an incredible inspiration for me! Thank you!
What I would like to achieve this year is to send out regularly cards and letters instead of emails to my dear friends and family which I had to leave behind 5 years ago to live with my beautiful husband overseas. I think hand written words are a very effictive way to make someone feel special! I’ll try my best!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
This year I will get more crafty.
January 4th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
I hope to become more computer literate and start my own craft blog! Congratulations on your blogversary!
Cheers!
Q!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
I have tons of little projects around the house, but mostly I just want to have peace of mind this year.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
this year i want to… get my house organized (it’s in chaos). AND i want to run a marathon
January 4th, 2010 at 7:01 pm
(At least) 10 seconds kissing, 5 seconds complimenting, & 30 seconds hugging my husband each day.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
happy new year!!!
i would love love love to start a personal blog this year. i have my wedding inspiration blog {which i still update even though we got married in 2008!} and my little calligraphy blog. taking on three blogs makes me seem like a crazy lady, but i want a personal blog as a sort of scrapbook/diary/journal of my life before i forget too much more of the past!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
I want to learn to cable knit this year!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
in three weeks time we are moving out of a moldy, damp, crumbling house which makes me & the two kids sick and into a light, bright, sunny house with a huge backyard and a park, bowling green & tennis courts right across the road – my main goal this year is to get fit & healthy to be able to keep up with my two little boys!
xxx
January 4th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
This year…I would like to learn how to use my sewing machine well enough that I can make myself a pair of pants. I’m forever buying pants that don’t fit quite right, and with my grandmothers sewing machine, I hope I can accomplish my pants dream!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
I love these! Especially that color combo! I want to get my house organized and clean. This is my year. Right???
January 4th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
In the 70′s my dad started a latch hook rug- his aunt bought him all that he needed to finish it. He came up with the design and never finished it. Anyway I stubble upon it and my goal is to finish for him this year. Thanks- great blog I love it!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
this year i hope to, along with my husband, start a family.
crossing my fingers that we decided to try and have luck making it happen!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:38 pm
wow, one thing to choose? it’s so cliche, but i want to get back in shape and lose all my baby weight. 3 babies in 4 years and i’m ready to be one hot mama! lol…
January 4th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
I would like to be more patient with my family….stop and really enjoy each moment with them.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:46 pm
I would love to spend more time being crafty! And keep our home clutter-free and a nice space to come home to at the end of the day.
January 4th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
There’s more than one, but I hope to get organized so that I can feel more free and inspired to be creative!
January 4th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I have been married 3 years. I have gained 20 pounds for every year of my marriage. This is my year to take control of my life and my choices and get my health back!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
I am trying my best to save so that I may be able to move out of the crappy apartment I live in. I’m ready for a step up to a new & better place!
January 4th, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Congratulations on your blog-iversary. Since I have just had a beautiful baby girl, and will be going back to work in a few months, my focus this year is to find balance between career and time with my daughter.
~ Jenine
January 4th, 2010 at 8:04 pm
My main goal is to finish my masters in nursing while giving my 3 year old and newborn some quality time as well.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I intend to purchase my first home, decorate it fabulously and live in it gloriously.
Happy 1st Blog-a-versary!
Jennifer
January 4th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
I want to find more ways to focus on my intellectual and creative life and to balance that with being fully present as a parent.
January 4th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
What a beautiful collection! I hope I win!!!
One of my goals for this year is to have my greeting cards sold in more brick-and-mortar stores! (approx. 3 more)
January 4th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I would love to learn to sew! (already started checking on classes)
January 4th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
I would like to learn to take more interesting pictures.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:01 pm
congrats on one year.
this year I would like to make/find the time to find a book club to join and make it a regular part of life (and do something besides be mom and wife)
January 4th, 2010 at 9:05 pm
I really hope to finish up my craft/studio space. It’s been a long time coming.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
This year I would like to:
Graduate college with my early childhood education degree and start on my masters for special education or literacy.
Read more books for fun.
Those are my two big wishes. Great giveaway and Congrats on the blog making it to one year.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
i would love to get my etsy shop up & running! I really want to make it magical!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
to make clothing for my new baby girl : )
January 4th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
What a gorgeous give-a-way.
I want to have my house renovations started and finished by the end of 2010.
January 4th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
I would like to accomplish the de-clutterization of my house. Go me!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
I would like to finish fixing up/cleaning out my studio. I hate the feeling of clutter in there, but man, it’s a big job!
January 4th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
My first goal of 2010 is to learn how to knit European Style.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
What a lovely giveaway! Something I would like to accomplish this year is running a 5k. I’ve never been much of a runner and would love to cross that off my list of accomplishments.
January 4th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Easy…I want to become a better photographer!
January 4th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
This year I have committed myself and my family to doing more to help others.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
starting up my etsy shop again!!!
j.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:35 pm
I want to take a picture a day and put them in a book format… I will be going on a missions trip to do eye exams in Mexico during April, working in optometry clinics in 4 different states, and hopefully going on some adventures… so I want to document it all! And hopefully bring a couple smiles to some faces!!! – Katie
January 4th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I want to learn how to use an Adobe Illustrator-like program called Inkscape inside and out so that I can do incredible things in the field of graphic design.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I would like to payoff big items on my wedding list like the cake,caterer, Photog etc
January 5th, 2010 at 12:07 am
One of the best memories I have is reading to my children.
Life gets busy and it gets easily squeezed out of our day.
I would like to read at least 30 minutes each day with one or more of our children.
~lori
January 5th, 2010 at 12:10 am
I really want to start and finish my daughter’s baby (scrap)book. She turns two this year and I haven’t even started it!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:13 am
I have the same idea of Anna (see up) :in 2010, I would like to spend 1 hour every day doing something I *really* like to do. This can be something crafty, but it might as well be playing a game with my children, or enjoying a walk outside with my husband. And I plan to cherish these moments a lot more than I did in the past!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:45 am
My goal for 2010 is to break out of my safety net and live a life of adventure (big and small) with absolutely, positively NO regrets.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:59 am
(oops, commented on the wrong post at first!) I’ve been sewing for a few months now, but have only ventured to create things with a straight stitch, so this year, I’d like to step out of my box and learn to sew/repurpose clothes for my daughter, and perhaps for myself as well
January 5th, 2010 at 1:30 am
I’d like to be able to master my time. I want to get to a point where I feel like I’ve used every minute usefully.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:39 am
“Hope mongering”. I think Seth Godin just coined the phrase in his blog. Empower myself, my children, my earthly brothers & sisters. Fuel one “power hour” each day to accomplish the real goals I need to achieve. Thank you for your generosity.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:59 am
I would love to have my house in order, to make it all tie in together and get all my clutter organised. Now that would be great.
January 5th, 2010 at 2:03 am
Bonne année 2010!First comment in French?
This year I woumd love to build my own business. I’ll open my beauty salon… French chic touch in Alpes Mountain!
January 5th, 2010 at 2:46 am
Thanks for sharing your world and creativity with us! I really want to get better at structuring my life properly and making sure I can fit as much possible in – including some much need r&r!
xo
January 5th, 2010 at 3:53 am
1. Build up my antiques business.
2. Lose weight.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:14 am
This year I would like to have the confidence to approach shops and galleries to sell my stuff. A big step but one I am building up to making.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:21 am
This year I would like to travel more. I would like to make it to San Francisco, Seattle, and the Fancy Food show in New York!
I would also like to take some time to do something physical in my home state, Oregon, like a long hike down the Pacific Creast Trail, or bike ride down the Oregon Coast!
January 5th, 2010 at 4:45 am
Keeping organized. With a 7month old and a 4 year old my life is pretty messy…my husband doesn’t help! I am trying to make an effort to keep myself and my home as neat and organized as I can.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:58 am
After I’ve started making my own bags and accessories last year, this year I’d love to learn how to make my own clothes!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:26 am
My number one goal for 2010 is sticking to my budget. And if this month is any indication of the next 11 it will be a huge challenge. Its only the 5th and I’m in the hole already!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:46 am
I would like to get another of my fabric lines produced. Guess I’d better get busy with some new artwork!
January 5th, 2010 at 6:40 am
I just want to “survive” that 5 upcoming weddings in 2010.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:08 am
I’d like to start my own craft biz! Thanks for the giveaway and happy new year!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Such a beautiful giveway. I want to run the Army 10 miler which is a huge goal for me and learn to like tea, silly I know!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:30 am
i want to end the year feeling i have been as creative and motivated as possible in every area of my life.
thank you for the wonderful giveaway, and
happy blogiversary!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Happy New Year! I would like to get better at photography.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:00 am
What a sweet giveaway!
This year I’m working on finally becoming a regular at my local Bikram yoga studio. You know, the one that the instructors actually recognize, and who’s name they already know?
January 5th, 2010 at 8:57 am
I love your blog.
I want to lose 50 lbs. I lost 50 last year and hope to finish my goal this year.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:05 am
To TRANSFORM me into the me I want to be…again. To find a way to use my talents to help our family, to be the “happy” mom again.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Declutter. Get rid of all that I don’t use, need or love!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:13 am
I want to get great results and get into my dream school or course and haha, to finally get the hang of knitting.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:17 am
This year I would like to put a fresh spin on my web presence with redesigning my blogs, website and the like. Thankfully, I know a few wizards in the programming industry who can advise me along the way!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Hey There! Well, this is my first year being self employed as a freelance Real Estate Photographer.
I know how it can get, so my biggest goal is to, stay passionate about it and not get apathetic or procrastinate. I want to be successful enough to provide for my family…and maybe save up for something fun! :]
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:31 am
This year I want to plan a beautiful, relaxed wedding without having a mental breakdown.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:48 am
to be a little kinder each day
January 5th, 2010 at 9:50 am
Happy new year & happy blog-i-versary!!!
I would love to stick with exercising regularly, move out on my own & find love. The latter I can’t control so much.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Oh wow! I’m a newbie to your blog, and I must say that its fantastic!
For 2010, I would love to learn how to let things go. I carry so much stress around with me all the time, and learning to let the past go would help me so much…
Thanks!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:16 am
I want to save money for a down payment to buy a house in 2011.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:18 am
i would like to get rid of a bunch of boxes and excess stuff that is hiding my basement!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:21 am
I am writing more letters to friends and family this year.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:22 am
What one thing would you like to accomplish this year?
I’d like to love me a little bit more this year. I’ll be placing my 24th year of life on the shelf as I take hold of a quarter of a century, but I still don’t always appreciate myself (and my body) the way that I should.
January 5th, 2010 at 10:22 am
2009 was such a busy year so 2010 I want to focus on slowing down. I plan to take one day a week to myself – no errands, gym or projects. I want to take that time to read books and fully relax.
Happy New Year!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I want to focus on noticing the smaller things and appreciating them more, especially when things are stressful and hectic. I am aiming to jot down one small accomplishment or observation per day.
what a great giveaway!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:34 am
I would love to actually sign up for yoga this year.
Every year I say that I will do it, but never have.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:21 am
I want to finish crocheting the blanket I started last year.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Congratulations on your 1st blogversary!
The journal, thank you cards and thumb tacks are gorgeous.
Like most people, I’d like to lose some weight, become better organized and relax more, but overall, I think I’d like to volunteer for something more life-changing. Perhaps it’s taking care of cats at a local cat shelter, donating time to help a food bank, or helping build a house with Habitat for Humanity (and learn some building skills for myself!) I always think of doing it. This year I will!
January 5th, 2010 at 11:30 am
Gorgeous giveaway! The one thing I’d like to accomplish, is to make time for one craft/sewing project each month for the next 12 months. A lofty goal for me, but one I feel inspired to achieve.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Too be happy. 2009 was a rough year for me. It’s time to focus on myself and my well being.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:37 am
This year begins our fifth year of trying to conceive our first child. I would consider the miracle of new life to be God’s greatest accomplishment in our lives this year:) If we are to continue waiting even longer, then perhaps an even greater accomplishment would be to remain content, joyful, and truly Hopeful with the amazingly blessed life that God has given to us.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:44 am
I am really trying to make myself reorganize my craft room. It is almost overwhelming and daunting. Maybe a little each day. Or NOT>
January 5th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Congrats on the anniversary! Well, I’m about to enter my last year of vet school, and we take our national board exams in November. So I guess my main goal for the year is to pass my boards, and become a vet! I can’t believe that being in school for about 20 years is finally almost over! Yay!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
one thing i’d like to accomplish is to run a marathon
January 5th, 2010 at 12:36 pm
Congratulations on your blogversary! For the past few years, I feel like I have been observing life, but not truly living it. It’s time to jump in.
January 5th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
Happy New Year!
In 2010, I would like to deplete at least half of my massive collection stationery, writing friends and family with my new address stamp.
Cheers to another great year of Twig and Thistle, creating lovely goodies!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
This year I would like to be more service oriented. Not anything huge or overwhelming…just a little more thoughtful about those around me and how I might be able to help them out.
I love your blog. Thank you for sharing!
January 5th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
This year what I really want to accomplish is simple: be the me that I know I can be; Be more loving, caring, and devoted to my family and friends…Don’t let work come first and I am getting to marry the love of my life! 2010 is going to be great!
January 5th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
to graduate, and start universitiy. Also to run for charity, not sure how much yet, but i’m not a runner so that would be a big accomplishment for me.
January 5th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
to learn how to sew….I really really want to learn how to sew!! Happy New Year
January 5th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
This year I resolved to make intentions instead of resolutions! I’m hoping follow through will be more successful than usual!! I have the intention of planting a garden, knitting a sweater, running a half-marathon, making bread every week, and learning to sail!
January 5th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
i want to make my job more fulfilling and less full of soul-numbing busywork.
January 5th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
What a fantastic giveaway! Thank you, Kathleen!
I will be working to get some of my fiction published this year!
January 5th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
One thing I would love to accomplish this year…is to compile all my mothers old pictures and create a “Family Tree” Scrapbook…
January 5th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
LOVE the orange! So fresh and bright, like 2010 seems to be starting off!
This year instead of setting a specific resolution, I would love to do one thing a day for my family and my home. Once a week, I want to spend time with my friends or do something for them. Easy enough, no specifications!
January 5th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
I would like to keep my head sane and be nice to everyone while planning my wedding.
I also want to teach my Basset Hound puppy some good manners.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
I would like to do my best to be happy as much as possible this year.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
This year I’d like to live more simply and give more generously.
January 5th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
What a lovely giveaway. Love how everything coordinates. Happy New Year!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
What a gorgeous giveaway. And happy blogaversary.
I would like to double my photography bookings from last year.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:15 pm
I think one thing I want to accomplish in 2010 is to get as close to done with school as I possibly can. It might end up rolling into 2011, but I really hope I can get it done this year.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
This is a year for weightloss and home organization!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I would love to have baked a different cupcake recipe each week, scrapbooked a page each day + read my pile of 35 books. Not to much but just enough for me.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
This year, I’m going to listen to my body. I’m going to eat the foods my body tells me to eat, run the miles my body tells me to run, and stop to think whenever my body thinks it needs a break. Instead of comparing myself to others, I’m going to do what my body wants me to do.
Love the orange, and love the blog! Happy new year!
January 5th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
This year I need to get into shape so I can have fun carousing in the snow with my children. And look good in snowpants !
January 5th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
I have so many things I’d like to accomplish this year. Most importantly is getting myself on a budget & sticking to it! I’m trying to save for a new car as mine is on its last tire and budgeting is hard for me, since I’m such an impulse buyer!
January 5th, 2010 at 8:05 pm
I would like to finish my wedding scrapbook this year and scrapbook my son’s first year.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:10 pm
I want to get our new house just the way I want it! We moved in four months ago and have finally unpacked all the boxes, so now it’s time for the fun stuff: hanging things on walls, curtains, bathroom accessories. Your website is great inspiration!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
This year is my year for connecting….with family and old friends, with activities and crafts I set aside too long ago. Connecting with creative spirits! Thanks for the opportunity in this give-away.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
i would like to make a quilt.
wish me luck, as i started just started sewing a few months ago, and i have a five month old!
January 5th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Congratulations on the One Year Anniversary!
My goal for 2010 is to get back to creating something everyday…be it knitting, quilting, baking, photography or fiber arts. Just creating something new – from me to the world – just because. Not because I’m being paid to. But because I can…because my soul needs to.
Happy 2010.
Heather Whiting.
January 5th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
Accomplish… thats interesting. I have lots of goals, like finding a new job, but accomplishments are kind of different. I chose the word committed for 2010 – to kindness, finding a new job, so I would like to accomplish all the items that are on that list. Thanks for making me think a bit more about this.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
January 5th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Yay you’re 1!! My goal for this year is to clean out my storage unit and get rid of all that stuff I don’t need.
January 5th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
I’m not sure that you can fit just one thing into a 12 month span. All I know is that the one thing I will focus on is that for each of primary goals, I will focus on ensuring that I am putting forth my personal best.
1. Be a better friend – listening and taking more of an active role not just a reactive stance.
2. Starting my own event planning business – for once taking note of my true passions, making the time to research and network and then start with volunteering projects to friends (helps with #1) and sit back and not worry where it may take me.
3. Getting back to feeling healthy not just “looking” healthy – Understanding the world was not built in a day and so I can not assume that I will be either. Taking the time to slow down and instead keep motivation and positive attitude up for myself and others.
Nothing can be done without focus, baby steps, and taking time. (of course a little organizing and making things pretty helps greatly!)
January 5th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I would like to get married
January 6th, 2010 at 12:05 am
I’d like to totally accept myself. I’d like to shred perfectionism and embrace my mistakes.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I’d like to successfully deliver baby #3 this July! And enjoy the fleeting time I have with my children while they’re little. They make me so happy.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:31 am
i am determined to finish my new business plan by the end of this year and be well on my way to opening my dream shop in 2011! making it happen!
January 6th, 2010 at 2:31 am
In 2010, I would like to lose weight and take more photographs!
January 6th, 2010 at 3:48 am
I would really like to start selling my sewn creation o etsy this year. There I said it now I have to do it!! LOVE all those paper products!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:32 am
I love your site! In 2010 I will learn to be a good swimmer!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:59 am
I’d like to have more peace this year. My house, my finances, myself.
LOVE the giveaway. The orange is fantastic!!
January 6th, 2010 at 7:29 am
I have an idea for a web startup that I really want to get off the ground. I’m scared and I have no idea what I’m doing.
Isn’t that were all great things start?
January 6th, 2010 at 8:41 am
Do everything I do just a little prettier.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Find a new job where I am happy !!!!
January 6th, 2010 at 9:26 am
I would like to start up an Etsy store. I’ve been thinking on it a while, and now is the time perhaps!
January 6th, 2010 at 10:53 am
I’d like to get my grandpa’s chair upholstered, right now it’s sitting in the garage reminding me every time I go to my car…
January 6th, 2010 at 11:15 am
I want to paint my house and start marketing my website!
January 6th, 2010 at 11:18 am
Find my calling!
January 6th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
I got engaged in July 2009 and would like to start wedding planning!
January 6th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
My 3 goals this year are to find a new job, write more, and get my blog noticed. Thanks for the giveaway!
January 6th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I’d like to make 26 dinners for my husband (I can’t cook). Last year, I shot for 52 and didn’t get there, but I think I can do half that!
January 6th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
hmmmm.. i’d love to make a 4.0 again!
January 6th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Oh, what gorgeous material…
This year I’d like to learn some new crafts and to find a career that will really thrill me. And finish organizing and decorating my room.
Thanks for the giveaway!
January 6th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Might sound cliche, but I’d like to organize organize organize!!
January 6th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
My goal/focus for 2010 is to re-enter the workforce after being a stay-at-home mom. It’s a little scary for sure. The time is right! Love your blog!
January 6th, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Love the giveaway! I’d like to live in the moment more this year and not get distracted w/ nonsence..
January 6th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I have a few goals but mostly I just want to remember to enjoy my babies (2.5 and 5 months). I can’t think of anything more important.
January 6th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I am going to learn to crochet! and maybe make something pretty…Bri
January 6th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
My goals for 2010 are to make my home better prepared for entertain, and to avoid procrastination!
January 6th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
I’d like to finish the baby blanket I wanted to get done before the birth of my friend’s baby by his first birthday!
January 6th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
I want to be more present and in the moment with life and relationships this year. (Pick me!!)
January 6th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Finish my degree and start the next one!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
This year, I’d love to make my apartment finally feel like home.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:04 pm
We’re looking at purchasing our first house this year… my goal: to stay sane & keep my marriage and relationships with my kids full of love & laughter throughout the process!
January 6th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
I (we, my hubby and I) only have one resolution this year…and it’s to stay off the adoption circuit and away from social workers…ooh I hope that oesn’t come across bad…you can read about that on my blog http://ashmilydesignedlife.com/2010/01/05/only-one-resolution-for-2010/
January 6th, 2010 at 7:12 pm
I’d like to learn knitting this year, among a few other things. ;o)
January 6th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
I want to open my own hip little flower shop.
January 6th, 2010 at 7:49 pm
publish my plushies and stitch work!!
January 6th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
I want to rediscover my crafting self this year!
January 6th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Last year I ran my first 5k after having my baby. This year my plan is to run a half marathon. Wish me luck.
January 6th, 2010 at 8:46 pm
I would like to seriously take a photo every day. And not lie like I have in the past!
January 6th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I love this shade of orange. This year, I want to have the wedding I’ve always dreamed of!
January 6th, 2010 at 9:27 pm
I want to spend weekends painting walls and installing flooring and shopping for new furniture.
January 6th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
this year my goal is to learn to cook dinner meals for me and my soon to be husband. I can only cook basic like pasta, baked chicken and pork chop.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:14 am
This year I hope to graduate with my Associates Degree in graphic design and get an internship. And to continue to help with my family’s small business.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:31 am
my goal for this year is to become an educator for social justice in los angeles!
January 7th, 2010 at 1:23 am
To get a 15 year attic conversion completed and then teach all in our house to declutter.
January 7th, 2010 at 6:10 am
I would love to acquire a tabletop letterpress this year…just for kicks for now but eventually to start my own stationery business. I’d also like to plan and enjoy my May wedding with becoming certifiably insane!
January 7th, 2010 at 6:43 am
I *need* ‘would like’ to organize and print all the digital pics of my family sitting on my computer (backed up of course!). #1 son was born in 2001, the dawn of digital cameras, we still used film for is 1st 2 years of life. #2 son was born in the digital camera era and did not use film for any of his pics. Needless to say I have been collecting beautiful photo albums on my bookshelf and beautiful photos on my computer, this year the two shall meet!!!!
thanks for the chance to win!
January 7th, 2010 at 7:21 am
I would love to decorate my house and my office this year! I have been in my house for a year and it is still a mismatched jungle. And my office…I have been in it for 1 1/2 years and I still don’t have a single personal item in there!
January 7th, 2010 at 9:19 am
Take many risks!
January 7th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thanks for the giveaway! Would love to be fit enough to run a marathon this year…
January 7th, 2010 at 11:33 am
Hello,
this year, I’d like to be better organized, in order to give the people around me what they deserve (attention, gifts, help…)
Thanks for the giveaway!
January 7th, 2010 at 11:47 am
I want to finally get my house organized. Get rid of all the stuff I don’t need and learn to live with less.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
The art of balancing a crazy life.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I want to spend lots of time with my grandgirl gardening and playing outdoors.
Jody
January 7th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Lovely giveaway!
In 2010 I hope to get a handle on my Rheumatoid Arthritis so I can be much more active and enjoy life to the fullest!
January 7th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
I need to reunite with the Italian and Spanish languages — both of which I’ve studied extensively in the past. I miss being fluent & know that with regular study segments I’ll be good to go again.
January 7th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
This year I would like to take time to research my ancestry so I can share with my family the history of how we came to be.
January 7th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
happy anniversary! one goal this year is to regularly make time for family and friends. it’s so much harder the older you get!
January 7th, 2010 at 1:30 pm
simple: pure joy
January 7th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
looking at my list, most of my goals are about learning. I want to sew, crochet, hand write, and design.
Thanks for the chance!
January 7th, 2010 at 3:58 pm
What *one* thing for 2010? There are so many important *must-do* goals on my 2010 list, but the one thing I really want to do is go to Italy with my husband. Florence in May. I don’t even have my passport yet, but that’s the plan.
January 7th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Well, Last year’s resolution was to re-start eating meat (and enjoy it)after 20+ years as a vegetarian. I know… it sounds silly, but I just wanted to expand my cooking/food/eating options and I wasn’t planning on gorging on meat, so it doesn’t seem unsustainable. Now… 13 months later, I can finally digest and enjoy a partial meat meal. My new struggle is that I’ll eat it if at a good restaurant or someone else makes it. But I know NOTHING about what cut it is and how to cook it well. So, My resolution this year… is to learn to cook meat well. And I’m hoping in the meantime I’ll start developing my own personal cookbook! I think it’ll be fun… once I get past the bloody meat part. Took nearly 9 months to eat more than a bite of meat, so I’m planning on this taking a bit of time to warm up to too.
ah… I’ve written too much already! happy 2010~!
January 7th, 2010 at 7:36 pm
I’d like to be more productive in all areas of my life! Wouldnt that be grand?! Thanks for the chance to win! Happy 2010!
January 7th, 2010 at 8:06 pm
Happy Bloggaversary! And you have EXCELLENT taste! I’ve been keeping a journal since my freshman year in college and am on my 27th(!).
I wrote a webseries and my goal is to film it and have tons of fun! Casting starts on Thursday. I’m super excited!
Bon Anno!
January 7th, 2010 at 8:56 pm
I wanted to get my blog started (done) and get a business off the ground that I am starting with a friend so I can stop working (eventually) at a job I hate and am miserable in (being a lawyer). So my 2010 is going to be focused on that…being happy
January 8th, 2010 at 3:27 am
write and publish a cookbook
January 8th, 2010 at 3:45 am
I want to move.
January 8th, 2010 at 4:20 am
i just found your blog and i LOvE it. i have several goals this year but the one on the top of my list is very general, and encompasses a lot. my goal is to embrace all the opportunities that come my way to live this year to the fullest.
Happy New Year and Happy Blogiversary.
Sandra
January 8th, 2010 at 7:07 am
I tried not to make a resolution this year, but instead, a way of living for the new year. This way, I wouldn’t be measuring my success or failure based on whether i had met the resolution or not. So, here it is: I’d like to surround myself with those that lift me up, not bring me down, do more things creatively just because i want to, not for any other reason, put more energy into my creative life, not my maintaining live, and take time to go away (i.e., mini-vacation for myself) and do the things i love or have wanted to learn (i.e., letterpress) and find out who i am or let shine who i have let go over the years, and lastly, live minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour, and day-by-day to the fullest. And another thing. I love the orange! I just bought 2 new lamps for my living room in ORANGE!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:19 am
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to Twig & Thistle! This year I want to (finally) start the events business I’ve been talking about forever!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:20 am
I want to finish a substantial part of my 100 books & 200 movies project!
January 8th, 2010 at 8:52 am
Hi!
This is going to be a fantastically incredible year! I am more than hoping, I am planning on putting the final touches on ending my fear of heights (that we have spent 3 years working towards) by spending some time @ grandfather mountain in NC, swinging bridge included!
Also though, I have owned my own business for 3 seasons now, and I plan on this being the year that it goes gold! I feel if I just claim the direction I want it to go in my heart, all else will follow. This is the year I begin living my dreams and watching them come true!
I’m very excited!!!! love!
January 8th, 2010 at 9:33 am
Well, I usually hate resolution, so this year I decided to live, really live. Life is too short to be anything but happy, so I am making the most of it and laughing every day!
January 8th, 2010 at 11:02 am
I would love to accomplish saving up for a new car this year! It’s a need and a big lifestyle change.
January 8th, 2010 at 11:08 am
This year I want to craft more. i havent done nearly enough in the past few years. and become more organized at home. That too
January 8th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I would love to get my etsy shop up and running! Part of the grand scheme in becoming my own boss.
January 8th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I want to finish the novel I started ages ago. Even if no one ever reads it, I want to know that it’s done.
January 8th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I am doing something fun for myself this new year, taking some calligraphy classes and hopefully opening up my own calligraphy shop!
January 8th, 2010 at 3:01 pm
I hope to get my book published!
January 8th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
My husband is a Marine, and this year, we move back to the states! We’ve been stationed in Japan for the last 3 years and it’s been hard to get my stationary business going from so away. I hope to accomplish more and am so excited to become more hands on with my clients!!
January 8th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Being away from family and friends for most of 2009 has made me appreciate real, honest-to-goodness face time. It’s hard to imagine what we’d do without blogs (though rarely updated), text messages (with their predictive text typos), and emails. I’ve tried to put gadgets aside and enjoy the people immediately around me. For those I’m not around, I’ve tried to send little notes in the hope they bring little smiles, even if it only lasts on the walk back from the mailbox. 2010 will bring more time away and I hope, hope, hope I can improve along those lines- being a better listener, a better here and far friend, and a better corresponder.
January 8th, 2010 at 4:19 pm
I want to make 12 quilts!!
January 8th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
oooh! pick me pick me! I just spent WAY too long on elum’s site oohing and aweing over everything on it…
January 8th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
this year i’m going to accomplish:
quitting the fingernail biting habit (for real this time)
January 8th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
I would like to pay off all my debts and start my 30s in the black.
January 9th, 2010 at 2:21 am
I want to start our family and send my parents on a much needed cruise!
January 9th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I just want to become more organized. 2010 — This is the year!