I got so busy with summertime, extra hours at my consulting job, and back-to-school, that I nearly forgot my own blogthday. My blog turned 2 on August 28, the date of my first post.
I also missed marking my 200th post (this post makes 242)!
Numbers aside, the wonderful inspiration and friendship that blogging brings to my world continues to be countless, and I thank every visitor and friend for that.
To celebrate my happy blogthday, I'm having a giveaway but because this little festivity is so last-minute, the prize will have to be a surprise since I haven't assembled or photographed anything yet. I will be sure to put together a fun sampling of tinkered treasures and treats.
To enter my belated blogthday giveaway simply leave a comment on this post by Wednesday (9/15) at midnight.
xo
elyse
Oh Boy ~ can I just take a Big Ole' Nose dive RIGHT into that cake!!!! It looks SOOOO yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Celebration!
Congratulations!! wow you are 2! I got my Romantic Homes yesterday and found your page! Congrats! You are having great things all over! I am glad I found you blogging and hope to have many more years!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Lisa
Congrats to you and can I have a piece of that yummy looking cake?
ReplyDelete-Danielle
Happy 2nd Blog Birthday and 200+ posts!
ReplyDeleteI did see your article in the Romantic Homes also! Famous Gal!
I'm craving that cake...
Happy weekend.
Deb :)
Happy day!! I don't think however, I will get that cake out of my mind....my mouth is watering!!!! Congrats to you!!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday to one of the most
ReplyDeleteenchanting, creative blogs in blog
land!
Congrats on your blogaversary! Please enter me! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogthday!! Save me a piece of that gorgeous cake. Your blog is always beautiful and you are just so creative.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
That cake has got to be the best looking cake I have ever seen. Of course now I need to run into my kitchen and forage for a sweet!....LOL Kit
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to you!!!
ReplyDeleteHave a pretty day!
Kristin
Congrats on your 2nd blogthday. Love the cake it looks very yummy. ! ! !
ReplyDeleteCount me in--and happy Blog birthday!
ReplyDeleteJeannie
juanakmcd@aol.com
Hope it was a happy one! I have just completed my eighth month of blogging. I'm still just a baby blogger.
ReplyDeleteSherry @ A Happy Valentine
Happy Blogthday! But it is us, your readers who get the gifts...every time you post! Thank you for the beautiful inspiration! Your work is greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteChristy
Christyg77@aol.com
and many more to come my dear!!
ReplyDeleteim going to eat pretty cake now :)
Happy Blogthday to you .... What a lovely post you have. That cake looked yummy.
ReplyDeleteErin
Happy 2nd Blogthday you sweet thing!!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is as pretty and yummy as that cake!
Thank you for your adorable blog! It takes me away from life's chaos. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy blogthday to you!
Happy happy Blogthday! :D That is such a pretty cake too! I just recently started following you (yesterday) and I love love your blog! :) Count me in on your give away...so sweet! :)
ReplyDeleteHugs, Carolyn ~ Cottage Sunshine
Congrats on 2 years!!
ReplyDeleteAnd that cake is beautiful!! Do you do cake decorating too?
Elyse..Happy blogiversary!! I always enjoy you bringing us into the decisions you are trying to make on your home. It feels like we are your friends..sitting at the kitchen table helping you decide!!Thanks for sharing your home and your life with us!!
ReplyDeleteCindy from Rick-Rack and Gingham
I'm so glad you started blogging, Elyse! Happy blogthday! I know anything you put together is cute so please count me in on the give away! ♥
ReplyDeleteCongrats! The cake looks soooo yummy!
ReplyDeleteIrma :)
Happy 2nd Blogthday Elyse... Its been 2 years? Feels like I known you longer then that!!
ReplyDeleteYummy cake!!
Hugs!!
Sonia
Sign me up, I love your cheerful style!!
ReplyDeletesee, time flies when your having fun!!! Happy Blogaversary!!!!
ReplyDeleteand heres to many more!!!
"the best prize is a sur-prize"
ps
ReplyDeleteabout the cake ...
~ from a bakery (the pastry gourmet)
~ a mother's day present from my sweet guys
~ raspberry filling = YUM
thank you so much everyone for your sweeter-than-cake comments!
xo
Happy Happy birthday blog day! I have been so blessed to have met you through blogging. You know what a big inspiration you are to me friend!!
ReplyDeleteOh Boy Elyse you know I am a sucker for surprises!!! Count me in!
bee blessed
mary
Oh, what fun, Elyse! Happy Blogthday to you, my friend! Mine will be belated too...for much the same reasons! I do believe we started just about the same day--funny!
ReplyDeleteI hope you're having a lovely weekend so far!
Julie
Oh my! Congratulations, you sure have a special Blog in my books! I will be celebrating a Birthday this month so I too will be having a Party! oxox, Diane
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogthday!! What an accomplishment. I would love a piece of cake. Have a fabulous weekend.
ReplyDeletexxoo Valarie
Congratulations dear Elyse! Happy Blog Day!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I have to tell you that I think that is one of the most beautiful cakes I have ever seen! Diana
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your bloggiversary! It was so fun seeing your familiar jars in Romantic Homes the other day- Congratulations on that as well! I have a feeling we will be seeing a lot more of you in books and magazines !
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you Elyse!
I SO want cake now! : )
Happy blogthday : ) I want cake now, lol
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Kathy
Happy Birthday..your blog turned 2 the day my son turned 8 xx
ReplyDeleteWell happy blogthday anyway. Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on both counts!
ReplyDeleteThat cake is looking yummy!
Debbie
Congratulations Elyse on these milestones! Have a blessed day and whatever the gift is will be wonderful! HUGS!
ReplyDeleteHappy B'day to Elyse's gorgeous blog!
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Roselle
Happy B'day to Elyse's gorgeous blog!
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Roselle
Happy B'day to Elyse's gorgeous blog!
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Roselle
happy blogthday to a darling blog!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cake! Happy blog birthday, 200 posts, wowsers!
ReplyDeleteHappy 2 years! How the time flies when we're having fun - and we are. I am so happy we are friends and that we met through this blogging world.
ReplyDeletexo
Claudia
Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy blog birthday! You're sweet, just like that yummy looking cake, to have a giveaway for us! Suzie
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Birthday! Here's to many years to come!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on year 2 and here's to many more!! Your blog is so great to visit when I need a fix of 'pretty'. I love stopping by so congrats again!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, Elyse,
ReplyDeleteTime really flies in blogland, doesn't it.
I've been following you for a while now and enjoy the trip.
Your cake is a dream.
Hugs & ♥♥♥s
Gerry
Oh happy blogthday my friend...your posts always fill my heart.
ReplyDeleteI am off for the week but will visit when I get back...happy week to you. xoxoxo
Congratualtions! Wishing you many more fun and inspiring things to come!
ReplyDeleteCongrats.....and I have my plate ready for that yummy looking cake!!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy-Happy-Blogthday, Elyse!!! :) Hope you enjoyed the cake too!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Zuzu
Elyse -
ReplyDeleteHappy belated Blogthday! I am so proud of you :) Look how many wonderful, exciting things have happened for you in the past 2 years. May you have many more special blogthdays!!
xxxxxx
bff
Wishing you a Happy Blogthday! How time flies when youre having fun! i cant believe its been 2 years already.Keep up the inspiration & tinkering!
ReplyDeleteAnything you put together would be a gift for sure, Elyse! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteBrenda
If the prize is that cake...I am so in! Happy B-day to you!!!!
ReplyDeletem ^..^
Wooooo Hoooooo, I love birthdays!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and Happy Birthday to the Cottage! Thanks for offering a giveaway.
ReplyDeleteNelly
I hope that scrummy cake is part of the giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteGill
Congratulations, Elyse! I love your blog so much. It always inspires me and makes me happy! I'm looking forward to many, many more years of bloggy fun and goodness... :)
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Jill
That cake is gorgeous! Happy blog birthday! I'm so glad that I found your blog, and I wish you many more years of blogging and creating!!
ReplyDeleteAlison
Congratulations to you for 2 years of blogging! It sounds like you've been busy. I love the beauty you provide to all of us :-)
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Marcia
Congratulations!...I love your blog and love surprises too...
ReplyDeleteThat cake looks so Yummy and Pretty..
hugs
Brenda
Well----happy number 2 to you!
ReplyDeleteTime does fly.
Melinda
Well----happy number 2 to you!
ReplyDeleteTime does fly.
Melinda
HAPPY BLOGDAY , haha .
ReplyDeletegreat that your blog is 2 years old , i just found it today through another blog , it looks great .
greetings Roos
Happy Blog birthday. Congratulations on being featured. That cake sure looks good.
ReplyDeleteDouble Congrats!! I hope you're not going to eat that cake are you??? It's way too pretty to eat! :)))
ReplyDeleteHappy Second Bloggiversary!!! That cake is gorgeous! Looks delicious!!!
ReplyDeleteMichelle
Hello, Congratulations, your blog is so lovely and cheery, I love to visit to see what you are creating. Happy Anniversary and have a wonderful week. Terri
ReplyDeleteHaPpY BlOgThDaY To YoOoOoO !!!
ReplyDeleteA very Happy Belated Blogthday to you! Here's looking forward to many more!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogthday, that is cute!!!
ReplyDeleteMany more happy blogthdays to YOU!!!!
Oh my gosh, what a beautiful cake! Congratulations Elyse! Your blog and everything you create is so, so charming. xo Paulette
ReplyDeleteHappy second Blog Birthday! Really enjoy reading your blog!
ReplyDeleteMichle
Old Machala Farm
Happy blogaversary!!! And I hope there will be many more!
ReplyDeleteElyse, your blog has been such an inspiration to me...I wouldn't miss looking at it during the week. You are so special. Happy Blog anniversary!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations. I would enjoy some cake and want you to know that I love last minute surprises, Elyse!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Suz
Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteKisses,
Iray
Wow! Happy Blogthday! It's always a treat to come by and see what you are up to. Thanks for whatever sweet thing you're giving us the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen such a pretty cake. Happy blogthday elyse xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Happy Bday ..your inspiring!
ReplyDeleteoh, wow, congratulations! it´s very exciting! i can´t wait until my blog will have its first "blogthday"! :)
ReplyDeleteoh, i almost forgot: please enter me!
^_^ i wish you a nice sunday!
pink Lady
Congratulations Elyse on your blog's milestone anniversary! Looking forward to the next 200 posts!
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jeanne
Hello, Elyse, my friend,
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on reaching such a milestone. I always enjoy coming over for a visit at your cottage. I adore that sweet garland you made. Seeing your pinking shears reminds me of my momma. She sewed everything my sister, niece and I wore. She always had her shears close by. I vote for hanging it above the door because I think it shows up better there, but either place, it looks quite festive. Enjoy your Sunday and have a happy week~Vicki
Congrats on turning 2! I'm almost there!! That cake looks too good to eat..but I guess I could try! Lol!
ReplyDelete-April
HI from Ireland! Love your very pretty blog,it caught my eye 'cos my sister is called Elyse and it's a very unusual name!! Don't you have the loveliest range of magazines in USA....makes me so jealous and to order by subscription,postage is so expensive. However,I can enjoy all the pretty things via your blog.
ReplyDeletePS the rag banner looks great across the window!
Congratulations! Keep blogging, because you really make my day!
ReplyDelete-Wendy
Well hey Elyse!
ReplyDeleteThe cake is just perfect for celebrating!! Happy day to you!
Leann
HAPPY BLOGTHDAY Elyse, and wishing many more! The cake looks heavenly! The boys sure know how to pick them! I am so very grateful to have met you through blogand and to be your very proud fairyBLOGmother!
ReplyDeleteLove you dear!
Maryjane
xox
Please enter my name for your sight-unseen-2nd-blogthday-clebration! Anything you make is a treat and I love parties! I'm so glad I found your blog...maybe, hmmm a year ago or so. I always find whimsical inspiration and good tips, too. I read my Romantic Homes on vacation last week and turned to my husband on the beach and said, "This woman is a blogging friend". "Do you know her?", he asked. "In a bloggy sort of way", I replied. Men just don't get this whole thing!
ReplyDeleteHere's to many more years!
xoxo
Joyce
Happy Happy! I just love stopping by to see what lovely things you have created. Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogthday! That is so exciting! I have my blog-avesary coming up soon as well. i don't know what day though.
ReplyDeleteErin :)
Happy blogiversary! What a special way to celebrate.
ReplyDeleteHere I am, waving from Washington. Coming in on the tail end of your giveaway but I'm here...pick me, pick me please...Love sent!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the blog birthday! Blogging to me is like a birthday everyday!
oh dear I shouldn't miss this giveaway! do count me in! and big Congrats to you! Happy 2blogsary and hope to read many more beautiful posts from you, Elyse!
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fitty
Happy Birthday and many more! And all those posts = absolutely amazing!
ReplyDeleteelyse,
ReplyDeletehappiest of blog birthdays to you. please enter me in your lovely surprise give-away. i'm a girl who loves surprises!
xo
~molly
you're so funny Elyse!
ReplyDeleteHappy blogthday. :)
xo, Cerri
Happy 2nd Blogthday! I found you in my Romantic Homes magazine and I'm glad I did. You are so creative! Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHappy Blogthday! Congratulations on two years of wonderful, inspiring posts. I look forward to the next two years! Twyla
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog Birthday, better late never never! I love cake and can't wait to see what your giving away.
ReplyDeletehappy blog birthday my rockstar friend!! xo
ReplyDeletehappy blog birthday! my daughter's name is also Elyse so you have one of my favorite names.
ReplyDeleteWell Congratulations Elyse! 2 years old! Happy blogthday! What did we do before we had our blogs?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what you cook up! Anything you put your mind to comes out magical so it will be just perfect for this special occasion!
Have a great day! Karen
Congrats on your blog anniversary! I must admit I also passed mine, hope to remember on my 2nd anniv. Please count me in for the give away. Thanks a lot, Lori xx
ReplyDeleteCongrats from one of your newer readers. Your blog is simply charming. Thanks for sharing and inspiring! I'm sure that cake is just as divine as it looks!!!
ReplyDeleteYvonne
What a pretty cake. Happy Blogthday! I have enjoyed every visit to your blog and will continue to visit often. Congrats ...
ReplyDeletejennifer
I have just found your blog and am going to do some browsing which looks like it is going to quite fun. Congrats on your blogthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy Blog-birthday, Elyse!!
ReplyDeleteHI Elyse!
ReplyDeleteHappy blog birthday sweetie!! Thank you so much for your words and thoughts on my Dad, they meant so much to me!! as does your wonderful friendship too! I've been so behind on comments and catching up, but you are always part of my weekend coffee visits. I just usually run out of comment time, argh :) They should invent a machine to read our minds and translate it to the page instantly :) with life being so busy, that would certainly help!! :)
Hope all is well sweetie and your summer has been good to you! I'm so excited for fall!
Much love and hugs, Cyn xox
Congrats to you and happy birthday!!
ReplyDeleteLove reading your blog!
Karen in Texas
Oooo, a surprise giveaway...I love it Elyse. I know that whatever it may be it'll be absolutely sweet and amazing. I know I would love to have anything made by you. Congratulations on your blogthday and 200+ posts. I love your blog and always enjoy my visits. Keeping my fingers crossed and chanting..."Pick me, pick me, pick me" :-) Have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteHugs and Kisses,
♥Ana
I just came across your blog recently and I have really enjoyed it, it will be awhile till I get the whole thing read! Love the picture of the cake I want one!! I also really enjoy all your pictures and the background of your blog looks like material I have in my sewing room! Happy 2nd Blog Birthday! Oh and I grabbed your button.......
ReplyDeleteSherry
A very happy 2 blogthday to you
ReplyDeletedid you make that cake? holy baked goodness!
ReplyDeleteWell. I think i wrote already. It is one a.m. in Prague and the churches are chiming.
ReplyDeleteImust tell you about making "Elyse-cloth." My daughter and I had a blast. I woman at a rummage sale gave me a ton of rose fabric on a cream background. Kat and I were dyeing lace and we threw some in each bath and got pink, yellow, turquoise and teal background with pink roses still right there. Very pretty!
Hugs,
Suz
Congratulations on two years! Thanks for a chance to win the mystery give-away.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your blog B-day! Enjoy the attention
ReplyDeletemy very first visit to you after finding you in Romantic Homes and i loooove your site! happy blogthday and keep up the good work! i am tickled pink to find you....Jenni
ReplyDeletehappy blog birthday!
ReplyDeletepopped in from sweet Koralee's to say hello.
lovely pic!
♥
Oh, I missed it! but wanted to wish you a happy blogthday anyway!
ReplyDeletexo andrea