2011 in Review

This was a very exciting year for me and my blog. I thought I would do a little recap about each month and the things that made it extra special. Here is the first half of the year!

- Set some goals for the year. Some got completed...some, not so much. 

- Filmed a video on how to roll sushi!

- Gave my blog a makeover. Holy smokes, I didn't realize it was so long ago that I did that! I really need to get serious about the redesign that has been in the works forever.

- Made some cute heart elbow patches for my sweater.

- Found my wedding dress!

- Met Astrid and her mom for the first time. I totally thought this happened December of last year, I guess not!

- Played with colour swatches.

- Played a few shows with the band Ivan and I were playing in.

- 'Temporarily' closed my etsy shop. It is still closed, haha!

- Had a little meet and greet for our wedding party.

- Picked up my wedding dress!

- Changed our wedding colours.

- Told people how to say my name and told a silly story.

- Shared 30 things you may or may not want to know about me.

- Found an amazing chair!

- Started painting again.

- Discovered a great quote.

- Went to a cat show!

- Recited a whole bunch of digits of Pi.

- Showed you how I make green smoothies.

- Told the story of how we got Farva.

- Shared some tips on how to take fashion risks.

- Did my first (and only so far) what's in my bag post.

- Shared some of my funny 'major fail' moments.

- Designed and printed our wedding invites!

- Posted a video of a 'Big Hair' how-to.

- Turned some tights with a run into socks.

- Gave Ivan a handsome haircut.

- Had a craft party to make pretty things for the wedding.

- Got a Diana F+ and have been trying to take pretty photos with it ever since.

- Got myself an Instax Mini. One of my favourite purchases!

- Went up to Art Crawl. I really need to go to more of these.

- Had two lovely bridal showers.

- Started a fun little series of posts called '28 Things' where for 28 days leading up to my 28th birthday I shared one fact about myself. It was so fun!

- Turned 28!

- Ivan and I were drawn by my lovely friend Tera.

- Met Kaylah and Kevin for the first time! A great start to a great friendship :)

- Discovered an antique market full of cameras and scored myself a pretty little mint one.

- Did an about me A-Z post.

- Finally thrifted some pretty floral brooches. My collection has been growing ever since.

- Felt very loved by my seriously thoughtful friends when they threw me the perfect bachelorette.

- Had a whole bunch of awesome guest posts before and just after our wedding.

- Got married! (Most exciting thing to happen all year for sure!)

- After keeping my hair white for our wedding, I finally dyed it light pink!

I will be posting the second half later today. I hope you guys are having a good day so far!

♥elycia