Sunday, June 16, 2013

Six years ago today...

...I began blogging, and it has been a wonderful experience! Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that I began blogging with the encouragement of the wonderfully talented Sherry Pence aka LadyShuttleMaker. I shall forever be grateful to her for introducing me to this wonderful forum for communicating with other lace lovers!

Today is also my birthday... I can't believe I'm 61 and that I have four grown daughters and five grandchildren. Didn't I just graduate from high school?

There won't be much time for tatting today. Some of my family will be over to celebrate, and I'll get to see the rest of them next weekend. I can't believe I have to share my special day with fathers! ;-) Imagine how Christmas babies feel!


I'm making slow progress on my latest cross. I have to follow the directions line by line... thank goodness for Post-It notes! The directions say that the finished size is 4 1/2" x 7" with size 30 thread. I'm using size 20, so I'll be very interested to see how large this turns out!

Happy Father's Day to all those dads out there!

32 comments:

  1. It's quite a momentous day! Happy Blogiversary, Happy Birthday, and for all those dads out there, Happy Father's Day. :)

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  2. Happy birthday.
    Happy blogversary too!
    I discovered tatting blogs only a couple years ago--and it still feels like they are few and far between. I love how much you accomplish and how much you share.

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  3. Happy Birthday and Happy Blogiversary! I hope you know what an inspiration you are to beginners. And a huge help too! Thanks.

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  4. Wow, six years blogging and a 61st birthday as well! Congrats on both, Diane!
    Fox : )

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  5. Happy "Blobirthday." Great work on the cross. Also love your wooden shuttle and picot gauges.

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  6. Happy Birthday!!! Love the yellow you are using. It blends beautifully!!

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  7. A very happy birthday to you!!! And many more!!
    Kelly

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  8. A double milestone then; congratulations on both accounts! I admire everyone who keeps a blog, since I have never been brave enough to start one myself.
    I enjoy reading yours!

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  9. Congratulations on both...really wonderful in progress cross as well, looking forward to seeing it when complete!

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  10. hope you have a wonderful birthay and blogiversary. I really enjoy reading you blog

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  11. Wishing you a very Happy Birthday and blog anniversary. Always love seeing your wonderful tatting!

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  12. Happy Birthday and Blogaversary!
    It's always a pleasure to read your blog and to follow your stories of work and your wonderful family. You're one of the dedicated tatters and bloggers who are so inspirational! Hope you had a great day!



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  13. Happy Birthday and 6 years of blogging. I only discovered "Tat Land" on the Internet a short time ago.

    I have so enjoyed reading your blog - learned so very much, love seeing all your beautiful tatting, hearing about your family and following the Tollway Tatters meetings. Thank you for sharing your time, talent and love of tatting with us. I really don't know how you fit it all in. Enjoy your day!!!

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  14. Happy Birthday!! Happy Blogiversary as well.

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  15. Happy Birthday and Blogaversary! Thank you for being an inspiration and enabler. Several of my shuttle and thread purchases were a direct result from your post.

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  16. Happy Birthday Diane, and congratulations on your blogversary!

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  17. Happy B day Diane, and congrats on your blogversary!

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  18. Happy birthday and blog anniversary, I am sure time has flown, It's amazing what a different world there is in blog land, I am learnt so much from the world of tatters and meet some wonderful people in blog land, You are among one of those who has given me encouragement over the time I have been blogging.
    I am looking forward to seeing this new cross.
    Have a nice day
    Margaret

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  19. Happy Birthday and lovely to be able to communicate with you via your blog. Six years and hopefully many more years of bogging. Greetings from Singapore

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  20. Happy Birthday!!! :)
    Your partial cross on that green background looks like daisies in a field!! :)

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  21. First on all congratulations on your 6 year Blog Anniversary. Happy Birthday as well. I guess you and I share the day together. June 16th is my birthday too! I had a wonderful day yesterday.

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  22. Congrats on 6 years a beautiful tatting on a lovely blog! I've always enjoyed checking in and seeing what you are up too! And and very Happy Birthday as well!!!!
    ~Allison

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  23. Congratulations on your marvelous "Now We Are 6" blogiversary! And what a lovely coincidence that it is your 6.1 (in decades) birthday too!

    Having loved your blog for YEARS (more than four, but less than six) please accept sweet macaron wishes for both occasions and a toast to another fun-filled 6!

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  24. Happy birthday and Happy Blogiversary! What a birthday you gave to yourself six years ago when you started - a lot of new friends that share tatting with you ☺. Hope it was a great day.

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  25. happy birthday + happy blogging anniversary to you ; )

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  26. Happy Be-lated Birthday Diane! I'm sorry but yesterday was 'back to work day' and I was too exhausted to do much but shower and go to bed. I hope you had a wonderful day and plenty of cake.

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  27. A belated Happy Birthday, Diane! I trust you had a wonderful day. Yours was one of the first blogs I read after I started tatting. I appreciate your time and dedication to your craft.

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  28. HAPPY BIRTHDAY To You and to blogversary belatedly!!
    Wish You a lot of tatting time!
    Petra

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  29. Diane, I'm sorry I'm late wishing you a Happy Birthday. I hope you had a great day with your family.

    And Happy Blogaversery to you also.

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