Honey and Birch

1 Year Blogiversary and a Giveaway

1 Year Blogiversary

Holy cow!

I can’t believe I’ve been blogging for an entire year and today is my 1 year blogiversary!

When I started this blog one year ago today, it was kind of on a whim – I felt void of creativity serving and bartending for so long and needed an outlet to help me spark my engines.  It was slow going and at first I wasn’t sure I could devote the time to it but I continued on anyway.  I have found I truly enjoy writing again, cooking with the intention of sharing the recipe, and not just sharing the food, and photographing all my creations.  I am working my brain again, finally, and it feels so good.

Blogging has definitely been more challenging than I expected.  Part of me thought if I wrote it, they would come – I’ve seen Field of Dreams too many times – and if any of you are bloggers, you know that isn’t the case.  It gets discouraging when you pour your heart into a post or work really hard building a gift guide and no one checks it out.  But you know what? It’s ok.  I’m blogging for me and that’s what I’m going to keep doing.  And I hope you all stick around for the ride, even if you is just Mr. B and my mom. 🙂

The Numbers

The Favorites

I looked through all my old posts and my stats and picked out my favorites and yours (based on page views).  I wonder if any of these will make next years list…

Favorite PostsFrom Top to Bottom; Left to Right

DIY Melt & Pour Soap | Easy Caprese Salad | She’s Foxy: Fox Inspired Gifts for Her | DIY Vanilla Extract | Chorizo and Chihuahua Cheese Jalapeno Poppers

The Giveaway

To celebrate 1 year of doing something I love, I am hosting a giveaway!

I thought long and hard about what kind of giveaway to do, and I decided to support a friend’s small business – A.M.B. Jewelry!  As you’ll soon find out in the next few months, I have big love for small business.  Amanda pours her soul into her lovely jewelry and I wanted to share a little piece of her work with my lovely readers.

A.M.B. Jewelry The winner of this giveaway will receive $25 worth of merchandize from A.M.B. Jewelry’s Etsy shop – winner will be notified by email and upon responding will be directed to email their selections to me.  Please read the rules below and then enter with the Rafflecopter widget below.

Important information and rules:

  • To enter, use the Rafflecopter widget below. Everyone gets one easy entry – the other entry methods are optional.
  • The prize is $25 worth of merchandise to A.M.B. Jewelry.  After winner claims their prize, winner will be instructed to select merchandise from the A.M.B. Jewelry Etsy shop and email their selections to jennyb@honeyandbirch.com.  Honeyandbirch.com will be responsible for shipping merchandise to winner via U.S.P.S.  This giveaway is sponsored by Honeyandbirch.com and not affiliated with Etsy in any way.
  • This giveaway is open to US Residents only.
  • The giveaway ends on February 10, 2014 at 12:00 am CST and one winner will be chosen randomly via Rafflecopter.
  • The winner will be contacted via e-mail and has 72 hours to respond in order to claim their prize, so make sure you log into the Rafflecopter widget with a valid e-mail address! If the winner fails to respond in the allotted time I will select someone else.
  • I will be checking the validity of each entry, so make sure to enter the required information correctly. No cheating! 😛

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Well, thank you everyone for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful year. 🙂  I will.

xoxo,

Jenny B

Reader Interactions

Comments

  2. Well, he’s not a “thing”, but my favorite would have to be my 9 1/2 month old baby boy. He’s a little spitfire and is always making me laugh. He’s my later in life baby and he has brought so much joy to his older sisters, his older brother, his dad and myself.

    Happy Blogiversary!!

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  14. FIRST CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST YEAR. I THINK BLOGGING IS A VERY HARD JOB. MY FAV THINGS. WELL THERE ARE MANY. MY DAUGHTER & SON IN LAW OF COURSE. MY 2 LITTLE FURBABIES. SEEING THE PLANTS IN MY GARDENS GROW TALL & BEAR FRUIT. A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN NORTH WISC & SITTING BESIDE MY HOUSE READING A BOOK IN THE BREEZE. SWIMMING IN A BEAUTIFUL LAKE OR SAILING ON IT. I TOOK ALL THIS FOR GRANTED TIL THIS YEAR WHEN I WAS STRUCK DOWN BY A VIRUS THAT ATTACKED MY HEART & FORCED ME TO REST 24/7. NOW I CANT WAIT TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS AGAIN. THANKS

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  15. I LOVE God & visiting family & friends! I love my animals. I love entering contests & winning.
    I love taking pictures. I love chocolate. I love reading, movies, & learning. I LOVE that God lets me wake-up everymorning for 57 1/2 years!!

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  22. Congrats on your 1 Year Blogiversary! hmmm…. I have so many favorite things… Some that come to mind; books!, movies, live theater, good coffee, cupcakes, daffodils, and puzzles (crosswords and other pencil puzzles & jigsaws). And of course, my dog Rocco!

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