Happy New Year! (Year In Review!)

Happy New Year's Eve!! 

As we say goodbye to the year 2009 we say hello to a new decade!

Where has the year gone? Where has the decade gone?? Doesn't it seem like just yesterday that we were ringing in the millenium and there was panic about the world ending!? (Though we are likely to see that again in 2012!)

Despite how quickly it flew by, 2009 has been an eventful year!

Here's my year in review!

January: 

I moved back home to California from Virginia and started school here.

I celebrated my best friend Jessi's one year angelversary.

February:

I got my driver's permit. (I still havn't gotten in the car at all yet though other than one driving lesson. Unfortunately I think I'm going to have to retake the written test because the permit will expire before I get the chance to take the driving test-Hey, that's a good resolution for 2010!)

March:

I started this blog!! 

I also celebrated what would have been my snowflake's first birthday!

April:

My sister turned 21!

May:

I finished my first semester at SRJC.

 I also had my first trip to the Emergency Room of the year.

June:

I got to experience my first taste of summer in the wine country! Boy is is beautiful!

July:

We moved out of or Tahoe house officially and my dad stopped his weekly commuting from Tahoe to The Wine Country.

August:

I started my second semester at SRJC. 

I also celebrated my snowflake's one year angelversary.

September: 

I saw wine grapes on the vine for the first time! So cool!

October:

I opened my etsy shop, "The Moonlit Dandelion"!

My godfather died after he suffered a stroke.

November:

I celebrated my 18th birthday!

December:

We celebrated a beautiful Christmas together!

How was your year? 

Are you doing anything special to ring in the new decade?


In just a little while, I'll be heading out to San Francisco to ring in the new year with a group of my friends!

So pop those noise makers, get out your party hats and crack open the sparkling cider (or the champagne if you rather!) and say hello to 2010!!

Halloween Pictures and a New Piece!

I finally got around to uploading the pictures from Halloween! Better late than never right? I made a half tutu for my peacock tail and then I created a headpiece to match, I'm really happy with how the costume turned out!

I also added another piece to my Etsy shop today! I've been hard at work making holiday gifts making earrings, bracelets and necklaces! Crafting galore!

My sister came home for the 30th, I always enjoy getting to spend time with her!

My costume

My newest Etsy piece!

Hope your day is sunny and bright!

And the Winner Is...

The giveaway is officially closed!

The opening day had a wonderful turnout!

There were 81 entries for the necklace!

I also got 14 new followers! (Oh how I love to make new bloggy friends!)

Hopefully all you new friends will stick around!

In honor of making new friends I will be having another surprise in the next couple of days so stay tuned!

Now down to the oh so exciting good stuff...

So I drew a number (or rather clicked the number generator) at exactly 12:01 and low and behold

-Number 77!-

Which means the winner is...

Congratulations!

Halloween Blog Tour and The Moonlit Dandelion Grand Opening Giveaway!!

Welcome to all the witches, warlocks and bloggers from near and far to my blog! A special welcome to those of you who've wandered over on Mrs. B's Halloween Haunted blog tour!

Happy Monday!

I'm Krissy and welcome to Thinking of Blue, my little spot in the universe!

Here you will find a pinch of inspiration, a dash of sarcasm, some beautiful photographs and an entrance into my daily life!

I LOVE Halloween and all the fun and celebratory goodness that comes with holidays!

I love dressing up and decking the house out!

This year I've had some great fun making Halloween crafts!

You can find out how I made a Frankenstein Piggy Bank HERE!

You can see the witches cupboard ingredients I collected and glass jack-o-lanterns I crafted HERE!

Feel free to wander around but beware of the trick-or-treaters that you may run into!

Today is a doubly special day as not it's not only my haunted blog tour day but it is also the opening day of my Etsy shop The Moonlit Dandelion!

As part of the opening celebration I'll be giving away one of my favorite pieces from the shop!

The piece is shown with a pink Swarovski crystal but the winner will be able to choose any color they'd like!

There are two steps to enter the giveaway!

The first is to follow my blog (this is very important as this is where I will be announcing the winner)! If you're already a follower-(thank you!) that counts too!

The second is to go to the shop HERE, come back and tell me which color crystal charm you'd choose!

Now the options for extra entries! (You can get up to SIX extra entries!)

For each extra entry please leave a SEPARATE comment!

(It makes it so much easier for the random number picker to find a winner!)

1. Tell me the word that inspires you most!

2. Follow me on Twitter! @ThinkingOfBlue

3. Follow my shop The Moonlit Dandelion on Twitter! @TMDandelion

4. Become a Facebook Fan! HERE

5. Announce this giveaway on Twitter! (come back with the link!)

6. Write a post on your blog about this giveaway! (come back with the link!)

The giveaway will end Tuesday night at midnight pacific time!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope I'll be seeing you around here soon!

Happy Halloween!!

It's Almost Here!

I know I've been MIA all week but that's because I've been getting my Etsy Shop ready!

My Etsy shop's grand opening will be on Monday so be sure to check back for a special treat!