My First Year Blogging--The Highlights

Wow, what a year. 

I started this blog one year ago today--January 2nd, 2011.  

I cannot believe that it has been a whole year since I started this collection of ideas, recipes, and thoughts.

I didn't really know, when I started,  if anyone would read it or if anyone really cared about my ideas and what I had to share.  I really just started it for myself.  

Well, I have been truly overwhelmed by the responses I have received from my friends and family and from all of you out there in blog land.  It has been an amazing experience for me and I am definitely looking forward to sharing more recipes, house ideas, and projects.

I thought that I would now share with you some of the highlights from the past year---


In January 
I posted a few of my favorite recipes

Risotto with Shrimp and Asparagus

and shared our Winter Garden

February
brought  Our Office Re-do

and more of my favorite recipes

Baked Shrimp Scampi

In March,

I was featured on Casa Sugar for my fabric covered cork board

April---
Brought more delicious recipes

Oysters LouLou

and I shared our new Patio

In May,

I hosted a Garden Party

and

June

I shared my most popular recipe (yet)

Mini Caprese Salad

July 

was a slow month posting, but I did share our North Carolina Lake vacation

August

was still a slow blogging month because we started repainting the whole house, but I did share our foyer re-do

and our Kitchen update

September
brought  one of the highlights of my year

My feature in 

 
In October,

I shared our trip to San Francisco

and more delicious recipes

Shrimp and Lobster over Polenta

November
Some of my sweet friends hosted a party to celebrate our magazine feature

and shared some recipes and decorations for Thanksgiving

and 

December---
I shared all of my Christmas Decor and a few more recipes

Thanks to everyone for this past year.  I'm hoping that 2012 will be even better.