Is anyone still out there? Boy, it’s sure quiet and I’m as guilty as the next guy. There hasn’t been much computer time here in ThimbleannaLand. But lots of family time and goofing off, which is very important at this time of year. I hope you’re all enjoying the holidays too — and having a wonderful time.
In the middle of it all (Christmas, New Year’s, and our anniversary (which is a number that makes me feel really old LOL)) there’s been a blogaversary here. Four Years! Gosh it hardly seems possible. Thank you so much for playing along here with me. For listening to me ramble on and for leaving all of your wonderful comments. You guys are the best invisible friends anywhere. I know other bloggers have said how much their blogs have surprised them and I feel the same way. It’s been so fun to get to know many of you and to even meet some of you in person. Each year brings new adventures and I can’t wait to see what will spring up in year five!
So, how ’bout a little giveaway? A little Vera Bradley — a new passport holder and small make-up bag. In pink, to match a pretty pink roll of divine twine. (‘Cause I’ve added pink and airmail to the Thimbleanna Divine Twine corner.)
See? Pink and Airmail. (I love that Airmail — it’s red, white and blue wahoo!) Aren’t they cute?
Oh, that was shameless, wasn’t it??? Thank you, Thank you for supporting my teeny little store. I almost said “Most of all, thank you…” but it’s not most of all. Really, I can’t tell you how much fun your comments and e-mails have been. I can’t say much more without gushing all over us both and then … well… pass the kleenex.
Anyway, back to the giveaway. No jumping through hoops. Just leave a comment by, oh, let’s say midnight EST January 7th (Happy Birthday to SweetiePie) and I’ll draw a winner that weekend.
And Best Wishes for a VERY Happy and Safe New Year to all of you!
XOXO,
Anna
P.S. If my comments happen to randomly shut off — which they do on a regular basis {grumble}{grumble} — just hang in there. I’ll fix it as soon as I see it!
Happy New year! Thank you for another year of inspiration and laughs. I just love your posts. I’m hoping that you will post pictures from the gingerbread house decorating event.
Oh how lovely, I used my Twine on Christmas packages, it was a big hit! I love this week with not to much on the agenda too. Today I’m sewing after a grocery run..hmm pot roast in the crock pot, how easy is that!
What a wonderful giveaway. The bags are so cute and the twine would be so useful. Congratulations on your first four years.
I do love the twine – we can only seem to get red and white over here!
Happy New Year to you and yours, Anna. We’re knee deep in Sylvanians and trifle here …
Happy New Year Anna and congratulations on 4 years blogging.
I’ve often laughed my head off overhere and enjoyed your posts. You’ve been such a loyal friend from the beginning of my blogging career. I hope to enjoy many more posts!
Oooo, those are super cute. :)
Happy Anniversary and Blogiversary to you. I’m coming up for 3 years soon … isn’t it scary how fast it goes by ? Hope you all have a lovely New Year .. thank you for all your comments on my blog and your friendship too. See you in 2011.
Congratulations on your 4 years!! I celebrate 2 years next week (and by coincidence on the same day my 600th post!!) Of course that means I’ll be doing a giveaway too – details sometime next week. Happy New Year to you and all in Thimbleannaland!!
Such pretty VERA! I hope that you and your family have a very happy new year.
Wonderful giveaway! I’d love to be entered!
Congratulations on your anniversary and blogiversary. Wishing you a happy, safe and healthy new year.
kudos on 4 years…wow!
happy soon-to-be b.day to sweetiepie!
joyous, happy, glorious, peace filled new year enjoyed in good health… to you anna & your entire family!
thank you for including me in this fab giveaway!!
Congratulations on the Blogaversary Anna! I’m certainly one of the guilty ones here. I alternate between giving up on blogging and vowing to blog more! But I so look forward to reading the latest adventures in ThimbleannaLand and you’ve certainly been an inspiration! You got me thinking that it will be four years next August that I began to blog. Time flies, doesn’t it! (And hubby and I will be celebrating our anniversary next week too!)
Happy new year!! And happy 4 years of blogging too. I appreciate your posts and photos.
Happy New Year to you too! We have already greeted the New Year here while you have several hours of the old one left. Also, congratulations to your blog anniversary! I don’t think I knew four years ago what a blog was ;). In my eyes that makes you an avant-garde! Vreni x
Happy 4 years of blogging, Anna. You are a bright spot on my blog list! I still have bookmarked your post on True Crimes, so funny! Thank you for sharing it all with us, your buddies in Blogland, and thank you for the neat giveaway.
Hooray! 4 years! Time really does whiz by doesn’t it?!
To the next 4 and many more! :)
Happy Anniversary there sweet pea. I feel guilty for throwing my name in the hat when I’ve been quiet on the commenting – but 2011 will bring changes :). Love that twine – I’m off to check it out :).
Happy New Year Ms Anna
Congrats on four years of blogging, and on your anniversary! I’ve been waiting for the gingerbread house contest post. You are going to show us, aren’t you? I mean, when your good and ready of course ;)
Happy New Year, Anna!
*you’re (not your). Honestly, it’s the stupid automatic correct on the iPad, not me. Sigh.
Congratulations on your blogiversary.
It’s been a pleasure being one of your “invisible” friends. Blogging certainly does make the world a little smaller, a little kinder and a whole lot more fun!
Happy New Year!
Yay for pink Divine Twine!! Everything looks bett in pink! ;0
I wanted to say, “I’m still here!!!” Congrats on 4 great blog years. I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog and getting to know you a bit. Cute giveaway and happy New Year!
i meant ‘better’
Oh, my. I am in love with Airmail. Why do you do this to me??
I used the red twine for Christmas and it was so cute – the pink and r, w, & b are kickin’ also. Your blog is sunshine on a rainy day… I love your super duper artistic abilities, but I know that you are much more than that. So many wonderful and kind ideas in that pretty little head of yours. It truly motivates me – your blog and you! Today is our 17th wedding anniversary and Mike is well at this point – we have alot to be grateful for. May this year be good to all of us, and remaining healthy is a real gift. Lets make a point to get together a few more times than we did last year. I can come north also. Good luck to everyone on the give-a-way – may good gift karma rain on (me) all of us.
If you go out tonite, be safe everyone. Let’s raise a glass to Thimbelanna and her generosity.
Always, Robin
Thank you for sharing your life with us. I enjoy reading your blog. Happy New Year to you and your family…
How very sweet of you to have such a munificent giveaway! The fabrics are so pretty! And I like the air mail, too.
Congratulations! I hope your new year is the best yet.
congratulations on a number of accounts! its been fun following along with you in blogland!
im loving your twine!!
I’m a relatively new subscriber, and i am positively smitten! Thanks for you inspiration! And a happy new year!
I love the fabrics used in the giveaway. Happy New Year!
there you are!!
happy new year anna!!!
Congratulations! I am one of your silent admirers
and I enjoy all your sharing of your life. Thank you for all your inspirations of creativity and for a great giveaway. A very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you and yours.
Happy New Year, the little bags look very cute.
I love Vera, I love that twine, and I love your blog! Happy 2011 to you!
Happy Anniversary and Blogversary, and congratulations on surviving the holidays. We had a little puppy (my parent’s yellow lab) join us this year (like you guys last) and oh my gosh that little fellow makes everything more interesting. Esp. since in our family there are 5 little people between 10 months and 6 years old…..lots of potential things to chew on and jump on….Best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Years.
Happy anniversary and blogaversary! Thanks so much for the giveaway (love the twine), and have a very happy new year!
Happy Blogaversary! I enjoy reading your blog. Thanks for taking the time to share and for the chance to win. I do love me some Vera Bradley.
Happy New Year and Happy Anniversary. I love the bright colors and would love to win the prize, but if not I’ll just continue to enjoy your blog. :)
Happy anniversary and congratulations on your blogging milestone too!
Happy Anniversary. Happy New Year. Happy Blogaversary. I’m digging that twine.
Really love your blog!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
THANKS FOR THE NEAT GIVEAWAY!
Congrats on the blog-iversary!
Am wondering… have I missed the Gingerbread House Deco-off???
Happy Blogiversary / New Year to you.. sitting here with a now calm Bailey the Wonderdog & Cosmo the not so bastard cat… its 2011 here and the pets were very distressed at the huge volume of fireworks here.. its humid and hot already and its only 9.15am.. I hate 2011 already! LOL
Lissa
Australia
Love your blog! Congrats on the anniversary…both of them. Happy 2011!
You know I love your blog Anna. Happy New Year to you and your family!!
Happy New Year – can’t wait to see what 2011 brings here in Thimbleanna land. Congratulations on your anniversary and blogversary – sounds like you have had lots to celebrate!
Happy New Year Anna! It has been great getting to know you this year and seeing all the wonderful things in your life. The giveaway looks very nice so please count me in!
Oh Anna, classy way to start the New Year, or end the old one. I would love to win your giveaway- I think it would be really appropriate if the airmail twine got sent by airmail, don’t you ;). Have a great new year and it’s been so nice to ‘meet you’ this past year x Tan
Wow wish I had found your blog when you first started. You have given me so many ideas I want to be in your family so thanks for the ideas and the laughs. Plus I hope you draw my number I never have won anything : ). Terri
Happy New Year Anna – you’re an inspiration, your makes are always so delightful and your posts so great to read!
All the best for 2011.
:-X
Happy New Year and Happy Blogiversary!!!
Thanks for the sweet giveaway–I’m crossing my fingers!
Happy New Year!!!
Thank you for the great give away
:)
SheilaC
Well, what a generous giveaway! I love the new twine. Those bags are adorable too. Most of all (lol) it has been great to read all the great stuff you have written this year, THANKS and Happy New Year!!
Oh my goodness.. another year is closing on us and I love your blog.. You have been very helpful to me on more than one occasion and I appreciate that. Oh by the way did I mention I love pink!
Happy New Year!
Love the blog. Would love to win the prizes! Happy New Year, Anna!
Congratulations all over the place to you! Thanks for being an ‘invisible friend’ on my blog too! You’re one of the steady readers and I really appreciate it! Put me in the drawing for the prizes – of course! Thanks!
Time flies when your having fun doesn’t it?
Happy Four Years to you!!!! And many more.
Yeah – would love to win the PRETTY PINK one!!! I have the red from you a couple months back – love it! And Happy Blogaversary!!! Have a Happy New Year!!!
Hugs from Michigan – Diane
Congratulations on 6 years!! Wishing you a blessed new year ahead.
Oops….it’s late….. I mean 4!!!!
Thanks for all the inspiration and humour over the last year. Happy blogiversary, I’ve enjoyed your blog immensly, I hope you find time to continue. I love the goodies, thanks for including me, now when do we get to see those gingerbread houses?
Happy New Year! You have combined 2 of my favorite things…twine and Vera Bradley! Thanks for the chance to win. I hope you have a blessed year.
Great blog~ Congrats on 4 years!
Happy New Year
Happy Everything, Anna! I can’t wait to see what fun things you post about in the coming year. I hope you have a safe and wonderful New Year’s Day!
Happy New Year! I would love to have a chance to win those pretty little things! Pink is my favorite color! :) Thanks for sharing some of your projects. I have made your dishtowels with the Susan Branch fabric and gave them as gifts. I love them! :)
Happy Anniversaries, Anna! I’d give you a Candle Hat like Goya’s, if I could – your blog often has me “laughing like birthday cake.” All the best in 2011!
Happy Anniversary! and Happy New Year! I recently did some housekeeping on my list of blogs and kept yours then I came back today and found your giveaway! Thank you! My kids love Vera Bradley.. and my one daughter wanted a passport, of all things, for Christmas. I love the twine but can’t seem to find any. Keep up the good work!
OooOOOHhhh… passport holder!
Well, I’ll enter – but I’ll probably have to buy one of those cuties asap!
Now… to schedule travel…
Happy New Year, Anna! What a nice giveaway. And I’m so happy to have found your blog … you are so funny!! I finally hope I am back to blogging … please check out my last post. It’s the first one in four months! –Yellow Dog
Happy Anniversary! I love your blog and is one of the blogs I have listed as a favorite. I visit often.
Happy New Year from Scotland!! Are you coming to visit this year?? I can provide copious quantities of advice on where to go and what to see!
My blog will be 4 at the end of January – really must post something up there soon ;o)
I love the twine! And Vera. :)
Anna, Happy New Year and anniversary! Love your blog and would love to win your giveaway. Enjoy your family tales, recipes, and humor.
Happy New Year and congrats on the anniversary & blog-o-versary! Vera Bradley — my fave!
Oh fun! Count me in! :)
Anna, it is a privilege and a joy to spend time in Thimbleannaland.
Thank goodness to no hoops and a very happy birthday to Sweetie Pie for the 7th.
Of course your faithful readers are still out here! Happy anniversary and blogiversary.
I really enjoy your blog. i was hand quilting last night and thought about your beehive quilt that you paid someone to do. It is fun to have wonderfully inspiring people I can to on-line.
All the best in 2011
Yours is the first blog that I found and started following. I was searching for a pattern for a fabric wallet and stumbled upon your blog. I have enjoyed following you ever since.
Thanks!
Congratulations on what I am sure required perseverance!
Happy new year, happy anniversary, and happy blogiversary!
Happy New Year!!! May you always have enough fabric to finish your project.
Wow 4 years! Happy blogiversary to you and I hope you have a Very Happy 2011!
Pink divine twine? Really. I must have some of that. A gal with five daughters needs pink divine twine. LOL! Happy Bloggy Birthday, Anna. I’m so glad you are my invisible friend.
~Cassie
Oh…the Vera Bradley is lovely, too. But, pink divine twine…sigh…:-)
Hey Anna . . . what a shameless plug to get a few comments. (You know I’m kidding. ;o)
It sounds like your holiday was wonderful, and I’m so glad. Ours was pretty nice, considering the sleep deprivation of a newborn . . . who is currently refusing to go to sleep as I type. Sigh. At least he’s cheerful about it, right?
Have a wonderful New Year!
Hi Anna,
Congratulations on your 4th blog anniversary- I am hosting my first giveaway that is not tied to a special blogging event. I have finally reached 100 posts. Do come and visit- perhaps you will win some fat quarters /book or patterns/ shawl.VBG
I have enjoyed blogging and getting to know bloggers from different parts of the globe. It is an amazing journey indeed.
Thanks for hosting a nice giveaway- someone is going be very happy when you draw their name.
Happy New Year to you and yours.
Warmest regards,
Anna
I love the twine! All colors. Happy New Year!
You are priceless Anna! I have only just discovered you and love what I see. Thanks for the chance to win this sweet giveaway! Wishing you the best in 2011!
You know I have to enter this giveaway don’t you? How can I not, when you’re giving away Vera Bradley items, plus that wonderful divine twine I can find so many uses for.
Congrats on your blogaversary!
Happy 4th Blogaversary and Happy New Year!!!! Love your blog and your inspiration to create! Thank you for the lovely giveaway.
Pam
Dear Miss Thimble,
It’s been a fun year reading the stories about your life and finding fun ideas here. Thank YOU for taking the time to share with us. Wishing you JOY in the new year.
Jody
PS The give-away gifties are so nice!
Happy New Year, and Happy Anniversary! Love your blog. Can’t wait to see the gingerbread house pics. Keep up the good work!
Jill
Love Vera Bradley and especially twine!! You have a beautiful blog. Jayne
The heat is turned up, I have a warm cat curled upon my lap and a dog wrapped around my ankles. I shouldn’t complain of being cold as I’m here in my California livingroom. I know it’s worse in the rest of the country…except maybe Florida. I just found your blog as I was looking for sewing patterns. I have to admit I’ve never read blogs, but yours spoke to me and I plan to visit often! Thanks for making my foggy/soggy day brighter! Happy New Year! Karol
Congrats on 4 years! Woo Hoo!
Just found your site…love it! As for the twine, anything pink is awesome! Happy New Year and best to you!
Happy New Year! I thought it was quiet at first but in the last week my poor blog reader has been working overtime as I haven’t been reading the posts in a timely manner! LOL! Thanks for the chance!
Happy New Year. I’ve seen your blog listed on many blogrolls so decided to stop by again …and surprise, you are having a giveaway. As am blogless, the milestone of 4 years of blogging is mind blowing. Congratulations. As I have given Vera Bradley as special gifts, perhaps it is time to try to win an item! So, if you are accepting new visitors for the giveaway, please enter me. Best Wishes for four more wonderful years of blogging.
Your Divine Twine kills me, I can think of a million and six places to put it and ways to use it. But mostly I wanted to say happy new year, and I feel so lucky to have found you and your corner of blogland.
No need to add my name to your prize drawing. I just wanted to say Happy New Year to you!
Hi gorgeous girl, happy blogaversary! Thank YOU for your blog – you give so much by doing it for everyone else to enjoy. And I love the new twine!
PS You don’t need to enter me in the draw – just popping in to say hi!
Happy New Year! I look forward to following your blog in 2011.
So wonderful! Best wishes for 2011 and thanks for the chance!
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
Lots of family time and goofing off over here in Nash-ville too.
Congrats for four excellent years of Thimbleanna blogging!! Hugs from one invisible friend to another.
Happy anniversary and Happy New Year! I’ve really enjoyed your blog this year. I’m new to quilting and look forward to all of your projects!
Happy New Year and Happy blog anniversary. I love to hear about your family and your projects. I’m looking forward to your gingerbread house competition!
Happy New Year, Anna! Four years!! seems like yesterday I found you in blogdom. Looking forward to more of your craftiness in 2011.
I only just started reading your blog last month and have never left a comment. These are so cute, though! Thank you for offering this giveaway. I would love to have these. I’m also looking forward to the creative things you come up with this year.
Just a side note. We celebrated our anniversary recently, too. Ours is New Year’s Eve, 14 years.
What a great little giveaay!
Happy New Years!
Happy New Year! Missed you over the holidays as my computer crapped out and had to wait until I got back to work to check on you! Love the Vera Bradley bags!
Happy happy New Year, Anna! I hope 2011 will be a wonderful one for you.
What a gorgeous little giveaway. I do hope you don’t mind popping me in the hat.
Emma
x
I just started to follow your blog and I am really enjoying it. I’m new to the blogging world but am loving it so far. The twine is adorable. The pink would be so cute on birthday presents with kraft paper… hmm…
Happy new year, Anna! Thanks for the giveaway, I love Vera Bradley and that pink is so especially pretty. Happy Fourth Blogiversary to you.
Happy New Year — and thanks for your blog. Truly inspiring. I’m thinking PINK. Congrats on 4th blogiversary!
Denise
Would love this-especially the twine! :)) And I always love your blog! :)
Visiting your blog is always a highlight in my day. :) I’ve haven’t written on mine in so long it looks abandoned. lol I’ll get back to it soon.
This is a great giveaway. LOve that air mail twine. Super cute stuff.
Happy blogiversary, Anna!!
What cute twine! Hope I win it! Happy Blogiversary!
Congrats on your blogiversary! What fun! I will have to visit your the shoppette again – I’m afraid I must have the airmail twine! ME
How darling! Congratulations on your Blogiversary!!
Great giveaway! The twine is so pretty. Love the layout of your website – it is so easy to find quilt ideas. Thanks!
Your blog regularly brings me much needed shots of colour and inspiration, I am always happy to see a new Thimbleanna post appear.
happy new year! and congratulations on your blogiversary…
Lovel give away! Happy New Year
Lovely give away! Happy New Year!
How did I miss this post?? I know how. I haven’t spent much time on blog land! Happy Blogiversary, Anna! Great giveaway! Thanks for the chance!!
Love to read you. I would really love to win something. Wish me luck!
That twine just screams happy to me!
Ohhhh…Pick me, pick me. I always love your blog of course :)
Glad to hear you had a happy new year.
Happy New Year! Pink, Pink, Pink…how I love Pink..how I would love to win! Lisa in Texas
Congratulations and love your blog!
Happy New Year! Thanks so much for having a giveaway – always nice to have something to hope for!
I’ve just discovered you, so happy new year, and a happy Blogaversary to you as well! Love your craft projects!
That must be my favorite Vera Bradley print – I’ve looked but never bought any before, so this would be a wonderful beginning! I’d also be just as excited to get the twine! And 4 years is such an accomplishment – big congrats to you!
You are such a great example of the kind of woman I wish to be. Nice to see someone celebrate family instead of complaining. You inspire me! Sometimes I get so involved with my work, that I forget to just take a day to be CREATIVE! Thanks all your examples of creativity whether food or little craft projects.
congrats on your 4 years of blogging! it whizzes by, doesn’t it? i’m so glad that i have had the chance to be your imaginary friend for a good portion of it. and i’m even more glad that i got to meet you in Minneapolis last year. happy new year to you, dearie!
Roses are Red,
Violets are Blue.
Oh please, please, please,
Make that Twine Mine.
Hi there… Have just stumbled across your blog looking for ideas for a wallet for my daughters travel pass to take to school… and what do you know… you have exactly the right thing! Will be adding you to my regular viewing… c you soon!
:o)
I’m loving that twine…I’m loving your blog. I’m loving everything about this whole thing! And I would LOVE to be entered in your giveaway. Your blog is fantastic! I love all your ideas and inspiration. Keep up the good work! I’m REALLY loving that twine. LOL
Happy New Year to you! Here’s to getting on top of life and blogging in 2011. (I’m not off to a very good start btw.)
Love Vera Bradley–great choice!
This is a fun New Year. Going for the beautiful pink this year and twine, oh yeah. Congrats on your blogaversary. I just love checking in with you and seeing what is new each day.
Thank you for sharing so much.
Oh how I love your blog…the tours,projects and funny stories are an inspiration. Thanks!
OH what a great giveaway! I want this! Really I do! Thank you so much for sharing. Happy New Year, Happy Anniversary, Happy Everything!
A VERY NEAT GIVEAWAY!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
jldouglas@wispwest.net
I love your site. I always read it. Thank youl
Congrats on the Anniversary!
Just discovered you while looking for Tortellini Lasagna recipe — found at thoughtsfrommsq.blogspot.com. She had link to you. Love your blog and sounds like you have some wonderful invisible friends. Happy New Year!
Hi, I would like to participate in this beautiful giveaway!
Thank you for the chance and your blog is amazing :)
Happy 2011!
Happy New Year! Love all the pink!
Oh I’m just squeaking in!! Anna, you know how much I love your blog. Whether or not I win, thanks for all the wit and wisdom you share with the world :D
I love that wallet! I just found your site, too. Lucky me, huh? :) I’m loving everything, and I just added you to my reader!
Oh No
I’m so far behind on my reading since coming home. I love those twines –
I think I missed your giveaway – but I love your blog – thanks for all the eye candy
happy new year
xo