five hundred hugs and a giveaway!!!

i'm celebrating today......in a five-hundred-blog-posts kind of way!!

five hundred posts!! woo hoo!!!

i've got my party shoes on, along with a fun hat and a cute noisemaker....

but wait, a party just isn't a party without a door prize, right?!

so i wanted to create something a little "five hundred" special .

it all started with this fun teal and black doodle paper

by elsie flannigan.....

and i couldn't resist adding a few of my own doodles using my white uniball signo pen!

then i covered a couple of davey boards with it......

after that, i found myself pawing through my party-paper-stash, and started folding all kinds of fun things to write on.....graph paper, plain paper, ledger paper, lined paper, colorful decorative paper.....and i even found some kraft envelopes.....for tucking in all of those other important papers that are top, top secret!

once it was all folded, i poked some holes in the boards and the papers, took six needles and some waxed linen thread and did some coptic-stitching.....just to bring all of those delicious papers together in proper party fashion.....

and just to make sure that everything is tucked neatly inside and won't wander off,

i added an elastic band to the side to keep it closed!

and presto.......a five-hundred-blogpost-doodle-journal-door-prize!!

so let's get this party started!!!

grab a balloon and a piece of chocolate cake (before i eat it all)!

and to make sure your name gets in the party hat for the door prize,

just leave a comment on this post by midnight thursday

(one comment per person, and please make sure i can contact you!).

i'll use the random integer to choose a name and announce it on friday!!

{important note: even with hats, noisemakers, and door prizes,

YOU are what makes this celebration so special!!!

my heart is filled with thankfulness that i have met so many

fabulous artists and sweet, sweet people over

these past five hundred posts.......

it truly is one of the most unexpected,

and greatest gifts that i've received!!

thank you for hanging in there with me, encouraging me,

and inspiring me.....

i give you five-hundred-times-ten bloggy hugs!!! }

edited midnight thursday: comments are now closed......

thank you SO much for joining my party!

winner to be announced friday!