Attic24 became five years old yesterday. Inside my mind and heart the day felt momentous, yet I was unable to articulate the feeling to anyone. I told a couple of close friends and I told the Little People, but even to my ears the words sounded strange. My blog is five years old! FIVE! Can you believe it? Blog Birthdays are funny things it seems. Kind of majorly significant and totally insignificant all at the same time.
I feel a little like my blog has become another child. Actually, I feel a lot
like my blog is another child. I remember the pregnancy (I obsessed
about the notion of blogging for 9 months before giving birth to A24, I
kid you not), I remember the fledgling newborn days (awful anxiety mixed
with incredible joy). I remember the toddler days (I am running with
this, full tilt, watch me go!), and the pre school days (loads of fun,
how can it get any more funner? There is so much to go at, so much to do
and say and learn). And now it's kind of like my baby has suddenly
got all grown up and gone off to school (I am still having loads of fun,
but now I want to do more-more-more).
I keep wondering if Attic24 has changed much over the years, and honestly I don't think it has. I am still inspired by pretty much the same things, still do pretty much the same things, and still share it all in pretty much the same way as I always have done. I think that's the great thing about creating something so honest and personal. It retains it's own integrity, cos it is one hundred percent genuine. I don't try to make my blog take on a particular flavour or shape or subject matter. I don't try to make it fit in anywhere. It just flows naturally as it follows the course of my life.
Often I am amazed by the way in which Attic24 has grown. It sometimes feels as if the whole thing has grown so very very big. And yet it is just Me, a stay at home Mum with my little point-and-shoot camera and my laptop. And I'm not big at all. I am just here in my home, pootling about creating things and enjoying life.
I make things and I try my very best to help others make things too if they want to. I try to fix my memories in place with words and images so that I don't forget life's wonderful little pleasures. I try to appreciate the weather and the seasons, the joy of mothering, and the fun of going places. I try very, very hard to capture all that is good, and to practice gratitude. I am a lover of life. I am a happy soul. And that's about the long and short of it.
Amazing really, this blogging lark. I've grown to really love love love it and it has become such an important part of my life. I love the sharing, I love the creativity, I love the feeling of community, and I love being a part of something which gives me so much pleasure.
I love all the words too. I love that you take time to write to me, I really do. It is often presumed (quite wrongly) that I probably don't read all my comments cos there are so many, and yet I assure you hand on heart that I do. Of course I do! How could I not? Your collective voices are so lovely, and it means a lot to me that you continue to visit and read my words and respond.
Five years then. Wowsers. That's half a decade of stuff.
So all I can say really is THANK YOU. Thank you for your friendship, enthusiasm, gratitude and creativity. Thank you for coming to visit. I don't plan on going anywhere or changing anything much around here, so expect to find me with my little Attic window open for the next half decade. You are welcome to call in anytime, I'll be here.
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Congratulations! I love your blog, I only just discovered blogs and yours is my favourite. So happy and SO inspiring-I am learning to crochet and your beautiful projects are my inspiration. Here's to another 5 years and beyond. Xx :0)
Posted by: Kate Maguire | March 29, 2014 at 07:24 AM
I have just finished a little birdie and I love it , I am more of a knitter but I was told about your blog and had to have a peek. I love it! You have inspired me to have a go at crochet and now I am "hooked" .
I also have a wool shop and a lot of my customers follow you so we can chat about what is going on next..... Long may it continue , and thanks for the happy colours and inspired projects x
Posted by: Trudy Wiffen | April 14, 2013 at 12:19 PM
I could crochet but never read patterns because I have dyslexia. I've found it so frustrating till recently when I discovered your blog and your beautifully simple instructions. Thank you Lucy, you rock. I am now crocheting for the first time in years and loving it.
Posted by: Paula | April 09, 2013 at 11:17 PM
happy blogoversary, dear Lucy! I've been away from your blog for a while, catching up with the things in my life and my blog, but I always remember you and your lovely colorful world:) It always makes my day bright!
Have a wonderful week!
Anna
Posted by: Anna | April 08, 2013 at 11:00 AM
Happy Birthday!!
Congratulations! I am just starting out on the whole blogging!!! I love reading your posts!
Posted by: sonia | April 06, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Lucy, such a great post, you have inspired me. After prevaricating for a whole year, I read your words and I've started a blog. It's so scary! But thanks for the inspiration.
Posted by: CJ | March 29, 2013 at 07:27 AM
Congratulations. .I absolutely love your enthusiasm,hope you never lose it
Posted by: Opeyemi | March 25, 2013 at 08:09 PM
5 years! Thats a true blogging milestone right there. Most blogs don't last 3 months :). Congratulations on your success but honestly, you deserve it, this blog is gorgeousness personified and it translates worldwide. I am just about to share you shamelessly with all of my blogging friends and I KNOW that they will adore your blog as much as I now do. I am a night time person but I get up at 3.30am to read my rss feed read blogs (over 500 of them to date) because each and every blog is precious to me and reflects something inside me that I find valuable. Your blog just got added to the sparce "craft" section and opens up another facet of my personality that needs exploring. I have my own little personal library of blogs, customised to my own peculiar lein and your wonderful most delicious blog is now firmly entrenched in my "must read!" blog section. Cheers for adding so much colour to my mornings :)
Posted by: narf7 | March 24, 2013 at 07:23 PM
Congratulations Lucy, what a milestone to have reached, Attic 24 has always been one of my favourite blogs and has encouraged me to bring more colour into my home. I think I originally found your blog when then was a small mention of it in Country Living Magazine. It must be at least 3 years ago - how time flies and thank you for all your inspiration!
Sarah x
Posted by: Sarah | March 23, 2013 at 01:14 PM
I creep into Attic24 when I feel a bit under the weather - and while wandering through it, my spirits are lifted and I realize how wonderful life is! I am looking forward to your next blog.
Posted by: Gisela | March 21, 2013 at 07:13 PM
You're such an inspiration Lucy. Thank you so much for sharing!
Happy Bloggy Birthday ♥
Posted by: Karen | March 20, 2013 at 08:29 PM
Thank you, thank you Lucy for sharing your little corner of the world with the rest of us--your beautiful attic. You are such an encouragement and a blessing. I learned how to crochet about 18 months ago and your creations are always at the top of my list. Your patterns and tutorials are so carefully put together that even I, a novice, can understand and feel confident making them. I can not say how thankful I am to have found your "piece of heaven". I pray that you are continually blessed in the next 5 years! Yay for "blogdays"!! xoxox
Posted by: Sarah | March 20, 2013 at 07:19 PM
since you you told us that you read all you comments here i go again. Lucy You are fantastic. You are a kind and lovely soul,you are generous for sharing all that you do, in such detail that it is impossible not to reach the final result.You are fullfilled with beauty and simplicity, and i thank God everyday for you and your family. Im from Brazil, My english is not good enough to show my consideration for all you do for me, but in short, you are such an inspiration! Im doing a blanket...is taking forever... i have decided that i wanted to do it in single crochet, because the stitchs are close enough to give more protection against the cold weather... im doing it in the same pattern o of colours that you do and i already love t it. Almost everyday i go to your blog and say to mayself that i have to become more productive, like you are... but again i just can be exatcly who iam. That´s OK. one day after another, and ill be there... anyways... keep doing the nice job of being yourself.. we´ll be thanfull forever...
Posted by: Vivian Costa Manso | March 20, 2013 at 03:49 PM
Happy bloggy birthday, I'm only new to read but totally love your blog and am very pleased to see that you will be around for a while yet! I'm from the bottom tip of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia just in case you might be interested! x
Posted by: Ali | March 20, 2013 at 09:59 AM
Happy blogiversary! Your blog is one of my favourites and most inspiring so here's to the next 5 years!
Alex xx
Posted by: aLittleBlonde | March 19, 2013 at 09:19 AM
Happy 5th anniversary and wishing you many more!
Posted by: Julie2 | March 19, 2013 at 08:24 AM
Lucy, thank you for creating this blog and sharing your life with me and your other readers. I so enjoy each post and look eagerly to the next. You such a great ability to inspire simply by sharing your creativity and the simple pleasures of life. Thank you!
Posted by: Carolyn Dietrich | March 18, 2013 at 10:11 PM
Dearest Lucy,
I love your blog, I read it for at least more than 3years and enjoy so much when I find your window attic open! I would want to tell you how I appreciate to find you here, but I'm a bad english speaker, and this is to hard for me! But I love, love, love to read your blog.
Congratulation for this five years!
Posted by: MariaJulia | March 18, 2013 at 08:49 PM
Congratulations, Lucy! You inspire me every day. Thank you so much for sharing your corner of the world with us. :)
Posted by: Kristen | March 18, 2013 at 06:44 PM
Thank you Miss Lucy for a fantastic 5 years and, we hope, many more to come. I'm still hoping you will adopt me.
Posted by: Dawn | March 18, 2013 at 06:35 PM
Your blog was one of the first I ever stumbled upon on the internet and it is a joy to stop by here always. Congratulations and many more blogging years to come.
Marian
Posted by: Marian | March 18, 2013 at 04:27 PM
oh my dear lucy, i think this is the best blogaversary post in the entire world. congratulations attic 24, your a big girl now.
XXX
Posted by: lori | March 18, 2013 at 04:00 PM
Hi Lucy!
Happy Birthday! My daughter introduced me to your A24 a couple of years ago! I just love all the things you do and you have a wonderful way of writing and putting things, so easy for me to understand! I made a lovely "Grannys Summer Garden" blanket, which looks very pretty on my bed these dark winter days (so looking forward to lighter nights)Anyway keep up the good work,I'm 75 now and you are one of my "highlights" in life. God Bless you and you family xxx
Posted by: Mary Harris | March 18, 2013 at 03:47 PM
Happy 5th Birthday. I really love your blog. All the bright colours are so uplifting and happy in a sunny and yummy way. Your thoughts are written down in a way which makes me laugh. Your love of life and your family makes you someone who people aspire to be in a very nice simple way. Thanks for taking the time to share your wonderful creations with us. XX
Posted by: Beverley Tooth | March 18, 2013 at 02:58 PM
Happy Blogday! (it's also my birthday!!) LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog. You inspire me so much! Love your eye for color and all things pretty. Seeing your cozy home on screen makes me want to curl up, sip tea and be friends. :) Thank you!!!
Posted by: Anne Marie | March 18, 2013 at 01:06 PM