500 hundred posts. How on earth did I get here?
It started with stumbling across the very first blog I had ever set eyes upon. Karen Cheng's 'Snippets of life'. From there a whole new world opened up. Fiona of 'Hop Skip Jump' was enormous help as I tried to find my feet in blogland. Fast forward almost 4 years later and here I am in a creative life totally different from the start.
To celebrate I'd like to giveaway some of my new products. Christmas tags and postcard set, an advent calendar kit and a Christmas tea towel (so new I haven't picked it up from the printer yet).
Thanks for reading, encouraging, supporting and coming back to hear me constantly babble on about my designs. Please leave a comment and I will choose a winner next week.
106 comments:
i love your designs!
so pretty and special!!!
thanks for the giveaway
and most of all: congrats on 500th post!!!
Ohhh awesome! Love your work :)
You know I am big fan Kristen! I remember being soooo excited when I first met you, haha. Congratulations on your 500th post.
A Kristen Doran Giveaway? Ooh yes, please!!
Congrats on 500 posts! Thanks for all your wonderful thoughts, photos and inklings and sharing with us all your designs, friends and love of other products!
Congrats on 500 posts!
Wowee - 500 posts - what a great journey that has resulting in truly beautiful fabrics. Congratulations and cheers to the next 500 ;o)
Congratulations on the 500, Kristen. I've really enjoyed reading along with you. My heart is all a flutter at the prospect of a KD giveaway!!!
XXX
Your blog is a lovely place to visit, 500 times or more! congratulations, on the making the distance and also your beautiful fabrics.
A tea towel? hmmmm Congrats on 500 posts and so glad you stumbled on that blog and began creating. Love your work!
oooh, I would like to be in the draw too! congrats on your 500th post.
500 posts!! Does this mean FIVE telegrams from The Queen?
CONGRATULATIONS on a long lasting journey of creativity & fabulous pieces !
Here's to 500 more posts !
Katherine x
Here's to 500 more!
Congrats! Your stuff is so lovely!
Congratulations on 500 posts - your work is lovely.
Congrats! I've only found your blog recently and I think it and your work are just divine!
Rebecca.
congratulations! keep making gorgeous stuff!
animegirlie at g mail dot com
Hoping to emigrate to Australia soon, and it should be much easier to get hold of your wonderful fabric than it is in the UK. One of my reasons (but don't tell Immigration they may think I am odd) is the amazing craft scene and I cannot wait to join in. You inspire me!
Congrats on 500! You have great work!
Congratulations, I found your blog, through your design in handmade, and followed ever since. I really appreciate your eye for design and colour, you are so so talented. Well done on 500!
Anne
Woooo! 500! Keep 'em coming lady.
xo
Well done Kristen! The big 500. Looking forward to following your next 500 x
Wow! 500 is quite a sustained effort - congratulations!
Congrats KD, here's to another 500!
Bx
congratulations on your well deserved success!
my fingers are crossed
xo
Hi Kristen
I have been a reader for a while without ever making a comment - so I thought now was a great time! Congratulations on the big 5-0-0 !
Congratulations! 500 posts is very impressive! I love your designs - have just finished making my advent calendar and can't wait to hang it up next week. I love to think that my kids will look back someday and say "Remember that advent calendar we had when we were kids." What fun!
Congratulations on 500 posts and such beautiful designs. Looking forward to tthe next 500 posts.
Katie
knygh[at]hotmail[dot]com
Congratulations!! That is a huge achievement. I love your designs too!
Congratulations! I am currently finishing off your backstich Peacock design for a Christmas present and I can't wait to give it, and see their face on Christmas Day.
Well done on 500 posts.
Hi KD, You don't need to enter me, I just wanted to say Congratulations on all those posts - you're one of the best things in the whole of blogland you know!
Oh how lovely, I have just cut out some green and purple characters from one of your fabrics to make a christmas quilt. I would love to be in the draw please.
Wow, 500 posts!
Happy blogoversary to you :-)
Congrats on 500, can't wait to see the tea towel!
Congratulations, I love your work...it's amazing and beautiful. Thanks for all the lovely inspiration!
My boy loves your robots ... we have them hanging ...
Love the aqua blue with the olive green combo you have going here!
Thanks for sharing your creations, ideas & life!
Cheers
Congratulations Kristen, your deisgns are beautiful I can't wait to see what appears in the next 500!
Well done Kristen. You are an inspiration and your fabrics are just lovely. It's fab to have a SYDNEY designer like you among us. Just don't go and move to Melbourne. :)
Sarah
HI Kristen, Wow, 500 posts that is a lot of your time and thought space. thanks for sharing. Re: above comment, I think it would be okay if you moved to Melbourne :). I met you briefly at the stitches and craft (Melb) and I love it that the blogging world is making great designers and crafty people accessible. Hooray for you! And I agree with the other commenters, keep 'em coming!
Congratulations on 500 posts! I've only discovered your beautiful designs relatively recently, but I'm sure looking foward to what you will bring out in the future!
Constantly visiting for a dose of your wow factor! Always inspiring. Well done on 500.
Love your stuff - really need to get cracking sewing panel stuff for Christmas pressies;-)
Wow, 4 years, that's gone so quick. I think I've known you for most of those 4! Congrats on the fab fabric business, you're one clever lady. x
Wow, 500 posts and almost 4 years, that's gone so quick. I think I've known you for most of those almost 4 years! Congrats on the fab fabric business, you're one clever lady. x
Kristen,
Those tags are delightful. Are they available in your shop yet? I love the tea towel idea too!
Woo hoo! 500!
As another summer approaches I'm still wearing my Big W top made of the fabric you designed, so timeless!
Congratulations! As a follower, I'd just like to say thank you for letting us into your life and your creative endeavours. Truly inspirational. Thank you!
Congrats on half a K.
Thanks for the giveaway!!!
Andi :-)
You do really beautiful and creative work! Thanks for doing a giveaway...
Well done and congratulations Kristen, quite a mile stone.Here's to the next 500!
I'm looking forward to them
Congratulations.
It's always inspiring to read your blog & see your wonderful works.
Have a great day.
Congratulations on 500 posts Kristen - such an inspiration.
Congratulations Kristen, I hope there's 500 more!
I just got your calendar the other day, it's even nicer IRL.
Congrats on 500 posts and here's to many more
xox
wow, congraulations! I am such a huge fan, here's to another wonderful 500 posts! -kb
Congrats on 500! That is about as witty and charming as I can be on short notice :-) love your work!
you know i love that design
mandy x
Oh my I love your christmas design! It looks fantastic in the card/tag format and how super to have a tea towel version too. Looking forward to seeing them in stock. Happy 500 posts1 Thanks for sharing your awesome wares and creativity with us all:)
I remember when you first started out! I proudly wear my kristen doran original Purse and know the fountain of your amazing talent will continue for years to come!
~Hugs
Congratulations on your 500 posts!
Thank YOU for the beautiful blog, always.
-Sora-
As someone who is starting out blogging 500 blogs seems incredible. Love your blog thank you.
I love all your designs and look forward to reading your blog. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Congratulations on 500 posts Kristen. I would love to wish one of your designs.
BTW, I have been checking your shop and have not seen any red advent calendars. Are they still coming?
Hugs,
Sharon
Congratulations on achieving so much! What an achievement, & hope it continues to grow! Can't wait to see future projects!
Congratulations from a french fan :) I come everyday to see your marvellous designs!!
Congratulations! I love your fabrics so much and treasure the few prints I have very much :) Looking forward to the next 500 posts!
congratulations! your designs are so great. i look forward to your posts and your new designs!
Lovely work. To think a year has past since I first came across your fab designs...keep them coming. Congratulations.
500 posts......what an achievement - congratulations!
Well done on the 500 posts.
Fabulous five-hundred!! Wow!
Yours was one of the first blogs I followed regularly, and you continue to inspire.
COngratulations!
xxn
So many lovely things in all those posts -- thank you for sharing!
Congratulations on your 500th blog!
Your blog is a wonderful space which I thoroughly enjoy visting.
Keep you the insirational, beautiful work! :o)
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Yay! Happy 500!
Wow: 500 posts is quite an achievement! And that fact that you have 75 responses when you only posted this a little while ago is great! Love your work!
What? You're from Sydney? Harumph.
Get back to the beach!
This is by far one of my favorite blogs. I'm always so impressed with all your creations and just wish I had more money so I could buy more. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful creations.
Yay! Happy 500, Kristen!
congratulations on 500 posts! wow! i've been reading your blog for almost as long as you've had it. i have always been amazed by all your wonderful creations and the time you put into your work and blog. i've tried many times to keep up a blog while crafting and being a mom, but i just haven't got the gift or patience. still, it is so nice to be able to read about your accomplishments! it's very inspiring! thank you! ;)
Congratulations on 500 posts. I love watching what you come up with again and again.
I read every post but very rarely let you know I've stopped by. Congratulations on your 500th post. You're so very inspiring!
Congratulations! It is fantastic to see a local person creating such beautiful fabrics and projects (yay for the shire!)
Emma
Karen Chung was the first blog I stumbled on too, now I am totally hooked, on blogland that is. Congrats on 500!
congrats on the big FIVE OH OH. I'd love to win some of your beautiful things!
Congrats on 500 posts. I have been reading for several years now. Thanks for the lovely designs.
Dwan
I love all your wonderful whimsical designs! These little Christams tags are super sweet too!
Congrats! I love following your doings and have made three sets of babooshka dolls!
Congrats! I love following your doings and have made three sets of babooshka dolls!
congrats on your 5ooth post!
Thanks for sharing all the wonderful designs and ideas you come up with.
4 years of beautiful fabric and more to come I'm sure.
I adore your fabrics and designs, looking forward to another 500 posts!
Congratulations Kristen on a blog that inspires and leaves me yearning to see more of your work. I'm looking forward to reading the next 500 posts!
Cheers,
Bron
Hi Kirsten - I love your designs, I've ordered some prints already - but I find it hard to start cutting&sewing because the fabric on its own is already so beautifull!
Congretulations!
Anneloes
Congratulations on this milestone. Your work is beautiful and your success is well deserved.
Hello,
I just found your blog. I love your work. Yup, you're going in my list of favorites! 500 posts...wow.
Hi Kristen, Congratulations. 500! I also have a give-away on my site, but only for my second year anniversary. I hope there will be 500 more of you posts!
Congrats Kristen - that's Huge!
wow! you are the bestest.
I just stumbled across your blog today. Gorgeous!
Hello from France ! I love your blog and your job !!! I have 3 matriochka on my sweat today !!! Bravo et à bientot !!!
Congratulations on your 500th post, I love the gift tags they are gorgeous!
well you know i'm so glad you started blogging, otherwise we never would have "connected". :)
Thanks for the effort you put in your blog! Love your work...
All the best for the next 500, Bele
Oh my giddy aunt - that basically makes you the Yoda of blogland! (er, meant in a purely CONGRATULATORY way, of course)...
Congratulations (and jubilations) that's a lot of posts! Love the dress by the way.
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