Today is the DIYBride.com’s 8th anniversary and we’re kicking off a whole month of special giveaways, features, parties, and super-secret surprises.
Before I get to the festivities, I wanted to take thank you, my friends and colleagues, for sharing in this incredible journey. This began as a little hobby for me and has morphed into something beyond my wildest dreams. Thank you for being a part of DIY Bride’s growth, and more importantly, its history. You are an integral part of what makes DIY Bride such a special place.
Though the blog is 8 years old today, the roots of DIY Bride were planted a few years earlier when Jason proposed to me in 1998. In those days there were virtually no DIY resources for couples like us (smart, fun, on a budget, and not interested in tulle-wrapped bubbles) outside of Martha Stewart Weddings which was a pretty new publication then. (A huge thanks goes to MSW for helping foster the DIY community and for being among the first to treat DIYers as legitimate and worthy!) Around mid-1999 I began sharing my own templates, creations, and resources with other brides in online forums and newsgroups. A Yahoo! group was formed to house all of the templates and downloads. We outgrew that and, in August of 2003, DIYBride.com was born as a standalone entity.
3 books, 2 special edition bookazines, a digital magazine, millions of visits, the birth of a son, my upcoming 11th wedding anniversary and countless friendships later I sit here quite amazed – and tremendously proud – about what I’ve accomplished through and because of this site. I am humbled – truly, sincerely humbled – to be a part of your life as a publisher, a business partner, a colleague, a source of inspiration and information, a friend. Not many people get to do what they love for a living. Fewer still get to share that with other people. I get to do both on a daily basis. Thank you for helping make that happen.
Here’s to the next 8 years!
