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Before you go on to watch this video blog, I feel I should warn you about a few things:
- The volume isn’t quite as loud as it should be, so you might want to turn it up a little to hear what I’m saying.
- But… during the last minute of the video, you’ll want to turn the volume DOWN, unless you enjoy mediocre harmonica solos.
- This video is extremely silly, slightly awkward, & really embarrassing for me to watch. I almost didn’t publish this but Jonathan convinced me otherwise. So, please send all hate mail to HIM, not me. I was all for saving your eyes & ears; Jonathan wasn’t.
(Many thanks to Jonathan, who helped me edit this video, because — if you can believe it — it got much worse after the harmonica playing.)
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There were so many things I wanted to say to you in that rather humiliating video, but it wasn’t anywhere close to sounding graceful or articulate. Thank goodness I write better than I speak.
I’m really so grateful to all of you, my lovely readers. You have single-handedly helped make Apricot Tea a well-loved space on this vast internet. Your encouragement & support has kept me diligent, & for that, I appreciate every single one of you. If it weren’t for you, Apricot Tea would not exist.
So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Thank you for the heartfelt, positive comments (& emails) that brighten my entire day. & thank you for your constructive criticism, which has allowed this blog (& myself) to be more wholesome & true. Thank you for allowing me to come into your daily lives with my musings & opinions. Thank you, especially, for being some of my most dearest, most treasured friends, on the internet, & in real life. Before this blog, I had no one to call a friend. I was seemingly all alone in my thoughts & had no one — other than Jonathan — to share them with. & now, because of Apricot Tea, I have soul-sisters all over the globe, which makes my heart pitter-patter with delight. It’s a marvelous feeling to be so loved & cherished.
& before this starts to get so mushy that I begin to cry all over my desktop, I’ll stop talking. But seriously… thank you.
:]
ev’yan,
this is so ridiculously adorable!! the hat, you, the 2-week old cake, the singing, “apricot-tea-dot-com”, the wish making, the cheering, and of course…the harmonica! literally, laughing out loud. :D
happy birthday, ev’yan’s blog! big hugs!!
You are so seriously adorable, it hurts. I couldn’t stop smiling watching this. And I sang right along with you. Serious congrats on this blogs 2nd birthday. SO EXCITING. =)
You are adorable beyond words! This was so cute … I loved the slight awkwardness of it, and the two week old cake. :) Happy birthday Apricot Tea!
<3 <3 <3 <3
ya for birthdays! so cute! (& can i say that as you played the harmonica my little howard’s ears (my dog) perked up in curiosity! too cute :)
& i love the long bangs!
& i love how you pronounce apricot (i pronounce the A like ‘a’ in apple)
Oh! You are super cute, hurrah! Happy birthday to Apricot Tea! :)
aww you’re adorable!! i love seeing bloggers move and hearing what they sound like after reading them for a while. congrats on two years!
Ahhhh, LOVED THIS. You are precious. Happy 2nd Birthday Apricot Tea!!
That really got me chuckling. What a sweet video :)
Happy Birthday ApricotTea <3
Keep up the good entries!
Happy Birthday, Apricot Tea!
Your video blogs are so ridiculously adorable. And they remind me that the blog, to it’s owner, is APE-ricot Tea (I pronounce it ap-ricot). =)
Happy Birthday, girl! Adorable video.
http://www.halcoholic.com
Ohhhh, Ev’Yan! This seriously brightened my day. You are so sweet and lovely.
Happy Birthday Apricot Tea!
I smiled from ear to ear watching this. For one, I saw visions of you doing your television commercial when you were 3 years old. (“My name is Ev’Yan and I’m three years old.”) And for two, I can honestly say that the fruit doesn’t fall from the tree. You sorta remind me of me…but in a good way!!
Happy Birthday Apricot-tea.com
Happy second birthday, Apricot Tea!
My goodness, that video blog was so adorable. LOVE the party hat. :]
This was awesome.
Happy Birfday A.T.!!!
LOL ur madd silly
This was simply adorable. Happy birthday, Miss Apricot Tea!
aw your video is so darn cute! happy birthday apricot tea, you’re all grown up, well sort of, just don’t join the ranks of terrible twos okay? :)
While it isn’t a cakehat, I do love the party hat. Very cute. ;3 Thank you for sharing with us for two wonderful years. You’ve been inspiring, exciting, and lovely. Here’s to another two years of awesome!
HAPPPY BDAY MOMMA!~
Long time…;) hope you are well! I just spent a while catching up on your posts! Your self portrait photography is beautiful. Thanks for the romper tip btw.
xooxoxox CC
funny :D
I’m one of your “faraway-readers” from Germany and I really adore reading your blog, I like the mixture of your themes and especially the way you write makes me sometimes feel lile I know you!
so I’ll congratulate your and our blog in German:
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
BAH, you’re the most gorgeous and cutest thing ever. EVER. I miss you. MISS YOU. I could use some of your wisdom. :)
yay! happy birthday!
You make me smile so sincerely.
I love that!
Happy Birthday to apricot-tea.com. I wish her many more years of health and happiness.
That video was absolutely adorable. I loved it and the harmonica playing made me smile. I hope you continue doing what you do because you are so insightful and have such a good spirit. Happy 2nd Birthday, you are officially a toddler!!! =)
Happy Anniversary to Apricot!
And for the record? You have the most adorable voice of.all.time. Love you, dahling!
…or birthday. Happy BIRTHDAY. Since, you know… you wrote it/said it/title your post… and you had a cake and all. lol
So cute! I loved it. Congrats on your awesome blog :D
This is painfully adorable.
Happy Birthday Apricot Tea!
Haha, that was supercute! I had to wait until I got home from work to watch it (the video wouldn’t play at work) but it was worth the suspense! :)
Happy Birthday apricot-tea.com. Hooray!
Happy Birthday to your blog!
p.s. I totally thought your voice would be a lot Demi Moore-ish, nice to see it is light and airy. You are so likeable & the girl we would all want to be like! Girly you rock :o)
Happy Birthday Ms. Honey!
You are too cute. Like a little sister I never had.
Ev’Yan, you are absolutely adorable. Happy blog anniversary! You were right – our blogs are almost twins. :)
So ridiculously precious, you always write so wonderfully and gracious. For lack of better words, it’s nice to see a silly awkward side of you through the video.
Happy birthday apricot tea! :)
I’m dying laughing. You are so cute, and quite possibly the only person I know who would celebrate their website/blog’s birthday in such an awesome way. She should be happy to be a part of you.
As a total sidenote… I always said Ah-pricot with a soft “ah” and you say it with a hard “Ay” which is interesting. Or weird that I noticed. Whatever. :) Happy birthday!!
I just started reading and I love it! Thank YOU!
-Holly Renee
http://loveimaginecreate.blogspot.com/
Way to be cute.
Happy birthday and may apricot-tea.com have a prosperous and wonderful 2nd year.
You know what’s weird? I have a really hard time singing on key to the Happy Birthday Song. I KNOW RIGHT. So embarrassing. Which is why I find your harmonica playing cutesy and delightful and not embarrassing at all. Lucky wench ;) Happy birthday to my latest obsession, Apricot-Tea.
xo
WOW! two years is a lot ( i couldn’t stick to my blog for more than a month!)
so yeah, HAPPY BIRTHDAY apricot-tea.com. hope you have many more to come :)
Hiii Dear,
you thank us, but I think we should thank you for your special words written in this amazing diary. ever since I know you, your posts alwayas taught me something new, you’re a special pretty Girl. Even if I don’t know you personaly, I think you’re a simple girl.
So, happy Bday Apricot Tea!!!
love you soul-sister :D
kiss kiss
Ridiculous silly fun Ev’Yan xx
I used to go with a boy from NC and he used to call me a “silly bird” in a lovely drawl when I too did cute things. Think this is quite an apt name for you now too gorgeous lass.
Happy B’day Aprciot-Tea.com!! May you live long :-)
happy birthday apricot tea :p thanks for making my internet connection shining every week :p
XoXo from paris :)
WAY too cute =)
Happy birthday!
happy burrffday apricot-tea! you know you can freeze cake for 6 months i think :)
Ah!
Adorable!
I love you and having old cake in my fridge is SO something I would do. (I insisted we get chocolate-covered strawberries for Valentine’s Day – then had to throw away half of them after not eating them. Oops.)
And I definitely sang along. ;)
Ha ha! I really enjoyed this. It was a very good video! Honestly! I did my first one today (will be on my blog on Monday) and feel like I have been watching videos all day to get inspiration … but yours came across really well! Congrats on the 2 year birthday!
Jen
I have one thing to say. You are so adorable :)
You are too cute :] I love your harmonica playing, really!
Happy birthday Apricot Tea!
I’m late, but Happy Birthday!
What are your plans for the next yr blog-wise?
you are killing me with the extreme adorableness that is your party hat. LOVE it.
as an early reader of Apricot Tea way back when, I’m so proud and in awe to be able to have watched you showcase your incredible writing talent, creativity and killer fashion sense. YOU ARE AMAZING.
Love you and your blog and here’s to many more years of Apricot Tea!!
Wow, two years already! Happy birthday, Apricot Tea! I wanna play the harmonica. ;___;
That was entertaining…and I have heard worst harmonica playing than that! Happy Blog Birthday:)
Happy Birthday Apricot Tea!
Such a sweet video & two week old cake is still cake…:) xx
I’m a very recent reader but I also wish a happy birthday to your blog because I think I’m turning into a permanent reader !!
you’re so cute on this video ^^
bisous
Happy Birthday Apricot-Tea! I’m loving the new layout Ev’yan!
It feels so strange that I’ve been following this blog for awhile and you’ve changed so much but I still think you’re an awesome blogger. Cheers to you Mrs. Nasman!
What a great video–hearing your voice made me smile. Happy two years, and here’s to so many more|
Happy two year, and hopefully many more to come, birthday Apricot Tea! :)
Your video, and of course yourself, as just darling.
that video was so cute, lol…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO APRICOT TEA!
I love your blog, I can’t find many other 22 year old married chicks – so you make me feel as though I’m not alone, lol
You’re awesome :)
Your video was adorable! I think we’re kind of our harshest critics so we always find ourselves a little awkward or embarrassing (unless we’re cocky) but, chin up! I thought it was really cute. Jonathan was right for telling you to put it up! He did a good job editing it too! :D
I absolutely adore your blog. You tell stories so wonderfully & your life is kind of like a fairytale with the little kinks here & there but it works. It’s you & you love it..& you share it! With all of us. :)
I loved reading the story of how you & Jonathan met & fell in love. Some people may have told you you were crazy..but I beg to differ..it’s love! It happens & when it’s meant to be..it happens quickly & hits you like lightning! Happy second birthday to apricot tea!
visit and read here.. nice post,, greetings from Indonesia..
Happy birthday Apricot Tea! It’s awesome to hear your voice, will be able to read your blog and hear you speaking it from now on (I’m not too good at knowing American regional accents).
I finally got to watch this video! After a lot of computer drama. Well, it was adorable and I’m really happy that you’ve been blogging for 2 years here and hopefully will continue to for a long time. I’ll be reading, even when you’re feeling uninspired.
Happy Birthday, Apricot Tea!
this is so cute :D you are so cute. this was the first time i’ve heard your voice so it’s a cool personal touch.
and happy birthday apricot tea. sorry i’m late :D
Sorry this comment is SO delayed, but congrats on two years! Your video was absolutely LOVELY and I can’t wait to (someday!) meet you in person. (I’m also planning on reading your friendship post soon, too, because I’m a huge slacker and haven’t been able to do so yet.)