Happy Birthday, Bake Happy!

Today marks Bake Happy's fifth anniversary! Yey!!!

I cannot believe time flew so fast.  I can still remember the day I started this blog. What I wanted initially was just a creative outlet  (I didn't even have an idea what a Marshmallow Fondant was). Until right before our very eyes, yours and mine, Bake Happy evolved to what it is today.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to THANK YOU, my dearest and darling-est friends, for the love (yes, I am claiming each and everyone of you love me), encouragement, support and inspiration.

Thank you for taking the time out from your busy lives to send me lovely mails. I have giggled, sometimes held back a laugh (as I was walking to work and wouldn't want bystanders to think I'm weird), smiled and sometimes shed tears of joy because of your messages. When I say, they mean a lot, they really do. More than you'll ever know. 

Thank you for leaving wonderful comments here, on Facebook, on Twitter and on Instagram. I always get bubbly excited when I see what you have to say. You never fail to put a smile on my face. 

Thank you for appreciating what I do. I am telling you, it's not easy. Juggling Bake Happy with my everyday work (well not every day, weekends excluded), my family and friends - among other important stuff, it's hard work. I sometimes take a step back and try to think about this blog from another perspective. Is it worth it to put so much heart, so much time, so much dedication to this little space in the blogosphere? Would I want to do things any other way? 

And my answer would always be Yes and No. 

• Is it worth it to put so much heart, so much time, so much dedication to this little space in the blogosphere? --> Definitely a Yes!

• Would I want to do things any other way? --> Uh uh, no. 

And you know why? Simply because doing all these make me happy. Which is essentially, what this blog is all about. Sometimes, on a Sunday after completing a couple of posts, I just want to crash on my bed and put my feet up because I am tired. Yes, I am tired but a happy kind of tired. I just would not have it any other way. 

So thank you my dear Bake Happy friends for appreciating the work I do to keep Bake Happy up and running, alive and kicking. Whenever I feel I lack the inspiration or I feel down, I just remember you and I smile and things are all alright again. We've bonded over a passion for baking. I cannot thank you enough for sharing this journey with me.

I would also want to grab this opportunity to thank my friends for their encouragement and willingness to taste everything I bake. You guys rock! And most of all I'd like to thank my family for their unending support. Thank you to my sister Lisa, the rock I lean on, the one who goes all out in supporting me and the one who just knows when to step in when I feel overwhelmed with a Bake Happy project, to my Pops who would drop any commitment just to accompany me to all of my caking adventures, to my Ma and Mom for always being there when I need help, a hug or a suman sa latik. My fam-bam is simply the best!

And so, to celebrate Bake Happy's five years of existence, we are moving to a new domain! I have been putting this off for years but this July, this is happening. 

Bake Happy is moving to www.bakehappy.net 

So this is the time to change your bookmarks and update your blog readers to continue to receive updates from Bake Happy.  I am soooo excited for this! I hope you are, too! :)

I am looking forward to more baking adventures with all of you! Here's to more blog posts, more tutorial videos and more recipes on Bake Happy!