You Make My Day

I have received a 'You Make My Day' award from Jo over at Former Blonde.
Isn't it pretty?
I will accept it gratefully and thank you very much for the honour. I may wait a while before passing it on as there are several of these lovely awards doing the rounds right now, so will wait for a lull and then surprise someone with it. Hope that's ok.

"You Make My Day"

Seems like this is my lucky week !
Not only have I already won blog candy, but I have been honoured with, not one, but two "You Make My Day" Awards! Isn't that great?

One was awarded to me by TwiggyPeaSticks ... and the other one came from Tassie ... both are members of the wonderful CB forum and have fabby blogs of their own where I linger regularly. I would like to thank you both very much for including me in your award lists.

Now, as previously, I have to nominate other people who 'Make My Day' and you will have to bear with me while I compile my list. I suppose in theory, as I have won 2 awards, I should really nominate 20 others but I am only going to do 10.

Partly because I need to check that none of my award nominations is duplicated by someone else, as I still have a very limited circle of bloggy friends. I confess that I do a lot of 'blog browsing' but I'm not brave enough to always leave a comment LOL and these 'bloggers' may not appreciate being awarded something from someone who is essentially a complete stranger. So I shall do a "Will I? ... Won't I?" battle with myself over this one.

The other reason for choosing to do 10 rather than 20, is purely and simply down to lack of time. So many of the 'blogs' I visit and admire have been stumbled across via links discovered in the labyrinth that is blogland and am not sure I will ever be able to find them again. I really should pay more attention.

Will update this post when I return from Edinburgh or, if I am home late, it may be tomorrow. Thanks again ladies ... I feel privileged and honoured to know you and it goes without saying, you have both 'Made My Day' too.

**UPDATE** 20th March 12.10pm

It would seem that not everyone is particularly pleased at the thought of a "You Make My Day" award. Just received a rather unsavoury e~mail from someone whose blog I visit ... but rest assured I won't be back there again. I was tempted to name and shame but that would be petty. I may have to play safe and reduce my list of awardees to those I know and love ... either that or toughen up a bit!

**FINAL UPDATE 23rd March **

Allrighty ... I have decided on my list of 10 and here they are ...

*Former Blonde ... a relative newcomer to blogland ... go and say hello and offer encouragement. there is definitely untapped creativity in that lady.

*Silvercustard ... guaranteed to make you smile and brighten up your day.

* Doodles and Scraps of Me ... Jane is a very talented lady and very encouraging too. Thank you Jane for all your kind words.

* Hermumbles ... aka Ana ~ a fellow CB member, who always makes me smile with the things she writes.

* Altered (T)Art and Stuff ... if you want to try something a little different then check this blog out. Awesome artwork and definitely worth a visit. You won't be sorry.

*Scrapbooking For The Soul ... Steph is a scrapbooker who has recently qualified as a Craft~Ed consultant. Visit her blog and discover some amazing words to add to your vocabulary LOL and also see some lovely creations

*Ana Baird ... ! recently visited and was blown away by the beatiful creations on display there,

*Distinctly Daisy ... another CB member whose talent needs recognition.

* Tales From The Craft Box ... you just have got to visit here ... I guarantee you will leave with a smile on your face.

* Fun Times ... Kim's fabby blog where she shows off some beautiful creations. Were that I was so talented.

I hope you will visit my nominated blogs and at least say 'Hi' to some very talented crafters ... they will apprecuate your efforts and you will benefit from visiting them.

"You Make My Day" Award

I was surprised, pleased and a tad curious to discover I had received an award this morning. What could I possibly have done that merited such a thing I wondered? Well as it turns out I haven't actually 'done' anything other than be a nice person ... isn't that cool? Jules at Creative Makes had selected little ol' moi as one of 5 people to receive this "Make My Day" award. A small gesture but it made me feel really 'chuffed' and now I am going to pass it on and see if I can bring a smile to someone else's day.
Thank you Jules ... you 'Made My Day'

Here are the instructions I have to follow ...

* Write a post with links to 5 blogs you find of interest and that inspire you.
* Acknowledge the post of the award giver.
* Display the logo "You Make My Day"
* Tell the award winners that they have won by commenting on their blogs with the news.

Now as a fairly new blogger I haven't got a lot of people to choose from and there are a couple of people I would like to send this award to who don't have a blog ... so that's a shame. However I will do my best and hope not to duplicate anyone else's choices.

* My first choice has to be my dear friend Ann who has been a wonderful friend to me for many years and is a very talented crafter. Check out her wonderful creations HERE
* Another talented crafter whose blog I love to visit is Donna. She always has something lovely to show visitors and is a real inspiration. Check out her blog HERE and you'll see what I mean.

* My third choice is for Carolyn, someone whose work I have admired from afar regularly, (long before I was a blogger myself). I have lurked at her blog site and taken great delight in seeing her creativity ooze from the pages but never been brave enough to comment until recently. Check out her chunterings HERE.

* My next choice is a young sixteen year old with oodles of talent who I 'met' through being a member of the CB forum. Pink Punk was a worthy winner of one of the craft challenges and I just know she will win more prizes with her super creations. Take a peek HERE to see her winning entry and her other fabby projects.

* My final selection is another CB friend Adele. Her posts make me smile as she writes as I imagine she speaks which mean her blog entries can be very amusing. Couple that with her enthusiasm and talent and you will understand why I enjoy visiting her blog. Her wonderful creations can be found HERE so I urge you to take a look and admire.

Hope I've followed the instructions correctly and I must now rush off to notify the nominated bloggers ... hope they are as pleased as I was.

Mission now accomplished!