I am pretty terrible at receiving recognition… I get shy and never quite know how to react! Which is why it has taken me SO long to write this blog post… (as well as these both coming at really busy times). So I’m very sorry Tammi & Marianne that it has taken me so long to publicly thank you for the following awards!! I really appreciate both of you honouring me with them!!
At the end of January my very sweet friend Tammi awarded me the stylish blogger award:
… and at the end of February the wonderful Marianne from The Quilting Edge kindly awarded me the Liebster Award:
I would highly encourage you to check out both of their blogs, because they are both super lovely, immensely talented & creative women!!
The criteria for the Stylish Blogger award is:
- Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this
- Share 7 things about myself
- Pay it forward to 10 great bloggers
- Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award
So: 7 things about myself… that is tough!!
- I will always be a kiwi girl at heart, but I am very happy in my new home of Perth,Australia, and don’t know that I will ever go back to New Zealand…
- I got married to my English gentleman when I was 19 and we are still happily married nearly 10 years later…
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(just waiting for you to get over the fact I got married so young – it usually causes most peoples eyes to glaze over for a bit while they ponder it LOL…) - I have 2 lovely daughters: nearly 3 years and 7 months
- It surprises most people to know that I have a tatoo…
- Neil and I have only ever been on one very short holiday as just the 2 of us. I felt sick the whole time and we found out a few days after we got back that I was pregnant with our first child… so we really MUST go on a proper holiday soon!!
- I’m not really into must of the current vintage trend (shocking I know!)
- I dream of one day having a little self-sufficient farm, with a wind turbine and everything {until I ponder the amount of work involved in tending the garden, look down at my completely brown thumbs, and think how unrealistic it is 😉 }
The criteria for the Leibster award is:
- Tell your readers who tagged or nominated you.
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Add a link to their blog.
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Pay it forward!!! Award 3-5 bloggers who you think deserve this award.
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Inform then and post directions to your blog
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Pick blogs with under 300 followers
It is impossible for me to decide between all my favourite blogs to award so I decided to list some of my favourite crafting blogs (since technically this is my crafty blog, and those tend to be my favourite ones!):
As well as Tammi & Marianne’s blogs which I have already mentioned, I also love:
Rachael over at Blue Mountain Daisy
Sarah over at Pings and Needles
Kerry over at VeryKerryBerry
Tonya over at Ok,here goes…
Em over at {Duck egg blue & teacups too}
Shay over at Quilting in my pyjamas
Clare over at Clare’s place
Bronwyn over at Taylor Made
Felicity over at Felicity quilts
Sorry if I’ve missed anyone! Those are the ones I can think of right now…
Edited to Add:
Edited to Add:
I knew I’d miss people (which is why I put off choosing in the first place) – I find it hard to choose my favourites because I love all the blogs I follow – hence I follow them! LOL…
– So – I have put a blog roll of all the blogs I follow down the right hand side, so that you can peruse all their loveliness at your leisure. Thanks 
Happy reading!
{and thanks again for the awards Marianne & Tammi!!)
Hey that’s my name there on your list!! Why thank you Kat!!! I like the new layout for your blog. It’s always nice to have a change.
OOOooo, and I can see MY name too! thanks Kat
You are most welcome…..I’m still so impressed by all the work you did on blogging etiquette.
Hey, thanks, Kat!! xoxo
Thank you for adding me onto a great list…just need the courage to follow through with it.