An Award For Something I Don't Have Yet

Suzanne over at Colorado Lady recently gave me the Fabulous Fall Decor Award (thank you! thank you! thank you!) and when I read her post about it, it dawned on me how my blog was seriously lacking in anything to do with Autumn or Halloween. So, for one thing, I made a new header. I hope to add a few more seasonal pictures this week.


The rules for this award say I get to pass it on to six other bloggers. I know I have seen some great Fall decor on lots of blogs lately. Now, if I could just remember six of them.

Ok, here are my six:

1. Diane at Little Birdie's Nest -- I love glass pumpkins and I love thrift stores

2. Llyn M -- Llyn has some cute pumpkin-head creatures and other decorations in her yard

3. Green Jello -- the blog header is enough for me but check out October 18th's post for the Halloween party

4. Two Crazy Crafters -- Twyla and Lindsey do Halloween up in a big way on their blog (even Barbie gets invited)

5. The Floss Box -- Emily has created an amazing Halloween stitchery. I totally hate her now. No, really, I love her and her work. She is soooo talented!

6. Jenna at CorgiPants has decorated her entry hallway with some fun things, including a fantabulous banner and another one she made for her office.

Edited to add: I changed my header again. This is the one I was talking about in this post.

I Heart Your Blog Award

Thank you so much to Dawn at The Stitchin' Nook and Twyla & Lindsey at Two Crazy Crafters for giving me the "I Love Your Blog" award!

Here are the rules I received with the award:

1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link the person you received your award from.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of those you’ve nominated.

It's soooooo difficult to choose who to pass this on to since there are so many blogs that I love but here are seven of my favorites.

Sweet Pea Stitches

Miscellany of me

My Art, My So-Called Life

Doe-c-doe

Yours 'til Niagara Falls

Martha MacGyver

Riviera Dogs

Super Commenter Award

Elizabeth at Thoughts from an Evil Overlord has passed on a Super Commenter award to me. Thank you so much, Elizabeth!!

I love getting comments. It always makes me feel good to know someone has taken a few minutes to not only read my blog, but to say something about it as well. I'm giving this award to the ladies at:

Mary's Blog
Lit and Laundry
SAHM Ramblings
Two Crazy Crafters
Colorado Lady
Smiling Sally
Chellebelle
Stitchy and Crafty
Loopy Lou's Adventures Into Handicrafts
Thoughts from an Evil Overlord (yes, I am giving it back to you!)

One More Award

(I'm totally having a Sally Field moment: you like me, you really like me. Hah!)

Jennifer of Sweet Pea Stitches has given me the Kreativ Blogger award (thanks, Jenn!). Now I get to pass it on to these five bloggers, who create some of the coolest things: Norma at Random Stitches, Aury at Acerca del bordado, Kellie at And She Can't Even Cook, Kirsten at Kissy-Cross, and Niki at Niki's Ventures.

Another Award

Thank you so much to Lil Birdie for this one!!

The rules for receiving this award are:

1) Put the logo on your blog.
2) Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4) Add links to those blogs on yours.
5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

I don't get the "nominee" part -- does that mean no one wins? Does the Academy have to vote before we have a winner? Well, I am giving the award to:

1. Barbara at Oodles and Oodles

2. Gina at Patra's Place (be sure to check out Patra's Embroidered Aprons too)

3. LaGattaC

4. Arizona at The Craftivist/The Crazy People Next Door

5. Elizabeth at Thoughts from an Evil Overlord

6. Penny at Penny Sanford Porcelains

7. Michelle on MySpace, which means you guys can't read her blog, and maybe when she sees this, it will get her to switch to Blogger or Typepad. :P

Only About A Month Late

Once upon a time I discovered I was given a blog award by checking my sitemeter (it had a link back to the blogger who gave it to me). I was pretty excited about it so you know what I did? I forgot all about it. Seriously. I didn't even leave some comments to say thank you. I still feel guilty about that. I also decided if I ever received another award, I would post it about that very day. So, let's pretend it's June 29th, shall we?

Kellie has given me the Arte y Pico Award.

The "Arte y Pico" award was created to be given to bloggers who inspire others with their creative energy and talents, no matter whether it be in the form of writing, artwork, design, interesting material, or contributions to the blogger community. When a blogger receives this award it is considered a "special honor" and, once presented to you, it is to be passed on to at least 5 other bloggers who meet the criteria.



Pretty cool, huh? Thank you so much, Kellie!!!! And, I apologize for not mentioning this award earlier and waiting until you were out of town to do it.

I'm passing on the Pico de gallo award* . . . I mean the Arte y Pico Award to these five extremely talented bloggers:

Emily at The Floss Box -- Emily has done some amazing stitching projects, she creates and shares free patterns, she posts beautiful photos of Sweden, and she is always trying new things, which is very inspiring to me. I was really happy to see her entry was chosen as a finalist in the Feeling Stitchy banner contest. I hope she wins!

Maria at Lil Birdie Stitches -- Lil Birdie is so creative. I believe I found her blog through her super cute Felt Heart Valentine project. She's the kind of person who uses a pattern to make something and then makes something else with it or puts her own spin on it. Check out what Maria did with an empty Cool Whip container. Pretty neat.

Barb at Woof Nanny -- Barb's blog is always full of interesting, fun and creative stuff (OMG, Flicks!) and you really should be reading it regularly. She shares old family photos, cool videos, dog pictures, and recipes, in addition to craft projects. She also blogs at The Purse Project (a purse challenge that we should all join) and Artful Ties (a blog about making art from men's neckties). And, none of that low fat yogurt crap for her. Yeah!

Michelle at My Boring Life -- Pay no attention to the name. Michelle is far from boring. She spins! She makes pink lemonade! She paints pottery! (So does her husband. And no, I don't know if he has a brother.) And, she knits and crochets some fantastic things. Awww, look at the sweater she made for Nimitz. Bonus points for all the sweet pet pictures and for adopting a dog from a rescue.

Jenny at Jenny S Stitcher & Scribbler -- Jenny makes some of the cutest felt creations ever. Her podlings, tea bags and cakes are just adorable. The cuteness of the baby cakes will make your head explode. And, Jenny can also draw too. She turns her "scribbles" into amazing dolls and totebags. She even made nuns cute! Now if we could just get her to make her Ollie scribble into an embroidery pattern.

*I'm not the only one!